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X Ambassadors are back with a new sound, fresh album and a headlining tour. The alternative rock band released their 2nd album "Orion" on June 14, 2019 and it marks their entry into the indie pop music scene. As they embark on an extended trek, get your hands on X Ambassadors tickets to enjoy their eclectic blend of pop hooks and arena staples. Besides belting out new numbers, the band will also rock old favorites, showcasing their impressive repertoire spread across genres.
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X Ambassadors – The Start
Led by the brothers Sam and Casey Harris, X Ambassadors also features Adam Levin. The band gained some buzz while touring with the Canadian electropop sensation Lights. They went on to release a self-titled EP but it wasn't until 2013 when "Love Songs Drug Songs" hit the shelves and placed them on the map. A supporting stint with Imagine Dragons added to their popularity and in 2014 the band released their 3rd EP "Reason". Featuring the singles "Jungle" and "Unsteady", San Harris was especially hailed for his deep, soulful voice.
In 2015 X Ambassadors came up with "VHS" and it reached top 10 on the Billboard 200. It produced the hit track "Renegades" that soars on catchy grooves and hard-hitting drumming. "Unsteady" was also loved by the fans who couldn't get enough of Sam's throaty vocals. X Ambassadors was able to embrace the urban pop sound all the while retaining their spirit of alternative rock. Album releases were supported by tours and live performances as fans flocked to arenas with their X Ambassadors tickets.
Orion – A Melodic Collection
After a hiatus of four years, X Ambassadors are back with their highly anticipated album "Orion". It took them quite some time to bring it together, as the album went through several creative changes and rewrites. Named after Casey Harris's son John James Orion Harris, the album highlights feeling of loss, recovery and finding sense of things around you.
"Hey Child" serves as the perfect opener, setting the tone of the album – upbeat and eclectic fusion of hip-hop, R&B and indie pop. "Confidence" is another head-banger, driven on high quality and rich delivery. "Boom" is all set to become a crowd favorite when X Ambassadors hit the road on their "Orion Tour". Catchy chorus and heavy beats will surely make it a sing-along arena anthem.
"Rule" highlights Sam's rich falsetto voice as he goes softer on the number. The addition of piano on the track makes it a soulful piece. Track by track X Ambassadors take the listeners on a rollercoaster ride. Everything from stylistic arrangements to music is executed flawlessly, treating the fans to a cohesive and diverse album. Dripping in quality, driven by sublime vocals and multilayered recordings, "Orion" is all set to shine as X Ambassadors best effort yet. Be there to support the talented New Yorkers when they head out on a summer-fall tour. The North American run is stretched till November and the sales have started rising for X Ambassadors tickets.
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One of yours truly's favorite musical discoveries of 2013, enigmatic Finland doom collective Mansion made an immediate impression on the debut EP We Shall Live, and turned in a stunning live performance at the Roadburn Festival last April. The band had been working on new material throughout 2014, and eight months after the seven-inch release Congregation Hymns Vol. 1, have served up another helping of Kartanoist-themed dogma in the form of the spellbinding new record Uncreation.
Comprised of four tracks but clocking in at 37 minutes, Uncreation actually qualifies as a proper album rather than an EP, and is plenty good enough to hold up alongside the best albums of 2014. It's a shame that it came out so quietly and under the radar in mid-December, but it's never too late to listen to great music. Besides, that's what January's for: catching up on music you might have missed throughout the previous year.
Once again, Uncreation finds the members of Mansion delve into the doomsday cult philosophy of Alma Kartano, who created the Christian sect in Finland in the first half of the 20th century and preached asceticism and warned of the impending wrath of God. It's a brilliant idea by the band, whose straight-faced approach to the themes lends some delicious mystery to the hypnotic psychedelic doom arrangements. The singer, who has taken the nom de plume Alma, embraces that role fully on record and in concert, and dominates the four tracks on this record with her steely enunciation and solemn, hymnlike singing, especially on the foreboding title track. But then a track like "Divining Rod" comes along, in which she whips herself into a frenzy, her lines crescendoing into cries of ecstasy and religious fervor. Alma and Mansion sells this idea convincingly, which you can hear for yourself below via Bandcamp.
Uncreation is now available on 12" vinyl and as a digital download. Purchase it here.

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Lisa Haydon: Actresses are not looking for only glamorous roles now
'Queen' star Lisa Haydon feels nowadays Bollywood leading actresses are more interested in doing performance-oriented roles than just looking good on screen
'Queen' star Lisa Haydon feels nowadays Bollywood leading actresses are more interested in doing performance-oriented roles than just looking good on screen.
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Citing examples of Deepika Padukone's 'Finding Fanny', Vidya Balan's role in 'Kahaani', among others, the model-actress says acting has gained more importance than glamorous looks.
"People are looking for actors these days more than anything else. All the girls are doing performance oriented roles and have been applauded for their roles. It's not about looking glamorous. It's a big mix. I don't think the girls are looking for those kind of roles anymore. That road block is no more there," Lisa said in an interview.
The 28-year-old actress, who made her Bollywood debut with Sonam Kapoor-starrer 'Aisha' (2010), says 'Queen' changed everything for her as people started taking her seriously now.
"I am so blessed that a film like 'Queen' came along. It sort of broke down all the walls for me. Earlier, I was considered a glamorous person and a model. 'Queen' gave me an opportunity and director Vikas Bahl allowed me to showcase my acting abilities," Lisa said.
The young star is now geared up for upcoming comedy 'The Shaukeens', starring Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor and Piyush Mehra in leading roles. Akshay Kumar is in a cameo role in the movie.
The film is the official remake of 1982 'Shaukeen', which had Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, AK Hangal, Rati Agnihotri and Mithun Chakraborty in important roles.
Lisa says, though she is new to the industry, she did not feel any pressure while working with the veteran actors in the movie.
"They made me feel incredibly comfortable from the get go and it was a blessing. It was not intimidating experience at all. They were such confident volunteers and it's a stress free work environment. They give their characters such nuances and as a co-actor it helps to bring out your character more," she said.
Lisa would not mind doing a special dance number in a film but she does not like the word 'item girl'.
"I wouldn't mind doing dance films. I like to do a film where I can play a guitar. It really depends on what film and what song but I don't like the term item," she said.
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Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Pros and Cons
The topic of conceiving is very sensitive and requires to be looked at seriously. Most women dream to have a safe pregnancy and a happy addition to their family. Sometimes, women are not able to do this in the natural way.
Yet, this is something that doesn't have to get in the way of becoming a mother. Many women get their wishes without worrying about their inability to naturally conceive. Today, it is possible for you to conceive through assisted reproductive technologies.
What are Assisted Reproductive Technologies?
Assisted reproductive technologies are technological assistance of medicine. This is done either before, during or after the process of reproduction. Examples are: assisting in pregnancy, birth, genetic structure, etc.
The most famous assisted reproductive technologies that are known include Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) or Third Party Reproductive Technologies.
Pros of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
1. It is a very valuable alternative: All families are unique. Everyone should be given a choice to conceive in ways that is possible for them.
2. Assisted reproductive technologies are long-tested techniques.
3. For conditions that require toxic medication, assisted reproductive technologies are a glimmer of hope. Thus, it is easier for families to seek treatment for these conditions. At the same time, their wish to conceive in the future is not lost.
4. If there are any birth defects in the baby, they are changed and made more manageable.
5. It is very quick to identity further problems in reproduction. Many a times, if the family does not wish to conceive - assisted reproductive technologies also provide options for other families through donations.
Cons Assisted Reproductive Technologies
1. It is highly expensive.
2. The results of the assisted reproductive technology is most of the time ambiguous, not expected or predictable to:
- the baby. This includes results like deformation, prematurity and low birth weight.
- the mother. This includes allergic side effects, failure to conceive the first time, multiple or ectopic pregnancies.
3. Professionals or family members might feel the need to misuse or manipulate the procedure. This can strongly affect your emotional health.
4. There is question of natural conception. Many feel that assisted reproductive technology is not a fair or right procedure as per ethics.
The Verdict?
At the end, your partner, doctor and you yourself are the ones you need to listen to. Keeping such precautions will only help you remain happy as well as conceive safely! So, what are your opinions on assisted reproductive technology ladies? Like, share and comment down below!


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Our memory isn't entirely reliable and as most would say, it's heavily influenced by our own subjective perception. But what happens when the treasure chest of data that you so deeply depend on, falters and is no longer an accurate reference of past events? Not only do you start to forget the little things but begin to question day-to-day processes like facial recognition, credibility of recalled personal information and event recollection. It's common to fear aging, but the fear associated with memory loss, a symptom of aging, surpasses any terror caused by a few extra gray hairs. Individuals between the ages of 50-79 are especially vulnerable to experiencing instances of memory loss or forgetfulness and often believe these are tell-tale signs of old age. Ignoring the symptoms of memory loss can mean ignoring the early signs of Alzheimer's disease.
To help individuals assess their brain health, Baycrest and MaRS partnered to form Cogniciti, relying heavily on Microsoft technology partners Dapasoft and Navantis. The resulting free online assessment tool was developed to test areas of the brain closely related to aging and is hosted on Microsoft's Azure cloud. The 20 minute test intuitively compares the user's results with other individuals within their age group. "The test taker receives a personalized report with their results, a suggested action plan, and access to a wide selection of science-based brain health information videos, books, and tools," states Dr. Bill Crounse, Senior Director of Microsoft Worldwide Health. Users with a relatively low score can instantly receive their results and share an in-depth summary report with their practitioners to aid in devising a treatment plan.
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As the leading software IT partner, Dapasoft built the solution on .Net Technology while ensuring the front-end of the project is user-friendly and responsive to all screen resolutions, specifically addressing the needs of individuals of advanced years. Our continuing relationship with Baycrest is fostering new improvements and ideas to help push this solution toward growth and healthcare adaptation.
With a set focus on healthcare, we can help your organization develop tools that create self-awareness in patients and serve as a catalyst to reach out to practitioners in the early stages of any health issue.


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Today, I woke up to the final results that would change everything I thought I knew about my life for the last 8 years: I was misdiagnosed with Celiac Disease. It's been a long time coming, from the first moment this was questioned back in May, but the blood test 14 weeks later has solidified this truth that I still cannot wrap my mind around. It's a story that will haunt me, like so many other aspects of my life have up to this point…
Eight years ago, I received an upper endoscopy. During this procedure, they found abnormalities in my duodenal bulb. A specimen was sent out for testing, with the following results: "partial villous blunting and intraepithelial lymphocytocis, compatible with celiac sprue." A comment below stated, "Because the histologic features are not fully developed for sprue and correspond only to Marsh pattern l-ll, I would recommend additional serologic confirmatory testing for celiac sprue be considered, if clinically indicated." Of course, I did not see the actual report of the biopsy until recently. I was told that my biopsy showed Celiac and that a blood test was needed to confirm this. A series of standard blood tests were ran shortly after, with the assumption that nothing significant was found. Three months later, I was sent for the Celiac Disease Antibody Panel.
Days passed, and I called to check on my blood results. I remember that moment, as I stood in the barn that Quentin and I were working in at the time. I was told that my tests had confirmed that I have Celiac Disease, and a follow-up appointment was made. I had never heard of the disease, and it took me quite a bit to research the unknown. What I learned made my heart sink. This was the end of all of the sandwiches, doughy sweets, and pizza I loved to eat! Little did I know, it would mean even more of a life change than I thought. I ate gluten up until the car ride to that follow-up appointment. My last meal was on the way: 2 fish fillet sandwiches from Wendy's.
The appointment proved disappointing, to say the least. I was met with pamphlets, a couple of websites, and the simple instructions to "avoid gluten." I was again told that the biopsy and blood test had confirmed my disease so I never once thought to question this diagnosis. I was sent along my way with so much to learn and my entire life changed.
Years followed, and I never really got better. In the midst of it all, I had tests and upper endoscopies. The tests always showed negative for Celiac, but this was to be expected if on a gluten free diet. My endoscopies, however, did not show me healing. I was instructed to continue with my gluten free diet and even told to "redouble efforts to exclude gluten from diet" by 2009. This is the point where our entire household (food, personal care products, cleaning products, pet supplies) were changed to gluten free. Our lives became even harder, as we struggled to feed everyone decent meals and find the products we needed that would not be a cross-contamination risk for me. The expense was outrageous, and it was impossible to attend social events because everything involved the food that I thought was making me so sick.
When the kids started school, we were faced with the challenges of cleaning them up afterward and packing lunches from our gluten free kitchen. There were many of their events that I sat out on or felt awkward packing my own food or just starving. Quentin and I had a gluten free wedding: the food, the cake, the alcohol. We did not want to risk me being exposed to something that would poison me on our special day. Our honeymoon, and then later, our vacations were all planned with safe restaurants in mind. We still had to pack food for many meals, and we were frustrated that our own hometown was not Celiac-friendly at all.
It became our way of life for 8 long years—Kayden's entire life has known no different. I painstakingly learned the art of preparing "regular" meals with gluten free counterparts and became extra creative with the boys' lunches and our traveling meals. More gluten free options arose, and I got skilled in scoping out new products and even expos for gluten free finds. Couponing helped, and so did menu planning. I made our life as normal as I could, but I always felt so guilty for having this disease. I was stressed out that I wasn't getting better, and it was a constant worry of what would happen to my body as this disease took its toll. By the age of 24, my bone density was already on the low scale. I tried to get help for my endless list of seemingly unrelated symptoms, and I constantly got the same answer: You have Celiac Disease.
After putting the appointment off for a couple of years, I finally made my way back to my GI specialist at the beginning of May. I had stopped going, though I knew there was something seriously wrong. My weight was still dropping; I couldn't maintain body temperature; and I constantly ached all over. These were only a few of the wide range of issues I had sucked up for so long and finally caved about seeking help for.
I sat in the GI's office as he examined me and got quiet behind his desk. He looked up from his computer, and slowly asked me if my IGA levels had ever been raised. I told him I wouldn't know, but that it was a different hospital that had diagnosed me. "Your case has always bothered me…" he began, and my head began to spin. He explained that he had never seen my tests from the other hospital. Basically, there was nothing he had ever read that actually showed I had Celiac Disease. I explained that the hospital had confirmed my biopsy results with a blood test. He told me that he needed to see those and began on what his thoughts were. I could have never made myself ready for this…
It came to one of two main issues: I could have Celiac Disease and be part of the only 5% out there that did not improve with a gluten free diet. My doctor explained that these people experience a variety of symptoms quite like mine. The outcome would not be favorable, as the autoimmune system is basically attacking your body nonstop. Immune suppressants are often used, along with other drugs to try to slow down the process. Or, I may not have Celiac Disease. I could have had something else wrong with me this entire time and been misdiagnosed while the real problem continued to grow. I was shaking, by this point. My doctor was looking me straight in the eyes and refusing to cut corners. This was where we stood. "I was diagnosed 8 YEARS ago. Are there people out there who are misdiagnosed with Celiac and go on thinking they have the disease for YEARS?!" The answer was yes. Unfortunately, those people are out there. Quentin and I left the office that day in shock, unable to wrap our minds around this position in our lives. One thing was for sure: We had to find those records!
That night, I did just that. Using an online medical service, I was able to find the test results. My eyes couldn't leave the screen, as I read, re-read, and googled medical terms. This looked like a negative. Why did this look like a negative? That can't be right. This isn't happening!
Quentin ran the copied results to the GI first thing in the morning, and they called me soon after to confirm my fears: My results were always negative. I had countless questions, and the back-and-forth phone calls went on for most of the day. The truth was, I needed re-tested. But, in order to perform the test…My body had to be reacting to gluten to see if my levels rose like that of a Celiac. And, it wasn't going to be a quick process. I was instructed to consume the amount of gluten equivalent to a slice of bread, every day for about 3 MONTHS! I was in horror. This thing that I had been told would kill me was now going to re-enter my system. Would I get sick? Would I recover afterwards? This could do permanent damage to my body, and I had to do it to confirm a disease I was told I had 8 years ago! I begged for alternative options. Could I take the test sooner? Was there any other way to do this? Another biopsy?
I could take the test as soon as a month, but living on a gluten free diet for 8 years could take the 3 months to show up in my system. There was also a genetic test to check if I carried either of the 2 genes associated with the disease, but a percentage of the population also carry those genes and may or may not ever acquire the disease. Basically, I would only get an answer from a negative result. And, the test was very expensive. This test could be done immediately, though, eliminating the need for the "gluten challenge." A biopsy was not a good solution, as I was on a gluten free diet for so long. Also, the result of the other hospital's biopsy may or may not have been Celiac Disease.
Quentin and I went back and forth on the genetic test. I didn't want to cost us that money, but he wanted me to know as soon as possible. It was a chance to avoid all this, and he felt that I needed to take that chance. So, off I went to take the test the very next day. The thing was, I knew there was a chance I would not get answers. So, I began the "gluten challenge" that very same day to speed up this process…
My very first taste of gluten was a slice of bread. The truth? I hated it. My tastes had adjusted so much to the crumbly, dense, gluten free counterpart that this tasted sticky and weird. Also, I was sitting in my closet to consume it because I was trying to keep everything in the kitchen "clean" of gluten. I never told the kids what I was doing because I was so worried that the result would still be positive, and they would think this was just some diet that I was allowed to "cheat" on. Nor, did I really tell anyone else. My parents and some close family members knew. As for my "friends," many did not even question how my GI appointment went…let alone know the struggle I was faced with day to day. I sat alone in that closet, scared to death at what harm I was inviting into my body. I had heard stories of Celiacs having seizures from gluten or getting cancer later on from the consumption, and I had no choice but to risk it all. Props to my mom and Quentin for being my rocks through this. Each of them kept up with how I was feeling and made a point to ask if there was a change. Oddly enough, I saw no difference. But, I held my breath every day as I secretly took the bites that were my poison days before.
The genetic testing came back positive. I just so happen to carry the HLA-DQ2 gene that is associated with Celiac. At any point in my life, I could have the active disease…or I may never get it. This result held no answers and just left me to realize that it was a possibility one way or another.
I took the first test around a month. I worried, not knowing what to make of my non-reaction to the "gluten challenge." The test came back negative, and I was instructed to stick it out all the way until August. I was so frustrated. The entire summer was spent hiding, fearing, and waiting. I had very little support this entire time. My mom and Quentin made a point to be there for me during this mysterious time in my life, but the other family who knew what was happening were virtually silent on the subject. My friends seemed to avoid that I was sick, let alone make themselves available enough to know the story of this battle that was in front of me. I stayed silent myself, not wishing to spread misinformation on the seriousness of this disease but also feeling like no one cared to hear it.
Today, my GI's office confirmed what I saw on my own computer screen. I do not have Celiac Disease. For 8 years, my life has been a lie. I have thrown away 8 years of experiences, money, and overall quality of life for a diagnosis that was patched onto me to bandage whatever has been making me so sick all of these years. I am angry and hurt. These are years that I will never get back, and I have to learn to live life all over again at 29 years old.
Cooking "normal" food will be a new skill I will be challenged to get used to, and I cannot imagine walking into a restaurant and eating like a "normal person." I will finally have the chance to buy perfume again, and the selection of beauty products I will have available is overwhelming. My kids can pack peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in their lunch, from a loaf of bread that doesn't have to be toasted first or cost $5-$6. I can kiss my husband when he comes in the door from work, without questioning what he's eaten. I can lick an envelope and handle playdough. I have never taken my kids for ice cream or eaten cotton candy with them at the fair. I have never had my nails done. The list is endless, and I am seriously considering a bucket list.
While there is much to look forward to, the fact remains that I am still sick with something. My doctor is still behind me, making plans for another rheumatologist visit and endoscopy to try for more answers. We're waiting till January to move forward, as the medical expenses for all of this have been insane. I don't know how to feel about what I was told today so I sat down and handled it in the best way I know how: I wrote my story so I wouldn't have to face the silence anymore…


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Remember when Jesus was out at sea with his disciples and a big storm came? They woke Him up and asked for His help. He awoke and calmed that horrendous storm. I want to focus on their reaction. Scripture tells us that after Jesus spoke to the raging waters, all became still again. But His disciples were terrified. Why is that? Because they were in the presence of the very holy One and isn't it true that when we are in that presence we see ourselves for what we really are: afraid, sinful and doubting.
I've been reflecting on God's holiness ever since I watched the 700 Club earlier in the week. A distraught mother called in and asked Pat Robertson what more she can do besides all her praying and fasting to hasten the return of her prodigal son. I felt that his reply was for me as well: "Instead of focusing on your son's sins, focus on God's holiness. Ask for God's forgiveness for this son's attitudes and offenses against such a holy God."
I realize that we can't repent for another person. However, our intercession takes on a whole new dimension when we take the approach of coming into the presence of a Holy God instead of dwelling on all the sinful rebellion we are seeing and continually telling God about it.
I am called to be holy. Peter says so in 1 Peter 1:15-16. "But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy.' So how do I do this? By separating myself from the things of this world and dedicating myself to God.
I will never stop interceding for my prodigal and knowing I will become holy in the process is a win-win situation.
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Jeremiah 1:4-10*Psalm 71:1-6*1 Corinthians 13:1-13 * Luke 4:14-30
As I ponder these readings for this Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, I find myself recalling one of the first words I encountered as an undergraduate student of religion: weltanschauung.
Weltanschauung is a German word that often is translated as "worldview" or "world outlook," but just as frequently is treated as a calque or left untranslated. A Weltanschauung is a comprehensive conception or theory of the world and the place of humanity within it. It is an intellectual construct that provides both a unified method of analysis for and a set of solutions to the problems of existence.
[International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences | 2008 COPYRIGHT 2008 Thomson Gale.]
It was once thought, by thinkers like Immanuel Kant, Renee Descartes, and more recently Whilhelm Dilthy, that with due diligence we could perceive a single, unified world view – an historical, objective and singularly truthful world view. More recently, however, in science, philosophy and religion, the role of the individual observer, the subject, and the influence of one's culture and language, makes for a variety of world views, or ways of seeing the world we live in and our place in it. As it turns out the Buddha was quite right to observe some six hundred years before Jesus that things are changing – nothing remains the same.
For instance, we now know that every cell in the human body is replaced approximately every seven years. I am not physically the person I was seven years ago, and in fact by now have gone through a number of physical transformations. The fact of change has led some, like Hans Georg Gadamer, to conclude that "there can be no final interpretation of reality because new life-worlds or world pictures will cause future interpreters to see and experience the world differently." [Ibid] As some might say, circumstances alter cases.
In this age of immediate information overload driven by an insatiable devotion to electronic devices, we find ourselves flooded with a variety of vastly differing world views multiple times per day if not per hour or even per minute. All filtered through "our own" world view, and interpreted from our own particular point of view. This has become particularly important in our interpretation of scripture and religious texts like the Bible, the Quran, the Sutras of the Buddha, the Mahabharata, the Analects of Confucius and the Dao De Jing (Tao). Each of these texts, and hundreds of others, offer a particular weltanschauung that came into existence in particular historical circumstances, regions and cultures and compiled in regional languages.
The texts before us center on a world view that, as Paul says in perhaps his most famous chapter in his letter to the church in Corinth, may be summarized by the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. As the first Christian witness in the New Testament, Paul stands upon a tradition and world view that claims that the Lord God of the Exodus is "our stronghold" and source of our Hope (Psalm 71), and that we know this because it is the Lord God himself who puts "my words in your mouth" of those he calls to announce his emerging world view (Jeremiah 1).
I say emerging since throughout the Bible from beginning to end the world view of the Lord God of the Exodus is always based in Faith, Hope and Charity, but is given new interpretive meanings in the differing historical and cultural circumstances of God's people. By the way, in High School we had to memorize chapater 13 in the King James English for our English Lit class with Clara King. A number of us Boomers petitioned to be able to use the Revised Standard Version which replaces Charity with "Love." I have since learned that the Biblical concept of Love really is more like what we call Charity: doing something useful and helpful for others whether or not we even like them. It seems to me it is what Jesus is all about. Besides, it rhymes: Faith, Hope and Charity, abide these three, but the greatest of these is Charity!
So we have Jeremiah, and quite possibly Psalm 71, commissioned to remind the people in Exile not to let go of the Hope that their God will find them a way out. Indeed, they are to sing and pray, "In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; incline your ear to me and save me." (Psalm 71) Some six hundred years later, under the military occupation of the Roman Empire, the people still seek deliverance and freedom when Paul writes to Corinth about the necessity to maintain Faith, Hope and Charity in spite of the current crisis – that is, to adopt and maintain a positive world view no matter what the circumstances on the ground might suggest.
Some thirty or forty years after Paul we get Luke's portrayal of what is often referred to as Jesus' first sermon in his hometown synagogue in which he radically reinterprets the God inspired words of another prophet of the Exile, Isaiah, to fit the ongoing crisis: God wants to set us prisoners free, give we who are blind new vision, and the cancelation of all debts! Note carefully that when asked how to pray Jesus instructs his followers to forgive debts: and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. (Luke 11) I say radical, for as it dawns on the people just what kind of Faith, Hope and Charity is being demanded of them ("Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing!"), they conspire to hurl him off a nearby cliff, only to have him "pass through the midst of them," the way Moses and the people passed through (exodos) the sea, the exiles returned to Jerusalem, and Jesus passes through death back to life.
Jeremiah, Psalm 71, I Corinthians and Luke offer an emerging world view that is grounded in Faith, Hope and Charity to withstand the competing world views of exile and military/political oppression. We can safely conclude that those who have lived out of such a world view have made it through to our present day.
I say all of this because I am aware that every day we are being courted by other world views, other weltanschauungs if you will. They come in the guise of political ideologies, scientific and anti-scientific assessments, religious and atheistic pronouncements, and of course the managed world views of Television, Movies and Advertising, to name just a few. Some are positive, many are negative. Most are seductive world views based out of the seven deadly sins: greed, envy, gluttony, lust, sloth, anger, and of course, pride. We are in an election year and weltanschauungs are flying literally left and right!
As Paul asserts in his majestic 13th chapter of First Corinthians, most of these world views will pass away. The world view grounded in Faith, Hope and Charity shall endure. Buyer beware: the trappings of world views competing for our allegiances are indeed seductive and clever. As the Lord says to Jeremiah, "Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you." There is nothing clever about Faith, Hope or Charity. In any and all historical and cultural circumstances, these three virtues always survive. Amen.


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Pace Quickened. Germany's 700,000 Jews have been tortured physically, robbed of homes and properties, denied a chance to earn a living, chased off the streets. Now they are being held for "ransom," a gangster trick through the ages. But not only Jews have suffered. Out of Germany has come a steady, ever-swelling stream of refugees, Jews and Gentiles, liberals and conservatives, Catholics as well as Protestants, who could stand Naziism no longer. TIME'S cover, showing Organist Adolf Hitler playing his hymn of hate in a desecrated cathedral while victims dangle on a St. Catherine's wheel and the Nazi hierarchy looks on, was drawn by Baron Rudolph Charles von Ripper (see p. 20), a Catholic who found Germany intolerable. Meanwhile, Germany has become a nation of uniforms, goose-stepping to Hitler's tune, where boys of ten are taught to throw hand grenades, where women are regarded as breeding machines. Most cruel joke of all, however, has been played by Hitler & Co. on those German capitalists and small businessmen who once backed National Socialism as a means of saving Germany's bourgeois economic structure from radicalism. The Nazi credo that the individual belongs to the state also applies to business. Some businesses have been confiscated outright, on others what amounts to a capital tax has been levied. Profits have been strictly controlled. Some idea of the increasing Governmental control and interference in business could be deduced from the fact that 80% of all building and 50% of all industrial orders in Germany originated last year with the Government. Hard-pressed for foodstuffs as well as funds, the Nazi regime has taken over large estates and in many instances collectivized agriculture, a procedure fundamentally similar to Russian Communism.
When Germany took over Austria she took upon herself the care and feeding of 7,000,000 poor relations. When 3,500,000 Sudetens were absorbed, there were that many more mouths to feed. As 1938 drew to a close many were the signs that the Nazi economy of exchange control, barter trade, lowered standard of living, "self-sufficiency," was cracking. Nor were signs lacking that many Germans disliked the cruelties of their Government, but were afraid to protest them. Having a hard time to provide enough bread to go round, Führer Hitler was being driven to give the German people another diverting circus. The Nazi controlled press, jumping the rope at the count of Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels, shrieked insults at real and imagined enemies. And the pace of the German dictatorship quickened as more & more guns rolled from factories and little more butter was produced.


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Advertising Terms of Use
These terms and conditions ("Terms") govern all advertisers (defined as "Advertiser", "you" and " your") that:
- have placed an advertisement (the relevant ad) on www.joralocal.com or www.joralocal.com.au or http://local.jora.com; or
- have utilised any features of the Site or Jora Local's Products offered through the Site.
Your access to and use of the information, materials and services provided on this Site is conditional upon your acceptance and compliance with the Terms.
Depending on what level of service you choose, there may be other terms that govern your relationship with Jora Local in conjunction with these Terms.
The Site is owned and operated by Hire Now Pty Limited, operating under the trade name Jora Local defined as ("Jora Local", "we", "us" and "our").
Your continued use of this Site will be deemed as acceptance of these Terms by you.
Variation of Terms
- Jora Local may vary these Terms at any time. If Jora Local varies these Terms, it will provide notice by publishing the varied Terms on the Site.
- You accept that by doing this, Jora Local has provided you with sufficient notice of the variation to its Terms.
- All amounts owing to Jora Local will be debited from your nominated credit card at the point of purchase of Jora Local products or services.
- You are obliged to pay for the services that Jora Local agrees to provide you with regardless of whether you utilise or fully utilise those services. If you do not provide Jora Local with the necessary materials or information for Jora Local to deliver these services to you, you are still liable to Jora Local for full payment.
- Payments using American Express or Diners Club credit cards incur an extra charge of 3.02% (including GST) for American Express, or 2.46% (including GST) for Diners Club, of the Jora Local payment amount. The rates are the same that Jora Local is charged by American Express and Diners Club.
- If you do not pay your account on time Jora Local may disable your account without notice and refuse to supply further services to you.
- You agree that pursuant to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Jora Local may obtain from either a credit reporting agency or other credit providers personal credit information about you and/or your directors or a consumer credit report about you for the purpose of collecting overdue payments relating to commercial credit owed by you.
- You agree that Jora Local may disclose this information to a credit reporting agency or any other interested person.
Intellectual Property Rights
- Jora Local retains all intellectual property rights subsisting in any of the goods and services provided to you by Jora Local.
Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer
- Jora Local provides no warranty to you that services generally available through the Site will be uninterrupted or error free. Except where we are unable to exclude our liability by legislation, we, our officers, employees, agents and contractors will not be liable in any way to you or anyone else for any loss or damage, however it arises (whether in contract, tort including negligence, or otherwise) out of or in connection with your access and use of the Site.
- In the case of goods or services supplied or offered via the Site, liability for breach of an implied term which cannot be excluded by legislation, is limited at our option to either, the supply of the goods or services (or the equivalent goods or services) again or the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied again.
- Our limitation of liability under these Terms applies to direct, indirect, consequential, special, punitive or other damages that you or others may suffer, as well as damages for loss of profit, business interruption or the loss of data or information, even if we are informed of their possibility.
- Jora Local accepts no responsibility or liability for any errors in your advertisements and you must check your advertisements for errors as soon as they are placed on the Site.
- Jora Local agrees to use reasonable efforts to publish advertisements in the shortest possible time.
- Jora Local cannot and does not guarantee or warrant to the you that files available for downloading through the Site or delivered via electronic mail through the Site, or features and products available through the Site, will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Site for the reconstruction of any lost data.
- Jora Local acts as a medium through which individuals seek employment opportunities. Jora Local does not vet, nor is it responsible for vetting, candidates or the representations made by them whether oral or in writing – including those representations appearing in candidates' resumes.
Changes to the Site
- Jora Local reserves the right at all times without the need to have to provide any notice to you, to alter the functionality and/or appearance of its products and services available from Jora Local or the Site itself, including but not limited to advertisements on the Site and/or as they are represented on mobile communication devices.
Your Obligations
- You warrant and agree that:
- you have the legal capacity and power to agree to be bound by these Terms and perform the obligations under them;
- advertisements and other works posted on the Site do not breach the intellectual property rights of any third party;
- all files delivered to Jora Local will be free of infection or viruses;
- you will not use the Site for any illegal purpose; and
- you will not use the Site or any features of the Site or products offered on the Site to upload, download, transact, store or make available data that is unlawful, harassing threatening, harmful, tortious, defamatory, libellous, abusive violent, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, racially or ethnically offensive or otherwise in our opinion objectionable or damaging to Jora Local, the Site users or persons generally.
- You may not assign or transfer any rights and obligations pursuant to these Terms to any other person or entity without Jora Local's prior written approval (which will not be unreasonably withheld). If you are a company, any change in your effective control shall be deemed an assignment for the purpose of this clause.
- You indemnify and will keep indemnified Jora Local, its officers, employees and agents against all claims, actions, suits, liabilities, actual or contingent costs, damages and expenses incurred by Jora Local in connection with:
- any breach of these Terms or the Product Terms by you;
- any negligent act or omission by you;
- the listing or proposed listing of any advertisement by you on the Site or any related site; or
- an actual or alleged breach by you of any law, legislation, regulations, by-laws, ordinances or codes of conduct which occurs a consequence of the your advertisement appearing on the Site.
- You agree at all times to deal with any information or products provided by Jora Local or accessed from the Site in a manner which abides by all applicable laws of Australia, or of any other relevant jurisdiction (including, without limitation, privacy and copyright laws).
- Except as otherwise permitted under these Terms, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material from this Site including code and software.
- You may not use data mining, robots, screen scraping, or similar automated data gathering, extraction or publication tools on this Site (including without limitation for the purposes of establishing, maintaining, advancing or reproducing information contained on our Site on another website or in any other publication), without Jora Local's prior written approval.
- You may not use the Site to post any pyramid scheme on the Site and you also may not ask or require any candidate to pay a fee, charge, cost or any money whatsoever to apply for any job advertised on the Site whether such fee, charge, cost or money is asked or required of the candidate in the job advertisement itself or in any communication with the candidate.
- You may not use any feature of the Site to send any unsolicited commercial electronic messages to candidates, whether individually or as a group. Candidate management tools may only be used to communicate with candidates in accordance with the relevant product terms.
- You must not release to the public any news release, advertising material, promotional material or any other form of publicity relating to Jora Local without Jora Local's prior written approval.
- Any advertisements acquired by you from Jora Local must not be on-sold or supplied by you to third parties
- If you breach either or both of clauses 28(a), then Jora Local, in addition to its rights under clause 61, reserves the right to charge you the highest published price for each advertisement, placed by you on the Site in breach of those clauses and terminate your account, without refund.
Misuse of candidate data, and on-selling
- Any 'personal information' (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)) of any candidate that you obtain through your use of the Site or any features of the Site or products offered on the Site (including candidate profiles received by you) must only be used by you in relation to your genuine employment and/or recruitment activities.
- Selling or offering any services or any products (such as learning or educational courses or tools) to candidates whose personal information you have obtained through your use of the Site (including job applications received from candidates) is considered by Jora Local to be a misuse of candidate data, and is prohibited.
- You may not under any circumstances provide any candidate personal information you have obtained through your use of the Site (including job applications received from candidates) to any other party, including to any affiliate or related party of yours (unless Jora Local has otherwise consented to this). This restriction on forwarding personal information applies irrespective of whether you receive direct financial benefit for doing so.
- Jora Local takes its obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) extremely seriously, and is resolute in its determination to prevent the misuse of candidate data. If Jora Local believes that you have misused candidate data for any reason, Jora Local reserves the right to:
- immediately suspend or terminate your account, and/or suspend or terminate the account of any party that has received candidate personal information from you in breach of these Terms;
- report any potential contraventions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) by you to the relevant authorities, including the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; and/or
- take legal action against you seeking any number of remedies provided by law, including the award of monetary damages.
Placing Advertisements
- You must ensure that all advertisements posted to the Site comply with all applicable legislation, regulations, by-laws, ordinances and codes of conduct, including but not limited to the:
- Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) including but not limited to section 31 of Schedule 2 which requires that if you are a company you must not mislead persons seeking employment as to the availability, nature, terms or conditions or, any other matter relating to the employment opportunity being offered;
- Fair Trading Acts in all applicable States and Territories;
- Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) including the Australian Privacy Principles;
- Estate Agents Acts in all applicable States and Territories;
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth); and
- all anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation applicable in the State or Territory in which you do business.
- You must adhere to the principles of truth in advertising set out in the RCSA's Code For Professional Practice.
- You are not permitted to insert links to an external website or an externally hosted application form:
- within the details of a job ad;
- from within Jora Local's job application process;
- within or from a previously approved externally hosted application form;
- within any communications with a candidate
without Jora Local's express written approval which may be granted withheld or withdrawn at Jora Local's discretion.
- You are not permitted to promote or refer to brands other than those associated with your business, (or a business operated by a related party to you):
- within the details of a job ad (including from the apply functions);
- from within Jora Local's job application process;
- within or from a previously approved externally hosted application form;
- within an employer/company profile; or
- within any communications with a candidate
without Jora Local's express written approval which may be granted withheld or withdrawn at Jora Local's discretion.
- You may only post Advertisements to the Site that are in respect of a genuine employment opportunity that is current as at the time of posting the Advertisement, and for which you are currently recruiting. Jora Local reserves the right to request any information from you that it deems necessary to verify that a genuine employment opportunity exists.
- You may not post advertisements to the Site to any location outside of Australia without Jora Local's express written approval. Jora Local reserves the right to charge you our then applicable standard casual rate for any advertisement posted to any such location in breach of this clause.
- You must ensure that advertisements posted to the Site are posted to the appropriate category of the Site. It is your responsibility to ensure that you familiarise yourself with the advertising requirements of each available category on the Site to ensure appropriate placement of advertisements.
- Advertisers must ensure that all information entered into any data entry field, as part of the advertisement classification process, relates directly to the relevant data field category. Jora Local reserves the right to amend, alter or remove any information that does not meet this requirement.
- Jora Local reserves the right and Advertisers must accept as a condition of advertising on the Site, Jora Local's right to re-classify advertisements posted to the Site, entitling Jora Local to withdraw advertisements from one category of its Site and to re-publish advertisements in another category on the Site.
- Standard job advertisements are valid for 14 days, although you can choose to expire the advertisement earlier.
- The following actions constitute a new/additional job advertisement:
- copying a job advertisement;
- reposting an archived or deleted job advertisement;
- extending a job advertisement ("Extending") which adds 14 days to the life of the advertisement unless you choose to expire the advertisement earlier and this can occur on multiple occasions;
- changing a zone classification and refreshing any job posting. Refreshing is the process of deleting and re-posting the same or substantially similar job advertisement;
- posting advertisements on Jora Local via a bulk data import process or changing a job advertisement reference number. If you are using a bulk data import process, you must ensure that you understand the effect bulk data importing may have on Extending advertisements as Jora Local will count all new/additional job advertisements against your account and will invoice you accordingly.
- Changes to job advertisement body copy and advertisement title or location, work type, classification and sub-classification categories do not constitute a new job advertisement, regardless of the method used to post the advertisement.
- Jora Local may, in its absolute discretion, post your Ad, or versions of your Ad, on the websites of its related bodies corporate
Licence to use data
- Except for information that is 'personal information' (as that term is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)), all data stored on the site on behalf of the Advertiser is owned by the Advertiser, and not Jora Local.
- The Advertiser hereby grants Jora Local a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to use any stored data to:
- manage internal reporting requirements;
- collate statistical information about use of the Site and submission of online applications;
- analyse user behaviour on the Site;
- obtain and analyse high level trends and prepare reports relating thereto; and
- generally improve the candidate user experience.
Hardware & software
- It is the Advertiser's responsibility to ensure that it has the necessary computer hardware and software systems in place to access and utilise the Advertiser Centre.
General Terms
- Jora Local reserves the right to terminate your agreement with Jora Local if you post any advertisement or utilise any feature of the Site or Jora Local Product in any way which is in breach of any of these Terms or the Product Terms. Further, Jora Local reserves the right to, in its absolute discretion, reject or remove any advertisement from the Site for any reason. As a guide, Jora Local may reject or remove an advertisement if:
– the ad is posted in a language other than English and no translation is provided;
– the position relates to the adult entertainment industry; or
– the ad contains inappropriate content.
- Termination of our agreement with you as a result of you breaching any one or more of these Terms, will not end provisions of these Terms that are capable of surviving termination.
- These Terms are governed by the laws of Victoria. Advertisers irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Victoria, and waive any objection to legal action being brought in those Courts on the grounds of venue or inconvenient forum.


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The novel belongs to the famous series based on the adventures of Hap and Leonard, notorious protagonists of lots of Joe Lansdale's novels.
The book is a mosaic one: Hap and Leonard remembers some stories of their childhood – like when the met each other – and tell them to their families and friends.
In the end its a collection of stories linked by a common thread; like other mosaic novel or collections not every story is at the same narrative level, and only some of them leave a mark.
One of the major topic is racism (the setting is mostly in Texas) and the struggle to overcome prejudices (Hap's mother is a truly positive example).
Overall it's a nice book, but I still prefer the "standard" novels of the series that deal with a single aventure with a wider scope.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me the copy necessary to write this review.
* Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade by Joe R. Lansdale ★★★☆☆
*I read this book in english


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Angelica Hutton is matriarch of the Hutton family.
Background Edit
Angelica married Will Hutton and convinced him to give up rodeo riding in favor of raising horses.
Key Events Edit
Dies the Fire Edit
After being rescued from white supremacists by Mike Havel and Eric Larsson, she became the camp manager of the Bearkillers during the group's trek from southern Idaho to northern Oregon.
The Protector's War Edit
After the Bearkillers arrived at Larsdalen, she became the national logistician. Together with her husband Will, she mananged and trained the horses and trained the riders.
A Meeting at Corvallis Edit
Angelica gave Mike Havel an update on the status of consumables for the War of the Eye.
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Hey there. If you ordered one of my office supply kits, you should have it by now. I thought I'd give you a little inspiration using some of the supplies from the kit. Below is a notepad using a Papertrey lined notepad, a giant clothespin to hold notes, and a libary card with slip in note. For the notepad and giant paperclip, these stamped images were included in your kit contents. Both are sentiments from my Papertrey Take Note set that Nichole and I worked on together. Don't you just love that little pencil? These sentiments look great paired up with grid patterned paper. I also used the alphabet paper from the Chocolate Remix patterned paper collection. Tied Sweet Blush Vintage Buttons sit on top of brown twill ribbon. To adhere the chipboard pieces to the giant paper clip, I like to use my hot glue gun or E6000 glue.
Hope you're having fun with your goodies! I have another kit in the works that I've been collecting supplies for. Lots of brown in this kit....any guesses to the theme?