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Yeah, still here…
I'm like that little floppy-eared bastard with the drum… I just keep going and going.
So what's been going on? This is another long one, kids. But there's something fun at the end, if you want to slog through. Or just fast-forward. Up to you.
The past few months, I've been dealing with two separate issues. One you already know about; a bad bout of depression that was triggered by something that happened at the end of last year and then decided it wasn't going to go away. And two, I started having shoulder pain a few months ago. At first I thought I just pulled something or another at the gym, so I worked around it, saw the chiropractor, iced it. But that didn't go away either. Then it started hurting when I wasn't even moving it. When it started impacting my sleep (damn near every position except on my back hurt), I knew I'd have to do something about it. And I was sick to death of feeling like death every day, too.
So at the end of March, I started making appointments. First, my regular doc to look at my shoulder, and second, with my HMO's therapy department to 1. see if my meds need tweaking and 2. try to find a new therapist, as the one I had for over twenty-five years retired two years ago.
Going through the questions and interviews and appointments for therapy are so much fun, especially the tests they have you take, asking you to rate various thoughts and feelings and situations 1 through 5 (1 = Never, 5 = All the time). "How often do you have thoughts of hurting yourself?" "Do you use recreational drugs?" "Do you drink?" "Do you have trouble sleeping?" "Do you feel useless, guilty, unloved, hopeless, blah blah blah?" And then you have an appointment with a psychiatrist to assess your needs — said psychiatrist essentially asks you the same questions again. Because I am my father's daughter, I couldn't resist a bit of dark humor.
Doctor: Have you ever tried to commit suicide?
Me: Yeah, when I was nineteen.
Doctor: How?
Me: It was pretty lame; I blew out the pilot lights on the stove and in the heater, turned everything up full blast, closed the windows, and went to sleep. But I woke up.
Doctor: And are you thinking about doing that now?
Me: No, my apartment is all electric now.
What can I say. I saw her trying to hide a laugh. I mean, I get why they have to ask all this stuff. They want to make sure you're not going to leave the appointment and then go jump in front of a bus. But still… enough. If I haven't offed myself by now, it ain't happening.
Anyway, after that, she decided not to switch my meds to something else, just to up the existing a bit, and also suggested I try exercising a little more and to start taking melatonin at night for better sleep quality. And then she referred me to a therapist, who I heard from shortly thereafter.
I've had two appointments with her so far and I like her. The first hour, I gave her an overall intro of my younger life: alcoholic dad, hypercritical mom, brother dying, the revolving door of stepmothers, eating disorders and depression, and other general suckage. The second appointment, I told her about Erica Scott and that part of my life. I didn't get overly detailed, but I needed her to know about the scene, since so much of my current depression is around that. It took all the nerve I had, but I felt better afterward. So I'll be seeing her regularly. Best part — the copay is only $15.
As for my shoulder, that's been a lot more challenging. First my doc took an X-ray, found nothing, and suggested I simply stop exercising my upper body until this goes away… in six months or so. Not happening. I'm no doctor, but one thing I do know is you do not stop moving a body part just because it's injured. You work around it, strengthen the area, keep things moving and flexible. So I asked the doc to refer me to the physical therapy department (after she turned down my request for an MRI). Long story short, I have a vague catch-all term for what's happening: "Shoulder impingement syndrome." I've had to adjust my workouts, my sleeping position, and the PT has been giving me exercises to do at home, adding another couple every time I see her. I'm up to eight exercises in the series, which take about twenty minutes to a half-hour, and I have to do them twice a day. And that's on top of regular workouts. Oh, and ice, heat, and Advil/Aleve as needed.
Having shoulder pain is, well, a pain. Never take for granted simple things like pulling a shirt over your head without wanting to scream and cuss. But I'm working on it. You can't say I'm not being proactive through all this crap.
I've been on the new dose of meds for about six weeks now. I do feel a bit better. Through all this, I've been highly functional. I got up every morning, got dressed, worked, did what needed doing. But I cried every day, and every night, my last thought before going to sleep was "Please let me die." That hasn't been happening for a while. So, progress. And along with a better mood came… guess what. Yeah, you got it. A renewed desire to play.
I had deactivated FetLife, and had no desire to go back on there, because there is someone I don't want to encounter. So I reactivated some old ads on *shudder* Alt.com and SpankingPersonalAds.com. Yeah, I know. I was opening myself up to CHoS entries once again… and they delivered. Good grief. The very first reply I got after rejoining Alt was a dick pic accompanied with the message, "Want your ass, bitch!" However, there are occasional diamonds in heaps of coal, so I soldiered on. Had a couple of coffee dates; nice men, but just not a fit. One flat-out said he couldn't imagine giving a woman a spanking and then not having sex afterward. "Guess I'd go jerk off," he said. Charming.
Then I heard from B, an Irish gentleman who lives in Northern California. I liked how he wrote, I really liked his picture, and we started sending long messages, taking it from the kink site to email. Then he suggested we talk on the phone. I'm not a phone person, as you all know, but I was curious. So he called me one evening at a predetermined time, and we chatted for about two hours. He mentioned that he'd decided when he turned 50 (he's 51) that he was going to travel to meet people and play, and he asked what my availability was. I said I spend Friday evening through Sunday at John's, but Monday through Thursday I was home and my time was flexible. He said, "Well, that's a problem. I work Monday through Friday."
Well, crap. There goes that, I thought.
Until next day, when he texted me to say he'd enjoyed our conversation, mentioning that he gets chatty when he's had a glass of wine. I texted back that I enjoyed it too, and I didn't even have any wine.
He then wrote back that he was going to have to punish me for letting an Irishman drink alone.
Jesus Freaking Christ on a cracker. I was reading this in the locker room at the gym and damn near had a spontaneous orgasm. I answered that I failed to see the logic in this.
His reply: "Just Google 'Irish stereotypes drinking' and you will see how punishable this infraction is." Ye Gods. We bantered a bit back and forth until I finally said that I was at the gym and if he didn't stop talking like this, I was going to drop a weight on my foot.
Two days later, he texted again and asked what was the closest airport to me, and I said Burbank. He said he could fly out on a Friday night and we could play, and he'd fly home the next day.
Oh, my.
I told him I'd have to talk with John about this, because it would impact my time with him and I make a point of trying not to do that, so I'd get back to him. John's reaction? "Life is short. Try it once."
I love this man. ♥
So we planned it for the weekend of May 11. One snag — it turned out he was arriving around 11 p.m., so we'd need to play Saturday. Argh… I had planned to meet him Friday night, play, then head on to John's. Now it was looking like I wasn't getting to John's until sometime Saturday afternoon. But I was all in, and that was that. And for once, the stars aligned; as it happened, John had a crew scheduled Saturday morning to cut down a tree in his back yard, and they were going to be chain-sawing and jack-hammering all morning. So it was just as well that I not be there.
I asked B if he could please come early Saturday morning, say around 9:00. We settled on 9:15. In the meantime, he'd friended me on Facebook, so I could read all about him. I had a full name, a number, an email. He said he could provide references; just the fact that he offered that meant (to me) that I didn't need them. I was ready. Oh, and did I mention I was nervous AF? It had been six months. And did I also mention this guy is very big on caning? What the hell kind of tolerance was I going to have after such a long hiatus?
B didn't like the idea of playing in his hotel, so he was coming to my apartment. Bright and early, he showed up. Even more handsome than his pictures, with that accent and the most beautiful blue eyes… oh, Christ, was I ready.
He'd brought his suitcase with him, having checked out of his hotel, and as he settled in, he unzipped one compartment and pulled out four canes, an implement that looked like a whole bunch of skinny canes bundled together, two tawses, and one short strap. Easy, Erica. Don't panic. You've got this. Bionic Butt, remember? It's like riding a bike. Oh, wait… I never learned how to ride a bike. Fuck. When he showed me the tawse, he explained it was a Scottish Lochgelly tawse, and it looked like one mean mofo — two tongues and very thick. He then added, "We probably won't be using this." Probably thought it was a bit too harsh for a first session. I certainly didn't argue.
Mercifully, he did give me a brief warm-up OTK with his hand and the short leather strap, over my jeans. But all too quickly, it was done, and he had me get back up while he searched for the best place to bend me over for caning. The ottoman was too low, the armchair had no swinging room — but my bed was just right.
What is it about UK men and the cane? I have been caned many times by many tops, but no one seems to have the prowess and precision quite like UK tops. B was no exception. He was very methodical in his corporal punishment delivery — I had to count every stroke, I had to say "sir" with each one, and he was measured and even and focused. I've often said that a lot of people are afraid of the cane, but they shouldn't be; the cane is only as bad as the person wielding it, like any other implement. In the right hands, in conscientious hands, it is intense, it hurts, but it's a good hurt. It's deep and it's lingering and it's…. mmmmmnggghhh. Yeah, that's the word for it.
He gave me sets of twelve, and occasionally sets of twenty-four. I lost count of how many there were. He used that cane bundle too. We took breaks periodically, his decision. Here I am somewhere in the middle of it all.
Look how spot on those cane strokes are. And yet, I felt all of those implements on my back, plus one more cane not in the picture.
You would think that after six months of no play, of practically re-virginized skin, this would have been enough, yes? You'd be wrong.
He stopped when he thought I'd had enough. He was gauging my skin and my color. And because we had just met and he didn't know the full scope of my tolerance, he exercised caution. I knew all that and appreciated every bit of it. But…
I still wanted more.
So when we got up, went back into the living room and sat on the couch to talk, I told him so. I said it wasn't a criticism; I just liked to be pushed a bit. And because I haven't played for so long, I'm feeling insatiable. He didn't answer that, and changed the subject. I figured okay, this was great, we had a good intense scene and I got to dip my toes back in the water.
Until about ten minutes later when he suddenly stood up, picked up the tawse, and said, "Back in the bedroom."
Uh oh.
Once there, he said, "I'm going to give you twelve. After that, I will ask you if you want twelve more. You will not want them." I still had my jeans on; how bad could it be?
Oh, crap. That tawse is one mean son of a bitch. It packed a wallop, even over denim. I felt a bit shaky after the twelve were done.
"Do you want twelve more?" he asked.
"Yes, please," I replied.
The next twelve were harder, and I was barely able to keep count by the end. He told me to stand, and I did, on shaky legs. "Wow," I murmured, looking at the wicked thing in his hands. "That was intense. I can't even imagine how that feels on bare skin."
He just looked at me, not putting the tawse down. "Want more?" I hesitated. "How about six." "OK." "Pants down."
Oh, shit.
Took down my jeans, and he gave me six hard ones. And then, he gave me six more. I took thirty-six with that beastly thing.
And I felt so. Damn. Good. I haven't lost it. I've still got it. Now I was done.
Notice the absence of something? Like, I don't know… wrapping? Unevenness? Perfect balance and distribution. I was impressed.
It was now almost 12:30, so we started to pull our things together. I had already put my weekend suitcase in the car, so all we had to do was gather all his stuff and then I was driving him to the rental car place near the Burbank airport (which was on the way to John's), so he could drive into Orange County to a shop he wanted to visit there, and then he would fly home from LAX. As he was getting ready, I glanced at my bar top and saw a box that hadn't been there before. "Is this yours?" I asked. "No," he said, "it's yours. It's a gift." It was a stove-top espresso pot! In one of our earlier conversations, he had asked me, apropos of nothing, if I liked coffee, and I told him I did. I thought, okay, maybe he'll bring coffee when he comes over, but then he didn't, and I forgot about it. Wow. I did not expect a present, and I was really tickled. Thank you, sir, for everything.
I have to admit, what happened last year made me seriously question my judgment in people, my instincts about who is good and who isn't. But even someone who's usually pretty accurate about sussing people out could be thoroughly taken in by someone who was so charming and convincing. My instincts are not flawed; they're just not perfect every time. This time, they were spot on.
I wasn't sore that evening, which was strangely disappointing. But when I woke up Sunday morning and sat up… holy hell. My butt felt like it had been hit by a bus. Repeatedly. I was sore, deep into the tissues and muscles, but not a mark on me. I think that might have been due to B kneading out the cane strokes in between sets. He asked me which I preferred: having the massage, or having marks. Naturally, I said I like both. I felt the soreness for two days and relished it.
So. Project Erica Taking Her Power Back. Getting my life back, my spirits back, my kink mojo and confidence back. And finding new ways to indulge it, because I can't go back to the way things were. There's too much mistrust and pain. Eventually, I will write more about this. I still won't name names. But I think it's time to talk about it; I just have to figure out how. Meanwhile… please hold a good thought for me. Healing thoughts for my shoulder and my psyche. And for God's sake, wish me a local play partner!
And finally, a side note: RIP, Tardar Sauce (yes, that's how they spelled it), AKA Grumpy Cat. The iconic kitty has passed away at age 7. I mention this because she was my spirit animal, and I related to so many of the memes. But I will always have my little desk mascot.
As always, thanks for reading.


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In the not too distant future, we could see cyborg plants that tell us when they need more water, what chemicals they've been exposed to, and what parasites are eating their roots. These part-organic, part-electronic creations may even tell us how much pollution is in the air. And yes, they'll plug into the network.
That's right: We're on our way to the Internet of Plants.
That's the message from Andrea Vitaletti, the head of a blue-sky research group working on this very thing at a lab in Italy. The project is called PLEASED, short for "PLants Employed As SEnsing Devices." Though the project is still in the early stages, Vitaletti believes plants could serve as ideal sensors, monitoring so many aspects of our environment. Plants are cheap and resilient, he argues, and they could potentially monitor many different things simultaneously.
"Plants have millions of years of evolution. They are robust. They want to survive," Vitaletti says.
'Plants have millions of years of evolution. They are robust. They want to survive' — Andrea Vitaletti His interest in combining plants and electronics dates to childhood, when he and his father used schematics found in an electronics magazine to build a simple circuit for generating sound from plants. He went on to pursue computer engineering at the University of Rome, where he studied algorithms for wireless networks and sensors. But the Internet of Plants idea didn't take root until he saw TED talk on plant intelligence.
Vitaletti soon called the author of the talk, University of Florence professor Stefano Mancuso, and the possibility of using plants as sensors blossomed. This led to PLEASED, a project that spans many operations, from Vitaletti's company W-LAB and hardware company Advanticsys to The University of Southampton in Britain, The University of Florence and the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences. It's funded by the European Commission.
The fundamental notion is plants could be used as low cost, sustainable sensors for monitoring environmental factors like soil quality and air pollution. Vitaletti and other scientists already are working to connect various species with Arduino circuit boards that can record and transmit information. Eventually, these cyborg plants could detect parasites and pollutants in crops, or they could play a role in what's called precision agriculture, telling farmers when they need more water or more nutrients — or less. More broadly, they could monitor the effects of acid rain in the environment or the health of city parks.
Yes, we already have a wide variety of sensors for detecting temperature, humidity and the like. And even Vitaletti admits they are more accurate that what's possible from plants today. But he believes plants, with their robust and multi-facted nature, plants eventually could take us beyond the state of the art.
Like the human brain, plants respond to external stimuli from electrical signals. But while we already have tools for monitoring electrical activity in the brain — tools even let you control video games and robotic arms with brain waves — the mechanisms for plant signaling are less understood.
"There's evidence that plants react to damages, parasites, pollutants, chemicals, acids, and high temperature," Vitaletti says. "But what's not known is whether it's possible to look into the signal and see what generated the event."
Just like the human brain, plants respond to external stimuli from electrical signals PLEASED monitors for electrical signals within plants using cheap open source Arduino circuit boards, some custom built hardware, and the same type electrodes used in electromyography — the process of collecting electrical signals from skeletal muscles. "From a technical point of view, there is not much difference between the hardware to collect human biosignals," Vitaletti says. The hard part is analyzing and interpreting the signals.
"In some ways, this is easier than doing research on humans, because the signals are simpler," he says. But in other ways it's more difficult: It's harder to give and receive feedback from a plant. You can ask a human to think about the color red, for example, but you can't ask a plant to think about a bug landing on its leaves.
Despite these difficulties, Vitaletti says, the team has made some progress toward understanding at least a few signals, and they've released an open data set of their findings so that hobbyists or other scientists can examine their research. But they still have so much work ahead of them. Vitaletti estimates that practical applications are still four or five years out.
In the meantime, his work on PLEASED has borne other fruit. It has also spawned a project that seeks to generate sound from plants. The vegetable class is far more talented than you think.

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Just a dead-simple local Vagrant LAMP stack for developers
I discovered Scotch Box recently, brought to us by the folks at scotch.io. It actually looks like Nicholas Cerminara has done most of the work, or as least done all of the committing to GitHub. Here's the Scotch Box announcement at the Scotch.io blog.
After using Scotch Box for a day, I've decided this is how I will do all future development work. It's so easy, and you really don't need to know much about Vagrant or VirtualBox to get up and running with Scotch Box.
Scotch Box has a repository setup at GitHub that explains how to make use of Scotch Box. Basically, just clone the repository, and then run
vagrant up inside that repo.
Scotch Box is currently running Ubuntu 12.04.5. Here's a bit from the Scotch Box readme:
Scotch Box is a preconfigured Vagrant Box with a full array of LAMP Stack features to get you up and running with Vagrant in no time.
A lot of PHP websites and applications don't require much server configuration or overhead at first. This box should have all your needs for doing basic development so you don't have to worry about configuring Vagrant and you can simply focus on your code.
No provisioning tools or setup is really even required with Scotch Box. Since everything is packaged into the box, running "vagrant" is super fast, you'll never have to worry about your environment breaking with updates, and you won't need Internet to code.
Bringing Scotch Box Up
Once you've run
vagrant up, you'll be able to access your site at http://192.168.33.10/, you should see something similar to the image below.
Useful Stuff in Scotch Box
- No Internet connection required
- PHP errors turned on
- Laravel and WordPress ready (and others)
- Operating System agnostic
- Goodbye XAMPP / WAMP
- New Vagrant version? Update worry free. ScotchBox is very reliable with a lesser chance of breaking with various updates
- Bootstrap and jQuery are saved in the server's home folder in case you don't have Internet (usually plains, trains or cars)
- Chef and Puppet ready in case you want to add extra features on Vagrant Up
- Super easy database access and control
MIT License
Server Components Included
- Apache
- Vim
- MySQL
- Git
- Screen
- Composer
- cURL
- GD and Imagick
- Mcrypt
- Memcache and Memcached
Front End Stuff Included
- Grunt
- Bower
- Yeoman
- Gulp
You can SSH to your server as well, by running
vagrant ssh. Upon logging in via SSH you'll see something similar to the image below.
Scotch Box is in its infancy still. It's initial commit to GitHub was on October 6, 2014 and has about 10 commits in total.
Updating Scotch Box is easy too. To check for an updated version with Vagrant, do
vagrant box outdated. That will tell you if there's a newer version available. If there is a newer version available, you can update to it by running
vagrant box update.
Head to the official Scotch Box website for more information on setting up databases, setting a hostname, and for more details on updating the box. Some basic Vagrant commands are also included to help you with basic Vagrant usage (ie: pausing, resuming, or destroying a server).
If you're a LAMP developer like I am, and are tired of developing on your client's dev servers, Scotch Box could be a good solution for you to develop locally. It's sometimes much easier to develop locally then having to rely on a slow dev server provided by your client.
All the images in this post are included in the gallery below.


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Morning Minutes: July 4
Word of the Day
Vexillology vek-suh-LAH-luh-jee (noun) The study of flags -- www.merriam-webster.com
Website of the Day
The National Council on Fireworks Safety
It's just not the Fourth of July without fireworks. But you can still have fun while staying safe. If fireworks are legal in your state, check out this site for tips on using them safely. And find out how to report illegal fireworks.
Number to Know
818 million: Pounds of watermelon produced lat year by Florida, the state that led the way. Other leading producers of this popular fruit included California, Georgia and Texas, each with more than 500 million pounds. -- www.census.gov
This Day in History
July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
Today's Featured Birthday
Playwright Neil Simon (83)
Daily Quote
"And I'm proud to be an American,
Where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
Who gave that right to me." - Lee Greenwood


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…. Can't stop making these adorable shopping bags from Hero Arts!
These are made using the Fancy Dies 3-D Shopping Bag. As you can see, I couldn't stop making them! The bag is open enough to let you add things, but not so puffy that it won't easily slip into an envelope. I love that you can put anything in these bags!
Check it out:
For the background, I did a soft watercolor wash using Hero Arts' liquid pigment watercolors. The greenery was created from Spellbinders' Fern Dies. The dots are Nuvo crystal drops.
For this card, I first stamped Hero Arts' Floral Mandala Bold Print in Unicorn White onto the gray cardstock. The flowers are from Hero's Coloring Layering bird CL866, and the stems are an older stamp from Art Impressions F3022.
This one is a particular favorite — I love the ombre bag and the balloons!
The paper for the bag was colored using Ranger Distress Oxides; the background is Lawn Fawn's Quilted Backdrop die, and the balloons are from My Favorite Things, the Bundles of Balloons card kit.
Thanks for stopping by!
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If there is one thing I could have done without in my life it would be the continuation of the Michael Bay produced TMNT reboot. I would have been completely happy. That was until I saw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows teaser trailer. While 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot had a grittier edge that lacked any kind of resemblance to the franchise, the Out of the Shadows teaser has the exact opposite feel to it.
TMNT is suppose to be the tubular adventures of four turtle brothers and their parental rat sensei who battle bizarre creature villains while navigating adolescence. Although the writers are the same, perhaps we can give thanks to the new director Dave Green (Earth to Echo). The Out of the Shadows teaser is spastic and drops very few hints about the plot, but it delivers more of that beloved TMNT personality in just 140 seconds than what the entire run time of the reboot did.
Here we find the Shredder (now played by Brian Tee) acting his revenge on the turtles by recruiting two thugs Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly aka Sheamus from WWE) that become mutants of their own thanks to Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry), who fans know will become a mutant himself later on. Per usual, Channel 4 news reporter April O'Neil (Megan Fox) finds herself in trouble and a new hero hockey stick wielding hero, Casey Jones (Stephen Amell), arrives on the scene to save day.
There's also flashes of alien spaceships coming from out of the sky near the end of the teaser. It has been rumored that Out of the Shadows could delve into Dimension X territory, which is the homeworld to Krang, the little anthropomorphic brain that sits inside the stomach of a mech suit he built while residing in the fearsome Technodrome – I can't make this stuff up if I tried.
Now all of this may sound completely bonkers and stuffed to the brim like Spider-Man 3, but for some reason I find this to be a welcome change compared to that pile of garbage reboot – the only notable scene in the movie is the elevator beatbox session.
I grew up watching the Saturday morning Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon in the '90s, owning all of the licensed toys, bed sheets, and more. The first two films were also wildly enjoyable to me as a young lad – less so as an adult, but the nostalgia remains. And of course, Turtles in Time is arguably one of the best arcade side-scrollers ever created. All of this wackiness in the teaser gives me hope that the franchise can rise up from the ashes in which director Jonathan Liebesman helped lay the foundation for.
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- Bebop and Rocksteady look a little rough, but I'm sure the effects will be touched up before the film's release.
- There seems to be some kind of macguffin the turtles are protecting before they begin their fight against Bebop and Rocksteady.
- Stephen Amell looks kind of out of place since the character Casey Jones most notably has long brown hair. Running away on rollerblades doesn't help his case either.
- Those alien spaceships look like rejected Transformers since Paramount distributes that property too.
- I think Will Arnett is hilarious, but I am not a fan of his character in these movies.
- Where is Whoopi??
Here are the two teaser posters featuring Bebop and Rocksteady that were released earlier today by their respective actors on their Twitter accounts (click on either one to enlarge):
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Directed by Dave Green, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows stars Megan Fox, Stephen Amell, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Brian Tee, Tyler Perry, Brittany Ishibashi, Laura Linney, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Pete Ploszek, Tony Shalhoub, Danny Woodburn, Gary Anthony Williams, and Stephen Farrelly. This film is set to arrive in theaters on June 3, 2016.
Source: TMNT Official YouTube Channel


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Everyone always talks about the book being better than the movie.
But where do most people stand on the audio book compared to the book?
That's pretty much what I'm going to be sussing out for myself in the next couple days as I listen to the Orson Scott Card classic Ender's Game on Audible.
Not an ad for Audible, but could be an ad for Audible?
Hit me up, Audible. I could stand to listen to more books and it might help if I had extra motivation.
Anyway though. I will be listening to Ender's Game over the next few days.
I've actually read the book before, years ago — sometime just before or after I blew through my Dad's big physical collection of the Hitchhiker's Guide series (condensed into one publication).
I was having a hell of a space phase back in Middle School/early High School, apparently.
However, as a part of the curriculum for Gaming in American Culture, I must read the book again. Apparently it fits in well with the themes of video game use by the military, our discussion for this upcoming class.
As much as I enjoyed the book years ago, and certain scenes continue to stick in my head (mostly the bursts of graphic violence and groin kicking oddly enough), I don't exactly have a lot of time to sit down and read ~350 pages in the span of three days.
Midterms have stolen that from me.
So I'm going to be listening to the story instead. Work it in during my drives in place of podcasts for a while.
I don't listen to audio books too often, so it should be interesting to see how the experience lives up to my time with the original book. Will I retain more? Will I notice things that I never have before? Will I use that momentum to finally go ahead and listen to/read the sequel novels past the quarter of Ender's Shadow I read back in the day?
And the most important question of them all:
Will the audio book be better than the movie?
Yes, yes it will.
Because most things are better than suffering through Harrison Ford phoning things in.
Even if the rest of the movie was pretty good around that, from what I remember.
Now, I know what you must all be thinking. "Jason, is this really the peak highlight from your day? The most worthwhile thing you can talk about?"
To that I say… Yes. Kind of.
If I were to be completely honest, the most interesting part of my day was watching huge groups of butterflies migrate across Redondo Beach, as well as the rest of Southern California apparently.
When I was picking up my sister from school, there were so many butterflies going around that I thought they were leaves at first.
It was nuts.
But I also don't have a lot to say on it considering I didn't take photos or videos of the phenomenon. So that LA Taco article will have to do.
Beyond that, all my time today has been devoted to the gym and homework. So… Yeah, disregarding butterflies, listening to the audio book for a book I have already read is the most interesting part of my day.
Purely due to the more philosophical questions I'll be considering about the difference in media consumption over the next few days.
So hey, maybe I'll come back to this topic at the end of the week.
Or even if I don't, maybe I'll have some more interesting blog topics from here on out!
We'll just have to see.


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I actually connected with Pélé this morning and recorded a message from her @ what is going on with her on the Big Island in Hawaii. That was a first. Rather wild. Mother Gaia piped up too.
Plus, plus…
Humbling… to surrender and serve at this level. humbling.
For the sake of expediency (since I'm juggling a bit here, as most of us are), you can read the message in my latest e-Newsletter.
Life is ever the adventure. Oh, my…


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From 2009 with huge relevancy to today's times:
This magazine has been watching Joseph Ratzinger for a long time. As we have watched, we have followed his course from chief confidante of the late Pope John Paul ii, to his enthronement as pope, and then on throughout the past four years of his controversial papacy.
As we have watched this leading religious figure, we have monitored his involvement in a clandestine project of the Vatican that was documented in Bible prophecy almost 2,000 years ago and which remained a mystery until fully exposed within the last two decades. Now, in light of Benedict xvi's visit to Israel in May, his first since being elected pope, it is crucial that the Vatican agenda for the city of Jerusalem be publicized.
Hushed About History
Back in the mid-1990s, a statement made by Pope John Paul ii during an interview in his native Poland, broadcast in Italian over a Polish radio station, was noted by one of our Italian associates. She sent us a transcript of the interview, which included one particularly startling reference by the pope regarding the Vatican's ultimate goal of transferring its headquarters from Rome to Jerusalem.


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A mouthful of carne asada fries
Eric Williams ericwphoto.com
On a steep Nob Hill side street behind Imbibe is a tiny hole-in-the-wall kitchen, clad mostly in stainless steel. It's called The Last Call, or TLC, and its proximity to Albuquerque's nightlife weighs heavily on the short, funky menu. Read all about TLC's signature dish in this week's Food section.


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For the third and final stop of the day in our Pre-Birthday Chicago Tiki Blitz, we headed back out to the suburbs to the Hala Kahiki in River Grove. (Part one was Tiki Terrace, and Part two took us to Trader Vic's Chicago).
The bar had lots of lanterns and nautical touches, it was probably my favorite area of the Hala Kahiki. There was a group of folks there that seemed to be having happy hour after work, and several couples showed up later that seemed to have made special trips to check out the tiki temple.
They don't muck about trying to serve anything edible (besides bowls of pretzels)—it's strictly beverages only. The sheer amount of variations is impressive; there are classic martinis, several fruity incarnations of pina coladas and daiquiris, and even alcoholic ice cream floats.
This tiki bar is apparently pretty popular with the kids on the weekends (lines out the door, even), and there are several rooms to go get lost in.
Like Chef Shangri-La, there's a nice collection of Witco wood carvings.
The patio had a bit of a tropical vibe with its fountain and hibiscus, but the Midwest summers are just too humid to sit outside. I also checked out the souvenir shop, which stocked tchotchkes, made-in-China Hawaiian-themed things (which you've already seen plenty of if you've been to Hawaii) and a Mai Tiki or two.
I had the Planter's Punch (a blend of rum and fruit juices, per their menu) and it appeared to be half foam. It wasn't bad, but I would go for something else. I'd had my eye on a different cocktail, I think it might have been the Hawaiian Caress, but I went with the punch as they said it was less alcoholic. (It'd been a long day of drinking!)
Hala Kahiki
2834 River Rd.
River Grove, IL 60171


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University of Leicester experts are combining two scanning techniques to create a highly-detailed 3D reconstruction of Richard III's grave.
Researchers are combining laser scanning with digital photogrammetric techniques to produce an interactive map of the grave discovered at the Grey Friars church by Leicester archaeologists in September.
The remarkably accurate reconstruction will preserve the grave as it was following the excavation of Richard's skeleton – and will be a useful tool for studying the grave's conditions in future.
The researchers also hope the reconstruction will be made available to the general public in the proposed Richard III Visitor Centre.
David Ackerley, a postgraduate researcher in the University's School of Geography, used a terrestrial laser scanner to map the exact shape of the grave. This instrument is part of the Leicester LiDAR Research Unit, based in the Department of Geography and directed by Dr Nick Tate.
The instrument was placed at various points around the grave. Using the principles of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), it fires out laser pulses in a 360 degree arc, recording the length of time taken to bounce off a surface and return to the scanner.
The information gathered at each of the measuring positions was combined to build up a 20-million point-cloud of the site – revealing everything down to the precise soil textures of the excavated grave walls.
David uses this technique as part of his geomorphology research to monitor how the surfaces of gravel-bed rivers structure over flood events and how this influences particle entrainment and sediment transport. It allows him to survey the fluvial environment without, importantly, disturbing his area of interest.
The data from David's laser-scanning of the grave will then be converted into a triangulated irregular network (TIN) surface and combined with a survey made using digital photographs.
José Manuel Valderrama Zafra, a visiting academic at the University of Leicester's School of Archaeology and Ancient History who was invited to join the project by fellow archaeologist at the University, Dr. Mark Gillings, used a digital camera to take more than 80 pictures of the grave from many different angles.
José, who is also an engineering researcher at the University of Jaén, Spain, used 3D modelling software to combine the photos into a 3D model of the grave.
The researchers hope to combine the two datasets by mapping the photographic model onto the surface derived from the laser-scans.
This would add context and extra depth to the surface – making it easier to see colours and features as well as the exact shape and dimensions of the grave.
David Ackerley said: "Laser scanning is a very useful surveying tool – especially as the technique is non-intrusive. Historically, you would have had to physically go into your survey area and measure every point by hand.
"This technique allows for a quick, high resolution recording of features in areas that may be inaccessible – or where you want to preserve the layout of your site.
"In an archaeological context, the value of this non-invasive approach is that you can document the grave of King Richard III and generate a highly accurate and detailed virtual representation whilst minimising any disturbance caused. This really is the 21st century approach to the sketchpad."
José Manuel Valderrama Zafra said: "The close range photogrammetry method we have used is able to obtain the 3D position of different points by the measuring the spatial intersection of the rays that define the same point in different photos.
"We also need to correct the different deformation parameters of the camera in order to minimise the final errors in the spatial definition of the points.
"This technique it is very interesting, because of its simplicity and the low cost of the materials needed to do it – it is even possible to do it with a simple compact camera."
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services have begun a month-long excavation of the choir area of the church – where Richard's body was discovered in September.
Richard Buckley, lead archaeologist on the Search for Richard III, said: "What is remarkable about this is that we can create a truly objective 3D record of Richard III's grave using modern technology. It can then be used by Leicester City Council for the Richard III Visitor Centre.
"It is a way of applying cutting edge techniques to an archaeological site. We hope to work from this and develop it further – and hope to use it during the current dig."
Filed Under: Rapid prototyping


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The Oak Tree in Celtic lore
represents the door way between to another place,
a grove is a potential sanctuary between the worlds.
Pentacles represent powers brought into balance
and guided by the spirit.
In the design of the Oak Pentacle
I used a simple,
direct representation of oak leaf and branch
without a lot of other symbols.
In this way I have kept the piece open and free of restraint.
The personalization of the amulet
comes with the selection of stone:
set into a cluster of leaves.
Selecting the kind of stone
(color and type)
lends one the ability to "claim" the design
while maintaining the intent of the piece.
Like some of my other other pieces,
I made the setting as a part of the design,
not a typical die struck setting of prongs and bezel:
leaves fold around the stone both securing it to the amulet
and protecting the stone from possible damage of a direct hit.
I developed these while designing on opal settings,
then expanded these protective enclosures to other designs.
Combining the focus
protection of the stone
and the Strength of the Gateway,
the Oak Pentacle provides you with a tool
of exploration of one's self and the world.
This amulet is for these unafraid of the journey
of one's life and the Truth that awaits.
To view the Oak Pentacle Amulet with Stone, please visit my website.


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Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
De Civitate Dei
An example of the intricate illumination work found within De Civitate Dei.
De Civitate Dei
Marquette University Libraries preserves a small collection of incunabula, books from "the cradle period" (1450-1501) of Western printing. Of particular note is De Civitate Dei (The City of God). This rare second edition printed in Latin is from the presses of Johannes Fust and Peter Schoeffer, Gutenberg's successors in Mainz. The type faces are the same used to print his 1462 Bible.
The opening to each book is extensively rubricated in red and blue, while book numbers and illuminated capitals appear on each page. It is believed that 500 copies of the book were printed, but it is not known how many copies still exist today. Elaborate hand-drawn illustrations distinguish Marquette's copy from others known to exist. An unsigned, nineteenth-century note on the final leaf attributes the rubrication to Lazarus von Andlau. The author of the note states he has seen a book signed by Lazarus with similar rubrication in the shop of the bookseller Heberle in Cologne. This edition includes commentary by the Oxford Dominicans Nicholas Trevet (1297-1334) and Thomas Waleys (d. 1349), printed separately from the text. Each book is preceded by a chapter table.
The City of God was written by St. Augustine (354-430) in the fifth century as a defense of the Catholic faith and is considered one of the most significant pieces of Christian literature ever created.
A 1999 gift from Rose Mary (Sullivan) and Frank Matusinec, De Civitate Dei was the commemorative one millionth acquisition to Marquette Libraries. Former Milwaukee public school teachers and Marquette alums, Mr. and Mrs. Matusinec donated the funds to underwrite purchase of the book from the Whitefish Bay Public Library. Mrs. Sidney C. Fraser had donated the volume to the public library in 1957, in memory of her husband, a former member of the library's board of trustees. The volume had once been part of the Bibliothecae Weisenaviensis, a monastic library in the village of Wurtenbourg, Germany.
The detail depicted above is an unidentified family crest of a former owner of this volume.
Nicholas of Lyra
The Old Testament
Details taken from Nicholas of Lyra's Old Testament Commentary
The earliest edition of the Bible preserved by the Department of Special Collections is a 1482 two-volume edition of the Old Testament. Printed by Renner of Heilbrunn, in Venice, the Old Testament is printed in Latin within a central text block, with Nicholas de Lyra's (ca. 1270-1349) explanations surrounding the main text. It is the first printed explanation of the Bible.
Illuminated capitals - in red, blue, and violet - denote the beginning of paragraphs throughout both Old Testament and de Lyra's text. Both volumes are in fair condition, having been rebound in 1939. The title page is missing, but the text has been copied on the front end leaf as: Biblia Sacra Latina (Sacred Bible in Latin). The original plain wooden boards are worm-eaten and show evidence of having been chained to a press.
The provenance of these volumes has not been investigated, although priests from the Society of Jesus at Marquette have owned the volumes since at least the late 19th century.
Above is a detail of a margin note added by one of the volume's early owners.


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Command Line Tools Console Tool Window
This tool window is marked with the icon .
Use the tabs of this tool window to type and run commands in the command line and to validate tool definition files for structure consistence.
The character set to be used in the tool window is chosen from the Console encoding drop-down list on the Command Line Tool Support page of the Settings/Preferences dialog box.
The tool window consists of the following tabs and areas:
- The Input text box is displayed in the bottom of the tool window if you have
chosen Tool window in the Show console in area of the
Command Line Tool Support page. Otherwise, the
Command Line Tools Input pane opens in a separate pop-up window.
In this text box, type the desired command in the format
<tool alias> <command>
- The output tab shows the results of executing commands. The tab is named after the last invoked command.
- The Tool definition file errors tab is not shown by default. The tab is
accessible only if any structure discrepancies are detected in the tool definition file.
Every time you invoke a command, PhpStorm performs full validation of the tool definition file. If the validation fails, PhpStorm displays a Command Line Tool pop-up window with a notification on validation failure. Upon clicking the More link, the Tool definition file errors tab opens showing messages on detected inconsistencies. Each message contains information on the file and the line number where the problem was found, as well as a brief description of the error.
You can close the tab by clicking the cross on its header. To re-open the tab, again click More in the Command Line Tool notification pop-up window, which remains on the screen until you close it manually.
Upon validation failure, the tool is marked with the Invalid description icon in the Command Line Tool Support page.
Toolbar Options
|Tooltip and Shortcut
|Stop Ctrl+F2
|Click this button to cancel execution of a command without closing the tool window.
|To previous command
|Click this button to navigate to the previous command.
|To next command
|Click this button to navigate to the next command.
|Use Soft Wraps
|Click this toggle button to have the soft wrap mode applied to the output.
|Scroll to the end
|Click this button to navigate to the bottom of the output tab named after the last invoked command.
|Click this button to have the contents of the console printed out. Upon clicking the button, PhpStorm opens the Print dialog box, where you can configure the printing procedure and output.
|Clear All
|Click this button to remove all text from the console. This function is also available on the context menu of the console.
|Export to Text Alt+O
|Click this button to have the results of executing commands saved in a text file. In the Export Preview dialog box, that opens, specify the target file, and click Save.
|Click this button to close the tool window. If one or more commands are still running, the Command Line Tool dialog box opens. Specify whether you want to stop them or leave running in the background by clicking one of the following buttons:
|Use this icon or shortcut to open the corresponding help page.


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EWCS 2005 - Questionnaire development
The questionnaire for the 2005 European Working Conditions Survey was developed with a view to:
- maintaining the balance between the different blocks of questions
- retaining core 'trend' questions to ensure continuity
- identifying new and emerging areas of interest falling within the scope of the survey
This is a crucial activity in the survey preparatory phase as it impacts on the quality of the results.
The questionnaire includes questions on age, gender, marital status, activities at home, country, sector and company size as well as questions on the employment situation (working time, work organisation, job demands, working with a computer, etc.).
The questionnaire was developed and reviewed by the Foundation's then Working Conditions team in close cooperation with an expert questionnaire development group. The expert group included members of the Foundation's Governing Board, representatives of the European Social Partners, other EU bodies (EU Commission, Eurostat, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work), international organisations (OECD, ILO), national statistical institutes as well as leading European experts in the field. This expert group met three times during the preparation phase.
Interviews are conducted in the national languages of each country. For the 2005 survey, the questionnaire was translated into 26 different languages and 15 language variants. The translations were done in accordance with current good practices in multilingual translation of international survey questionnaires.


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I'm disappointed in the provincial government's decision to continue Site C. It is not the choice I would have made, were I in a position of influence.
However, I understand it. Financial issues interconnect.
Finance ministry people influenced the Site C decision, emphasizing that what is done today affects what can be done tomorrow. A $4 billion dollar write-off would reduce the province's credit rating and elevate annual costs by hundreds of millions.
Christy Clark vowed to get Site C past the point of no return. She succeeded.
Perhaps, this is one of the few successes in the political career that special interests hired her to pursue.
However, Mr. Horgan must know there are even more serious problems to address at BC Hydro.
People with influence have been treating the utility as an always-open ATM. This is not only demonstrated by payments to independent power producers – $481 million more in the first six months of the current fiscal year than in the comparable period twelve years ago, despite no growth in demand – but also to the contractors who've grown fat as BC Hydro added $20 billion to its assets.
This situation should amaze everyone. It would be headlined in corporate media, if they cared about people of the province.
How does a utility pay $20 billion for additional assets, move its purchases of private power in the first half of fiscal year 2005 from $219 million to $710 million in the first half of fiscal year 2017,
deliver 2% less power to BC consumers in the current period?
The government must reclaim management of BC Hydro from the Liberal pirates that have been in charge.
This chart illustrates my argument.
Our public utility delivers (or, but for IPPs, could deliver) electricity from generating facilities built years ago. But, it continues spending massive sums to add assets, without economic justification.
Profligacy allows the recipients of spending to gain but adds significant amounts to every utility bill issued by BC Hydro.
Politicially privileged people gain; ordinary ratepayers lose.
Directors of BC Hydro, drawn mostly from Liberal contributors and supporters, failed to protect citizens of BC. They turned blind eyes as the utility was pillaged.
The immediate action should be to replace every director remaining from days of Liberal governance. The new people should be committed to protecting the public interest.
Particularly the interests of BC Hydro's millions of consumers.
Residential consumers pay BC Hydro more than $2 billion a year for electricity. Commercial operations and light industries pay almost $2 billion more. Every extra dollar charged by BC Hydro imposes a burden that affects our economy.
The time to change direction is now.


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Guidance from Elder Brother
as Received and Transcribed by Sun~Rose*
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: The Course text is in bold face. The Guidance is in normal type In His Guidance, He has asked Me to capitalize the pronouns You and We as an acknowledgement of the Divinity of All of Us, an acknowledgement of Equality, an expression of His Love and respect for You. When You see the word 'YOU' capitalized in the Guidance, know that He is not just speaking to YOU, He is honoring YOU.
L e s s o n 211
I am not a body. I am free. Yet all I seem to know of Myself is body, and it does not feel at all free! So what's the story!
For I am still as God created me. So how does Our loving God continually create Me?
It's very simple belovèd Sisters, belovèd Belovèd Brothers. I will repeat it until You get it: You are consciousness! You're not a body. And consciousness is everywhere!
[191] I am the holy Son of God Himself. His blessèd Extension of Love and Life; Intelligence Itself.
1 In silence and in true humility, – and this silence includes cessation of any thinking – I seek God's glory to behold it in
the Son whom He created as my Self.
The seeming 'self' You know right now – yet have not always known – is not the Self We are seeking. For that seeming 'self' is but Your poor declaration of independence.
There You are waving Your flag: Don't tread on Me! Now I am not knocking early America at all. In fact, Your Constitution was a grand example of transcendence of ego. Unfortunately, it was written by and for ego's who would not treat all their Brothers fairly.
Yet each instant holds the promise that You All can be transformed by Your innate capacity to Love.
Right now, this instant, You can accept the holy opportunity and do it!
Review VI
R6:1 For this review, we take but one idea each day and practice it as often as is possible. – Which naturally will be as often as You choose it to be. – Besides the time you give morning and evening, which should not be less than 15 minutes, and the hourly remembrances you make throughout the day, use the idea as often as you can between them. Each of these ideas alone would be sufficient for salvation, if it were learned truly. Each would be enough to give release to you and to the world from every form of bondage and invite the memory of God to come again. The memory of God is but Your Reality. Therefore, it is not of the past but is present right here and right now.
2 With this in mind, we start our practicing in which we carefully review the thoughts the Holy Spirit has bestowed on us in our last 20 lessons. Each contains the whole curriculum if understood, practiced, accepted, and applied to all the seeming happenings throughout the day. You are understanding that these ideas – Gifts of the Holy Spirit – are Your key to freedom from the hell in which You are. Even if You aren't suffering, Your Brothers and Your Sisters are; most of the current seven billion just in this dream. I know You want to help to set them free.
This Course aims not so much to heal specific instances in the dream, although it does. Its goal is total freedom by healing the entire dream.
One is enough. – The "One" refers to just one of the ideas, yet is has a double meaning. For if just One of You would be 100 percent faithful, that would be sufficient. For One of You – with Me – make the Two who will undo the dream. One is sufficient, more is efficient. – But for that one, there must be no exceptions made. – Once again We have a dual meaning and opportunity. And so we need to use them all and let them blend as one, as each contributes to the whole we learn. And yet, remember: One more is enough.
3 These practice sessions, like our last review, are centered round a central theme with which we start and end each lesson. It is this:
4 I am not a body. I am free.
For I am still as God created me.
Your statement of freedom. Your passport to Heaven. The Truth is most magnificent.
5 The day begins and ends with this. And we repeat it every time the hour strikes or we remember in between we have a function that transcends the world we see. Beyond this and a repetition of the special thought we practice for the day, no form of exercise is urged except a deep relinquishment of everything that clutters up the mind and makes it deaf to reason, sanity, and simple truth. Your faithfulness in this appointed and important task brings great joy to Heaven, as well as My deep appreciation.
6 We will attempt to get beyond all words and special forms of practicing for this review. For we attempt this time to reach a quickened pace along a shorter path to the serenity and peace of God. We merely close our eyes and then forget all that we thought we knew and understood. For thus is freedom given us from all we did not know and failed to understand. Now You do know and understand the meaning of My words to Nicodemus: "Ye must be born again".1
7 There is but one exception to this lack of structuring. Permit no idle thought to go unchallenged. If you notice one, deny its hold and hasten to assure your mind that this is not what it would have. Then gently let the thought which you denied be given up in sure and quick exchange for the idea you practice for the day. And thus do You replace error with Truth.
8 When you are tempted, hasten to proclaim your freedom from temptation as you say:
9 This thought I do not want. I choose instead….
10 And then repeat the idea for the day, and let it take the place of what you thought. Beyond such special applications of each day's idea, we will add but a few formal expressions or specific thoughts to aid your practicing. Instead we give these times of quiet to the Teacher Who instructs in quiet, speaks of peace, and gives our thoughts whatever meaning they may have.
11 To Him I offer this review for you. I place you in His charge and let Him teach you what to do and say and think each time you turn to Him. – Through this practice does Your Reality as the Holy Spirit become clearer and clearer to You. – He will not fail to be available to you each time you call to Him to help you. – For closer is He to You than breathing.2 – Let us offer Him the whole review we now begin, and let us also not forget to Whom it has been given as we practice day by day, advancing toward the goal He set for us, allowing Him to teach us how to go, and trusting Him completely for the way each practice period can best become a loving gift of freedom to the world. As I have said before, Love does bless both Giver and Giftee.
1 Gospel of John, chapter 3.
2 Tennyson, The Higher Pantheism
[Thank you Dear Brother]
*Sun~Rose is the scribe of the recently published book,"YOU ARE LOVED AND SAFE: PREP NOTES FOR EXPERIENCING GOD'S LOVE", Jesus' Guidance on the Miracle Principles
She is also author of,"RADIANT LIFE: RAW FOOD AND THE PRESENCE OF LOVE"BOTH now available on amazon.com


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Key Benefits of Working with a Nassau County Architectural Design Firm
When the residents and business owners of Nassau County are searching for architects near me, Ronald Kuoppala Architecture is always the first firm they call. Certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and accredited by the American Institute of Architects, their firm has received multiple awards for their designs and has established themselves as one of the area's leading architectural firms. With such impressive credentials, when you choose Ronald Kuoppala Architecture to design and oversee the construction of your Hillside Manor, NY property, you can have confidence knowing that you'll receive results that will far exceed your expectations.
Are you planning on building a custom home in Hillside Manor, NY? Do you want to add on to the property that you already own? Either way, you should strongly consider hiring an architect to assist you with the design and construction process.
You want your home to be beautiful, structurally sound, and functional. You want it to appeal to your taste, reflect your personality, and improve the function of your lifestyle. If it doesn't do all of those things, then chances are you're going to be unhappy with the finished product. But there's a professional who can make all of these things happen and ensure that you receive the results you're looking for: an architect. Here's a look at some of the key benefits you'll be able to take advantage of when an architectural design firm oversees the design and construction of your project.
A Better Return on Investment
Whether you're planning on building a brand new house or you're adding onto your existing Hillside Manor, NY home, you're making a big investment. If anything goes wrong, you'll have invested a substantial amount of money in something that you aren't really satisfied with; however, if everything goes according to plan, your home will be one of your favorite spaces in the world (as it should be), and you will have made a worthwhile investment.
A Nassau County NCARB-certified architect will help to ensure that everything goes right so that you'll love the final outcome of your project. Architecture is a complex process that requires years of training and experience to master, and a professional that is certified in architectural design will have the knowledge and insight that is necessary to attend to every detail and make sure that the entire project – from concept to completion – is executed correctly. When an architect creates the design and oversees the construction of your newly built home or your extension, you can be sure that your project will be a sound investment.
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Dear Becca,
Like Deborah in your book, The Chakra Diaries, I feel dried up, my partner looks at every woman but me, what can I do?
In a Funk
Dear Friend,
You can go from funky to femme fatale with just a little balancing of your chakras. The second or sacral chakra governs our sexuality and passion. Let's start with your passion for life in general – everyone is attracted to someone who flirts with life and glows with love for themselves as well as others. Do you judge the way you look unkindly? Look in the mirror and tell yourself how beautiful you are, just the way you are. And move through life letting that beauty emanate from you. The second chakra is about movement and flow. Go for a swim or dance around the house. Stand with your feet planted firmly on the ground as you listen to music you love and let Mother Earth's energy fill you. Breathe it up from the center of the Earth. Embrace the feminine, celebrate it.
When your second chakra is balanced, breathe in the energy of the bright yellow sun to fill your personal power center, the third or solar plexus chakra. Radiate self-confidence out into the world. Don't be jealous of others' charms, compliment them. Once you feel filled with love and joy, believe me, your partner will want to tap into that. The more love you give out, the more you will receive.
For a more in-depth chakra balancing, listen to this free Chakra Meditation from The Chakra Diaries.
Becca Chopra


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I've been reading so much all year, but changed day jobs and haven't had time to do serious thinking about what I've been reading, never mind writing about it. Every once in a while I pull up the blog and see the most recent old post from last summer and it makes me anxious and sad about not participating in rich booktalk conversations here and elsewhere online.
Today as I was driving a daughter home from week 2 of her summer theater program and realized we're already talking about the end of August, I decided I really have to put something up over the "Summer Reading" post from August 2015. To anyone who receives a notification and takes a minute to read this, my apologies that it's such a lame post!
The other thing that is prompting me is that just two days ago I wrote an email in response to a friend who wrote asking "Do you read novels? I need something new to read. What have you been reading?" Actually it took me over a week to finish the response that I sent her (which is ridiculous because it was nothing brilliant, just that I am constantly interrupted these days and juggling too much at work). And then today I realized, the thing about the blog was, it was just supposed to be like writing to friends about books I'm reading….
So anyway, here's some of what I wrote to my other friend (we haven't known each other very long):


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So as I've mentioned before, this week I've been taking time off from "normal" health blogging. (Which is why I've been throwing any old crap up here instead of health and fitness posts). Fortunately, clever and funny readers have come to the rescue with great observations about sucky jobs and manipulative pets! And again, thank goodness for Merry Sunshine on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
So why the blog-slacking? Well, it's because we have two sets of very good friends in town, as well as the Lobster's mom. Since some of these folks have traveled thousands of miles to be here, and they are all extremely fun to hang with, it seems a little silly for me to say "you guys go on without me, I have to blog." Most people are not all that familiar with the verb "to blog" anyway, and probably think I'm referring to some sort medical condition that requires me to gargle repeatedly or flush out my sinuses with saline or who knows what.
Yet the result is that by spending time with friends who are physically present, I'm missing my Internet Friends! I'm way behind on blog visits, and emails, and I hate being so lame. I'm one of those people who considers friendships with people I only know through pixels on a computer screen to be just as "real" as my friendships with physically-present people. You aren't all imaginary, are you? Please tell me you aren't!
My internet friendships have, over time, become an important part of my social network. There are too many to list them all, but, for example, I am absolutely certain I would not still be blogging without the behind-the-scenes support of Merry and Carla and Charlotte and the Bag Lady and POD and Dr. J. and Leah and Katieo. And I feel like I know so many of the people who regularly comment here! I wonder how people are doing with their new homes or lost jobs or gluten-free diets or medical recoveries or marathon training or Dorito cravings.
But sometimes it feels weird to admit this in the "real world." Anyone else? Like if you're talking to people "in real life," do you ever hesitate to bring up a story about a blog friend, even if it's totally relevant and hilarious, because you're afraid people will think you're socially retarded and don't get out enough? Plus, there's the name thing. "Oh, the exact same thing happened to this woman I know, the Bag Lady..."
Am I just weird, or do other people feel that online relationships are "real" and important too?
Oh, and speaking of "friends," I have to pass on this Sarah Haskins video, "Ladyfriends." Let the Madison Avenue folks show us women what our friendships are supposed to be about: products!


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New Black Panther Party's King Samir Shabazz was caught on video again. This is infinitely worse than the Philadelphia voter intimidation and club / nightstick video covered heavily on Fox News.
No, this cuts right to the core. Open death threats to every white person in America and the world.
The angry black racist, Samir Shabazz shouted " I hate white people. All of them. Every last iota of a cracker, I hate it." And who can forget the classic, " You want Freedom. You're going to have to Kill some [crackers] CraKKKas."
Racism is Alive and Well in 2010. Shame on you. I can understand intense anger from the love-less Shabazz and because his life is a mess he wants to kill white babies. I get it.
But for not one, so called, Black political or religious leader to speak out about Shabazz's comments is a complete disgrace. Not one.
This is perfectly fine with the DOJ, Attorney General Eric Holder, Obama, NAACP, ACLU, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton etc.
Perfectly acceptable behavior, eh boys? You fully condone this, right?
" Only in America, HaHaHa " – Don King
What if, on national television, it was a New White Tiger Party radical yelling I Hate Black People, All of Them. Every last iota of a n1gg@, I hate it. Than what would your hypocritical, cowardly asses have to say? You would rant and rave then, wouldn't you?
your SILENCE is DEAFENING gentlemen.
I'll expect your resignations in the morning. " Only in America HaHaHa " – Don King
" I hate white people. All of them. Every last iota of a cracker, I hate it …You want Freedom. You're going to have to Kill some Crakkkas." – [King] Samir Shabazz, New Black Panther Party 2010


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Only III folks can clear up these lonely, broken records, and get them back in action as soon as possible. Sending them to me will only slow down the recovery time.


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Welcome to the TREE OF LIFE: Branching Out collaborative writing challenge, where creative minds meet epic movie music. To read the collective story in its entirety as it unfolds and for more details on this groundbreaking collaboration with Audiomachine click HERE.
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A gust of wind tore through the Tree's branches. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in dark tones. The threatening storm ruptured, and rain poured from the sky.
Zoe's heart saddened as the vibrant new life became pummeled by the pelting rain. "Oh no."
He touched her shoulder in comfort. "It's all right. Death is as natural as life." He lifted her face with the crook of his finger to meet his gaze. "Many will survive and be the stronger for it. Those that do not will be mourned by you because you loved them."
She understood then. Love was the savior and the destroyer. It was the succor and the hindrance. It was the truth speaker and the deceiver. Love was meant to be clung to tightly yet strong enough to let go without reservation.
Zoe laughed as she threw her hands up into the storm. The freedom of her insight exploded forth from her heart like a Phoenix from the ashes. She grabbed his hands and danced away in giddiness as she imagined her soul flying alongside in joyous rapture.
The rain slackened then stopped. The clouds vanished to allow sunlight to create water diamonds to dazzle their eyes as a rainbow painted the sky.
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Smith: Old sports writers still have plenty to say
Travels With Loran
It was an autumnal social (the leaves on the small hardwood in my backyard are emerging from green to rust, so fall is here) of old friends where food and drink were just right and stories were being told without restraint. Unbridled. Everybody had one or two, which led to four or six or eight or more.
The principals were Terry Kay, the author and host; Jim Minter, a sagacious editor whose unembellished contributions were the centerpiece of the conversation; and Lee Walburn, editor of Atlanta magazine in its heyday. It was Walburn who noted that a good life can only be attained when you are the beneficiary of good stories, told with affection, reality and feeling. What would life be without stories when old friends gather?
This trio has a common thread in that they once were sports writers, working ably together and with other men with conspicuous talent but not without personality flaws and peculiarities, which defined them as much as their ability to link words with equanimity and poise on paper. Kay, Minter and Walburn are three of the best sportswriters of our time. All moved onward and upward. Minter, the senior in the group, lives on a farm near Fayetteville. He became editor of the AJC. While he loved old dog scenes, bass on a hook and a bobwhite quail fluttering to the ground after an aim on target, he was demanding, but equitably fair, of his charges. His seasoned leadership as executive sports editor gave the Atlanta papers the best sports pages in the South. Kay and Walburn were stalwarts in his lineup. Turning a phrase and creating clever headlines was all well and good, but you had to get to work on time (5 a.m.) - and those unfortunate few who weren't willing to roll up their sleeves when they entered the newsroom were the recipients of Minter's ire, which struck fear in their hearts.
Kay became an author who, at last count, has published 14 books, and his latest - "The Seventh Mirror" - is about to hit the streets. This is a man who once wrote about bowling and high school basketball but whose prose now attracts publishers who passionately believe in books. Kay lives in a secluded corner of Oconee County where a couple of does greet you as you turn to move down his driveway. He and his wife, Tommie, are immersed in antiques and books, with an affinity for manual typewriters. I spotted three - one an 1896 Smith Premier that still works - and thought those alone were an abundant collection. Tommie explained, however, there are "at least 20 stashed here and there."
A native of Royston, Kay had "fixed" mimosas that were as refreshing as the conversation, which had a casual beginning and gained momentum with alacrity as we moved to the dining room. Walburn, Kay's house guest, made sure everybody was aware that the host is almost as expert in the kitchen as he is in his study, fashioning another moving novel. Tommie conceded that she is second fiddle to her husband when aprons are donned. To confirm it, we sat down for starters - gazpacho, a Terry specialty. Then we queued up at the buffet of mixed fruits, for our health fix, a couple of quiches, pulled pork, cole slaw and potato salad. Seconds were encouraged, but Lee advised us that Terry's expertise with desserts might be his best. The offerings were not just one, but three: green tomato cake, peach cobbler (Tommie's handiwork) and frozen, chocolate-covered bananas. I looked at Terry's waistline and wondered why there is no bulge. When we left, I had to loosen my belt another notch, which brought about private reflections of fulfillment.
Walburn lives in Armuchee, where a creek by the same name flows by on its way from Chattooga County to the Oostanaula River. Lee's got a book titled "Just My Type, 50 Years Preserved in Ink" headed for the bookstores "in the not too distant future." We could have done our Christmas shopping at Terry and Tommie's retreat in the woods.
When Minter had the floor, we were eager listeners as he recalled the fire and brimstone that emanated from rants by Furman Bisher, the late, great sports editor. He fondly recalled the days of Lewis Grizzard and other sports-writing icons and personalities. Too much of that remains to go into the space left, but it all generated an idea. Someone should sit down with these guys with a tape recorder for an oral history of sage Atlanta sports writing, in the days when writers worked hard, rode hard and, more often than not, were put up wet.
Let those recollections segue into a book. I already have the title: "My Cup Runneth Over."
• Loran Smith is a contributing columnist for the Athens Banner-Herald. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Gone are the days of the dresses where we need the help of a few friends to pull us into them! Flattering shift dresses are the hottest look around (whilst covering up those bits you don't want to show off!) This style would look lovely on Hourglass, Petite and Pear figures.
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Every time we say we've seen everything, we manage to see something else that makes us say, "Now we've seen everything."
Pending future events, now we've seen everything.
A pair of 20-year-olds somehow managed to record a telephone conversation between Bills G.M. Buddy Nix and Buccaneers G.M. Mark Dominik.
Dubbed by Deadspin (which has published the audio) as "pranksters," there's a chance that the state or federal authorities will apply a stronger term.
"We are aware of the report on Deadspin involving a phone conversation with Bills G.M. Buddy Nix," the Bills told PFT in a statement. "We have made the league aware of the report and are reviewing it with legal counsel."
The Buccaneers declined comment. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Buccaneers likewise have referred the matter to NFL Security.
Setting aside the specific circumstances, the law generally frowns on secretly recording audio. In many states and at the federal level, at least one party to the conversation must consent to the fact that the discussion is being taped. Some states make it illegal even if one party to the conversation knows that the audio is being recorded.
The kids involved had no malicious intent; it was by all appearances a prank. But if they intended to record the call (and they clearly did) and if Nix and Dominik had no idea that the call was being recorded (and they clearly didn't), this thing could get interesting for reasons far beyond the things Nix and Dominik said to each other.
UPDATE 1:41 p.m. ET: We won't be discussing any of the content of the call, for now. Because I don't have the time to research the law and because I fear that there could be a provision extending criminal or civil liability to anyone who knowingly publishes the content of an illegally-recorded conversation, we're being careful on this one. For a change. (The wireless connection inside a prison may not be very reliable. Especially with all the barbed wire screwing up the waves.)