text: The McDevitt Center Upcoming Events CNY Cybersecurity Connections: Confronting Today's Challenges, Opportunities and Trends An Initiative of the McDevitt Chair in Computer Science, Marc Rogers, Ph.D., and The McDevitt Center Join Dr. Rogers and the McDevitt Center for a series of master classes and panel discussions on topics of critical importance to cybersecurity professionals and academics. Each of the classes will be led by experts in their fields, and will culminate with a panel discussion in which participants will be able to interact with these experts and each other. See complete schedule of events... Series I: Risk Management 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 13 and Wednesday, Oct. 15, Grewen Hall Auditorium 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (followed immediately by a luncheon), Friday, Oct. 17, Grewen Hall Auditorium Topics and presenters will be announced soon Series II: Fraud, Privacy and Bring Your Own Device Wednesday, Apr. 15, Grewen Hall Auditorium Additional information forthcoming. Series III: Advanced Persistent Threats and the Cloud Wednesday, May 20, Grewen Hall Auditorium Additional information forthcoming. The Future of Being Human An initiative of the McDevitt-Core Professor, Jennifer Glancy, Ph.D., and The McDevitt Center. In light of ecological crisis, rapid technological change, and widespread social alienation, what is the future of being human? Theologians, philosophers, biologists, political theorists, and fiction writers will be among those who engage the question of what it means to be human in the twenty-first century in this multidisciplinary lectures series, to be inaugurated in Spring 2015 and continue through Spring 2017. See schedule of events... Extreme Humanities William Robert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religion, Syracuse University 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 3 Panasci Family Chapel Edges are engaging. They're where things get really interesting. When human beings reach their edges, touch their limits, extreme things happen: things like ecstasy, transgression, bliss, dissolution. How might we make sense of such extreme experiences? What might they teach us about being human? Lessons From the Human Heart Rob Dunn, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24 Panasci Family Chapel Most of the important discoveries likely to heal your heart come from basic biology. Fungal taxonomy, evolution, and the biology of rare monkeys have more to do with saving the heart of someone you love than do innovations in surgery, transplants or even the biology of heart cells. To Be One is Always To Become With Many: What Ancient Christians Can Teach Us About the Future of the Human Denise Buell, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Religion, Williams College 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 Panasci Family Chapel How might wrestling with ancient materials help transform contemporary understandings of the human and perhaps even change practices of how we are human? Both the biological category of microbes and the ancient notion of the pneuma afford occasions to explore what happens when we cannot presume the boundedness of any creature. The radical vulnerability of all creature, including human ones, both exhilarates and terrifies, but above all requires a response. A Reading by George Saunders George Saunders 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Apr. 28 Grewen Auditorium with live streaming to the Curtin Special Events Room, James Commons and Reilley Room Science and Religion in Modern America The McDevitt Center at Le Moyne College announces the continuation of its major, two-year initiative devoted to "Science and Religion in Modern America." The initiative brings eminent scholars from the sciences and the humanities to Le Moyne to present their most recent reflections on central aspects of the dynamic relationship between science and religion. Embodying Le Moyne's Catholic and Jesuit commitment to seek the unity of all knowledge, "Science and Religion in Modern America" represents a compelling model for informed and respectful conversation about these critically important issues. See complete schedule of events... How to be a Christian Darwinist Paul Allen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology, Concordia University 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25 Panasci Family Chapel Darwin's theory of evolution has been characterized as 'universal acid' that dissolves much of what we think we know about the world, including religion and human nature. In this lecture, Paul Allen, Ph.D., builds on non-reductionist readings of evolutionary theory to show that Darwinism does not necessitate a materialist worldview and is, in fact, conducive to a Christian understanding of creation, to moral endeavor and to the idea that we are saved by God because it helps bring to light the person of Jesus Christ in a fresh way by giving us new insight into self-sacrifice and bodily resurrection. Faith: Science and Religion Terrence Tilley, Ph.D., Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Professor of Catholic Theology, Fordham University 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16 Panasci Family Chapel A key problem in the science vs. religion debates in the popular media is the failure to recognize that the debates are actually about matters of faith, not about science or religion. Building on his book Faith: What It Is and What It Isn't, Terrence Tilley, Ph.D., will show that conflict or convergence between science and religion is a conflict or convergence of a person's or a community's faith. Bringing Peace to the Tangled Bank - Evolution, God, and Science in America Today Kenneth Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Brown University 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 17 Panasci Family Chapel Scientifically, biological evolution is the key to understanding the extraordinary diversity, beauty, and unity of life. However, for many Americans, evolution is a doctrine at odds with faith and is to be resisted at all costs. In this lecture, Kenneth Miller, Ph.D., argues that this opposition is misguided, and even antithetical to the Christian tradition of seeing faith and reason as complementary ways of knowing. Ultimately, Miller contends, America's religion and science debate is driven by a deep antagonism between extremists on both sides of the issue. The solution is not to split the difference, but to come to a genuine understanding and appreciation of the true depth of scientific and religious thought on the issues at hand. When this is done, both sides may come to realize, as Charles Darwin did, that there is indeed beauty, wonder, and even grandeur in the evolutionary view of life. What Does Prayer Do? An initiative of The McDevitt Center and is being offered in conjunction with a course developed with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Enduring Questions grants program, What Does Prayer Do?. See complete schedule of events... Praying Between the Lines: Prayer Practices of American Nones A public lecture by Elizabeth Drescher, Ph.D. 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16 Panasci Family Chapel When asked what practices they find "spiritually meaningful," only one traditional religious practice – prayer – is consistently mentioned by the religiously unaffiliated, including Nones who self-identify as agnostic, atheist, or humanist. What does it mean when Nones report that they "pray?" Elizabeth Drescher, Ph.D., is a senior contributor to Religion Dispatches magazine, and a leading expert in many aspects of contemporary American religion, including new digital media and religion, changing patterns of religious identification and affiliation, and Christian responses to violence. She has written for the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Sojourners, Salon, and other leading newspapers and magazines, and her work has been highlighted by National Public Radio, Radio Australia, and the BBC. She is the author of Tweet If You © Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation and Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones, and co-author of Click to Save: The Digital Ministry Bible. Dr. Drescher teaches in the areas of religious studies and pastoral ministries at Santa Clara University. She holds a doctorate in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union and a master's degree in systematic theology from Duquesne University. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Schedule of Lectures by George V. Coyne, S.J. See complete schedule of lectures... 2014 17 October: Stony Brook, NY, SUNY, Galileo Conference 18 October: Rochester, NY, Newman Community at the University of Rochester, "The Dance of the Fertile Universe: An Interplay of Science and Religion" 24 October: Milwaukee, WI, Marquette University, 10th Annual Coyne Lecture and Wisconsin Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, "Dance of the Fertile Universe" 6-9 November, Scottsdale, AZ, International Alumnae of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, "Science and Religion in Modern America" Please contact the McDevitt Center for details (315-445-6200 or firstname.lastname@example.com).


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Congratulations soon-to-be-graduates! As you count down the days to commencement, please take a few moments to make sure that you have taken care of the details so that you can relax and enjoy commencement weekend when it arrives.
Things to Do
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- Your first step toward graduation is to double check that you have met requirements for graduation and are eligible to participate in the commencement ceremony. If you have questions, undergraduate students please contact your Advising Center and graduate students contact Jeanne Cox.
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- Purchase commencement regalia (caps and gowns) at the University Bookstore in Dalton Hall. If you have questions, call 540-831-5144. If you are a graduate student, the bookstore will assist you in selecting the correct hood color.
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- Winter Commencement tickets and Latin Honors tassels will be available to be picked up from the Registrar's Office. Students in the College of Business and Economics must attend their college meeting on Friday, December 13, 11 a.m. to noon in BE320 to pick up their tickets.Tickets may also be picked up prior to the ceremony at the Bondurant Auditorium. You must have a photo ID to pick up your tickets.
You will receive five tickets for your specific ceremony. Tickets will be color-coded to indicate your ceremony time. No extra tickets are available; therefore, if you do not plan to use all of the allocated five tickets you are encouraged to share with peers who are seeking additional tickets. Remember that the tickets are specific to the 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ceremonies.
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Breyers Light Yogurt comes in a ton of interesting flavors, many of which have dessert-inspired flavors, such as Black Cherry Jubilee, Strawberry Cheesecake). The yogurt was on sale for 79 cents, and since I had already tried the Breyers Vanilla Bean Light Yogurt, I decided to try the Cinnamon Bun flavor, eagerly anticipating some future delight.
Unfortunately, I was very disappointed with the flavor. This was pretty sickeningly sweet, and it didn't taste too much like cinnamon buns at all - not even a close cousin. True, that's a hard flavor to imitate and the lack of texture is a shame, but why put it out as such if you can't get it just right?! The consistency was pretty thin as well, further adding to my dismay.
At least the nutrition facts are decent. Each 6 ounce serving of Breyers Light Yogurt (Cinnamon Bun) provides 80 calories, no fat or fiber, 7 grams of sugars and 6 grams of protein.
The sweeteners used are aspartame and acesulfame K. This is not a yogurt that I will be buying again - which is too bad, because the flavor sounds so decadent and indulgent - without the calories & fat to match. When I'm looking for a low sugar, low fat yogurt, Breyers Vanilla Bean Light, Dannon Light & FIt Blackberry and Weight Watchers Amaretto Cheesecake Nonfat Yogurt are among some of my favorites.
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I've been playing a new deck and was hoping for some feedback.
The idea is to swarm the LS with ships to kill objectives quickly and at the same time try to control the number of enemy units and the ability of LS units to block.
Mostly cheap fighters that can be unfocused with "Tallon Roll" and if Black Squadron with "Black Squadron Assault".
"Death from Above" for added blast damage especially when able to hit twice once it gets through.
The "Rancor" is deadly against ground units. I try to pick off the cheap ones with "Defense Protocol" and let the "Rancor" eat the rest (up to cost 4).
"I'm on the Leader" and "A Disturbance in the Force" can help to clear opposition to attacks against objectives.
"Nightsister" is good for force control and can run away from the "Rancor" for a bit with a high cost of 3.
It's been fun to play. Any advice would be most appreciated.
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Imperial Navy:
Tie Fighter x4
Backstabber x2
Tie Bomber x2
Tie Attack Squadron x2
Tie Advanced x2
Vader's Tie Advanced x2
Nightsister x4
Imperial Officer x2
Black Squadron Pilot x2
Rancor x2
Control Room x2
Defense Upgrade x2
The Hand's Blessing x2
Tallon Roll x4
Death from Above x4
A Disturbance in the Force x2
I'm on the Leader x2
Heat of Battle x2
Target of Opportunity x2
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You know how you can just select the layer, and it shows the bounding box, and you can click and drag to re-size it?
Well, I can't do that anymore! I have to go to Image>Resize>Scale for each item! aaarrrgh! I'm contacting Adobe about this, but just wanted to see if anyone else is having/had this problem.


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U.S.A.: Texas BBQ Drive
Smoky ribs, fork-tender brisket, big Texan skies. What are you waiting for? Here, a barbecue tour de force—with Austin as your base.
Day 1: Start 30 miles northeast of Austin at Opie's BBQ (lunch for two $20), where the famous sweet-and-spicy baby back ribs require more than a few paper towels. If that's breakfast, lunch is an hour away, at Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (lunch for two $30), where you'll order the signature two-inch-thick pork chop and brisket directly from the pit. Take a scenic hike up Enchanted Rock, then forge on to Fredricksburg for a dinner of pork in peach barbecue sauce at Sugar & Smoke (249 E. Main St.; dinner for two $35). Call it a night with a slice of coconut cream pie.
Day 2: South of Luckenbach, Maywald's Sisterdale Smokehouse (1123 FM 1376, Sisterdale; lunch for two $25) is open every other weekend—arrive at noon for crisp smoked chicken and cuts of tender beef. Milt's Pit BBQ (905 N. Old Hwy. 81, Kyle; lunch for two $20) is near razor-back Ranch Road 32—nicknamed "Devil's Backbone"—and serves brisket with a midnight-black crust. From there, it's a quick ride to Salt Lick Bar-B-Que (pictured; dinner for two $32), known for its brisket and beef ribs, served on oak-shaded patio tables.
Day 3: Line up at 10 a.m. with the other 'cue worshippers at Austin's Franklin Barbecue (lunch for two $17), run by trailblazing pit master Aaron Franklin. His Tipsy Texan sandwich, with chopped beef and sausage, deserves the hype. But save room for Stiles Switch (6610 N. Lamar, Austin; dinner for two $25), where the pork links are flawless and the banana pudding is as authentic as it gets. —Daniel Vaughn
Secret's in the Sauce: Devoted BBQ fans in Texas carry coolers for their leftovers—a challenge for those making their pilgrimage from afar. You can still bring some of that Lone Star flavor back: Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que sells jars of its secret-recipe sauces and rubs—as well as some of the best beef jerky in Texas. Salt Lick Bar-B-Que peddles its original and jalapeño sauces and its own rubs and salsas. If you love Opie's sweet-and-spicy sauce, buy a bottle at the counter. Bonus: Cooper's and Salt Lick sell their creations online.
T+L Tip: book a room at Austin's Saint Cecilia (doubles from $275), a music-inspired retreat in a former Victorian manse, created by hip hotelier Liz Lambert.


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[5 Insider Tips Every Newbie Should Know by Linda Sattgast]
[Sattgast] This tutorial is brought to you by scrappersguide.com,
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You can find out a lot about Photoshop Elements just by poking around in the program.
But there are some things you just won't know unless someone tells you about them.
So let me give you 5 insider tips that will save you time
and make Photoshop Elements easier and more enjoyable to use.
Tip #1 is to use shortcuts to zoom in and out and to move around.
Of course Photoshop Elements has a Zoom tool,
and there are keyboard shortcuts listed in the View menu.
You can zoom in by pressing Control plus in Windows or Command plus on a Mac.
You can zoom out by pressing Control minus in Windows or Command minus on a Mac.
To instantly change size to fit the available desktop,
press Control plus the number 0 in Windows
or Command plus the number 0 on a Mac.
But here is an even better shortcut for moving around in Photoshop Elements,
and it's not listed in the View menu.
You can temporarily turn the currently selected tool--in this case the Move tool--
into the Zoom tool by simply pressing Control plus the space bar in Windows
or Command plus the space bar on a Mac.
This is great because you can click on a photo to zoom in
or you can click and drag to zoom in to a particular spot on your photo.
When you're done using the Zoom tool, simply let go of the shortcut keys
to go back to the original tool.
To access the Hand tool, press just the space bar without any other keys.
Then click and drag on your photo to move it where you want
and let go of the space bar to go back to the original tool.
And of course to get back to full size, use the shortcut listed in the View menu:
Control 0 in Windows or Command 0 on a Mac.
I'm going to press Control or Command minus to go back to 25% size.
These shortcuts will save you lots of time
as you work on your projects in Photoshop Elements.
Tip #2 is to use the space bar to move any outline as you're creating it.
Let's say you want to select part of this photo and you want it to be an oval vignette.
Get the Elliptical Marquee tool and click and drag an outline.
You almost never get it exactly where you want it,
so before you let go of the mouse, press the space bar and drag your mouse,
which will allow you to reposition the outline.
Then let go of the space bar to continue to resize.
You can go back and forth between moving the outline and resizing the outline
just by pressing the space bar until you get it just right.
Then, and only then, let go of the mouse and you have your outline exactly where you want it.
Remember, though, you can only use the space bar to reposition
before you let go of the mouse.
This tip can be used with other tools where you click and drag an outline
such as the Crop tool or the Shapes tools.
Tip #3 is to press Control J in Windows or Command J on a Mac
to copy something to a new layer.
For example, if I want to copy this oval selection to a new layer,
the easiest way is to press Control J in Windows or Command J on a Mac.
If I click on the eye of the background layer to hide it,
you can see that I only have the oval on this layer.
When you don't have a selection outline, pressing Control or Command J
will duplicate the entire layer.
I often want to duplicate a photo so I can change the blend mode.
In this case I'll change it from Normal to Overlay,
and that makes the sky and the colors pop.
Tip #4 is to use keyboard shortcuts for filling with color.
Let's go back to the oval photo again.
I'll make the background visible again by clicking to the left of the thumbnail.
Let's say I want to fill this background layer with color.
First I would click on it to select it,
and then I would need to choose my color by clicking on the foreground color chip.
I'll sample a pretty blue color from her dress.
Let's pick a nice light blue color and click OK.
If I use the Paint Bucket tool and click on the background,
I only get a partial selection, and it's based on the tolerance level up here in the options bar.
But if I use a keyboard shortcut, I can fill the entire layer at once.
So most of the time I prefer to use keyboard shortcuts.
Press Control backspace in Windows or Command Delete on a Mac
to fill with the background color.
Press Alt backspace in Windows or Option Delete on a Mac
to fill with the foreground color.
Tip #5 is to use a keyboard shortcut to duplicate and move an object in one motion.
Here I've added some design elements to create a card.
Let's say I want to duplicate this flower and move a copy of it over here.
I could press Control or Command J to duplicate the layer,
as I taught you in Tip #3.
But if I use a different keyboard shortcut, I can duplicate and move the flower at the same time.
In Windows press Control Alt, on a Mac press Command Option
and you'll get a black and white arrowhead.
When you see those two arrowheads, you can click on an object and drag away
and put it into place and then let go of your mouse and let go of the keys.
And now my card is complete.
So there you have 5 insider tips that every newbie should know
about Photoshop Elements.
This is Linda Sattgast with Scrapper's Guide. [www.scrappersguide.com]
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Have you noticed sleepy eyes in some of the coaching staff around the complex? It could be from the bundles of joy that arrived this summer! Five Iowa Rush staff members welcomed a new baby into their family this summer and all have been enjoying their time with the newborns. Join us in congratulating the staff and welcoming these babies to the RUSH family!
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text: One of planet earth's most celebrated stringed instrument virtuosos, David Lindley has lent his magic to the recorded works of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Warren Zevon, Ben Harper and many others. About a year ago David was introduced to the TF740FS finger style Takamine. He fell hard. David sat down with us to discuss that magical slot head as well as other acoustic guitar related stuff. We have edited it into two parts, and would like to share part one with you now.


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With 28 nationally ranked or recognized programs, Ball State is often recognized for our innovative and transformative programs. Some of our top recognitions include:
In recent months, we were featured in four editions of The Chronicle of Higher Education. "Others might know smaller institutions that have either honed great reputations in their markets or are on the rise—places like Ball State University," The Chronicle reported. "Some colleges have gotten mileage out of the distinctive way they deliver education. Ball State University's immersive learning program, which requires students to complete projects for practical experience in the off-campus world, stands out."
We were also recognized as a creative campus, along with other universities such as Vanderbilt, Stanford, and Harvard. "A creative campus must become a central part of students' learning and living. ... Ball State University has developed a student-driven immersive learning program around creative inquiry and problem solving that has become a key aspect of the university's strategic plan and a defining feature of its brand."
According to data published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ball State ranks sixth in the nation for improvement in graduation rates among public research institutions between 2001 and 2008 (published December 2010). In addition, The Chronicle covered an international conference hosted by Ball State to improve higher education in Afghanistan.
Ball State has been featured 57 times in 2009–2010 within significant national media publications and has been acknowledged in 9,598 state and national publications overall.
Goal 1, Objective D: By 2012, have 25 nationally ranked or nationally recognized programs.
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A lame man healed by Peter and John. (1-11) Peter's address to the Jews. (12-26)
Verses 1-11 The apostles and the first believers attended the temple worship at the hours of prayer. Peter and John seem to have been led by a Divine direction, to work a miracle on a man above forty years old, who had been a cripple from his birth. Peter, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, bade him rise up and walk. Thus, if we would attempt to good purpose the healing of men's souls, we must go forth in the name and power of Jesus Christ, calling on helpless sinners to arise and walk in the way of holiness, by faith in Him. How sweet the thought to our souls, that in respect to all the crippled faculties of our fallen nature, the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth can make us whole! With what holy joy and rapture shall we tread the holy courts, when God the Spirit causes us to enter therein by his strength!
Verses 12-18 Observe the difference in the manner of working the miracles. Our Lord always spoke as having Almighty power, never hesitated to receive the greatest honour that was given to him on account of his Divine miracles. But the apostles referred all to their Lord, and refused to receive any honour, except as his undeserving instruments. This shows that Jesus was one with the Father, and co-equal with Him; while the apostles knew that they were weak, sinful men, and dependent for every thing on Jesus, whose power effected the cure. Useful men must be very humble. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to thy name, give glory. Every crown must be cast at the feet of Christ. The apostle showed the Jews the greatness of their crime, but would not anger or drive them to despair. Assuredly, those who reject, refuse, or deny Christ, do it through ignorance; but this can in no case be an excuse.
Verses 19-21 The absolute necessity of repentance is to be solemnly charged upon the consciences of all who desire that their sins may be blotted out, and that they may share in the refreshment which nothing but a sense of Christ's pardoning love can afford. Blessed are those who have felt this. It was not needful for the Holy Spirit to make known the times and seasons of these dispensations. These subjects are still left obscure. But when sinners are convinced of their sins, they will cry to the Lord for pardon; and to the penitent, converted, and believing, times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord. In a state of trial and probation, the glorified Redeemer will be out of sight, because we must live by faith in him.
Verses 22-26 Here is a powerful address to warn the Jews of the dreadful consequences of their unbelief, in the very words of Moses, their favourite prophet, out of pretended zeal for whom they were ready to reject Christianity, and to try to destroy it. Christ came into the world to bring a blessing with him. And he sent his Spirit to be the great blessing. Christ came to bless us, by turning us from our iniquities, and saving us from our sins. We, by nature cleave to sin; the design of Divine grace is to turn us from it, that we may not only forsake, but hate it. Let none think that they can be happy by continuing in sin, when God declares that the blessing is in being turned from all iniquity. Let none think that they understand or believe the gospel, who only seek deliverance from the punishment of sin, but do not expect happiness in being delivered from sin itself. And let none expect to be turned from their sin, except by believing in, and receiving Christ the Son of God, as their wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
Acts 3:1-26 . PETER HEALS A LAME MAN AT THE TEMPLE GATE--HS ADDRESS TO THE WONDERING MULTITUDE.
1-11. Peter and John--already associated by their Master, first with James ( 1:29 , 5:37 , 9:2 ), then by themselves ( Luke 22:8 ; and see John 13:23 John 13:24 ). Now we find them constantly together, but John (yet young) only as a silent actor.
went up--were going up, were on their way.
2. a certain man lame from his mother's womb--and now "above forty years old" ( Acts 4:22 ).
was carried--was wont to be carried.
4, 5. Peter fastening his eyes on him with John, said, Look on us. And he gave heed--that, through the eye, faith might be aided in its birth.
6. Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee--What a lofty superiority breathes in these words!
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk--These words, uttered with supernatural power, doubtless begat in this poor man the faith that sent healing virtue through his diseased members.
7. And he took . . . and lifted him up--precisely what his Lord had done to his own mother-in-law ( Mark 1:31 ).
his feet--"soles."
and ankle bones, &c.--the technical language of a physician ( Colossians 4:14 ).
8. leaping up, stood . . . walked . . . entered the temple walking, leaping, and praising God--Every word here is emphatic, expressing the perfection of the cure, as Acts 3:7 its immediateness.
9. all the people saw him, &c.--as they assembled at the hour of public prayer, in the temple courts; so that the miracle had the utmost publicity.
10. they knew that it was he which sat for alms, &c.--(Compare John 9:8 ).
11. the lame man . . . held, &c.--This is human nature.
all the people ran together unto them in the porch, &c.--How vividly do these graphic details bring the whole scene before us! Thus was Peter again furnished with a vast audience, whose wonder at the spectacle of the healed beggar clinging to his benefactors prepared them to listen with reverence to his words.
12-16. why marvel at this?--For miracles are marvels only in relation to the limited powers of man.
as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk--Neither the might nor the merit of the cure are due to us, mere agents of Him whom we preach.
13. The God of Abraham,
hath glorified his Son Jesus--rather, "his Servant Jesus," as the same word is rendered in Matthew 12:18 , but in that high sense in which Isaiah applies it always to Messiah ( Isaiah 42:1 , 49:6 , 52:13 , 53:11 ). When "Son" is intended a different word is used.
whom ye delivered up, &c.--With what heroic courage does Peter here charge his auditors with the heaviest of all conceivable crimes, and with what terrific strength of language are these charges clothed!
15. killed the Prince of life--Glorious paradox, but how piercing to the conscience of the auditors.
16. his name, through faith in his name, hath made this man strong, &c.--With what skill does the apostle use the miracle both to glorify his ascended Lord and bring the guilt of His blood more resistlessly home to his audience!
17-21. And now, brethren--Our preacher, like his Master, "will not break the bruised reed." His heaviest charges are prompted by love, which now hastens to assuage the wounds it was necessary to inflict.
I wot--"know."
through ignorance ye did it--(See marginal references, Luke 23:34 , Acts 13:27 , 26:9 ).
18. that Christ--The best manuscripts read, "that His Christ."
should suffer--The doctrine of a SUFFERING MESSIAH was totally at variance with the current views of the Jewish Church, and hard to digest even by the Twelve, up to the day of their Lord's resurrection. Our preacher himself revolted at it, and protested against it, when first nakedly announced, for which he received a terrible rebuke. Here he affirms it to be the fundamental truth of ancient prophecy realized unwittingly by the Jews themselves, yet by a glorious divine ordination. How great a change had the Pentecostal illumination wrought upon his views!
19. when the times of refreshing shall come--rather, "in order that the times of refreshing may come"; that long period of repose, prosperity and joy, which all the prophets hold forth to the distracted Church and this miserable world, as eventually to come, and which is here, as in all the prophets, made to turn upon the national conversion of Israel.
20. he shall send Jesus Christ--The true reading is, "He shall send your predestinated (or foreordained) Messiah, Jesus."
21. until the times--embracing the whole period between the ascension and the second advent of Christ.
restitution of all things--comprehending, probably, the rectification of all the disorders of the fall.
22-26. a prophet . . . like unto me--particularly in intimacy of communication with God ( Numbers 12:6-8 ), and as the mediatorial Head of a new order of things ( Hebrews 3:2-6 ). Peter takes it for granted that, in the light of all he had just said, it would be seen at once that One only had any claim to be that Prophet.
him shall ye hear in all things, &c.--This part of the prediction is emphatically added, in order to shut up the audience to the obedience of faith, on pain of being finally "cut off" from the congregation of the righteous ( Psalms 1:1 ).
24. foretold of these days--of Messiah; all pointing to "the time of reformation" ( Hebrews 9:10 ), though with more or less distinctness.
25. Ye are the children . . . of the covenant--and so the natural heirs of its promises.
in thy seed,
26. God, having raised up--not from the dead, but having provided, prepared, and given.
his Son Jesus--"His Servant Jesus"
sent him to bless you--literally, "sent Him blessing you," as if laden with blessing.
in turning away every one of you from his iniquities--that is, "Hitherto we have all been looking too much for a Messiah who should shed outward blessings upon the nation generally, and through it upon the world. But we have learned other things, and now announce to you that the great blessing with which Messiah has come laden is the turning away of every one of you from his iniquities." With what divine skill does the apostle, founding on resistless facts, here drive home to the conscience of his auditors their guilt in crucifying the Lord of Glory; then soothe their awakened minds by assurances of forgiveness on turning to the Lord, and a glorious future as soon as this shall come to pass, to terminate with the Personal Return of Christ from the heavens whither He has ascended; ending all with warnings, from their own Scriptures, to submit to Him if they would not perish, and calls to receive from Him the blessings of salvation.


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Travelers who love visiting the UK often do in large part because of those traditions that give England its special charm. Think afternoon tea. Creatively named neighborhood pubs and black cabs. Anything to do with the Queen and members of the royal family.
During my recent trip to the historically majestic university town of Cambridge, I was privileged to take in "Cambridge Faces: A Photographic Tribute to English Icons," a student-produced and coordinated series of print and digital portraits exploring different aspects of British heritage. The project staged both a fund-raising, invitation-only Inaugural Gala at the university's majestic Fitzwilliam Museum, called "Faces at the Fitz," and a two-day open-to-the-public viewing of eye-opening portraits from six Cambridge student photographers. Staged at the home of the prestigious Cambridge Union Society, this second phase was titled "Faces at the Union."
The "quintessentially English" icons featured in the photos—all of which were gorgeously and generously printed and framed by corporate donor Epson—included designs. Buildings. People. Fashion. Food.
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But this was no ordinary "student" show—FAR, far from it. This well-produced event was staged more professionally than SO many I've covered as a reporter—and that includes in several U.S. cities and some overseas. (And it's earning impressive media coverage, including from the UK's iconic celebrity magazine, Tatler.) Constantly flowing Champagne and a generous array of canapés were offered at the black-tie Gala 90 minutes before the "Cambridge Faces" opening ceremony kicked off. With the Fitzwilliam's world-class galleries as a backdrop for these impressive photo portraits, guests couldn't ask for a more elegant night out—especially with admission just 25 pounds (about $31.50 to $40).Hundreds of guests attendedthe recentGala, the majority of those students from Cambridge and other universities across Europe.
Each photographer selected and interpreted his or her own theme—and what an international group this is. For example, Eliska Haskovcova is from the Czech Republic; Chrystal Ding is Chinese but grew up in the UK. Redding—whose series portraits focused on the "Exploration of 20th Century British Style" from the 1920s through the 1990s—grew up in France.
"I looked at a picture (of Avedon's) called 'The Factory' and though it was aesthetically pleasing. It was really inspiring," said Redding of the legendary 1969 portrait that included Andy Warhol. For Redding's multi-panel portraits—which he styled himself, down to selecting the era-appropriate garb worn by student and faculty "models"—American photo and portrait legend Richard Avedon "was the most central inspiration for the whole thing."
Queens' College Art Society organizers are still tallying the proceeds from both the Gala, sales of the photographic portraits (all have been sold, with some buyers purchasing the entire student set) and other donations. Two UK-based charities—the Affinity Project, a Cambridge-based student organization helping support an in-need secondary school in the town of Croydon, and the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research—will equally share the profits.
Will there be a "Cambridge Faces" part deux for the Queens' College Art Society? That call has yet to be made. But one thing's for sure—these young photographers and event mavens certainly set the bar high for any Cambridge student event to come.


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I'm hoping that there are some CoolTools fans out there who stress out about soft and splitting fingernails! I would trust answers posted here over any other search strategy. Have you found a good Nail Hardener product? Let me know! asked Jan 20 '12 at 16:30 scafhunt |
I'm going to assume you're a guy since women with soft nails will often just go to a salon and have them do an acrylic treatment on it (personally, I think they're gross, but that's besides the point). My husband has the same problem; his fingernails are just very thin. Once we get into the dry season, they start to peel, and he's always biting them off as soon as they start to snag. There's all sorts of things you can brush onto your nails, but one that I like is from a nail polish company called OPI (that's Oh-Pee-Eye, not "ohpee"). They have a line of nail care products called Nail Envy. They all look like white or beige nail polish (in nail polish bottles), and most of them are designed to be worn underneath or on top of nail color. There IS one version of Nail Envy, however, that's designed for men. It's called "Matte Nail Envy," and as the name implies, it's a nail polish that dries into a matte, nonshiny coating. Now, my husband swears up and down it's shiny--it DOES give your nails a sheen, but I wouldn't call it a shine at all. OPI is sold in most hair and nail salons as well as higher-end stores that sell cosmetics. If you have a store like Sally Beauty Products or ULTA in your neighborhood, they will have it in stock. If you're embarrassed to walk into a beauty store, you can always write down the product name on a piece of paper, and go to the cashier right away and ask them to get it for you. The nail polish aisle will likely look pretty overwhelming for you. [another option is to simply buy them online] To see what a bottle of Matte Nail Envy looks like, go to OPI.com and click Nail Care > Nail Envy Line. The Matte version is the one with the navy color lettering on the bottle. If you try it, and you agree with my husband that the sheen is too much for you, my suggestion is that you use an extra fine nail sander to buff off the surface a bit. Another thing you can do is keep some moisturizer on hand, especially when the weather is cold and dry. Just dab a little bit on your fingernail, then pat your finger down at each of your nail beds, and then just lightly rub back and forth. It will keep your nail area moist and less likely to chip and crack. linkanswered Jan 24 '12 at 14:55 Teni |
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Close up of the COCOCOZY display in Atlanta features two new throws - Stripe in peacock blue and Quatrefoil in brown!(above) |
Who knew that Atlanta would be this amazing in terms of design? Well I'm sure all of the "in-the-know design crowd" knew. I didn't.
I got here on Thursday late night toting two huge suitcases; one with clothes and shoes (jam packed) and the other filled with several new COCOCOZY throws and the new fabric swatch book we just had made.
In the morning yesterday...I got a bit of a late start...so at about noon, I wheeled my goods over to see my collection at the presitgious Christian Mosso & Associates Showroom in the AmericasMart building.
The building was abuzz when I arrived. Buyers, designers, exhibitors all prattling about design...oooohhing...awwwing...poking...examining...touching...feeling...scrutinzing...enjoying all of the fabulous design on show. This market is HUGE.
So I wheeled my huge Tumi filled with throws up to the 9th floor and I came upon the most gorgeous showroom ever...it just happened to be the Christian Mosso & Associates Showroom...my showroom...woohoooo! It is elegant. Light, airy, filled with stunning textiles collections, lots of attractive people nicely dressed floating around and smiling. The showroom is owned by husband and wife team Christian and Laura Mosso...who are just amazing. The showroom is managed by Nicole Wicking who is equally as amazing, nice, helpful and so much fun - a new friend I think in Atlanta.
I didn't get great pictures yesterday because I couldn't get my camera settings right...but the showroom is filled with some of the best names in linens and textiles. Peacock Alley, Pine Cone Hill, Serena & Lilly, Brahms Mount, PomPom, Ankasa, Coyuchi, Designers Guild, Kumi Kookoon and so many more great textile lines in the 20,000 square foot showroom. Whoa...I feel like I'm with the big guys now.
Because this is my first show in this showroom, I have a small little corner...a lovely little display wall in the window on end. I was so happy to see COCOCOZY in its permanent home in Atlanta. The entire collection isn't here and I don't have a formal booth set up...but this will do for now. I am very happy.
Had lots of interest and a great customer come in from Chattanooga, TN last night..she bought nearly the whole collection. Wow! She was really quite chic and cute too. Will tell you more about her and her store in the future.
So far so good in Atlanta!
The COCOCOZY display corner at the Christian Mosso & Associates showroom in Atlanta (above) |
Peacock Alley section at the Christian Mosso Associates Showroom in Atlanta (above) |
More on the showroom and my neighbors there....gorgeous linens...and the overall show to come! Got a chance to walk around the temporary booths yesterday and there are some awesome furniture goodies. This market must be millions of miles long...me and a friend from Brahms Mount got lost yesterday looking for a particular manufacturer. It is truly design heaven.
Happy Saturday to you!
P.S. I must give a big huge shout out and thanks to my fantastic assistant Katie. She is just amazing. She made sure all of the goods got here to Atlanta. She is a total professional and a delight to work with. Katie started with me about two months ago and has just been so helpful. She is not here with me but she'll be coming to the New York show with me. Nice work Katie! (Also, some other good news regarding the New York Gift Fair... my sister might spend a day or two in the booth with us in NY as well...if she can get off of work (she's a busy attorney but she is going to try to come))!
P.P.S. A huge rug manufacturer came by to talk to me about possibly partnering on a project...that was exciting...we'll see what happens there.
P.P.P.S. Tonight our showroom is having a party with a band. And all day they have snacks, food and drink for clients and passersby. It is such a nice way to spend the day...in a showroom with gorgeous textiles, chatting with designers and manufacturers, sharing stories and making new friends. I feel very lucky.
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He's got a ton of stuff floating on the net, mainly in yahoo groups circuit. i'd like to know who he is and where I can find more video of him. some call him "spermy" and he used to have a group that was deleted. He's a cum pig and loves black cock. mainly older bears and derelics
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I don't know the title. He just mentioned doing a second straight video in his profile here: http://www.breedingzone.com/members/16485-da90027
I don't know the title. He just mentioned doing a second straight video in his profile here: http://www.breedingzone.com/members/16485-da90027
It seems like derek wanted know what it's like to fuck a woman. He said he enjoys a challenge. Alan capier said the same thing and look at how much bi porn he's done. You would'nt think someone would want to have their first time with a woman recorded on film. It could be awkward. What if you can't find her pussy hole. I think alan capier is the modern day jack wrangler. Its funny how an openlygay black performer would not agree to do any bi or straight porn.
Don't forget tober brandt fucked, and ate out buck angel in that titan movie. I saw a still pic of it. Does it count as hetero sex now that buck angel is a man now. I believe tober would not have did it if buck had all of his female attributes. I think for it to be str8 4 pay the package that's attached to the pussy has to be physically a woman too.
Hey ass_eater, where did Alan Capier talk about the bi porn?
@hornilad89 go to youtube type in "alan capier interview" it's not good picture or sound quality. He dnes'nt actually say bi porn or challenge.he says he gonna try and acheive' and or pull off something that's never been done before.if you can put two and two together you'll know that's what he's talking about. I assume everything else in porn has already been done. Every body knows about str8 men in gay porn. No one knows anything about gay men in str8 porn.
I find it interesting that all these supposedly "gay and never done this before" performers end up fucking women with relative ease on camera and always talk afterwards about how much they enjoyed it. Yet straight performer after performer make sure they emphasize how much they do NOT enjoy having sex with men. This is typical of the deeply rooted homophobic nature of the porn industry.
Sorry, but I just don't buy that "Oooo, look at me, I'm losing my virginity on camera" bit. Sounds like typical porn BS meant to draw attention to a particular performer and ultimately promote a product.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Just watched it and I see it was made and uploaded in 2010. Alan did his earliest bi scene (that I've seen) in 2006 in Bimaxx 6 (which was released in early 2007 but the video was filmed around Christmas time 2006). So it couldn't be straight porn he's talking about.
Come to think of it, I've seen him give a few interviews and has a Facebook page and a fan site and not once has he ever mentioned, anywhere, about his bisexual work and one straight scene. It's really odd. I imagine he probably doesn't like to talk about it.
@hornilad89: i assumed alan was talking about doing str8 porn exclusively or at least more often. I may have jump the gun too fast but that's what i got out of the video. It is strange that he never mentions his str8 work.he's not the only one. I never heard tommy blade,jason ridge,or gay couples luke and orion cross discuss their str8 and bi work. Pretty impressive for authentic gay men. It's a mystery why they don't talk about it. Tommy blade seem to have dropped off the planet. No news about him what so ever. I never seen alan's full on str8 movie.
this should be merged with the other thread of exactly the same name...that one has some pictures....
His straight movie was Anal Euromoms. You could see he really wasn't into it. I'd love to see him do more straight porn though.
I know he has a boyfriend at the moment. Maybe his boyfriend has said something along the lines of 'I don't mind you doing porn but I don't like you sleeping with other men. Do only straight porn and I will be OK'. That's probably just more of a wish of mine
Could'nt find anal euromoms. I only watch bi porn anal with women does nothing for me. I don't like the kissing hugging. I just like the way men look when they eat pussy i don't care if they never show the girls faces or breast at all. Do you of any bi vids where the men just walk in the room snatch her panties off and vigorously start eating.
This thread didn't exactly go where I meant for it to, so I'm gonna try re-phrasing my request. Does anyone know of any porn vids where an effeminate guy fucks a girl? I do not care whether the actor himself is gay or not - that's not what I'm asking.
You didn't say anything about an effeminate guy fucking a girl in your original post. You said you were looking for porn where a gay guys fucks a girl and that is what people have been responding. Gay is not a synonym for effeminate.
And no I've never heard of an effeminate guy fucking a girl in porn.
TIM BOYD fucks a woman in a 90's bi flick called 'CORPRATE BI OUT'. He's in BI DREAM OF GENIE, and a couple of more bi flicks all from the mid 90's. you can also see him in '101 RENT BOYS'. He goes by the name GARY BARRY. i think his bi scenes are on those leisure time or vivid entertainment compilation dvds.
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Bang Bros often have gay porn stars in their videos. One of them played up the fact that Tommy Defendi was gay/bi:
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It's not a great scene though. He's mostly soft throughout the video. I would like to see more self proclaimed gay guys fucking women. A reverse gay eye for the straight guy.
Thanks for the new videos H4L!
You're welcome Miztab!
What's so hot about watching gay guy fucking a woman in the video? Is it a secret message for us gays to act straight or what... I only watch straight men with gay men...Please don't take it as offense i'm just curious
@david362...... For me i don't take these videos that serious because alot of these self proclaimed gay men are not as gay as they claim. Only about a few are completely gay. But i watch mainly to see the facial expressions and wondering what they are thinking while fucking a gender they have no attraction to at all. But I can't watch when they have a real look of pain on their faces. It tells me they have no other options, Like the Rob Cryston video. i beleive he's gay for real. most of the others still play around women on occasions. hope this helps.
yeah..I guess you're right...all these men are presented like they have sex with women for the first time and enjoy it when in reality they're actually bisexual but call themselves gay(cause they prefer men etc)..the same thing is with "supposedly" straight men who are seduced by gay men...btw if some "gay" man decides to have sex with woman for the first time later in his life that doesn't mean he was fully gay all that time before,like some people claim here
Dylan mclovin is gay and he's done a couple of straight scenes for next door studios. The series is called nextdoor hookups. Brandt moore did a bi scene in a movie called "fine bi me"! I don't know if he actually fucked her. I only saw a piece of the clip. Jayden holloway has done a bi scene.
Tyler Hunt on NextDoor Hook-Ups is gay and in a HOT heterosexual scene there!
All those twinks~ ugh. Any more like Arpad Miklos or Blake Harper fucking women and eating pussy?
Did anyone ever find out what name Ross Taylor uses in his straight fuck films?
BTW, I write erotic fiction about Gay Men Fucking Pussy For The First Time:
This is gay icon Blake Harper in 2001 with TWO women! BTW, Blake says he only watches straight porn, although he's "gay" because it's "hotter and more real".
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About Blake Harper shooting his straight scenes in 2001:
Things were about to get weirder though. Blake Harper was going to have sex with a woman. "For the first time since I was a teenager!" he laughs. "This is something I've always wanted to explore more of, but I haven't really had an opportunity until now. Keri and I have been getting along really well. I'm so glad I got to know her before we do this because she's an incredible woman with a great sense of humor. I'm really looking forward to the scene."
Within the first ten minutes of Blake, Keri, and Brady's ménage a trios, the GayVN performer of the year dives for the muff. He stays there for a good twenty minutes too, while Keri gives Brady head that would turn a gay man straight. Keri's wildly known for the length of her tongue, which helps a great deal in passionate kissing, blowjobs, and shrimping. Yes, shrimping. Keri has a bit of a foot fetish.
As they break to change positions, I slide in to get a couple of shots. I ask Blake if he could move up from Keri's pussy from just a second so I can get a shot of his face. He ignores me. I ask again. His eyes roam the room like a curious little boy and he finally looks up at me. "What? I'm sorry, what did you say?" Blake Harper was lost in Keri Windsor's cookie.
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Jason Curious: Voyeur's Log
First up at bat this morning is director Tina Tyler donning a blonde wig for her scene opposite Keri Windsor and Blake Harper. This is Keri and Blake's second scene together, though this is the highly publicized (thanks to me) part of the film where Keri tries her hand and a dildo! at a position atop Blake's beautiful ass. Keri's tongue, fingers, and toy run wild all over Blake's derrière while he gets it on with Tina Tyler. Two girls in two days for Blake! That's just about as many as he's done in his entire life. Could we see the 2001 GayVN Performer of the Year making a B-line for bisex films in the future? Or even straight films perhaps? One thing's for sure, he's enjoying the variety!
"I was always curious as to exactly what a woman wants when a man goes down on her," says Blake.
"So a few years ago," interrupts Tina, "we met up and I gave him a little impromptu instructional." The two of them turn red and giggle like a couple of naughty schoolgirls who have been caught with their panties at their ankles. "Needless to say, I've been waiting for this scene for quite a while."
I don't think tyler hunt is gay. Everything i've read about him says he's straight. He says he's straight but versatile on his flirt 4 free cam. So some body lying. He does seem gay in his personal photos. Ross taylor is bisexual and says his gay audience freak out when they hear that he likes pussy. He does not give his str8 name so you won't be able to find the titles unless you recognize him. But back to tyler hunter "damn he fine"!
Do you know Ross Taylor's straight porn name??? Titles of the films? (PM me if not wanting to do it publicly).
Tyler Hunt seems so gay watching that video, which is a turn on for me to watch him eat and fuck pussy. This video is like a woman successfully seducing a gay man.
Yeah Tyler Hunt is strictly gay for pay.
My bad! He seems so gay! Sorry to mislabel him!
Not really HorniLad89 i met him 3 years ago in sacramento he was working a fast-food restaurant lol. We chat a little bit. Hit it off. We hang out a couple of times, he introduced me to his boyfriend. They broke up moths after but he is gay. We was in a awful part of his life when did did those scenes. Broke, recently forced to quit his bodybuilding competitions, no boyfriend. Anyway, the point here is that he is really gay, did he enjoyed his str8 scenes? i can tell he did but after a day of str8 porn he alwys came back to cock i can assure you that
No offence but that's only your word. The fetish doesn't kick in for me until they are super well known as gay or have done interviews in gay magazines and online vids where they state they are definitely gay. Alan Capier has done this and is in a relationship with a man and he fucks and cums inside pussy in bi porn.
Somewhere buried in the Forum (unless they've been removed) are 2 stories I wrote similar to these. One was called "Kissed Upon the Eyes' & was a fictional version of the MFM 3way I had a couple months back. The other was called "Tattoo" and was about a guy I know who is a tattoo artist. I can't find them but they're here somewhere.
Damn! You need to find them!
EDIT: Looks like a LOT of stories from December 2011 - June 2012 were wiped out.
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^^I found one but still can't find the other and its the better one.
^^Finally found the other one. Here it is:
To the OP: Sorry to get so far OT.
Great writing!!! Got me hard!
thanx jobman. glad u liked it
this is not porn but still about gay guy with woman
I don't know any of ross taylor's str8 titles. He obviously does not want his str8 movies known because he refuses to give the name he uses for str8 porn. It's hard to find gay men, or men in str8 or bi porn because most time they aren't credited for their performances. Most are found on compilation vids. Which makes it that much harder. If you find them it will be by the luck of the draw. That's how i found michael brandon's bi scenes.
@eggsell: the dvds are from leisure time entertainment. The bi scenes are usually from the 90's to early 2000's. They are identified by disc numbers. DISC# 22435 HAS MICHAEL BRANDON WITH SHARON KANE. DISC# 22364 HAS A VERY YOUNG MICHAEL BRANDON, AND TONY DAVIS WITH A BLONDE GIRL. JAKE STEED IS IN IT AS WELL. TITLE: LET'S SHARE THIS DICK HAS MICHAEL BRANDON WITH PAUL CARRIGAN AND A BLONDE CHIC. Try buying from mailbox movies or renting from bush dvd rental. might be so hard to get them because the dvds i have i bought long ago. but still google any adult dvd rental you may know of.


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Ok. This is starting to drive me crazy. I've always hosted my av/sig on image shack, but now I get an error message each time I try to link to the image. (Error from this forum, not image shack).
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Anyone else having trouble with this? Is there a better hosting site that the kids are using these days? I miss my av!
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well, it's not under 6kb to start with. Is it even possible to have an 80x avatar that's 6 kb or less?
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Weeeeeell, it was on the old forum. Maybe the lady has changed the rules or something?
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Yep. The avs are significantly more restricted than they were - no more than 80x80 px, and no more than 6kb. Try saving it as a .jpg and reducing the quality til it fits. It should do reasonably easily. The i'd probably upload it from your computer rather than linking to it - it seems to work better, for me at least.
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Yeah, I've got avvie trouble too, but for different reasons.
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I've made it so that there are no off-site avatars anymore - people were just using this as a way to get around the size restrictions (which I found annoying) so no more!
I WILL however increase the size restriction to 100x100 (ya bunch o' whiners)
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It's actually the file size that's the bigger problem for me. .png files look better but are bigger
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There's plenty that can be done to optimize this avatar. Let's take a look at the original Viola avatar:
File format: PNG
Dimensions: 80x80 pixels.
File size: 14.4 KB.
Number of unique colors in image: 4,079
Color depth: 24 bits per pixel.
The "color depth" part indicates how precisely the color values are stored. A "bit" is just a single value - either a 1 or 0. Right? So an image using exactly one bit per pixel would be strictly black and white (0 = black, 1 = white). So if you wanted to draw a small white X on a black background, you'd have a list of pixels like this:
But suppose you need more colors than just black and white. You need to increase the number of bits that you use for each pixel. In a 2-bit image, you could have four possible values:
= black
= yellow
= red
= white
Which could be used to make a crude smiley face:
It's easier to see the smiley if you unfocus your eyes a bit.
But you'll notice that there's an inefficiency here -- we didn't actually use any white in this image. But in order to get THREE colors, we have to use the same number of bits per pixel as we would for four. As a result, the amount of information we have to store (that's the file size) increases.
Now, let's look at viola's av again. It has a color depth of 24 bits per pixel, meaning that every single pixel in the image has to be recorded using 24 bits, like this:
That's enough space to store millions upon millions of unique colors. But there are actually only 4,079 in the image, so almost all of that "space" is unused.
The ones that are there aren't being used very efficiently, either. 80 x 80 is 6,400 pixels total in the image. And there are 4,079 unique colors. That means almost ALL of the pixels have unique colors. But if you blow up the picture and look at it, most of the differences are so small that you can't really tell the difference between them.
So we can reduce the file size by reducing the number of colors used, and consequently reducing the number of bits we have to use in order to record all of them.
Modified version 1:
File Format: PNG
Dimensions: 80x80 pixels.
File size: 5.5 KB.
Number of unique colors in image: 256
Color depth: 8 bits per pixel.
If you're counting in binary, and you can only use 8 places, then you can count from 0 to 255, for a total set of 256 possible values. (Zero counts as a value here.) By combining the colors that are very similar into a single color, for a total of exactly 256 colors, we can chop off two thirds of the information required per pixel. It's not a perfect 66% decrease, because the PNG format has some other parts to it - in addition to the list of pixels, it contains a color palette where it maps colors to binary numbers, and it has to record the height and width of the image, and so on.
But we still manage to fit basically the same information into only 38% of the previous size. They really look essentially identical. For ease of comparison, consult this
side-by-side enlargement
showing the original PNG on the left and the 8-bit indexed PNG on the right.
We could try something similar with a GIF format, like this:
Modified version 2:
File Format: GIF
Dimensions: 80x80 pixels.
File size: 6.3 KB.
Number of unique colors in image: 256
Color depth: 8 bits per pixel.
GIF is slightly less efficient about how it stores its color palette, and so the image is a little larger -- 6.3 KB, over the 6 KB image limit. Let's try it with JPG, which is the only other image format that works widely among web browsers. I'm too lazy to make a side-by-side comparison for this one. Anyway, it's using the exact same 256 colors, so they'll look identical.
Modified version 3:
File Format: JPG
Dimensions: 80x80 pixels.
File size: 3.6 KB.
Number of unique colors in image: 4,079
Image quality: 85%.
JPG functions differently than either PNG or GIF. Instead of containing a precise list of pixels, it contains a mathematical formula for reconstructing the list of pixels. The algorithm that it uses for that is "lossy" - that is, once you've done the initial compression, it won't restore precisely the same colors in precisely the same places.
The compression process throws out some colors, and relies partially on peculiarities of how your brain processes color information to trick you into "seeing" colors that aren't actually there. It uses the same psycho-visual effects to trick you into seeing lines as more sharply defined than they actually are. Both the math and the physiology are beyond me, I'm afraid, but that's the gist of it.
if you want the full gory details about how JPG compression works, complete with cryptic algorithm notation and phrases like "discrete cosine transform", "quantization" and "Cohen-Daubechies-Fauraue 9/7 biorthogonal transform", then by all means, visit the article
Image Compression: Seeing What's Not There
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This approach works very well for photographs, and other images that have lots of very subtle gradations in color. It doesn't work quite so well with images that have lots of large areas of basically the same color, with sharply defined lines separating those areas.
Here's an enlarged comparison of the
original PNG versus the JPG
, with the JPG on the right. Compare how it treats the areas of solid color - for example across the bridge of Skogul's nose, or on her shoulder, or in the blue area in the bottom right around "Vi". You'll see that some "noise" has been introduced - those are "compression artifacts" introduced in the process of converting to the JPG format.
You can see the same thing if you compare the
8-bit PNG versus the JPG
. The PNG just comes out looking cleaner.
So for this particular purpose -- an image with large areas of basically similar colors, having fairly sharply defined lines -- I'd say an 8-bit PNG hits the sweet spot between file size and image quality. You can get a smaller file with JPG, but it doesn't look quite so nice. And there are no particularly noticeable visual differences between the 24-bit PNG and the 8-bit PNG.
And that's why it's useful to understand image formats -- it lets you figure out how to make lean, efficient web graphics that download fast and look good!
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Major JPG problem #1: No transparency.
You can't look dignified when you're having fun.
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Major jpg problem no 1: not a problem in this instance, since no transparency is used.
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Yeah, that was more of a personal whine.
Then again, since the background isn't two-tone around here, transparency isn't strictly necessary...
*does some fiddlin'*
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I also had issues with this >.<
i had to resize it purely to get it under 6kb >.>;;
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Hm, it doesn't help that the graphics program I have is kind of skanky freeware. Thanks Tin, although I don't think I could ever replicate what you just did.
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