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Following protests and police raids, Uber has announced that it's shutting down operations of UberPop in France as of 8pm local time this evening. »
Following protests and police raids, Uber has announced that it's shutting down operations of UberPop in France as of 8pm local time this evening. »
While Parisian cab drivers took to the streets to pillage and burn Uber vehicles last Thursday, the ever-contentious ridesharing company was quietly rolling out UberBoat across the continent in Istanbul. »
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Parisian taxi drivers have long made their anti-Uber feelings clear, normally through the medium of broken windows and slashed tires. But taxi drivers protesting against Uber this morning took things a step further, attacking passenger-carrying cars and burning other (empty) Uber vehicles. »
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By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
6/3/2013 (2 years ago)
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Pope Francis has made history once again, by holding the first worldwide "Holy Hour" in history. Many of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics spent an hour on Sunday with the Holy Father in Eucharistic Adoration.
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6/3/2013 (2 years ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Pope Francis, Holy hour, world, Eucharistic adoration, prayer, human trafficking, slavery, scandal
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Pope Francis asked all the Catholics of the world to join him for an hour between 5 and 6 PM, Rome time, which was mid-to-late morning in the United States. The hour was spent in prayer before the Body of Christ in a special form of devotion known as Eucharistic adoration.
During Eucharistic adoration, Catholics pray before the actual body of Christ. It is one of the most solemn prayer rituals of the faith.
The intentions of the Holy Father certainly warranted a high level of solemnity. Pope Francis personally chose two intentions. The first was for those "who still suffer slavery and who are victims of war, human trafficking, drug running and slave labor." He also added, "the unemployed, the elderly, migrants, the homeless, prisoners, and those who experienced marginalization."
The second intention was for the Church itself and that it be "without stain or blemish." Many believe this was an allusion to the recent scandals which rocked the church before his tenure.
According to the Vatican, this is the first time ever, in the history of the world, that a universal hour of Holy Eucharistic Adoration has ever taken place. It was even more remarkable that it was led by the Holy Father himself.
Catholics around the world were excited to have an opportunity to pray directly alongside the Holy Father, even if they were only next to him in a temporal and spiritual sense.
This universal hour of Holy Eucharistic Adoration is just one more sign that Pope Francis is a genuine, pious, and holy man who is truly dedicated to shepherding his flock. Francis has electrified the Church, and brought new life to many whose faith was lagging. He has even managed to reach outsiders and inspire them to greater efforts of humility and good.
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It is definitely going to happen -- but where and when has yet to be decided. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church and Pope Francis have agreed to meet in an attempt to repair the major rift between the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity. LOS ... continue reading
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The agency is about to ramp up marketing efforts to sell the 7,400 tickets remaining from a stockpile of 9,000 tickets, said spokesman Terry Owens. Train tickets, $25 for a round trip, must be purchased in advance of the Jan. 21 event. Regular MARC tickets and passes will not be honored.
"We are hearing that smaller crowds are expected, but with the inauguration falling on a federal holiday, when many will be off work, it is hard to gauge what the demand will be," Owens said. "Weather will also very likely be a key factor."
Union Station is less than a mile walk from The Mall, where spectators can watch the swearing in.
Morning and afternoon inaugural service will be run on the Penn and Brunswick lines. Penn Line trains will depart from Baltimore's Penn Station every 30 minutes from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Afternoon service will depart from Washington's Union Station from 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Penn Line service will not operate north of Baltimore's Penn Station and will only board passengers at Odenton, BWI, Halethorpe and West Baltimore between Penn and Union stations.
The Brunswick Line will offer two morning trains from Martinsburg, W. Va., at 7:25 a.m. and 8:25 a.m., and two morning trains departing from Frederick at 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Two afternoon trains will leave Washington for Martinsburg at 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. and two afternoon trains will leave for Frederick at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
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Mass Effect 3 Game Review.
To my lovely yet crazy, possibly deranged readers… This post is a bit special in the sense that it's not entirely my own work but rather a collaboration of 7 people more or less. This is actually an assignment for one of my University Modules so it's very academic and stuff. I'm not allowed to use stuff. I am bad person…
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Mass Effect 3 Learning Principles Review
We will be reviewing Mass Effect 3 by taking into consideration (Gee, 2005) 13 learning principles for a well-designed game.
1. Co-design
In the trilogy, there is a moral system in place. The two sides are renegade and paragon. Renegade is when you take whatever measures needed to finish the mission. Paragon is where you go out of your way to help every last soul that you can. These two aspects have a massive role in the Mass Effect universe, where it even changes who will be left alive in the end and what actions are available to you in certain situations. The game allows you to make your own choices and these choices have an effect on the story that you as a player experience. The game allows you to choose your squad, who will be fighting alongside you. You further have the choice to help these companions in personal matters; this has an effect on how well they perform throughout the game.
2. Customize
The game has many different ways of playing it. When you start a new game, you have the ability to choose the difficulty of the game, making it easy or very difficult. If this is not enough for you and you want to skip out on all the combat the game offers, you can choose an option that makes the game all about the interactions between characters. The second option is Role Playing, where you have a component of interacting with characters and combat. A third choice would be Action only where any interaction between characters will be done for you by the game. In the game itself, you have the ability to customize Commander Shepard as well as his squad. Commander Shepard has many classes available to him; each class presents a different style of gameplay and can change how you experience the game.
3. Identity
In the Mass Effect trilogy you are Commander Shepard. In Mass Effect one you had a casual conversation with a death machine and then blew the thing up while grinning at your tight knit alien team. In mass effect 2 you made more alien friends then jumped through the super-scary-it-might -kill you relay… and then continued onwards to blow up the space station on the other side. Blowing things up is kind of your thing. In Mass Effect you create your Commander Shepard and you choose the fate of the galaxy. You can either be a badass or a hero hell-bent on helping people. The choice is yours.
4. Manipulation and Distributed Knowledge
In Mass Effect you can move Commander Shepard within the boundaries of the game world, you can interact with most people and you have a gun. Not just a gun, a space gun. It shoots things. Bad guys mostly. After character creation you are immediately dumped into the action after a cut scene and from there on out, it's your job to solve the problems of the galactic community by shooting, helping and shopping. I am not kidding; you can't shoot things properly without a nice, new gun.
5. Well-ordered problems
In the game, mass effect, many skills are taught in tutorials in the anticipation that these skills will be implemented in more difficult problem solving later in the game. The story choice system also offers many different scenarios where dialogue and action choices provide guidance for future choices and progression usually in the role playing elements of the game. This means that the game fulfils the criteria of well-ordered problems entirely.
6. Pleasantly Frustrating
At the start of Mass Effect 3 a players skills are judged by the game and a difficulty is assigned to the player that is meant to be challenging but doable. As the game progresses a player knows which directions to take due to suggestive prompts and the story aspect of the game only progresses if a player is headed in the right direction. Bosses and all enemies in general have health bars that indicate how well a player is progressing in defeating them. This shows that Mass Effect 3 fulfils the pleasantly frustrating criteria.
7. Cycles of Expertise
In the game Mass Effect 3, the principle of "Cycle of Expertise" is applied in a very simple but elegant way that makes sense to the player. Mass Effect 3 implements the different stages of difficulty in a game similarly to many other games. The player begins the game on "starting difficulty." This gives the player a choice to play "casual", "normal", or "veteran." Once a player has played through the game once on any of the above mentioned difficulty levels, they will have unlocked the "Hardcore" difficulty. In this difficulty level, the enemy's difficulty level is scaled up. Some enemies now have protection abilities and bosses get varying levels of immunity. Once you have played through that difficulty, you would have unlocked the "Insanity" difficulty level. This level has immense scaling for bosses. All enemies now have protection and all bosses have immunity. This is a great example of how the "cycle of expertise" principle is handled in Mass Effect 3 as we can see that once a player has mastered all skills at one level, they now have to apply those skills at a much higher level. This requires the player to acquire a lot of practice and tests their memory of their practice and shows how they apply that to the new levels and challenges presented to them.
8. Information 'On Demand' and 'Just in Time'
Mass Effect 3 delivers information to its players by the use of a Heads up display (HUD) system. The HUD is split up into three sections (left, right and bottom of the screen). The left and right of the screen display information about your squad's talents and the abilities. It also allows you to issue orders by clicking on specific icons unique to those orders. The bottom of the screen provides information about your own characters abilities and talents and allows you to use them by clicking on them. In addition to these UI elements, Mass Effect 3 also provides player information while they play the game through messages and other characters. As can be seen above, Mass Effect 3 applies the "Information on Demand" in a very subtle but useful sense. Mass Effect 3 is able to provide information to the player without being obtrusive.
9. Fish Tanks
The game itself does not necessarily offer tutorials and instead puts players in the action of the game and the players are put to the test as soon as they begin. However in the beginning it is not that difficult in the first levels of the game as the player is introduced into the story, they get the idea of what is to be expected in terms of game play or and the difficulty that will come with it. Sort of a 'Learn-as-you-go' type game. This is the closest to a fish tank as Mass Effect 3 can get.
10. Sandboxes
In terms of Sandboxes, Mass Effect 3 uses a lot of dialogue where the player can use the time to relax from any action during playing. Nothing can go wrong during the dialogue unless of course one chooses the wrong response; in the game, player has options on how to respond in dialogues which determines the rest of your game play. Should a player choose the right response, they could likely avoid any conflict in the game at all.
11. Skills as strategies and System Thinking
In the game mass effect, each character in your group has 4 skills, each with unique benefits. Often the skills of the members on your squad are very important to the success of a mission. Not having the right characters equipped and correctly levelled skills often results in mission failure, showing that critical thinking is necessary for mission success. Your squad is a system and every "component" in the system needs to be picked out carefully, working together as a team, flanking enemies and combining abilities to wipe out enemies or disable bosses is crucial.
12. System Thinking
The game consists of a class and skill system. As you level and play through the game, you can choose to unlock certain abilities. These abilities play a role in playing the game and fulfilling certain strategies. The abilities are core elements of the lore of the Mass Effect universe. As you play with these different abilities, you learn that you can combine certain abilities, meaning that over time you get a feel of the rules used in combat.
13. Meaning as Action Image
Mass Effect 3 prides itself as a game that has the player deeply experience the universe, characters, relationships, and stories through their characters. Throughout the game the player must role-play either a paragon or renegade character which defines the player experience through moral and ethical choices that the game presents to the player. These choices have a profound effect on the game, changing the outcome of certain events completely. The immersiveness of the game allows players to pick up concepts and terminology quickly by experimenting and figuring out things for themselves instead of learning definitions for example. The actions of the player allow them to learn through experience of Commander Shepard. The highly controversial ending to the game presents a philosophical question to the player that ends in three different outcomes based on what the player believes to be the correct choice depending on their experience through the game.
Gee, J.P., 2005. Learning by design: Good video games as learning machines. E-learning. 2(1): 5-16.
Electronic Arts. 2007. Mass Effect 1. [DISC/DIGITAL] Canada: Bioware Edmonton.
Electronic Arts. 2010. Mass Effect 2. [DISC/DIGITAL] Canada: Bioware Edmonton.
Electronic Arts. 2012. Mass Effect 3. [DISC/DIGITAL] Canada: Bioware Edmonton.
Life is tough and crap falls on your head…
If there is one thing I've learned it is not to take life too seriously. It can kill you… Like grab a fork and tickle you, kill you. Like seriously. There is nothing more dangerous than a fork and peanut butter falling on your head when you open the cupboard in the kitchen. I should totally write a post on how to wash peanut butter out of one's hair. Because it happens. Shit happens my dear readers and it's often peanut butter in your hair. How bloody poetic.
Peanut butter infested hair aside, let's get down to business.
Cue University, the main reason why this blasted blog of mine is so quiet. But I repent; I do honestly try to make an effort… I promise no wait I don't. Screw you all.
As pleasant as the thought of chasing a three legged cat down the street in my underwear sounds, I do believe I'll pass. What? You had not suggested something so absurd? Well excuse me for assuming you're interesting.
Another little life lesson that have been adequately forced down my throat would be not to hit morons over the head with my water bottle. You see I'm in that awkward position of choosing to study a degree equivalent to an engineering degree. Some might argue that I'm talking a cluster of crap; nothing in the world is more challenging than an engineering degree… I beg to differ. You try spending everyday getting up at half past 5, working for hours upon hours having barely enough time to pee and then going home, eating, bathing – that is to say if I even remember…(if you remember, there is reason I have dead windowsill fly collection. They seem to love me by the time I reach Wednesday and end up dead by Friday. Could be me… Could be the bug spray or perhaps Katherine carrying an aerosol can filled with au de stinky toes.)
Okay I'm lying; I'd eat my own ear before I got to bed smelly. I have no idea how I'm going to accomplish that but I will, hear me out, I will non-believer. (Here is a dirty little secret… I shower naked.) Anyway… where was I? Oh right, I was at the part of repeating the entire damn process over and over again until you eventually reach that point where you're willing to lick a wall just because you can. Well that's just me; I don't know what the rest of you people do when under a lot of pressure. Me?
I lick walls and hunt carpets in the middle of the night.
Now the reason as to why the urge to use my water bottle as a weapon of mass destruction had risen in the first place is because I was in the unfortunate position of being stuck behind some two girls chattering like banshees and walking really… really… really slowly. I was irritated, irrational, female and hungry. I couldn't help overhearing one complain to the other over the absolute atrocity of her having to sit through three hours of class before having a blessed break. Cue eye twitch. I'm lucky if I even have a bloody break. You my dear, are probably studying something like BA arts, I have nothing against any BA degrees what I do though have a problem with is people complaining about absolutely nothing. Shame you have class until half past 3? Well that's cute; I have class till half past 6 sometimes but never mind me. Oh no, you have to get up at 7 to make class… Oh dear, what absolute train wreck, your life is ending because you can't go out with your friends tonight because you have this foreign thing called homework. I'm lucky to even have social contact with people for 5 min a day. What the hell am I talking about anyway? I don't know what her life is about.
Perhaps I'm too hard on this individual whose name I do not know, but when you reach the point of finding late night activities like hunting carpets entertaining… You know you are losing your mind or perhaps a pillow and finding any kind of sympathy is asking a bit too much.
That is all.
Ye be primitive.
What is more horrifying than your cell phone inexplicably dying on you?
It's not the boogeyman picking his nose or the daunting task of finding something to watch on television… Oh no, it's something much worse.
A power failure.
Dum dum duuuuuuuuuuuuum.
There is nothing more horrifying than the knowledge that for a unknown finite amount of time you will be sitting at home with no electricity meaning no way to charge your dead cell phone, no video games, no hot water, no television and food that might as well be still alive since the means to cook it is… is so primitive (forgive me I had a horrible flashback. It involved burned grilled cheese, the horror! I know for a fact that my wonderful oven wouldn't have inflicted such monstrosities on that poor sandwich.)
Not to mention no lights, eternal darkness, an increased threat of boogeyman dancing, spiders (I'm not kidding, they seem to thrive on the no electricity front. Something about crawling out from underneath the rug while you try to pee strait and not fall off the toilet in the middle night with a flashlight barely making a dent in the black abyss of your bathroom. You sit there (or stand…) minding your own damn business and then bam! OH SHIT! Need I elaborate? We've all been there.) and of course it's the middle of dead winter. So no electric blankets, no heaters, did I mention the no hot water?
But what gets me the most of this big mess is nothing else than the soul sucking boredom of it all. What the hell am I suppose to do with myself the entire day? What do people do when they have no technology to entertain them? In my defense I realize that there are people out there that deal with this on a daily basis and to them I say: "Well done. I applaud thee." But that is simply not the point. I am a spoiled child with access to technology on a daily basis and my question is: "How does one entertain oneself when technology has inexplicably bit you in the butt?"
The answer?
Things to do without technology:
- Write a story… with your bare hands. That's right, look for a pen, it's a tangible, long, thing object that is usually about 20 cm long more or less that when you scratch on a piece of paper (a thin white sheet, you need this as well.) it makes a mark. Magic! Now go, be the next Stephanie Meyer.
- Write a song. It's like writing a story only the difference is that this can be used to inflict mass horror on people by singing it. So if you ever feel like being hunted by pitchforks and the power happens to be out, this is your means to a very painful end… and possibly finding out what the definition of "Run Like Hell" is.
- Wash a car. Time to get down and dirty… like with mud and shit. Get your head of the gutter honestly what do you take me for? A llama-llama? I think not. Washing a car is an entire process on its own and will be elaborated on a later date. For now take it as an excuse to stalk that super hot neighbour of yours and ask him/her for help on washing your car or someone else's car or the cat's car. Whatever floats your boat?
- Stand on your head and try to lick your toes. It's harder than it sounds, trusts me. This should waste a few hours, for added effect you could invite over your cute neighbour and try to light your farts on fire but this should only be done in the clutches of pure, undiluted stupidity.
- If you have a sibling (like me) that is even more useless than you are during a horrifying crisis like this, play a board game. Something likes chess. If not really your thing or your brain-cells struggle to understand the concepts of intellectual pwning, you can always tie your sibling to a tree and throw them with the board pieces…
- Take a nap. Also commonly referred to as a horizontal life pause. Even the most simple minded of beings understand this concept and should I not have to elaborate on the art of napping.
- Get a hammer, some wood and some nails… and make something. What the hell did you think I was going to say? Go after your arch-nemesis and have a tea party of death involving a hammer and a lot of screaming? Noooo, bad murdered in the making. We do not kill people. We help them into the afterlife.
- Light a candle and fry marshmallows. Ignore the strange colour your marshmallow takes on. I'm still alive so I can say with certainty that it will not kill you. I think. I might be dead already but I'm not sure.
- Watch a movie. Ha ha… ha ha ha… ha ha ha ha. I'm sorry I had to.
- Read a book. My brother absolutely hates reading but when desperate times call for desperate measures you'd be surprised as to what you discover you can and cannot do. Like reading a book. After spending some time ignoring him flat while he wandered around the house listlessly I held out a book to him and urged him to read it. He actually liked it. So shut up you "I hate reading morons", the revolution will get you!!
Last but not least…
If all else fails, eat a peanut.
I'm still alive here…
This is awkward. Not really, you probably have no idea what I'm talking about since the probability of you ever returning here once you have seen this obscurity that is my non-existent-existent blog is zero to none. So welcome Random Stranger to my blog. Yes, yes I know. I've already done the whole introduction thing of hello world, this is me and my blog which I am convinced will be the most awesomest thing ever (as is every other aspiring blogger out there)… like a year ago. You can keep hitting that previous posts button until you find it if you're ever curious enough. But your laziness is apparent and I'll spare you the pain… so don't do it. That's right, don't hit that button, don't you dare. There is nothing of interest. I am starting anew. I haven't been on this site in months because I'm a horrible person and a damn lazy one.
But I have a valid excuse this time.
Yes I do.
Your eyes are going to fall out if you keep rolling them around like that. I swear one moment you'll be doing that whatever whoever you are and your random ass blog I so accidentally stumbled on and the next moment… BAM! No more eyes for you, you must look really odd staring up at yourself. Watch out for the eye eating budgies while you gape like a goldfish at yourself. You should probably go the hospital though; I hear randomly losing one's eyeballs is bad for your health. What? I caused this? Nonsense, I was just here minding my own business and contemplating whether I should make a valuable contribution to society by writing something meaningful… Which I'm like totally doing now for your information. FYI.
Right… where was I? Ohhh, that's right. I have this perfectly valid excuse for staying away so long. What was it again…? Oh yes… It's a little thing called I have no life anymore a.k.aUniversity. That's right, I'm one of the big kids now, see my awesome My Little Pony backpack and shaky legs. I'm totally owning this. No? You don't believe me? Pffft, who needs you anyway, Random Stranger, you don't know me or my dead windowsill flies. That's right, I'm awesome and I collect dead flies.
Ok, ok, I'll stop now. I came here for a reason.
Dear Random Stranger and any non-existent returning guests.
I sincerely apologize for staying away so long yet I cannot promise you, my adoring Random Stranger, any regular posts but I'll certainly try, while wearing my undies upsidedownupdownleftright. They have pink toads on them… or is it llamas? I can never decide.
Just a bit of useless information and an excuse.
How to hunt a toaster.
We all know what they look like, small… shiny… and capable of mass destruction if you ever are dumb enough to stick a fork in there.
A toaster is a small land crustacean and it is generally shiny and box-like. The toaster has an aluminium exoskeleton with up to four slots that make up the mouth. Protruding from the outer shell is a lever that is pushed down to consume prey. Also present is a dial determining how much of the prey is to be consumed or rather "roasted." The toaster's natural habitat ranges from kitchen counters to the back of creepy-stalker-dude-that-still-lives-with-his-mom's scary, dark room. On the evolutionary tree, toasters are very closely related to appliances like the microwave. Toaster ovens as you would naturally expect are in fact NOT as closely related to toasters as one would think but more closely related to the oven, however toaster ovens share DNA with toasters which strongly suggests that they share an ancestor. Toasters are ferocious predators that prey on hapless creatures like sliced bread, loafed bread, bagels, waffles, pancakes, occasional paper money and even a few fingers if it's really hungry.
So, you're probably wondering why the hell you should know any of this. Know thy enemy my dear student for it will help you in your conquest when hunting these dangerous predators.
How to hunt a toaster.
Gather all your supplies and make a checklist of what you will need.
Hunting toasters is a serious business and your wits will be tested. Compiling a list of supplies is crucial in your conquest of slaying these dangerous and menacing creatures. You will need a spatula to slap the appliance away if it would dare to come too close, a plate to ward off any deranged attacks from flying crumbs, a knife to impale unsuspecting loafs of bread to use them as bait and lastly a fork if it ever leads to the last fatal confrontation. I sincerely hope for your sake that never happens.
Make sure you have your mother's permission, hunting marshmallow, the right ammo, stylish sunglasses, emergency butter, oven mitt, extra underwear and anything else you deem necessary.
You can't just jump right into the fray and start slaying toasters left and right. Have you met your mother? Exactly. Now unless you want to be hit over the head with a wooden spoon or worse I strongly suggest you get her permission to kill the uncivilized toaster in her kitchen. If that is out of the question, bribe her with a spa date and hope and pray that she's the forgiving type. When hunting toasters, always bring your marshmallow with you as a morale boost or something to lick seductively in case you need to seduce the coffee machine… we'll look the other way. Toasters can only be killed with homemade spoon bows that use half rusted spoons as arrows. Anything else will only piss it off and might just singe your eyebrows. Stylish sunglasses is a must for menacing poses while hunting out these aloof creatures, trust me, the toaster doesn't want some fashion NO-NO moron hunting it. Emergency butter must only be used… excuse me I lost the script. Figure it out. An oven mitt is crucial when wrangling the hissing toaster, don't want to burn yourself on hot toast, now do you? And please… for all intents and purposes, when taking your victory photo… wear appropriate clothing… No one is interested in your Hello Kitty undies and yes I'm talking to you male life forms.
When stalking your toasty prey, make sure not to fart.
The process of hunting a toaster is quite simple.
Step 1: Find a corner.
Step 2: Peer around the corner.
Step 3: Lick the wall and wink at your marshmallow.
Step 4: Marinate yourself and stick jelly babies all over your body. This will disguise your scent and make the toaster unable to smell you.
Step 5: Lick lips in anticipation while trying not to freak the cat out.
Step 6: Do a burrito roll into the pantry while humming your own personal theme song.
Step 7: Search for the toaster.
Step 8: When the toaster has been spotted, take out your spoon bow, have the butter ready, stab the bread and lastly do not look down… there is a spider crawling over your big toe but that is not an issue right now.
Step 9: I'll wait while you silently freak out and try to drown it in the sugar.
Step 9.1: Are you still busy with that spider? Honestly just step on it or something. Oh really? You forgot to wear pants? What did I say about undie photos?
Step 9.1.2: Oh the spider is dead? Took you long enough. Okay, okay, ready your spoon bow.
Step 10: Take aim and shoot the toaster. If the spoon bounces off, that's okay, spoons were never meant to kill toasters in the first place and you should probably start running now.
Step 11: I hear toasters have an appetite for retreating heels, I wonder if that's true.
Step 12: Oh you're hiding in the closet? Some toaster hunter you are, pfffft.
Sooo what, it's been like four weeks. Hey don't look at me like that! I was busy, yeah I was busy… Oh what. now you're rolling your eyes. What if a marshmallow ate them? How'd you like that eye roller? Pffft ridiculous. I do actually have a valid excuse. It is called… END YEAR EXAMS. Baduuuum! Yeah you heard me, yours truly was in the evil clutches of pieces of paper that will determine my life as I know it… I screwed this up… I would have been screwed well and truly…. SO want to know how I survived? So do I…
How to choose a pencil.
Consider how you use a pencil.
What do you do with your pencil? Do you write? Do homework? Do you clean your ears with it? Do you stab people with it? Do you use it as a lightsaber and pretend to be half peanut ninja? Do you press heavily or lightly when you write or draw. Do you prefer a fine line or a bold one? (Marshmallows or peanuts.) Do you tend to lose, loan out, chew, or mistreat your pencils, or do they get stored safely in a cup or pouch or in a dark corner in your pants? Do you carry your pencil in a pocket or purse where a sharp point could do damage? Like stabbing the chocolate you keep hidden there? You know a pencil mark on chocolate is not very appealing. Do you wear the erasers down to a stump or tend to lose eraser caps? Do you erase very little, so that the eraser dries up? Do you like chewing your pencil?
Notice what you like and don't like about the pencils you already have around.
If you are anything like me, you'd probably have pencils lying between the couch cushions, in the fridge, stabbed into mushrooms, glued to the ceiling… You know, perhaps but only perhaps when you bought that pencil it meant something special to you at that time and finding it in your heart to give the pencil covered in your goldfish's saliva a second chance might just solve your pencil problems…
Decide between a mechanical pencil and a traditional pencil.
Mechanical pencils don't need sharpening, but they do need a supply of the right size lead. You know those flimsy grey little sticks that snap easily and stab you unexpectedly in the finger whenever you innocently reach into your pencil case for your hidden stash of eraser ammo? Traditional pencils don't need evil little sticks but they do need the comforting embrace of a pencil sharpener. And what do pencil sharpeners do to pencils? They excrete pencil droppings alllll over your desk, so really the choice is between pencil poop or being stabbed for the rest of your life.
Convenience is everything
When you are sucking your thumb for answers you can't have a bothersome pencil, you need a quiet one that just lies there obediently while you useless grope for answers in the dark recesses of your mind only to find that you stashed cheetos there. What did you do? Shove them through your nose and then forgot? At least you have a snack and can maybe create cheetos art on your paper.
Look for other features according to your needs.
Does it have a built-in eraser? Is there a little cap to chew on when staring off into oblivion? On a mechanical pencil, does it advance by clicking the side or the top, or by some other means, such as twisting or angrily throwing it against the wall? How sturdy is the construction of the pencil? Does it snap when you hit the moron sitting next to you over the head? Does it have a comfortable, soft grip? How much does the pencil cost? Does the pencil shut up when you are trying to think?
Pencils are very important equipment with which one must complete one's exam paper. What's the point of an eraser if you have no pencil to make it miserable with?


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The result of so many assessments is hours of instructional time sacrificed in favor of testing and test prep, testified Hanover Park Regional High School District Superintendent Carol Grossi in front of the Study Commission on the Use of Student Assessments in New Jersey.
The current model for internet-based schools doesn't seem to work. What that tells us is that the fundamentals remain crucial. Teachers, time in a classroom and resources matter. So far, the evidence suggests many online schools in Colorado have failed to develop a model that delivers on these fundamentals.
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As long as accountability measures are fully controlled by government institutions, the accountability will be lacking. Public officials will always be more tolerant of the systemic failure of schools than the public itself because, with rare exceptions, their children aren't the ones being failed. Real accountability is rooted in choice.
When children are matched with schools that reflect their interests, talents, skills and needs, they feel more comfortable, more motivated and more inspired to learn.
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2000 Hyundai Accent Question: Warranty
Recently, car required a valve job done by my mechanic. Sent letter to Hyundai requesting reimbursement along with his letter detailing the problem and a copy of his repair bill. Hyundai wants to discuss details by phone, but I don't feel comfortable doing this and prefer to have the questions mailed to me. Hyundai refuses - must discuss by phone. Do I have other options to get reimbursed? - pushbutton
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Manufacturers generally require warrentee work to be carried out at a Hyundai dealer or authorized Hyundai repair facility. Had you contacted Hyundai when it was discovered your car required a valve job. I would imagine they will say "you didn't contact us to allow us to do the work and therefore won't pay." Without contacting them and seeing what they have to say it is too early to to contact the Bureau of Automotive Repair or the Better Business Bureau. - patrick mannion
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I'd rather concentrate on quality, no more than 3 for me, thanks.
So I will make sure that you end up in a group of four, that means three prints to send. Only if the number of participants is a multiple of 5 we will end up with groups of five only. In this case I will take over one of your peers. Does this sound OK for you?
Thanks and cheers
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This lovely villa is located on a hill side with great views to the bay of Achladies beach. Nicely sheltered in the green nature surrounding it, it has a feel of openness about it, although it is very private at the same time.
The pool which is located next to the house is an ideal area for spending endless lazy hours, reading, sunbathing and swimming at any time of the day. It is a very suitable place for families with children, but can also be wonderful for groups of friends. A barbeque party on the terrace can be one of the highlights of your vacation.
The villa has two bathrooms and 3 bedrooms, but when desired extra beds can be placed. It has a simple and open lay out, it is very accessible and very pleasant to stay in.
You can walk to the beach in a few minutes, while the bus stop is also within walking distance. The area of Achladies offers various supermarkets, a bakery, restaurants and bars. The beach is lovely and safe, and offers a water ski school, restaurants and regular boat service that takes you directly into the harbor of Skiathos town.
The villa is available from April until October
prices from 300-420 euro per day
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Private outdoor pool (unheated)
|Central heating, Air conditioning
|Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 2 Family bathrooms
|Double beds (1), Single beds (4), Dining seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Private outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
|Parking, Suitable for people with restricted mobility, Not suitable for wheelchair users
The Sporades region
Ahladies area is located 5 minutes by car out of Skiathos Town, and it offers many facilities nearby.
There are various supermarkets and restaurants, there is a bus stop and the beach of Ahladies is within walking distance. Other nice beaches in the area are Vassilias beach and Sklithri beach.
The area is green and offers a mixture of pine trees, olive trees and very varied natural vegetation.
The temperatures are hardly ever too warm, as the green of Skiathos absorbs a lot of it. The villa catches a nice breeze, and most of the time the air-conditioning is really not needed.
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I am a Christian. I am a Catholic Christian. I am an evangelical Catholic Christian. To many who read all three claims, they are either contradictory or can only stand together in certain limited configurations. Nevertheless, it is my contention and my experience that not only can I be all three, but each is necessary to define my relationship with Jesus Christ and with His Church as well as my role in the Church's ongoing mission to bring all men and women to salvation in Jesus Christ.
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Keywords: Evangelical catholics, Evangelical Catholicism, Pope Francis, evangelical, St Mary Major, Vatican, Pope, papacy, Evangelical catholicism, George Weigel, Chuck Colson, Deacon Keith Fournier, Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - I am still reflecting on the historic events which occurred in Rome last week. Who could forget the moment when that simple man, bearing the name Francis, stepped out on the balcony overlooking St Peters square?
He was a surprise gift No-one expected his choice. Before he even uttered one word, just in his visage, countenance and bearing he called us to strip away all the clutter within us - and around us - and fall in love with Jesus Christ.
By taking the name of the little poor man (Il Poverello) of Assisi, he spoke volumes without uttering one word. In an age deluded by self idolatry it was, as the saying goes, a "come to Jesus moment". The Apostle Paul wrote to the early Christians, "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ - that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich." (2 Cor. 8:9) Do we understand?
When Francis the Pope bowed before the world in humility, seeking the blessing of the faithful before he extended the first Apostolic blessing from Peter's position in the Church, he sent a signal. It was filled with hope. This will be a papacy of great promise for a Church in need of evangelical renewal and a world which needs to be born anew.
When Pope Francis left the balcony he continued to send the signal. Even a main stream media which has lost its integrity picked up the bread he left on the simple trail he walked since offering his "Fiat", his "yes' to the question of Jesus "Peter do you love me." (John 21:15-9) Like his namesake, Pope Francis speaks evangelical simplicity with both his words and actions.
He could have ridden in the Vatican motorcade. There was a custom Mercedes Benz awaiting him with a license plate from Vatican State - over which he now holds governing authority. It read "Stato Vaticano 1". After all, some would note, such a car and a motorcade are meant to assure his safety and guarantee his punctual arrival at the next appointment.
Those in the United States remembered that the President of the United States rode in a twenty car motorcade to a Washington DC restaurant just down the street the week before the Pope was selected. He dined with two Republican senators and reminded them, as he often does all of us, of his claimed concern for the poor.
Instead, Francis rode in a small bus back to his lodgings where he had stayed with his brother bishops during the conclave. The next morning he packed his own luggage - checked himself out - and paid his own bill. How shocked the world seemed. Simplicity is countercultural in these days of arrogance and grandiosity.
Then, on Thursday morning he visited St Mary Major and prayed for all of Rome. The media seemed surprised again. He told us he was going to do so on Wednesday night. He grabbed the microphone, veering from protocol, after those assisting him thought he was finished, and said :
"Brothers and sisters, I leave you now. Thank you for your welcome. Pray for me and until we meet again. We will see each other soon. Tomorrow I wish to go and pray to Our Lady, that she may watch over all of Rome. Good night and sleep well!"
That visit followed his morning personal prayer. Reports from friends tell us that Francis spends two hours every morning in prayer. He does not make much of it - just as he does not make much of most things that he does without calling attention to himself. That is because he knows it is not about him. It is about Jesus Christ whom he serves.
One can hear, in the sounds of his daily pattern of life, the words of the Apostle to the Galatians, "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."(Gal. 2:20)
The people of Buenos Aires were not surprised; at least those with eyes to see the way of life of this simple follower of Jesus. He chose not to live in the residence designed for the bishop in Buenos Aires. Instead, he lived in a small apartment with an older retired priest. He took delight in cooking the daily meals. He also cooked for and fed the poor. He washed the feet of the sick and dying.
At St Mary Major he placed flowers on the altar and prayed in silence for a half an hour. He dedicated himself, the Church and the world, to Mary, the Mother of the Lord. Like holy men and women from the earliest days of Christianity, he sees in the Mother of the Lord the model for all disciples. She is the woman whose humble Yes brought heaven to earth and earth to heaven.
His first homily was extemporaneously delivered from the heart of this Evangelical Catholic Pope. The power was in its evangelical simplicity. He allowed the readings to be broken open through him so that the faithful could be fed by the Living Word, Jesus Christ.
Here is an excerpt: "We can build many things, but if we do not confess Jesus Christ, nothing will avail. We will become a pitiful NGO (Non - Governmental Organization) but not the Church, the Bride of Christ. When one does not walk, one stalls. When one does not built on solid rocks, what happens?
"What happens is what happens to children on the beach when they make sandcastles: everything collapses, it is without consistency. When one does not profess Jesus Christ - I recall the phrase of Leon Bloy - "Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil." When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of the devil."
"When we walk without the Cross, when we build without the Cross, and when we profess Christ without the Cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We are bishops, priests, cardinals, Popes, but not disciples of the Lord."
Get ready; this is an Evangelical Catholic Pope. When I was a younger man, almost twenty five years ago, with considerably less formal theological training than I have since had the privilege of receiving, I wrote my first full length book. It was entitled "Evangelical Catholics." The foreword was written by a hero of my mine, an evangelical protestant whom I was privileged to call my friend, Chuck Colson. Chuck has now gone to the Lord. The book is out of print.
The term Evangelical Catholic is now acceptable these days, even in Catholic intellectual circles. Another version of the term is now the title of a book recently released by the engaging and ever popular Catholic writer named George Weigel. I have not yet read the book, but look forward to doing so. I am sure, like his other contributions, it is well done, insightful and helpful.
Back when I wrote the first book to use phrase, Evangelical Catholic was a controversial term. Chuck and I became fodder for anti-catholic Protestants. Sadly, some of the virulent criticisms still circulate. To my dismay, when the book was published, it was dismissed, disregarded, or made light of by some in the then emerging Catholic intellectual class. Chapter I was entitled Evangelical Catholic: A Contradiction in Terms? I began with a simple claim:
"I am a Christian. I am a Catholic Christian. I am an evangelical Catholic Christian. To many who read all three claims, they are either contradictory or can only stand together in certain limited configurations. Nevertheless, it is my contention and my experience that not only can I be all three, but each is necessary to define my relationship with Jesus Christ and with His Church as well as my role in the Church's ongoing mission to bring all men and women to salvation in Jesus Christ."
All these years later, I still make the same claim. In fact, the depth of its meaning has only expanded through my lived experience and been deepened by my theological studies. I am eager to share the insights with readers. Fortunately, I am also joined by millions who make the same claim that they are Evangelical Catholics.
The selection of our Evangelical Catholic Pope Francis has inspired me to write "Evangelical Catholics II: Twenty Five Years Later." If there is a representative of a major publisher house reading this article, I would love to hear from you! The project is already underway.
Fortunately, the term Evangelical Catholic - and the claims it makes - are now normative.It has become acceptable. That does not mean it has been embraced. Fortunately we have an Evangelical Catholic Pope named Francis calling the world and the Church to living faith in Jesus Christ and showing us how to be Evangelical Catholics, in word and deed.
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