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Hello EyeCycled friends!
Life has been busy and somewhat complicated especially now that I am so close to leave on my 2,000 Km pilgrimage to Rome on the 30th of June.
Yet, as part of my training I've been trying to ride my bike as much as my free time allows and this week I rode all the way from Bracknell to Camberley through the Swinley Forest. On my way back, the weather was so nice I decided to ride the entire length of the RED trail as this was the one I did not record when I posted my first Swinley Forest MTB Trails post back in August 2015. I've been wanting to record this trail since then, which is much more technically challenging than the BLUE one.
I have also tried something new… a GoPRO chest strap mount. I've seen quite a few riders using it and always wanted to give it a try. I don't think it is something I will be using often as I found it to be a bit uncomfortable, but it is always an option. I found that is does help reducing the shakiness of the picture, however, the RED trail was not a good place to test it properly as the trail is really bumpy.
Anyway, I've got 2 options for you:
- A 59 min long full length video of the entire trail with my voice commentary only i.e. no music, no video acceleration where you can, hopefully, see the entire trail in detail.
- A 10min 51sec, accelerated video (6x normal speed) with some nice music, but quite difficult to watch at places because there is only so much shaking that video stabilization can deal with. If you don't have time (or patience) to watch the full length video, this may be an option. You may also want to watch the shorter, accelerated version first and then focus only on the parts you find more interesting on the full length video (tip: if you are watching the accelerated video at 3 min and want to see that part in greater detail, just multiple by 6 and jump to the full length video at around 18 min).
Always good to have options, isn't it?
But before I give you the videos, here goes the stats of the RED trail as recorded by my Garmin Edge 810 and according to a 51 years old amateur rider 🙂
- Length / Distance: 11 Km or 6.83 miles (In the information totem pole, the length given is 13 Km / 8 miles, but there were several diversions in place).
- Time: According to my Garmin, 59 min in total or 53 min of moving time.
- Average Speed: 11.1 Kph (Km/h)
- Max Speed: 33.8 Kph (Km/h)
- Elevation Gain / Loss: 202m / 206m
- Max / Min Elevation: 3m / -43m
- Average Heart Rate: 169 bpm
- Max. Heart Rate: 192 bpm
- Calories: 746 CAL
RED MTB Trail: Full length Video (59 min)
RED MTB Trail compressed / accelerated video (10 min 51s)
Thank you for your time.
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Austin, Peter and Bond, Oliver and Charette, Monik and Nathan, David and Sells, Peter, eds. (2009) Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory 2. London: Department of Linguistics, SOAS.
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Jordan Brand's 30th anniversary brings us a very special rendition of the Air Jordan 7. Bringing back the classic Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan duo, the "Hare" colorway will make its way back to retailers! Coming to retailers in Remastered-form the Air Jordan 7 "Hare" will surely be a sneaker you don't want to miss.
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This Land is Mine
More often than not, the claim to Palestine as a Jewish homeland has been based upon historical and national rights. All this changed when Menachem Begin became Prime Minister of Israel. Historical and national claims were not discarded, but took secondary place to the Biblical claims which were now being set forth. Begin quoted heavily from God's promises to Abraham, Moses and the prophets. The West Bank was now called by its old Biblical names of Judea and Samaria. Secularized Jews have not been comfortable with this claim to the land, though orthodoxy has been ecstatic with it. Some went so far as to state that the Biblical right to the land is the only really valid claim.
Is there any validity to making the Scriptures the source for the modern Jewish claim to the land? The answer is a resounding "yes." In fact, this is the only area where Jewish claims become unique. While both historical and national claims are important, the Arabs have made their own claim to the land based upon those two elements as well. At that point, it becomes a matter of choice of whose historical and national claims one will accept. However, in the area of the Biblical right to the land, the Arabs cannot make any claim to it, while the Jews can. Hence, the Arabs do not and cannot claim to have any Biblical authority for their right to the land. Their literature tries to ignore it. Or, when they do address the matter, it is through rebuttals from ministers who do not hold to a literal view of Scripture. However, the Jewish Biblical claims have no rival.
The Claim of Abraham
What are these claims? The claims to the land are first of all, rooted in the Abrahamic Covenant. This covenant is found in several passages of the book of Genesis, and each passage builds on the previous. one. The first such passage is Genesis 12:1-3:
The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
What is most relevant in this passage is the promise that Abraham would be shown a land. Nothing more than that is promised.
Having arrived in the land that he was shown, God discloses more:
But the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
-Genesis 12:7
The promise here is that the descendants of Abraham will eventually possess the land that he was shown. The fact that Abraham's descendants will possess this land is reaffirmed in Genesis 13: 14-17; but then, in addition, there is a further promise made that Abraham himself will also possess this land.
The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you."
So Abraham is now commanded to make what amounts to the first Holy Land tour of Israel, for all the land that he sees in its length and breadth will be his.
However, the exact boundaries are not given until we come to Genesis 15:12-18:
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking fire pot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—"
At the time of the signing and sealing of the Abrahamic Covenant, God spelled out the future history of Abraham's seed prior to their initial entry into the land. Then God states what the northern and southern boundaries will be: from the Euphrates in the north to the river of Egypt in the south. The latter border refers to the most eastern branch of the Nile Delta, which now goes along the line of the modern-day Suez Canal.
The Covenant Confirmed
This covenant is later reconfirmed to Isaac in Genesis 26:2-5 and then to Jacob in Genesis 28:13-15. In these passages, both Isaac and Jacob are promised that they themselves will possess the land as will their descendants.
What is promised by God in the Abrahamic Covenant is expanded and expounded upon by Moses and the prophets. In Leviticus 26:40-45, Moses points out that after a worldwide dispersion of the Jewish people, they will eventually be regathered into the land. The basis of this reclamation of the land is the Abrahamic Covenant (verse 42).
Israel's regathering to the land after worldwide dispersion is also found in the prophets.' The common element that is repeated over and over again by the prophets is that the worldwide regathering and possession of the land is based upon God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Especially revealing is the statement found in Isaiah 27:12:
In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.
Isaiah reaffirms not only a regathering and possession of the land, but he further reaffirms the very boundaries of the land that were promised to Abraham in its northern and southern boundaries.
So, then, according to the Scriptures, three promises are made with regard to the land: first, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were all promised the possession of the land; second, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were promised the possession of the land; and third, the boundaries of the promised land extended from the Euphrates River in the north to the River of Egypt in the south.
The Future Promise
However, in light of all the above passages and promises by a God who cannot lie, two other things should be noted: first, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all died, and the most they ever possessed of the promised land was one burial cave and several wells, and second, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, although they had possessed portions of the promised land, have never possessed all of the land in keeping with the boundaries given in the Scriptures. At no point in Jewish history have the Jews ever possessed all of the land from the Euphrates in the north to the River of Egypt in the south.
Since God cannot lie, these things must yet come to pass. Somehow or other, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must possess all the land, and second, the descendants of Abraham must settle in all of the promised land.
Foolishness vs. Fulfillment
How will God's promises be fulfilled? During the period of the second temple, Judaism was divided into several segments, but the two primary ones were the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The two groups differed on several points of theology, one of which was the belief in a physical resurrection from the dead. The Pharisees affirmed it, while the Sadducees denied it. The Sadducees enjoyed asking tricky questions of the Pharisees in light of their belief in a resurrection in order to make the Pharisees look foolish. One such question had to do with a point of the Mosaic Law and how it could be placed in conformity with the concept of a physical resurrection from the dead. According to the Mosaic Law, if a man dies leaving a wife but no children, the brother of the deceased has the responsibility of marrying the widow and producing seed in the name of the deceased. The tricky question went something like this.
There were seven brothers, one of whom married a certain woman and then died, leaving no children. In accordance with the Mosaic Law, his brother then married the widow, but he, too, died childless. He was followed by a third brother and the same thing happened until all seven brothers were married to the one woman, all of them leaving the woman childless. Finally, she also died. So if there is a physical resurrection from the dead, whose wife would she be, since all had been married to her?
The Sadducees enjoyed asking this question since the Pharisees were unable to explain how this particular law of Moses would be put into effect in the world to come. But one day the Sadducees tried this question with Jesus and got an answer they did not expect. It is recorded in Luke 20:34-40:
Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection. But in the account of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive." Some of the teachers of the law responded, "Well said, teacher!" And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Evidence for the Resurrection
To begin with, Jesus answered that the Sadducees were guilty of lacking knowledge of the Scriptures and not understanding the power of God or the nature of the resurrection body. The purpose of marriage on earth is to sustain the race since humanity sustains itself by natural generation. But in heaven, man does not reproduce, so there is no need for marriage. The resurrection body is not merely a restoration of natural life, but it is a transformation of the body itself. This transformed body cannot be reproduced.
But then Jesus turned to the Scriptures for evidence of the resurrection by quoting Exodus 3:6 where God said to Moses: "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." That particular expression in the Old Testament became a formula for the Abrahamic Covenant. That covenant, as has been shown earlier, stated that the land was not only to be possessed by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but also by their descendants. The Patriarchs, however, all died without possessing the land, and their descendants have never possessed all of the promised land. So how will God keep His promises in accordance with the Abrahamic Covenant? Only by doing two things: first, there must be a resurrection of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and therein lies the evidence for a physical resurrection. The point Jesus made to the Sadducees was that for God to keep His promises and to prove Himself not to be a liar requires a physical resurrection. But second, there would have to be a restoration of the land in which Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob can all live, and a Jewish state must be formed where they and their descendants can dwell. Restoration of the land—when? There will be a time when the Jewish people will possess all of the promised land, however the Bible makes it clear that this will be fulfilled only during the Messianic times, that is, after the Messiah returns and sets up His kingdom.
However, the resurrection and enjoyment of the land in the Messianic Kingdom are not going to be automatic to every Jew just because he was born a Jew. The element of faith is necessary as Messiah Jesus said in John 5:25-29:
"I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned."
Again, in John 6:38-40:
"For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
We invite you to be a recipient of God's promise through His Son, Jesus.
Scripture References: Isaiah 30:23-26; 35:1-2; 65:21-24; Jeremiah 31:1-6, 11-14 Ezekiel 20:42-44; 28:25-26; 34:25-31; 36:8-15, 28-38; Joel 2:18-27; 3:18; and Amos 9:13


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Udi explained 8 things that he does best for his meats:
"Free ranged and grass fed. No lot feeding, no grain or genetically modified stock feeds and no growth hormones"
"Emphasis on stress minimisation and humane livestock handling"
"Environmentally sustainable. We border the Great Otway National Park and 25% of our farm is remnant forest, with revegetated shelter belts and waterways. This is beneficial for the care of livestock and wildlife and also importantly, for water quality"
"We maintain a low and sustainable stocking rate. We also avoid chemical inputs and prioritise the use organic fertilisers"
"Otway Prime is proud to be an accredited producer and member of the Victorian Farmer's Market Association (VFMA)"
"Otway Prime was established early in 2008 to cater to the growing consumer awareness about the importance of sustainable farming practices, the need to maintain the highest standards of animal welfare and the benefits of local, seasonal, premium quality produce"
"We produce quality livestock that are unconfined and free range. We do not lot feed, grain feed or use any other genetically modified stock feeds and we do not use growth hormones."
"We strongly believe in the ethical treatment of animals and we prioritise animal welfare issues and stress minimisation. We are similarly committed to producing clean, wholesome, natural beef and lamb and we personally manage the supply chain to ensure our customers receive the highest quality produce."
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Motor Vehicle Standards Review—Safer roads and better cars
Media Release
16 April 2015
The Australian Government is getting on with delivering safer roads and better vehicles for motorists as part of our detailed review of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act (MVSA).
The MVSA delivers national vehicle standards for new motor vehicles and regulates the first supply of imported vehicles to the Australian market.
The Australian Government has consulted broadly for the past 12 months to ensure we strike the balance between appropriate safety standards, in line with international best practice, and consumer access to vehicles at the lowest possible cost.
As part of this process the personal importation of new cars has been a key consideration, particularly given the end of light vehicle manufacturing in Australia in 2017–18.
Cabinet has now agreed to consider possible options to reduce restrictions on the personal importation of new vehicles after further public consultation is undertaken. The Australian Government is not inclined to take the same approach with used vehicles.
We are, however, considering how we can continue to support specialist and enthusiast vehicles to be imported without impacting on road safety.
Any potential changes in this area will be focused on ensuring consumers have access to the lowest cost, safest and youngest car fleet possible.
As part of the Review more broadly, the Australian Government will continue to cut unnecessary red tape by accelerating the harmonisation of our vehicle standards with international best practice to ensure we lower costs for business and make Australia more competitive.
Currently, the MVSA imposes $281 million a year in regulatory compliance costs to Australian business and we are confident these costs can be reduced substantially.
Consultation on the Australian Government's intention to consider options to reduce restrictions on the personal importation of new vehicles will now be undertaken until the end of May and will inform a final decision later this year.
We are committed to improving road safety, reducing unnecessary red tape and driving greater competition and consumer choice in our vehicle market.
Information on how the public can participate in the consultation process can be accessed online at www.infrastructure.gov.au/vehicles/mv_standards_act/index.aspx.


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So after all the fuss and furor over Facebook's privacy policies, the new privacy controls are rolling into users' Facebook pages. The alert hit my Facebook page yesterday, letting me know I had access to the new controls, and I finally got around to checking them out today.
My first impression? More of the controls have indeed been more conveniently grouped on a short series of screens, just as Facebook promised. But when you get right down to clicking through them, they didn't feel much different in substance from the old options. I also couldn't help but notice that Facebook's recommended settings, which would allow "everyone" to see my status updates, photos, posts, bio and family and relationships information, were a lot more public than the ones I'd previously customized. (I'd locked down everything except "bio and favorite quotations" so that only my friends could see).
Still, having all the information laid out in a more easily digestible format made me a little more comfortable with sharing, so I left the "instant personalization" feature on. (I'm nosy, I guess. I wouldn't mind seeing what my friends are finding interesting on sites I tend to visit).
I think because I labored through the old settings to customize them, perhaps that left me with less "new" to do when the new ones hit. And for whatever it's worth, I think Mark Zuckerberg's right -- people will share more eventually. But only if it's their choice, and only if they feel they're being dealt with honestly.
Have the new settings showed up on your page yet? Do they make you feel any more secure about what you're sharing and what people can see?
Thursday, June 3, 2010
New Facebook privacy settings rolling in
14 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Mine showed up about a week ago. Only friends can see everything, as that is why I registered for Facebook in the first place. I didn't sign up to farm or be a Soprano. It's designed to easily keep in contact and share photos, etc, with those you know and it should be nothing more than that.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oh but how wrong and misguided you are! FB is used for MUCH more than that and that's why it is a risk and threat to many. There are predators, stalkers, liars, and sexual deviants on there that use Facebook as a way to meet up with people for sex and the like. Anything you put on there is considered available to the public - period. No controls will change the facts. Get a life and go meet people face to face. Facebook has and will continue to ruin many lives.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Phillip said...
Ruin lives? A little over dramatic there, don't you think?
- June 3, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
Um, Negative. I do mean ruin lives, literally. There's nothing 'dramatic' about people losing jobs, marriages, and ultimately their lives over an internet site because of these things. I trust people do realize this does happen and it goes on much more than most realize.
- June 3, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
If lives are ruined, it's due to the ignorance of the user and the fact they believe they can say or do anything they want there. As for stalkers, liars, etc...don't add people you don't know. Your actions reap your own benefits / problems...become educated about the media you're using and don't blame the site for stupidity on your own part...nuff said.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
I agree with what was said above and personally know people who have been devastated because of incidents through Facebook. As to the person saying 'nuff said', I would say they are partially right, but unfortunately Facebook provides the facilitation needed for these individuals to lurk and cause their trouble. It could be said the users are to blame for not being cautious enough, but it is still the fault of Facebook to a certain extent because ultimately they do provide the venue for all of this to take place. You will never be able to convince people not to share every aspect of their lives, even though they don't seem to give a damn about the consequences. Believe it or not, it's just fine out here in the real world without having to depend on a Facebook addiction. An addiction to an internet site that coudl ultimately cause more trouble than you know, even if you're careful. Now that's what I would call stupidity. Now, 'nuff said'.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
Interesting posts here. I'm in the process now of determining whether my children will be allowed to use Facebook. It's not them I'm worried about as much as the other scary people out there who obviously don't use the site for it's original purpose.
Our neighbors teens have been caught doing some pretty disgusting stuff on Facebook, so that's kind of ruined it for us too. For every positive I've heard, there are just as many negatives.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:49 PM
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My son started this painting of his dad's tug boat and some of the other company tugs a little over a month ago and since then there has been an empty hook in our family room awaiting its arrival. Well the day has finally come and his dad is so proud of it :)
It just happened that today hubby was going to be stopping in at the wharf to refuel his tug and get supplies so K got to show him the completed painting :)
Above is the original pencil drawing he made from a photo. In a couple of weeks our town is hosting its annual Garden Tour and quite often some of the homes will display quilts or artistic works done by locals and we are going to exhibit K's paintings in my mom's garden as she is part of the tour *grin*.
He has studied Frida Kahlo, Leonardo Da vinci, Henri Matisse, & Dr. Suess so far, copying some of their most famous paintings and learning about their lives. I think it will be fun for him since he's only 10 and to be able to share some of his new found knowledge about the arts will be great. Plus you know those older ladies will just love it! LOL.
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I went to see my friend's band, Left and Right, play at Boylan Heights on Friday October 23rd. They were playing a show for the after party for Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team's (VASST) movie premier of "Re: Session". The band consists of my friend, Zak Krone (Drums), Phil Dameron (Guitar/Vocals), Daniel Merchant (Guitar/Vocals), Andrew Abbott (Bass/Vocals). They played indie rock music, alternating between slower and faster songs. I liked that almost all the members of the band sing during the show even if they were not the best singers of the group; however, one intoxicated member of the band probably should not have been singing. My favorite part of the show was when they played a cover of "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire.
Most people in their "audience" were not actually there to listen to the music: they were either there for the VASST event or there to eat and drink. The demographics of the audience were very diverse, with a large amount of both men and women, as well as many different ethnicities and ages. The people who were visibly listening to the music were mostly white and standing or sitting near the bar rather than in front of the stage. For this reason, perhaps, there was not much interaction between the band and the audience. A few people, five at the most, danced for a couple of the songs; other than this, though, few people seemed to notice the band at all. Left and Right did not receive a negative reaction to their music, but they also did not necessarily move the crowd either. After their set was over, one of the guitarists said jokingly, "Thank you everyone…sorry for bothering you," which received a few laughs.
I thought this lack of interaction with the audience was shyness or indifference on the part of the band members, but after attending a show tonight at the Tea Bazaar in which Left and Right opened for two other indie rock bands, I could see that they were quite capable of positive interaction with their audience. I found that the difference here was between the venues, the occasion, and who played in the show itself. At Boylan Heights, they were playing by themselves and for an event that was not solely their own, and in a venue that was primarily catering to people looking to eat and drink. At the Tea Bazaar, they were playing for their own event, with bands of a similar sound and genre, and for an audience that was drawn to the music itself. The audience was eagerly standing and dancing in front of the stage rather than sitting across the room at the bar. I also found it interesting that the audience at the second show was far less diverse, consisting of mostly white young people. Although there was still a mix of males and females, there was a muhc higher concentration of males at the Tea Bazaar show.
The differences in demographics between the audience members of each show reminded me of the concept of rock music being associated with music that is more "real", "authentic" and "masculine." At Boylan Heights, the show lacked a pure interest in the music and thus lacked any. At the Tea Bazaar, the masculine atmosphere and the "authenticity" of the event itself (purely for music rather than for the VASST event) made the indie-rock show seem more successful and enjoyable for both the band itself and for their audience members. Most of the people who expressed adoration for or a connection with the music (dancing, singing along, etc.) were young males, and many of these males attended the show together. This comparison supports the idea of brotherhood being associated with rock music, even in modern indie-rock genres.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Have you ever felt like a kid in a candy store? Well, you can feel that way every day if you open one up! But first, a name. Candy store names should be as fun and bubbly as the business! And with the Processing center gone from the Global Neighborhood Thrift's main center it is allowing them to expand their open to the public retail store. The thrift store will be expanding it's furniture offerings and opening a new furniture outlet in the space that the processing center had occupied. The new furniture outlet I'm told is already open for business, although they are always open to donations.
The problem with picking for yourself is you take on all the risk and you need to find the right buyers for all your stuff. I think it would be easier to pick for yourself as a hobby and just pick up stuff you know you are going to make use of right away. The more you keep around the more you look like a hoarder rather than a picker/ collector.
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Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, every other week here on Agora!
The idea of setting aside a bit of time each day to focus on the spiritual is a common, and worthwhile, goal. How many of us have made that particular New Year's resolution? We swear to ourselves that we're going to schedule a special time for contemplation, and we're always sure that we'll make it this time. Some of us try morning prayers, others go with meditation, or Yoga, or reading the Lore. For a week or two we're determined to stick to our guns and be "more spiritually focused," or try to be "better Pagans." Then life gets busy. We find ourselves strapped for time, and cutting minutes wherever we can in a desperate attempt to find hours in the day that just aren't there. Unfortunately, that special time of contemplation that we told ourselves we would stick to always seems to be one of the things that gets cut.
So here's where I put on my preaching collar and tell everybody they should all be good little pagans and say ten "Hail Thors" every morning before breakfast, right?
When I was growing up, I sometimes used to see my grandfather wake up at suck-o'clock in the morning, so he could spend an hour alone contemplating a chapter of his favorite Bible. He did this EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. I always envied his devotion. It didn't matter if he had been up half the night working late, this guy would be up and reading his bible at 4:30 the next morning like clockwork. I didn't care much for my grandfather's beliefs, but I never doubted the strength of his convictions. In my mind's eye, the archetypal image of a truly faithful man was always of my grandfather, sitting in his ugly blue armchair, with his GIGANTIC annotated Bible, at 4:30 in the morning. Despite our differences, I always felt like I should find something to be that devoted to.
With that example as my guide, I tried everything I could think of to try and keep myself on that kind of daily routine. At first I tried to do a half hour of prayer every morning. Unfortunately, I've never been very good at prayer (for much the same reason that I suck at talking on the telephone). I would sit down and invite the gods into my home… and then sit there… in awkward silence… with nothing much to say… So after a week I scrapped that plan, and I tried quiet meditation next. In case you've never tried it, quiet meditation, first thing in the morning when you're still all groggy, is a one-way ticket to dreamland and a painful crick in the neck. So that plan failed after about 2 weeks.
I built an altar in the hopes that it would inspire me to do some kind of daily devotion more often. (The thought was: "If I put this much time and energy into building this nice altar, I'll want to put it to good use whenever I see it!"). In the end, the altar got used on the holy days, but otherwise it just got very dusty. Every time I tried to do the kind of daily ritual that I thought I was supposed to be doing, it always seemed to fall flat. I just was NOT getting the sense of daily spiritual connection that I thought I was supposed to be getting. So after years of trying (off and on), I gave up.
Eventually I figured that I would do better to use my morning time slot for something more productive. If I couldn't manage to get much out of daily contemplation, I could at least help others to do so. So every morning I went through my routine, updating the "Daily Hávamál" mailing list that I run through my website. It goes like this:Every morning I take two verses of the Hávamál, and create a "poster" for each one.
I then update my mailing list with a daily email for each new verse, wherein I write a paragraph or two examining each stanza. (If you click the image above you can read an example.)
Next, I go back through my archives and find the Stanza for that day. I post this to my Facebook Page, and the "featured" section of my website. Once that's done I undertake the LONGEST part of my daily routine, and manually post that day's verse to over 60 different pages.
The final component to my daily routine is a rune casting, where I pick the "Rune of the Day", which then gets posted to Facebook and my web page.
The entire process takes about an hour and a half a day. I do all of this mostly because the online community asked me to, but also because I honestly believe it does some good, and I feel that I am contributing to the community I love. If I couldn't manage to give daily offerings to the gods, I thought I could at least give this.
It was only once I had finally let go of my preconceptions about what "devotion" should look like that I FINALLY found what I was looking for. As I went about my day-to-day life, I started noticing the influence that the words of Odin were having on me. I've never been a charismatic or socially-inclined individual; yet my friends and coworkers started coming to me for advice, and for once I actually knew not only what to say, but how to say it. I found myself more capable of explaining thoughts that I'd always had, because my morning routine had already forced me to examine them. I had finally given up on finding whatever it was that my grandfather had, and lo and behold it found me!
We often have these preconceptions about what a "good Pagan" is or does. We set ourselves up against a standard set by others, and beat ourselves up when we don't fit into the mold we've made for ourselves. For some people, like my grandfather, a routine of daily prayer works. Some people don't feel the need for some kind of daily devotion at all, and that's fine too! But if you're like me, and you're one of those people who always makes that New Year's resolution, I have a simple secret for success.
Do what feels right, not what you think you're SUPPOSED to do.
Maybe sitting in front of an altar and reciting prayers doesn't feel right, but you always feel most inspired when you're doing carpentry in your garage. Perhaps you've never been good at meditation, but you've always felt more clear and connected when you go out for a morning jog. Don't worry if it doesn't look like what people imagine as "sacred time." If you feel more of a connection with the gods while jamming out on your guitar then sitting in front of your altar, then PLAY ON!
Devotion can look like fitness, or music, or making chairs, or updating a web page. Don't try to change your nature to fit a specific model of worship; that just leads to failed resolutions. Instead, choose the model of worship that best suits your nature.
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text: Zach has been studying To Shin Do at the Elite Training Center for nearly five years. His favorite part of the curriculum is sword training and joint locking techniques and he considers himself a lifetime student of ninjutsu. He is an all "A" honor roll student at St. Ann Catholic School where his favorite subjects are math and science. He also plays clarinet and enjoys participating in an after school tutoring program. Zach has two sisters and numerous nieces and nephews.


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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Mohammed was pretty sure he had the best joke of the night in Martyr's Square as Tripolitanians partied in a carnival-like atmosphere into the small hours of Friday morning.
"I have a new ambition, maybe," the 20-year-old said. "I want to run for president."
The guffawing of his friends proved him right as they shouted out that it might be possible now.
"We want elections, we want democracy, we want a better economy," Mohammed's friend, Tarek, also 20 years-old, said.
"Now that Gaddafi is gone we can say and do whatever we want to. Can you hear me speaking to you?"
The people who surged into the streets of Libya's towns and cities to cheer the demise of Muammar Gaddafi and who celebrated in the renamed Martyr's Square in central Tripoli, exercised that freedom with some gusto.
Posters featuring Gaddafi's dead body were made up and being enthusiastically waved around the streets within an hour of the photos appearing online. One man in Martyr's Square had mocked up several images of Gaddafi dressed as a woman, causing much amusement and raising of camera phones.
If anyone was sorry that Gaddafi had been killed or was worried that jostling among factions in the interim government could keep the country's stability off balance and threaten a promised roadmap to elections, central Tripoli last night was not the place to say it.
"This is our night to enjoy something that people are having trouble believing even happened," said Saif, one of many people with a small child on his shoulders. "For some people from outside Libya it could look wrong that we're celebrating a death with our children. But it was 42 years of the devil."
Fireworks — some of them in the red and green colors of Libya's new flag — cascaded over the city centre's tall buildings as celebratory red tracer fire soared into the night sky with heavy bangs.
Several people staggered around drunk, despite alcohol being outlawed in the country.
"We are revolutionaries! We can drink anything!" one young man shouted having pried a machine-gun out of the hands of a more inebriated friend whose hand was a little too close to the trigger.
Fighters from brigades loyal to the ruling National Transitional Council mingled with teenagers who had never known any ruler but the man they were instructed to call "dear brother leader."
Old couples, who recalled the excitement and hope they had when he came to power as a handsome and fiercely proud Arab willing to stand up to the West, shared their shock in small groups. To a person, all of them said they never imagined they would see him killed.
"He was so fantastic for us when we first saw him — really," said Lamse, who was 15 when he came to power. "But I remember when I saw in one speech that he wanted all the power. I got shivers down my body and all up my neck."
Children — many too young to remember the man whose death they were there to mark — were hoisted on shoulders and taught how to flash the "V" for victory sign of anti-Gaddafi forces.
They ate candy floss and popcorn and scores of them jumped about on a bouncy castle brought in for the occasion.
"Muammar, bad," one small girl said to foreign journalists in English. "Boom, boom."
The boom, boom of celebratory machinegun and anti-aircraft fire filled the skies again — though it was less than on other occasions during the war, perhaps because several people have been killed by it — highlighting that the city, and the country, is still awash with weapons.
Despite fears that rival militias may refuse to give up their arms and go back to their home regions until horse-trading over positions in any new government is done with, several young fighters from different brigades — standing arm-in-arm — said they had no interest in more fighting.
"I swear to you we are going to give back our guns," said a young fighter called Ahmed, who had taken part in the final battle for pro-Gaddafi bastion Bani Walid. "We are going to become like guys in Europe."
Everybody had gathered in the square where Gaddafi had made some of his most fiery speeches to talk about one thing: him.
But Nasser, a 25-year-old shopworker, thought Libya should move on and stop focusing on the man whose huge personality and eccentric rule had dominated it for so long.
"He's a monster. And he's dead," he said. "He's just a dead monster. That's all."
Additional reporting by Jessica Donati; Editing by Peter Graff


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a set of resources for video creation, vj performance and more, abstract, geometric, coloured, for overlay or background
Source: suburban geometrics | f4mmedia – Sellfy.com
There are always new trends and styles running through the world of design and this impacts all sorts of businesses – small, medium or large. Here are some ideas and what can be said to be current trrends:
Trends come and go, they emerge, some stay for years, others are more of a flash in the pan. They don't start one year and end the next,
Source: 10 Brilliant Graphic Design Trends of 2016 ~ Creative Market Blog
… and it does not stop there, in web design there is also something new developing –
Source: 6 Web Design Trends You Must Know for 2015 & 2016
With all of these ideas runing around, suggestions made, perhaps having a few new resources is a useful thing, and so here we have just a few, from me and a few others –
The Majestic Fonts Bundle is a varied and dynamic collection of 40 magnificent fonts. Creatively packaged up and with huge savings, it's a must have bundle
Source: The Majestic Fonts Bundle | Font Bundles
The Road to Summer Fonts Bundle is a vibrant, cool, colourful and fun array of fonts, packaged up to make your crafts and designs fun for the summer season


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Michael Jackson is dead. My heart is heavy because he was the most iconic musical figure of my generation. I remember my first 45 was of "I'll Be There." My sister and I played it over and over arguing about which Jackson was the cutest. My sister's first LP was Off the Wall and we played it over and over. I remember begging for my Michael Jackson leather jacket and smiling brightly when I finally got it. My mom commissioned two Michael Jackson paintings for my sister and me by a local artist, which we had for years. It is still our all time favorite gift.
Perhaps, my greatest memory of Michael Jackson is his performance on Motown 25. I will never forget the energy, precision, excitement and sheer perfection. He and his brothers shut it down. I remember standing in front of the television, mouth agape, in utter awe of this man's performance.
Honestly, I had not thought about Michael Jackson much recently although I had planned a jaunt to Europe to catch one of his shows. It's funny that his death is all that I can think about now.
In the words of Michael Jackson, all that I can say is goodbye.


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Solve Dx7vb.dll Error Messages
The DirectX API provides language support for Visual Basic by opening up to a new kind of developer writing similar to different kinds of applications. It aims to provide the same access to high-performance multimedia functionality that's available to C developers.
At the core of DirectX for Visual Basic is the dx7vb.dll module that collects objects between DirectX and Visual Basic. It exposes DirectX functionality using types that are friendly to Visual Basic and insulates the VB language developer from some of the DirectX's object semantics.
This DLL provides the most flexibility and speed the object model mirrors that of C. It can be complex for the sake of flexibility. It also provides many samples and helper controls to make using DirectX easy while keeping consistent with the C API.
The dx7vb.dll application can be used with DirectDraw to create transparent sprite engine, image processing and games. It can be used with DirectSound to provide background audio while dynamically mixing in foreground noise at the same time enhancing a 3-D application with 3-D sound.
In Direct3D the dx7vb.dll file creates an application that needs a high-level 3-D engine, design analysis and charting applications. It also creates custom multimedia OCX, develops authoring tools and builds engineering applications. This module also uses DirectInput for any application that requires real-time feedback from input devices.
Another use of the dx7vb.dll is with DirectPlay that can be used to create chat applications, design a real Internet auction and create Internet gaming applications. With DirectMusic this file is used to playback DirectMusic and MIDI compositions.
The file dx7vb.dll came out on the DirectX 7a which is why it has a number seven on its file name. It has been continually packaged with the Microsoft Windows operating system until Microsoft Vista. The file dx7vb.dll is still included in the package because it provides a backward compatibility to other versions of DirectX used in creating programs from Microsoft Visual Basic.
Dx7vb.dll is created by:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Support Site
Known file path:
C:\ Windows\ System32\ dx7vb.dll
What is a DLL?
Your operating system comes pre-installed with Microsoft DLL's and most third party programs also install DLL's.
DLL (Dynamic Link Library) is Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept. Meaning there's a DLL library on your computer and each DLL can be shared among different Microsoft and third party programs. This shared library method helps your computer run faster by having fewer operations running at the same time.
When a DLL is missing or corrupt it may show an error message and programs may fail or crash.
Because DLL's are shared, one missing or corrupt DLL may affect multiple programs on your computer.
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Tottenham have enjoyed an uncharacteristically quiet transfer window, but as always, chairman Daniel Levy will be keeping a close eye on developments on Deadline Day.
According to the Sun, the uncertainty surrounding Jay Rodriguez's future at Southampton is of interest to the Lilywhites, with Mauricio Pochettino considering a reunion with his former player.
Spurs are hoping to strike a deal meaning the forward could join former Saints Victor Wanyama and Toby Alderweireld at White Hart Lane.
In turn, Southampton are pursuing Napoli's Manolo Gabbiadini, and with Charlie Austin soon returning from injury, Rodriguez appears concerned that his game time is going to be limited.
Rodriguez will speak with manager Claude Puel today to establish whether he is still first-choice.
Pochettino could do with another attacking option having seen Vincent Janssen fail to settle, the Dutchman scoring just four goals, and all of them penalties, since his move from AZ Alkmaar in the summer.
Spurs have suffered already this season for over-relying on Harry Kane, and another proven Premier League striker would be a valuable addition.
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All Space Considered 2010
December 2010 Edition:
|Arsenic and Old Bacteria ... New Paths for Alien Life?
|Remembering Allan Sandage
|Mysterious Rocket Launch?
|Beautiful Astronomical Images
|What did we Learn from Comet Hartley?
|Meet James Bullock.
Expand your Cosmological Horizons!
|December Sky Report: Very-High-Lunar-Eclipse Edition
November 2010 Edition:
|Changes at the Edge of the Solar System
|Space Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission
|NASA's EPOXI Mission to Comet Hartley
|Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
Mission Ends
|Beautiful Astronomical Images
|November Sky Report
October 2010 Edition
|Galaxy Building Blocks
|Mysterious Mars
|Fine Structure Constant - Not So Constant?
|Uncertainty at NASA
|Beautiful Astronomical Images
|October Sky Report
September 2010 Edition:
| Mars is as Big as the Full Moon - NOT!
|Seeing in the Dark: Dark Matter, Dark Energy
|Highlights and Lowlights from Commercial Space Exploration
|Planet Earth Report: Extreme Planet
|Beautiful Astronomical Images
|September Sky Report
August 2010 Edition: SPECIAL EDITION: LIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES
|Watch our new planetarium show, Light of the Valkyries, at 7:45 then follow us behind the scenes for The Making of Light of The Valkyries.
Tickets are required for Light of the Valkyries. Tickets go on sale at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:45 show. Tickets cannot be sold in advance. Prices are $7 for adults, $5 for FOTO members, seniors, and students, and $3 for children 5-12. Children under 5 cannot be admitted to the Samuel Oschin Planetarium. There can be no late seating. For more information on buying tickets, click here.
|The Making of Light of The Valkyries and the rest of All Space Considered will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon.
|Report from Easter Island: Eclipse 2010
|August Sky Report: Perseid Alert!
July 2010 Edition:
|Kepler Finds 750 Planets?
|Hanny's Voorwerp....What is it?
|Hayabusa Comes Home from Itokawa
|July Sky Report
|Plan for the fall... What would you like to see at All Space Considered?
June 2010 Edition:
|Black Holes Light Up
When Galaxies Merge
(Illustration: Don Dixon)
|Secret X37B Space Plane Spied On!
|Mars Phoenix Lander Declared Dead!
|June Sky Report: Ceres and Comet McNaught C/2009R1 and More!
|Crazy Multi-Planetary System
May 2010 Edition:
|First Images of the Sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory
|Griffith Observatory's 75th birthday
|Hubble's 20th Birthday
|Volcanoes in the Solar System
|Beautiful Astronomical Images
|May Sky Report
April 2010 Edition:
|Extreme Creatures - On Earth and Beyond
|Who Owns the Moon?
|The First Stars
|Major Milestones in Private Space Exploration
|Beautiful Astronomical Images: the Milky Way Halo, the Orion Nebula, and more
|April Sky Report
February, 2010 Edition:
|Haiti Earthquake: Living on an Active Planet
|Waking Up the Quiet Sun
|Coming Attractions: Astronomy and Space in 2010
|Picture Gallery: Hubble, Moon, Mars, and more
|Plus February Sky Report


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Just just before discussing how it is possible to remove hemorrhoids or much more precisely what the options are for internal hemorrhoids treatment it seriously is crucial to know what has occurred inside the physique to create this difficulty inside the incredibly first spot.
Inside the rectum place of the physique exist quite a few veins lying incredibly close for the surface tissue. Below common scenarios robust waste material or stool freely moves by implies of the canal and out the anal cavity with no any dilemma. If even so you create into constipated and will will need to exert any considerable strain to push out the stool this could bring about these veins to create into swollen (identified as internal hemorrhoids) which may possibly possibly block or hinder movement of waste. Considerably much more straining causes added swelling till veins may well basically burst resulting in internal bleeding, among with the most frequent symptoms of hemorrhoids.
Luckily this isn't a life threatening circumstance and you can find basically many options on the market for internal hemorrhoids treatment. You may go for prescriptions, nonetheless a whole lot of folks pick to consider home remedies for hemorrhoids initial on account of the value savings too because the be concerned about attainable unfavorable effects of some medicines. The advantage of internal hemorrhoids treatment discovered in commercial items is their ease of use. Merely apply the ointment or cream or take a pill and you are completed. So it actually is as much as the person as to which way you really feel is incredibly very best for the needs.
Ought to you opt for to try the organic route for internal hemorrhoids treatment, you will come across several productive alternatives worth taking into consideration.
How to Treat Internal Hemorrhoids
One of probably the most well-liked internal hemorrhoids treatment techniques which works wonders for both internal and external hemorrhoids, especially for instances of hemorrhoids throughout pregnancy, could be the Sitz Bath. This consists of merely soaking the buttocks in a smaller bath tub containing warm water for 20 minutes numerous instances each day. A great deal of persons may possibly perhaps add herbal elements, whereas other individuals favor just plain water. Keep away from adding any perfumes or soaps towards the water as this may possibly result in irritation in the affected region thereby decreasing the advantages in the bath as a truly effective internal hemorrhoids treatment.
However a different wonderful internal remedy option is operating with a suppository containing an astringent plus an anesthetic for discomfort relief. Seem for suppositories containing organic elements for example witch hazel, aloe vera, zinc oxide and if feasible cinchocaine for pain relief.
Utilizing a herb known as pilewort is another internal hemorrhoids treatment selection considering that it assists strengthen blood vessels and prevents bleeding. Pilewort may be taken orally as a tea and is often also utilised externally in ointment form.
When you have your hemorrhoids dilemma under manage employing the internal treatment possibilities talked about above or any other bleeding hemorrhoids therapy strategies you can possibly presently know, it can be substantial to concentrate on preventing any future episodes.
As you can possibly or could properly not know, there isn't any actual remedy for hemorrhoids, but there are many methods you are able to take to lower your risk of obtaining recurring hemorrhoids and needing internal hemorrhoids treatment in the future.
Home Remedies for Internal Hemorrhoids
There are plenty of published home remedies for hemorrhoids sources available that may be component of one's internal therapy prevention technique. Most of them agree on the reality that you simply merely actually must be consuming a lot of food rich in fiber to avoid constipation issues, drink a whole lot of water to ensure your stool is soft and eat an abundance of leafy green vegetables.
Straightforward modifications in your life style and diet can do wonders for avoiding the have to have for any internal hemorrhoids treatment inside the future.
Are you affected by hemorrhoids? Are you at the moment searching for information and information on external hemorrhoids treatment? Apart from getting a definitely "pain inside the butt" (no pun intended) having hemorrhoids will not be a factor that most of us actually need to have a discussion about. We all need to know how to obtain rid of hemorrhoids, but usually have no concept where to look for details, Internal Hemorrhoid Treatment at Home!


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SHREVEPORT, La. – A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison Tuesday for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, which produced and disseminated depictions of graphic child sexual abuse via the internet. The sentencing follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), along with dozens of other law enforcement agencies, as part of Operation Delego, an ongoing investigation launched in December 2009 targeting Dreamboard members around the world.
David Ettlinger, 35, of Newton, Mass., was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison as well as a lifetime of supervised release following his guilty plea Aug. 15 to one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. According to court documents Ettlinger, a former elementary school teacher in Newton, had been an active member of Dreamboard since 2009.
"The sexual abuse of an innocent child by a teacher is one of the most heartbreaking violations of trust imaginable," said HSI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr. "Investigating and prosecuting the perpetrators of these horrendous crimes is one of our highest priorities and today's sentencing ensures this predator will never again have the opportunity to harm another child." Parmer oversees a five-state region including Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Dreamboard was a members-only, online bulletin board created and operated to promote pedophilia and encourage the sexual abuse of young children in an environment designed to avoid law enforcement detection.
According to court documents, Ettlinger and other Dreamboard members traded graphic images and videos of adults molesting children. Prospective members had to create and share child pornography to gain entry into the group and to maintain membership once accepted. Dreamboard members employed a variety of measures designed to conceal their criminal activity from detection by law enforcement. Members communicated using aliases rather than their actual names and content posted on Dreamboard was encrypted with a password shared only with other members. Members also employed proxy servers to route the group's internet traffic through other computers in an attempt prevent law enforcement from tracing internet activity.
A total of 72 individuals, including Ettlinger, face criminal charges as a result of Operation Delego, which is the largest prosecution in United States history of an online bulletin board network dedicated to child sexual abuse. Fifty-seven of these individuals have been taken in custody; 42 defendants have pleaded guilty for their roles in the conspiracy and received sentences ranging from ten years to life in prison. Fifteen of the 72 charged individuals remain at large and are known only by their online identities. HSI continues to investigate the case in an effort to identify and apprehend these remaining individuals.
This investigation was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide HSI initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders and child sex traffickers. HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-347-2423 or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators.
Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-843-5678.
HSI is a founding member and current chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private industry sector partners working together to prevent and deter online child sexual abuse.


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Dennis Brain's horn will sound today and tomorrow as far as a record exists around us!
At last I asked this problem to an archivist of German Radio in winter 2009. The answer was : The concert was conducted by Paul van Kempen and the venue was Titania-Palast Berlin. That is the conclusion!


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For Kate Bennet, surviving the car wreck that killed her parents means big changes and even bigger problems. As she begins to see auras and invisible people, Kate must learn to trust Patrick O'Donnell, a handsome Guardian, or risk her life being overrun with Demons. She soon realizes that both she and her heart are in big-time trouble.
Synopsis taken from goodreads.
Title: Seers
Author: Heather Frost
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Publisher: Bonneville
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
Format: E-ARC
Source: Received from netgalley courtesy of the Cedar Fort Publishing blog tour. Many thanks goes to Laura and Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book for review. I received this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review.
Blog tour: Cedar Fort Publishing Blog Tour
Look for it: Amazon, Book Depository
My rating: 4/5
This last year hasn't been easy for Kate. She lost her parents in a car accident. The same accident that contributed to Kate's new abnormal penchant for seeing auras. Convinced that she was going crazy, she clammed up and said she was fine, that the visions disappeared. However, they in fact continued to shine in brilliance around her. She doesn't think anything of her new gift until she sees several beings with sinister looking auras. When she learns that evil walks among the living, she'll have to decide what is worth fighting for.
Kate's had a hard time, which is understandable. Having lost both her parents in an accident it is easy to commiserate with Kate as she struggles to come to terms with her new reality. Having the ability to see auras complicates things as well, but she shows that she is a trooper, and once she's committed to something, she'll see it through. With her new abilities changing and expanding, it's easy to see how intimidating situations can be, especially when you throw demons in the mix.
One of the aspects I loved most about the book are the characters. Lee is the happiest and friendliest best friend ever. She also happens to be a goth this year. Every year she changes her look, but she sticks by Kate and pushes her to choose between the two guys in Kate's life. She brings about some of the funniest elements in the book and I couldn't help loving her character.
Patrick is a fantastic character as well. I loved reading about him in the prologue and getting a view of him that Kate doesn't necessarily get to see at first. He's the embodiment of the perfect guy, though it takes a while for Kate to see that.
Though Seers brings about the tried and true method of guardian angels, demons and seers, it is still a refreshing read, made all the more fun with the mostly memorable cast of characters. The plot may be predictable in some places, but the bond between Kate and her family, as well as her friends will have you reading well into the night.
All in all, an enjoyable read. I'm left curious, wanting to know what happens next. Paranormal fans should enjoy this one. Though the plot was predictable at times, and I wasn't riveted to my seat, I did find it a fast-paced and fun read, especially when Lee was in control. The characters absolutely make this book.
Author Interview
If you could describe yourself in one song, what would it be and why?
It depends on the day. I've often said my theme song would have to be "Pinch Me", by the Bare Naked Ladies. I'm an introvert at heart, and sometimes that turns me a bit lethargic. "Pinch Me" really captures those emotions for me—the desire to act, but never quite doing anything because I'm content with where I'm at. But for today, I'd have to say the best song to describe me would be "Let the Music Play", by Good Charlotte. The song is all about giving your best, and then learning to just enjoy the moment. I've found in my own life that it takes both good and bad experiences to make a full life, and so I continually try to have a positive attitude, no matter what.
Can you give us a description of SEERS in haiku?
Seers can discern
Between warring immortals
So now they are prey
If you could live within the pages of one book, what book would you live in and why?
Oh, the possibilities! There are so many I could pick, but I'll go with my first thought: Harry Potter. Who wouldn't want to go to Hogwarts and learn magic? I mean, really?
If you were a super-hero, which one would you be and why?
Batman. He takes his fear of bats and learns to work it to his advantage. He does the same thing with his hard past—he doesn't try to block it out or forget it; he allows the hard times to turn him into someone better. He doesn't care what others think about him, and he certainly knows he's not perfect. That doesn't stop him from trying to help other people, though. I like how self sacrificing he is. I wouldn't mind having his money, either.
Do you have any quirks that you employ while writing?
When I'm writing a scene, I often find myself stopping to read at least the dialogue out loud. I sound like an idiot, but it helps me to get a better feel for the words, and the punctuation. That particular habit drives the people around me crazy, even though I try to keep it down.
Thank you for being here today and answering my questions, Heather!
Heather Frost was born in Sandy, Utah, and raised in a small Northern Utah town. She is the second oldest of ten children, and she loves her family very much. She is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree in English. She has always been an avid reader, and reading and writing are among her most favorite things to do. She also enjoys playing the flute, listening to all types of music, and watching a wide variety of movies. Ever since she wrote her first short story—at the age of four—she has dreamed of one day becoming an author. Seers is her first published novel.


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We are very happy to announce the call for papers for an international conference « Influence of the Vienna School of Art History before and after 1918 », which will take place in the Institute of Art history of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague on 4th and 5th April 2019.
The Vienna School of Art History determined the direction of art history research in central and more distant parts of Europe even after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The international conference will focus on the reception of the Viennese method of art history research in the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy at . . . → En lire plus


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|Gabe (Archie helped a lot) did a bat for his pumpkin.
|Our Halloween porch.
|Archie's and my pumpkins
We also drove up to Cascade Springs and enjoyed the scenery with our friends.
|So naturey!
|My little Babushka!
|New haircut but a little grumpy
|Happier after he got his goldfish!
|Wearing Mom's boots!
|Us, freezing our arses off at 5 in the morning!


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Investors In Your 'Pocket'
We've been writing a bit about how investors are beginning to retreat from the market, with mega-investors' bulk-buying sprees on the decline and a larger portion of cash sales being attributed to individual home buyers. (You'll want to check out the upcoming September/October issue of REALTOR® Magazine to find out how that's affecting sales around the country.)
Here's the thing: That may be true — on the books. But off the MLS, there may still be a healthy number of investment purchases that never get reported to the public.
When we had our guest editor, Vernice Ross, GRI, PMN, owner of Ross & Ross Realty in San Diego, in town for a visit last week, she told us that in her market, pocket listings — those that are not advertised on the MLS — are becoming very prevalent. But not all the off-MLS transactions are for high-end properties: More and more pocket listings are distressed properties under $300,000 or $500,000, a price range that is still attractive to investors, Ross said.
"Investors are buying their product a different way now," she added.
As pocket listings become more popular in certain areas of the country — particularly in California — they have been thought of as primarily a facet of the luxury market. High-end property owners have tended to make up a larger portion of pocket listings because they have an interest in reducing the buyer foot traffic through their homes for privacy reasons or to cut down on looky-loos who aren't serious about buying.
But more distressed owners who are underwater on their mortgages and in danger of foreclosure are choosing to go the pocket-listing route, Ross said.
"Somebody who is losing their property and they have a notice of default, they may not want all their peers to know," she said. "They could be embarrassed about the sale. So they may be choosing not to put their home on the MLS for that reason."
Though Ross said she chooses not to get involved with pocket listings herself, she's had experience with clients who don't want their distressed sale to be public knowledge. She represented a seller once who was about to lose her house and was going through a short sale. The home was advertised on the MLS and was eventually listed on Auction.com, garnering 50 offers. But the owner refused to put a for-sale sign in her front yard because she didn't want her neighbors to know about her situation.
With more lower-priced homes that are attractive to investors being sold off the MLS, that translates to investor activity that is flying under the radar. So while it may outwardly appear that investor activity has been on the decline, that may not really be the reality in some markets like San Diego, Ross said. She added that some agents may have investor clients that they bring directly to a distressed home owner, encouraging a sale without publicly marketing the home.
Of course, all this means more unrest in the real estate community, Ross said. Pocket listings have been very controversial because if the property is not marketed to the widest audience possible, it can be difficult to judge whether the seller is getting the best price possible. Agents who do pocket listings run the risk of not serving their clients as best as they could if they put the listings on the MLS.
"As a REALTOR®, when I see a pocket listing, I immediately think [the agent] is double-ending the deal," Ross said.
Pocket listings have become so pervasive in Ross's state that the California Association of REALTORS® added a disclosure form to listing agreements that requires sellers requesting pocket listings to sign off saying that their agent explained the risks of marketing off the MLS.


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The Beloved is All in All
I find myself longing for simplicity. I stepped out in the dark of the moon the past few nights. I feel the presence of the Beloved and that is enough. I am rejuvenated and refreshed. Who is the Beloved? He is God many and yet one. One Divine Essence and Energy filling all things.. personal and impersonal. There are so many ways I experience the Beloved, and each one precious. I do not need elaborate liturgies, as beautiful as many of them are. I often simply walk in the sun or moonlight and thus fulfill my vows as priest and a simple monk. I can light a candle and feel the Beloved's presence. I am thankful for these simple graces..a thousand simple graces...and this is enough. Perhaps this is what the Gospel of Thomas was talking about all along and I missed what was right in front of my face.


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We all are TinyWednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Tomorrow at 6 pm Brent and I will show the Tiny Icon Factory at the Delight by Design show in the MIT Museum. We will open the site again, show some animations and give away some stickers. It has been a good opportunity to look at them and start figuring out interesting ways to get them organized. I find it very surprising how creative people have been when given just 169 squares of black and white and a total absence of individual authorship. Looking at all this icons has been a very pleasant experience.
A rough sample of a sequence of icons is here.
The following pictures feature some blown-up renders of some sample icons with their names and ids. The names were given to them by their creators, and their ids were given to them by Rails, when written as binary strings into a database table.
Eighty two year old legend Benoît Mandelbrot gave a two and a half hour long talk at MIT (location 10-250) yesterday night. A couple of key influences to his ideas I didn't know about are the work of the japanese print maker Hokusai and north american abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock (if you wanna be Jackson Pollock for a minute without having to ruin everything around you with splatter paint click here). Mandelbrot claims to have found many brilliant examples of self similarity (shape and resolution of detail are scale invariant) in Hokusai's work (a wave made out of waves). Pollock's approach towards painting might encompass the fundamental motto behind Mandelbrot's quest: a simple generation rule leads to a very complex outcome.
For Mandelbrot, his life work has been fueled by the opposite pairs of science and art, simplicity and complexity, smoothness and roughness, leading him towards the eternal opposition of the ideal and the real. Having had the opportunity to witness one of my old time college heroes in action will keep me happy for at least a week.
A quick note on Jackson Pollock: I am always amused when I find out in the news that the biggest price paid for a piece of art in history has reached a new peak. The four last ones I remember were paid for a Picasso, a Van Gogh, a Klimt, and only after last week, a Jackson Pollock. One hundred and forty million dollars, how can that be?
A quick note on Hokusai: Check out Kozyndan's furry tribute to Hokusai's wave here.
I took this picture a couple of weeks ago. The open window is very close to my desk. One day the police came and told us to close it because the former president of Iran was visiting the Media Lab, and now all windows are always closed because outside is getting really cold.
Brent and I thought of taking the Tiny Icon Factory out from the MIT web domains so we could stop worrying about hosting controversial user created content (as in porn or swastikas) in a university server. We started looking for available domain names only to find out tiny dot everything has already been taken. Tiny dot org features an interesting kind of static website-haiku that prevents you from accessing its hidden content unless you know something nobody I know knows. I wonder what lurks in there. Tiny dot com is owned by a british computer manufacturer and online store called Timeuk. Tiny dot com dot mx is owned by Grupo Tiny, a misterious mexican company that will tell you nothing about itself. We can't use dot edu or dot gob, and dot tv doesn't seem to be used but is not available. We have been thinking of other top secret names but we are still not sure what will be the outcome of this adventure. Only time will tell.


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Cops - Season 31
In Season 31 opener, a fishy license plate helps officers prevent a possible burglary; police arrive just in time when a case of unrequited love turns violent; deputies are surprised by a suspected arsonist's choice of attire, or lack thereof.
Genre: Action, TV Show, Crime,
Actors: Andrew Fincher, Heather Ashley Chase, David Wehlermann,
Director: John LangleyMalcolm Barbour
Country: United States
Duration: 30 min
Quality: HD
Year: 2018
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"Breathing is an art. Do you know how to use mindfulness to rebuild your mental and physical health? Find peace, happiness, and joy in every breath." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
This is an amazing talk. It's long, but it's worth it. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist teacher. Give him a listen! He'll blow your mind. Poof.
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Salvation From What???
What is the point of Salvation? Is it to save an individual from hell? Or is there more to Salvation? Is Salvation a one-time experience or a lifelong journey? Is it about rescue from your uncomfortable circumstances, or rescue from this world after death? Or is about being rescued from a life that is rescued from a life that is disconnected from God and God's adventure, both in this life and the next? What are we saved from and for? To what degree is salvation from fear of death important important to you? How can we as believers live what we believe about salvation?
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Liberia's Education System May Collapse If . . .Mon, 06/22/2015 - 01:28 admin-Ed. Minister WernerBy:Alvin WorziThe Liberian school system is at the point of collapse Education Minister George Werner has warned advising an urgent revamp of the entire structure.
During a daylong meeting with County (CEOs) and District Education Officers (DEOs) held in Gbarnga, Bong County on Friday, Mr. Werner said he was disappointed at what he saw at the various schools he had visited in the interior and elsewhere. He said quick action is needed to rescue the country's education system from what he described as the "deplorable conditions" in which the schools operate.
"President Sirleaf had described our education system as a mess, but it is now at the verge of collapse, with many schools in the southeast lacking science and math teachers.
"Despite such drawbacks, we continue to believe that the students can make the exams this year. Our 9th and 12th graders don't have science and math teachers or even textbooks and they believe that they will play magic to score a mark."
Many of the school children are sitting on the ground this rainy season, Werner lamented adding "we cannot have children using the bush or leaving for home to use the restroom during school hours."
He noted that many of the instructional materials, particularly textbooks, aswell as school facilities and qualified teachers arelacking in the various schools
"Some of the children are not going to school due to the rainy season and some are going without shoes. The quality of education obtained in the '70s and '80s no longer exist but we can bring it back for the children," he assured education officials.
If many of the deplorable public and private institutions in the rural areas had been observed by parents and lawmakers, they would have called for the closure of schools for more than a year.
"We see many makeshift structures here and schools are also overcrowded. Pleebo High is leaking all over and students go home just to use the bathroom. We need to see how to renovate those schools, bring in textbooks and train teachers as the way to address some of these challenges," he demanded.
The issues of training teachers, distributing textbooks and having the proper school facilities for the students are cardinal "as we embark on revamping the school system from 'a mess' to the best," said Minister Werner.
"We cannot have the best school system in Liberia without putting into place those things. The listening tour in the Southeast was discouraging, but we can all work together as one people and change it. Some tough decisions must be taken if the system must be changed," he warned.Section:
My Suggestion and Recommendation to Liberian students that are working on their Ed.D (Doctor of Education) and Ph.D (in Education) is to begin to think about their dissertation topics that can be revised later into a textbook to be used in the field of education in Liberia. Those of you in the humanities or any areas in the liberal arts, may want to write your dissertation or professional projects in areas that can be revised into a book. Those in Economics and Mathematics are also encouraged to do the same. We are looking for writers to write for:
I think this advice is also relevant for those who are doing their Master's degrees in education, Home Economics, or Agriculture and farming, or in any field. Think of your thesis as a manuscript for a book to be used in the Liberian School System. Work at your Master's thesis and focus on it and convince yourself that you are working on a book. Believe that you are writing a book for the Liberian school System. In that way, after graduation, you just have to revise it a little and prepare it for publication.
The challenges and opportunities are ours and the time is now.
Those of you in the Medical fields, nursing or MD (Medical Doctor) you may not have to write dissertations, what may be required of you is your residency requirement. Nevertheless, keep in mind our health problems in Liberia and try to study our medical and health isssues and when you have time, document your studies so that it can be converted into a book that our students will use. Some of you are interested in pediatric nursing, to take care of infants and children. Medical schools can use your book. Nursing schools can use your book, and those who are studying health and hygiene can use your book.
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The Publisher's Note
Kiiton Press was established to fill the void and neglect
left by the major publishing houses. In addition,
Kiiton Press focuses on
publishing books especially for Liberian
writers who otherwise may
not have their books published by the
big publishing houses.
This is why we have set up what we call the
New KP Liberian Writers Series;
to publish books for Liberian writers who
need a professional publisher that understands
the Liberian culture and context. We invite
non-Liberian authors as well as those who
are first time authors. Some of the authors
for whom we publish are minorities, Latin Americans,
Caribbean, Africans, African-Americans, Women,
Children, Scholars, Non-scholars, Students
and many more. We invite you to please
visit our website: www.kiitonpress.org.
Our official position at Kiiton Press is that we
need to cultivate dialogue and
communication essential to growth
and development. Our publications reflect the
opinions of their
authors and are not necessarily
representative of the official position of the publisher.
We encourage the school system in Liberia to
include our books on their list of textbooks or reading
materials to be used in the various high schools,
colleges and universities as the needs arise.
We also encourage the general public to
use these books because there is much
to learn from what Liberian writers do write.
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We welcome everyone to worship with us!
We are a group of Christians following the pattern of Christian worship and living found in the New Testament of the Holy Bible.
As part of worship, we will pray to God, sing acapella praises to God (without mechanical instruments), take part in the Lord's Supper, give an offering from what we have been blessed with (visitors are not expected to give), and hear a lesson from God's Word.
Visitors will not be singled out, just welcomed. We would just like you to visit us!
Please contact us if you have any questions.
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I had such a wonderful time in North Carolina...visiting with family and friends, a much needed break from everyday life.
As Summer winds down,
As Summer winds down,
I hope to share some of the places I went.
Thanks for visiting me and come back soon! Thank you for sticking with me while I've been gone!


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Auto Scaling
What is Auto Scaling?
Auto-scaling is an approach that automatically scales up or scales down the number of computing resources, like CPU or RAM that are being allocated to your active application at any given point of time, based on its needs. eNlight Cloud has built-in intelligence to detect increase in resource requirements on a server in real-time, which it adds immediately; and most importantly, without any downtime. ALL with NO reboot or manual intervention needed! The server infrastructure setup on eNlight Cloud platform allows resources on Virtual Machines to scale-up or down depending upon the demand. The intelligent tool fetches the necessary resources from a large pool of free resources and allocates those to VMs during predicted as well as unpredicted bursts or spikes, allowing the company or personal website(s) to achieve optimum scalability and perform at optimum levels. Auto scaling responds automatically and ensures that applications continue running smoothly, without any interruptions, no matter how erratic the resource usage patterns maybe.
eNlight Cloud scales up and down your resources, i.e. the CPU and RAM as a percentage of resource consumption patterns. The scaling up is a steady but quick and automatic percentage of the pattern as required by your application, and so is the scaling down. It scales down and de-allocates resources to VMs when the demand falls during off peak hours. This ensures that you are only paying for what you use. eNlight Auto Scaling changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for computing resources you actually use.
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There are few scaling limitations depending upon the OS type you choose
- Linux Virtual Servers have CPU scaling capacity ranging from 1 CPU to 24 CPUs.
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Light, fluffy 5-ingredient drop biscuits; no rolling or cutting required. These onion-rosemary gems are ready in less than 1/2 an hour.
If you're looking for a quick and easy (but oh so flavorful) bread to go with that Easter ham, this is it. You'll be amazed at the suprise ingredient that gives these quick and easy biscuits their onion flavor.
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Easter can be hectic. There are baskets to fill, eggs to color, White Chocolate Peanut Butter Easter Cookies to bake…
And, of course, dinner. This year's menu includes ham, Sheet Pan Garlic Parmesan Roasted Vegetables, and Rosemary-Gruyere Twice Baked Potato Casserole.
And as much as I love the convenience of heat-and-serve rolls, I wanted something a little different this year. Something that wouldn't take a ton of work, but would still taste homemade.
And here they are, Onion-Rosemary Drop Biscuits. They're so easy and so versatile. All you have to do is change the herbs to suit whatever you're serving.
Thyme is excellent with beef, sage is nice with chicken and turkey, dill pairs well with fish and seafood. Or try parsley for light, neutral flavor.
Start by lining a baking sheet with, you guessed it, parchment paper. I love this stuff for two reasons. First, I have never had anything, no matter how sticky, stick to it. And, second, it makes clean-up a breeze.
I usually use the stuff on the roll, but this time I thought I would give these precut sheets a try. They were so easy to use! Just unfold and lay on the pan. No fighting with the cutter or curling. And they worked great!
Oh, I almost forgot…that surprise ingredient? French Onion Dip. I know, it sounds weird. But the sour cream and onion combo work so well!
First, whisk together the onion dip, milk, and rosemary until it's smooth.
I opted for fresh rosemary, but if all you have is dry, that's fine.
The flavors really intensify when it's dried so only use a teaspoon. And crush it really well.
Next, stir in the baking mix (Bisquick) until the ingredients are well incorporated.
Then using a cupcake-sized scoop (mine is a #24), drop the biscuits onto the prepared sheet pan.
Bake for 10-12 minutes; brush the tops with melted butter.
Let them stand a few minutes and serve slathered with butter.
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12 biscuits
- 1 (8 ounce) container french onion dip
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 2 cups baking mix (such as Bisquick)
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- Preheat oven to 450°. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk dip, milk, and rosemary until smooth.
- Stir in baking mix until well blended. Using a cupcake-sized scoop, drop biscuits onto bakng sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Brush with melted butter. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Serve warm.