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Our mailing address is Mount Airy, Georgia, but we are actually located half-way between Toccoa and Clarkesville on Antioch Church Road. Our members live all over Northeast Georgia, and we hope you will join our family! God has a plan for your life, and it is our goal to help you fulfill that plan. God has been and still is doing miracles in people's lives, and we are praying He does the same in yours. We hope to be a blessing in your life so that in turn you can be a blessing to others.
We hope to see you soon!
Meeting Times
9:00 am Sunday School
10:00 am Morning Worship
6:00 pm Evening Worship
10:00 am Women's Bible Study
7:00 Midweek Meetings
Family Night
(1st Wednesday each month)
Children's Groups
Women's Missionary Union
Baptist Men on Mission
Chris Webb
Worship Leader
Marshall Anderson
Dana Ramey
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Mount Airy, GA 30563
Office Hours
9 am–1 pm
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Despite Controversy, Thermage Made a Difference
Thermage gets a bad rap online at message boards. I know this because I was firmly against the idea of getting Thermage based on my online research. But my dermatologist was convincing and encouraged me that I would get good results since I only needed some measure of tightening, not a "** virtual facelift ** like you see advertised by bad docs. The treatments did hurt more... READ MORE
After 6 Treatments It Was a Bust
With new technology like thermage I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the last one to ever purchase IPL treatments. After looking over incredible b4's and after shots, I was convinced to purchase a series of IPL sessions for $2K (which is a ton of money for me). I got IPL for fine lines and Rosacea-like condition on my cheeks. Each session hurt A LOT. Nothing close to their warning... READ MORE

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AVAILABLE MAY TO OCTOBER - The Hotel Bitzaro Palace is a comfortable hotel set in pleasant gardens with a nice pool, in the resort of Kalamaki. Its a short transfer time away, and generally attracts families and young adults.
Distance from Airport:
3 miles - Zante
Twin rooms will have 2 or 3 beds
All have * balcony/terrace * bathroom/shower * wc * telephone * minibar * air conditioning * (certain amenities may be payable locally)
Transfer time:
5 minutes
Location and Resort:
The Hotel Bitzaro Palace is located at the end of a cul de sac around 600 metres from the beach and close to a bus stop. There are 95 rooms.
Eating and Drinking:
Large poolside snack bar with barbecue area, restaurant for breakfast and dinner and a bar.
Swimming pools:
There is a pleasant swimming pool area.
Right choice:
This hotel will appeal to couples and families looking for a relaxing holiday in Kalamaki, with good activities in the resort, and on the beach.
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Article: TPO Roof Repair. Flat Roof. Commercial Building. Hotel in Fort Saskatchewan Alberta.TPO Roof Repair, maintenance, and considerations for type of membranes in cold climates. TPO Roofing or Thermal Plastic Olefin Roofing is a single ply roof system that is used extensively world-wide. In most instances TPO is installed as a white or cool-roof. It can be installed in one of three ways. 1. Fully Adhered, 2. Mechanically Fastened, and 3. Loose Laid Ballasted. Single ply roof systems came along after tar and gravel and then torch-on SBS modified systems. It's primary advantage is that it is less costly for supply and install than torch-on and tar and gravel due to labor costs. Market acceptance in the USA (or in warm climates) is considerable and the product is effective in those climates. In colder climates, such as with most of Canada, TPO isn't installed as often as the USA and there are considerable studies that suggest that reflective roofing in Canada results in a negative net benefit and that reflective or cool roofing in Canada is prone to condensation issues. Visit these off-site publication links for more information about cool roofing membranes (reflective) in cold climates: 1. Calgary Says No to Cool Roofs. EPDM Roofing Association. http://www.epdmroofs.org/blog/2015/05/18/calgary-says-no-to-cool-roofs 2. The High Cost of White Roofs in the North. Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlie-soffel/the-high-cost-of-white-roofs_b_5623273.html?utm_hp_ref=green 3. Effects of Roof Color and Solar Reflectance on the Accumulation of Moisture in Roof Systems. Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association. http://www.asphaltroofing.org/effects-roof-color-and-solar-reflectance-accumulation-moisture-roof-systems
Repairing a TPO Roof (or any single-ply) Does Have Advantages Over Torch-On and Tar and Gravel.One advantage that single ply roofing systems have (TPO, PVC and EPDM) is that they are usually quicker to inspect and easier and quicker to repair. As long as it isn't a ballasted single ply roof. If it's ballasted with rock then this becomes a negative and not an advantage because it takes more labour to remove the rock for inspection and repair. Single ply roofing such as TPO, PVC, and EPDM also do not need open flame work such as with torch on modified bitumen roofing. If you get a roofer to work on your 2 ply SBS modified bitumen roof BE SURE they are insured for open-flame work! Also to consider is that torch-on roofing typically requires a more experienced technician than does single-ply and as the years go on there are more and more single ply techs and less that can repair torch-on and tar and gravel. The issues or pro's and con's listed above are why we typically encourage customers that are looking at single ply to install EPDM in a cold climate and not TPO or PVC. The net benefit is a consideration but also is the cost of installation and the cost for repairs and maintenance over the years. October 30, 2014: Crew Arrives To Complete TPO Roof Repairs. 10120 86 Avenue Fort Saskatchewan.
They have a leak in the south-west corner of the hotel. The roof is TPO. When I got up on the roof I picked at all the laps in the area in where it was leaking and on the top side of the slope that would of run through the area and they were all good. I did find a couple breaches in the system. One I fixed with TPO cover strip and the other with water cut off. Personally, I think the leak is coming from the stucco to frame work - there are cracks and holes all through it. Also there is a electrical conduit that runs along the parapet walls which is mechanically fastened and the conduit is attached with 1 inch screws and are popping out - this should be fixed (re-installed correctly or patched correctly) to prevent any further breaches to the system.Contact Us Call our 24 hour emergency roof repair at 1.780.424.7663. Mail to: 3428 99 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta T6E-5X5. We service all of Alberta including Edmonton, Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Fort Saskatchewan, St Albert, Sherwood Park, Leduc, Nisku, Beaumont, Lac La Biche, Grande Prairie, High Level, Westlock, Slave Lake, Edson, Drayton Valley, Devon, Camrose, Wetaskiwin, Tofield, Lamont, Morinville, Vegreville, Tofield, Millet, Calmar, Evansburg, Redwater, Onaway, Viking, Athabasca, High Prairie, Valleyview, Fairview, Peace River, Whitecourt, Mayerthorpe and many more rural areas and towns.


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This was my third time staying at Paraiso Azul and once again, it was a great stay. The familiar faces make it feel like home; which, in such a touristy area, is no easy feat. The rooms are quiet, spacious and very clean; if you prefer cool and shady, the first floor is a great option. The higher up you go, the more light and warmth there is. It is a little bit of jungle by the ocean! Then, on the top floor, is a pool and a nice view. Perfect for days when the surf is too rough.
Each room that I've stayed in had a safety deposit box and a refrigerator - both very nice amenities. I love the location - just off the main drag, two blocks from the gorgeous beach and La Tarraya (great restaurant right on the beach shaded with Palm trees), and close to the bus station for day trips to Cancun or Tulum.
The front desk folks, who speak English, are always helpful and friendly. Another plus is that it is connected to the hotel next door (which has a good restaurant) and Yucatek dive shop. My boyfriend loves to dive and raved about his trips both in the cenotes and in the ocean. One time I stayed here while travelling alone and felt very safe and comfortable. Can't wait to go back! Muchisimas gracias a todos!
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- Paraiso Azul`s (Casa De Gopala) Hotel Playa Del Carmen
- Paraiso Azuls Casa De Gopala
- Paraiso Azul's -Casa De Gopala Riviera Maya/Playa Del Carmen, Mexico


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"Six to eight million dogs and cats enter shelters every year. We're trying to help homeless animals and reduce euthanasia. The Community Foundation has been a big part of that." - Dr. Adam Winn, Wally's Friends
The many ways you can give to CFGC are almost as unique and varied as the many groups and organizations we support in Greater Chattanooga. The following options are designed to make the act of giving uncomplicated and rewarding.
Outright Gifts allow you to transfer cash or property to CFGC and receive tax deductions for them. Gifts of appreciated property avoid any capital gains tax. Outright gifts can include cash, publicly or closely traded securities, tangible personal property, real estate, insurance and retirement assets.
Gifts by Will are a simple, effective way to ensure that you are always working towards building a greater Chattanooga. This type of gift can be stated outright in your will or you can incorporate a clause that states whatever remains of your estate goes to a specific charity or fund. Some gifts by will are provided on a contingent basis: that means the funds are transferred when an heir or the charity meets certain requirements as explained in the will.
Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets (IRA's, 401K's, 403B's) allow you to designate undistributed assets in qualified retirement plans to charity. By giving them to CFGC, you can relieve your heirs of any future income tax burden.
Remainder Trust Gifts are gifts that give back. You can establish an irrevocable cash or property gift, but you or selected beneficiaries will continue to receive the annual income from the trust. When the trust is terminated, the remainder of the assets will pass to CFGC. Remainder Trust Gifts allow you an income tax deduction equal to the amount of interest left in the trust after all expenses are paid.
Interest Income Gifts or Charitable Lead Trusts could be called "gifts you get back." You can give the income from the assets in the trust for a designated period of years and still retain the principal for yourself, your heirs or a third party. When the trust is terminated, the principal is yours. Many donors use Charitable Lead Trusts as a "tax-smart" method of passing assets to their heirs.
Insurance Gifts allow you to use insurance proceeds to fund a charitable giving program. A policy given outright provides you with a charitable deduction equal to the cash surrender value of the policy. Donor-paid premiums are also tax deductible. And CFGC can be named as a contingent beneficiary under an insurance policy.


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Galax City Public Schools are asking for $4.4 million in local money for fiscal year 2018, according to a request made by Schools Superintendent Bill Sturgill at the April 24 city council meeting.
The school system's budget is up 1.3 percent overall, according to documentation from the schools. Fiscal year 2018's total budget is $15.6 million, up $202,248 from this year's $15.4 million.
Staff Report
HILLSVILLE – A Carroll County school bus was involved in a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday. The bus was full of students at the time of the accident, but no injuries were reported.
According to reports from Officer Shannon Goad with the Hillsville Police Department, crews were dispatched to the accident at 1691 Carrollton Pike around 4 p.m. on May 2. The accident occurred at the second traffic light after the Interstate 77 underpass on U.S. 58 West, heading towards Galax.
By SHAINA STOCKTON and LARRY CHAMBERS, Staff
INDEPENDENCE — A Wythe County man has been arrested and charged in connection with an apartment fire above the former Frogs Ogle's Deli in Independence.
According to Independence Police Chief James Wagoner, David Christopher Rose, 29, was indicted by a Grayson County Grand Jury on April 28. Indictments were sealed until his arrest.
Camp Zion Church of Galax will host a multi-church dinner and bake sale fundraiser on Friday at the Fairview Ruritan building, but not for themselves.
In true Twin Counties fashion, they're doing it to help out a neighbor.
FRIES — A 3-year-old died on Sunday after he was accidentally run over by his mother.
Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said Jaylen Lineberry was injured by the vehicle in Fries on April 30th at approximately 4 p.m.
"Jaylen's mother was moving her vehicle in the driveway while Jaylen was running beside of the vehicle," Vaughan said. "Jaylen fell down and the rear wheels of the vehicle struck the child."
Taxpayers in Galax will see a 4.5-cent rate increase in their real estate taxes in fiscal year 2018, according to the final draft of the city's proposed budget.
No other taxes are set to increase, according to City Manager Keith Barker.
INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County Board of Supervisors has approved a special use permit allowing Apex Towers to construct and operate a communications tower and antenna in Elk Creek's Rural Farm District.
The motion at the board's April meeting — made by Supervisor John Fant and approved with a unanimous vote — followed a scheduled public hearing, during which no one had signed up to speak.
INDEPENDENCE — Moving into the final stretch of this year's budget planning, Interim County Administrator Mitch Smith recently reported that Grayson County has a balanced budget in the works, at no additional cost to the taxpayers for the ninth year in a row.
Revenues and expenditures for the 2017-2018 budget, according to the most current draft, stand at $20.9 million. Revenue streams include $15.8 million from local sources; $5.08 million from state sources and $16,000 from federal sources, according to the draft.
Staff Reports
Two people are charged with drug violations after a traffic stop on April 21 in Galax.
Eric James Nichols, 30 of Lowgap, N.C., was stopped by Officer Darren Alley for a traffic infraction, according to Galax Police Department report.
Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) recently awarded sponsorships to 32 Virginia music festivals, including five in the Twin County area.
VTC awarded a total of $245,448 as part of its 2017 Music Festival Sponsorship Program.
The 32 awarded music festivals bring in nearly 483,000 in attendance and more than $11 million in ticket sales, with an estimated economic impact of $46.8 million to communities across the Commonwealth, the VTC reported.
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The Filigree Nipple Rounder is a very unique piece that would be a great change from your normal daily nipple jewelry. This is piece is appealing and would be a great accent to your nipple piercing. The rounder is made from Genuine Sterling Silver and the barbell is made from 316LVM Surgical Steel.


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The Slap of Fate
"Opportunities are never lost, someone WILL take the one you miss." – Andy Rooney
Goliath Graffix was founded, by accident, more than ten years ago by Pasadena native Fred Tatlyan. At the time, Fred was a student in the Psychology program at UC Davis, headed for a career in medicine.
But the world had other plans for Fred.
One fateful night, Fred was called upon to handle the graphic design for a flier for a student organization. Fred did a fine job, and continued on with his studies as before. Fate had called, but Fred's phone was on auto-forward to voicemail. So Fate left a message.
Fred was called upon to design another flier, this time by the school itself. Fred again did a fine job, and again continued on as before. Fate had taken a cab to Fred's house and was knocking on Fred's door. But Fred wasn't ready to let Fate in. Fate left a slightly-irritated note hanging on the door.
Fred was called upon one more time to design a flier, this time by a local business. Fred once more did a fine job, and once more continued on as before. Fate had had enough. Fate broke into Fred's place, stormed into his room, and blasted him with an open-handed slap across his face!
Fred got the message. He had to be a graphic designer! He founded Goliath Graffix the next day, and the rest is history.
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Fred Tatlyan, Creative Director
For over ten years, Fred has worked as the creative director of Goliath Graffix, a Pasadena-based design firm that specializes in arresting, provocative designs and ads that demand the viewer's attention. Using his unique approach, Fred has grabbed the attention of the market for over 300 clients from a wide range of industries.
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Nicki Minaj is about to get extreme.
Still pushing her Pinkprint album, Nicki has been chosen to headline this summer's X-Games, from June 4-7 in Austin, Texas, according to her Instagram account.
"I look forward to channeling the energy and spirit from the X Games into a performance Austin will not forget," Minaj told The Wrap.
Minaj's X-Games appearance continues the wave of superstar rappers playing ESPN's annual event, as Kanye West headlined it last year. The X-Games showcase extreme sports such as moto-cross motorcycle racing, BMX biking and skateboarding, to name a few. Maybe Minaj will bring Lil Wayne. After all, the Young Money boss does love skateboarding.
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Tales of Light & Darkness Volume VI, "Spectrum of Horror" takes twelve different colours & puts a terrifying spin on each of them....
From a huge monster to a tiny mistake.
From the desert to the Arctic.
From a cold, wet man to a warm, dry woman, "Spectrum of Horror" includes a dozen tales of nightmare and terror.
Pick a colour. Any colour. Read, and feel the fear of the Spectrum embrace you....
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- Category Science Fiction & Fantasy
6×9 in, 15×23 cm
92 Pages
- Publish Date Mar 10, 2011
- Tags Adult Content, Twists, Terror, Horror
About the Creator
Widowed in 2008, I'm a man of 43 who has experienced more than his fair share of light & darkness in his life. I found writing to be enjoyable & cathartic, and it gave me back a little reason & purpose. It also gave me hope that maybe life could be worth living again, and with a wonderful new partner in my life, who gave birth to our beautiful little daughter in April 2012, life seems much more wonderful now! I hope you will try my books and find a tale in them that amuses, scares, touches, entertains or even arouses you! Thank you and bless you for giving me a moment of your time. Enjoy my stories, and please tell all of your friends !!!! Best Wishes, Rob Thomas.
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Invasion on the Empty Universals: TECHNOLOGY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
Devices such as iPads and e-readers are poised to take on a liturgical function — as objects from which Scripture and liturgical texts are read.
By Paul Malocha
December 2015
Paul Malocha is studying for a Masters in Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.
Imagine you're at Mass: The epistle has just been read and the deacon turns to receive a blessing from the priest. He then goes to the altar and picks up an object that he lofts over his head, and processes thus to the lectern. There he incenses and then reads the Gospel from the object while an altar boy standing by gently swings the thurible. After completing the proclamation, the deacon bends down to kiss the object: a seven-by-nine-inch iPad.
Any Catholic with a little sensibility would cringe to see such a thing. Yet in many parishes, computers already have accidental functions in the worship space (e.g., as a lighting control panel). And now, mobile Internet devices (including iPads and other e-readers) are poised to take on a liturgical function — as objects from which Scripture and liturgical texts are read.
Many think that the transition from printed material to e-readers is a natural step — even at Mass. After all, computers are the technology of our day, whereas leather-bound books were the technology of the fifteenth century. Indeed, there are already computer applications (apps) that arrange the daily propers and ordinaries, mitigating the need to search through physical books or to set ribbons. Moreover, Mass parts can change, necessitating even more elaborate page markers in printed books. The invocation of St. Joseph in the eucharistic prayers authorized by Pope Francis in May 2013, for instance, has required the insertion of hand-written notes into printed sacramentaries. Even without such changes, a priest who determines to use optional readings for a particular saint's feast may leave Massgoers in the pews flipping through their missals in order to keep up. Web apps could, and in fact do, easily solve problems like these. With the help of a Wi-Fi system, Massgoers' mobile devices could synchronize instantly to the correct readings upon entering the worship space.
Such an arrangement surely would be convenient. But with things liturgical, more than mere convenience must be in play. Of great importance is the symbolic meaning of objects that serve a primary role in the liturgy (e.g., the Lectionary). Liturgical objects derive their symbolic meaning from both their form and their conventional use. Thus, unlike a physical book, an e-reader or similar mobile device cannot serve as an apt symbol in the Christian liturgy. Nor is an e-reader neutral in this regard: Its symbolic import is mostly negative where the liturgy is concerned.
A computer is, of course, much more than a book. It is at once a way of producing, storing, and displaying data. Linked to the Internet, a computer becomes a portal to a vast world of images, sounds, and ideas — a world as varied and disorderly as human society itself. Complex equipment manages this world, making its sundry offerings immediately available to the portal. The portal — computer, laptop, e-reader, smartphone, etc. — is essentially undifferentiated by the data it stores or displays. The words on its screen are not bound to the device with any real permanence; they are stored in its memory and can be swept away with a few keystrokes. A computer is unattached to and (barring a serious "virus" or malfunction) unchanged by any specific data set; even more so a mobile Internet device, which displays externally stored data that may reside internally only for a moment. Like a television or telephone, a mobile device is animated by an external formal agent, in this case, the Internet.
Such objects are marked by what Aidan Nichols, O.P., calls "radical functionalism." In his book Looking at the Liturgy (1996), Fr. Nichols applied this term to church architecture, noting how the rich symbolism that once spoke from every corner of the structure had been washed away in favor of generic space, creating "essentially an empty universal, determined only by the function occurring in it at some time." The same fundamental problem characterizes mobile devices: They are "empty universals," distinguished mainly by their active function. Like a rented hall where a church service occurs on Sunday and a PTA meeting on Wednesday, at best a tenuous connection exists between the electronic device and the data or images it displays.
A computer's lack of differentiation with respect to data is problematic with regard to worship-space sanctity. This problem compounds with mobile devices. The Internet is profane, or worldly, and as such cannot be made holy — that is, holy in the Old Testament sense of "that which is set aside for God," as opposed to holy as a substitute for virtuous, or as a trait of being itself (e.g., "all creation is sacred"). The Internet itself is not evil, but its very nature prohibits its being "set aside" because it is an undifferentiated conglomerate of innumerable things. Likewise mobile devices because their formal mover is the Internet. It is up to each individual user to separate the wheat from the chaff. Yes, we all must do this in the grind of the workaday world. But the Mass is supposed to be that setting apart, already achieved by the Church. With complete trust, we immerse ourselves in Christ-centered liturgy upon entering the worship space. Mass is no place to interact with the Internet or fiddle with a mobile device.
On this count, automatic synchronizing of one's device to Mass parts via Wi-Fi perhaps scores a point: The user makes an election for something pertaining to the faith, and the device is in that sense limited. But the device is never really limited by such a choice because its intrinsic nature is not to be bound to any one set of data. It is a faux boundary, one that can be violated literally by lifting a finger.
By contrast, proper liturgical fixtures are truly oriented toward a single purpose and thereby emphasize the set-apart nature of liturgy. The Lectionary, with its red-leather covers, bound gilt pages, and wide silky ribbons, is completely tied to the liturgy and is out of place elsewhere. What would one do with a thurible except burn incense during liturgy? The same goes for special liturgical garments, furnishings, and fixtures.
In addition to having a specific function well understood by convention, a liturgical object ideally has an act identical to its liturgical function, making it iconic of a particular spiritual reality. Other things in the liturgy, such as bread, wine, water, and oil, are ordinary by nature but set aside by blessing and/or confection as a sacrament. As St. Thomas Aquinas explains, "Water may signify both a cleansing by reason of its wetness, and refreshment by reason of its being cool; but when we say, 'I baptize thee,' it is clear that we use water in baptism in order to signify spiritual cleansing" (Summa Theologiae, III, q.60, a.6). Even though verbal designation is necessary for a sacrament (which was Aquinas's point), a matter's natural act is suggestive of the spiritual effect for which it is an instrumental cause. Water's natural cleansing properties relate analogically to what happens to the soul in baptism.
Here an objection arises: Could an e-reader be similarly designated, not as matter for a sacrament, of course, but for service in the temple? Profane uses could be imagined for water, but water can also be designated as a sacramental and put into fonts so people can bless themselves as they enter or exit the worship space. The nature of an e-reader is similarly diverse; could a special blessing designate such a device for liturgical use only?
Not necessarily. The signifying form of holy water is determined not only by the blessing but also by its placement into a proper vessel. The form of the water becomes, in a sense, bound to its vessel. Placed in a font, water strongly signifies physical cleansing and thus spiritual blessing. Moreover, the preferred material of construction for a font — stone — harkens to the immovable finality of death, thus suggesting baptismal death and rebirth in Christ. And an e-reader? Even when situated in a dignified leather cover, its physical form is only minimally impacted. Once someone sees what is really inside, the cover looks more like a prop than something that binds the device's internal form to a particular meaning. The device's strong signification remains undifferentiation.
In fact, the e-reader is a sort of anti-sacramental symbol. At first blush, there may seem to be a compatibility in view of the fact that its differentiation derives from an external formal agent (the Internet). With the sacraments, the priest's words are the instrumental cause of the sacrament's form, while God Himself is the principal cause. Indeed, the principal cause is separate from the matter, except in the sacramental transaction. The e-reader, with its external formal agent that merely passes through for a momentary designated purpose, might, for example, be understood as a metaphor for the eucharistic bread. In its sacramental use, there is more than meets the eye in the accidents of bread — there is grace available to the recipient that originates from an unseen mover.
Bread is no "empty universal" — it is the specific matter designated by our Lord Himself for this purpose, and it also has natural connotations that suggest the spiritual act. Moreover, the sacramental grace it dispenses is not at the disposal either of the minister or the communicant. Quite the contrary: The minister and communicant are both servants of the principal agent. With an e-reader, on the other hand, the data it displays are completely at the disposal of the user (technical restrictions aside). Thus, as a metaphor, an e-reader is utterly inverted: Human will commands the forms that enter. The fact that it is animated by an external principal agent makes it in a sense a parody of the sacramental transaction, which is all the more troubling a thing to allow in sacred space.
A physical book, on the other hand, does make an excellent metaphor for spiritual truths and liturgy. This stems from the fact that a book's particular matter is permanently tied to particular words. A book is a union of bound pages containing a fixed set of words that express specific ideas. Scripture can be printed in innumerable books, but it exists formally as part of each book per se. Therefore, every particular Bible or Lectionary has significance because it is permanently tied to Scripture. The Catechism of the Catholic Church identifies such books as signs worthy of emphasis: "To nourish the faith of believers, the signs which accompany the Word of God should be emphasized…[including] the book of the Word (Lectionary or a book of the Gospels)" (no. 1154).
A book of Scripture symbolizes the eternal Word incarnate in the particular body of Jesus Christ, and by analogy it also symbolizes the Church, whose soul is the Holy Spirit. The Church is designated and particular. For this reason, the book of the Gospels is carried high overhead, incensed, and kissed. More than a symbol, it can even be called an icon of Christ and the Church. Pope St. John Paul II takes as an obvious fact the iconic nature of the physical written word in order to defend painted icons: "Just as the reading of material books allows the hearing of the living word of the Lord, so also the showing of the painted icon allows those who contemplate it to accede to the mystery of salvation by the sense of sight, 'What on the one hand is represented by ink and paper is represented on the other hand in the icon, thanks to the various colors and other materials'" (Duodecimum Saeculum, 1987).
Though not a sacrament in the strict sense, the written Scripture is an instantiation of the exitus — God's going out to man. The traditional arrangement of reading Scripture at the altar thus reinforces the substantive exitus of the eucharistic sacrifice, where perfect being, perfect truth comes forth to the faithful.
Indeed, truth itself is traditionally understood as a unity of mind with thing, with being. But, as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger lays out in his book Introduction to Christianity (1968), modern thinking, with its abandonment of metaphysics, turned first to man's own creations as truth, because it was supposed that man could know only himself and therefore could know only what he himself had made. Eventually, however, even "that which is made" was deemed inscrutable, and truth was then conceived of as the very project of producing repeatable results and changing the future — which is to say, action and change became the truth.
While Cardinal Ratzinger accepts that Christian belief has something to do with making the world a better place, the heart of one's Christian faith is not in one's good plans for the future but in trusting God as the ground of one's own being. An e-reader, whose content is continually updated per the will of the user, represents the perpetual forward-leaning urge to change and do. Computers are very much tied up in the fleeting projects of men, which are necessary aspects of our lives and livelihoods. But the liturgy is not the place to celebrate our activity; rather, it is where the faithful are chiefly maintained in union with Christ, where we contemplate God's activity and permanent metaphysical truth. The book of Gospels raised overhead, as also the elevation of the eucharistic elements, draws attention to that which alone holds fast in the changing world.
In the variety of perspectives regarding any object's symbolic meaning and the impact of that meaning, it is not enough merely to dismiss the question by pointing out that traditional things of liturgy come from a time before computers and electricity, and that therefore adjustments need to be made for what is common in our own day. For as our Lord entered into history, and the sacraments therefore are bound to specifics of history, liturgical symbolism is at some level also fixed. Perhaps there is no golden age of liturgy to which we must look for our model, but it does not thereby follow that the things of every culture and age are equally suitable for solemn liturgy.


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PHOENIX – John W. Teets, a self-made businessman who served as chief executive officer for the Phoenix-based Dial and Greyhound corporations in the 1980s and 1990s, has died. He was 77.
Teets died Friday night at his Paradise Valley home of complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to family friend Steve Roman.
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Teets, who grew up in Chicago and was a partner in a successful suburban entertainment complex, joined the Greyhound Corp. in 1963 to help develop the restaurants at the company's subsidiary operating at the New York World's Fair.
He became president of two food service subsidiaries in 1965 at age 32, the youngest subsidiary chief operation officer in Greyhound's history. Teets went on to become president and CEO of Greyhound Food Management and group vice president of food service for the corporation in 1975.
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The business association sold the right to sell beer on 54 new patios along a stretch of Ste-Catherine Street to Labatt, part of a summer-long festival that will see cars banished from the street. Owners say the $100,000 deal came with minimum sales quotas for each bar and restaurant, including a healthy sample of Bud Light.
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The Mozilla Project announced that Firefox served the 2 billionth add-on download since the project's creation in 2005. Firefox reached 1 billion downloads in November 2008, but took less than two years to double that number to the current benchmark.
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The other day I was browsing the import section at Tower Records and stumbled across something that had a decidedly homegrown flavor: the new LeAnn Rimes album, Whatever We Wanna. It was a little odd to see the former sweetheart of the rodeo from Garland amidst the Q- and Mojo-approved Brit-poppers who make up most of the section, but not wholly unusual to see a U.S. artist slumming it among the U.K. bunch; after all, Macy Gray's 2003 release The Trouble With Being Myself came out overseas before it was released here. Happens all the time--though usually to headliners on their way to becoming footnotes. Deep Blue Something's Byzantium, the 1998 follow to the hit-spawning Home, was a U.K.-only release till it got picked up by a tiny Phoenix-based indie. I hate that I know these things off the top of my pointy head.
Well, turns out Rimes' latest will never be coming out in the United States, at least officially. (It is for sale at Tower and elsewhere for about 22 to 25 bucks, which is no bargain.) Liz Cavanaugh of Curb Records says she doesn't even have any copies of the disc in her office; far as the Nashville-based label's concerned, Whatever We Wanna doesn't even exist in Rimes' home country. "I couldn't send one to [press] even if they wanted it," the publicist says. Not that country-music critics are likely to beg for one: The CD's slathered in a thick sheen of Euroyuck; seems The Next Patsy Cline's figured out she's happier being The Second Coming of Cher. (Still, there's nothing here approaching the awesome awfulness of her "Purple Rain" cover from 1998's Sittin' on Top of the World.) Says Cavanaugh: "In Europe, you can do other kinds of music, and over there she isn't a country artist. She's a pop artist. For her to do a country album in England, it wouldn't make a dent. For her do a pop album, that's a big deal." Or at least it was: According to the BBC Radio 1's Web site, Whatever We Wanna was in the Top 20 for the week of June 11, when it was released, but two weeks later it's already out of the Top 40. --Robert Wilonsky
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Recipe by AmyMCGS
Here's my favorite way to use up left-over mashed potatoes. If your mashed potatoes are flavored with garlic, onions, etc. it's all the better. Measurements are approximate since I usually throw this together to use up leftovers in the fridge. If my potatoes are plain, I have been known to add a little chicken bouillon to give them more flavor. Serving size may vary- my two year-old DD and I share one of these for lunch. This definitely is not a "diet" meal, but, it's delicious!
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This recipe was great. It was even better than I guessed it would be. I had used a small pack of instant loaded potatoes. I also used onion flakes and omitted the red pepper. Otherwise, I followed the instructions exactly. The quesadillas were very flavorful. My son loved them. He put buffalo sauce on his for a kick.
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- 2 large burrito-size flour tortillas
- 14.79 ml olive oil
- 158.51 ml shredded cheddar cheese
- 158.51-236.59 ml prepared mashed potatoes
- 29.58 ml diced onions or 29.58 ml chopped green onions or 29.58 ml dried onion flakes
- 14.79 ml red & black pepper
- 118.29 ml hot salsa, for dipping
- canned jalapeno slices or leftover meat (cooked chicken works well) or sour cream or other cooked vegetables
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- Place a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Put a small amount of olive oil in a large preheated skillet.
- Spread mashed potatoes on one tortilla, and place it potato side-up in skillet.
- Top with shredded cheddar, spices, and any other optional ingredients that you are using.
- Top with the other tortilla and cover the pan.
- When cheese is melted & bottom tortilla is crisp, carefully turn over the quesadilla, and cook uncovered until the other tortilla is crispy (3-4 minutes).
- Slice into wedges, and serve with salsa or sour cream for dipping.


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- This episode was originally registered under the title "What the Puck?"[1]
- Peter mistakes Martin Luther King for television actor Martin Landau, comedian Martin Lawrence, "drunk crooner" Dean Martin, Martini & Rossi brand vermouth, actor Martin Sheen, his son actor Charlie Sheen, and the younger Sheen's Platoon co-stars Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger.
- Peter and James Woods sing to the tune of "You Two" from the 1968 musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
- One cutaway parodies Star Trek: The Next Generation and shows Captain Picard and Commander Riker joking about Lieutenant Commander Worf's forehead. Actors Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes and Michael Dorn reprise their Star Trek roles. Picard tells Riker that "Commander Worf's head looks like a fanny." As Worf is annoyed at being mocked, Picard tells him to "Get a sense of humor, Rocky Dennis!" in reference to the film Mask, starring Cher, about the disfigured titular character Rocky Dennis.
- A cutaway shows Stewie playing a game of Marco Polo with deafblind author and activist Helen Keller.
- Before suggesting that James Woods High School be named after Martin Luther King, Brian suggests baseball-player Reggie Jackson and actor Sidney Poitier.
- Stewie reads the 2000s best-seller The Da Vinci Code.
- The marquee outside the theatre where Brian and Shauna break up reads: "I'm Sleeping with Someone at Paramount Starring Ashley Judd."
- James Woods shows Peter Videodrome, a 1983 cult film in which Woods starred.
- Peter says to Brian they need to come up with a crazy plan like the kids on That '70s Show. The show then goes into a segue of Peter and Brian floating in front of a tie dye background to rock music, a common segue on That '70s Show. Also, Mila Kunis, who voices Meg, starred in That '70s Show and the voice of Chris Seth Green was a semi-recurring character on the show.
- A flashback shows Peter's trying to pick-up contestants on the Miss USA pageant.
- When Lois says, "Well, it's not often we get to meet celebrities," Peter says he was Christina Aguilera's manager, who critiques Aguilera on her overdrawn singing and disgusting appearance.
- James Woods would later claim that during the recording of the candy scene, the joke did not make sense to him.[2]
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Milla.M replied to Milla.M's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingThank you for the suggestion I will do that. But I still don't get why this re-rendering in WM_SIZE is needed at all. Once the drawing is displayed in the window it should stay on the window right ?
Milla.M replied to Milla.M's topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[quote name='Mussi' timestamp='1342178701' post='4958742'] You're dealing with a lost device, you'll need to draw at least once to get something back up on the screen next to reloading specific resources. You can find more info on the topic [url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb174714%28v=vs.85%29.aspx"]here[/url]. [/quote] I don't get lost device cause I am checking the return value of Present and throwing exception if it returns that the device is lost, and I don't get exception at all
Milla.M posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHi I am drawing with directx9, windowed mode. The drawing is in dialog box . The drawing is a simple animation, and the user have option to pause the animation from button click. The problem is following: 1) The animation is paused 2) User minimizes main application 3) when main application window is restored , the drawing is lost i.e the dialog is empty The drawing is like this ( pseudo code) : [CODE] OnBtnClikedPause() { paused = true; } bool isRunning= true; while (isRunning) { MSG msg; if (PeekMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) { if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) { isRunning= false; continue; } } else { if( ! paused ) { scene.Update(); BeginScene(); ClearBuffers(); Draw(); EndScene(); Present(); } } } [/CODE] The updating and drawing of the scenegraph is only if the animation is not paused. If I change the code , so that I am drawing all the time and only updating if not paused , then I am no longer seeing this problem when restoring back : [CODE] if( !paused ) { scene.Update(); } BeginScene(); ClearBuffers(); Draw(); EndScene(); Present(); [/CODE] So I don't get it why the rendering in the dialog is lost ? anyone have idea how to solve the problem without drawing all the time
[quote name='Tordin' timestamp='1341241198' post='4954923'] by this i mean, have your scenegraph updated at the secondary thread(s). but use your draw & simlar commands on the main thread. [/quote] but then I need to have synchronization for each frame between my main thread and rendering thread, so the main thread doesn't update when the rendering thread draws.I think this would be no good. So anyone else have other idea why the rendering in second thread doesn't work
Hi I can send minimum ( doesn't compile code). I should mention that the code uses wild magic 5 library for rendering, and I am using Qt , to start the second thread. The second thread starts its own message loop , so it can receive the update message . I don't know if you familiar wit qt signal/slots mechanism but this should be irrelevant here. [CODE] void Initialize( HWND parentHWND) { // DirectX uses a projection matrix for depth in [0,1]. Wm5::Camera::SetDefaultDepthType(Wm5::Camera::PM_DEPTH_ZERO_TO_ONE); // === Create the window for rendering. === // Register the window class. static wchar_t sWindowClass[] = L"My Window"; WNDCLASS wc; wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW | CS_OWNDC; wc.lpfnWndProc = MyEventHandler; wc.cbClsExtra = 0; wc.cbWndExtra = 0; wc.hInstance = 0; wc.hIcon = 0; wc.hCursor =0; wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH); wc.lpszClassName = sWindowClass; wc.lpszMenuName = 0; RegisterClass(&wc); DWORD dwStyle; dwStyle = WS_CHILDWINDOW; // resize it, to fit its parent RECT rect; ::GetWindowRect(parentHWND, &rect); int width = rect.right - rect.left; int height = rect.bottom - rect.top; static wchar_t sWindowName[] = L"MyWindow"; // Create the application window. HWND handle = CreateWindow(sWindowClass, sWindowName, dwStyle, 0,//xPos 0,//yPos width, height, parentHWND, 0, 0, 0); // Create the device for rendering. mRenderInput.mWindowHandle = handle; mRenderInput.mDriver = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION); assertion(mRenderInput.mDriver != 0, "Failed to create Direct3D9\n"); mRenderer = new0 Wm5::Renderer(mRenderInput, width, height, mColorFormat, mDepthStencilFormat, mNumMultisamples); // Display the window. ShowWindow(handle, SW_SHOW); UpdateWindow(handle); } class MyRunner: public QObject { public slots : void update() { mSceneGraph->Update(); mCuller.ComputeVisibleSet(mSceneGraph->GetRoot()); if (mRenderer->PreDraw()) // PreDraw just calls BeginScene { mRenderer->ClearBuffers(); mRenderer->Draw(mCuller.GetVisibleSet()); mRenderer->PostDraw(); // PostDraw just calls EndScene mRenderer->DisplayColorBuffer(); // DisplayColorBuffer just calls Present } emit(SignalUpdate()); // this post message to the second thread message loop so it can basically start the update cycle anew } }; class MyThread : public QThread { void run() { this->exec(); // this starts message loop } }; HWND mainAppHwnd = GetMainHwnd(); Initialize(mainAppHwnd); MyThread* thread = new MyThread; MyRunner* runner = new MyRunner; runner->moveToThread(thread); QObject::connect(thread,SIGNAL(started()),runner,SLOT(update())); thread->start(); [/CODE] "And if i remember correct, you should not render on a secondthread, you should render on your main thread, but do all the updating and setup all data to just be scheduald for drawing, so that the main thread do as litle as possible when the drawing´s begins." I don't uderstand this. Does this mean that in my case that I should call the updating of the scenegraph, and drawing functions on second thread, but only call Present on main thread ? By the way what problem did you solve with Sleep(1) ? Also I can't switch to DirectX11
Milla.M posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHi I have some directx code that I want to run in second thread. I read the following [url="http://www.codermind.com/answers/How-do-I-run-with-a-multithreaded-device-in-Direct3D9.html"]http://www.codermind...-Direct3D9.html[/url] which says that is ok to use directx device from other thread as long as you are not using concurrently from many threads, and I am not doing that. And that you have to call CreateDevice and CreateWindow from the same thread , and some others functions like TestCooperativeLevel, Reset etc And I am doing the following : 1) create window and directx device in main thread 2) start second thread and do the rendering and updating there , basically : update BeginScene Draw EndScene Present 3) Also I care to call TestCooperativeLevel, Reset, pDevice->Release and pDirect3D->Release() from the main thread. Problem : The code is working when I test it in debug mode. But it doesn't in relase mode i.e it seems that the rendering threads draws all fine, but my main thread seems blocked and doesn't process messages, or maybe sometimes process them very slow. If just comment the call to Present , everything is fine ( of course it doesnot draw on screen ) i.e the main thread is responsive and second thread is running too. Sooo, is there some problem when calling Present from other thread, if the window and device is created in main thread ? As I read the following [url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb147224%28v=vs.85%29.aspx"]http://msdn.microsof...4(v=vs.85).aspx[/url] such restriction has only on CreateDevice,TestCooperativeLevel and Release.
Milla.M posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingHi I am developing plugin dll for thirdparty application. I want to do simple animation from my plugin dll, only when there is not messages in the main application i.e when the application is idle. The standrad way of doing this is : [CODE] while ( bDoingBackgroundProcessing ) { MSG msg; while ( ::PeekMessage( &msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE ) ) { if ( !PumpMessage( ) ) { bDoingBackgroundProcessing = FALSE; ::PostQuitMessage( ); break; } } // here draw DrawScene(); } [/CODE] But since I want to do the drawing from dll plugin, I can not this, i.e I can not modify the host application main message loop. I already tried to put nested message loop in my dll, and it works with some problems, like some messages from the main application are not processed at all. Anyone have suggestion how to solve this ?


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Howard Stern Makes 7-Year-Old Cry on 'America's Got Talent' – Was He Too Harsh? (POLL)
Young hopeful Mir Money hit the stage with a rap act that fell flat with the judges. It certainly wasn't for lack of charm or stage presence. When asked who his favorite rappers where, he answered "myself." He added that he's been in the game for four years and that with a million dollars, he could "take care of my family."
While he was adorable, his act didn't impress Stern and Co.
Howard was the first to drop the "X" after Mir Money failed to impress. Once he realized he did not get their approval, he burst into tears.
"You're a very nice young man and you know that. No one likes hitting the X on a 7-year-old. You're very brave to get up there at 7 years old," Howard said.
He then took to the stage and gave him a hug.
"You're a terrific young man, you know that?" Howard asked him.
"Yes," Mir Money replied, wiping his eyes — as the audience chuckled at remark, which would have sounded conceited if he wasn't so young and adorable.
"I don't want to make you cry," Howard said.
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- Saint Francis of Girolamo
- Saint Estella
- Holiday of the City of Miskolc (since 1992).
- Saint Odilo of Cluny
- Saint Majolus of Cluny
- Saint James Walworth
- Blessed John Rochester
- Saint Bertilla
- Saint Gengou Gangulphus
- Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Saint Mamertus, first of the Ice Saints
- Roman Empire - Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae).
- Saint Gauthier of Esterp
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- Lord Gordon "Gordy" White: English industrialist / multi-millionaire.
- Vincent Gordon Lindsay White: Tycoon.
- Joan Moriarty: Brigadier matron-in-chief/director (Army Nursing Services).
- 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals
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- Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses - Bar Harbor Society Orchestra
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