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|...Phlox subulata and Genista x 'Lemon Spreader'.
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|Nice deer! At least they paid for eating plants by posing nicely for you.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
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|Thanks, Linda. The deer were so happy when the snow finally melted and something green and edible appeared, I didn't really begrudge them the meal. I just hope they eat weeds from now on. I have plenty of dandelions for them.
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Efforts should be made to continuously develop and retain a critical mass of qualified breeders and geneticists to design and sustainably implement breeding programs in Africa. These professionals will greatly assist in the establishment of regional animal genetic resources recording and evaluation platforms to support uninterrupted national genetic improvement programs.
This is a key recommendation from a team of animal genetic researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The recommendation was made September 25, to the Conference on Agricultural Research Towards Sustainable Development Goals by ILRI researcher Julie Ojango, who is the project leader for the capacity building for sustainable use of animal genetic resources. The conference was held at SLU, in Uppsala, Sweden.
Reflecting on the theme "Capacity development in animal breeding and genetics – insights and opportunities from a decade of regional 'training of the trainer; experiences", J. Ojango, B. Malmfors, J. Philipson, I.Dror and M. Okeyo, in their paper observed that while 138 trainers from 31 countries in Africa and 15 countries in Asia, this is just but a drop in the ocean.
There is need for more resources to train extension staff and other trainers if the high demand for livestock products is to be met in the emerging economies. They noted that there is need to double meat and milk production while minimizing environmental impacts. This calls for improvement of many livestock populations to improve food security while securing the environment, exploiting the high genetic variability and creating platforms for livestock data recording and information exchange.
The team has been working on a collaborative study entitled "Capacity building for sustainable Use of Animal genetic Resources (AnGR) in Developing countries between 1999 and 2012.
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Funny...we have lived in our home for 9 years and our fireplace has never been used. Really? Really... there isn't too much of a need in Southern California for a roaring fire. But I will admit a crackling fire sure looks and sounds pretty.
Now, the fireplace mantle on the other hand... It sure gets all the attention. It is my inspiration for seasonal decorations. H made me a candy striped "LOVE" sign with left over pipe cleaners from C's science project...he had to create a 3D "D.N.A" structure.
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If you were to tell anyone that nerd culture has exploded, there would be very few people who would argue with you because as it stands now, the entertainment industry is overly saturated with genres that at one point catered mostly to nerds and geeks. This can be seen everywhere, as there are tons of movies and TV shows now based on comic books and either sci-fi or fantasy novels, and it can also be seen with video games that are now more popular than they have ever been. The video game industry specifically makes billions of dollars every year, and the great thing about games is that they cover all kinds of genres that not only provide some great stories and gameplay, but great and memorable characters as well, characters that tend to get cosplayed.
Cosplay is a combination of the words costume and play and deals with people dressing up as characters from games, comics, movies and anime, and it has gone from a very niche segment of nerd culture to a major aspect of it. There are currently dozens of cosplayers all over the world who have made a career for themselves through their costumes, mainly because they do such a good job with the crafting and because they look amazing while in costume. Most of these cosplayers play video games, which is why they choose to cosplay specific characters from those games, and the end results tend to leave us with our mouths wide open. Hopefully, this list will properly identify 15 of 2017's hottest video games cosplayers.
15 Ani-Mia
In the world of gaming, there are several franchises that hold a special place in people's hearts, but none of those franchises have delved into the role-playing genre like the Final Fantasy series. The franchise has in fact been around since 1987, with each official new entry being set in a completely different world with its own set of heroes and villains, and last November, Final Fantasy XV was finally released after being in development for over a decade. Despite not being the best game in the franchise, it was still a solid game, and like its predecessors, it contained some really standout characters, such as Cindy, a female mechanic who was crucial to the story's progression, and who was deliberately s*xualized by the developers. With the game's release, there were tons of Cindy cosplays popping up, including the one done by cosplayer Ani-Mia who managed to make Cindy look even more attractive than she did in the game.
14 Crystal Graziano
It is true that several of the cosplayers on this list are here because of the way that they s*xualize certain characters with their costumes, but there will also be cosplayers who look amazing while showcasing their attention to detail. One of those cosplayers is Crystal Graziano, who has a pretty significant following online and who has made a name for herself by being able to pull off cosplaying in a simple swimsuit, as well as in a very detailed spacesuit from the Mass Effect franchise. In the picture above, we can see Crystal's fabrication skills at work, with a fully-detailed cosplay of Selvaria Bles, a 22-year-old Brigadier General from the Valkyria Chronicles series, where she serves as one of the main antagonists of the first and third game. What makes this cosplay even better is the fact that Crystal can also strike a great pose that makes her look just like the character.
13 Element Cosplay
In 2007, CD Projekt RED released The Witcher, an action role-playing game that takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows the story of Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter for hire who possesses his own set of supernatural powers. There have since been two Witcher sequels, and it is in the third game that we finally get to see Geralt with his one true love, Yennefer, a sorceress who, in the games, is renowned for her beauty. And it is because of her appearance and personality that so many women have cosplayed as her. Element Cosplay is a native of Montreal, Quebec, and as it turns out, she is a die-hard Witcher fan, a statement that is easily proven based on how detailed the above Yennefer costume is. This is not her only detailed Yennefer cosplay, though. Over the years, she has also produced cosplays based on characters from League of Legends and the aforementioned Final Fantasy XV.
12 Grellka Loli
Most of the cosplayers on this list were born and raised in North America, but as mentioned at the beginning of this article, people all over the world cosplay, including Grellka Loli, who started cosplaying in 2001 and lives in Ukraine. Although she lives in Europe, Grellka has slowly been building up a presence here in North America, and a big reason for that is because she has traveled to conventions all around the world where she went on to win several awards for her cosplays. One of her best costumes is without a doubt featured in the photo above, which is based on the Cynthia character from the Witcher games, a mage who also functioned as a spy. For years now, Grellka has produced one amazing cosplay after another, and based on how highly detailed her Cynthia costume is, those who appreciate craftsmanship and fabrication skills should definitely check out her other work.
11 Meagan Marie
If you are a console gamer, it does not matter whether you are a fan of PlayStation, Nintendo, or Xbox because we can all agree that Xbox kind of sucks when it comes to the amount of console exclusives it has to offer. Xbox may not have a boat load of exclusives, but it does indeed have a few that are truly impeccable, such as the games in the Gears of War franchise which are some of the best games you can play on any console. The series focuses on the conflict between humanity and a reptilian race known as the Locust Horde. And in the original trilogy, we are introduced to Anya Stroud, a lieutenant in the human forces and the main love interest of protagonist Marcus Fenix. Cosplayer Meagan Marie is a fan of both the series and Anya, and she made a stunning cosplay of the character that comes equipped with all the required armor and weaponry, and she provides just as much detail in her other cosplays as well.
10 Danielle Beaulieu
With this entry, we will be talking about cosplayer Danielle Beaulieu who has managed to make a pretty good life for herself through cosplay and prop making, despite the fact that many of you probably have never heard of her. Compared to almost everyone else on this list, the majority of Danielle's cosplays are based on video game characters, specifically from League of Legends and World of Warcraft, but she also happens to be a big fan of the Final Fantasy games. Her best Final Fantasy cosplay has to be of Tidus, the main protagonist from the franchise's 10th installment. She completely nails this look, which includes his signature sword that she herself made from scratch. But if you really want to be impressed by her skills, you should check out her blood elf and Sylvanas cosplays because she manages to truly bring those inhabitants of Azeroth to life.
9 Alodia Gosiengfiao
League of Legends is the most popular and most played online game in the world, but depending on your viewpoint, it is nothing more than a clone/copy of Dota 2, which is another of the world's most popular online games. Mirana is an archer in Dota, who is known for wearing an entirely blue outfit. I mean, even her bow is blue, and she happens to be one of Alodia Gosiengfiao's favorite characters, which is why she went all out on the great cosplay featured above. Alodia is a very talented cosplayer from the Philippines, and she is capable of producing some very fine cosplays whenever she has the time because she also happens to be a bit of a celebrity in her country, as she has appeared in several films and TV shows. But that is not all. She has also had a singing and modelling career.
8 Darshelle Stevens
Since its release last May, Overwatch has become a worldwide hit, and seeing as every single character on its roster possesses very unique weapons, appearances, and backstories, it is no wonder that there are several cosplays based on the game at every convention. One of the more common Overwatch characters being cosplayed is D.Va, a 19-year-old former professional gamer who pilots an advanced mech in order to help protect her Japanese homeland. Excluding the mech, D.Va is fairly simple to cosplay, as you basically just need a skin tight bodysuit, headphones, and a blaster to pull it off, which is what Darshelle Stevens does in the picture above. Darshelle is mostly known for being a photographer for the Filthy Casual brand and for being part of the social media team over at Egonaut Games. And although she is relatively new to the world of cosplay, she has managed to get off to a pretty strong start, thanks to her background in photography.
7 Ireland Reid
Over the decades, there have been numerous fighting games that have come and gone, but there are some that have managed to stand the test of time, like the Mortal Kombat series that is even more popular now than it was when the game first came out in 1992. Mortal Kombat is known for being explicitly violent and for having its female characters fight while wearing some seriously revealing outfits, like Mileena, who is a clone of Kitana, one of the franchise's more iconic characters. Virtually every single person who has ever cosplayed as Mileena has looked amazing, but no one probably exemplified her more than Ireland Reid, who is known for providing some pretty revealing outfits, like when she cosplayed as Pikachu and Black Cat. When she is not cosplaying, though, Ireland works as both a costume designer and fitness model, which explains why she has such a killer figure.
6 Stella Chuu
When it comes to Overwatch, there are really only a handful of characters who can be considered to be the game's mascot, and Mercy is one of them, as her angelic look was one of the more iconic moments of the game's marketing campaign. Mercy might be Overwatch's best healer, but she also happens to have some of the best skins in the game, including the Imp one, which is the skin that Stella Chu chose to cosplay in the photo above. Anyone who plays Overwatch will agree that her cosplay is superb, but what you will be surprised to learn is the fact that Stella does not usually go for this style of cosplay because she tends to specialize in Burlesque interpretations which, as you can imagine, are far more s*xual in nature. Stella has a pretty good fan following mainly because she is a genuinely nice person, but also because she is a bonafide geek who loves everything about the culture.
5 Meg Turney
Mortal Kombat is indeed one of the top fighting games in the world, but there is another franchise that is arguably just as popular–the Street Fighter series–which has sold over 37 million copies worldwide since 1987. Unlike Mortal Kombat, the Street Fighter games are not excessively gory, but they both do feature female fighters who sometimes wear very little clothing, like Cammy, a member of the British Special Forces who is mainly known for wearing a green thong leotard. In Street Fighter 5, though, Cammy has a blue outfit, as seen in the cosplay above by Meg Turney who has been cosplaying much more frequently since leaving Rooster Teeth. But people may also know her from her days over at SourceFed. If you check out her other work, specifically her recent Tracer cosplay, I guarantee you that you will immediately become a fan, so much so that you might also follow her YouTube channel.
4 Yaya Han
Regardless of what people might think or say, cosplay is in fact a type of art form, and like all other forms of art, there are certain individuals who excel so much so that they are considered to be legends within the community. Anyone who follows cosplay has undoubtedly heard of Yaya Han, who started cosplaying as a pastime back in 1999. But even at the very beginning, it was apparent that she possessed an incredible amount of skill. Over the past two decades, Han has been able to transform her former pastime into a thriving business where she offers a variety of prints and costume accessories for sale, and she has managed to become so renowned, thanks to her impeccable attention to detail and astonishing craftsmanship. The picture above is just one example of Yaya's prowess, as she perfectly recreated the look of the Nohr Princess from the popular Fire Emblem series.
3 Giada Robin
With this entry we have Giada Robin, our third international cosplayer. This Italian beauty burst on to the cosplay scene a couple of years ago, thanks to her cosplay of the character Nico Robin from the popular anime One Piece. In truth, her Nico Robin cosplay is both her most popular and most worn mainly because she literally looks like a spitting image of the character, but she also happens to be a big fan of the Pokemon franchise. Above is just one example of her affinity for the Japanese monsters, as she looks absolutely stunning while cosplaying the legendary Suicune, and she looks equally as amazing while cosplaying as Vaporeon and Lugia, both of which feature her wearing less clothing than you would expect. When she is not cosplaying, Gia can be found modeling or on the gaming site G2A, and she also has her own YouTube channel where she vlogs about cosplay and conventions.
2 Kinpatsu Cosplay
Every month, there are roughly 67 million different people playing League of Legends, which is why it is the most popular online game in the world, with the simple premise of beating the enemy team. There are currently over 130 League champions; all of whom have very unique looks, which is why literally every single convention in the world has multiple people cosplaying as certain champions. Of all the professional cosplayers, though, no one has produced more detailed and visibly stunning League cosplays than South African cosplayer Kinpatsu Cosplay. In the picture above, Kinpastsu is modelling her new Xayah cosplay, and it is actually quite eerie just how much she looks like her, and she has nearly a dozen more League cosplays that are just as good. She does not only cosplay League champions, though, as she has also done stellar jobs with Pokemon and several characters from both World of Warcraft and Overwatch.
1 Jessica Nigri
If Yaya Han is considered to be a legend within the world of cosplay, then the same can be said about Jessica Nigri, a blond bombshell who is quite possibly the most popular cosplayer on the entire planet. Nigri was born in New Zealand but has lived most of her life in Arizona, and her life drastically changed in 2009 after she was photographed wearing a very sexy Pikachu cosplay. Since then, Nigri has gone on to also become a model, a popular YouTuber, and a voice actress, and if you ever get a chance to meet her at a convention, you will see firsthand that she is truly one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Nigri has cosplayed dozens of different video game characters, such as Roadhog from Overwatch, which shows that she can even make an obese man with a hook look hot. Aside from being attractive, Nigri can do more than just show off her assets because she is capable of producing some great work, as evidenced by her Deathwing, Sindragosa, and Reinhardt cosplays.


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Jonathan Turner is a New York based artist and director working in film, video, animation and photography. After working for architects Diller + Scofidio, he became interested in how digital media intersects with performance and installation and has been exploring the rituals, cycles, and technology of the human and natural world as a solo artist and as a member of the art collective Yemenwed. Turner has collaborated with musicians Glasser, Dutch E Germ and Pandreas, artists Pierre Soulage and Tauba Auerbach, and fashion designers Hood by Air and Telfar. Through his solo practice and work with Yemenwed, Turner's work has been exhibited at the Perez Art Museum, Miami; Tate Modern, London; MoMA, New York; MoMA P.S.1, New York; MOCA, Los Angeles; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; MAD, New York.
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|not my favorite style, but don't you just love the stars?
Because of my recent studies of the Queen of Heaven/Earth/The Universe/MOTHER OF US ALL, I've been a little obsessed with the idea of crowns, headdresses, tiaras, and circlets. Why don't we all wear one of these things all the time? They're so great!
They're beautiful! They're elegant! They're classy! They're historical! Why did crowns ever go out of style?
|not a crown, but still lovely!
Some Pagans will wear circles or headdresses in ritual, but I'm a little sad that none of my groups ever do this. (Or if they do it's very rarely.) Maybe it seems a bit archaic or inappropriate or too hierarchical or something?
In traditional covens the High Priestess would often wear a crown or circlet. Maybe modern Pagans are pulling away from this tradition and any associations with more structured coven/circle/etc structure, and because of this have pulled away from the idea of wearing headdresses during ritual? None of my Pagan friends and family are really "traditional" in any sense, so I could really see them rolling their eyes at the idea of wearing a circlet during ritual.
|I tried to make this own once. It was a disaster.
Gathering and making these items has really become a special task, and I think everyone really enjoys wearing something extravagant for an already extravagant ritual (isn't Beltane the best?)
|Of course I can wear a crown or circlet in the privacy of my own solitary rituals. What's to stop me from being so awesome?
|something seasonal, and it looks good on men, too!
|Lana Del Ray, snow queen
|Go ahead and put on a crown. Do it for realsies.


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War Forever (as wished for)
In response to General Stanley L. McCrystal's article in Foreign Policy, "It Takes a Network." http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/02/22/it_takes_a_network
It Takes Forever (as wished for)
Let's assume your half Crusader/half Plains Indian politico-military-organized crime network remained up and running despite the best efforts of the West Point/Ivy League Protective Association and its Media/Congressional/Supreme Court/Presidential (oh hell, everybody with money) puppets. Public magical thinking from on high is the in-thing, these days – to replace rational thought which is out of TV fascion (Get it? Fascist and fashion?... Never mind).
You, like everyone from President Obama, Gates and etc. on down, have chosen not to declare your victory conditions. You know, those conditions which, if they ever occurred in nonmagical space-time, would allow you to fold up your very, very expensive tentage and wend you quasi-interplanetary way home? "Next war: Mars! Then we'll start talking REAL money!"
What might those victory conditions be? Here are a few humble suggestions. Mix and match as you see fit -- the more implausible the victory, the better as far as the powers that be are concerned.
Every potential Af-Pak and neighborhood rebel accepts unilateral, unconditional surrender, simultaneously and forever.
You can statistically prove that every leadership element of the opposition network has either been killed or suborned by your own, including all elements as yet unborn.
750,000 Afghan Army, Police and self-defense Militia have their uniformed hands out for American military aid, indefinitely. They even have a stealth jet Air Force, and landlocked though they be, a four-carrier Navy and, of course, a Marine Corps. How do you say Semper Fi in Pashto?
A dependable flow of minerals, natural gas and opium guild Western bottom lines into the indefinite future (already hard at work on that one).
All Afghans convert into pacifist anarchist Jains. No exceptions unless they become card-carrying Republicans.
Afghanistan declares its national sport is badminton instead of mountain/desert/urban warfare against any and all comers, and themselves during brief interims when no outsider is stupid enough to try.
Afghans discover American TV, stop thinking from now on, and thus adopt the American Way of Life. With international support, Afghanistan invades Madagascar in anticipation of destroying enemy sanctuaries during its eternal "War on Grief."
The country of Pachtunistan is ripped from Afghan and Pakistani sovereignty, and all the Taliban go home to run for public office and murder each other in the street (à la Republic of Ireland, circa 1920s).
All the Pachtuns become organized, Ghandian non-violent protestors (no, that's already been accomplished around 1912, and sabotaged quite handily by the Brits and the Muslim Brotherhood, for the one and only time in total cooperation with one another). Besides, the Western media wouldn't consider this a "victory." Not Republican (bloody-minded and staggeringly costly) enough.
Pakistan and India have a nuclear war, and Afghanistan is sterilized by the resulting nuclear cloud blowing in the wrong direction (the natural one being onto the American Mid-West).
Russia, Iran, China and India offer to garrison Afghanistan with a million men each, thus placing a rifle platoon on every water point and mountain top in-country. NATO pumps up its determination to offer an additional million troops as a "rapid reaction force." They sit there, doing nothing much but terrorizing the countryside and eating up domestic improvement investments for the next century; then they are sent home to "manage" their respective civil wars induced by that lack of funding. Presumably, using the "network" strategy you perfected, against their own people, including in the USA and Europe.
Ok, those are some suggestions off the top of my head. Got any of your own, in this war deliberately set up to go on forever, smart guy? A war profiteer's wet dream and a tactician's nightmare. Please append the date of projected end-of-conflict and final evacuation of neocolonial forces, from among the four that follow: 2111, 2211, 3111, the next Ice Age.
Or are you merely paid to refine the killing, and not put a stop to it?
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September 7, 2017 – Bill Lewellis
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• People with Boats … Many of us watched with overwhelming sadness the destruction by wind in places where Hurricane Harvey hit shore and by water in Houston. In most tragedies, we see some light through the heroes. Many of the heroes today, as Monica said to me, are simply "people with boats." Fred (Mr.) Rogers said that when he was a boy scared by news, [h/t Melodie Woerman] his mother would say, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." Lord, have mercy. Pray for Texas.
• Remembering Hurricane Harvey victims … [ERD] Our hearts go out to the victims of Hurricane Harvey, as well as their families, during this tragic time. Episcopal Relief & Development info here. Donate here.
• Hurricane Irma … keeps gaining strength and looks terrifying. "I am at a complete and utter loss for words looking at Irma's appearance on satellite imagery," said Taylor Trogdon, a senior scientist at the National Hurricane Center. Eric Holthaus, a meteorologist who writes for Grist, called it "stronger than Andrew or Katrina."
• Covering Irma's wrath … [CJR, The Media Today, Sept. 7] Here.
Also, NYT, "One of the most powerful hurricanes in history roars across Caribean," Here.
• One million acres gone in Montana … [James Warren, Poynter Morning MediaWire, Sept. 7] Amid the media's understandable shift from Hurricanes Harvey to Irma, there are awful fires out in the Northern Rockies, especially Montana, bad even by the standards of a region accustomed to them. As of today, more than 1 million acres have burned, with 4,000 firefighters involved and two of them killed doing their job in a state nearly out of money to deal with them. (KRTV) Glacier National Park is hit hard. Entire towns have been evacuated. Entire towns.The total number of wildfires so far this year is 1,687. Of those, 748 were lightning-sparked, and 939 were caused by people/vehicles. And if media want to personalize the pain, just read how "The wildfire that ran roughshod through West Kootenai west of Eureka on Saturday evening wreaked havoc on Montana's oldest Amish community." Yes, the Amish waited too long, then had to scramble as fires encircled the area. Homes were ruined as they got out alive, with school for the kids relocated to a barn in another town. (The Missoulian) Read of their utter fear as fires came straight down a mountain toward them. And fast.
The enormity can't compare with what's wrought by Hurricane Harvey and possibly Irma. But it's bad and not getting much national notice. And, Trump might have noticed (if he read much), a Gazette editorialthat notes that the climate change he denies is a factor. "Forests and money aren't the only things going up in smoke in Montana. So too are the excuses for many who would deny climate change as most of the West, especially Montana, is literally in flames." Finding apparent rhetorical inspiration in James Taylor, it cites the simultaneity of hurricanes and fires — "we've indeed seen fire and we've seen rain" — and notes the many elements at play but how "We have also been pointing out for years that climate scientists have warned that as part of global warming, weather patterns would intensify, not just warm. In other words, fire season would get longer and hotter."
"We haven't just burned through the money here in Montana as we've fought fires, we have also burned through the question of whether something is happening to our environment. Clearly, the best science — and the best scientists — agree that humankind's impact is contributing to these changes."
• Bishop Search Committee now accepting nominations/applications for 9th bishop of Bethlehem … The search committee for the IX Bishop of the Diocese of Bethlehem is pleased to announce that our profile is complete and we are now accepting nominations and applications. Please visit www.bishopsearchdiobeth.org to view the profile, make nominations, or make application. Deadline for nominations is September 11, 2017. Deadline for applications is September 18.
• Diocesan September 29/30 Convention info … Here.
• The Dreamers … [TEC, Sept. 6 statement of th Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies] Standing with the Dreamers and doing all we can to support them. Today our hearts are with those known as the Dreamers—those young women and men who were brought to this country as children, who were raised here and whose primary cultural and country identity is American. We believe that these young people are children of God and deserve a chance to live full lives, free from fear of deportation to countries that they may have never known and whose languages they may not speak. As people of faith, our obligation is first to the most vulnerable, especially to children. In this moment, we are called by God to protect Dreamers from being punished for something they had no agency in doing. Read on.
• DioBeth Leadership News, Aug. 31 … Here.
• The newSpin Newsletter, Aug. 24 … Here.
• DioBeth General News, Aug. 18 … Here.
• Bishop Search Committee website … Here.
Intersection: Religion, Culture, Politics
• Donald Trump's cowardice on 'Dreamers' … [NYT Editorial Board, Sept. 5] President Trump didn't even have the guts to do the job himself. Instead, he hid in the shadows and sent his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, to do the dirty work of telling the country that the administration would no longer shield from deportation 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children.
Mr. Sessions, a longtime anti-immigrant hard-liner, was more than up to the task. In a short, disingenuous speech, he said a program set up by President Barack Obama in 2012 — known as DACA, for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — was a lawless policy that "yielded terrible humanitarian consequences" and denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of American citizens. (Mr. Trump echoed these claims in a statement released by the White House.) Mr. Sessions called DACA "an unconstitutional exercise of authority" and said "failure to enforce the laws in the past has put our nation at risk of crime, violence and terrorism.
False, false, false and false. Here.
• The RC bishops honeymoon with Trump is over … [RNS, Thomas Reese SJ, Aug 24] The bishops are exhibiting all the signs of a potential breakup with Trump. The honeymoon is over. Corporate America is already distancing itself from Trump as if he were a lame duck with no future. Even Republican members of Congress are grumbling. Since in the bishops' minds this marriage never took place, it may be easy for them to quietly climb out of bed and disappear into the night. They have gotten most of what they wanted out of the liaison; it is time to move on before it is too late. Read on.
• As Artificial Inteligence advances, what are its religious implications? … [Religion&Politics, Aug. 29] Artificial intelligence is already pervasive. It's embedded in iPhone's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, which are apps designed to answer questions (albeit in a limited way). It powers the code that translates Facebook posts into multiple languages. It's part of the algorithm that allows Amazon to suggest products to specific users. The AI that is enmeshed in current technology is task-based, or "weak AI." It is code written to help humans do specific jobs, using a machine as an intermediary; it's intelligent because it can improve how it performs tasks, collecting data on its interactions. This often imperceptible process, known as machine learning, is what affords existing technologies the AI moniker.
The sensationalizing of AI is not a product of weak AI. It is, instead, a fear of "strong AI," or what AI could someday become: artificial intelligence that is not task-based, but rather replicates human intelligence in a machine. Read on.
Also at ReligionLink.
• The cheap prosperity gospel of Trump and Osteen … [NYT, Aug. 30, Anthea Butler] Mr. Trump and Mr. Osteen are mirrors of each other. Both enjoy enormous support among evangelicals, yet they lack a command of biblical scripture. Both are among the 1 percent. Natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey are the worst kind of crises for people like Mr. Trump and Mr. Osteen, who purvey their own versions of the prosperity gospel. This is a belief that says if you think positively and make affirmations, God will reward you with financial success and good health. If you don't, you may face unemployment, poverty or sickness. (Mr. Trump in particular always speaks in laudatory terms about himself and his companies.) But the problem is that it's hard to promote "Your Best Life Now" or "The Art of the Deal" to people whose houses have flooded or been blown away, or to evacuees who have only the clothes on their backs. Read on.
• The False Promises in President Trump's Tax Plan … [NYT, Sunday Review, Editorial, Sept. 2] Mr. Trump says that all Americans will win big from tax cuts on businesses and the wealthy. It's a tough sell because it's not true. Read on.
• Flashback on immigration … [NYT, David Leonhardt] In a 1980 Repuglican primary debate, an attendee asked George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan about "illegal aliens." The responses are pretty uplifting, given today's immigrant-bashing administration. "We're creating a whole society of really honorable, decent, family-loving people that are in violation of the law," Bush said. He spoke of "six- and eight-year-old kids" who were made to feel as if "they're living outside the law." He concluded: "These are good people, strong people." Reagan, for his part, took a swipe at the idea of "putting up a fence" and said the country should find a way to let the immigrants work here, earn money and pay taxes. The excerpt lasts only about two minutes and is worth watching.
• The Book of Common Prayer ... every edition from 1549 to 1979. Here.
• Prayers and Thanksgivings from the BCP ... Here.
• The (Online) Book of Common Prayer ... Here.
• The Daily Office ... can be read online in Rite I, Rite II or the New Zealand Prayer Book versions. At Mission St. Clare.
• The Daily Office ... from the Diocese of Indianapolis. Here.
• The Prayer Site ... a resource of Forward Movement. Here.
• Speaking to the Soul ... Episcopal Café blog. Sermons, reflections, multimedia meditations and excerpts from books on spirituality. Here.
• Spirit Resources ... way below
Columns, Sermons, Reflections, other Spin
• He asked me about suicide … [Bill Lewellis, to be published in The Morning Call on Sunday, Sept. 10] I saw someone fishing from the bay wall in the giveaway posture of one depressed. I walked up to him, a few feet away and said, "Tell me you've caught a bag full of fish." He didn't answer. Didn't even look at me. I stayed. Quietly.
He looked around after a few minutes and asked abruptly if I had a family here. I suspected if I said yes, that his next words were going to be self-pity. He was lonely. I told him I was the visiting priest at the church across the street. "Does God forgive someone who commits suicide?" he asked. I said God is all about forgiving. I asked if someone in his family had committed suicide. "No, he said, but I was taught that anyone who commits suicide goes to hell." I asked Michael why he was wondering about that. He said he was going to commit suicide and wanted to know if God would forgive him. Read on.
• Memorize that poem … [The NYTimes Sunday Review, Molly Worthen, Aug. 26] Is it difficult to learn a poem by heart? Of course. But it is mainly a matter of diligent practice, with many pathways to success. Do you struggle with the printed page? The Poetry Foundation's website will recite poems to you over and over again, and YouTube is packed with fearless souls declaiming to the internet. Do you dread the thought of speaking up spontaneously? You might find a memorized text empowering. Read on.
• To be, or not to be … [Hamlet, Act III, Scene I, Poets.org] That is the question. Read on.
• Diocesan September 29/30 Convention info … Here.
• Bishop Search Committee now accepting nominations/applications for 9th bishop of Bethlehem …Please see above, under TopSpin.
• DioBeth Leadership News, Aug. 31 … Here.
• The newSpin Newsletter, Aug. 24 … Here.
• DioBeth General News, Aug. 18 … Here.
• Bishop Search Committee website … Here.
DioBeth Parish and Agency Websites
Under "More Resources" way below.
• Evensong sees a surge even as British church attendance declines … [RNS] Evensong sees a surge even as British church attendance declines
Religion News Service: In Britain, where churchgoing is mostly in decline, what has drawn the crowd on a late afternoon in August is evensong, the hymn-heavy evening service taken from the Book of Common Prayer. Read on.
• The Toolkit … of the Public Affairs Office is located on the Public Affairs pages of The Episcopal Church website here. Among the items are: Topics – topics of interest and dates of importance. Catalog – a list of important topics along with actions taken by The Episcopal Church and General Convention. Getting started - an easy how-to for getting started in preparing materials, media releases, op-eds, etc. For more information contact Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, email@example.com, 212-716-6080.
• Sermons that work … The Episcopal Church welcomes many different points of view, and sermons offered during an Episcopal service may vary greatly from congregation to congregation. Although there is no "typical" or one-size-fits-all sermon for Episcopal congregations, the sermons in this series are selected for their universal qualities so that they may be useful to a wide variety of small congregations without full-time priests on staff, where lay leaders often shoulder the responsibility of delivering the sermons on Sunday. To assist these small congregations, the Episcopal Church offers Sermons That Work, new sermons each week for Sundays and major feast days throughout the liturgical year. Here.
• Weekly bulletin inserts … provide information about the history, music, liturgy, mission and ministry of the Episcopal Church. Here. There's also an archive dating back to 2006.
• More Resources … way below.
Evangelism/Stewardship/Church Growth/Migration/ERD
• Stewardship Missioner Dan Charney … has compiled a list of resources for congregations preparing for fall stewardship campaigns. Here.
• Episcopal Migration Ministries … Here.
• Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) … Here.
• Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) … Here
• Additional Resources ... way below
In the Media
• The complicated life and death of Hideki Irabu … [Sports Illustrated] How did a Yankees pitcher once hailed as "the Japanese Nolan Ryan" end up hanging himself in a suburban house, alone and all but forgotten? Ben Reiter takes readers inside the devastating story of cultural collisions and desolation Hideki Irabu experienced after being signed for more than $12 million and hailed as a future face of the franchise in 1997. Here.
• Fauxtography … [RNS] Did the solar eclipse create a cross in the heavens? Nope. Read on.
• How modern technology helped me teach theology to uninterested college students … [AM, Ellen Koneck, Aug. 24] Theology is impotent and irrelevant when simply presented as a set of ideas, doctrines or conclusions to be passively internalized. Read on.
Requiescant in pace
• Edwin Strohl, 92 … died August 25. Ed and his wife Connie have been members of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem for nearly 69 years. Obituary.
• Michael Cromartie, 67 … died August 28. He shepherded a generation of journalists toward more informed coverage of religion's evolving junction with politics and public policy. A former conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, he became an influential evangelical thinker in Washington. Read on at NYT. Also "Apostle to the Media" by Ross Douthat, here.
• Jerry Lewis, 91 … comedian, actor and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century, died Aug. 20. Read on.
[Rectors, senior wardens or family members who would like the death of a parishioner noted here may point me to published obits, or send their own notice.]
Ecumenism, Interfaith, Pluralism – or Not
• Worship resources for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation … Here.
• Five major world religions … Khan Academy's tour through five major world religions. • Buddhism, • Christianity, • Hinduism, • Islam, • Judaism.
• Protestant Reformation … Khan Academy's introduction to the Protestant Reformation
• More Resources ... way below
Evangelical Lutheran Church
• ELCA Website … Here.
• ELCA News Service … Here.
• ELCA Blogs … Here.
Moravian Church
• Moravian Church in North America Website.
• Moravian Church Northern Province Website.
• Moravian Theological Seminary Website.
United Methodist Church
• News Service Here.
• Communication Resources ... Start here.
• Eastern PA Conference website Here.
• Facebook Here.
• Bishop Peggy Johnson's blog Here.
Presbyterian Church USA
• First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem property dispute could clarify law … [Morning Call, Sarah Wojcik, Aug. 28] After splintering last summer, the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem is seeking judgment of who owns the massive church property in a bench trial that could eventually help clarify Pennsylvania's murky church property law. Northampton County President Judge Stephen Baratta presided over a full courtroom, packed with congregants from both sides of the theological divide as well as current and former leaders of the storied church, founded in 1877. Read on.
• Website ... Here
• News & Announcements ... Here.
Roman Catholic
• Diocese of Scranton ... Here.
• Diocese of Allentown ... Here.
• Alfred Schlert becomes fifth bishop of the Diocese of Allentown … [MC, Daniel Sheehan, Aug. 31] Bishop Alfred Schlert ascended to the episcopacy during a remarkable moment in the life of an unassuming Lehigh Valley native who has quietly served God as a priest for 30 years. In an elaborate Mass at the Cathedral of St. Catharine in Allentown, Schlert, 56, became the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Allentown, and the first priest ordained in the diocese to be named to the position. Read on.
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ... Here.
• Catholic News Service ... Here.
• Crux Now ... Here.
The Vatican
• Vatican II reform of the liturgy is irreversible … [America, Aug. 24] Seeking to put an end to various attempts to roll back the reform of the liturgy introduced by the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis this morning stated unequivocally that "the reform of the liturgy is irreversible." He declared this in a major address for National Liturgical Week in Italy, marking the 70th anniversary of Center for Liturgical Action. A source close to the pontiff told America magazine the remarks were intended not only for the Italian liturgists present but the church worldwide. Read on.
• Pope Francis offers 4 points to guide the world's response to refugees … [America, Aug. 21] Pope Francis has offered concrete proposals for world leaders to consider when drafting two forthcoming United Nations' agreements, saying that "our shared response may be articulated by four verbs: to welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate" migrants and refugees. Read on.
• Vatican Information Service blog ... Here.
• Vatican News/Info Portal ... Here.
Health and Wellness
• A good night's sleep … [NYT, Sept. 6] Being well rested for your well-being. Here.
• More Resources… below.
• Ken. Burns's American Canon … [The New Yorker Ian Parker, Sept. 4 issue] Even in a fractious era, the filmmaker still believes that his documentaries can bring every viewer in. His 10-part, 18-hour series on the history of the Vietnam War premieres on PBS September 17 at 8:00 ET. Read on.
• Martin Luther: The idea that changed the world … Premieres Sept. 12 on PBS. Follow the dramatic story of Martin Luther's life: the massive lightning storm that nearly killed him, the bleak self-punishment of his time in the monastery, the corruption that unleashed his anger, his trial before the most powerful man in Europe, and the staged kidnapping that helped him escape the death penalty. Read on.
• Your Faith, Your Life: An Invitation to the Episcopal Church … Revised edition of the 2009 book by Jenifer Gamber and Bill Lewellis will be published in November. Read on.
• The institutional church has stolen the Gospel … [From The Jesus Heist: Recovering the Gospel from the Church by C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of Texas] by reading her indispensability into the Scriptures and into the hearts and minds of her people. Our task in this book is to understand this hermeneutical act and to offer as an alternative the ecclesia of Jesus. The church is not a means to salvation … The problem with viewing the church as a means to salvation is that the only means to salvation is through God in Christ Jesus and his work upon the cross. The Jesus Heist.
• In praise of Barbara Pym … [NYT, Books, Aug. 24] The midcentury English novelist, is forever being forgotten, and forever revived. Her novels sketch a circumscribed scene whose anchors were the church and the vicarage, and the busy, decent Englishmen and -women (more women) who shuffled between the two. Read on.
• The Online Books Page … Listing over 2 million free books on the Web - Updated Friday, August 18, 2017. Here.
Websites, Podcasts and Blogs
• The Daily … [The New Yorker, Rebecca Mead, Aug. 21] In Michael Barbaro's podcast, the New York Times becomes conversational and intimate, instead of inky and cumbersome. It's a twenty-minute update murmured in your ear by a well-informed, sensitive, funny, modest friend—the kind of person who has as many questions as answers? Read on.
• NCR's new website … Here.
• Frontline's new podcast … [James Warren @ Poynter] The Frontline Dispatch will be unveiled Sept. 14 "with an exploration into child marriage in America. New episodes on second chances for juvenile lifers, a community divided over oil drilling and earthquakes, and more will be released biweekly on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic and other podcast apps, and at pbs.org/frontlinedispatch. Jay Allison, the creator of The Moth Radio Hour, is senior editor and creative director." The podcast universe is crazy competitive, with precious few turning a buck. But the quantities of high-quality work (and crap) are huge. Here's a bit more about the effort, which given its lineage should be worth a listen.
• Nocturne, the Podcast That Explores the Night … essay radio – a hybrid form of audio storytelling that blends elements of documentary, fiction and sound-art, hosted and produced by the independent Bay Area producer Vanessa Lowe. Lowe co-created the show with her husband, Kent Sparling, who works in film sound and who composes much of the show's evocative music. A recent episode is about a Scottish surfer who survives more than thirty-two hours at sea. Read on.
• The Episcopal Café … Here.
• AnglicansOnline … Here.
• Diocese of Bethlehem … Here.
• The Episcopal Church … Here.
• Free courses from top universities … [Techlicious] You can continue your education with some amazing and free online resources available from top universities. These institutions offer many of their courses in the form of video lectures, audio transcripts and online quizzes. And, some universities give you access to the professor and let you interact with other students taking the class. Want to give these free online courses a try? Here are the online education offerings from the top U.S. universities that we think are worth checking out. Read on.
$13 a pack … Effective next June, the minimum price of cigarettes in NYC will be $13 a pack, according to a law recently signed by the mayor. Whoa! When I quit smoking @1970, cold turkey, after some 15 years, cigarettes were 20 cents a pack. I'm grateful today not to have that burden, and pray for those who have.
Abbreviations of Sources
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It grudgingly allowed me to apply molten wax, but when I brought out the torch it cracked and hissed like a wild cat. Okay, that's quite a dramatic description, but the blasted thing will not allow me to melt that wax any more than when it comes off the brush. Bugger!


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Everybody's favorite porn stud even though he's now #2 in our monthly ranking behind the almighty, XL-dicked Boomer Banks Christian Wilde returns to doing gay porn this week after a brief foray into hetero kink with his pregnant wife and her disgusting feet.
In general, Christian kind of retreated from the spotlight in 2014 after a couple of years of being everywhere all the time, perhaps because of his impending fatherhood?
Anyway, he's back at Men.com doing his fourth scene for them this year, and it looks to be the first of a series starring him called Men Collector. And it has something to with bullying? Yeah, I guess Christian plays a slightly crazy stalker type who was "betrayed" somehow by a bunch of dudes, and now he's taking revenge out on his tormenters by fucking them. Obviously.
The scene is legitimately hot, and Colt Rivers, as his first fuck-victim, works up a legitimate sweat taking that cock every which way.
And no, I don't know what's up with Christian's weird smile in the duo model shot.
[Men.com: Men Collector Par 1]
October 18, 2014 at 9:38 am
What a nasty mean-spirited piece of dribble this is who's the asshole writing this shit?
October 11, 2014 at 9:45 pm
I will never, ever understand the appeal with Christian Wilde. He's so fucking gross and looks like a serial killer. I just don't get it! Plus the fact that he's "straight" just makes it all bullshit. Some gay for pay is cool, but when you do it as much as him, and fuck the guys like you can't stand them it just gets really old, really fast…
October 13, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Christian has admitted that he's a hot bisexual, JT.
October 11, 2014 at 8:13 am
I still think Christian is getting more sexier as he gets older, because I love hairy blonde men.
October 11, 2014 at 7:12 am
Christian used to be one of my favourite porn actors but I can't stand those huge tatoos that annoy and distract me. On the other hand, Colt is perfect IMO, I like him a lot, I would like to find somebody like him IRL.
October 10, 2014 at 11:06 am
Did he get any of these guys pregnant too like he did his wife? Shit is a good fertilizer for sperm, you know
October 10, 2014 at 2:54 am
Christian's starting to let himself go. Isn't going to the gym in his job description?
October 9, 2014 at 11:27 pm
Christian what did you do to your body with all those tattoos? Ughh! I will say that I am a big fan of Christian Wilde's bisexual porn especially the cuckold scenes he does for other sites.. I love to see him in straight/bi/gay scenes..I think he is the only porn star either than Wolf Hudson that can convincingly do both gay and straight scenes.
October 10, 2014 at 11:45 am
Yeah, he makes more money fucks men with condoms than fucks women without condoms.
Gay porn industry must be proud of it.
October 11, 2014 at 8:18 am
I don't like tats on guys, but Christian's handsome face and hairy chest makes up for that. ;) and, he seems to really enjoy performing.
October 9, 2014 at 10:17 pm
Why Cristian Wilde could sucked a cock with open eyes? Obviously wouldnt watch it, but I like Colt he's a loveable guy.. yup Bella's feet were like Orangutans and many crossdresser guys would look pretty compare to her. Having said that I wish the baby will be alright.
October 9, 2014 at 8:50 pm
Christian is aging really nicely. I hope he does porn his entire life.
October 9, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Christian's wife's feet were sweet compared to her disgusting boobs with the absurdly enlarged nipples; her even more disgusting telescoping twat that reminds of the telescoping jaw on the creature in the movie ALIEN; and her whorish, painted-on, drag-queen, tranny face. I can imagine Christian being married to a woman, but never in my most harrowing nightmares would I have imagined she'd look like THAT! Whatever do straight guys see in women who look like that? Shudder!!!
Christian's handsome face and his big, fat, rock hard cock were the only redeeming elements in that otherwise disgusting clip.
A more specific reason Christian may have retreated was that he was preparing to pass the physical abilities test to join the local police dept. I gather that he passed the aptitudes test and the physical abilities test, then submitted a pre-investigative questionnaire that requires, among other things, a complete employment history. He said his application was rejected because of his work in porn.
October 10, 2014 at 3:02 pm
Comments like this embarrass me; for gay anything as a "whole". Funny how the slob Christian is fucking has some of the corn-filled-ugly-toe-jam-deformed feet I have ever seen! Look at the last video screen-shot, fucking GROSS… (actually a few gay porn "actors" can nearly show him up in neanderthal jacked up toes (in disgusting feet class)
Gay men are simply too jealous of women, and only applaud their STRAIGHT gay4pay actors when they force a cock up their ass for a few grand. These half-ass actors are trash. REAL stars? — The old Falcon days — When men looked like men, took it like a champ and WERE half straight, half gay. Nowadays it's scrawny convict looking bums, whom the tinks hound, until they realize they like PUSSY. Full time. Bitch.
Can't stand one-sided gay men. I'll take a hole, any hole at times… and still proudly adore the physique of both genders and not try SO hard to bash any chick my "fav gay" actor fucks or is dating.
Pussy envy queens.. Cut your cock off, get implants OR Deal. But STFU.
October 12, 2014 at 2:06 am
What the fuck did I just read? Is this a real post?
October 13, 2014 at 7:09 am
Can't be.
October 9, 2014 at 7:21 pm
Two average Joes who've got to go!


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During the first year of my PhD, I worked on a project called At Home in Scotland: Stories of Place, which provided storytelling training (and more!) for researchers, helping them communicate their research in an accessible manner. These skills were put into action through events with Kickstart, Contact the Elderly and Beltane Public Engagement Network. The At Home in Scotland blog, which I managed, ran from May to September 2014, with weekly posts reflecting on research, stories, and public engagement.
In the summer of 2015 I curated an exhibition, PACE: Walking by Design, at Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh. You can find out more about this work on the Exhibitions page of this site.
I currently write regular book reviews and exhibition reviews for Aesthetica. I've also written for the Scottish Book Trust, Fest, The Oyster's Earrings, and The Music Factory, as well as having served as Editor-in-chief, Art editor, and Music editor of The Student, Edinburgh University's student newspaper.


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