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A MAN who received a bravery award for a heroic fire rescue was jailed today after admitting causing death by dangerous driving.
Russell William Dickson killed Graham Rowe in a 'tragic' car smash on 15 August this year, a court heard.
He was jailed for a year for speeding out of a give way junction and into the path of Mr Rowe's motorcycle.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard today how other drivers found Dickson 'hysterical' after the crash, and that he had suffered post traumatic stress disorder.
After sentencing, the 29-year-old – who has no previous convictions and a clean driving licence – looked towards his family in the public gallery but showed no emotion as he was led away
Only last month, Dickson was feted at Lothian and Borders police headquarters for helping to rescue an elderly neighbour whose house was on fire in Port Seton, East Lothian.
But the family of Mr Rowe, a 38-year-old father of two from Newtongrange, Midlothian, were said to have been left 'devastated' by his death.
Dickson's defence agent Colm Dempsey said today: "He offers his sincere apologies and condolences to the family of Mr Rowe.
"Mr Dickson was not particularly knowledgeable of the location. He had passed through as a passenger but not as a driver."
He said his view of the main road in East Lothian where Mr Rowe was driving in August this year was obscured by hedges on the unclassified road.
Mr Dempsey added that alcohol tests on his client had proved negative and that the roofer had "general good character" and had a clean licence.
"It should also be taken into that he received a meritorious award…following his role in tackling a fire in a neighbour's home," he said.
"He has shown genuine remorse for Mr Rowe and his family," he added.
But in sentencing Dickson, Sheriff Alistair Noble said only a custodial sentence was appropriate for causing death by dangerous driving.
He said: "It's obvious that Mr Rowe was a much loved husband, father and son. His death has brought considerable devastation on a number of lives."
Sheriff Noble admonished Dickson on a charge of driving without insurance.
An earlier hearing was told that Mr Rowe was catapulted from his bike and suffered severe head injuries, dying in hospital three days later.
Dickson told police he had approached the junction, slowed down, looked right and left and then pulled out. The first he knew of the bike was hearing a bang.
Accident investigators carried out a reconstruction and found that the motorcycle was on the correct side of the road at the point of impact.
The previous hearing was told that the minimum speed the Volkswagon had been travelling was about 30mph prior to impact. The police could not work out a speed for the motorcycle.
The court also heard about the impact on his family of the death of Mr Rowe, who was employed as a manager at a plant hire company.
Fiscal depute Ian Wallace told the earlier hearing: "This crime has had a significant impact on Mr Rowe's friends and family.
"He was married to Elaine Rowe and had two children aged five and one at the time of his death."
Dickson received a meritorious award and a certificate from the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire for his role in tackling a blaze in Port Seton on February 25 2010.
The awards ceremony in Edinburgh last month was told: "In February last year, Russell bravely put out a fire in a neighbouring house in Port Seton, without any concern for his own safety."
The ceremony was also told: "About lunchtime one day Russell heard a woman screaming that her house was on fire.
"He immediately went out to help, and became aware that a man was still inside the house where a small fire had been started.
"When he went in the man was clearly distressed, and threatened him with violence. But despite this, Russell ran in and out the house a couple of times attempting to extinguish the fire with water from a basin.
"By the time police arrived there was a lot of smoke building up in the hallway, but Russell had managed to dampen the flames enough for the man upstairs to leave the house.
"Fortunately no one suffered any injuries in this incident, but there may well have been a very different outcome without Russell's swift intervention. We are pleased to commend his actions."


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"Be careful Tabby."
"Er, Mrs. Human I am feline, you know, the most perfect creatures. We were designed to achieve everything. Have you ever seen a feline that falls and is laying on its back afterwards. Have you ever had to call for an ambulance because I happened lose a paw on the way."
"But you have been lucky Tabby."
"It has nothing to do with luck. If a human survives it calls it luck. We felines do not need luck, because we can do it. We are first and the best at everything. We overcome the law of gravity, it is unnecessary for felines. We only invented gravity to give the humans something to think about."
" I thought gravity was not an invention, it just existed."
"There you have it again. You see how much we felines are underestimated. It was Sir Isaac Paws Newton that decided to call it gravity, after a tin of tuna fish fell on his head when reaching for it in his human's cupboard."
"Oh, I must have misunderstood the human science laws. But Tabby you once missed a step when descending your feline ladder."
"I did not, I did that on purpose just to show how clever I was to reach the last step with no problems. I just wanted to make it look more difficult as Roschti, the feline next door was watching. He afterwards spread the word how clever I am and my feline status increased by 10 points in the neighbourhood. I am the best, the most perfect."
"Tabby, do not overdo it with your self praise, the higher they climb the steeper they fall."
"That might pertain to humans, but we felines are too perfect."
"Then be careful when you walk across the grid outside. There is a steep fall next to it."
"That is to enhance the suspense Mrs. Human. It makes the humans go "oooh" and "aaah" when I succeed in crossing it to arrive at the other side perfectly."
"But I notice you sometimes descend and afterwards ascend again."
"That is only to show how versatile I am. Mrs. Human I am just too perfect."
"Yes Tabby, I must admit. You surprise me every day with your talents."
"Mrs. Human are you laughing."
"Of course not Tabby."


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You're seeing your favorite band. You're hearing your favorite song. You're attending the best concert that has even taken place on the face of the earth. A woman in front of you takes out her phone. You think she might want to capture this beautiful moment, but no: she's checking her email.
Unfortunately, such incidents are becoming more and more common. I am here today to convince you to leave your phone at home the next time you attend a concert.
I am not unlike the woman I just described, checking her email at Paradiso; I am just as eager to stay on top of things as everyone else: I have my smartphone glued to my hand too, half the time. I understand the need to be accessible 24/7, to be in the loop. I experience it too.
But there is another side to this situation. There is a force at work here which is not individual, but collective, not "in the know", but mindful, not anxious but relaxed. A concert offers an opportunity for repose, and I think you should take it. Here's why.
You're not alone at a concert. You purchased a ticket and thereby entered into a contract. Like any contract, this comes with certain rights as well as certain duties: you have the right to be there and the right to enjoy yourself and the right to hear the music you paid to hear. But you also have the duty to make sure your fellow audience members enjoy these same rights. Your rights are limited only by the rights of those around you. Once you enter the Paradiso's hallowed halls, you and your fellow audience members are jointly responsible for making the show a success; this responsibility does not lie solely with the performers. A wise man once said: ask not what your concert can do for you, ask what you can do for your concert.
By taking out your phone, you are polluting the experience of your fellow audience members. The light given off by the screen will distract them, and if, God forbid, you raise your phone to record the performance, you are also obstructing their view.
I understand that your enjoyment might translate into a desire to capture that feeling, that moment or that song on the small screen forever. I am sorry to tell you that this cannot be done. I am sorry to tell you that time passes. Things fade away. And, above all: technology has not yet advanced far enough to capture the true feeling of seeing the best concert you have ever seen unfold before your eyes. I don't think it ever will. So instead of focussing on your battery percentage or the lighting of your photo or the amount of likes it will earn you on Instagram, you might as well enjoy it while it lasts.
Perhaps you took out your phone because you were not attending the best concert of your life. Perhaps you took it out because you were bored. Perhaps you took it out because of an emergency, in which case you should leave the concert and go see your grandma in the hospital right away. In all other cases, I beg of you to muster up some semblance of respect for the performers working their ass off on the stage, and for the people around you who might, at this very moment, be enjoying the best concert of their lives.
If you cannot take out your phone at a concert, what can you do? How can you come to terms with the passing of time and the fading of memories? There's only one way, really: enjoy it while it lasts. Listen to the beautiful notes, feel the beat in your bones and belt along to your favorite verses. I know I will.


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HC directs CBI to supply relevant documents to IRS officer
The Delhi High Court has directed CBI to give relevant documents to a senior IRS officer, who is facing trial for allegedly diluting I-T appraisal reports of arms dealer Suresh Nanda's companies, saying the "same would seriously prejudice the rights of the accused"
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed CBI to give relevant documents to a senior IRS officer, who is facing trial for allegedly diluting I-T appraisal reports of arms dealer Suresh Nanda's companies, saying the "same would seriously prejudice the rights of the accused".
Justice Ved Prakash Vaish allowed the plea of accused Ashutosh Verma, who came in appeal against the lower court order partly allowing his application seeking supply of copy of police report and other documents to him."In case the prosecution is permitted to withhold what might be vital evidence for an accused to establish his case, the unscrupulous investigating agency would be with utmostease able to keep the court in the dark.
"Since the charges framed by CBI are of criminal nature, the petitioner under such circumstances has the full right to lay down his defences for the purposes of which all necessary disclosures have to be duly made in accordance with the procedures laid down under CrPC," the court said.
Verma, currently out on bail, has also been charged in a money laundering case lodged by Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED, which has been probing this case since 2012 for alleged money laundering charges, had attached the property in Goa in January.
In 2008, CBI had arrested Verma and Nanda from a hotel in Mumbai in connection with the case in which ED had also lodged a complaint alleging laundering of money. In its charge sheet filed in November 2012, CBI had alleged that Verma abused his official position and "deleted and diluted" the Income Tax appraisal report prepared by him to minimise the tax liabilities of Nanda's companies for obtaining pecuniary advantages.
ED, in its probe under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), had alleged that land situated in Morgim village in Goa's Pernem was purchased by Verma "as benami, for a total consideration amount of Rs 4.40 crore".
ED also alleged that payment for purchase of the land was made in a circuitous manner by various people known to Verma, a 1999-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service. It had also alleged that the land was being held under a different name in order to shield its original owner Verma. In the plea, Verma had said that the agency has concealed some relevant material from the trial court.
Taking note of the submissions, the court was of the "opinion that Ashutosh Verma cannot be denied an access to the documents in respect of which prayers have been made in the petition merely because CBI does not consider it relevant". The court further said that the accused can ask for the documents which may prevent Verma, the then Deputy Director (Investigation) of Directorate of Income Tax, from properly defending himself.
He is entitled to be provided all the evidence collected during the course of investigation by the probe agency, it said. "Defence has to be build up from day one and not on ad-hoc basis denying the same would seriously prejudice the rights of the accused as enshrined in the Constitution of India," the bench said.
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Hard Work, Squared: Selections From Our First Instagram Assignment
Earlier this month we launched our new Instagram project with KPCC called "Public Square": We make the assignment, you take the photos! Our first theme was "Hard Work." The task: Find someone with a thankless job, take a portrait and tag it #PSHardWork. Here are a few of our favorites — not only great photos but also interesting stories.
Look out for the next theme in September. And find us on Instagram. @NPR and @KPCC
... I don't think all coal miners are miserable by any means, but my mind still leaped to the days I spent with Sean and his family. Sean earned $12/hour at a small, independent mine. He rode in on his back, through tunnels so narrow that lying down was the only option. He spent most of his workday on his knees, shoveling coal back onto a conveyer belt, which was especially grueling with no room to stand. Sean's wife was alone with the kids most of the time. When he wasn't working, he liked to sit in their bedroom alone with his beer and painkillers and the lights off. I wondered if she invited me into her home to have another adult to talk to. They didn't have a phone, certainly no internet, and we quickly lost touch. When I was back in Jolo years later, I found their trailer. A neighbor told me that Sean had died and his wife had moved back to Tennessee, and I was sad for all of them and hoped she wasn't as lonely now. @npr #pshardwork
This is for the #PSHardWork project. I chose my mom, 67 years old. For more years than I know she's been doing janitorial work. That's not all. She also did painting, and other jobs that helped care for her family. I'm the youngest of six kids. Two things that have always been most important to my mom is her faith and family. Her hard work and determination shaped [me] into the person I am today. Now I currently run my own cleaning business, and I learned my work ethic and skill from my mom. So, hey! Go thank a janitor today!
Ricky is a tailor in Medellin, Colombia. I passed by and ask him if I could take a photo. We couldn't communicate through words since I don't speak Spanish. I printed this photo and took it back to him as a gift. The smile on his face and the joy in his eyes is all the communication I needed. As Williams James said, "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." #PSHardWork
This is Mr. Benny. Aside from always smiling, constantly talking and creatively making nicknames, he has been working for the San Diego Unified School District for over 25 years. Through his employment as a custodian and lively personality, the students never hesitate to joyfully greet him. Cheers to you, Benny. Thanks for doing your job wholeheartedly. // @KPCC @NPR #PSHardWork #makeportraits #storyportrait #thisisportrait #VSCOcam
Meet Ruth. Ruth moved here from Mexico in 1998, and in 2003 established her own cleaning business. For ten years, this lovely soul has risen early and worked tirelessly — dusting the shelves, mopping the floors and shining the glass of other people's homes. "I made business cards when I first started, but only used one and never had to make them since." Her work spoke for itself, leading clients to [recommend] her to others, and today she is in charge of a busy little enterprise. Thank you, Ruth, for your beautiful work ethic and genial disposition. // @kpcc @npr #pshardwork
I happened to walk into Haskell's barber shop on a particularly rough day. I had just turned 31 and it was the kind of day where you can't shake the idea that your life is not where you pictured it to be. We didn't say much our first meeting, but he gave me a great hair cut, scalp massage, and showed me where my part should really be. It was a quietly restoring experience and he's been my barber ever since. Haskell C. Ford is 93. He's been a barber for nearly 70 years and has cut his way through more than 200,000 heads of hair, all without missing a single day's work. He is my friend. This short documentary is a tribute to his kindness and the changes people make in our lives often without them knowing. http://vimeo.com/m/71797503 #PHardWork @kpcc
"I've worked hard all my life." — Beth Eileen Gates, born January 9, 1924. "Age of Wisdom" series. Environmental portraits with seniors that inspire me. #igportraits#environmentalportrait #wisdom #portrait#igphotography #photography#igphotographers #igdaily #jj #igdailyportrait#gramoftheday #gotd #all_shots #seniorcitizen#ageofwisdomseries
This is Mr. Mitchell from New Orleans, La. He has taught science at Morningside Elementary in East Fort Worth for 14 years. Most likely the only horticulturalist in [all 37] schools of the district, he spends 7 days a week nurturing the garden classroom in which his students learn to plant, propagate and landscape throughout the school year. Well-traveled, and amply educated and degreed to prove it, he told me this is the best job he's ever had working for these kids. #PSHardWork
This is Achala, but she goes by "Anu." She came to New York from a village in Nepal to make a living and now lives in Bushwick. For the past year, she has been working at my local nail salon in Brooklyn, which employs other Nepalese women. I know she works hard because she is always there — she does nails and eyebrow threading 6 days a week from open to close, and is always incredibly cheerful and warm. She told me that she wants to save money to visit her family — they are all still in Nepal. She is 27 years old. #PSHardWork @npr @kpcc (posted as part of a storytelling project called Public Square)
Pastor Debbe Santiago, Salt and Sea Mission, Coney Island, [N.Y.]. Debbe has been working to restore the flooded mission for [nine] months, and has been continuing the mission's work throughout, often with little or no city or federal support. The unfinished walls behind her are a testament to her hard work, and to the work still needing to be done. #PSHardWork


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first published on December 5, 2017 by Josh
Malhama Tactical is a group of around six to ten men who often do contract work with extremist factions. In the past they have conducted training and combat operations with groups like Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and are now currently working with the seriously degraded Islamic State. The group conducts in-depth training courses, and also does advise and assist missions for the organizations they are working with in combat operations. In the past they have been called "The Blackwater of Jihad."
The video below was taken during an assault on a Syrian Army outpost. It shows a member of Malhama Tactical catching a grenade that is tossed to him from a teammate off-camera, and then using that grenade to prepare his next movement. As soon as the grenade detonates he pops out from around the corner and starts spraying 7.62 from a highly modified AK-47 into a room where he suspects there are Syrian Soldiers.
That's when he spots the Soldier he wounded with the hand grenade, and he finishes him off at point-blank range. The audio has been removed from this video, as it contained extreme levels of Jihadist propaganda, as well as information to contact the group for work.


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Hey Milieu Pals,
As you all know, I've been talking about our infamous Media Centre (along with the lovely Xbox 360) for quite some time. Well, they came to install it on Wednesday last week (over two months from the time of the order) and they've been struggling to get it working properly since then. It has really been a hectic mission.
I won't go into too much detail, as I reckon most of you who read this blog won't really understand computer terminology such as full/half duplex network speeds or partitioned dynamic drives and so forth and so on. All you need to know… is that the 'Professionals', , who are working on the computer are struggling a lot to get it working properly and that this is the first time that they've had this many problems with an installation of a Media Centre … that's typical… just our luck !
Well, there is not much else to say, other than the fact that we are all really miffed out at the fact that the rest of the TV's in the house are without DSTV, until the Media Centre Extenders are up and running properly… something my parents are really miffed out about. But, hopefully today (the same thought as last weeks hopefully Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) they will fix it properly. I just want it done, done properly, so that we can all relax and enjoy our new digital centre of entertainment!
I have other news that I will be writing about shortly, particularly the immigration of my God son Fabrice:
"Au Revoir Fabrice" is a heart felt story of a father, son and brother who are savagely ripped apart by a venomous vixen with a heart of ice.
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Thursday, 19 November 2015
Short Attention Span Record Reviews - Mid-November Update
Dear music industry,
If this bunch of soppy piano ballads is your last hope then you better kiss your ass goodbye.
ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF – The Miraculous
Burdened at birth with a name like Anna Michaela Ebba Electra Von Hausswolff the poor child had no choice but to grow up a goth. (8)
ERIC CHURCH – Mr. Misunderstood
If country star Church's previous album "The Outsiders" was his Bon Jovi moment then "Mr. Misunderstood" is his John Mellencamp. (6)
JEFF LYNNE'S ELO – Alone In The Universe
ELO is very MOR and FYI I was BBB. (5)
GRIMES – Art Angels
It's not a bad pop record, but "weird/unique" does not necessarily equal "great". (7)
MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS – Completely Under The Covers
Between 2006 and 2013 Sweet & Hoffs released 3 albums covering their favorite songs. Now in Box Set format with a 4th disc featuring bonus tracks, this plays like "Children Of Nuggets" or a mixtape you made for someone you really, really like. (9)
QUEEN – A Night At The Odeon
It's Christmas 1975, "A Night At The Opera" has just been released, and Queen are playing live at the Hammersmith Odeon fronted by a Freddie Mercury who's more camp than a boy scout jamboree. (10)
Sunday, 8 November 2015
Short Attention Span Record Reviews, November 2015
BEACH SLANG – The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us
Anyone remember what great bands Jawbreaker and Hot Water Music were? Don't you just miss that 90's melodic punk when you were 20 years younger and allowed to get away with loving the escapist stuff? (8)
BILLY GIBBONS & THE BFG'S – Perfectamundo
ZZ Top guitarist explores his funky Cuban side, has lots of fun and shares it. (7)
EVIL BLIZZARD – Everybody Come To Church
UK post-punk/space rock band with metal influences and two gimmicks: a) they wear masks and b) they've got four bass players. Imagine Hawkwind as covered by Killing Joke jamming with PiL and a couple of extra bassists. (7)
REVENGE – Behold.Total.Rejection.
Revenge's black metal still sounds more like grindcore than anything else. This is so ridiculously chaotic and extreme you can only admire the dude. (7)
VHOL – Deeper Than Sky
Supergroup consisting of Yob, Hammers Of Misfortune and Agalloch members explore their technothrash side on an album that totally rules and will kick your ass, seriously. (8)
COASTERS – Christmas With The Coasters
60 years after their first single, 10 years after the last original Coaster left the group (and this world) and with the longest-standing current member having joined in 2001, the best they can come up with an absolutely crap Christmas album full of cheap Casiotone synth brass and string sounds, no doo-wop harmonies, and a sax player who wouldn't be worthy to clean the spit out of King Curtis's mouthpiece. As a huge Coasters fan I am simply devastated. (1)
JEFFREY FOUCAULT – Salt As Wolves
Gorgeous country blues record highlighting Foucault's sharp songwriting skills and well-worn voice backed by all-star band featuring Lucinda Williams' guitarist, Morphine's drummer and Booker T's bassist. (8)
KINKY FRIEDMAN – The Loneliest Man I Ever Met
The original Texas jewboy, a very funny author but also the Frank Zappa of country and the man who gave us anthems like "How Can I Tell You I Love You (When You're Sitting On My Face)", "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore" and "Asshole From El Paso" is back with a much more somber (somberer?) album. Includes a duet with Willie Nelson and stripped-down versions of songs by Tom Waits and Warren Zevon. (7)
KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT – To Live Vicariously
In the age of bad band names this is probably the worst band name of them all. In any case gone is the Current 93-like apocalyptic folk of previous KTAOABC works, this sounds like early 80's Fad Gadget industrial/electronica and it sort of sucks. (5)
ROOTS MANUVA – Bleeds
Impressively strong album by the British rapper who favors smooth flow and atmosphere over vocal pyrotechnics. (8)
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Many Canadians are challenged to overcome barriers to retirement planning, such as the perception that the process is too lengthy, complicated and overwhelming. But if these barriers can be effectively removed, the financial security of Canadians would be improved.
As part of its seniors strategy, the Ontario Securities Commission studied and analyzed barriers to retirement planning and published details in a report. In addition to a literature review, the commission conducted qualitative interviews with pre-retired Ontarians aged 45 and older and two financial advisors.
Read: Why a little bit of retirement planning knowledge can be a dangerous thing
Overall, the report proposes 30 initiatives and tactics, informed by behavioural science, to encourage retirement planning. These initiatives could be implemented by various stakeholders, including financial institutions, government and employers, noted the report.
One recommendation is to require people to actively choose to make a retirement plan. For example, employers could pre-book meetings with employees and advisors during the workday. "Employees would then have to choose to turn down the meeting rather than choose to schedule one themselves," stated the report.
A similar tactic is to make the future seem close or salient so that people take action. For example, an effective communication is one that includes pictures of different ways to spend retirement and prompts people to take action by choosing one.
Read: Survey finds global gap in savings rates, contributions needed for retirement
Keeping people from being overwhelmed or feeling other negative emotions is also important to the planning process.
Some of the suggested approaches in the report were tested using a randomized control trial, detailed in the report.
Five different messages prompting people to use an online retirement income calculator were included in a weekly newsletter emailed to more than 70,000 Ontario public service employees. Each employee received one of the five messages, and the experiment tested how effective each message was in prompting employees to access the calculator and begin completing it.
The experiment found that helping people imagine their social selves in retirement by evoking time spent with friends and family can be highly effective.
Read: Research finds low prevalence of retirement wealth among Ontarians
To implement this idea, potential questions include, "Picture yourself in retirement — what are you doing? Who are you with?"
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Encouraging Vocations Requires Generous Love
By Father Kevin M. Cusick
The martyrdom of Father Hamel in France last month makes clear the continuing need of encouraging priestly vocations. Not only is the aging priesthood retiring at an increasing rate, we now have the growth and spread of radical Islam that demands the shedding of Christian blood to sate the worship of its false "god". Without the Eucharist there is no Jesus or Church. Without priests there is no Jesus.
We have been blessed in our small parish with the task of fostering the vocation of a young man who believes himself called to the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ. The presence of this man in our community is a sign of the Lord and His love present and active in our portion of the Body of Christ.
Yet, some who have been infected with a warped and worldly ideology have been heard to sometimes called it "strange" that a young man would spend free time helping in a parish and assisting the priest with the offering of holy Mass, and other activities in the life of the Church, as his time and other responsibilities make it possible.
After we have expended considerable time, talent and treasure in the contemporary Church to proclaim the importance of priestly vocations it's somewhat shocking to hear of our own people of faith attacking the reality of a vocation when such a blessing does appear in our midst.
The traditional Latin Mass has attracted a group of single young adults to my parish community in a way not seen in surrounding parishes. It is among the members of this age group that a priestly vocation is most likely to surface. In our case this has happened. Ayoung man who loves the traditional Mass has made known to us his belief that he is called to the priesthood and we are blessed to be able to support him. The love of Jesus Christ in every parish by necessity requires the generous acceptance and encouragement of priestly vocations.
We've come a long way in the brave new "Church of today" when such inversion, using the word "strange" to describe a young man spending time with a priest, typically by necessity an older man, passes unquestioned from person to person. What is truly strange is to fail to see that it would be highly inconsistent with a man's stated intention to desire to be a priest and yet to not desire to assist with priestly things. The more generously he were to do so, the better.
Strange, in fact, would be for a young man in the seminary, or preparing to enter formation, to go out with friends and otherwise give in to various worldly distractions in preference to, or in conflict with, generously making time in his life for priestly things. For a man who is not yet ordained, those "priestly" things involve, by necessity, spending time with a priest and sharing in his work. It's a sad commentary on the disoriented spiritual condition of many Catholics that such a fact needs to be pointed out.
It also may be a sign of jealousy or bad will that otherwise believing or practicing Catholics would attack something that is an undeniable sign of pastoral effectiveness. Bishops spare no effort to encourage every priest in the ecclesial mission of supporting vocations, making clear that vocations are a blessing for every parish. It could also be that "misery loves company". Some of our people are unfortunately very unhappy for whatever reasons and cannot manage to see the world except through the lens of their discontent.
For whatever reasons that Catholics or others spread calumny or detraction we must pray for them and try to open a dialog with them. Perhaps the knowledge of a few facts can assist these others to set aside their vain and poisoned imaginings. The frequency of martyrdom tells us very well what the world thinks of Catholics. Catholics should not take on the thinking of the world.
And in all Christian charity, isn't it possible for us to even grant the possibility that some things are exactly what they appear to be? That a young man who wants to be a priest is generously giving of himself to share in priestly work is a grace for which to be thankful.
The priesthood is the continuation of Christ's own life and ministry in and through His Church. Just as without Christ there is no divine life for the world, so without priests there is no contact with Christ in His Church. Fostering and encouraging vocations to the priesthood is absolutely necessary for salvation.
Each of us is responsible for remaining alert to the possibility of a call to the vocation in any of our men. Also, even outside the Church some hear that call as today some men continue to enter the priesthood even through a conversion from the Protestant sects.
Vocations are central to the life and mission of the Church. Dedication to prayer and the conferral of grace through the sacraments are tasks entrusted to His Church by Christ Himself. Offering the traditional Latin Mass with regularity in your parish is the primary way for you and your priest to foster the many vocations to the priesthood just waiting to be recognized.
Pray for priests.
Thank you for reading and praised be Jesus Christ, now and forever.


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Thursday, February 21, 2008
MST3K Initiation
So...I've never seen any Mystery Science Theater episodes before tonight. I kind of had a slight aversion to MST3K due to other people I've known who loved it. My roommate freshman year was a big fan, although he never watched it while I was around. He even had the poster for the movie on the back of our door, with a hole punched out in one of the zeros so we could still see through the eye hole. We had similar taste in movies, but not enough for me to feel like I needed to watch everything he loved that I hadn't seen.
Then there was the last movie theater I worked at. It was a lot bigger than the one I work at now, although it was still independently owned, but it had 7 screens and therefor a lot more employees. Everyone there geeked out about MST3K on a daily basis, spouting quotes from the most obscure MST3K episodes. I enjoyed their company for the most part, but these were people who's tastes were very different from mine so I ended up not taking their recommendations on movies very often.
Also, I just never really got around to watching it. It was one of those things, like a classic movie you've never seen that you try to hide from your friends because if they found out, they would shun you. For example, I've never seen Annie Hall (and I refuse to because I hate Woody Allen), anything by Hitchcock, the Alien trilogy (I've seen Resurrection but that hardly counts), Seven Samurai, Mad Max, etc, etc...
So tonight I watched Eegah with a few of my friends who are fans of MST3K. It was exactly what I expected: an awful movie dubbed with humorous commentary. This is basically what everyone does when they watch a terrible movie, the only problem is you can't really make fun of the movie you're watching because there's already people doing it. Anyway, I have been initiated and I definitely enjoyed it. I look forward to watching many more, the only problem is there's still all those classics I haven't seen yet.
Posted by Justin Snow at 11:22 PM
Labels: eegah, initiation, movie, mst, mst3k, mystery science theater
1 comment:
- Sanspants said...
Then I guess we'll need to watch the Alien trilogy. I have it. Let's do this.
- February 22, 2008 at 4:39 PM
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This picture I painted today in my Moleskine Watercolor Journal. There are bits of watercolor paper in the picture. These journals are the only ones I have used for the last couple of years. The watercolor journal has really nice paper. It is a little lightweight but handles the paint quite well. The pigments dry quite fast but there is a bit of room for adjustment.
Then I decided to do a wash and add darker color to paint this picture in the watercolor journal. On our morning walks here on California's Central Coast, the birds are singing every morning. It is truly spring. Yesterday, we saw 3 small hawks calling to each other and flying near Laguna Lake. It is the first time I have been able to see them up close. They are also quite lovely as is the calls to each other. Lately we have noticed that many of the birds don't fly off including the larger hawks when we walk by. Perhaps they see us as not a threat to them.


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Born in 1944 in NYC, Kerner attended the Art Students League from 1964-66 where he studied figurative drawing. Living and working at the Chelsea Hotel during the late 60's and early 70's, he emerged out of the explosive art movement that defined his generation. While living at the Chelsea he studied with influential artist Moses Soyer. In 1968 he received a grant in painting from the NEA. Since then his paintings have been exhibited in museums, galleries and collections throughout the world. His work has been embraced for its originality, vitality and generosity of spirit.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT... Most of my pictures contain specifically human references that are transformed and held at a stage distant from reality. They are sustained partly by a conception of life in terms of color and technique, but also by translation into ritual forms. I am involved with this type of painting that can only be produced by pure spontaneity. As it springs from life, like pure music, my work is free of any literary content. And I am deeply interested in the equilibrium and tension of the natural forces moving behind life.
The use of space on my canvas is mostly sculptural, rather than pictorial , in the traditional sense of painting. The work is compositionally frontal in its displacement of space. The act of painting is a semi-religious discipline and everything that I feel and experience is unleased into my work.
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I hate 'em! I'm sure you hate 'em!
Yes, it's those annoying pop-up ads that I'm talking
about. They're the latest scourge on the Internet.
There's the pop-up which opens in addition to the
page you expect when you browse to an address.
There's the pop-under, which hides itself behind
what you're looking up and lurks there until you
close your window and there it is. There's even the
new "Messenger Service" type of ad that appears out
of nowhere. Often you get more than one window
opening - did you ever mistype an address and wind
up on a porn site, only to find that as you close
your window, two or three (or more) other porn sites
open up, each of which opens even more when you
close them too. It can take forever to get them all
closed -- to the point where you sometimes want to
just switch off the computer to stop them. Then
there's the history -- you've told the kids they're
not to go to those sites but when they look in the
history they find that you have been there yourself!
Explain that one away!
I have been asked how to make these pop-up ads. Well here's my answer: forget about it! I have no intention of contributing to this kind of annoyance on the Internet and I hope you don't either. As a reader of HTML Goodies and Goodies To Go you are, I am sure, one of the web's civilized citizens and a proponent of user-friendliness. As such, pop-ups, pop-unders and all related forms are something you fastidiously avoid; of this I am pretty much certain!
On the other side of the coin there is the defense against these evils. How can you protect yourself from becoming a victim of the ad barrage? I have a life-preserver to throw out to you, but before I do, let me also mention one more insidious net demon.
There are certain pieces of software that are being offered on the internet, ostensibly to help you fight off undesirables, that are themselves the very devils you wish to excise. For example, there is a website called http://www.PurityScan.com that offers to help you scan your computer for "inappropriate" pornographic files that can "make their way onto your computer when you surf the Internet". When you accept their offer and download and use their software they install a pop up ad server into your computer that you will have a nightmare of a time trying to remove. This server will deliver pop-ups to you regardless of what you are doing on the net! Unbelievable? Here are a couple of extracts from their "Terms" (which, of course, you always read before you install any company's software -- NOT!): "PurityScan will make the following changes to your Internet Browser"; "Several PROMOTIONAL CONSOLES (daughter console/interstitial) may be launched for the duration of time you spend online"; "these changes cannot be reversed"; "If you try to change the items above manually, your changes will be lost when you reboot or turn off your computer". I'll bet you don't like the sound of that now, do you! Even that "inappropriate" porn doesn't seem so bad. Wait though; you haven't heard the worst yet!
Try this on for size:
"Our site's registration form requires users to give contact and demographic information such as name, e-mail address, age, gender, zip code and country of residence. We may use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information may also be used to contact the visitor when necessary and shared with other companies who may want to contact our visitors. Demographic and profile information may also be used to tailor the visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think might interest them. We may disclose information you enter during the join process to third parties."
You will be giving them all your personal information, allowing them to send targeted ads to you, allowing them to track what you do on the internet and allowing them to share this information with (i.e., sell it to) whomever they please! All this in the name of "Purity" and to help you rid yourself of files that can make their own way onto your computer (which they can't unless you go and get them!) If you find all this hard to believe, read their full terms for yourself; they're on their website. I recommend that you don't download anything from them, though!!
I mentioned a life-preserver before, and here it is. You may be familiar with the capabilities of browsers such as Opera to block pop-ups, but even they won't get them all. Matina Fresenius heads up a company in the North West corner of the US called Panicware, inc. Her company has some terrific software for you to use. They have focused their efforts on solving these annoyances and on preserving the privacy of web surfers. While there are some other offerings you may have received in bulk email (another net scourge), Matina's company is the only company with this specialization, with a technical support group and with legitimate credentials that I have found. If there is another such out there, I apologize, but I was not able to find them. Panicware's line of products includes a free version of Pop-Up Stopper, a Pro version with additional intelligent features and the top-of-the-line Companion version which prevents the ads, selectively removes cookies and prevents Internet use tracking. The Companion is only $39.95 and buys you peace as well as peace of mind! They also have (and it's free!) a program called Pop-Up Scanner which is specifically designed to heal you from the harms of PurityScan and other such programs. If you are concerned about your privacy with regard to your computer, also check out "Don't Panic!" and "SpyCop". The reference to Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Universe" is a very nice touch! Go on over to http://www.panicware.com and get yourself covered. By the way, while you're there, read their privacy policy. It's reads like a privacy policy should; it's about privacy, not publicity.
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scrolls down the page. Do I need a frame, or do
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They have many navigation menus you can use. Just keep in mind that not all of the menus will work with all of the browsers. Choose one that says it will work with all of them unless you have a captured audience and know that they all use a particular browser.
Q. Do you know of any commands that will not display the password as you type it, or put in a series of asterisks, while still keeping the data so that it can be compared to the values in a database?
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Q. I have some experience with HTML and JavaScript, but I recently visited a site that had a bunch of applet windows that popped up and disappeared. I would love to know how to get that.
A. What you were looking at was actually a Java Applet. This is very different from JavaScript - they are barely even related (except that they can both be used on the web). A Java Applet is like a program and JavaScript is what it's name implies, a scripting language. The only way to get something like that is to see if the developer at that site would be willing to share it with you.
Q. I would like to make a word a clickable link to to another word...... such as 1st Th 5:17 clickable to the scripture.
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Th 5:17 is placed as the link
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No BASEFONT size specified yet.
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This post demonstrates how to create a Health Check Service using the Spotinst Terraform plugin.
This post assumes that you already have a Spotinst account and went through Spotinst Terraform Installation & Configuration.
Spotinst Health Check Service Resource
The Spotinst Health Check service will act as a proxy between Spotinst hosts and your
EC2 private instances in your VPC.
Spotinst will trigger the proxy service on each check. The proxy will communicate with your private instances in the VPC and will send the results to Spotinst.
When an instance is marked as unhealthy, and the Elastigroup Health Check type is set to
HCS, Spotinst will replace it with a new instance according to the Elastigroup config.resource "spotinst_healthcheck" "foo" { name = "hc-foo" resource_id = "sig-foo" check { protocol = "http" endpoint = "http://endpoint.com" port = 1337 interval = 10 timeout = 10 } threshold { healthy = 1 unhealthy = 1 } proxy { addr = "http://proxy.com" port = 80 } }
name– string – (Required) A logical name for the health check
resource_id– string – (Required) Spotinst Resource id (Elastigroup ID)
check– object – (Required) configuration for the health check
protocol– string – (Required) The protocol to use to connect to the instance. Valid values:
endpoint– string – (Required) The URL destination for the request
port– integer – (Required) The port to use to connect with the instance
timeout– integer – (Required) The amount of time (in seconds) to wait when receiving a response from the health check
interval– integer – (Required) The amount of time (in seconds) between each health check. Minimum value is 10
threshold– (Required) Threshold settings for the health check
healthy– integer – (Required) The number of consecutive successful health checks that must occur before declaring an instance healthy
unhealthy– integer – (Required) The number of consecutive failed health checks that must occur before declaring an instance unhealthy
proxy– (Required) The Proxy settings
addr– string – (Required) The URL of the proxy
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PORTSMOUTH — Combine a native New Yorker with a biology, real estate, acting, and production business background and you get Mark Avena, a Portsmouth resident with a closet business that grossed over $2.2 million in sales in 2007. Avena's business is called Coast Closets.
PORTSMOUTH — Combine a native New Yorker with a biology, real estate, acting, and production business background and you get Mark Avena, a Portsmouth resident with a closet business that grossed over $2.2 million in sales in 2007. Avena's business is called Coast Closets.
The closet business was not always at the forefront of Avena's life plans.
"I wanted to be a doctor," he said.
However, after volunteering at a burn and psychiatric facility, he felt differently.
"I hated it. I hated the disinfectant smell, the misery," said Avena. "All of a sudden I was lost; I didn't know what I was going to do."
Avena finished school in 1981, moved to New York City and started bartending, acting and buying real estate.
"At one point I probably owned 25 properties, and then I would bartend at night and audition during the day," said Avena.
Avena's acting credits include "Spin City" and "Guiding Light," and currently he is a day player on "As the World Turns" as Detective Vitale, a part he plays a few times a year after a big, juicy crime has taken place.
In the 1990s Avena met his wife, Sheri Tomkinson, a Portsmouth native who was living in New York and working as a registered nurse. She was also Sara Jessica Parker's stand in on "Sex and the City."
On 9/11, the Avenas and their twin baby girls woke up to a changed world.
"New York stunk," said Avena. "There was a terrible smell, like chemicals burning, and oil. We were out of the house within an hour."
The Avenas spent a year in Aspen, Colo., while they decided where they were going to live and raise their daughters. They decided on Portsmouth.
Avena needed work and had heard that closets were a good business. With 22 years of woodworking experience helping his father with projects, Avena started Coast Closets in 2002.
Now he employs 28 people and installs closets, home offices, bookcases, pantries, kitchen cabinets and garages in most of New England; New York locations such as Manhattan, parts of Long Island and the Hamptons; and expects to begin soon in Los Angeles.
Avena employs someone who goes to a customer's home with photos and a consult kit and shows all the materials they sell. Measurements are taken and sent to Avena, who then does the design using a top-quality CAD program on his home computer.
"We'll get a call today (and) we'll get that consult done today, if not, tomorrow morning," Avena said. "(The customer) will have the design six to eight hours later, and we'll be ready to do the install three to four days from that.
"No other company has as fast a speed to market as that for closets," he said.
Coast Closets also offers do-it-yourself options, which it sells on a national level. The customer pulls a form off of the Coast Closets Web site and after design consults with Avena, the materials are delivered to the customer's door, custom cut, within three to four days.
Coast Closets offers wood and veneer systems, but 85 percent of the customers choose the melamine systems.
"It is incredibly strong and durable," said Avena. "You wipe it down with a damp cloth, it's very pretty, it's a lifetime guarantee and it's affordable."
Wood and veneer systems can start at 2 ½ to 3 ½ times the costs of melamine, but Avena highly recommends sticking with melamine. It's what he has in his own home.
Avena's Coast Closets are up to 40 percent cheaper than any of their competitors using the same exact materials, he said. That's because his overhead is virtually non-existant.
"We don't have any overhead, franchise fees or store fronts," he said. "It is very efficient.
"The whole company is run electronically," said Avena. "We are open seven days a week (and) speed to market is our niche. We can do it cheaper and faster than everybody else."
When Avena isn't busy with all of the Coast Closets business, he spends his time on his other business, On the Rocks Productions.
Avena has a bartending video, which has been out for 10 years. You can log onto bartendnow.com to either buy, or download the video, take an online test and, if you pass, receive a printed certificate.
Avena also is involved in the production of a children's Christian video, which he's been working on for over two years.
"It's very meditative and peaceful, about nature and beauty, not terribly religious, but it's God's love and everyday life," he said. "It's in postproduction (and) we have a shot at getting it in Wal-Mart."
On the Rocks Productions is a hobby of Avena's, and he spends an ocassional Saturday afternoon working on it.
"It's just a passion of mine; my dream is to make an independent film," he said.
Avena's other passions are his family and Coast Closets.
"Sheri and I are soul mates, and I'm blessed to have these three lovely women in my life," he said. "And Coast Closets, I love the designing part, it's very creative and I love it.
"It's my concentration right now, getting it to L.A.," he said. "Everybody needs storage solutions."


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These baseball fielding drills will focus on all aspects of fielding. These fielding drills will focus on fielding ground balls, pop-flys, and other fielding situations.
This baseball fielding ground balls drill will help develop and perfect infielder's and outfielder's fielding technique and fielding ground balls.
This baseball outfield communication drill will help increase communication with outfielders.
This is a great catcher's drill that works on quick throwing mechanics to get the ball out of the glove and make a throw quickly and accurately.
This drill focuses on fielding pop-fly's and will help develop and perfect the technique when fielding pop-fly's.
This accuracy throwing drill is designed to improve the catchers accuracy when throwing down a runner to 1st, 2nd, or 3rd base.
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This baseball infield drill focuses on fielding short-hop ground balls and helps players learn to properly judge short-hoppers.
This baseball infield drill is great for working on footwork, body position, glove position, and head position when fielding ground balls in the infield.
Great baseball warm up drill that focuses on infield fielding and gets players comfortable throwing to all bases.
Focuses on fielding for infield players. Helps develop quick, explosive lateral movement while working on proper infield fielding technique.
This drill will help develop hand-eye coordination, footwork, and timing. This is a great drill to work on when learning how to catch.
This hot-box baserunning drill is a great drill for younger baseball players to help them improve their baserunning skills as well as fielder's throwing to gargets and tagging players.
The objective of the drill is to teach the players to have the throwing hand ready to throw the ball to first as fast as possible when turning a double play.
The objective of this drill is to teach good fielding techniques when catching ground balls in the infield. This drill is great for young players all the way up to high school players.
The objective of this drill is to teach an infielder how to properly use two hands when fielding a ground ball.
The objective of this outfield and fielding drill is to practice a relay from the outfield to the infield. This drill can be setup into a game to make it more appealing to a younger team. The drill works on the mechanics of throwing to a cut-off man and receiving a throw as the cut-off man.
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Copper/Aluminum XLPE/PVC Armour Power Cable Na2xsy/N2xsy IEC60502
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Copper/Aluminum XLPE/PVC Armour Power Cable NA2XSY/N2XSY IEC60502
Product Description
1. Standard of XLPE Cable:
International IEC 60502-2
DIN VDE 0276 part 620
2. Rated Voltage of XLPE Cable:
3. Construction of XLPE Cable:
Stranded copper conductor – conductor screen of semiconducting compound – insulation of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) – screen of semiconducting compound plus copper wires and copper tape – separation tape – PVC sheath Application in ground, outdoors, indoors and in cable ducts.
Also can do according to the customer's request.
4. Characters of XLPE Cable:
a.Max Long-time operating temperature of XLPE insulated cable is 90°C
b.Installing temperature of cable should not be less than 0°C
c.Max short-circuit temperature is not exceed 250°C,Not more than5 Sec.
d.Unable be laid without the limit of fall with enough mechanical pull,Single core cable can not be laid in iron tube or fixed by circled iron tools around cables
5. Characteristics
Conductor shape Circular stranded (RM)
Lead free Yes
Insulation XLPE (chemical)
Screen Copper wire + copper tape
Material of bedding Separation tape
Outer sheath PVC
Packaging Drum
Minimum installation temperature -20 °C
Max. conductor temperature in service 90 °C
Short-circuit max. conductor temperature 250 °C
Bending factor when laying 15 (xD)
6. Advantage:
a. Excellent electric and mechanical characteristics
b. Best Resistance chemical corrosion and heat-ageing,environment stress and flame-retardant
c. Simple in structure,Convenient to use
d. Reduce costs.
British Standard MV cables Voltage Rating
BS6622 – standard British MV cable 6.35/11kV 19/33kV
BS7835 – LSZH British MV cable 6.35/11kV 19/33kV
European standard MV cables Voltage Rating
N2XSY – single copper core XLPE insulated with PVC oversheath 6/10kV 12/20kV 18/30kV
N2XS2Y – single copper core XLPE insulated with PE oversheath 6/10kV 12/20kV 18/30kV
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Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy) still has his tickets booked for Rapture. Although he'll now be taking the trip as a producer, Verbinski told IGN that an adaptation of the popular videogame BioShock is still in the works with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) at the helm. The project was put into stasis last year after Universal balked at the $160 million budget, Verbinski focused on his upcoming animated film Rango, and Fresnadillo turned his attention to thriller Intruders starring Clive Owen. However, Verbinski and Fresnadillo haven't forgotten the project and the question boils down to getting enough money in spite of making a hard-R flick. Hit the jump for what Verbinski had to say about the project.
According to Verbinski, they haven't figured out a way to get the project to the budget it needs to be at and keep the R-rating:
"We're working trying to make it. The problem with BioShock was: R-rated movie, underwater, horror. It's a really expensive R-rated movie, so we're trying to figure out a way working with [director] Juan Carlos [Fresnadillo] to get the budget down and still keep so it's true to the core audience, you know? The thing is it has to be R, a hard R."
I'm glad Verbinski and Fresnadillo want to do it right. Personally, I don't think a BioShock game will work simply because I believe any film adaptation can't be more fun than playing the game. That being said, it makes more sense to turn BioShock into a movie than it did to adapt Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Speaking of the recent film and its mediocre box office performance and whether that fate would befall BioShock:
"No, I think BioShock's a rare one because it's actually a great story. Me? I don't want to make movies based on videogames, but BioShock's the one Oedipal, crazy kind of — it's just got really good bones, and we're really trying to figure out a way to make it work."
Clearly, it all comes down to budget, and I can sympathize with that problem. This isn't a case of figuring out how to make a big, lavish and exciting blockbuster, but a question of logistics and compromise. The look and story of BioShock are there—the question is how a movie can afford to reach that destination.
For those that haven't played the excellent game, BioShock takes place in the underwater city of Rapture where a man with a mysterious past crash lands and takes refuge only to find that its inhabitants have gone insane through attempts to genetically splice their DNA in order to "perfect" themselves. The game has a lush, art deco design mixed with a 50s iconography, combined with a smart subtext of what would happen if the philosophy of "Objectivism" was taken to its logical conclusion (it's not a nice place).


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"I go to prepare a place for you….." John 14:2
Knowing that I can trust God to care for me helps you find peace from fear and anxiety. With the way He cares you can choose not to let your heart be troubled.
But, good news! Here is another reason to have peace!
Not only does He care but He prepares!
He prepared a planet!
If you want to know how good God is at preparing things, think about creation! He prepared the earth and sky and seas and animals and stars and universe in just SIX days by just the power of His word!
He prepared a plan!
A second way to know you can trust God's trustworthiness is not only His creation but His Christ! Christ is the way to overcome the sin that spoiled the original creation and made possible a new creation. That new creation is a spiritual transformation made possible by Christ's death on the cross to atone for sin.
The new creation is even more beautiful and powerful than the original creation!
He is preparing a place!
One great cause for anxiety is uncertainty about what awaits after death. Jesus assures you that He is preparing for that as well!
Something in the human psyche needs the security of a place! A place to live, a place to belong, a place to work, a place to worship, et al. So Jesus promised He is preparing a place for you! He is preparing an eternal place where you can belong and be loved and find safety forever!
Here's a few things that will be great about that place He is preparing. First, HE IS THERE! And second, he has been preparing it for 2,000 years! Third, He is preparing it especially for you - your own eternal custom-built home!
When you think of how He cares and when you ponder on how He prepares - what do you have to be anxious about?
Here's how the ancient shepherd/poet/king expressed it:
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and loving kindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23
Don't let your heart be troubled - He cares!
Don't let your heart be troubled - He prepares!
Don't let your heart be troubled - He prepares!


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Scratch Tester
The Scratch Tester is used to test the scratch resistance of flat solid surfaces such as coatings, metals, ceramics, composites, polymers, and other material surfaces. The test is performed by sliding a stylus over the surface of the test specimen. The normal load, sliding speed, direction, stylus geometry, and stylus material can be varied. The onset of scratch or adhesion failure of coatings can be inferred from this data.
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Save the date, Bills fans
Underscoring the enduring hope of Bills fans, one member of the team's fan base, or Bills Mafia, not only believes that Buffalo can and will win its first-ever Super Bowl title, he's even started planning the parade.
Via Syracuse.com, Stevie Gorczcya has created a Facebook page promoting the event, scheduled for February 4 at 9 a.m., two days after Super Bowl LIV.
Over 2,300 Bills fans have already said they'd attend, and over 4,400 are interested in going.
Buffalo was 6-10 last year, with rookie Josh Allen starting 11 games, though they return 10 of 11 starters from last year's defense, which finished second in the NFL in total yards allowed.
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The CA sun is starting to beat as hard as usual so I was inspired to make this collage by the blue skies that are constant in LA from spring to summer, and well, mostly every other time of the years save for the odd storm here and there, which end up being pitiful really. I can't complain though, I've got some job offers in store that I'm ecstatic about! Anyway about the color blue…
Lately I've been fascinated by color as you may have noticed by my post on Pantone's SS2015 colors, 1960s-inspired colors, etc. Studies have shown that color has the capacity to alter our mood, so it got me thinking, can you can alter someone's perception of you based on the color you wear?
Blue has always made me feel serene and at ease. It makes me feel like a kid again, riding a swing and trying to swoop higher with each swing.
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Before this season of "Dancing with the Stars," we considered David Arquette to be the Goldfish crackers of people: pleasant and perfectly enjoyable, but not the sort of thing you look forward to.
However, since we've watched him strut his stuff on DWTS, we've come around on the affable actor. (Though we still can't imagine why he'd cheat on Courtney Cox. In fact, we don't want to imagine him sleeping with anybody at all. Sorry, Dave.) There's something a little off about him, but it's an endearing offness, like he got stoned one too many times and ended up permanently goofy.
So we don't know what the DWTS audience was thinking, sending him off this week. The guy did magic tricks — oh, we're sorry, he did illusions.
Seriously, take a look at this cha-cha. Sure, Arquette's timing gets a little off at points, but is there even a moment when he looks like he's not having a blast? We know DWTS isn't a charity, but the voters really dropped the ball this week. Who do you think should have gone home in his place?