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Birthday Messages– My dear friends, our website is all about Birthday Wishings. Here we are sharing a Happy Birthday Message to your needs. We have articles on many birthday topics like Happy Birthday Messages, SMS, Quotes, and also many others. And every day we are trying to bring something new that will be different and interesting about Happy Birthdays. But today we are going to extend our view upon Happy Birthday Messages.
Birthday Messages that give us some special memories. Whenever we see them we feel that this is just a moment we had yesterday. Birthdays come and go every year but the memories of the celebration add some unforgettable images to our minds.
Sending a birthday message to the most loving person of your life. It is the best thing anyone would like to do. But one thing we all know is that sending long messages is not a good idea. Because nowadays everyone this much busy that they have no time to read such lengthy messages. So the Happy Birthday Messages should be short as possible and sweet too. If you are sending a short message with Beautiful Birthday Wishes it will look cool and different from others.
Happy Birthday Messages
Today we will tell you how to write a birthday message so that you will be able to write messages for your friends in less time and save time.
So let's start, To write some short Happy Birthday Messages first of all you need to be clear about your expressions. Whatever sentiment you want to put in that birthday greeting message. Then write your thoughts on paper. And now try to make it as short as possible try a few different combinations of words.
To write some short Birthday Messages, first of all, you must be clear about your expressions. The sentiment you want to put in that Birthday Greeting Message. Then write down your thought on paper. And now try to make it short as possible and try some different combinations of words.
That will help you to express your love and emotions to the person to whom you are going to send that message. What I mean about a combination of the Message is that it could be a Birthday quote. that has some kind of keywords that justify your love and emotions behind your message.
Happy Birthday Messages For Mom
Here I am going to share the Birthday SMS for Mom. Mothers are women who play or play the role of having some relationship with their children. After all, Mother is a loving person to us. Therefore, read this large collection of Birthday Messages, and Birthday Images HD, and share them with your birthday.
- My life is incomplete without you, you have been with us in every good and bad time. we can never forget your birthday
Happy Birthday Messages For Dad
This post is showing Bday Quotes for Dad. If your father's birthday is coming soon and you want to wish your father his birthday, then read this post to choose good messages. And share Birthday Wishes Messages for Dad.
- Dear Dad, our life seems incomplete without you, you are always there with us, no matter what the situation. You are like a superhero in our life.
Birthday Message for Dad From Daughter
- My dear Dad, In all those years, when you faced my every obstacle. Many times, you stood by me and made me a stronger person, I want to salute you on this beautiful day.
Beautiful Messages For Birthday
When you wake up in the morning and you know that today is the birthday of your loved one. And on your loved one's birthday now you don't know how and what to do it. And you start searching Google for Birthday Messages. So we are providing a Happy Birthday Short Message for you by removing your troubles.
Follow these above simple steps to write down some short impressive Birthday Messages. And you could also take help from the internet with some Birthday Wishes. We are also going to provide some unique kinds of word combinations that you can use as Happy Birthday Wishing Messages.
Happy Birthday Message For Friends
Birthday is an important days in any person's life. and If anyone wishes them on their birthday. They feel very happy. So according to this, I am sharing Happy Birthday SMS for Friends. You can also send these Messages to your lover's friends.
- "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." —Abraham Lincoln
- "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." —C.S. Lewis
- "Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words." —Plautus
- "We turn not older with years, but newer every day." —Emily Dickinson
- "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." —Tolkien
- "With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come." —William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
- "The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune." —English Proverb
- "It takes a long time to become young." —Pablo Picasso
We hope you guys enjoyed this post. If you guys liked our collection of Birthday Messages You can also share Beautiful Birthday Messages with your friends, and that too is free of cost. Facebook, WhatsApp, Pinterest, and all social media friends can share Birthday Messages, Quotes, and Wishes.


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In 2020, solar installations increased by 43% in the United States. Learning about solar panel uses will show you what solar energy is capable of.
What is a solar panel? It's a panel that converts sunlight into usable energy. There are different types of solar panels out there, but the most common type is monocrystalline silicon solar panels.
Solar energy is the future. You might as well start reaping the benefits of solar energy now rather than later.
Keep reading to learn the top five uses for solar energy.
1. Produce Home Electricity
Solar power is capable of meeting your home's electricity needs. Best of all, it accomplishes this feat without harming the environment.
How do solar panels work for homes? Professionals typically install solar panels on top of homes. It's also possible to install solar panels anywhere there's open space and plenty of sunlight.
It's easy to find out exactly how much solar power you'll need to maintain your lifestyle. A home energy audit will break down your electricity consumption, needs, and habits.
2. Provide Portable Power
Solar energy also provides portable power solutions. Using a portable solar power source gives you the benefits of convenience and renewable energy all at once.
For example, you could charge your phone with a solar-powered phone charger. This type of solar energy source is beneficial if you're going camping or to the beach. It also helps anywhere else you might not have regular access to electricity.
3. Charge Batteries
Charging batteries with solar power is fairly simple. Simply have an experienced professional engineer install a battery backup system along with your solar power system.
That way, you're able to charge batteries during the day for nighttime use. It's a good way to break the cycle of using disposable batteries, then throwing them out/sending them to a landfill.
4. Reduce Your Electricity Bill and Increase Savings
You're probably wondering, are solar panels worth it? The truth is that some of the biggest solar panel benefits are financial benefits.
Solar panels' ability to produce green energy via sunlight cuts down on your electricity spending. This eventually results in savings
Plus, there are local and state government incentives available. They exist for the purpose of encouraging people to switch to solar energy. If you qualify for any of them, it'll decrease your installation costs.
5. Achieve Energy Independence
Relying on traditional energy means you're relying on a third party to provide you with power. Meanwhile, switching to solar power helps you achieve energy independence.
In 2021, experts think solar will produce 39% of the electricity capacity in the United States. That means more people will be achieving energy independence sooner than you think.
When you achieve energy independence, you only have to rely on your own means for power. Solar panels help you accomplish this in the most affordable, green-friendly way possible.
So Many Solar Panel Uses, So Little Time!
Solar energy is only as effective as the amount of sunlight your panels get. All solar panel uses depend on your panels receiving enough sunlight during the day.
Always place solar panels in locations that get plenty of sunlight. Otherwise, they won't produce enough energy to satisfy your lifestyle needs.
Upgrade your life—check out our lifestyle articles. It'll change your world for the better.

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text: The last day of my trip. On Sunday night we finished the tsuboniwa at the Mamezen Ramen shop in Kyoto (豆禅). I woke up early this morning to take some pictures of the garden - here is one of them, there are more to come: Mamezen owner and Yuba-Ramen chef Minoru Yonekawa: The … Continue reading Day 89 – Kyoto has a new garden


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The above words were said by Dr. Yves and Dr. Valcin who lead the Mother Angela Clinic here in the Diocese of Jacmel. The Coronavirus is on the rise in Haiti. Like other poor countries, there is no protection from this widespread enemy. Here the hospitals are closed because doctors have no supplies or protective gear. The Mother Angela Clinic is the only mobile clinic, visiting villages located in the mountains. We, too, were struggling with no protective gear. We reached out to some organizations and were able to acquire 8 paper gowns and 16 masks. We knew we had to do something quickly, so we reached out to Helen Yee, Director of the Felician Sisters Care Center in Lodi, NJ. She immediately sent us, via FedEx, some much-needed face shields, an infrared thermometer and some masks. She had no disposable gowns to spare because, in the States, they are difficult to purchase at this time. We needed to act fast. That led us to Plan B. We found some sheets that could be made into gowns, and Sr. Izzy went to work. Within 24 hours, everyone had two gowns each and a bottle of Clorox to wash them. The clinic follows the regulations given from the Ministry of Health–no more than five people gathered in one space at a time. Keeping patients faithful to social distancing is a new job for Fritz, our driver, as well as telling everyone to wash their hands from a bucket with water, Clorox and soap for hand washing. Please pray for our Mother Angela Clinic team who are willing to face the battle and this war against the Coronavirus.
Love never fails
Even in the darkest moments, love gives hope.
Love compels us to fight against coronavirus alongside our sisters and brothers living in poverty.
Love compels us to stand together in prayer with our neighbors near and far.
Love compels us to give and act as one.
Now, it is clear that our futures are bound together more tightly than ever before.
As we pray in our individual homes – and around the world – we are united as one family.
So, let us pause and find a moment of peace, as we lift up our hearts together in prayer. 🙏🏽


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Google Voice users are getting a little salvation from annoying telemarketers, thanks to a new option to let algorithm's pre-emptively route voice and text spammers to a spam folder.
Voice users already have the option to mark annoying calls from hucksters peddling home alarm systems and texts from jackals pushing "free iPod" scams to their own spam folder and block their numbers.
But the new feature uses all of those reports -- as well as Google's own algorithms -- to create a collaborative spam filter. Calls and texts sent to you from these numbers go into a spam folder you can check online, but won't ring or show up on your phone as incoming texts.
For additional protection, you can also list your Google Voice number in the Do Not Call registry. Autmated telemarketing and text message spam is largely illegal already, but as most people in the country know that hasn't stopped all such calls.
Google's new feature doesn't however give you the ability to consign spammers to your choice of Dante's circles (or report them to the FTC), but one can only hope such features are on the way.


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Annuar Musa's press sec Tun Faisal said recently (see below) that Umno cannot work with socialists and evangelists.
Socialists adhere to socialism. Socialism is an ideology that is one step away from communism.
Evangelists spread the gospel. Evangelism is not permitted to be done among Malays as our country does not allow preaching Christianity to them. Continue reading "Chinese voters disliked for their double standard"


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Majestic Vocalist Debra-Jean Creelman Teases Upcoming "Triggers & Mirrors" EP With Ethereal Single "Smoke"
The broader and more inclusive the mainstream becomes, the more unique and expansive the alternative side becomes. On this trip to the alternative side, we are checking out the brand new upcoming Triggers & Mirrors EP from performer Debra-Jean Creelman. …Read more


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This Nike ZoomX Invincible Run review is part of our 2021 SELF Certified Sneaker Awards, where the shoe won Most Versatile Sneaker. You can see the rest of our award winners here.
After running my last marathon in 2017, my running routine slowly deteriorated, then took a big hit during the pandemic. Lately, however, I've been excited to get back out there and have been making an effort to take 30 minutes out of my day to run a few miles, take a quick shower, and be back in front of my computer feeling more energized and proud of myself for accomplishing something. And the shoe that has helped me get excited about running this year has been the Nike ZoomX Invincible Run.
How I Tested
I evaluated the Invincible Run using expert-suggested criteria from our sneaker buying guide, which you can read here, and rated the shoe based on its performance in each of these categories. Below are my thoughts on the Nike invincible Run.
I'm usually a women's 10.5 in running shoes across most brands, but I find that Nikes run a bit big and normally wear a 10 to get the required fit. I received the Invincible Runs in a 10 for our Sneaker Awards testing; however, they turned out to be slightly too small—my big toe was basically hitting the top of the shoe, and experts recommend about a half-inch of room from the toe to top of the shoe for running shoes. I was able to run in them fine on short runs and could tell I liked the performance, so I ended up buying these shoes in a 10.5. They fit perfectly, with the recommended room at the toe, so I'd say that these shoes run true to size. (For what it's worth, I find Nike's return policy to be really great; I've bought shoes that I ended up hating when I tried them on a real run, and it was easy to get a full refund at the store. See below for more on Nike's return policy.)
Aside from sizing, I loved the other aspects of the shoes' fit; these sneakers feel molded to my narrow, flat foot without feeling too constructing at the sides. My one fit-related complaint is that the arch support is slightly intrusive for my flat feet, but nowhere near as noticeable as other shoes I've tried.
I've come to realize that I might have a shoe type. I tested and loved the Hoka One One Clifton Edge for last year's Sneaker Awards, and the Invincible Run is the only other sneaker I've worn consistently. While the profiles of the two styles are much different, the shoes are similar in concept. Like the Edge, the sole of the Invincible Run is slightly larger than the rest of the shoe, making it look as though your foot is resting on a foam plate. Maybe it's my tendency to overpronate or my weak ankles, but running in a stable shoe like the Invincible Run or the Edge makes me feel a little more supported; I appreciate the extra feeling of stability I get with the extended sole. This is especially true with the Invincible Run, which has a somewhat high and bouncy foam sole.
The Nike Invincible Run is the company's first shoe that uses its revolutionary Zoom X foam without the carbon plate that it was first paired with in speed performance shoes like the Vaporfly Elite and 4%. This Zoom X sole makes the Invincible Run feel really bouncy and a little squishy, which I really liked. As someone easing back into running, I appreciated the foam; it feels super comfortable as soon as you slip the shoes on, so if you're also getting back into it, or are a beginner runner, you'll probably like the ride as well.


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In the previous part, I outlined that a pre-occupation with rigid stylistic categories might hinder creative thinking. In this part, I explore the possibility of a bold and beautiful combination of images and stories from different timeframes, cultures and geographical locations.
A striking and recurrent theme of Classical Mythology is the propensity of mythical actors to transform themselves. The quintessential god of transformations is, of course, Dionysos, the god whose many roles include that of god of wine. In one peculiar incident known from ancient texts and art, Dionysos sails away while pirates turn into dolphins and the mast of his ship into a vine. Transformations are characterised by swift and continuous action. Indeed, in the book Dionysos, the Merry God[1] (my translation) by Filippos Mandilaras (author) and Natalia Kapatsoulia (illustrator) from 2013, Dionysos' life is characterised by incessant movement, including travel to and from distant lands.
Recent museum exhibitions about polychromy – the colours, patterns and metal attachments that adorned the sculptures in Antiquity – have helped us to revise the story of Classical art and to move away from Winckelmann's ideas about Classical beauty, especially the simplicity and purity associated with white marble.[2] For children and adult learners polychromy offers multiple opportunities for creative thinking. Polychromous statues are aligned more with the art and consumer goods of western societies, as is also implied in the recent thought-provoking exhibition The Classical Now.[3] Reconstructions of painted statues, with their kitsch and quasi-plastic looks, negate idealisation and hierarchies of value. Learners are also prompted to think about different colour combinations in educational museum activities.[4]
More remarkably perhaps, when statues' colour palettes and patterns mismatch in a bold way, polychromy creates a new aesthetic principle. The idea of a mismatch or blend, moreover, may allow for the marrying of the styles of the Classical world with incongruent elements from cultural assemblages in far-away places. The lithographs and etchings of New Zealand artist Marian Maguire, for example, exhibit a fine blending of ancient Greek culture with that of colonial New Zealand.[5] Earlier this summer Maguire exhibited works that show Greek goddesses.[6] The style of these works is reminiscent of Greek vase painting. Their meaning, however, reflects (post)modern concerns about the established status quo. Athena, for example, looks as if she is fed up with her militaristic role that supports imperialism. She wants to remove her armour and walk away from her role:[7]
It was during this year's OMC workshops in Warsaw that I was prompted further to combine images of Classical artefacts with contemporary material culture from outside the Classical world. I was inspired by Divine Che Neba's presentation about people-object interactions in today's Cameroon. Professor Che Neba's slides included photographs of: traditional mud huts with cone-shaped thatched roofs (Fig. 11); and wooden and beaded souvenirs, most of them bearing eye-catching colours, such as bright yellow, red orange and deep blue (Fig. 12). The strong colour contrasts reminded me of polychromy in Greek sculpture:
I produced a sketch drawing that blended (mis)matching artefacts from Greek and Cameroonian cultures:
I copied images from Professor Che Neba's slides and from illustrations of Greek archaeological finds in two guide books for adult learners by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Pots and Pans of Classical Athens by Brian A. Sparkes and Lucy Talcott (1959, Fig. 14);[8] and Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade by Virginia R. Grace (1979, Fig. 15):[9]
My drawing presents a collage of disparate entities in terms of style, size, materials, and, of course, provenances. To some extent, Cameroonian and Greek material culture seem to be blending into one another, potentially calling for a combination of their respective mythologies. Such a combination is possible as an intellectual exercise because of mythical actors' transformative powers and capacity to travel long distances. If children find ancient (and modern) myths fascinating, it is precisely because mythical characters can find a way to use Chian transport amphorae in a Cameroonian mud hut.
I close this reflective blog posting with a call for illustrated children's books to embrace also the creative blending of material cultures and of mythical stories from different parts of the world. The art history and archaeology of museum exhibits could be a starting point for producing new (artistic) designs that, like mythical actors, step out of time and space and challenge the very essence of stylistic unity. If we teach the Classical world in a way that encourages a sense of innovation, then we may shape the founders of tomorrow's start-ups with products that will change the world. More crucially, children will learn from a young age to think outside the box and embrace the bold and the beautiful in a way that breaks down the boundaries between the present and the past, the real and the imaginary and, surely, Greek and Cameroonian material culture.
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Katerina Volioti
Katerina is currently teaching modules on Classical art and archaeology at the University of Roehampton.
Elaborated by Dorota Bazylczyk
I am grateful to Susan Deacy,[10] Michael Loy,[11] Katarzyna Marciniak,[12] and Amy C. Smith[13] for reading and commenting on earlier versions of this blog posting. For images, I would like to thank Divine Che Neba, Eirini Dermitzaki, Marian Maguire, Anja Slawisch, Carol Stein, and Peter Stewart. All URLs are correct as at 21 August 2018.
[1] – https://www.epbooks.gr/product/100537/dionysos,-the-cheerful-god and http://www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/myth-survey/item/154
[2] – See, for example, https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/collections/peplos-kore
[3] – https://www.kcl.ac.uk/Cultural/-/Projects/The-Classical-Now.aspx
[4] – See, for example, http://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/content/archaic-colors-1
[5] – https://www.marianmaguire.com/
[6] – https://www.pggallery192.co.nz/new_work/marian-maguire-goddesses-22-may-15-june-2018/
[7] – https://www.pggallery192.co.nz/products-page/marian-maguire/athena-tires-of-her-shield-and-spear/
[8] – http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/publications/book/?i=9780876616017
[9] – http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/publications/book/?i=9780876616192
[10] – http://myth-autism.blogspot.com/?view=classic&m=1
[11] – https://profiles.ahrcdtp.csah.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-loy
[12] – https://uw.academia.edu/KatarzynaMarciniak
[13] – https://www.reading.ac.uk/classics/about/staff/a-c-smith.aspx