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Ag Weather Forum
Drought Raises Livestock Concerns
Following are comments by Oklahoma State Extension livestock economist Derrell Peel about the concerns for pasture and feed supplies, and the impact on the Southern Plains cattle industry, because of historic dryness this early spring season.
"Recent rains eliminated or greatly reduced drought in the eastern half of Oklahoma but conditions in the western half of the state continue to worsen. Nine counties of northwestern Oklahoma and the panhandle have gone 155 days or more with less than 0.25 inches of rain. According to the Oklahoma Mesonet, the last 120 days in the Oklahoma Panhandle have seen a total of 0.12 inches of rain, just 4% of normal, making it the driest for the data period back to 1921. Northwest Oklahoma is the epicenter of drought with D4 (exceptional) drought conditions emerging in Alfalfa, Harper, Woods and northern Woodward counties in the latest Drought Monitor. That area stands to grow rapidly without immediate moisture. The larger extreme drought (D3) region also includes the remainder of western Oklahoma; the Texas Panhandle; southcentral and southwestern Kansas; and westward across northern New Mexico to the Four Corners Region.
"Most of the drought area is a relatively high-altitude, semi-arid region dominated by warm-season native and introduced forages. Major forage growth in the region is a month or more away with plenty of time for rain and normal spring growth. However, planning now for the prospect of delayed or reduced forage production is important. An early onset drought is particularly challenging for several reasons.
"Feed management is usually the initial focus of developing drought. It is critical to evaluate standing forage and hay supplies now in order to plan for how best to utilize and stretch those resources as needed. Alternative feed needs should be carefully evaluated. Buying additional hay is often the first thought, but trying to fully supplement cows with hay may be more expensive than needed. Supplemental energy and protein feeds may be an economical way to stretch limited forage supplies. Spring calving cows with newborn calves are facing the highest nutritional needs of the year. It is critical to pay attention to those needs and make sure adverse nutritional conditions doesn't translate into delayed or reduced reproductive performance that simply pushes the costs of drought off until next year.
"Animal inventory management may be required if drought conditions persist. Spring calving herds typically do not have many cull animals at this time of the year. Fall calving herds could certainly think about early weaning calves to reduce cow nutritional requirements; followed as needed by early culling of cows. For spring calving herds, looking ahead to early weaning may be the next best opportunity to reduce overall nutritional needs but that is two to four months away. The feasibility of holding and supplementing lactating cows until calves can be weaned should be carefully evaluated. Another possibility is selling some older cows with suckling calves as pairs to pare down feed requirements. Relocating cows out of the drought area but maintaining ownership may be an alternative as well. In all cases, the goal is to preserve the core breeding herd as much as possible while minimizing the long-term financial and production impacts.
"I have been getting questions about the potential market impacts of the drought. Obviously, the drought area and severity are very dynamic conditions and may change considerably. I don't believe that significant cattle liquidations are imminent at this point. Moreover, the recent improvement in drought conditions to the east significantly reduces the number of cattle potentially impacted in the remaining drought area. The western drought region has considerably lower stocking rates due to the semi-arid climate and thus fewer cattle stand to be impacted. While a huge challenge for affected operations, the potential for general market impacts is reduced should cattle liquidation eventually happen. Local market impacts however, could be much more severe. It's not a crisis yet but thinking ahead is important. Hoping for the best while planning for the worst is a great strategy in this situation."
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This one continues to be less than exciting and somewhat less than visually impressive as we follow Satou and Zena on their date around the city before they rescue some slaves from being stoned and finally get dropped into a dungeon by a demon. Pretty typical date really, or at least you would think it is for all that the main character actually reacts to the situation.
While this plays out more or less exactly the way it did in the book, there was even less hesitation and uncertainty from Satou (and there wasn't that much in the book). Here he hesitates but a moment and then goes and pulls a rambo on a bug. While a sense of danger isn't really what this is going for, feeling that events like being dropped in a dungeon are as boring as changing the sheets is probably a small problem in terms of this anime really sticking for people.
I did however like the demon. He's incredibly annoying and his voice is horrible and it just perfectly suits a low level and annoying demon. Pochi and Tama are similarly sufficiently cute without being obnoxious. All and all, this episode really didn't give anyone a reason to jump into this if they weren't watching but pretty much did the same as the last two for those who are already watching it.
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Singer Don Henley said Pallante's ouster was "an enormous blow" to artists. "She was a champion of copyright and stood up for the creative community, which is one of the things that got her fired," he said.
Although personnel changes are not uncommon when a new leader comes in, many in the creative industries interpret Hayden's move — made six weeks after she took office — as proof of her anti-copyright bias. They say Hayden's library background aligns her with Google, which owns YouTube, the source of many claims of copyright infringement.


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A couple of weeks ago Kah Choon asked a question in the comments about cruelty to animals, and besides other things I quoted a verse from a discourse of the Buddha in which he reprimands boys who torment animals, and now I posting the full discourse so the context can be seen. Tomorrow I will include another, albeit legendary, story of the Bodhisatta's concern for animals.
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Thus I heard: at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Wood, at Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
Then at that time many young boys who were between Sāvatthī and Jeta's Wood were attacking a snake with a stick.
Then the Gracious One, having dressed in the morning time, after picking up his bowl and robe, was entering Sāvatthī for alms. The Gracious One saw (those) many young boys between Sāvatthī and Jeta's Wood attacking a snake with a stick.
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it, on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
"He who, while seeking happiness for himself, harms with a stick
(Other) beings who desire happiness, will not find happiness after passing away.
He who, while seeking happiness for himself, does not harm with a stick
(Other) beings who desire happiness, will find happiness after passing away."


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A pixel music video for the song Pac-Man Remix by Take (Fumitake Igarashi) just hit the shelves! Made by actual real life members of our hallowed PixelJoint oasis, it features art and animation of director Mike Scott (known here as Mikdog) and his stalwart human manservant Argyle (his chewed-up nametag reads "Carl Douglas").
See the here on Vimeo!
Music by Take (Fumitake Igarashi) - takemusic.net // Animation by Mike Scott - mikescottanimation.com and Carl Douglas - argylebox.com
The latest collection of PJer finds, creations and other stuff.
Captain Cowboy is a puzzle adventure set in a giant asteroid space maze.
Not content with having just one colour, Pantone have decided to crown two colours as their 2016 colour of the year: Rose Quartz and Serenity.
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The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for November 2015. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
New version of ProMotion NG (formerly v7) is released with a limited free version.
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Create an image showing a character wearing an ugly Christmas sweater.
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Colours - Max 25.
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Animation - Optional.
So Final Fantasy VI -- a beloved classic that contends with Final Fantasy VII for the title of best Final Fantasy game of all time -- is releasing on Steam this Wednesday. This game is the crown jewel of the SNES era of JRPG's and deserves the utmost care and respect.
In honour of the new Star Wars movie, we have another Star Wars Portrait challenge (here's the first one). Create a self-portrait as one of the Star Wars species listed below.
Mon Calamari
If you're the kind of person that's comfortable sharing pictures of yourself on a pixel art website, then link to a photo of yourself so we can see what your human form looks like. This is optional though.
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Colours - Max 16.
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Create an image relating to the theme of 'underground'.
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KDB is an institution that gives utmost importance to the hard work and contribution of every employee and believes in giving due recognition to the services rendered by them.
This year, too, the celebrations on May 1 –the International Labour Day, reflected the ethos of the school by giving the members of the support staff due credit and heartfelt thanks for their dedication and sincerity towards the school.
A well prepared programme full of entertainment, fun , frolic, games and felicitations was presented by the students of class XII. The qawwalli, with its catchy rhythm and refrain was the talk of the day and the dance had everyone tapping their feet as it unfolded the popular numbers. The Principal Mrs. Nivedita Rana along with the Vice Principal Mrs. N. Dubey and school Director Mrs. Bimla Saini felicitated those members of the support staff who had exhibited an extraordinary quotient of honesty and truthfulness through their actions.
The funny yet competitive games they participated in provided yet another platform to discover their hitherto untapped talents. The winners of the games awarded attractive prizes by the principal who congratulated them for their wholehearted participation and unmatched enthusiasm. In her address she gave the support staff the credit of being the backbone of institution. The programme ended with the rendition of the National Anthem.


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Long before Hannibal Lecter, John Wayne Gacy was the poster boy for the criminally insane. The Iowa native brutally sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 victims in the 1970s. But now, two criminal defense attorneys in Chicago say that Gacy likely had help abducting and killing at least three of the victims, and that one or more accomplices may still be at large. Here, a guide to the new developments in this "sordid saga":
What exactly was Gacy convicted of?
Gacy was executed in 1994 for his role in the abduction, rape, and murder of 33 boys and young men in the 1970s. In 1978, police found the remains of 29 of his victims in a crawl space under his Chicago-area home. (The others had been dumped in a nearby river.) Gacy was dubbed the "Killer Clown" because of his penchant for dressing up as a clown at children's parties.
Why is the case being re-examined?
Acting on a request from the family of a victim, attorneys Robert Stephenson and Steven Becker began combing through the evidence, and found discrepancies in Gacy's travel and work records that cast doubt on his involvement in three of the murders. According to the lawyers, Gacy was away from Chicago when two of the victims, Russell Nelson and Robert Gilroy, disappeared from the city in 1977. The lawyers say Gacy also likely did not have enough time to kidnap and kill a third victim, John Mowery, because Mowery was abducted in Chicago the night before Gacy was due to be in Michigan early in the morning.
Are there any suspects?
Authorities appear to be concentrating on an unidentified friend who was with Nelson the night he was abducted. The friend later demanded money from Nelson's mother in exchange for his help in finding Nelson. The friend also offered Nelson's two brothers work with Gacy's construction company.
How strong is the lawyers' case?
In an interview with MSNBC.com, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said, "I definitely would not dismiss what they have said. It's not out of left field." Terry Sullivan, who was on the team that originally prosecuted Gacy, told WGN-TV in Chicago, "I felt from the beginning that there may be loose ends."
What's the next step?
Dart says that the lawyers gave him the names of several potential accomplices, and that he has asked his investigators to look into the new evidence.
Sources: Chicago Sun-Times (2), MSNBC.com, New York Daily News, WGN-TV


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Why Female Pop Stars Are Better at Singing About Sex
Unlike their male counterparts, they know how to be coy.
Sex sells. And music about sex sells even better. So the fact that the Bruno Mars single "Locked Out of Heaven" is pretty sexual was not surprising. Mars, as endearing as he may seem with his fedora and retro aesthetic, isn't immune from the general persuasion of pop music to be absolutely dripping with lyrics about sexuality.
Never had much faith in love or miracles
Never wanna put my heart on the line.
But swimming in your world is something spiritual
I'm born again every time you spend the night
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah your sex takes me to paradise
The song isn't just about sex. It's about how having sex with this particular woman—the nameless, beautiful-just-the-way-she-is woman—makes Mars feel like he hasn't has sex in far too long. He proclaims four times that her "sex takes [him] to paradise."
And this is "the stuff of great pop" according to Jody Rosen's review in Rolling Stone.
Now, this isn't to disparage the song. It's catchy. If you haven't had a chance to hear it, take a listen. And Mars is more than charming in interviews. Especially when he skirts around the question asking what "Locked Out of Heaven" is about. "Come on Lee, we're grown men," he told the interviewer on CBS Sunday Morning a week ago. What the interviewer fails to ask Mars is "were you half asleep when you wrote this song?" Infectious dance beat aside, "Locked Out of Heaven" sounds like it was written on the back of a Starbucks receipt during a five-minute cab ride. His unimaginative musings about sex only highlight how lazy Mars and his contemporaries have gotten in terms of songwriting. Hit songs are no longer forced to solely allude to sex to get airtime. But now that songs can reference sex outright with little to no consequence, pop artists have lost a good deal of the creativity, not to mention the appeal, they once had.
Simple songs can be good songs, but injecting "sex"—not the image or the idea, but just the word—in hopes that it tugs at the listener's carnal side is an unfortunately safe bet that has become the norm in pop music. We're not talking Cole Porter's 1928 classic "Let's Do It," which so iconically instructs that "Birds do it, bees do it." No, apparently songwriters have lost even the ounce of creative spark that took to get that on paper. Have listeners stopped caring about the slightest bit of imagination in our Top 40 fodder? Usher's "Scream" is another culprit. Unlike his other notable single of 2012, "Climax," which actually has very little sexual content besides the title, "Scream" leaves nothing to the imagination, ultimately making it terribly dull to listen to:
Got no drink in my hand
But I'm wasted
Getting drunk on the thought of you naked
I'd get you like ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby, ah-ooh baby baby ooh baby baby
And I've tried to fight it, to fight it
But you're so magnetic, magnetic
Got one life, just live it, just live it
Now relax, and get on your back
There's been quite a shift since the days the Rolling Stones were supposed to change the lyrics of "Let's Spend the Night Together" to "Let's Spend Some Time Together" to perform on the Ed Sullivan show (they didn't, if you don't know the story, and were banned from the show for a number of years).
Released in 1967, the song is as vague as it is hinting—which may be the trick to its success:
Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind
I'm in no hurry, I can take my time
I'm going red and my tongues getting tied
I'm off my head and my mouths getting dry
I'm high, but I try, try, try
Lets spend the night together
Mick is trying to get some here. We all know what's on his mind. But his articulation is slightly more endearing, if not just more comfortable to listen to in mixed company, than if he had just come out and said it. There's an art to wooing a girl. "Hey, let's have sex" isn't a particularly effective pick-up line.
Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" and Rufus and Chaka Kahn's "Tell Me Something Good" (1974) live on as some of the sexiest songs in pop culture, neither of which mentions the word "sex" explicitly. There's a coyness to them. They leave something up for grabs. Even Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" doesn't come out and say "sex." The listener is free to hear or not hear what he or she prefers.
Women seem much more at home with pun and innuendo than their male counterparts—even to greater effect. P!nk's "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and Rihanna's "Birthday Cake" show two ends of the spectrum: P!nk's effort a cheeky middle finger to an ex and Rihanna's an overtly sexual mating call. The discrepancy between men and women in the songwriting realm isn't hard to believe; the gender divide in music is just a prominent as it is elsewhere in the world. But, as we've already established, music about sex sells. So why aren't women talking as bluntly about the act as men?
One of the more crass songs on the radio might hold the answer. The recently released "C'mon Let Me Ride" by Skylar Grey, while an obvious metaphor, never actually mentions sex:
If the world starts freezing, I can make it hot and humid
If you get a bee-sting, I can suck out all the poison
I can make you last like other bitches can't
Have I made it clear, boy?
There's only one thing that I want from you
In interviews, Grey is forthcoming about how the song is a satirical take on the current state of pop music (the music video drives that point a little further). And at least the song is good for a laugh. Less laughable is the rap interlude by Eminem, which comes across as a poor handling of the joke Grey lobs at him.
Bagging up chicks like a bag of chips
With a bag of prophylactics as big as Mick Jagger lips
Shagging's not something I'm a pro at, but I ain't practicing shit Allen,
Iverson has safe sex, condoms are for practice, man, I skip practice
It could be that gender norms pervading pop music have actually laid the groundwork for more sexual creativity for female artists. Women still aren't expected to be the pursuers of sex, so they fill the void with music that is far more flirtatious than explicit. And there's an argument to be made that, for men and women, singing about sex is to achieve vastly different ends. One need only look to Ke$ha to see that people get up in arms when women take singing about sex into their own hands. This isn't to say that the American public is too delicate to hear the word "sex" on the airwaves. Quite the contrary, in fact. This is what the sexual revolution has wrought. But maybe in this arena, sex is better when it isn't so blunt. Flirting was invented for a reason. Coy works on both sexes.


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Researchers from the University of Bologna, Italy, studied the relation of amplitude integrated EEG findings in the first 24 hrs of life to brain metabolic changes, detected by proton MR spectroscopy (H-MRS) at 7-10 days of life, in 32 term newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). a-EEG at 6, 12 and 24 hrs of life was significantly correlated with outcome, and showed improvement in newborns with normal H-MRS and good outcome and a deterioration in those with abnormal H-MRS and poor outcome. a-EEG time course documents the severity, as defined by H-MRS, and evolution of brain damage following an HI event in non-cooled newborns. Both a-EEG and MRS are correlated with outcome.
At follow-up till 2 years of age in 31 surviving patients, 21 (67.7%) had a normal motor outcome, 7 (22.6%) developed transitory hypertonia, and 3 (9.7%) developed CP. Newborns with normal motor outcome or transitory hypertonia had a mean General Quotient of 104 on the Griffiths Mental Development Scale. BAER was normal in all cases; a cortical visual impairment occurred in 2 of 3 patients with CP. Eight patients (25%) developed neonatal seizures; the a-EEG background was severely abnormal in 3 and moderately abnormal in 5 cases at 6 hrs of life. Newborns with a normal a-EEG background at 6 hrs developed normally, whereas 2 with severely abnormal EEG background had a poor prognosis (1 died, 1 had CP). Of the 5 with moderately abnormal EEG background pattern at 6 hrs, 2 with a deteriorating pattern at 12 hrs developed CP, whereas 3 unchanged at 12 hrs and recovered at 24 hrs showed a normal outcome. Electrographic seizures did not change prognostic accuracy of a-EEG background pattern. MRI abnormalities were observed in 5/31 patients. [1]
COMMENT. Seizure activity dedected at a-EEG in HIE newborns was associated with a poor outcome only in patients with abnormal a-EEG background pattern. Patients with seizures but normal EEG background at 24 hrs of life had a normal outcome. Background pattern on the a-EEG at onset of seizures or status epilepticus is the best predictor of outcome. [2]
H-MRS shows a better correlation with outcome of newborns with HIE compared to conventional MRI. a-EEG has a high sensitivity for alterations in the H-MRS performed in the subacute period after perinatal asphyxia, and both a-EEG and H-MRS have a similar sensitivity and specificity for the prediction of outcome of HIE in term newborn. These a-EEG data obtained at 24 hrs of life may be useful in prediction of subsequent development of seizures in newborns with HIE.


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Go Grandmaster Says Computers 'Cannot Be Defeated'
The machines have since developed much further - an updated self-teaching version of the algorithm beat its predecessor 100 games to none
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Seoul (AFP): The only human ever to beat Google's computer algorithm at the ancient Chinese strategy game Go decided to retire because he is convinced machines "cannot be defeated", a report said Wednesday.
South Korean Lee Se-Dol's five-match showdown with Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo in 2016 raised both the game's profile and fears of computer intelligence's seemingly limitless learning capability.
The 18-time world Go champion lost all but one encounter in the series, but remains the only person to have won a game against AlphaGo.
The machines have since developed much further - an updated self-teaching version of the algorithm beat its predecessor 100 games to none.
"Even if I become the number one, there is an entity that cannot be defeated," Lee, 36, told South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
"With the debut of AI in Go games, I've realised that I'm not at the top even if I become the number one," added Lee, who retired from professional Go competition last week.
Go originated in China 3,000 years ago and has been played for centuries mostly in China, Japan and South Korea.
The rules are simple - two players take turns placing black or white stones on a square board with a 19x19 grid. Whoever captures the most territory wins.
But the strategies needed to secure victory are complex, and there are said to be more possible move configurations than atoms in the universe.
Considered one of the greatest Go players of the modern era, Lee started playing at the age of five and turned pro just seven years later.
But he attributed his AlphaGo win to a "bug" in the program's response to his "tricky" play.
"My white 78 was not a move that should be countered straightforwardly," he said.
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The scales of Raga Amrutavarshini are as follows :
Aarohanam (Ascending) : S G3 M2 P N3 S'
Avarohanam (Descending) : S' N3 P M2 G3 S
This raga is a Janya Raga, derived from Chitrambari (scales below), 66th on the Melakarta scale. Some musicologists consider it to be derived from Jalavarali (39th Melakarta) or Mechakalyani(65th Melakarta).
The moods associated with this raga are joy and exuberance. There are not many compositions in this raga. The ones I have heard and enjoyed are are Anandmrutakarshini by Muthuswami Dikshitar, Sarasiruha Nayane by Tyagaraja and Sudhamayi Sudhanidhi by Muthiah Bhagavatar.
Note : The 12 notes in the octave are named as below. Please note that C is used as Sa for the sake of simplicity as the scale is relative in Carnatic Music. Also note that the scales paint only a superficial picture of the raga as the gamakas(ornamentations) and prayogas (signature phrases) are a very important part of a raga.


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{The Emporer's Children by Claire Messud}
{Reading Status: three-quarters of the way through the novel}
Tim: As part of our conversation in our "Relationships" post, it seemed like we came back a couple times to Ludovic Seeley. Particularly, what does Ludo want? It's a core character trait. What motivates him. He has been the archetypical shapeshifter through nearly the entire book so far. There are only a couple things we can really pin down about him. He's very interested in the way society works, and he's fairly committed to the idea that society, repetitively, has got it all wrong. At the same time (as we discussed before), he's committed to the idea of mutability. I doubt very much that Ludo believes in absolute truth. In fact, I'd be surprised if he subscribed to much truth of any kind. Not an existentialist, that one. No, I think part of the reason that Ludo gives us the willies as a reader is that if I had to guess, I'd guess he's motivated by power. And I think this is where The Monitor comes into play. He sells it as uncovering the truth, and characters like Marina and Bootie buy into the idea that there is truth to be discovered. But i think it's likely that from Ludo's point of view he's just on the cutting edge of the next great persuasion. I think he's trying to play god, if only over his small domain. He wants to hold all the cards, to be the man behind the curtain and the wizard, both.
Debby: Not an existentialist nor, as we find out, much of sentimentalist. Ludo is a "modern Napoleon". So what does this mean? His army is his words- he can break down barriers and change the tone of society with his magazine. I bet he has a bit of an image-complex, too. Marina is clearly attracted to rather unfortunate-looking characters (Fat Al? Really?). Ludo is clean and trim, but slight and not exactly pleasant to look at. His speech, then, is his true seduction. Danielle and Marina were both swayed by this, even Annabel to some degree. I think Murray, as much as he dislikes Ludo, has a respect for his talent as a wordsmith. Murray, too, has used words to get what he wants and has to appreciate this next generation of expression.
Tim: Sure. And we touched on this some already, but let's try to dive into a couple of specifics. What does Ludo want from his relationship with Marina, do you think? Because it doesn't seem to be getting him a lot so far, unless he's just looking for some creature comforts. That doesn't strike me as Ludo, though. And that's part of the funny thing. I have very little defined notion of who Ludo is, but he does seem to occupy space. Like a cloud. Never quite sure where the edges are, but you can point to the general location. Again, the shapeshifter. (By the way everyone should go read Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Conrad and/or The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler if they haven't.)
Debby: Oh, I think Ludo knows a hot ticket when he sees one. Remember how interested he was to meet Murray? It hasn't come up much since, but I think he realized how much influence Murray Thwaite has over New York society (and how many parties he is an honored guest at). Ludo might never be in Thwaite's high graces, but winning the daughter was a sure way to tag along to every single "place to be."
Tim: Yeah, I guess so. But then the running into marriage seems a bit off. My guess is Ludo isn't the sort of person to feel tied down, even by that – as a side note, do you think we'll see a pre-nup? I wouldn't be wholly surprised to see Murray be the one to suggest it, which may be just what Ludo wants – but it certainly seems easier to pull Marina into his cult of personality and just date her. They've only been together a couple months, after all.
Debby: But Marina needs marriage. That's what is going to make her feel fulfilled. And it will also make her more useful to Ludo.
Tim: And we're back back to relationships. Which is often where what people want, and what people get, can get mixed up.
Debby: Exactly. I feel like there's a lot of build-up at this point for the wedding. I'm sure we will see more what incentivizes Ludo in this marriage as the nuptials unfold.


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In sugar cane and in beets, sugar and calcium are always combined ; but in order that sugar may be crystallized, all the valuable mineral matter, including calcium, must be removed. Calcium in the sirup from cane or beets prevents the crystallization of sugar. Refined sugar, therefore, has a very strong chemical affinity for the calcium which was a part of the original combination in cane or beet juice; and when such sugar is absorbed into the system, and its atoms find calcium present in the blood, they immediately unite with it, and the result is a substance that cannot be utilized by the body in its normal building processes. Hence the calcium that should have gone into the building of bones and teeth, and into the formation of blood and tissue, is lost. Thus does refined sugar, robbed of its calcium, retaliate, so to speak, and replenishes itself, when taken internally, from our own tissues and body fluids. Candies are made from white sugar and glucose, which have been robbed of all mineral matter, and consequently are worse than "foodless food," because they use up the reserve lime already deposited in the tissues.
It is a noteworthy incongruity, that with more and better-perfected toothbrushes and more tooth paste on hand to-day, probably, than at any previous time in the world's history, there should be more dentists putting in full time, more bad teeth, and more infected gums, than ever before. Coincident with this stern fact, it remains that white sugar is in reality only a modern commodity. Two centuries ago white sugar was sold practically only at drug stores, where it was used for sweetening bitter medicines ; now about ninety pounds per capita is used in the United States annually. Has this not something to do with decayed teeth?


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Phishing emails are a sad fact of life, and most of us are used to dealing with them – but cybercriminals are increasingly turning to SMS to reel in their victims. Our tips should help you avoid clicking something you'll regret.
Phishing emails are a sad fact of life, and most of us are used to dealing with them – but cybercriminals are increasingly turning to SMS to reel in their victims.
For cybercriminals, SMS attacks have some key advantages – for instance, on a smartphone, you can't "mouse over" a link to see what it contains.
People are also used to shortened URLS in text messages – in an email, they look suspicious – so are more likely to click.
SMS phishing emails use various tactics – from fake phone numbers to call or text, or links directing users to infected sites. Most sound urgent – your phone's infected, or there's a special offer you have to grab quickly. It's a growth area for cybercrime.
"With falling rates for sending SMS texts these days, and an increasing number of target smartphones, there is an attractive and target-rich environment for cyber-scammers." ESET malware researcher Cameron Camp says in a detailed analysis of how such scams work.
It pays to be careful – particularly on Android phones, where the malware market is booming. Our SMS security tips should help you avoid clicking something you'll regret.
Don't fall for texts from your network which ask for details
Your phone network will often text you – if you're abroad, for instance, to warn of data roaming rates. But networks won't ever ask you to confirm or verify your details. If you see a "security" text which asks for a password, or any other details, don't click the link, and don't call any numbers in it. Contact your network via their website, or via their phone number (the real one, not the one in the SMS).
If you see a "business" phone number in a text, it's no guarantee it's real
Many SMS phishing attacks will include "toll free" numbers that look like legitimate business ones – they're not. Cybercriminals can set up these numbers easily and cheaply, and if you phone the number, you'll usually be asked to "confirm" details – handing them over to the fraudsters.
Don't reply with "STOP" if you're being spammed – contact your network instead
If you're being spammed repeatedly, and the SMS contains an instruction to text back with "STOP" to cut off the emails, don't. This will simply tell the spammers that you're there, and they'll intensify their attacks. Your network will be able to block SMS from specific numbers (as can apps such as ESET Mobile Security and Antivirus.
Be very suspicious of "special offers" – especially ones where you have to "act fast"
Phishers commonly send out SMS attacks in the form of "special offers" from big companies – such as a $1,000 gift card, where only a limited number are available, and you have to click a link to cash in. Previous WeLiveSecurity reports on these scams can be found here. The website you arrive at, though, won't be the real one – and you will end up installing malware, rather than earning yourself a shopping spree. High-value "special offers" that sound too good to be true usually are. If it's your local pizza place offering two-for-one on Tuesdays, you might be safer. Think first, and think hard if you're being asked to click a link.
Set your phone to block apps from unknown sources
Many SMS phishing attacks aim to fool you into installing malicious apps – particularly on Android. As a precaution, block installation from unknown sources (it's in Android's Settings menu). If you have to unblock this (for instance to install a work app), set it back to "blocked" when you've finished. If you do make a mistake, this gives you another line of defence. It's also worth using Google's built-in "Verify Apps" function, which monitors apps for suspicious activity.
Don't fall for texts from your bank which ask for "confirmation details"
Your bank may well text you – for instance to confirm a transaction on PC – but bank texts will not, ever, ask you to confirm details, or for passwords. Banks also won't update their apps in this way. If you're suspicous, don't click links, don't call any numbers in the text. Instead, call your bank on its "normal" number – Google it if you don't know – and check whether the text is from them.
If you're an Android user, protect your phone with an antivirus app
Google's own Verify Apps function is a useful first line of defence – and Android users should turn it on. Security apps such as ESET's Mobile Security and Antivirus add a few extra layers of defense, blocking known phishing attacks – and scanning all apps on your phone for malicious activity in real time. You can also block specific numbers from texting you – or block all unknown senders.
Don't fall for warnings saying, "Your phone is infected"
Recent SMS phishing scams use a bogus "security alert" to scare users into installing fake antivirus apps. Reputable security companies will not "push" products in this way. ESET's Cameron Camp says, "Malware posing as security apps, also known as "scareware", are some of the most pervasive scams on Android in recent months."


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Gods is doing exciting things in the Latin/Caribbean region, and The Compass Church is privileged to be a part of it! We have 8 singles and families serving in 5 different countries (one for almost 50 years!) and partnerships in Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua.
Over the next couple of months we will focus on this region, and even have guest posts from some of our Global Partners! You will be encouraged by the faith of our brothers and sisters living in this part of the world, and be equipped to partner with them in prayer!


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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me?
(Psalm 22.1)
Today's passages:
Psalm 22.1-22
Isaiah 45.21-25
Philippians 2.5-11
Matthew 26.36-75
I wonder how many times Jesus asked himself the following question in the week leading up to his crucifixion: Why am I having to go through this?
Sometimes I think we have this assumption that Jesus spent his life going through the motions as if reading from a script.
"Let's see… Today I am to go down to Galilee and heal some people when I get there. Oh yes, then tomorrow it looks like the schedule says I need to teach some people."
I think taking such a view removes some of the significance that Jesus was divine, yet he was also fully human. I cannot explain how that happens, but I believe the humanity of Jesus caused him to not only be tempted in every way like we are (Hebrews 4.15) but to also have some control over the ways he lived his life. If this is true—and I think the gospels demonstrate that it is—then Jesus' last week must have been one that was full of anxious anticipation. He knew what was to come and quite frankly, I am not sure he was excited about the consequences at hand.
If you know the story of Jesus' crucifixion, you know that one of the seven last words he spoke was a quotation of Psalm 22.1, as seen above. He did not quote the entire psalm, just the first half of the first verse: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
One can take this in a couple of different ways. The first would be to assume the abandonment by God in the precise moment that Jesus died. There are all kinds of theological arguments made for such a view, each trying to point out that Jesus suffered while going through death for our salvation.
The second thought about this quote of Jesus is that when one would quote a portion of a psalm, that entire psalm would come into the minds of those who heard the quotation. If this is the case, then we cannot simply stop at the idea of abandonment, but must also include the psalmist's words that God is "enthroned as the Holy One" (v. 3) and that the writer would "declare [God's] name to [his] people." (v. 22) This second view probably gets closer to what Jesus was expressing with his quote on the cross. This idea is further enhanced when we look at the Philippian passage from today's reading.
Many of us are familiar with these verses, which many scholars believe was originally a song that Paul used within his letter. The gist of the song goes like this: Jesus was God (we read this truth expressed all throughout Scripture) yet, he did not hold on to his "godness." Instead, he gave it up (literally: emptied himself) so that he could be a sacrifice for us. This was an act of obedience, by the way. We might assume that if we knew we were to be glorified after the fact (see verses 9-11), then it would be easy to give up the life we currently have for the moment. I believe—whatever Jesus knew about what was to come—he was willing to give up his life, even if there was no guarantee for something in the future.
Which brings us full circle to my original question. How many times have you asked yourself: Why do I have to go through this? It is easy for us to assume that our lives, once we have committed to following Jesus, suddenly become heavy with the responsibilities of being good and not sinning and the like. We can also swing to the other side of the pendulum and assume that because we follow Christ, our lives will be nothing but joy and pleasantries. If something goes wrong, we think that God must have abandoned us. Both ways of thinking are filled with the dangers of overgeneralization, as well as the possibilities of missing God at work.
Perhaps a better question to ask, then, is: How can I remain obedient to God regardless of the circumstances that present themselves to me throughout my day?
•Would you say you spend your time more in the first part of Psalm 22 (the one lamenting God's forsaking you) or the latter part (where you rejoice in the assembly, praising God)? Why is this the case? In what ways have you been able to find a balance between these two extremes?
•How do Isaiah's words that deliverance comes "in the Lord alone" provide comfort for you? In what ways have you tried to find deliverance in other things besides God? How has God shown himself as the only one who provides you deliverance and strength?
•How have you been able to take on the same mindset as Christ in your relationships with one another?
•As you read through our reading from Matthew, what stands out to you, even if you have read these verses many times before? How do you see Christ's humility displayed in these verses?
•How do you remain obedient to God regardless of the circumstances that present themselves to you throughout the day?


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Will Our Lady Come Back To Fatima Again?
By Richard Salbato
One should re-study the story and messages of Fatima over and over again. Fatima is something like the Bible. No matter how many times you read it, you always get something new out of it. If you pray at the Cova and look at the spot where Our Lady appeared to the children, you should reflect on how much She changed the world already from this very spot. She predicted the rise of Hitler and Communism and She predicted that She would defeat them. Almost all the predictions She made at Fatima have come to pass. She promised that sometime after all these problems She would grant to the world a "period of peace".
This "peace' has not happened yet.
Lucia, before her death, said, "Our Lady will keep Her promise". Of this we can be sure, but what we cannot be sure of is how this can possibly come to pass considering the state of the world today. Peace seems impossible!
When you compare Fatima with other (approved) prophesies it is always the same, a promised period of peace in the world and unity of all Christian Churches and nations. The difference with these other prophesies compared to Fatima is that this period of peace always seems to come about like the birth of a new child, a lot of pain before a great joy.
Do the messages of Fatima give any hint as to how this peace will happen?
Some things that hint as to how a peace might happen are in the story, the messages and the history around it. The first is the fact of Pope Benedict XV.
In May of 1917, during World War I, Pope Benedict XV made a direct appeal to Mary to intercede for peace in the world. The response was Mary's first appearance at Fatima just over a week later. Now we have the next Pope Benedict, who sent a friend to Fatima on the day he was elected to offer some prayers to Her for him. We do not yet know what that prayer is.
"I shall return Here a Seventh Time"
The most striking thing is this. On 13 May 1917 when Our Lady appeared, Lucia asked Her what She wanted and Our Lady said.
"I have come to ask you to come here for six months on the 13th day of the month, at this same hour. Later I shall say who I am and what I desire. And ...........I shall return here yet a seventh time............."
On page 175 of "Fatima in Lucia's own words" the same statement is made: "I shall return HERE yet a seventh time."
One book says that Our Lady did appear to Lucia on June 16, 1921 when she was leaving for Oporto, but in her memoirs on page 116 she said she went to the Cova to pray a rosary and then left. No mention of an apparition. Father John De Marchi's famous book, "Fatima from the beginning" had this statement in the first printing but it was left out of the second printing. After Lucia's memoirs "Fatima In Lucia's own words" was published it was put back in Father De Marchi's book for the third printing and every printing after that.
The six apparitions of Mary to the children had very important meanings for the entire world. If you study them like you would the bible, you will see that every single word had great meaning. Even the personal things, like them going to heaven soon, proved to be universal in its meaning. This statement, "I shall return here yet a seventh time" could not have been a simple thing of wishing Lucia well in going to Oporto even if that were true and there is no evidence of it. It could not have been referring to later apparitions to Jacinta at the Parish Church because that was twice and it was not "aqui" ---here (in this place), meaning at the Cova da Iria. It could not have meant the apparitions in Spain, because this was not "aqui" and it was several apparitions, not a Seventh Time. This statement is very important and you will see it plainly if you read all the message in context.
You will have to conclude that Our Lady is coming back to Fatima again someday because this has not happened yet. People may think you as crazy as the Garabandal people if you say this. But maybe, if Garabandal was demonic and it could have been, maybe the devil saw in Fatima what many are not seeing, and wanted to draw attention away from that fact, the fact of another apparition in Fatima some day in the future.
This might be a little crazy but in Fatima there are a lot of experts. The four people here that are both holy and wise when it comes to the messages of Fatima have been asked about the seventh apparition. Of course, Lucia could answer this but she is now dead. The other four have answered the question. (names not useful for this Newsletter for now)
The first said without a second thought, "Of course She is coming here again."
The second said, "She has not come a seventh time yet."
The third said, "Heaven does not make mistakes in semantics. She said 'here' at the Cova and She has not done that yet."
The fourth said, "You are only now figuring that out. I have known that for many years."
In every case they said that they have not said anything about this because they did not want to seem fanatical like Gruner or other doomsday prophets. No one, absolutely no one objected to Her coming back to Fatima again someday.
Do not expect many others to agree with this conclusion. But, if true, now let us speculate as to how, why and when. How would She appear? Why would She return a seventh time? When would She return a seventh time? Would it have to do with spreading devotion to Her Immaculate Heart? Would it have to do with "In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph"? Would it have to do with "and there will be a period of peace"? To be honest no one knows and no one should pretend to know for sure. What you might be convinced of after careful study is that She will return a seventh time to Fatima. Anything beyond that is speculation and it is worth nothing more than that.
Anyone trying to out guess God is going to have egg in his face but if it makes people think it might be a good exercise in logical thinking. Let us look at facts and try to come up with some logic about the seventh apparition from them.
On October 13, 1917 where Our Lady said to Lucia, "... The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes." And in October the war ended. It may be that Our Lady will return during some form of war.
Our Lady also said, "In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved; etc...Do not tell this to anybody. Francisco, yes, you may tell him." Maybe peace will come from Portugal or Our Lady will come when Portugal is about to loose the faith or to preserve the faith at the last moment.
From Leo Madigan's new and great book, "Armchair Fatima" on page 92: "After the victory of King Henriques which started the Christian country of Portugal, the King built the great monastery of Alcobaca as a reward for the prayers of the Cistercian monks there. The head of the order, St. Bernard of Clarvaux, wrote the following.
'There will always be Portuguese kings to reign over Portugal unless, by the gravity of faults, God may punish it. But the length of that punishment will not go beyond 60 years.'
From 1136 to 1910 that has been true. But in 1910 with the takeover of the Masons, there has not been an official king now going on 95 years. We might speculate that in 1646 King Joao IV gave his crown to Our Lady and said that from now on The Immaculate Conception is the monarch of Portugal."
Or maybe there must be another revolution in Portugal to bring back a Catholic nation and its moral values.
In the apparitions of Nicaragua 25 years ago there is some hints. The seer became a priest and died some years ago. This year is the 25th anniversary of the apparition. On May 8, 2005 all the bishops of Nicaragua went to the place of the apparitions, Cuapa, with 25,000 faithful to honor Our Lady and the apparitions. This apparition saved Nicaragua from communism. And now Nicaragua is one of the best countries in South America to live in, attracting thousands of retired people from all over the world. Although the messages were mostly about the Rosary and the Five First Saturdays (the Fatima message) one message seems important to the facts of this Newsletter.
"Pray, my son, the Rosary for all the world. Tell believers and non-believers that the world is threatened by grave dangers. I ask the Lord to appease His Justice, but if you don't change, you will hasten the arrival of a Third World War."
And yet this great apparition and its 25th Anniversary go almost unnoticed in the world Catholic press. But the unapproved apparitions can be found everywhere. Anyway, let us not digress.
Before her death Lucia said that the story of Fatima is only half done and you can be sure of that. The graces that have poured out to the world from this apparition have not stopped and will continue until we have a kingdom of Heaven on Earth as it is in Heaven. The world has not changed and people have not changed, and we are in a war, a war for souls.
When people think of peace they think of the wars around the world, Africa, middle east, etc. But the real war is going on in America and Europe and we are not seeing it in the news, a war for the hearts and souls of people. Did you know that the errors of the French Revolution carried over to the 20th Century. My French friend just reminded me that in 1901 a law in France was issued to control all religious congregations and authorities. Each religion group and its members would be controlled by the State. And in 1902 France evicted all religious congregations toughening the application of Law Ferry. 2500 catholic schools were closed! All crucifixes are evicted from public buildings and schools.
In 1905 France became the first country to declare Separation of Church and State. The State stopped financial subventions to the churches and places of worship. The assets of the Catholic Church were confiscated. Inventories were made by the police inside all churches, even opening Corpus Christi tabernacles to see what was inside. All priests, nuns, monks who did not want to be subjected to Republican Laws were killed or deported to French Guyana. Then Freud, Marx and a lot of French writers spread their heretic humanist philosophies from the Latin Quarter of Paris throughout the world.
We now have the errors of communism put in the anti-god European Constitution and that would be the ruin of Europe. But a funny thing happened - the very country that was responsible for writing it, voted no to its ratification. Maybe now (with more pressure from Catholics throughout Europe) a proper constitution can be written. If not, expect the justice of God before any peace.
Most likely possible reasons and ways of a seventh apparition of Our Lady Of Fatima
Expect a seventh appearance of Our Lady of Fatima as part of the method of bringing about a worldwide peace
Expect the world (because of this) to understand that the peace came from Her Immaculate Heart.
Expect this to happen when all seems lost, at least spiritually.
Expect no seer but just Our Lady appearing to a large multitude of people on one of Her feast days.
Expect no verbal message but just Her appearance at a time when the reason will be self-evident.
Expect this to come under the reign of Benedict XVI.
Expect Her to come in answer to the Holy Father's prayers although we may not know this until later.
Expect Her appearance to convert most the Christian world to the Catholic Faith.
Expect unity of all Christians sometime after this event.
Richard Salbato


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Dear IRC Providers, Staff and SNF Partners,
As the end of 2019 approaches, we want to thank all of you for being part of our IRC family. We appreciate all of your hard work, commitment, and dedication to our patients – it's this hard work and determination that's helped make 2019 a fantastic year!
When we started IRC in 2010, we couldn't have imagined all of the amazing people we would come to know and the difference we could make in the lives of our patients, physicians, employees, and Skilled Nursing Home Partners.
It's an honor to be the largest and most trusted physiatry group in the nation, and even more so because we've achieved this by sticking to our founding values; to build a transparent, honest practice focused on our patients, partners, and providers.
2019 was not an easy year in healthcare. We faced changes in insurance plans, carriers, buyouts and mergers, new PM&R groups emerging, and the Medicare rollout of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). Thank you for sticking with us and our focus to provide the highest quality rehabilitative care to our patients and facilities through our specialized training, experience, and personal interest in the care of post-acute rehabilitation patients.
We know there is still plenty to achieve in 2020 and see next year lined up with more successes and great achievements! We have some exciting new resources we have been working on for not only our IRC providers but for our SNF Partners as well, and we can't wait to roll them out in 2020!
We wish you and your family joy, warm memories, and peace this holiday season! Here's to a very happy new year, filled with success, happiness, and good health!
Matthew Ray, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder and Amish Patel, D.O., Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder


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When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
Lyrics from a Leonard Cohen song titled "The Future."
We take it for granted that we know what it means to repent. John the Baptist wandered around the Holy Land telling people to "Repent ye sinners, the end of near." Throughout history, one prophet after another has warned us to "repent, repent." A sarcastic observer might argue that there is more sinning going on than repenting. I perceive two possibilities here. One is that we do not truly know what sin is or how to repent from real sin. The second is that we don't believe or perhaps really care if the end is near. I would like to explore the first of these possibilities today and save the second for some other time.
Two weeks ago, Karen and I went to a Blue Grass Gospel jam at the Methodist church in Lewis. Lewis is a little, emphasis on little, town about 4 miles out of Frederic. They tell me that once upon a time a famous person stayed at a famous hotel in Lewis. I can only think that it must have been a long long time ago. If you blinked once, you would not see Lewis as you head up 35 to Siren and points north. Nevertheless, I should not disparage Lewis since they have a wonderful group of people who get together every few weeks to do a Blue Grass Gospel jam. This night there were 21 participants. The gender breakdown was 8 women and 13 men. Of the total, about seven or eight were young kids. Eight of the performers could sing as well as play and there were instrumentals on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass, Dobro, harmonica and of course banjo.
There was plenty of coffee and snacks and people were all friendly. Many of the spectators sang along with the performers and clapped in rhythm to the tunes. We had attended one of these before and it was a fun time for all. This jam started at 6 PM and ended at 9 PM. At the start of the jam, a young father with his wife and two children did the opening set. The wife played bass fiddle, the man a guitar, daughter did fiddle and son did banjo. They were very good. The only dissonant note was the introduction. The father started off by noting that the world was now more evil than ever and that we should soon expect to see the coming of Christ who would end this evil world. Thus, we should all praise Jesus and be ready for his coming. I did not follow this logic or should I say line of reasoning.
My thoughts were not exactly on getting ready for the end of the world. Neither do I think that this world is so evil that it needs to be ended anytime soon. In fact, I wondered what his two teenage children were thinking about his morbid gloomy thoughts. Teenagers are not usually noted with thinking too far into the future so no doubt they would be caught unprepared were the world to end soon. I also wondered why he would start a family if he were so preoccupied with the evil in the world. Why bother bringing any kids into such an evil world? This kind of morbid gloomy thinking seems to riddle those who want us to repent and it seems to miss the point. It is like they have missed the point of the message, Repent, Repent!
The way I see it we all need to be humble (we all sin, make mistakes, screw up and hurt others) but we can all be redeemed from this "sin" by asking forgiveness and something the doomsayers never seem to mention but we must also make amends to those we hurt. To be honest, I also take issue with the idea of sin that is often portrayed by many religions. The older I get the more I think evil really exists and evil might be a good metaphor for sin, However there is a large list of "sins' that I think get lumped into this pot by organized religions and many of these self-proscribed "holy men." Let me list a few things that have been called SINFUL and that I doubt should be on the list:
· Masturbation
· Consensual sex between any two single adults regardless of gender
· Having sex outside of marriage
· Making an honest mistake
· Cheating on a test
· Lying to an employer during an interview
· Telling someone they look nice when you think they look awful
· Drinking and gambling
Now you might agree with some of my above list but I will bet my last dollar that some of my list causes you to shake your head and say "How can he say that." The answer my friend is blowing in the wind. It is simply that there are many things that are immoral and perhaps unethical but they are not sins. Sins as defined by the Catholic Church that I grew up in are things that cause you to go to hell or purgatory. Purgatory is for venial sins and hell is for mortal sins. Everything on my above list would no doubt cast you straight into hell or at best purgatory if you died an unrepentant Catholic. Repent, Repent!
However, if you need to go straight to hell and do not pass purgatory but go directly to the fires of eternal damnation for cheating on a test, I would say that the crime does not fit the punishment. This is a serious issue being challenged by a group of people who has noted the problems with punishment in our public schools today. The issue has been called the "school to prison pipeline" and it involves an overabundance of punishment that is taking place in our schools that does not fit the crime or that is unfair in terms of who receives it when. I have been a teacher since 1976 and you can believe me when I say that there are major problems in all of our school systems today but the solution is not more punishment or treating students like sinners. Repent, Repent!
A second problem I have with the Repent, Repent crowd is their gloomy emphasis on the evil bad sick world with live in. OSHO states that "to be blissful" is the greatest courage." Jesus might have preached the coming of a new world but he also went around healing people and finding ways to decrease the burdens people had in their life. Jesus not only brought admonitions about living for today, he also brought a law to love each other and to help bring joy into each other's lives. Those with repentance on their lips would be much more tolerable if they also preached joy and happiness and brought a light to see the good and justice in the world. In the Bible, it was written that God would save Sodom and Gomorrah if just ten righteous people could be found. I have a difficult time believing that there are not at least ten righteous people in the world today. If God is going to wait to destroy the world until there are no righteous people, it should be around a long time. As a matter of fact, with all the repentant sinners around there should be thousands of righteous people, unless they are all hypocrites?
I think I should be prepared to meet my maker any time. Being prepared seems like a reasonable way to live. However, I will not live as though I and everyone else in the world are going to die any second in some kind of apocalyptic holocaust. There is too much beauty and goodness in the world for any kind of a God that I can imagine to destroy the entire world because of a few sinners. The good people in this world vastly outnumber the sinners. Only by the farthest and most skeptical measure that could be imagined does the evil in the world outweigh the charity and love that surrounds us. If you don't see this, then you need to start giving out more love and charity to others.
"There is an unchanging law of giving and receiving in the universe. Jesus' doctrine, "Give and it will be given unto you", is based on this law. Mostly Jesus' teachings are taken at their surface value; however, these words of wisdom have a much deeper meaning from the spiritual point of view and are based on universal laws." (Sabeen Shalapy). Ms., Shalapy has a wonderful site where she shares her views on gratitude and living a more fulfilling life. She preaches love and not doom. Perhaps we need as much preaching about giving and loving as we do about doomsdays and repentance. Love, Love and more Love is needed in equal measure to Repent, Repent and Repent.
Are you working to help spread more joy and happiness in the world? Have you succumbed to the negative warnings of a few doomsday prophets? Do you see the beauty and love that surrounds you? Do you believe in the cardinal virtues of Faith Hope and Charity? What can you do today to add a measure of love to the world? Can you at least hope for a better tomorrow?


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Professor Kimberly Coles, Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, has published numerous articles on the topics of women's writing, gender and religious ideology. Her book, Religion, Reform, and Women's Writing in Early Modern England (Cambridge University Press, 2008; paperback 2010) examines the influence of women writers on religious identity and its cultural expression in the 16th century.
- Project summary relevant to Fellowship:
"A Fault of Humour": The Constitution of Belief in Early Modern England investigates how the confessional categories of Protestant and Catholic functioned in early modern England as material categories. The medical theory of this period gave the prevailing sense that body and soul were in sympathy. The project explores what this implies for religious identity.
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Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming
"The 'diffrence ...in degree': Social Rank and Gendered Expression", "The Impact of Feminism in English Renaissance Studies"
ed. Dympna Callaghan (London: Palgrave, 2007), 150-170
'A Fault of Humour': The Constitution of Belief in Early Modern England - manuscript in progress
West of England: The Irish specter in Tamburlaine
The Blackwell Companion to Tudor Literature, ed. Kent Cartwright (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), 459-474
Religion, Reform and Women's Writing in Early Modern England
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008; pbk. 2010
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Lemon Grilled Shrimp
48 large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails left on (approx. 1 lb)
3 T extra virgin olive oil
3 T fresh lemon juice
3 cloves garlic, finely minced with ½ tsp. coarse (kosher) salt
1 T finely minced fresh rosemary
Finely ground fresh pepper to taste
- Soak 10-12 10-inch wooden skewers in water to cover for 1 hour.
- Rinse the shrimp under cold water, drain and pat dry, place in a bowl. (when using frozen shrimp you need to let them thaw a bit first and pat dry well to avoid diluting marinade)
- Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and salt, rosemary, and pepper in a bowl, whisk well, and then toss with the shrimp. Let rest for 1-2 hours.
- Heat a barbeque grill to high or pre-heat the broiler. Remove the shrimp from the marinade and drain them, reserving the marinade.
- Thread skewers with 3 – 5 shrimp each.
- Grill or broil shrimp 4 inches from the heat source, brushing on each side with the extra marinate for 3 minutes per side.
Psst! You can marinate these in the morning, and then thread them on skewers up to 3 hours before you plan to serve them. Just reserve some of the marinade to drizzle over the prepared skewers right before cooking.


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Please show me the light. We are on top of a mountain right now, but instead of gazing up into the stars, I feel like I am staring down into the valley. You obtain what you see, Father. I want to see the stars, yet I am fearful of the next valley. The last valley was so ugly, and for sometime I thought I had lost sight of you in the thickest part of the thicket. And still, Lord God, you carried me out of the thorns, nearly unscathed. I do not want my heart hardened to my Savior.
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I'm the vice-president of product sales at CashCall, an electronic digital mortgage mortgage lender.
Chance / Challenge
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We required a much better system that is CRM permitted us to path leads to your telephone telephone telephone call center of 30–50 representatives centered on different requirements.
That which was the range of these participation?
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What's the group structure?
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Remembering Robert Mapplethorpe. From A&U magazine, June 2016.
Art AIDS America touches the art world's third rail. From A&U, August, 2015.
Tony Kushner: Angels at 20. The celebrated playwright reflects on the legacy of Angels in America, AIDS, politics, and where we are now.
Real Women Have Curves. The late actress Lupe Ontiveros talked about Latino homophobia and making it as an unconventional beauty.


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Released on 30th September by Bandai Namco Games, Gundam Area Wars is an iPhone / iPad app which allows you to participate in mobile suit battles in the real world with the help of google maps and your phones camera and gyro. A level map is generated based on your current location, and from here you move your suit around and battle enemies one at a time in either automated or manual mode.
As well as the standard battle mode, an augmented reality mode is also available, seeing a Zaku 1 towering over me in my own living room was pretty nuts! If that wasn't enough, you can collect digital figurines and bring them into the real world using printed out AR markers.
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| The Man Who Bought A Dream
Timmy Abell
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There was a man once, and he bought a dream. His friend, the one who had dreamed the dream, tried to talk him out of buying it. After all, it was only a dream, and why would anyone waste money on something so worthless. But the man was determined to pay his friend so he could have the dream.
Now, the man who bought the dream was very poor, and he was always struggling to make ends meet, so when his wife found out that he had spent their precious little bit of money on someone else's dream, she was very upset.
"How could you be so foolish!?", she asked, "What are you thinking? Why would you want to buy someone else's dream?"
And her husband replied. He said, "I think this dream could be worth something. I was watching my friend sleeping, and listen.... just as he was waking up, he yawned, and a little bee flew out of his nose. Then, he told me his dream. It was about a jar of gold, and this jar of gold was buried underneath a nandin bush, and the nandin bush was next to a tall pine tree which was at the foot of a little mountain in the gardens behind a big mansion. And he said this mansion belongs to the richest man in Osaka. And, I really think I have to go there, and so that's why I bought the dream."
So, even though his wife was still very upset, the man set off on his journey. It was a long way to Osaka. It was 400 miles to get there, and it took many days for the man to get to Osaka. He had to sleep along the side of the road, and he had to beg for food.
Well, when he arrived in Osaka, the man began asking the people in the streets there, who was the richest man in the city, and they told him about a man named Kiibe-san. And they sent him in that direction. So, sure enough, when he came to Kiibe-san's address, there was this huge mansion. And the man who bought the dream was thrilled. He went right up to the house, and knocked on the door, and a servant came to the door.
He asked "Is this Kiibe-san's house?"
Now the man who bought the dream was really delighted. And he asked them, could he stay there for the night. So they let him stay. Well, that evening the man told Kiibe-san all about the dream which he had bought, and all about the jar of gold. And he said that he would share some of the gold with Kiibe-san if he would only have his servants to help dig up the jar the next day.
Well after everyone was in bed, Kiibe-san kept thinking, "...could there really be this jar of gold?" He woke up his servants and he told them to begin digging under the nandin bush. Late in the middle of the night, they finally came to the top of the jar. Now Kiibe-san was ready to take this gold for himself, but when he opened the jar, a little bee flew out, and the jar was empty. Kiibe-san thought about the man who bought the dream, and he began laughing and laughing. Then he ordered his servants to bury the jar again.
Now the next morning, the man who bought the dream was very excited. And he went out with the servants, and began digging under the nandin bush, hoping to find the jar. For the servants, the digging was easier this time. Finally, they found the top of the jar, and the man who bought the dream screamed with delight, "There it is! This is it!"
Then the man who bought the dream slowly uncovered the jar and slowly and carefully removed the top. And then then he gasped. He could not believe his eyes. The jar was empty!
Now the man who bought the dream didn't know what to do. He felt so foolish now because he had bought this dream that turned out not to be true. He was completely brokenhearted. And with his head down, he thanked Kiibe-san and then he set out on his journey back home. He was so distressed now, that he even thought of not returning to his wife. How could he face her now? He had spent their last few coins on a worthless dream which wasn't even true. So he took a long, long time to get home, thinking over and over that he should not go.
But, the man who bought the dream had no other place to go, and he knew that he loved his wife no matter how poor they might be. So the man who bought the dream finally arrived back in his own village.
As he came close to his house, his wife saw her husband through the window, and she came running out, screaming and crying how happy she was to see him, and how one day, while he was gone, she said, she had heard a little bee in the attic, and when she went and opened the attic door, the little bee flew out. And then, she said, hundreds and hundreds of gold coins came rolling out of the attic, down into the house and pouring onto the floor. And she told him how so many coins had come out of the attic that the floor was completely covered with gold.
Now, the man who bought the dream and his wife? They lived happy days all the rest of their lives, and they were never poor again.
1998, Local Honey Music, Timmy Abell


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In the meanwhile I'll post another Pete Behenna photo or two. So back in 1969 Lyle had an airplane shell, a remarkable crew coalescing, and parts coming in from around the country. He still needed an engine. According to Dell Rourk, Lyle went to see George Byard at Aircraft Cylinder and Turbine in Sun Valley, Ca.
AC&T had an old R3350 in the open out back of the shop -- it was scheduled for salvage and had been sitting back there in the weather with no plugs or stacks and rainwater in the cylinders. George donated the engine to Lyle's project. George Putman cleaned out the sticks, birdsnests, and other crap and with some help from the mechanics at AC&T managed to rebuild the motor.
John -- what was the timeline of all this? When did Lyle move the kit into the hangar? When was the fuselage more or less complete? When did Putnam get his hands on the engine and when was it actually hung on the airplane?
Man, apparently Pete had an eye. That second image is gorgeous. So this is the first motor? Well, the first 3350 to be mounted to this airframe? Had there been another 3350 on a Bearcat at that point? A scrapheap motor on a scrapheap airframe. Talk about humble beginnings to basically the most beloved air racer of all time. Especially to Reno-ites. It sure was nice to be able to drive out and peek through window and see The Bear. I miss it.
WOW. Classic 3350 photos. Thanks for sharing.:thumbsup:
Did the engine in the photos have the slow nose case?
No -- I think that first engine was quite stock. They ran decently in 1969, though with systems problems. They ran better, with all systems working in 1970 -- til they blew up the engine due to bad advice on fuel mixing. They then built up their first "hybrid" 3350 for Cape May in 1971. Apparently that was an ex-airline motor with supercharger and other modifications done largely by Bill Coulter and Mel Gregoire at AC&T. I think that was the first motor with the "slow" nose case. BCIV obviously knows far more about this than I -- I hope we'll get there in the future...
I haven't disappeared, I've just been buried in a couple of projects at home. I should get some time to answer some questions this weekend.
So which weekend was that, John? I just wanted to bring this thing up front again -- there are things I'm curious about
This thread has been fun.
It was like the lost weekend, I was dealing with multiple people that I couldn't say "no" to. I had to get introspection into what was actually going on with all of it. In the end I am learning to say "not now" because that is slightly different than no.
I came here and started to go over past history, because it was fun. Then forces in the universe decided I needed to do things I didn't want to do, so this personal enjoyment was the fuse. Once again I could put it on hold. I'm finally learning to say "not now." Eventually I will graduate to prioritizing my projects and being able to do magic for others. So back to our story. It was "The Long Weekend in the sense of getting my head more together and cleaning up loose ends, I didn't have any moving out or arguing with my lovely wife in that aspect. Anyway the weekend is over, and there wasn't any May Pang involved.
" forces in the universe decided I needed to do things I didn't want to do "
I really dislike those particular forces. I've encountered them a lot the last few years. It only gets worse as you get older.
" John -- what was the timeline of all this? When did Lyle move the kit into the hangar? When was the fuselage more or less complete? When did Putnam get his hands on the engine and when was it actually hung on the airplane? "
I'm still interested in this -- I've never seen such a timeline and I've always been blown away by how quickly this all came together -- broken(literally) stripped shell and trashed run out engine core to on the course at Reno.
Did that first engine come to Lyle with any accessories and such? What did you do for carb, supercharger, fuel pumps and so on. The magnitude of what was done in that year is just amazing.
When did you first meet Mel Gregoire?