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It was the year 2001. I was 24 years old. After 7 years training and working as an actor in Colombia (where I was born and raised) I came to London to further my career. An actor lends his body to impersonate characters who speak words written by playwrights. I had hoped that by doing this I could move people to feel or reflect on meaningful things: the beauty of being human or the marvel of being alive. But in London, Providence led me to a place where I discovered that this role could be taken to a deeper realm. It was not to be a play: it was the Mass. There Christ was calling me to lend my body to the Church in order to act in His own person; to proclaim His Word and to see how the Holy Spirit worked renewing humanity, moving it to experience a beauty, so profound, that not even sin can disfigure it, a life so marvelous that not even death can take away any of its fullness.
Through this revelation God helped me to understand that he was calling me to train for the priesthood – a journey which reached a moment of particular grace on 23 June 2013 when I was one of the five men ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Vincent Nichols in Westminster Cathedral. Soon afterwards, the Lord granted me the grace of being appointed to serve at Westminster Cathedral for my year as a deacon and so to receive a unique experience of the great richness of our faith and Catholic heritage.
At the Cathedral you meet the lapsed, the staunch, the traditionalist, the tourist, the moderate, the indifferent, the sick, the Muslim, the politician, the elderly, the migrant, the rich, the homeless, the clergy, the intellectual, the nun, the mentally ill, the student, the artist, the children, the pilgrim, the penitent, the journalist, the hermit… in other words: every possible walk of life at every possible stage of life, in every possible kind of relationship to the Church.
And these different encounters take place in equally varied contexts: the breathtaking splendour of a high solemn liturgy, a quiet conversation on the piazza, in the schools next door or on a visit to 'The Passage', the nursing home or the home of a parishioner... All of this takes you to the heart of what we call 'the Church': striking in its beauty, paradoxical in its impossible contrasts and most fittingly described as a mystery.
The Cathedral has taught me to understand better the mysterious character of the Church as a true 'sign and instrument both of a very closely knit union with God and of the unity of the whole human race' as the Second Vatican Council taught in Lumen Gentium. On the other hand, it has also helped me to understand more clearly that this sign will be rejected, misunderstood and at times buried under the clamour of scandals which allow the worst diseases of our world to overshadow that brilliant reflection of Christ which, even if clouded, never stops shining on His body, the Church.
After this extraordinary year of service as a deacon, my thoughts are now beginning to turn to Saturday June 29th when I, along with seven other men, will be ordained as priests by Archbishop Vincent here in the Cathedral. As priestly ordination approaches and in the face of the challenges that such a step represents, I thank the Lord for having called me to serve him and to share in his wonderful mission!
But gratitude mingles with nervousness. Although He does not call us servants any longer but friends (John 15:15) questions about one's worthiness and suitability do not, and perhaps should not, disappear: how can one really expect to be a reliable friend to such an infallible companion? How can one aptly respond to the gift of His divine friendship? These years of preparation have taught me this: only the Lord himself can teach me to be his friend. My part is to allow the greatest of loves, his own good faithful love for me, to take over my life so radically so as to enable me to magnify – in whatever way I can- the name of love: "not our love for God, but God's love for us when he sent his Son to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away" (1 John 4:10).
As servant and friend, as priest and as Christian, as disciple and as man, I look forward to the journey ahead of, God willing, ever deeper discipleship as a priest in the Church. And I shall keep before me on that journey the prayer which hangs over the door of Westminster Cathedral - a prayer which, in my view, is the key to unlock the Church's deepest mystery: 'Lord Jesus, King and Redeemer, Save us by Thy Blood'.


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Changing social care: an inclusive approach
People who use services driving culture change - Make involvement genuine
- Agree the process for and scope of involvement at the start of any planned change.
- Be clear about what can and cannot be expected from involvement on both sides, and acknowledge the potential benefits to individuals.
- SCIE's
practice survey showed that user involvement,
particularly where change is led by user organisations,
can have a major impact on the lives of service
users . People report that having more of a say
in services leads to:
- better quality of life, and better services (e.g. through increased take-up of direct payments)
- more confidence, independence, and a feeling of empowerment and control (SCIE Knowledge review 17)
- If decisions have already been made, be open about this:
- Consider identifying champions within the organisation to encourage genuine involvement, but make sure they share their knowledge and expertise.
- Identify roles which could be undertaken by people who use services. These might include attending meetings and developing agendas, through to monitoring and evaluating performance.
- Make sure everyone is clear about their role. If people who use services are leading the development of participation, be particularly clear about the role of any involved professionals.
- Ensure everyone who has been involved is kept informed about the outcome. People often say that they never hear of the outcome of their involvement or any difference made as a result.
- Recognise that participation encompasses a wide spectrum and be honest about where your organisation is currently. Achieving the vision for social care means that we need to aim for a partnership, where services are shaped by customer wishes and experience, and people are supported to control their own lives.
- Explore the possibilities for co-production.
For more detail and discussion on co-production,
see SCIE
Research briefing 31: Co-production: an emerging
evidence base for adult social care transformation.
Achieving co-production, the ultimate aim within
adult social care, requires a number of fundamental
changes including:
- seeing the people who use services as experts
- recognising that they have assets which can help improve services, including skills, expertise and social capital
- promoting and facilitating mutual support among those using services
- supporting front-line practitioners to understand and value this approach
- recognising that this will change relationships between the individual, the provider and the state, with the people using services at the centre of an equal partnership
- Support and enable people to use personal budgets. These help people to shape their own services in the most direct way. Changing your service to meet individual choices and needs is indicative of a strong commitment to supporting the transfer of power and control to the people who use the service.
Encouraging and enabling involvement was ongoing at Willowbank. Some examples included encouraging:
- continued learning to enable staff and/or service users to become board members
- users to outline the class rules at the start of each teaching course
- users to run and manage their annual service reviews
- users to undertake large-scale involvement in lobbying and activist groups
- users to be members of different consortia and commissions
- users to participate in Northern Ireland and EU politics (Fauth and Mahdon 2007
The In Control website has stories from a range of people who have taken control of their own care and support. These examples demonstrate the very significant difference that having this choice makes to individuals' lives.
How we know this
- The main goal of participation is to give people a sense of ownership and empowerment over the services that are being delivered. Research shows that users appreciate 'user-centred user involvement' – i.e. where they are the drivers of change and improvement, rather than 'management-centred user involvement' where they take part in existing structures which decide how they should participate (Robson et al. 2003).
- The Audit Commission offers some useful guidance on consultation and connecting with users of services – see the Connecting with Users and Citizens - User Focus.
- Co-production is an emerging, evolving
concept that is one of the ultimate aims of the
transformation agenda. Acknowledged as both particularly
appropriate and particularly challenging for
adult social care, it has a simple definition – people who use services contributing to the production of services – but the interpretation varies widely. SCIE's
recent research briefing (Needham et al. 2009)
discusses co-production in more detail and identifies
the following key features from the literature:
- people who use services are recognised as experts
- people who use services playing an active role in meeting their own needs
- the facilitation of mutual aid and support
- the involvement of the broader community.
- Personal budgets are part of the wider movement to empower people. The report from the individual budgets pilot found that people using individual budgets were significantly more likely to report feeling in control of their daily lives and the support that they accessed. For further detail see SCIE research briefing 20: The implementation of individual budget schemes in adult social care (Carr and Robbins, 2009).

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Husnu Emrah Unalan
Assistant Professor
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
- B.S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2002
- M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, USA, 2004
- Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, USA, 2006
Work Focus:
"I am both lecturing and leading a group of MS and PhD students in my institution."
Advice to Students:
"They will need a strong background in maths, physics and chemistry. In addition to that, most of the departments in the universities are now offering nanotechnology 101 courses. I would advise them to take those courses."
- Nanomaterials and Devices Group at Middle East Technical University
Q: When did you first find that your career path focused on nanotechnology?
Unalan: About 8 years ago when I started my graduate studies. I have started with the synthesis of carbon nanotubes and then involved with the optical and electrical properties of carbon nanotube thin films.
Q: What current nanotechnology applications are you working on?
Unalan: My research group and I currently work on the solution based, cheap and large scale synthesis of nanomaterials in different chemistries. This is because most of the fields we foresee for the applications of nanomaterials require their synthesis in large quantities. Following synthesis, we are fabricating devices utilizing these nanomaterials to explore their properties. Devices of interest include light emitting diodes, transistors, solar cells, batteries and supercapacitors.
Q: What's the most rewarding thing about working with nanotechnology?
Unalan: We are witnessing a revolution in materials science and physics because the materials properties change when we work at the nanoscale. When it comes to applications, we know that there are endless possibilities that nanotechnology can be applied to -- from transportation to medicine.
Q: Is there an example you can provide that shows how something you've worked on has positively impacted the world?
Unalan: It is too early to talk about impacting the world but, my PhD work on carbon nanotube thin films and post doctoral work on zinc oxide nanowires contributed positively to the field.
Q: What do you think is the single greatest impact nanotechnology has had on the world thus far?
Unalan: Nanotechnology allows us to miniaturize the devices. Scaling down the size of the transistors in the processors allows one to fabricate and stack more of them in the desired area. This allows us to fabricate faster computers.
Q: Please give an example of what you envision nanotechnology applications leading to in the future.
Unalan: I think of applications in two fields. First is related to energy. Large surface area of the nanomaterials will certainly lead to better batteries and supercapacitors. Second one is biological applications. Targeted drug delivery could be an example. It is due to the new entry ways of nanomaterials into human body and their high mobility therein.
Q: Do you find yourself working more in a team situation, or more alone?
Unalan: My graduate students and I work as a team. We also collaborate with research groups within and outside Turkey.
Q: If you work more as a team, what are some of the other areas of expertise of your team members?
Unalan: Nanotechnology is certainly an interdisciplinary field. Our team members have material science, physics and electrical engineering backgrounds. I believe this is the way to have fruitful results. I would as well like biologists and chemists to join our team at some point in the future.
Q: Did your university training help you in your nanotechnology work?
Unalan: Not exactly in nanotechnology; but it provided me with basic mathematics, physics and chemistry and a broad materials perspective.
Q: Do you have a mentor? Did you in your college years?
Unalan: I had very close relationships with my professors when I was an undergraduate. I can consider them to be my mentors. I used to talk to them about my courses, internships and graduate studies. Some of the professors also allowed me to conduct research in their laboratories in my senior year. I had tons of hands-on-experience on lab practice and had a local journal article published.
Q: If you had to do it all over again, would you still focus on nanotechnology applications?
Unalan: Yes, I would certainly focus on nanotechnology.
Q: What advice do you have for pre-university students?
Unalan: They will need a strong background in maths, physics and chemistry. In addition to that, most of the departments in the universities are now offering nanotechnology 101 courses. I would advise them to take those courses.
Another suggestion could be to get involved with research projects in their departments starting from their freshman year. Even if they start with washing the glassware it is fine :)
Engineering students will be asked to conduct summer practices. They should try to get affiliated with companies or research laboratories on this field.
They should read a lot. This includes books, articles and scientific papers. They should not get discouraged if they don't understand what is stated in there. There are really good reference books on nanotechnology where they can easily read and understand without getting bored. There are also many websites (nanotechweb, sciencedaily etc.) publishing on popular topics, which needs to be checked on a weekly basis.


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It's at times like this I miss my Mum the most. A listening ear and kind word. Perhaps a story of my sister and I's childhood. Of course I have my Dad and Nana to remember by babyhood but sometimes you just want your Mum. In those hours, swaying in the moonlight nursery I really wanted my Mum. Then just as you think you can't stay awake any longer my Miss Mae falls asleep and I can crawl into bed again. When the sun rises with it's brilliant Autumn glow and the jug is boiling for that first blissful coffee the melancholy fades.
|2008, my gorgeous Mum
Mothers Day is this Sunday. Days like this always amplify the missing too. I mean of course they do....your email box, social media and local shopping centers are full of reminders.
Remembering to focus on the happiness that we shared as a family gets me through. As does wearing a string of pearls (Mum was never without her pearls, necklace or earrings depending on the day), and celebrating my Nana and Mr Fox's beautiful Mum. I am so looking forward to my first Mothers Day with a little baby to snuggle and love on.
Despite feeling like a zombie the last couple of weeks have been wonderful. I do so love Autumn. A long weekend to commemorate ANZAC day meant extra family time. We spent a warm and blustery afternoon picnicking in Western Springs Park with friends. Spreading out a few rugs, nibbling away on a few choice snacks and whiling the day away babies and friends is my idea of heaven.
|Mae's first swing!
Mae is able to sit up for short periods and is working hard at trying to crawl. We are enjoying our last weeks of a house that is not yet baby proofed. This girl of ours will be so busy when she can move more freely. She is not so keen on eating at least not from a spoon. Her lips clamp together and won't budge. We have gone to finger foods after weeks of trying to coax a spoon of puree in. She loves eating independently now and munchs on most things despite her toothless gums
|After a night out
We have begun swimming lessons with our cublet. She is a water-baby and is quite comfortable in the pool. It is her special time with Daddy but it is too cute to miss so I go along to watch. Walking together to the Pool and home again via the bakery is a sweet new routine. Mae and I have been swimming together a few times too. Loving the family spa at Westwave.
Yoga and walks have been a lifesaver the past month or so. It feels so good to stretch and move. When cublet is having her morning sleep I roll out a towel and complete a session of Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. Thirty minutes that make such a positive impact on the rest of the day. The dishes and washing wait as I invest in some time for me.
|Farmland on our walk home from the pools
The garden is doing well this Autumn. Most of the seeds I planted in March/April have taken off, as have the brasicca seedlings. The slugs have killed the peas again but I am wanting to stop using slug bait.
Caterpillars almost ate the brassicas into oblivion but have recovered now that I spend a few minutes each week removing them. Like most gardening a little consistency goes a long way. Brocolli is now forming tiny green florets and the rest are flourishing too. We sowed Daikon Radish seeds for the first time, looking forward to making some Agedashi Tofu in the near future.
|Garlic (self sown) and recovering Brocolli
|Garden going gangbusters
Trying to figure out a solution that works has taken a while but a dense hedge running in front of the fence seems to be the best we can dream up. Last weekend we planted the first four plants; as our budget allows we will add more. We chose a fast growing native that will hopefully keep little fingers safe and perhaps reduce the crazy barking that ensues when we are in the yard.
This weeks beautiful weather has just broken as the grey clouds above had gathered and are saturating the garden. Cublet is stirring from an extra long nap and my cup of tea is finished. The evening rhythm of dinner, bath and bath is calling.
|A recent moonrise


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The children are very proud of their culture and, of course, they can teach Lingala in 5 Minutes.
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Video of the Week: Kelvin - Esmerelda
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Hailing from Glasgow, Kelvin is comprised of Connor McGlave (vocals, guitars), David Gilles (lead guitar), Bradley Revill (bass) and Michael Bigart (drums). The band had an epic start to 2015 with a sold out UK & Ireland tour, and have spent the last year recording.
Esmerelda features on their upcoming EP, also titled Kelvin. It was recorded with Grammy award-winning producer Jim Lowe, who also produced the band's hit single Punching Bag.
Bringing their own brand of infectious and anthemic guitar music, and the planning of another tour in the works, we reckon it won't be long before this four are hitting the headlines!
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For the Mom's personal sanity:
* Bring a real mug or tea cup. Styrofoam does something to our sensibilities that porcelain or pottery remedies.
* Bring real clothes for your child and utilize as much of it as you're able. Button-up shirts work just fine over IVs and for vitals checks. Pants, shorts, skirts, even socks ~ comforting for you and the little one.
* Bring your favorite, pretty, comfortable clothes and toiletries and do your normal "getting ready." Trust me on this; since you have to be there for 2 weeks (probably), it's worth it. Like wearing pretty underwear. Helps.
* Take a few minutes each day to stretch, do squats, take your child for a walk. Exercise helps, too.
* If someone asks to help, take a deep breath and swallow any pride or shyness and say "Yes. Could you please come and stay with Junior for a few hours so he won't be alone and so that I can go do whatever." Then go home and color with your other kids. Or go shopping. Or go out for dinner with your husband. Or a friend. Or... Then head back to your precious child. He'll be fine.
For your child's personal well being:
* Be close: snuggle in the bed together, take walks (even if your little one has IVs in the foot, use a wagon or wheel chair; they usually love it), doze off watching movies, nurse as much as possible if you've got a nursling. They need you. You can't make the hospital procedures go away, but you can be right next to him.
* Speak up and question anything you want (Why wake him up a 6am, why another IV, can't lunch come later). If your assigned nurse is rude, keep asking. Someone will come in to talk.
For your marriage (if you are):
* Be aware that it will be very easy to pick fights. To be very edgy. To see everything wrong. Then try to hold your tongue. Right. Easier said than done, but we're adults. We've got to try. Marriages have been lost because of conditions like this. Hospitalizations are just a part of CF care. Just a part.


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President Barack Obama presented quite the "to do" list when he released his budget last week. This one may be among the most challenging: Finding a place to put all the nuclear junk the nation's nuclear power plants are creating.
Obama's budget has scaled back funding for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. It doesn't say how much it's scaled back, only that the feds will spend money on the Nevada mountain project "to those costs necessary to answer enquiries from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, while the Administration devises a new strategy toward nuclear waste disposal."
Nuclear proponents have hoped for years that Yucca Mountain would be the answer to the #1 problem plaguing the nuclear industry.
The waste is piling up, of course. In Minnesota, the Prairie Island nuclear plant's waste has been stored in dry casks for years. Over the years the Legislature has approved additional storage there, over the objections of the Prairie Island Mdewankanton Dakota Reservation. The current capacity will run out between 2013 and 2014.
Xcel Energy built a three-acre facility at its Monticello plant, to store spent fuel in steel containers inside concrete vaults.
Both locations are going to be around for awhile, judging by a May 2007 letter to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that might be the solution for the foreseeable future. " I believe a better short-term solution is to store nuclear waste on-site at the reactors where it is produced, or at a designated facility in the state where it is produced, until we find a safe, long-term disposal solution that is based on sound science."
The contractor that was developing Yucca Mountain saw the end coming. Last month it laid off half of the 1,100 employees at the site.
It was supposed to open in 1998.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission currently has 17 applications for 26 new nuclear reactors in the U.S.


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During the period that the American was getting into World War II, the black community was well aware of the discrimination that was there. This was brought about by the hypocrisy that American had towards the black through racism that allowed the black to be discriminated in all areas of life including the business sector. Therefore, due to this, March on Washington Movement (MOWM) was arranged to ensure that this was addressed. A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin organized this movement to help them organize a mass march that was aimed to be staged in Washington inn pursuit of pressuring the US government to disintegrate armed forces as well as offering fair working opportunity to the African American people.
Reasons for forming the movement
The American economy had started rising up in 1940. However, the government of US had did not offer equal opportunity to its entire people. The booming economy only benefitted the whites as the black African American was left out especially in the field of defense among others. There was a lot of racial discrimination in all fields to a point where people in the high could make racial discrimination utterances. Government organized training left out the blacks as they assumed that it was even awkward to train them after all. It got to a point whereby even well trained black workers were left unemployed. It was so irritating to hear the president of the North American Aviation Co. saying, "while were in complete sympathy with the Negro, it is against company policy to employ them as aircraft workers or mechanics regardless of their training." Such utterances show the level of the discrimination that was in US at that time and they really fuelled the formation of the movement to ensure that a march was stage to address such issues.
Significance of Randolph's March on Washington movement
The significance of the march was to pressurize the government and the US President to ensure that all the people are protected against discrimination. They complained very much due to racialism that was there at timer making the black people unable to access the government resources. They also demanded for meaningful civil rights law that gives all the people civil protection and equal rights especially for election. The African American people had no right to the whites especially to elect their person of their choice and this made the march to be organized.
They also demanded massive work programs as their whites counter parts enjoyed. This would protect them from the wrath of failure of accessing the jobs no matter the qualification that one had. They demanded fair and equal employment also that could see the black people in all parts of the jobs according to their qualification. This was accompanied also on their rights in the same jobs. They complained of indecent houses that the black people lived. Therefore, they asked the government to give them decent houses equivalently as they did to the white people. Finally, in their agenda, they were looking for good and integrated education with their white people counterparts. They required the government to bring about a bill that will enable the black people b e involved in an integrated education system as the other American people were enjoying.
The greatest significance of this march was to ensure that the civil right law that was proposed by the Kennedy was passed as it addressed the blacks' lamentations. The media contributed very much in the coverage and thus gave it a very big national exposure. That would count very much in the probable impact that the march would have towards the government. The whole procession was covered and covered throughout the Television and radio news causing a great sensitization. They carried put organizes speech and gave commentary making the whole issue get the right publicity therefore meeting its purpose.
The march was a success contrary to many who thought it would have turned chaotic and had withdrawn. It was peaceful and it leads Martin Luther king, A. Randolph among other civil rights activist to meet President Kennedy at the white house. This meeting starts turning things around, as the government seemed committed to passing the civil right bill that will address their sentiments. However, after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, his successor Lyndon Johnson used his congress influence to bring about most of the former president's agenda to reality. This made it possible for the government to address the blacks' issues.
It was in 1964 that the effect of the March came to the light. United State President Johnson signed Civil Right Act that banned such discrimination against color, sex, race, religion or national origin in any employment sector and public places. The bill also was reinforced by ensuring that the Attorney General enforced the new law.
African Americans dilemma in U.S. during World War II
Various dilemmas haunted the Africa American during the World War II. There were so many challenges that affected their democratic principles as well as their testament to the promise. Race in America was one of the greatest moral dilemmas that the African American had to fight with. It was so deep rooted in the country that it appeared so malignant that they had no idea what will happen to make it end. To them, it appeared to be democratic ethos. The way out of the racism was education. However, it was met with so many problems from the government as they were reluctant to funding the black's education.
The other dilemma that the African American had was the issue of improving the economic status. This would have made the black to be put in a better position to combat segregation that they experienced. Otherwise there were so many obstacles that met the whole quest for these issues especially education. There were outright oppositions that were fuelled to ensure that blacks do not benefit through education. The worst of them were the issue of racism that ensured that the black people education was not integrated with the whites. Employment aspect was another dilemma that seemed to be great in the Africa American people. Despite of the education they had, they were not considered for jobs and their rights were really overlooked. Although the World War II was approaching, the government had decided that they cannot give soldier combat jobs to the blacks regardless of the will they had. They were in great dilemma as they wanted to alleviate themselves from poverty yet they were not given a chance to do so by being denied jobs opportunity.
Randolph argument in support of joining the war effort
Randolph put efforts of lobbying disintegration of the military in 1941 to persuade the president to take action. He made a delegation with Walter white and T, Arnold to meet President Roosevelt and other government officials to discuss the matters before the start of the war. The delegation led by Randolph presented a memorandum that stated that there should be immediate integration of the blacks in the armed forces. Nevertheless, the statement that came up from the white house stated that the war policy was not to intermingle whites and the black personnel. This made Randolph to say that he dedicates his life and energy towards change and thus organizing the March on Washington Movement to spear head this through the mass march.


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Skip to 0 minutes and 1 second The property relationships derived also enable us to calculate the entropy of mixing of two ideal gases. Consider the entropy change when nA moles of an ideal gas A and nB moles of an ideal gas B mix together. The actual situation is like this. We have initially nA moles of an ideal gas A occupying volume VA, and nB moles of an ideal gas B occupying volume VB. Since they are ideal gases at the same temperature, number of moles is proportional to its volume. After mixing together, they become a random mixture of A and B gas, with total moles of (nA+nB) and total volume of (VA and VB).
Skip to 0 minutes and 59 seconds For the convenience, we can think of this situation as the sum of two events. Let's split the system into two. A gas occupies volume VA and the counter part is vacuum with volume VB. B gas occupies volume VB and the counter part is vacuum with volume VA also. Now consider the isothermal expansion of each into the counter part. nA moles of A gas expand against the vacuum until the volume becomes (VA+VB). nB moles of B gas expand against the vacuum until the volume becomes (VA+VB). The initial and final states are the same with our original mixing process.
Skip to 1 minute and 54 seconds Since entropy is a state function, the entropy change of the original mixing is the same with the entropy change of these two processes. Just add entropy changes of those two. For the calculation, we need entropy changes of isothermal expansion, (dS over dV) at constant T. To determine which property relation works for this case, consider which thermodynamic potential has V, T as variables. It is F, the Helmholtz free energy. Let's start from A gas. For A, the mixing process is equivalent to isothermal expansion from VA to VB. To get (dS over dV) at constant T, consider dF. dF is - SdT - PdV.
Skip to 2 minutes and 43 seconds Property relation from here is (dS over dV) at constant T equals to (dP over dT) at constant V, and it is nR over V for ideal gases. Entropy change for A is the difference of entropy between inital and final states. So it is integration of (nA R over V) dV from VA to VT. The entropy change for A is thus nA R log (VT over VA). For B, the mixing process is equivalent to isothermal expansion from VB to VT. Similar calculation gives the entropy change for B as nB R log (VT over VB). We have a underlying assumption that enables us to spilt the original mixing into the individual expansion against vacuum.
Skip to 3 minutes and 59 seconds It is that they do not interact with each other since they are ideal. Again, the real situation is mixing of initial nA moles of A and nB mole of B into a random mixture. The total volume VT is VA + VB, and the total mole nT is nA + nB. And the mole fraction of A and B is the ratio of moles of A and B to the total moles, respectively. The total entropy change is the sum of entropy change of A and B since they do not interact. So the total entropy change is nA R log ((VA+VB) over VA) + nB R log ((VA+VB) over VB). Now, let's divide both sides by (nA+nB) to give molar quantity.
Skip to 5 minutes and 9 seconds The molar entropy of mixing is total entropy change divided by the total moles. So the entropy of mixing is like this. nA over (nA+nB) times R log (VA over (VA+VB)) - nB over (nA+nB) times R times log (VB over (VA+VB)). The ratios in this equations are mole fractions. So, entropy of mixing can be summarized as - R times (xA log xA+xB log XB) for ideal mixing. Ideal mixing means that there is no interaction between the components. For multicoponents system, the generalized entropy of mixing is the summation of - R times (xi log xi) over each component. Here, we need a caution. It is a ideal mixing case. The real entropy of mixing is (entropy of mixing ideal + some excess).
Entropy of mixing
In this video, we focus our attention to derive entropy of mixing for ideal gases.
Since the molecules of ideal gases do not interact, we can spilit the mixing of two ideal gases into two events: Expansion of each gas system into the final volume of the mixture. The entropy change accompanied is thus the entropy change with volume. The summation of entropy changes of the constituent ideal gas systems results in the entropy of ideal mixing.


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Copic Creations has a fun challenge going on right now. Challenge #58 is an opportunity to have fun with those Copic markers! The challenge is: FUR WITH A TWIST!. See what you can come up with... I had a lot of fun creating this card for the challenge.
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- Copic alcohol markers
- Tip to Tip Inking
- Direct to paper inking
- Sponging
- Paper Quilling (Roses)
Finished Card Size: 5.5" X 4.25"
Stamp:Fluffles the Cat (Stupendous)
Pure Luxury White Cardstock (GKD)
Pure Luxury Lipstick Red Cardstock (GKD)
(Focal Image) Cryogen (Curious Metallic)
Violet lightweight cardstock (From my stash)
Pure Luxury Fresh Asparagus Cardstock (GKD)
Copic Alcohol Ink (Too, Inc.)
Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Memento Summer Sky (Tsukineko)
Memento Angel Pink (Tsukineko)
Memento Paris Dusk (Tsukineko)
Paper trimmer (Fiskus)
Scor-Buddy (Scor-Pal)
ATG Adhesive (Scotch)
Jumbo Sponge Daubers (Tsukineko)
Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors
Clear adhesive dots (Zots)
Opaque white pen (Inkssentials)
Metallic Ribbon (From my stash)Diamond Stickles (Ranger Inc.)
Slotted Quilling Tool to make Roses/leaves from regular card stock
Cut a 8.5 x 11 in. cardstock in landscape position. This will produce one 4.25 x 5.5 in. pieces. You will only use one piece of cardstock.
Base Layer: 4 x 5.25 in.
Focal layer: 3.5 in. x 2.25 in.
Violet focal base: 4in x 2.75 in.
Red focal vase 3.75 in x 2.5 in.
Copic Markers
Cat with a "TWIST" : BV0000, BV000, BV01, BV04 and R20 to nose.
Garland: G12,YG63, G28, (Highlighted with Opaque White Pen)
Ornaments: R0000, R20, R22, R24 and B0000, B00, B02, B04
In this card, I used reglualr cardstock for the roses and Leaves. I created them with scissors and scissors. I will save that tutorial for another day! LOL!
I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I enjoyed creating it for this fun challenge!
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For a little over three years, I started or participated in a monthly poll on the USA Amazon Kindle discussion boards asking people a simple question: what are you reading on your Kindle? I stopped doing it on the Amazon discussion boards and started hosting it on the blog's website as, after all, we need each of your input here on the blog! I've been negligent in doing it here as it has been three months since my last informal poll…
I've received some great tips with past monthly polls, finding out what others are reading on their Kindle, and found some "new" authors I generally wouldn't have found using my hunt-and-peck method. While I have certainly enjoyed the "mainstream" author suggestions over the past year, I've also enjoyed a lot of independent authors from each month's poll I never would have heard of previously.
If you are reading this on your Kindle or the blog's free email subscription – or anywhere other than the blog's website – and would like to check out the poll and find some new things or, better yet, tell others what you are reading, just click here or type in http://smarturl.it/616poll into your web browser, scroll down to the bottom of the post, and start typing away in the comments section!
Here's how this works – on the blog's website (using the link above) list a book you are currently reading or just recently read on your Kindle, whether you would recommend it, did you get it free, and anything else you would care to share.
I'll start off this month's poll by saying I'm reading Life's Golden Ticket , by Brendon Burchard, and I am about 70% through it. How I found this book is a rather roundabout story as it is not my usual science fiction or thriller title: a friend of my wife's recommended it to her, she texted me from wherever she was having the discussion to send it to her Kindle, I read the book description and thought I would give it a try as well. I'm glad I did as it is very good – while clearly a motivational / self-improvement title it is told in a story type of way, and I could see this being made in to a successful movie (maybe that is in the works or has already happened?). You're learning or reaffirming many life lessons, and it has made me stop and think back on some of the things I am doing in my life. In a way, it reminds me a lot of The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.
Finally, here's my standard continuation of each request for prior participants in the poll: if you like or dislike a title you have read, in addition to telling us about it in this informal poll, how about writing a book review on the Amazon website? The review will certainly last and be visible a lot longer than this poll will. If you're like me, you look at the customer reviews in order to see if you want to investigate a book further. Since we are all a little community here, and while I realize each review is each person's opinion and we may not like the same thing, I know your friends and online discussion neighbors would appreciate your honest assessment of the likes and dislikes without providing a spoiler – I know I would!
Your reviews don't need to be a long dissertation of the book, I like to keep them short, sweet, and hopefully to the point (some people think I am too blunt on things I dislike, but I am at least giving you my honest opinion!).
We'd really like to hear what you're reading right now – I, for example, may find something interesting from your list I want to read (It's been known to happen!). If you are reading this on your Kindle – or anywhere other than the blog's website – and would like to check out the poll and find some new things or, better yet, tell others what you are reading, just click here or type in http://smarturl.it/616poll into your web browser, scroll down to the bottom of the post, and start typing away in the comments section!
Anyway, that's all for now. Have a great rest of your week!
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This blog used to be on Open Salon, where it was called "People Will Talk: Jim Crutchfield's Language Blog", but I got fed up with Salon.com, the parent site of Open Salon, so I decided to quit giving it free content. It's not that all that many people ever looked at my blog, though I did get a few comments at the beginning; and I only posted maybe once a year, on average; but I'd been pretty sick of Salon.com for years, for reasons anybody who's known the site since the 1990s will know; and its current, absurd campaign to blame the South for the Tea Party and all that's wrong with America was just the last straw.
Also, the name needed changing, even though I still like the old one, because I wound up writing far more about written language than about talking. So now it's "Crutchfield's Orthoglossary", which is supposed to suggest a source of correct language, but with these Greek-Latin-English hybrids, who knows?


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The degree of magnification in a camera lens. If it is adjustable, then the lens can zoom. Non-zoom lenses are called prime lenses. For 35mm film, a wide-angle lens will have a focal length of about 15-35mm, a normal lens about 40-60mm, and a telephoto or long-focus lens about 100-1000mm (or very rarely, even more◊).
Focal length is not the same as the distance of the camera's focus. If a camera is properly adjusted, then an object in focus at maximum zoom should be in focus at all zoom levels.
In fact, standard proceedure in studio settings is to focus a camera in an extremely tight zoom of its subject's eyes, then zoom back out to the desired shot. Zoom lenses on which this technique works are called parfocal. Some still camera lenses are not parfocal, but zooms used in TV virtually always are.
Extremes of focal length can produce optical distortion.
- Wide angles often produce:
- Barrel distortion, which causes straight lines to appear curved. If you are taking a picture of, say, a building, with a very wide lens, the center of the building is closer to you than the edges, which causes the center to seem to bulge out in the resulting picture. Lenses can be designed to minimize barrel distortion; such lenses are referred to as rectilinear. However, this causes objects at the edges of the image to appear stretched out. (Such lenses are often used in architectural photography but rarely in TV or film because it makes people look weird.) Barrel distortion is taken to extremes in the Fish-Eye Lens shot.
- Z Axis expansion. Movement and distances into and out of the screen appear exaggerated. In wide angle, a man running towards the screen apears to move faster.
- A deep depth of field.
- Long lenses produce:
- Z-axis compression. Objects in different planes can appear to be next to each other. Movement toward the camera seems slowed. In a tight zoom, a distant man running towards the camera seems to be standing still. (See Monty Python and the Holy Grail for an example)
- A shallow depth of field. (However, since the subject in a long shot is often focused at infinity, it usually doesn't matter. That's why the entire football team can be in focus at once.)
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If a search of the knowledge base does not provide the necessary answer to a question or there is an issue with the Petly Plans software application, email firstname.lastname@example.com or create a support ticket to request assistance. A representative will email a response within 24 hours Monday – Friday during normal business hours.
- Within the Petly Plans application, place the mouse pointer over the user name in the upper right area of the page.
- Select Helpdesk. The Petly Plans Help Desk opens in a different tab on the browser.
- Click New Support Ticket. A Submit a ticket form appears.
- In the Customer Email field, type the email address of the person to contact; press TAB. If this is the first time this email has been used to request support, a Name field appears. If this occurs, type the name of the contact and, in the Hospital Name field, type the name of the practice.
- In the Subject field, type a brief description of the issue; press TAB. Any solution that matches text typed in the Subject line display on the right.
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- If there is a solution, click the hyperlink to view that answer.
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There's a scene in Mike Judge's recent movie "Extract" – a good film, but not as instantly memorable as "Office Space" or "Idiocracy" – in which a rocker dude who works in the warehouse is describing the subtle differences between the five metal bands in which he plays. One is speed metal, one is more "grindcore," etc. Two of the projects are actually the same four guys, with different band names because they play different kinds of death metal. This scene resonated with me, and not just because the over-categorization of metal is always good for a laugh. I can sympathize with warehouse metal dude because I sometimes find myself trying to explain why one band is just not enough.
I've been playing with Mike and Scott from Mystic Canyon for 8 years. In that time I have evolved from a guy with congas trying to figure out how I fit in, to a multi-instrumentalist looking for new challenges. I have learned to appreciate simplicity in songcraft and to seek my ideal contribution to each song we play. But the irony of playing in Mystic Canyon is that, as I improve and expand my range as a performer, the band narrows its scope in order to establish an identity.
When we changed our name from the intentionally vague Verge of Something to Mystic Canyon, we wanted to send a signal that this was a new band, not just with a few new players but with a new acoustic direction. We wanted a name that conjured images of serenity, wisdom and natural beauty that we hoped to echo in our music. We made it our mission to make music that felt like it could not be played on anything but acoustic instruments.
Over the last five years, we have worked hard to achieve that aesthetic while maintaining the adventurous approach of the jambands that have inspired us. A lot of the time, we nail it just like we want it to sound. Every now and again, though, we fall back on our natural jam tendencies and we become just another rock band that happens to play acoustic instruments. As much as I love what we've been able to create, I've found it difficult at times to stay within the lines we have drawn for ourselves.
So, much like Jerry and Elaine concluded they had to have sex to save their friendship, I realized that in order to give my best to Mystic Canyon, I had to stray outside the band to satisfy my other appetites. One such fling was with a barbershop quartet I found on Craigslist. We called ourselves the Four Hoarse Men and we made some beautiful harmonies on a wide variety of a capella tunes. The experience helped me to relearn some vocal discipline I had forgotten since college and gave my voice and my ear a huge boost of confidence that has made an impact on my background and lead vocal work in Mystic Canyon.
Fortunately, our bassist Scott Hewitt had similar feelings about trying something new. He wanted to play some guitar, electric and acoustic, and find another outlet for his songs that didn't quite fit the Mystic mold. Scott and I share many common musical tastes, so finding a new project together made perfect sense. For the last two years, we've been playing with friends in a project we call the Jersey Rhythm Mafia. While it's always a fun jam and occasionally a party gig comes along, Scott and I sought more of a challenge. So this past summer, we turned once again to Craigslist to find a new kindred spirit.
We hooked up with yet another Jersey refugee by the name of Ed Travalia to form a trio we are calling the Harmless Eccentrics. Like us, Ed has had years of jamband experience and an appreciation of quirky covers you don't hear every day. He plays bass, keyboards and guitar, giving us a myriad of instrumentation options, and also brings a great voice and a keen sense of harmony. I appreciate that he can sing high parts, so I get to sing some juicy middle harmonies on a few tunes.
As this year comes to an end, I find myself jamming with the Eccentrics more often than the Canyon guys, who have also been keeping busy with new projects. Plans are already under way to bring Mystic Canyon back to Portland stages in 2010, but I intend to continue my "transgressions" with the Harmless Eccentrics and Jersey Rhythm Mafia, plus the occasional one-night hookups with the likes of MiMo, Jerry Rig and Samba Soleil. In fact, my first performance of 2010 will be as the fill-in drummer with the Magenta Theater Band. While none of this is getting me any closer to quitting my day job, I believe each experience makes me a better overall musician.
I hope everyone had a terrific holiday and look forward to a fantastic 2010 for all.


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On June 6, Forum on Russian-Chinese Biomedical Cooperation was launched at the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai (Pudong new district). The event was held within the framework the 'One Belt - One Road' initiative'.
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Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students
2nd Edition
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Dynamics of point masses
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Vectors
1.3 Kinematics
1.4 Mass, force and Newton's law of gravitation
1.5 Newton's law of motion
1.6 Time derivatives of moving vectors
1.7 Relative motion
1.8 Numerical integration
1.8.1 Runge-Kutta methods
1.8.2 Heun's Predictor-Corrector method
1.8.3 Runge-Kutta with variable step size
List of Key Terms
Chapter 2 The two-body problem
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Equations of motion in an inertial frame
2.3 Equations of relative motion
2.4 Angular momentum and the orbit formulas
2.5 The energy law
2.6 Circular orbits (e = 0)
2.7 Elliptical orbits (0 < e < 1)
2.8 Parabolic trajectories (e = 1)
2.9 Hyperbolic trajectories (e > 1)
2.10 Perifocal frame
2.11 The lagrange coefficients
2.12 Restricted three-body problem
2.12.1 Lagrange points
2.12.2 Jacobi constant
List of Key Terms
Chapter 3 Orbital position as a function of time
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Time since periapsis
3.3 Circular orbits (e = 0)
3.4 Elliptical orbits (e < 1)
3.5 Parabolic trajectories (e = 1)
3.6 Hyperbolic trajectories (e < 1)
3.7 Universal variables
List of Key Terms
Chapter 4 Orbits in three dimensions
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Geocentric right ascension-declination frame
4.3 State vector and the geocentric equatorial frame
4.4 Orbital elements and the state vector
4.5 Coordinate transformation
4.6 Transformation between geocentric equatorial and perifocal frames
4.7 Effects of the Earth's oblateness
4.8 Ground tracks
List of Key Terms
Chapter 5 Preliminary orbit determination
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Gibbs method of orbit determination from three position vectors
5.3 Lambert's problem
5.4 Sidereal time
5.5 Topocentric coordinate system
5.6 Topocentric equatorial coordinate system
5.7 Topocentric horizon coordinate system
5.8 Orbit determination from angle and range measurements
5.9 Angles only preliminary orbit determination
5.10 Gauss method of preliminary orbit determination
List of Key Terms
Chapter 6 Orbital maneuvers
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Impulsive maneuvers
6.3 Hohmann transfer
6.4 Bi-elliptic Hohmann transfer
6.5 Phasing maneuvers
6.6 Non-Hohmann transfers with a common apse line
6.7 Apse line rotation
6.8 Chase maneuvers
6.9 Plane change maneuvers
6.10 Nonimpulsive orbital maneuvers
List of Key Terms
Chapter 7 Relative motion and rendezvous
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Relative motion in orbit
7.3 Linearization of the equations of relative motion in orbit
7.4 Clohessy-Wiltshire equations
7.5 Two-impulse rendezvous maneuvers
7.6 Relative motion in close-proximity circular orbits
List of Key Terms
Chapter 8 Interplanetary trajectories
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Interplanetary Hohmann transfers
8.3 Rendezvous Opportunities
8.4 Sphere of influence
8.5 Method of patched conics
8.6 Planetary departure
8.7 Sensitivity analysis
8.8 Planetary rendezvous
8.9 Planetary flyby
8.10 Planetary ephemeris
8.11 Non-Hohmann interplanetary trajectories
List of Key Terms
Chapter 9 Rigid-body dynamics
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Kinematics
9.3 Equations of translational motion
9.4 Equations of rotational motion
9.5 Moments of inertia
9.5.1 Parallel axis theorem
9.6 Euler's equations
9.7 Kinetic energy
9.8 The spinning top
9.9 Euler angles
9.10 Yaw, pitch and roll angles
9.11 Quaternions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 10 Satellite attitude dynamics
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Torque-free motion
10.3 Stability of torque-free motion
10.4 Dual-spin spacecraft
10.5 Nutation damper
10.6 Coning maneuver
10.7 Attitude control thrusters
10.8 Yo-yo despin mechanism
10.8.1 Radial release
10.9 Gyroscopic attitude control
10.10 Gravity gradient stabilization
List of Key Terms
Chapter 11 Rocket vehicle dynamics
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Equations of motion
11.3 The thrust equation
11.4 Rocket performance
11.5 Restricted staging in field-free space
11.6 Optimal staging
11.6.1 Lagrange multiplier
List of Key Terms
Appendix A Physical data
Appendix B A road map
Appendix C Numerical intergration of the n-body equations of motion
Appendix D MATLAB® algorithms
Appendix E Gravitational potential energy of a sphere
Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the basic concepts of space mechanics. These include vector kinematics in three dimensions; Newton's laws of motion and gravitation; relative motion; the vector-based solution of the classical two-body problem; derivation of Kepler's equations; orbits in three dimensions; preliminary orbit determination; and orbital maneuvers. The book also covers relative motion and the two-impulse rendezvous problem; interplanetary mission design using patched conics; rigid-body dynamics used to characterize the attitude of a space vehicle; satellite attitude dynamics; and the characteristics and design of multi-stage launch vehicles.
Each chapter begins with an outline of key concepts and concludes with problems that are based on the material covered. This text is written for undergraduates who are studying orbital mechanics for the first time and have completed courses in physics, dynamics, and mathematics, including differential equations and applied linear algebra. Graduate students, researchers, and experienced practitioners will also find useful review materials in the book.
Key Features
- NEW: Reorganized and improved discusions of coordinate systems, new discussion on perturbations and quarternions
- NEW: Increased coverage of attitude dynamics, including new Matlab algorithms and examples in chapter 10
- New examples and homework problems
Undergraduate students in aerospace, astronautical, mechanical engineering and engineering physics. Related professional aerospace and space engineering fields.
- No. of pages:
- 744
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Butterworth-Heinemann 2010
- Published:
- 26th October 2009
- Imprint:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080887845
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9781493301140
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780123747785
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080970486
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About the Author
Howard Curtis
Professor Curtis is former professor and department chair of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is a licensed professional engineer and is the author of two textbooks (Orbital Mechanics 3e, Elsevier 2013, and Fundamentals of Aircraft Structural Analysis, McGraw Hill 1997). His research specialties include continuum mechanics, structures, dynamics, and orbital mechanics.
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, USA
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When it's been a long, draining and exhausting week; when I have served my husband, my children, my friends, the neighborhood; when I've dealt with unforeseen's and been harassed by the enemy all week; I so look forward to a rest – and suddenly – someone has a need, and dials my number, then the Holy Spirit whispers in my ear: Gal 6:9 Let us not grow weary in doing good.
Well then I want to collapse in a wailing heap and cry out, "But I AM weary!"
(And quite honestly, I want to take Gal 6:9 and punch it in the face.) – don't tell anyone I said such a disgraceful thing!
So today God taught me something new, and while that is fantastic, it usually means I've been doing it wrong for a while, with that thought in mind, God lead me to look up that verse one more time, and here is the rest of it:Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
I will reap? Goody! I want to reap, if not here on earth, then definitely to store up for myself treasures in heaven!
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
But honestly, I usually do. In spite of exhaustion, I will do whatever the right thing is to do, out of obligation sometimes, and a little mutter in my mind. But, God reminded me of 1 Cor 13:3 though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
He told me, that if I don't do whatever I do out of love, I'm wasting my time. He also showed me, that when a rose is squeezed, its fragrance is released, and that is beautiful. In the same way, when we are hard pressed from all sides and we give genuine love in return, that goes against all reason, it stands out, it is beyond beautiful, and God gets all the glory – and we store up for ourselves treasures in heaven.
So, now I'm working on my heart, to do everything from a place of love. Besides, God is faithful, He won't burn me out. We are usually capable of much more than we think, and the stretch does us such good. It makes us grow. I want to grow, I want eternal treasure.


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My wife bought me an Ipad (32G 3G) for my birthday. I have an IPod Touch that, like my earlier Nano, I use daily. But I primarily use the Touch for music and — even more — podcasts. I wanted an ebook reader but could not bring myself to get a Kindle because I wanted a device to read books as well as the various blogs and legal feeds I follow. I was thinking that I was going to wait until at least the 2nd generation. But Stephanie heard me talking about it, knew i'd love it if i got one, and ordered one for me. (We had gotten a laptop replacement for her earlier in the year). I have a beautiful wife.
Impression one. This is not a magical device. It's cumbersome to input. Safari lacks any remote flexibility with add ons I regularly use with reading and tracking like I have with FireFox. The input keyboard is lightyears better than the Touch due to its size, but still forces me to regress back to the days of hunt and peck keyboarding before I learned to type in, oh, about 9th grade. Creating content that requires cut and paste between apps is possible but painfully slower than a laptop. Magical would be a tool that could be a laptop replacement in a meaningful way and offer the dynamite interface and app options that the Touch has only on an HD screen many times the size of the IPhone/Touch. It is not; but in truth I did not expect it to be and have been just testing some of its limits. I am actually writing this not on my laptop but on the WordPress app for the IPad and it is taking me easily 3x longer to do it this way. Of course part of this may be my multi- tasking as I watch the series finale of Lost.
Impression two. This is a magical device. I took it to my in-laws place the weekend I got it. Stephanie has three brothers with a combined niece/nephew mix of 7 (or 9 if you throw in our two daughters). Each and everyone of them used the IPad at some point. Not just them, but Stephanie's cousin, brothers, sisters in law and aunt even played with it. At one point Stephanie grabbed it to take with her when she was taxi and chaperone for her nephew going to a teen birthday party. The young ones painted on it (Draw Free and Whiteboard Apps), played a block buster game (BClassic Lite); the teens checked Facebook, played some other games I had downloaded, checked out music, and wanted other game apps (for $) that I would have DL'd but their parents nixed (and I only bought the limited 250mb data plan anyway); the uncles checked out iTunes, my movies, YouTube, weather, sports and news apps. I literally did no reading on it the whole weekend, but got a kick out of everyone else using it – for its main purpose as a media consumption, gaming, light interactive input, time killer plaything device extraordinaire.
Impression three. This reinvents YouTube. My kids, who went through a YouTube binge on my Touch. But the IPad with wifi and a HD screen is a game changer. I've literally watched They Might Be Giants videos (I'm a Paleontologist, The Mesopotamians, Istanbul, Never Go To Work) with my kids at least 50x over the last week. They also love the old Muppets snippets I can find.
Impression four. Its about the interface and portability. While its input is slower, it's an on the fly device. I can quickly look things up, do simple tasks (check email; check weather; check Facebook; look something up on the web; make a note in Evernote) quicker than I can with a laptop (if not right there and booted with a browser running). It's more comfortable in my hand than a laptop is in my, well, lap. Its far more usable for certain tasks than the Touch or a cell phone. While I'm still reticent bringing it along with me when I know I'll have some time to use it (watching kids at the park play with friends), I can see this use at the same time I couldn't contemplate a laptop. I can also see this device (or a similar next generation or competing device) being the thing that Newton was supposed to be. I hear an app called Pennultimate with a stylus (photostatic of course) is great for handwritten notes be they not yet optically character recognized. I imagine that will come.
Impression five. It's about the apps. 200,000. Task focused. Niched. One example – I like amateur astronomy. They have several really good apps including a soon to come one optimized for the IPad called StarMap Pro. I like this one because it has features (e.g., eyepiece view, Telerad view) that even with a Touch is an amazing aid for my dob when I am star hopping. I'm hoping that the HD version will be as visually stunning as the other IPad optimized apps and much easier to see outside with red-light mode of course. Another app I reviewed but have not bought plugs into any computerized telescope (with a necessary wifi interface you can buy for the scope) and shows you the view through the scope from the IPad perspective, skewing across the sky as your scope does. But if you dont care a lick about the night sky (and too bad for you – but it takes all kinds), the specifics of the apps I like are unimportant — there's probably stuff you like and there's likely an app for it. For kicks, I searched 'knitting'. 29 separate apps if that's your particular poison. Yuck, but it takes all kinds, right?
I think the final impression is the most important. The last decade of this Apple IPod/IPhone/IPad thang has created necessary platforms for a new niche ecosystem of content and now software. Through itunes and its app store Apple has made a distribution and micropayment market for content (music; audio books) and software (app store) function, for the first time, pretty efficiently if not a bit under the control of one monopolizer of the distribution system. The hardware will become a commodity over time. The market, however, oh the market created is the real magic going on here. And now created and sunk into the psychology of consumers, the distribution network won't be long monopolized by any one company. Especially one whose products start to become a commodity. But Apple will command the high premium of the innovator and first market maker for a while yet. But more important, the tablet and this new market are here to stay.
Viva la tablet and the micropayment content/software market.
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"Have no fear of perfection – you'll never reach it." – Salvator Dali
Before you start insulting me, let's make something clear, I'm not talking about relationships. Let me explain myself. We all do things that doesn't fit in our ideal life. The best examples are eating fast food, drinking alcohol, taking load of caffeine, watching TV, browsing the internet, playing video games or being lazy. The list could be longer, but you see the point. Tuesday, I've received my copy Fallout 4 by Amazon. For those, who don't what I'm talking about, Fallout is post-apocalyptic video games. The game is huge and can easily suck you in for hours. I took my copy and put it aside. I wanted to make a simple experiment. I told myself that would only play saturday (for the whole day) if all the important stuff I wanted do would be done (gym, writing, reading and projects). Without committing myself, I would have easily spend all my free time playing and I'm not joking. To my surprise, I was way more productive that way. What I can see about that…
- My gaming experience was even better because I've delayed the reward. I was awaiting that moment all week.
- I wasn't ashamed to play for my whole Saturday, because everything I wanted to be done, was finished.
- I did way more during my week by avoiding anything related to TV. I felt more satisfied about myself, therefore I was more happy and less stressed.
Cheating can also help you build habits. I love to drink Red Bull. I know it's bad for the health. I remember in my college years, drinking 2 cans a day. Nowadays, I avoid it as much as possible. The best way that I used to stop was to let myself cheat once or twice a month. I've avoided the pain of removing what I like from my life, but at the same I've reduce so much the quantity I drink that it doesn't have significant impact on my life.
Trying to be perfect is impossible. It's a recipe for frustration. Let yourself deliberately cheat, not too much, but just enough.


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>Hello Everyone =) Today I wanted to share what's in my make-up bag. I have a decent stash of make-up products, I got them all before my nail polish addiction suddenly came to life last year. But I always have my small make-up bag with me, and regarding the fact I can't carry around too many things, I only have some select items inside. Here is how my make-up bag looks like:
I got this at Claire's for 10$, I think. But it was about two years ago. I love it, because it can hold so many things!
This is how it looks inside, it has a small mirror and cute pink stars on black. =)
Let me start with the eye stuff.
From Top to Bottom: Rimmel London Sexy Curves Mascara, MAC Penulitmate Eye Liner in Rapidblack, #22 Brush by Sephora, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils in Lust and Zero.
T-B: MAC Eye Shadow Suite in Team Violets, Urban Decay E/S in Goddess, Too Faced E/S Duo in Skinny Dip, Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
Lancome Color Focus Palette in L'amante du Matin, and Inglot lash curler. I love the packaging of the Lancome =)
Finally, lip and cheek stuff.
T-B: Guerlain brush, Golden Rose Ceramic polish in #135, (which I only got today and stuffed inside my make-up bag to avoid breakage), Bare Escentuals Buxom Lips gloss in Bambi, Stila Convertible Lip&Cheek Color in Peony, Inglot Pressed Powder.
That's a lot of stuff for a small bag, don't you think? =)
Finally, here is the polishing & konading I quickly did today:
Golden Rose Ceramic #135, with konad m64 in white on top. =)
I tag any of you who wants to share their make-up bags =)
By the way, NOX Twilight has sent me a sample pack to review! I'm waiting for my nails to grow out a bit, so I can shape them & swatch those six gorgeous polishes for you!
A Little Poll:
Makyaj çantamı iki yıl önce Claire's ten 16 Liraya almıştım. Küçük gözükmesine rağmen içine bir sürü şey sığıyor. İçinde aynası da var.
Göz malzemelerim: Rimmel London Sexy Curves Maskara, MAC Penulitmate Eye Liner, Sephora #22 fırça, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Göz kalemi, mor ve siyah, MAC Eye Shadow Suite Team Violets ikili far, Urban Decay Goddess far, Too Faced Skinny Dip ikili far, Too Faced far bazı, Lancome Color Focus Palette dörtlü far, Inglot kirpik maşası.
Dudak, yanak, tırnak vs: Guerlain fırça, Golden Rose Ceramic oje #135 numara, Bare Escentuals Buxom Lips gloss (Bambi), Stila Yanak ve Dudak renklendiricisi (Peony), Inglot Pudra.
Son olarak bugün yaptığım manikür, Golden Rose Ceramic #135 numara üzerine konad m64 ve beyaz ile desen yaptım.
Bu arada yakında NOX Twilight ojeleri ile karşınızda olacağım.


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By min, who just loves costume affairs!
I went to Conroe last week for a centennial celebration. Conroe, with a population of over 56,000 people, can hardly be described as a small town, but during this festival it really recaptured the small town atmosphere of the year 1912.
There were folk wearing the dress of the day:
That little girl on the right is someone's child thereby justifying this as a MamaDrama post.
There were classic automobiles:
What I know about cars would fit down an anthole, so I can't tell you what these things are or if their ages are appropriate to a 1912 celebration, but I really like them because having them on the brick streets of downtown really added to the ambiance of the event.
This vehicle didn't hurt the atmosphere either:
I didn't ride because the cost of passage was not reflective of 1912 prices.
This is a picture of Jake the Newsie NOT posing for a picture.
His outfit wasn't what I would call 'authentic' but it wasn't bad considering he was probably the only male there under the age of fifty. He handed out xerox'd pages bearing one of the headlines of the day:
The Conroe Courier did exist in 1912, but I guess they decided it was easiest to get hold of "The New York American".
It wasn't the largest festival that I've ever attended, but this one makes up for its size in terms of frequency. It is my understanding that this isn't the first centennial celebration they've had recently and the next one is scheduled for October.
There's a good reason for this…which I'll explain the next time I post about it.