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Milford's James teeing off at Northern Junior
Milford's Benjamin James will be in the field at the Northern Junior Championship. The Northern Junior is a nationally-ranked junior golf tournament that was created in order to provide the highest level of competition for top junior players.
The 36-hole stroke play event will be contested over two days, Aug. 7 and Aug. 8, at Great River Golf Club in Milford and is open to amateur boys and girls under the age of 19 who have not entered their first year of college.
James is the highest-ranked boys competitor in the field (ranked #82 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings). Despite only being 15 years of age, it's hard not to pick James as the hometown favorite to win his first Northern Junior title. He finished fifth in last year's Northern Junior, advanced to the Round of 32 at this year's U.S. Junior Amateur, and is also a member of Great River Golf Club where he has won multiple Men's Club Championships.
About the Course
Designed by renowned architect Tom Fazio, Great River Golf Club opened for play in 2001. Set along the scenic Housatonic River, the course features a mix of parkland and links style holes paired with a challenging set of green complexes that will surely test the elite field of junior competitors. The course is owned by Sacred Heart University, who purchased the property in 2015 and which is home to both the Men's and Women's Division I golf teams.
The Northern Junior is open to amateur Boys and Girls who have not reached their 19th birthday before August 8th, 2018, and who have not fully enrolled in their first year of college.
All players will play 18-holes of stroke play on Tuesday, Aug. 7, and Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Great River Golf Club in Milford, Conn. Tee times will run from 7:00 a.m. - 1:50 p.m.both days, and the low 36-hole competitor in the Boys and Girls Championship will be declared the respective Champion. There will be an awards ceremony and trophy presentation following the conclusion of play on Wednesday at approximately 6:00pm.
Who's Here
The field of 120 players consists of 78 Boys Competitors and 42 Girls Competitors. The average age of the field is 16.3 years of age.
Widely Represented
Twenty-one states, provinces and countries are being represented this week. By country, they are: Canada (Ontario), China (Beijing), Germany (Munich), Hong Kong, Philippines, and United States (Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and Vermont). Connecticut has the most players of any state, with a total of 34 players seeking to capture the Northern Junior title in their home state.
Breakdown by Graduation Year
Of the 123 competitors, below is the breakdown by high school graduation year:
- 2017 – 1 player
- 2018 – 19 players
- 2019 – 53 players
- 2020 – 23 players
- 2021 – 15 players
- 2022 – 8 players
- 2023 – 3 players
What's at Stake
In addition to national exposure to college coaches across the country, both the Boys and Girls Champion will receive numerous tournament invitations and exemptions. The Boys Champion will receive invites to the International Junior Masters (Aurora, NY), Bobby Chapman Invitational (Spartanburg, SC), Liberty National Junior Invitational (Jersey City, N.J.), North and South Junior (Pinehurst, NC) and Northern Amateur (Chesterton, Ind.).
The Girls Champion will receive invitations to the Liberty National Junior Invitational (Jersey City, N.J.) and North and South Junior (Pinehurst, NC). The Boys Runner-Up will also receive invite to the Bobby Chapman Invitational, International Junior Masters and Liberty National Junior Invitational, and the Girls Runner-Up will receive an invite to the Liberty National Junior Invitational. Top finishers in the Boys and Girls Championship will also receive AJGA performance stars.
Past Champions
In the seventeen year history of the Northern Junior, only one person has successfully defended their title – Ryan Lee of Berlin, Conn. (2007-08). That streak won't come to an end this year, as 2017 champions Mark Turner and Madeline Jin were unable to defend their respective titles this year.
The top two ranked Boys and Girls from Connecticut are in the field this week, and are looking to become the first player since Evan Grenus (2013) to win the Northern Junior in their home state. They are (in order of ranking):
- Maisie Filler, Bloomfield, Conn. (2020)
- Sarah Houle, Sandy Hook, Conn. (2018)
- Benjamin James, Milford, Conn. (2021)
- Christopher Fosdick, Middlefield, Conn. (2019)


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I love lunch outings with Mel (:
We haven't known each other for very long but we'll never run out of topics to talk about!
Lunch at Junction 8, Ambush last Tuesday!
Meeting her again later for quick lunch before outdoor shoot (:
Meeting her again later for quick lunch before outdoor shoot (:
All time favourite Scallop Pasta that I barely ate because of my poor appetite :(
After lunch we went shopping!!
Scored another 2 pairs of shoes and 4 stacks of rings at awesome sale prices from Lovisa!
I immediately told JY about my new shoe purchases and he went *STRESS*
Hahahaha what a cutie.
I actually do not have space for more shoes at home
so I'll just chuck the shoe boxes on the bench or wherever seems empty
and when it gets out of hand, my Momma will start nagging.. at him because it never works on me :P
Owell, maybe I should start clearing my shoe cabinet soon! Might rediscover old loves.
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Chicago entrepreneur works to change focus from managing diseases to supporting health
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Growing up, Nyasha Nyamapfene recalls that her family had "more diseases than people." Poor diet, lack of exercise and other lifestyle factors were the main reasons.
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Guest Mobility as a Key to Hotel Success
By Adam Gillespie Founder, BroadView IP | January 10, 2016
Hotel properties have suffered from a dramatic loss in guest service revenues starting with the in-room telephone, high costs for low rates of bandwidth to dwindling pay-tv take rates. Device mobility has allowed for guests to continue to circumnavigate the ways hotels can charge for sponsored technology services using everyday applications such as Skype, personal Wi-Fi hotspots and entertainment services such as Netflix and Hulu. This is leaving hotels scrambling to find superior ways to introduce new applications that can capture the guests' attention and accelerate immediate purchase decisions.
This wide range of device and application adoption means that hotels need to compete for their guests' attention like no other in order to make up for lost revenue with immediate purchase options and to also consider subscription-based applications and points of sale which can lead to residual-based revenues beyond the guest's hotel stay.
Very few technologies have changed the fabric of American life as much as the mobile phone. Twenty years ago only a handful of business types carried mobile phones, now nearly all of us have one in our pocket. But what's even more important is that the cell-phone has evolved into a small computer and integrated communication center that we carry around with us. Mobile technology has become an ever present force in our lives and has rapidly changed the way we interact with each other and the world, and how hotels can interact with and drive new revenue channels from their guests using mobile devices.
Nearly every consumer business in the world is being affected by the rapid proliferation and development of mobile technology. The hotel business is no different. Potential guests are increasingly using mobile technology to find hotels, check on the availability of rooms and to read reviews. Once they check in, guests expect to be able to continue using their mobile devices, tablets, and lap-top computers to do business, keep in contact with loved ones, and to be entertained. What was once considered an amenity offered primarily for business travelers is now an absolute must.
Mobile technology, in particular, lends itself to in-location marketing tactics such as geo-targeting, geo-fencing and beacon technology. The advantage to these technologies is that they allow the marketer to reach guests directly on their mobile devices with customer service-focused messages and alerts while inside or near a hotel.
Studies from Hotel Internet Services show that when asked what devices guests normally carried with them on their travels, close to 76% carried smartphones, 68% laptops and close to 62% tablets. Hotel guests are connecting multiple electronic devices to the hotel internet network and these devices can be tapped and targeted for new ways of improving guest revenues.


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The invitation you send for your special event sets the tone for the entire experience. Whether it's formal, fun, sweet or trendy, there is a lot to be said for first impressions. Kaity Eagle from Invitation Consultants has provided us with the latest and greatest invitation trends that have been popping up on Pinterest!
Take a look, then throw a party!… just click on the image to view the pin!
Retro Cocktail Invitation
This retro cocktail party invitation is perfect for a cool, casual night with friends. Mad Men is back and more popular than ever – and so are Mad Men-themed parties!
Derby Hat Invite
The Kentucky Derby is a few weeks away, but we've been seeing Derby party invite orders for months now. It's a great excuse to get glammed up at home.
Formal Invitations
Baroque patterns are extremely popular for weddings and even bridal showers. This invitation is available in several color schemes and has been big with brides.
Soft & Inviting
Yellow and grey is a wedding color scheme that doesn't seem to be going away. It's flirty and fun, while still being masculine enough for the groom.
Party Trends
We pinned this party image from hostessblog.com (Hostess with the Mostess) and it took off. A monster party is a great party theme that little boys AND girls can enjoy!


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How to Rotate Video in Adobe Premiere Elements
In an ideal world, all the clips you use to put together videos are just the way you want them. Problems happen, though, and even a simple problem such as the person who was filming holding the camera the wrong way can throw a wrench in your plans. If you can't re-shoot the video, not all is lost -- you can simply rotate the clip in Adobe Premiere Elements.
Rotating the Video
Add the clip to your project's timeline and select it. Click the "Applied Effects" button to open the Applied Effects panel and then click the arrow to the left of "Motion" to expand motion effect settings. Click "Rotate Left" or "Rotate Right" to rotate the clip 90 degrees to the left or to the right; alternatively, click and drag the underlined rotation value to set it to a degree of your choice.
Article Disclaimer
Information in this article applies to Adobe Premiere Elements 12. It may vary slightly or significantly with other versions.
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Baked Fish with Sour Cream
Published Jan 23, 2015
- 500 gms fish fillets
- 60 ml white wine
- 40 gms butter
- 1/2 tsp dried tarragon
- 1 leek, white part only
- 1 tsp flour
- 150 mls sour cream
- 1 tsp watercress or parsley, chopped
- 2 tsp capers, drained chopped
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- Place fish fillets in baking dish. Add wine and dot with half the butter. Season with salt & pepper and sprinkle over the tarragon. Cover dish and bake at 190°C for 20mins.
- Meantime, melt rest of butter in a saucepan, add chopped leek and let it cook gently until soft. Sprinkle in flour and cook aver low heat for 2 mins, stirring constantly.
- When fish is ready, pour juice into a jug.
- Add this liquid, a little at a time to the mixture in the saucepan, stirring with each addition. Bring to boil.
- Turn heat down to low, stir in cream, capers and chopped parsley or watercress. When it is heated through, pour over fish and serve.
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text: Contents: Clinical Expert SeriesEnabling Women to Achieve Their Breastfeeding GoalsStuebe, Alison M. MD, MScAuthor Information Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Corresponding author: Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 3010 Old Clinic Building, CB 7516, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Continuing medical education for this article is available at http://links.lww.com/AOG/A472. Financial Disclosure The author did not report any potential conflicts of interest. Obstetrics & Gynecology: March 2014 - Volume 123 - Issue 3 - p 643-652 doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000142 Buy Metrics AbstractIn Brief In mammalian physiology, lactation follows pregnancy, and disruption of this physiology is associated with adverse health outcomes for mother and child. Although lactation is the physiologic norm, cultural norms for infant feeding have changed dramatically over the past century. Breastfeeding initiation fell from 70% in the early 1900s to 22% in 1972. In the past 40 years, rates have risen substantially, to 77% in 2010. Although more mothers are initiating breastfeeding, many report that they do not continue as long as they desire. As reproductive health care experts, obstetricians are uniquely positioned to assist women to make an informed feeding decision, offer anticipatory guidance, support normal lactation physiology, and evaluate and treat breastfeeding complications. Integration of care among the obstetrician, pediatric provider, and lactation consultant may enable more women to achieve their breastfeeding goals, thereby improving health outcomes across two generations. As reproductive health care experts, obstetricians are uniquely positioned to enable women to achieve their personal breastfeeding goals. © 2014 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Employing an escort London has lots of benefits to offer. You can take these escorts in various events, either business party or business meeting, and any type of extraordinary gatherings or meetings. At this point in time, getting the service of escort goes beyond sex, as a matter of fact, they are now playing an essential role in the society.
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Thanks for visitingPosted on 2015 under Family | Comments are off
3 Nov
All Souls day is one of the days that we visits my late mother at the cemetery. We spend time praying for her, light candles for her, give flowers, and foods for her. It really feels good doing these because we missed her very much. This is the routine that the family do during this time of the year. This is also our way of saying to her that we remember, love and care for her even if she is no longer with us her presence always remains in our hearts and minds. If she is alive, I am pretty sure she would love spending time with her grandchildren.
At the cemetery, we saw my aunt (mother's younger sister), uncle, cousins, and nephews visited my late mother. It is overwhelming to know that they always remember to visit her during this day. I am so thankful that they spend time to light candles and offers prayers for my beloved mother. Though my cousin and I are not in good terms, still she visits my mother. Thank you very much for your time. Some relatives visits mother yesterday. We did not able to see them because we visited last Sunday (November 1). To all my relatives, thank you for always remember my mother.


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Energy Savings Takes Flight at the Tinker Air Force Base
April 05, 2017
One of the largest military bases in the United States will soon be more energy efficient thanks to infrastructure upgrades.
Honeywell and the U.S. Air Force recently launched a $243 million facility modernization project at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. With a focus on upgrading infrastructure and industrial processes at the base's production facilities, the project will reduce energy consumption by 23 percent and save the base $20.5 million in energy and operational costs each year.
The upgrades will be funded through the largest energy savings performance contract (ESPC) the Air Force has ever awarded. The ESPC will enable the Air Force to fund upgrades using annual energy and operational savings that are guaranteed by Honeywell, eliminating the need for any upfront capital investment by the Air Force.
"Through this project, Tinker Air Force Base will significantly modernize its facility infrastructure and improve operations while reducing operating costs," said Home and Building Technologies President Terrence Hahn. All this without requiring any additional capital budgets or tax payer dollars."
Honeywell will install smart meters to monitor and track building energy consumption, update wastewater treatment systems, and integrate new buildings on the base into a Honeywell Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI) building management system, which manages and controls heating, cooling and metering equipment. After the upgrades are completed, Honeywell will provide ongoing maintenance and service to building systems.
Once the project is complete, the improvements are anticipated to save more than $626 million in energy and operational costs over the life of the project. In the first year alone, the base is expected to save more than $6.7 million in energy expenses and $13.4 million in operational costs.


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Japan will reject a recent decision by member countries of the Washington Convention to regulate international trade in sharks whose populations have declined sharply due to over-hunting for their fins, government sources said Friday.
The government will file a reservation about the regulation, arguing that sharks should be managed under existing fishery management systems, the sources said. The move could come under international fire as another sign that Japan, known for its heavy seafood consumption, is indifferent toward global efforts to preserve endangered marine resources, experts said.
Signatories to the 1973 pact, officially called the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, decided in March at a conference in Bangkok to require exporting countries to issue certificates of permission for international trade in sharks. The decision drew support from more than two-thirds of the voters.
Japan's reservation, to be filed with the CITES secretariat, will cover three species of hammerhead shark plus oceanic whitetip and porbeagle sharks, the sources said, adding that Japan will accept another decision to regulate trade in manta rays.
Fisheries Agency data show that annual hauls of oceanic whitetip sharks in Japan stood at about 40 tons in 2011, some of which appeared to be exported for their fins.
Japan has already rejected CITES decisions to ban trade in seven species of whales, including sperm and minke whales, and regulate trade in basking sharks, whale sharks, great white sharks and sea horses.


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moot.no is a brand new mobile social service for Windows Mobile 6.0 mobiles and XP/Vista PCs. You can share content (text, video, pictres) with the network closest to you. Launching out of Oslo, Norway, it has financial backing from TeleVenture and has a five person team.
Essentially what they do is connect people within the same wifi-network. Unlike Plazes, which is more about geotagging your location, people entering the same WiFi zone are displayed on your screen. However, Moot says they are building geotagging into their strategy.
Why only Windows mobile? And Why not the iPhone? Co-founder André Mlonyeni of Ground Conrol Labs tells me that "The reason for only supporting windows mobile is partly due to technological issues and partly due to resources. Supporting a variety of mobile platforms would demand a lot of resources just in porting the application. Also the typical mobile platform is not yet powerful enough to run our application the way we want." However, they have plans for an iPhone version.
I should hope so.
Most Windows smartphone users are not mobile social networkers. They are businessmen who probably wouldn't share a conversation, let alone a mobile video over an ad-hoc WiFi-based social network. That said, it will be interesting to see if Moot gets any traction, perhaps amongst Geeks who want to run a quick social network over WiFi at a conference.


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Home - News - Press releases - Saving lives. ISO 39001 will make roads safer13.03.2013 11199 Views
Road accidents account for some 1.3 million fatalities each year. The number of people killed is on the increase, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Use of ISO 39001:2012, Road traffic safety (RTS) management systems – Requirements with guidance for use, can help reduce death and serious injury due to road accidents.
In many countries, road crashes are the biggest culprits when it comes to deaths and serious injuries. ISO 39001 was published in October 2012 partly to support the United Nations' (UN) Decade of Action for Road Safety. Covering the period 2011 to 2020, the UN initiative aims to halt the global rise in road traffic casualties.
Almost all organizations use roads for delivery of goods and services. ISO 39001 outlines a management system to enable these organizations to integrate safety into their use of roads. The standard will help them improve safety in a structured and simple way.
Significant benefits
ISO 39001 will assist governmental and private sector organizations alike by providing a structured, holistic approach to road traffic safety as a complement to existing programmes and regulations. It is based on the process approach, proven by successful ISO standards such as ISO 9001:2008 for quality management, including the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, and a requirement for continual improvement.
This makes it highly accessible to organizations that already implement other ISO management systems. We, therefore, expect ISO 39001 to be particularly popular, saving many lives. In fact, the standard can have a significant positive effect, due to the large amount of traffic generated by organizations and to the many vehicles they own or rent. This, in turn, could benefit the rest of the road transport system. If all taxis, buses, trucks, rental cars and company cars operate at the highest safety standard, there would be fewer fatalities and injuries. Similarly, if road administrations, the police, vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and others adopt ISO 39001, our roads would be safer.
In the past, attempts to improve road safety have focused on the behaviour of individual road users, and particularly on education, enforcement and engineering. These, however, proved largely ineffective, and sometimes even counterproductive.
Compliance with speed limits, avoiding driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and using personal safety equipment such as helmets and seat belts, offer plenty of potential for society and individuals. But an organizational approach can take this even further. With ISO 39001 it is possible to :
• Improve the well-being of employees and transport contractors
• Facilitate the use of new technology to improve behaviour and limit the consequences of human failure
• Enable organizations to become more effective and reduce their costs
• Help organizations to be seen as good corporate citizens
Notable differences
ISO 39001 has a few elements that are unique within the family of management system standards. Firstly, the long-term target is already set and only organizations wishing to eliminate accident-related deaths and serious injuries should use the standard. While elimination is quite normal in production processes, it has been a far less common approach in road traffic.
Another key difference from other management system standards is that some factors are mandatory. Organizations must meet vehicle safety, use of restraint systems and speed compliance. ISO 39001 also places greater emphasis on the external context. As road transport and safety can be understood as a system, many organizations would have to cooperate with, or consider, other stakeholders in the system. This is even more relevant if the organization is a car manufacturer or a road administration.
Overall, ISO 39001 has great potential to tackle one of the most dangerous challenges of our times, road traffic safety. Now, it is up to organizations around the world to start using it and save lives.
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AUSTIN — A news conference meant to heap praise on abortion opponents in the Texas House on Tuesday turned into a question-and-answer session about key anti-abortion bills and their potential ramifications statewide.
Lawmakers answered questions from The Dallas Morning News about their bills, addressing the concerns of abortion rights advocates and doctors about the real-life effects of their proposals. Here's a recap of the conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity.
Wrongful birth lawsuits
Background: Two bills would remove wrongful birth as a cause of action in medical malpractice suits. These cases let parents sue doctors who fail to inform them of a fetal abnormality and all of their options, including abortion.
Question: Some worry that the bill would let doctors lie to patients. What is your response to those concerns?
Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton (bill author): "That's a false narrative, probably. Doctors are going to still be held to their standard of care. Their standard of care requires them to notify a patient of anything they learn. If they've learned about a disability, they are required to tell that patient.
"Sometimes disabilities occur no matter what test you take or anything, they just happen. We believe, and I think all of the medical organizations believe ... this does not reduce the doctor's standard of care requirement at all."
Ectopic pregnancy definition
Background: A bill by Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, would remove ectopic pregnancy treatment from the definition of an abortion. An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg attaches itself anywhere other than in a woman's uterus. When this happens, the tissue has to be removed to prevent further complications. The bill is backed by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops.
Question: How do you square your support for this ectopic pregnancy bill with the idea that life begins at fertilization?
Jennifer Allmon, executive director of Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops: "In Catholic teaching, when you look at the definition of abortion, what we look at is the intention of the act. In treating an ectopic pregnancy, our intention is not to abort the baby and kill the child. Our intention is to treat the medical problem the mother has.
"There are procedures that can be performed to treat an ectopic pregnancy that, while we recognize the unintentional death of the child, it is not the intention of the doctor or the facility to kill that child. That's very different from an induced, elective abortion in which a mother goes into a clinic intending to end the life of her child, for whatever reason. There's a very clear difference."
Disposition of fetal remains
Background: Abortion providers sued the state last year over rules adopted by the Department of State Health Services that would require fetal tissue from abortions to be buried or cremated. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the state from implementing the rule, prompting lawmakers in both chambers to file bills that would put the rules into state law.
Question: Why not let the court case play out instead of filing legislation to change state law?
Cook (bill author): "What we're doing with HB 35 is lining up statute with the rules that have been promulgated by the agency. Once again, that's the reason."
Medical terminology
Background: Many of the anti-abortion proposals this session do not use medical terminology to refer to specific abortion procedures. Abortion providers said lawmakers are using scare tactics that create confusion, especially when it comes to bills banning "partial-birth" and "dismemberment" abortions.
"Partial-birth" refers to a dilation and extraction abortion, a late-term procedure that is already illegal at the federal level. Doctors say "dismemberment" doesn't refer to a specific procedure but could end up limiting their ability to perform some standard abortions.
Question: What's the purpose of using non-medical terminology in these bills to describe abortion procedures?
Rep. Cindy Burkett, R-Garland (author of bill banning "partial-birth" abortions): "What we're doing here is literally mirroring what's at the federal level, and that's what this procedure is about is literally birthing the baby, destroying the baby at that point. Literally the baby is clipped at the back of the neck, the brain is sucked out and the baby is delivered."


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Google Assistant today announced integrations with a series of products due out soon, from smart speakers to a smart washing machine, dryer, and vacuum.
Smart speakers that will soon be able to speak with Google Assistant include the Zolo Mojo by Anker, TicHome Mini by Mobvoi, and the GA10 by Panasonic. Each is due out later this year and will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the U.S., and the U.K.
The announcements were made ahead of IFA, an international consumer electronics show to take place Sept. 1-6 in Berlin. Additional smart speakers and appliances to adopt Google Assistant will be announced in the days to come.
"Starting later this year, with manufacturers like LG, you'll be able control your appliances, including washers, dryers, vacuums, and more from your Assistant on your smart speaker, Android phone or iPhone," Google Assistant senior director Abhi Taneja said in a blog post announcing the news.
The products will utilize the Google Assistant software development kit to speak with the AI assistant through devices or issue commands like "OK Google, start vacuuming" or "OK Google, wash my clothes."
In addition to appliances announced today, Google is reportedly planning to release a smaller version of the Google Home to compete with Amazon's Echo Dot at a hardware debut event in October.
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Probation Violations
Violations of probations can be as serious as any new charge. If the court places you on any form of probation and you violate the terms of your probation, you could be brought back to court and could face up to the maximum sentence for the crime for which you are on probation. For example, if you are on misdemeanor probation for a DUI and you are accused of violating any term of your probation, you can face up to six months in county jail (the maximum punishment for a DUI). In another example, if you are on felony probation for possessing stolen property and violate any term of your probation, you would face up to three years in state prison, even if you do not have a "joint suspended" or execution of sentence suspended.
Types of probation
Informal probation: Also known as court probation or a conditional sentence, informal probation is most common in misdemeanor cases. Almost everyone convicted of a first time DUI will be placed on informal probation. On informal probation, you do not have a probation officer supervising you. Generally, you do not need to do anything other than obey all laws and court orders, pay the fines and fees, and follow any other directives of the court, such as attending a DUI school. Many people on informal probation do not even realize they are still subject to the jurisdiction of the court. If you are arrested and charged with a new offense while you are on informal probation, you will be charged with both the new offense as well as violating probation.
Formal probation: Almost all persons convicted of felonies who are granted probation are placed on formal supervised probation. If you are convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, you will be placed on formal probation. In other misdemeanor cases that the court considers serious, such as child abuse or neglect and some misdemeanor sex crimes, the court may place you on formal probation. While on formal probation you will be assigned a supervising probation officer who you should have regular contact with. If you do not meet with your probation officer or keep him or her updated on your residence, you could be in violation of probation.
What could be the terms of my probation?
Typical terms of probation include obey all laws and be of good conduct. If you are on probation for a driving related offense, you will be ordered not to drive unless properly licensed and insured. If drugs or alcohol were a factor in your conviction, you could be ordered to abstain from the use of alcohol, stay out of places where alcohol is the primary item of sale (no bars or liquor stores) and not use or possess any drug unless prescribed by a physician. As a condition of probation you could be subject to "search and seizure." This term means that law enforcement or a probation officer may search you, your property, or vehicle anytime of the day or night and your residence any time of the day or reasonable hour of the night. Law enforcement would not need any reason to search you once they are aware you are on probation.
Violation of probation hearings
If you are accused of a violation of probation, a judge may revoke your probation based on a finding of probable cause. At this point the term of your probation is tolled, meaning that time does not count towards your total probation term. If your probation is revoked, you are entitled to a hearing within a reasonable period of time. In Sonoma County, if you are accused of violating your felony probation you will be held in jail without bail until your case is resolved. Unlike a criminal charge, only a judge, not 12 jurors, hears your case. The prosecution has a lower burden of proof at a violation of probation hearing. The standard is preponderance of the evidence, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt that you are entitled to at a jury trial. Sometimes prosecutors will elect to proceed by way of a violation of probation rather than pursue a new charge because the burden is easier for them to meet.
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The boy sat in a bright orange shirt amongst the monotonous grey rocky walls of the faded palace. He hung his legs from the edge of the roof and sang on top of his voice. The palace was once called "Hathi Mahal", or maybe it's the name that people remembered. It had lost all its colours a long ago and now just stood like a pile of rocks amongst the aged trees and new born grasses. The land around stretched for miles only with different shades of greeneries. The palace stood alone like a lonely old man, tired for so long and yet surviving through another page of history. And the boy? The boy was contradiction to this whole image. He was bright and young, shining in the afternoon's soft sunlight. And yet his voice vibrating through the empty landscapes, somehow captured the same essence as only a lonely old palace could bring out. His voice reflected the solace of eternity.complete article


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This is a few days old, so apologies in advance for that. Anyway, the Washington D.C. police chief, Cathy Lanier, has chided people who use radar-detecting technology, including iPhone applications, for their "cowardly tactic." With apps such as EyeWiki, people are able to flag known locations of traffic cameras using GPS. Then, as you approach a flagged camera, the app rings out, "Hey, slow down! There's a traffic camera nearby." Police say using such technology could endanger lives, but that doesn't quite make sense.
The argument is that by using radar-detecting technology, which is illegal in D.C. and Virginia (so this whole post is moot, but whatever), you could be putting lives in danger. So argues the police. Keep in mind that traffic cameras and whatnot generated nearly $1 billion from 2005 to 2008. If everyone is driving around with technology that defeats said cameras, the police will have quite a hole in the budget.
But the idea that using the tech, in and of itself, puts people's lives in danger is hard to believe. The cameras serve as a deterrent: drive the speed limit or be prepared to whip out your checkbook. So you drive the speed limit, which, I would imagine, lowers traffic-related fatalities. But let's say you have an App that marks the location of cameras. You're still going to slow down near the traffic camera, it's just that the police won't get any of your money that way.
Unless the police is trying to argue that people will drive reckless all over the place except when near a traffic camera. That, I guess, could be valid. In that case, people are still driving unsafely, except when they know they're approaching a camera, but now the police has less money to fight crime.
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Half of my heart is grieving that these are the last few weeks of summer, while the other half is quietly anticipating the comeback of skinny jeans and Grey's Anatomy. There is still much beauty to savor, and the beauty of autumn to anticipate.
As far as reading goes this month, I kicked off by finishing one of the best books I have ever read, and then put many books down or procrastinated opening them out of pure boredom.
17. Scary Close: Dropping The Act and Finding True Intimacy by Donald Miller
You can't control somebody and have intimacy with them at the same time. They may stay because they fear you, but true love casts out fear.
No love is conditional. If love is conditional, it's just some sort of manipulation masquearading as love.
Scary Close was a book that I had on my shelf for several months. I didn't dive into it because I was afraid of how much it would convict me, because just look at that tagline. Although I know that was a silly reason, I believe that God led me to the pages at just the right time in my life and once I got going I finished it within just a few days. I'll be the first to admit that I hate dating books. But, I especially loved this one because it didn't have boundaries that only applied to friendships, dating, or marriage — it played into all of those components, although most of the stories come from Donald's dating life and from his engagement period. The book takes you through personal mud as you contemplate insecurities, performance anxiety, manipulation, being too careful, and true love that equals immense amounts of grace. It was truly one of the best books I have ever read, and I don't say this lightly. Donald has such a unique writing voice that I have always loved; it instructs you like a teacher, makes you laugh, and invites you in like a friend. He shared in particularly vulnerable ways in Scary Close that was essential, convicting, and breathtaking for the sake of the message of true intimacy.
Recommendation status: GET YOUR HANDS ON THIS BOOK, REGARDLESS OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP STATUS. I believe that the truths within it are vital to healthy, grace-filled relationships.
226 pages.
Books I Have Put Down and/or Rejected This Month…
- For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. I got over 200 pages in. I plan on finishing it eventually. I swoon at Hemingway's style, but the plot was boring me.
- Hemingway in Love. I'll finish this one alongside For Whom The Bell Tolls in the distant future, hopefully.
- It's Not What You Think by Jefferson Bethke. This book is easy-to-read and tackles an incredible topic, but I'm taking it back to the library because it was always on the backburner between all the other books I am reading.
- Walking The Bible. I just never got far enough in it to be hooked!
I am all about giving books a solid chance, but sometimes there are other ones on the shelf that deserve more of my attention at the present moment.
Up Next On The Reading List…
Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh
Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian by John Piper
A Testament to Freedom by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
All The Light We Cannot See
Wise Blood by Flannery O' Connor


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Quite a perplexing one.
I have a Windows 8.1 machine (completely up to date on patches from Windows update) that I want to join a Windows Server 2008 (R1) domain. When I log into the local administrator account and choose to join the domain (i.e. "WinDom"), it says "Welcome to WinDom" but then follows this up with a pause and then an error message "Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed."
Ignoring this, I reboot and am able to log in to WinDOM\User which then creates a local account on the Windows 8 computer and a computer object in Active Directory on Server 2008 (so it is seeing the domain initially). However after logging in, it stops seeing the domain properly and subsequent reboots results in "There are currently no logon servers available" locking me out of the account on the machine that was just created.
If I run "nltest /dsgetdc:WinDom" on the Win 8 machine when it's not on the domain, it reports it can see the domain controller fine. If I join the domain and then run the same command it cannot see the domain controller anymore.
Whether it is on the domain or not, I can use nslookup to find the domain controller server and ping it so I don't think it's a general DNS issue. The DNS/DHCP server is not the same as the Windows Domain Controller server and both the server and the Windows8 machine have the IP set as it's preferred DNS server.
We have another dozen Windows 7 machines all working happily on the domain, it's just the Windows 8.1 machine I'm having trouble with
Anyone have any ideas what's going wrong here?
Thanks in advance for any light anyone can shed on this.
I'm going to try patching the Windows Server 2008 this weekend to see if anything there adds support/fixes for Windows 8 machines joining the domain, but I'm going around in circles at the moment.


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And after we finished our brandy, and said a few very unmemorable pleasantries, she asked me what I liked.
"For this vacation? Seeing Dorday … museums and parks and such. The zoo, definitely, I don't know anything about the native animals except for some ugly pointy desert herbivores. I'm going to eat a lot — I've got an appetite that you wouldn't believe, and I haven't had much but raw meat for a while. Mostly, though, I don't want any company … hovens don't count … but obviously you won't be helping with that." No point in being secret from my rent-a-friend.
Tarcuna laughed, and said. "Oh, I'll be glad to show you around Dorday all you want! You're funny, Spotty. People don't count as company? What does?"
OK, I guess that wasn't quite as clear as it could have been. I tried the direct approach. "I'm really a dragon — that's a gigantic scaly carnivorous monster from another dimension. I'm here on my engagement flight. But I'm pretty annoyed at all the rest of us, so I'm taking a vacation for a few weeks from them."
"Wow, that's original, that's a cool story! What am I? Your captive specimen? Are you going to probe me?" she said, and winked.
"Um … no, you're my hired friend, and you're going to find me a hotel room and take me around Dorday … right?" I said.
She smiled a very syrupy smile. "Whatever you like! We can do both, there's plenty of time…. I'm very accomodating. Just tell me what you'd like me to do, and I'll do it."
"Start with the hotel room. I don't want to sleep in a tree tonight," I said.
"In a tree? … Sure! Want a bridal suite? A special bathtub? A massage table? How much do you want to spend a night? Two hundred for a nice basic room, up to six hundred for the best Dorday has to offer," she asked.
"I don't see any reason to get less than the best. If it's available — I tried a few hotels and they didn't have rooms," I said.
"Don't worry! I will find you somewhere excellent!" She took a curly little appliance and a big book from a cabinet, and started calling hotels — the first four she tried didn't have any rooms — and negotiating. As she called, she untied the straps of her bathing suit, and caressed herself here and there and sucked the tip of her finger and grinned at me. That's when I got the point for real. Oops!
"The Grand Hotel Dorday Elysium has Suite 406, a very nice suite for four hundred sixty a night. No massage table, but a big bathtub. It's a wonderful hotel! I've been to that room before. Is that good? Shall I have them reserve it, we can go look when we're done here?"
"That's fine, let's just take it."
"Sure! You won't be unhappy. I can do all sorts of things in Suite 406." She chatted on the phone to make the arrangements — we'd need to come by in four hours to pay for it. As she talked, she showed off various primary and secondary sexual characteristics, and indicated intimacies to me by quiet but eager gestures.
So I had to ask. "Um… Tarcuna? Are you a prostitute?"
Her face was carefully guarded. "Sure, if that's what you'd like, Spotty."
"I mean, professionally," I said.
"I do prefer a word like 'public friend' when I'm being coy. I don't necessarily pleasure all my clients. I'll use whatever word you like … I can be your high-class courtesan, or your dirty whore, or your nice sweet girlfriend, or your captive native specimen, or whatever you like."
"I'm really not here to fornicate with hovens," I said. "If I'm going to fornicate with anyone, it ought to be my fiancés, but I've really not been doing such a good job on that."
"I really don't follow you," said Tarcuna, her face-fur going irregular.
"I really did want to rent a friend, or a native guide who knows what's what here and will keep me company when I want and tell me interesting stories and show me where to get the best chili in the restaurant only the natives know about," I said.
"I'll do all that! I'll be glad to make your body feel so happy, too, if you ever like that," she said. She smelled worried.
But by then I had figured out the problem. "Oh, you're worried about your tip — that's for fornicating, right? Here's 8,640, um, nine thousand I mean, right now." The money was all stolen anyways, and worthless as treasure, and just had to last for a few weeks. "I'll give you a bigger tip at the end. But really, I don't want you to try to pleasure me. It wouldn't work, 'cause I have no sense of touch, and even talking about it just gets me upset."
She counted the money quickly and made it vanish, and smiled a nice honeyed professionalized weaponized smile to me. "Whatever you like, Spotty! All I have to say there, is, thank you! And just about anything you want to do with me, to me, is fine. I won't push anything at you … I'm very sorry I did, just, most of my customers like that."
"Think nothing of it. My fiancées keep wanting me to copulate with them, and I'm not interested, and I'm on vacation from that for a while, is all. Let's go get that hotel room, and then some food."
She started dressing, taking some rather more practical underwear and tunic and skirt out of an armoire. "I won't push anymore! … Wait, fiancées? plural? How many people are you going to marry, anyways?"
"I'm supposed to pick one."
"That's so unusual! Having several fiancés at once, I mean. Picking one is normal." She finished dressing, looked in one of the mirrored walls, and adjusted her hat and tunic a bit. "Bthera told you, you're paying for my food if we eat out together, didn't she? That way I can come with you to any restaurant you want to eat at. Don't worry, I'll pick cheap things."
"Bthera's the woman at the front counter? Yes, she did. Eat whatever you like. I've got three-quarters of a million thurneys to last me two or three weeks."
Tarcuna whistled. "Three-quarters of a million? No wonder you'll rent a call girl instead of a chor-chor, and get Suite 406."
"Chor-chor?" I cast the Word-Fox: it meant 'guide around Dorday'. "Oh, there were all sorts of ads for them in the paper."
"Don't worry! I know everything that any chor-chor knows, plus lots more. They don't get to Suite 406, I'll tell you that! Plus … you said you don't want to be touched, but I can put on a show for you. Me alone, or with someone … would you like that?" We left the Red Spire, waving at Bthera on the way out.
"I really don't find hovens sexually appealing at all. You look like food, if you must know, and I'm hungry. The dinner kind of hungry, not the sex kind. I've got enough trouble noticing my own kind as appealing," I said. Which was a third of a lie: hovens look like small people, who are not, generally speaking, appropriate food. Not that they can't be eaten, but eating them is only for special occasions of one sort or another.
"Oh, right, you're an alien monster beast. I'll have to remember that. You don't look it." Tarcuna didn't believe me, but I didn't care as long as she did what I hired her for. "Sorry to keep offering. Whores don't have a lot of professional ethics, but I try to be an honest one." She grinned at me. "OK, alien monster beast! Let's get you set up in a hotel, then … do you like Ventelian food?"
"I've never tasted it."
"Amazing. There's the best Ventelian restaurant about four blocks away from the Elysium, in the building with three yellow spires. They make a zotanco al besti that you would not believe. It's so rich!"
"Now that's the sort of thing I hired you for! Lead on, my brave native guide, and show me this thing which you call 'zotanco al besti'."
And she did nicely. Com' al Virtu was easily the best Ventelian restaurant I have ever eaten at. I might say that again after I've eaten at another one. zotanco al besti is a very fine liver puree mixed with butter and aromatic spices, and served on little circles of crispy rice cracker that make a wonderful contrast and crunch delightfully on silly flat hoven teeth. Tarcuna was a bit surprised when I ordered twelve more servings after I liked the first one.
Then of course I had the main courses — I'd ordered several. Tarcuna said, "I thought you were just going taste them all, but it looks as if you're going to finish them all."
"I am, and order some more of that grilled young vask with fruit sauce. And that poached fish, too, the pink one."
"How can you eat that much?"
"I'm very large lizard! I need to keep fed."
"Right. You'll make yourself sick, eating like that."
"Only if I don't eat enough and start to starve."
I didn't eat enough, but we'd been in the restaurant for two hours. I'm going to have to go off now and then and find a full-sized meal — I can't really spend half my days nibbling tiny hoven-sized snacks with a tiny hoven-sized mouth. Tarcuna can earn her salary and arrange for a whole barbequed cow in a private pavilion in the countryside sometime.
After that we saw the Dorday Museum of Art and Culture, which was very pretty. I bought a guidebook showing most of the art though, so I'm not going to write about it in here.
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A new augmented reality experience greeted Singaporeans on the first day of the New Year. An interactive print advertisement placed by Volkswagen Singapore in the local daily, The Straits Times, allowed readers – for the first time – to partake in user interaction with a print ad using their Apple iOS devices to discover the whole range of Volkswagen models.
This new experience marks the first phase launch of the 'VW SG' Apple iOS device application, which activates the augmented reality component of the ad. Users will also have the Volkswagen showroom, literally, at their fingertips to explore model features and even book a test drive with just one touch. The application, while intuitive in nature, has a little video guide, hosted on the Volkswagen Singapore website. The campaign serves to provide a platform which allows customers to access Volkswagen anytime and anywhere.
Jamie Lee, General Manager of Marketing Communications, Volkswagen Group Singapore says, "With the high penetration rate of smartphones, we feel the need to be on the mobile platform to provide convenience to our customers and anyone who might be interested in our cars. This is just the beginning. In time, we hope to drive this forward with innovative features and functionalities, synonymous with the Volkswagen brand, to allow our customers to connect with us at a deeper level."
Jeff Cheong, Head and Executive Creative Director, Tribal DDB Singapore adds, "We look forward to using this application to enhance the overall showroom experience for Volkswagen. With technology and creativity, we believe the app will be able to serve as an 'always on' platform for customers to access Volkswagen."
Volkswagen's augmented reality print ads will run through to February 2012 and will also be available at the Volkswagen showroom.
Media planning duties were handled by Mediacom.
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The 'VW SG' application is available for download from the iTunes app store. http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/vw-sg/id488075606?mt=8&ls=1
The YouTube video demonstrates how the augmented reality print ad and app works. http://youtu.be/hh8ZXgTO53c


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Heyzap, an online network that lets gamers "check in" to games, has finally launched an app for the iPhone.
Heyzap is a little unusual because it's a popular check-in application for games that first launched on Android devices before making its way to the iPhone store. Most applications seem to hit the iPhone App Store before they make it to other mobile application marketplaces. The app launched on the Android Marketplace in March and has been growing very quickly since.
The application is designed to help iPhone — and Android — users find new games on the App Store based on what games their friends are playing. The iPhone application is much like the Android application — its main landing page features a news feed that shows what games people have checked into recently and what badges they have picked up for their check-ins. Users can view the most popular games based on the number of people who have checked into them and can see "tips" that other Heyzap users have left for individual games.
The app checks what games users have recently played and allows them to check into those games after playing them rather than giving them an option to check into the game with a push notification. That's unlike Apple's existing social gaming layer, the Game Center, which sits on top of games and gives players a way to quickly check which of their friends are playing a game and set up games with them. That means the technology to do so is probably there, it just isn't being used by Heyzap or it isn't available to developers.
Though checking into games is part of the app's core experience, it can be a little fickle. After playing a round of Plants vs. Zombies, I jumped out to check into it on Heyzap only to find that the app wasn't in my list of recently played games. I tried playing the game again and still wasn't able to find it on my list of recently played games, even after restarting the Heyzap app. Most of the games I tried — Lumines, Crayon Physics, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mirror's Edge — did not work with the application. Though that's because the game detection part of the application is very new and still has a few bugs to work out, Heyzap co-founder Jude Gomila said.
"You can still check in by looking for games in the feed and searching for the games," Gomila said. "We just want to make this as seamless and perfect for users as possible."
The application pulls data from an iPhone user's contact book to find contacts on Heyzap automatically. As soon as I created an account and logged in (I didn't connect with Facebook, which is one option for the app), I was already following five or so people who were using the application. It didn't prompt me to browse the list of contacts, which is a little unfortunate because there are several hundred sensitive entries that I might not want the application automatically perusing and syncing up with its main servers. But for everyday users, the feature can be extremely useful because it's one less thing to worry about when installing and signing up for a new service.
Heyzap users can earn badges for checking into games multiple times, much like other location-based service applications like Gowalla and Foursquare. The person who checks into a game the most becomes "the boss" of the game, though it isn't immediately apparent what kind of perks come with that title other than bragging rights. (That, and the knowledge that all your followers now know you're obsessed with flinging angry-looking birds at buildings and pigs.)
The company was founded in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, Calif. Its founders took the company through Y Combinator in the 2009 winter class. It has raised around $3.7 million to date from Union Square Ventures and other angel investors.
[Update: Heyzap co-founder Jude Gomila clarified a few things about the app's automatic game detection system. I've added those comments to the story.]
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The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent is the story of Jesus, revealed to be Son of God, led into the desert to be tempted by the devil who does not give up easily.
In my estimation, one of the best movies about Catholic life in America taking a wrong turn has been deemed by some to be a bit rough around the edges. The 1981 film is "True Confessions," from a novel of the same name by John Gregory Dunne loosely based on the famous Los Angeles "Black Dahlia" case of 1947.
In the film, Robert DeNiro plays Monsignor Desmond Spellacy, a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the late 1940s at the epicenter of the power politics of a church beginning to succumb to the world in which it thrives. Amid corruption while being groomed to become the next Archbishop, the Monsignor nonetheless clings to an honest spiritual life just starting its inevitable fraying at the edges as he is dragged ever deeper into a tangled web of deceit.
Robert Duvall portrays his older brother, Tom Spellacy, an honest and dedicated – if somewhat cynical – L.A. homicide detective whose investigation of the murder of a Catholic prostitute brings him ever closer to the perimeter of an archdiocese circling the wagons. Charles Durning portrays the thoroughly corrupt owner of a large construction firm bidding for church building projects. Having just been awarded Catholic Layman of the Year by Monsignor Spellacy, he is also a suspect in the murder investigation that a lot of people want quietly swept under a rug.
Those wanting to influence and sideline Tom's investigation come up with evidence – a photograph – that his Monsignor-brother also knew the murdered girl, but the photograph is entirely benign. Still, it's enough to make a lurid case for guilt by association leaving Tom in a quandary about pursuing an investigation that will destroy his innocent brother's career. The film ends with the case solved, but Monsignor Spellacy banished to a small parish in the California desert.
That the film – and the priesthood of Monsignor Spellacy – ends in the desert is highly symbolic. The image has ancient roots into our Sacred Scriptures, and especially into the Book of Leviticus. This book is comprised of liturgical laws for the Levitical priesthood reaching back to 1300 BC as Moses led his people through a forty-year period of exile in the Sinai desert. Some of the ritual accounts it contains are far more ancient.
In a 2018 Christmas post, "Silent Night and the Shepherds Who Quake at the Sight</a>," I wrote that the troubles of our time are the manifestation of spiritual warfare that has been waged in the world since God's first bond of covenant with us. Before that bond, we were doomed. Since that bond, reestablished by God again and again, there is hope for us. We remain oblivious to spiritual warfare to our own spiritual peril. We live in a very important time in God's covenant relationship with us. The Birth of the Messiah and His walking among us are equidistant in time between our existence now in the 21st Century A.D. and Abraham's first encounter with God in the 21st Century B.C.
The Gospel according to Saint Luke for the First Sunday of Lent (4:1-13) is also set in the desert as the Day of Atonement begins for all humankind. Revealed in Baptism as the Son of God…
"Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days to be tempted by the devil." (Luke 4:1)
The scene has roots in an ancient ritual for the Day of Atonement described in Leviticus 16:5-10. Aaron, the high priest…
"Shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering…. Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the tent of meeting; and Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel. And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for the Lord, and offer it as a sin offering, but the goat upon which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the desert wilderness to Azazel…" (Leviticus 16:5,7-10).
This describes the ritual for purification known in Hebrew as Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement from Leviticus Chapter 16. The ritual reaches far beyond Moses into the time of God's first covenant with Abraham some 2000 years before the Birth of the Messiah.
There are two goats mentioned in the ritual: One for sacrifice, to Yahweh, and the other – the one bearing the sins of Israel – is "for Azazel." This name appears only in Leviticus 16 and nowhere else in Scripture. The name is believed to be that of a fallen angel and follower of Satan who haunts the desert wilderness. Some scholars believe Azazel to be the being referred to as "the night hag" haunting the desolate wilderness, in Isaiah 34:14.
The Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible called the second goat "caper emissarius," ("the goat sent out"). An English translation rendered it "escape goat" from which the term "scapegoat" has been derived. A scapegoat is one who is held to bear the wrongs of others, or of all. The symbolism in the Gospel of Jesus being led by the Spirit into the desert to face the devil is striking because he is to become, by God's own design, the scapegoat for the sins of all humanity.
In the Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent, Jesus is described as "filled with the Holy Spirit." This term appears in only three other places in Scripture, all three also written by Saint Luke. In the Book of Acts of the Apostles (6:5) Stephen, "filled with the Holy Spirit"' was the first to be chosen to care for widows and orphans in the daily distribution of food. Later in Acts (7:55) Stephen, "filled with the Holy Spirit gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God" as he became the first Martyr of the Church.
The witnesses who approved of the stoning of Stephen "laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul" (Acts 7:58) whose radical conversion to become Paul would build the global Church.
Also in Acts (11:24) Barnabus is filled with the Holy Spirit as he founded the first Church beyond Jerusalem for the Gentiles of Antioch. The sense of the term "filled with the Holy Spirit" in Saint Luke's passages alludes to the hand of God in our living history.
In our first Sunday Gospel for Lent, Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, "having returned from the Jordan," is led by the Spirit for forty days in the desert wilderness. The Gospel links this account to His Baptism at the Jordan at which He is revealed as "Son of God." This revelation becomes a diabolical taunt, and knowing that Jesus has fasted becomes the devil's first temptation: "If you are the Son of God, turn this stone into bread." Jesus thwarts the temptation, and the taunt with a quote from the Hebrew Scriptures (Deuteronomy 8:3), "Man does not live by bread alone (but by everything that proceeds from the mouth of God.")
The symbolism is wonderful here. Like the Father in the Parable of the Prodigal Son – also from Luke (15:11-32) – God had two sons. In the Book of Exodus (4:21-22) Israel is called God's "first-born son":
"The Lord said to Moses, 'When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles which I have put in your power, but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. And you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my first-born son, and I say to you, let my son go that he may serve me. If you refuse to let my son go, I will slay your first-born son'."
It was the fulfillment of this command of God that finally broke the yoke of slavery and caused Pharaoh to release Israel from bondage. But, as in the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Israel was not faithful and spent forty years wandering in the desert as a result of this son's infidelity. In the Gospel of Luke, the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity assumed the humanity of the first son, and was led by the Spirit into the desert to save him in the Second Exodus, our release from the bondage of sin and death.
The second temptation is the lure of political power. In a single instant, the devil showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and said, "I shall give you all this power and glory for it has been handed over to me… all this will be yours if you worship me." This has been the downfall of many, including many in our Church. Jesus again quotes from Scripture, "It is written, you shall worship the Lord your God and serve him alone" (Deuteronomy 6:13). This Gospel revisits the lure of political power immediately after the Institution of the Eucharist:
"A dispute arose among them, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, 'The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves… I am among you as one who serves." (Luke 22:24-26)
The Greek in which this Gospel was written used for the word "leader" the term "hēgoumenos." Its implication refers especially to a religious leader. The Letter to the Hebrews (13:7) uses the same Greek term for "leaders," and it is not their power which is to be emulated, but their faith to the extent to which they reflect Christ:
"Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God, consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:7-8)
Though it doesn't generate the media's obsession with sexual scandals, hubris and self-centeredness have been a far greater problem in our Church, and are the underlying catalyst for almost all other scandals, sexual, financial, and reputational. This culture has led Church leaders into the temptation of Earthly Powers, and too many have been eager participants. Some refer to this as "clericalism," and in my opinion the best commentary on it was a brief article by the late Father Richard John Neuhaus in First Things entitled, "Clerical Scandal and the Scandal of Clericalism."
Catholicism in America thrived when it had to earn its dignity. Once it became politically accepted, it went on in this culture to become comfortable, and its leaders ("hēgoumenos") perhaps a bit too comfortable. Religious authority and the sheer masses of believers spelled political power. The pedestals upon which we stood grew in height with every clerical advance, and our bishops stood upon the highest pedestals of all with palatial trappings more akin to the courts of Herod and Caesar than the Cross of Christ the King, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
It is no mystery why, as the height of our pedestals grew, so did our scandals. This is perhaps why Jesus offered to us the way to pray "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." It is because He alone could be led by the Spirit into the desert of temptation and emerge without dragging along behind Him the evil He encountered there.
As the last temptation of Christ unfolded – the last for the moment anyway – it is now the devil, in a final effort, who dares to quote and distort the Word of God. He led Jesus to Jerusalem, and to the parapet, the highest point of the highest place, the Temple of Sacrifice. And now comes his final taunt:
"If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways,' and 'with their hands they will support you lest you dash your foot against a stone'." (Luke 3:9-11)
This devil of the desert takes up the argament of Jesus, the Word of God, quoting Psalm 91 (11-12). The taunt to test God and "go your own way" is far deeper than the mere words convey. In Jerusalem, the devil will take hold of Judas Iscariot (Luke 22:3) leading to the trial before Pilate and the Way of the Cross. In Jerusalem, the powers of darkness, first encountered here in the desert, are mightily at work: "This is your hour, and the power of darkness." (Luke 22:53)
The Church in the Western world has entered a time of persecution but thus far the institutional response – having traded the Gospel for "zero tolerance" in a quest for scapegoats to cast out into the desert to Azazel – does not bode well for the faith of a Church built upon the blood of Her martyrs.
Perhaps, as the Spirit leads us into this desert, it is our vocation, and not that of our leaders, that is essential. Perhaps it is not clerical reform that is needed so much as a revolution – a revolution of fidelity that can only be lived and not just talked about. Those who abandon their faith in a time in the desert were leaving anyway, just waiting for the right excuse. To use the behavior of leaders to diminish and then abandon the Sacrament of Salvation is to cave to the true goal of Azazel. He could not lure Christ from us, but he can lure us from Christ and he is giving it a go.
This Lent in the desert is our time to confirm the conclusion of the Pope. No, not this one! The first one! "To Whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life!"
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The Summit County Sheriff Department has recently placed a trailered electronic billboard at the west entrance to Summit Park. Its purpose is to remind resident drivers to maintain a safe speed and watch for pedestrians and bicyclist. It also advices visitors they are entering a residential community. Sheriff deputies will have an enhanced presence in our neighborhood during strategic times and, although this program was intended to help modify risky driving habits, issuing speeding citations will be at the discretion of the Deputy. Our neighborhood has raised serious concerns regarding pedestrian and traffic safety. This collaborative effort between Summit Park and the Sheriff Department is one of several measures that will confront and hopefully elevate the safety of our children and residents. You can review the entire list of traffic calming recommendations on in the previous blog.
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I reviewed the traffic calming proposals, pictures, etc. and this current post. With the increased Sheriff presence mentioned above, would it be possible for them to enforce the parking laws as well? The corner of Lower Evergreen and Parkview, where the bus stop is located, seems to be a very problematic location. The persons and business trailer located there have been asked several times to not park in the roadway, block the fire hydrant (which is happening right now…and for last several weeks), and make it difficult for vehicles to see oncoming traffic. The road is already narrow in this location, and it is a matter of time before a child is injured. Thanks!
Have you personally approached the owner of the trailer and politely discussed the difficulty in seeing oncoming traffic, the problematic narrow road and of course the fire hydrant issues? If so, what has his/her reaction been? Not trying to be a smartass, I just want to know if the person has been properly approached and what their response was. Also, I'm not too familiar with that part of SP, but wasn't the road recently redone? If so, why is it so narrow? Is this something that we may want to raise as a concern with the County?
Actually yes. It was discussed with them at the beginning of the snow season when they had 2 cars parked in the same location….and they moved them. Not sure why they felt there was an exemption for the trailer?? And yes, that section of the road was redone, however, the house they live in, and the driveway across the street with a sharp incline, only allowed the county to do so much. The house with the trailer actually has an overhang on their garage that is less than 3 feet from the roadway…which I'
m okay with as the house was here long before the huge increase in residents and the need for road repair. The problem is, it is being used as a rental and there are only 2 designated spots, yet at least 4 cars and a trailer. Take a drive (or a walk) and have a look…you will immediately see the issue…and if you do it at school bus time, you will be alarmed!
I wonder if most residents are upset by this? no comments at all……I for one am in favor of seeing warning tix issued ….hoping this might slow some folks down …..thanks for the efforts …staying alive at 25….it's got a nice ring to it
there should be hundreds of comments on this site……..let's put up some signage around our hill to inform our neighbors of this site …………maybe then they would give a s&+# about each other??……just saying there's lots of folks that want to make this a better place…….. say HELLO to each other or maybe just wave ?????
Have them enforce parking problems while they are here. Fire hydrant and street parking on corner of Lower Evergreen and Parkview…but stop and narrow roadway already…very dangerous
You are all right on target with your comments and concerns. We should all get involved and help with these efforts. Good job Summit Park residents and Summit County Sherriff.


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