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My second card is for our weekly challenge at Sweet Stampin' and our theme this week is 'Wheels' so I have used one of my favourite LOTV stamps and the prize this week is a goodie bag!! so come on girls/guys jump in and enter both the challenges there are some great prizes to be won...and I would also like to thank my teamies at Sweet Stampin for being so understanding too xxxxxxx Lots of hugglesssssss Sue xxxxxxxxx
Saturday, 3 October 2015
Crafty Calendar and Sweet Stampin' Challenges
My second card is for our weekly challenge at Sweet Stampin' and our theme this week is 'Wheels' so I have used one of my favourite LOTV stamps and the prize this week is a goodie bag!! so come on girls/guys jump in and enter both the challenges there are some great prizes to be won...and I would also like to thank my teamies at Sweet Stampin for being so understanding too xxxxxxx Lots of hugglesssssss Sue xxxxxxxxx
25 comments:
- MRS DUCK said...
Hi Sue
Blimey O'Reilly, I just thought you were still recovering from Woody's failed attempt at getting some insurance money and busy with Paul. Hope you're coming through the other side chuck.
Love both cards and have missed seeing your cheery creations.
You take care.
Ang x
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 10:21:00 BST
- Jenny L said...
Hi Sue me wonderful little blogging matey.
I too thought you were getting over your fall, and taking things easy.
So sorry to hear you are having probs with your health be it physical or mental.
Love and big virtual hugs on there way to make you feel better.
I was about to sent you a e card, as I have been thinking of you and wondering.
Right going to get my wand out it's moth balls and wave it frantically to try and help.
Beautiful cards, and wonderful images too, and perfectly coloured as usual.
It's lovely seeing your wonderful style of creating again, as I have missed it.
As you always seem to put a sort of magic in your creations, especially your lovely dots.
Love and big huggles from my house to yours, and big sloppies for my pals Ollibobs, and Woody.
Lots of crafty love. Fairy Godmother Jenny L.
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 11:15:00 BST
- Chris said...
It's really lovely to see you back on your blog Sue! I too have missed your lovely cheery posts and beautiful cards! Hope you very soon feel better!
Your cards are both gorgeous!
Sending you a big hug.....
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 11:25:00 BST
- Sarah said...
Lovely to see you Sue and with such gorgeous cards, as ever. I am sorry to hear that you are struggling, depression is one of those things that creeps up and grabs us when we are least expecting it but it will pass and you will get better and find enjoyment in life again . (( xxx))
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 11:39:00 BST
- Paper Creations by Shirley said...
Hi Sue, I'm sorry to read that you are struggling, I hope you've seen a doctor for help. I love your sweet designs. Take good care of yourself, HUGS, Shirleyxx
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 13:34:00 BST
- Jacee said...
Hi Sue, fabulous cards, so cute, love the sentiment on the second.
Sorry to hear you are not your usual self, I do hope you'll be feeling better soon.
Sending extra hugs, Jacee
Simply Paper Card Design
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 18:22:00 BST
- cuilliesocks said...
Hi Sue, I am truly sorry to hear that you are struggling just now with depression, and yes it does creep up. I hope you are having some support with it, you have a much to put up with, your own physical health and looking after and worrying about Paul, somethings got to give. Be gentle with yourself and You'll come out the other side.
Your cards are just gorgeous, what wonderful images and colours, love them both, BIG HUGS, Kate xx
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 20:25:00 BST
- Kathleen said...
Two fabulous card Sue, great images and fabulous colours.
Sorry to hear that you are having a rough time, hope it passes very soon.
Take care.
Kath x
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 21:06:00 BST
- Abi said...
No thanks necessary Sue, we just want you to be well so you take all the time you need to look after yourself. Both cards absolutely fabulous! xxx
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 21:14:00 BST
- rachel said...
hi Sue - so very sorry to hear you've been down aswell as the arm issues - I hope both are resolved as soon as possible - your cards are both fabulous - love them to bits - big hugs to you and sending you an extra portion of positivity! Hugs rachel xx
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 21:26:00 BST
- Jo said...
Gorgeous makes Sue, that 2nd one is so cute....love the sentiment too! Take care of yourself Sue.....sending you big hugs.
Jo x
- Saturday, 3 October 2015 at 22:01:00 BST
- Wendy Nicola Jackson said...
Ooh wow, I love both those gorgeous card Sue. The LOTV stamp is so fab and perfectly coloured and that sentiment is brilliant! Made me laugh. Love that cute witchy Wryn too. Two fabulous cards hunny. Hugs, Wends x
- Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 00:47:00 BST
- Sue said...
Sue, these cards are beautiful. I love both of them and both are some of my favourite images. Thinking of you and sending you all best wishes.
- Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 07:59:00 BST
- Inger said...
These are both so beautiful and cute!
Love your colors!
Have a lovely sunday :)
Inger XX
- Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 11:07:00 BST
- Planetsusie said...
These are delicious Winnie - such lovely images and so beautifully designed as well missus. I am hoping you feel better soon, I honestly do sympathise and will give you a ring soon.
Big hugs to you all Sue Pxxx
PS Graham loved his b/day card and GW card sooooooooooooo much.
- Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 15:49:00 BST
- Inkyfingers said...
Its so good to see you back Sue and I hope things look up for you soon.
You certainly haven't lost your wonderful touch with the cards and these two beauties are proof of that! Such cute designs.
Sending a big hug.
Carol xxx
- Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 17:29:00 BST
- Zoe Tant said...
Cute cards Sue. Glad to hear you are getting lots of support, but sorry you are still not well. Hope things continue to improve. Sending hugs Zx
- Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 19:22:00 BST
- MaryH said...
A big, big hug from over the pond. It is no fun to be just where you are at the moment, and please just keep telling yourself, "this will get better". I hope the arm & wrist are not too painful. Had a quick read on some of the earlier posts as I have been MIA here for a bit. The 2 cards are just so pretty. I love Halloween, (altho not made a single one so far). The little witch is a cutie, and I like the way you've colored & dressed her up so prettily with the lacey borders and seasonal colors. The die mat is another dressup for her little self, and your purple spatters look great. #2 is equally delightful, with the vintage look of that tiny Mr. in his motor with his little riding cap on. Love the bow & heart embellie in the corner. You always have the greatest of details on your cards. take care, and again, big hugs while you are recuperating. TFS
- Monday, 5 October 2015 at 01:52:00 BST
- Beverley Lowe said...
Hi Sue - great makes. Such cute images on both cards. Great colouring. Hope you continue to improve.
Gentle hugs,
Bev x
- Monday, 5 October 2015 at 11:04:00 BST
- Paddington fan said...
Great cards Sue, especially the second one - love the sentiment and the cute LOTV image. Great to see you're making cards again. Sending you BIG hugs, I know depression is a hard thing to come to terms with and to get through but it really does get better with time, hang in there and look after yourself.Thinking of you hun, much love Jacky x
- Monday, 5 October 2015 at 15:22:00 BST
- coldwaters2 said...
Oh Sue it is lovely to see you back with us in Blogland, I am so sorry to hear that you have been hit with that awful illness depression, I am glad that you are receiving help and hope that you can throw it off soon, unfortunately it has been a constant companion of mine for many years and every now and again it seems to punch me to remind me that it is still there. Sue your card is beautiful I love both the image and wonderful colours a super, super make, keep it up.
lorraine x
- Monday, 5 October 2015 at 20:05:00 BST
- Carol said...
Two very cute creations Sue. Hope life gets better soon. Carol x
- Monday, 5 October 2015 at 22:58:00 BST
- CornishKat said...
Gorgeous cards Sue. I love the colours and texture on the first one and the sentiment on the second is fab. Look after yourself,
hugs Katrina x
- Tuesday, 6 October 2015 at 10:49:00 BST
- Christine Harrop said...
Well your little witch is far from spooky! She's actually really very sweet! And I love that LOTV image - on of my favourites too. Sorry you haven't been well! TAke care of yourself missus! Hugs Christine xx
- Tuesday, 6 October 2015 at 19:23:00 BST
- Faith A said...
You are creating the most beautiful cards even though you are suffering. Well done you for struggling through.
- Thursday, 8 October 2015 at 15:07:00 BST


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Volleyball Roundup: Lindale + Sabine Notch Victories
LINDALE -- The Lindale Lady Eagles opened the 2013 volleyball season with a 25-20, 25-13, 25-16 home victory against Longview on Monday night.
The Lady Eagles take their 1-0 record to the Longview Tournament later this week. The event is scheduled to start Thursday and end Saturday.
Longview got nine kills, one block, and four digs from Na'Qwavian Nelson in Monday's loss. Teammate Kaitlyn Adams had two kills, one block, 13 assists, and four digs, while Jordan Houser added one ace and 14 digs. Miranda Welborn was 10-for-10 at the service line with eight points, one ace, and eight digs.
Longview hosts Kilgore and Tyler All Saints on Tuesday before hosting the aforementioned tournament starting Thursday.
Sabine Beats Beckville in Five Games
LIBERTY CITY -- Sabine outlasted Beckville in Monday night's season opener, notching a 25-9, 25-21, 16-25, 20-25, 15-10 win.
Sabine's Haley Stuart had nine kills, three blocks, three aces, and five digs, while Tylia Sylestine had nine kills, two aces, and 22 digs. Jayden Mount added two kills, two aces, 11 assists, and 13 digs. Brittany Terry had five kills, one ace, and 14 digs, while Emily Ivins contributed one kill, nine assists, and 14 digs.
Beckville's Carson Blair had eight kills, six aces, and seven digs, while Ivy Rieke added seven kills, five blocks, and six digs. Teammate Carley Lawhorn had four kills and eight blocks.
Beckville's Natalie Morris had six kills, while Kassidy Alexander and Stacie Brevard combined for 21 assists.
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Today's wedding stationer interview is with Eva & Zsolt of Laser Creative, based in Toronto, ON! Enjoy:
How did you get started doing wedding invitations?
We started Laser Creative as a venue that would allow us to collaborate with other artists, designer, craftsmen and friends. We wanted an outlet that would allow us to produce items in a wide range of materials. We bought an industrial laser cutter and LaserCreative.ca was born as a laser cutting and engraving service. Soon afterwards a new client approached us with a custom laser cut wedding invitation order. We were immediately excited over the thought of heavy cottony card stock, chantilly lace, letterpress printing, premium paper, laser cutting, and engraving/etching all coming together to combine in mixed media masterpiece of luxurious materials. The more we learned about premium card stock and artisan papers the more we loved the medium. The wonderfully rich and vibrant colours, the range of textures and the endless finishes kept us researching pulp products for months and months until we found our chosen manufacturers and suppliers. We've come to love designing and producing custom wedding invitations for two reasons: it's a wonderful time to be part of people's lives and get their big day started off on the right foot with the right invitations, and, the creative possibilities of invites are really quite endless. We use all sorts of non-traditional materials in our work like wood, paper, card stock, leather, acrylic, veneers, fabric, felt and whatever else the project may require. We do prefer to stick to mostly organic and renewable materials that we can source locally.
See the rest of the interview after the cut!
What is your favorite color combination?
As a designer I couldn't really say I have a favourite colour combination. I can't choose just one combination, I love them all. There's even room in my heart for what people refer to as "clashing" colour combinations. I find them bold, brave, and somewhat endearing. If I would have to pick ONE favourite colour, it would be gray…you may pair it with anything. ;)
What is the most unique invitation you have designed?
Our love tree in real Walnut Wood. The wood adds such a wonderful organic feel, and goes well with almost any colour.
Do you have a favorite typeface?
All the classics designed by the masters that look good in letterpress! This is kind of like the colour question. I don't have just one. I have at least a dozen favourites if not two.
What is the most bizarre request you have received?
To be honest, nothing has stood out as particularly noteworthy.
Ampersand or the word "and?"
With the right font…AMPERSAND! But I like them between names, never in the copy, or rather seldom in the copy.
Any advice for brides?
Always order more invitations than you think you'll need.
Do you offer more than just stationery?
Oh yes, we can custom design and manufacture just about anything for weddings….literally anything! Save the Date Cards, Invitations, Thank You Cards, Place Cards, Menu Cards, Seating Chart Displays, Wishing Tree Tags, Invitation Belly Bands…deep breath….Reply Postcards, Trifold Reply Cards, Bridal Shower Cards, Wedding Menus, Seating Charts, Wedding Favour Tags, Custom Wedding Decor, Custom Wedding Favours, ……….deeeeeeeep breath………Fridge Magnets, Map/Accommodation Cards, Table Numbers, Menu Backdrops, Framing, Seating Chart Backdrops, Signs, Decorations, Art Installations……….and more! See? Literally anything. :D
Thank you for sharing your gorgeous work! For more about Laser Creative, check out their WeddingInviteLove profile, or head straight to their website.
Have any questions or comments for Eva & Zsolt? Add them below!


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TuleRune's Tiering Thread II Turbo
- Rock Band 4 tiering standards. No keyboards or pro guitar, and any applicable keys will be assumed as part of the guitar chart.
- Lets go with 3 songs at a time for now, from several artists or just one if you prefer. I have plenty of free time so I should be able to stay on top of things.
- Songs should be ~20 minutes or less. Anything a little bit longer will probably be fine.
- All requests are welcome, although anything I find dodgy (AKA offensive/discriminatory lyrical content) will be avoided.
#-B10cc - "I'm Not in Love"
The 13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me"
311 - "All Mixed Up"
A Wilhelm Scream - "The Rip"
Acid Bath - "Scream of the Butterfly"
AFI - "17 Crimes"
AFI - "Silver and Cold"
AFI - "Snow Cats"
Alan Walker - "Faded (ft. Iselin Solheim)"
Alesso - "Heroes (We Could Be) (ft. Tove Lo)"
Alvvays - "Archie, Marry Me"
Angel Olsen - "Shut Up Kiss Me"
Annihilator - "Alison Hell"
Anthony Falcone - "Education Connection (ft. Andreanna Veith)"
Anthrax - "A.I.R."
Anthrax - "Breathing Lightning"
Anthrax - "Evil Twin"
Anthrax - "Got the Time"
Anthrax - "I Am the Law"
Arch Enemy - "War Eternal"
Astroid Boys - "Dusted"
At the Drive-In - "Governed by Contagions"
Audioslave - "Cochise"
Autograph - "Turn Up the Radio"
Babymetal - "Karate"
Babymetal - "Megitsune"
Babymetal - "Road to Resistance (ft. Herman Li & Sam Totman)"
Bastille - "Good Grief"
The Beach Boys - "God Only Knows (Live)"
The Beach Boys - "Sloop John B"
Beartooth - "Hated"
Big Brother & the Holding Company - "Combination of the Two"
Black Peaks - "Statues of Shame"
Blake Swift - "Goodbye Moonmen"
Blue Öyster Cult - "Astronomy"
Blue Öyster Cult - "Burnin' for You"
Blue Öyster Cult - "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"
Blue Öyster Cult - "Veteran of the Psychic Wars"
Boney M. - "Rasputin"
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - "Green Onions"
Boston - "Don't Look Back"
Bryan Ferry - "Slave to Love"
Buckethead - "The Coats of Claude"
Budgie - "Breadfan
Bumblefoot - "Women Rule the World"
Buzzcocks - "What Do I Get?"
The Byrds - "We'll Meet Again"1
C-DCamel - "Freefall"
Caravan Palace - "Lone Digger"
Car Seat Headrest - "Fill in the Blank"
Catfish and the Bottlemen - "Soundcheck"
Cavalera Conspiracy - "Inflikted"
Children of Bodom - "Waste of Skin"
The Church - "Under the Milky Way"
Clean Bandit - "Rockabye (ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)"
The Chainsmokers - "Rozes (ft. Roses)"
Chicago - "I'm A Man"
Chicago - "Questions 67 and 68"
CHVRCHES - "Clearest Blue"
CHVRCHES - "Leave a Trace"
CHVRCHES - "Recover"
CHVRCHES - "The Mother We Share"
COIN - "Talk Too Much"
Coldplay - "Hymn for the Weekend" (Retier - MCSMeister Comparison)
Colony House - "You & I"
Commodores - "Brick House"
Corrosion of Conformity - "Clean My Wounds"
Cracker - "Low"
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
Daft Punk - "Giorgio by Moroder (ft. Giorgio Moroder)"
Danzig - "Devil's Plaything"
Danzig - "Twist of Cain"
Dead Kennedys - "Jock-O-Rama"
Deaf Havana - "Trigger"
Deep Purple - "Burn"
Disturbed - "Land of Confusion"1
E-FEagles - "Hotel California"
Echosmith - "Tell Her You Love Her"
Ed Sheeran - "Castle of the Hill"
Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"
Elle King - "Good Girls"
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2"
Escondido - "Cold October"
Escondido - "Heart Is Black"
Escondido - "Idiot"
Evanescene - "Going Under"
Every Time I Die - "We'rewolf"
The Exies - "Ugly"
Extreme - "Play With Me"
Fall Out Boy - "Immortals"
Five Finger Death Punch - "Jekyll and Hyde"
Fleetwood Mac - "Little Lies"
Florence + the Machine - "You've Got the Love"
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - "Lullaby"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Rage Hard"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "The Power of Love"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Two Tribes"
Freen in Green - "It All Comes Together (ft. Ample Renitence & Pill Battle)"
Foreigner - "Double Vision"
Fozzy - "Martyr No More"
The Front Bottoms - "West Virginia"
Fu Manchu - "Evil Eye"1
G-HGhost - "Square Hammer"
Glassjaw - "Cosmopolitan Bloodloss"
Glen Campbell - "Rhinestone Cowboy"
Golden Earring - "Twilight Zone"
Goldfrapp - "Ooh La La"
Good Charlotte - "I Just Wanna Live"
Goo Goo Dolls - "Name"
Goo Goo Dolls - "Slide"
Hawkwind - "Silver Machine"
Helix - "Rock You"
Hellogoodbye - "Here (In Your Arms)"
Helloween - "Keeper of the Seven Keys"
Helloween - "Starlight (Michael Kiske Version)"
Hit the Lights - "No Filter"
Huey Lewis and the News - "Hip to Be Square"1
I-JIbibio Sound Machine - "Give Me a Reason"
Imagine Dragons - "Believer"
Iron Maiden - "Be Quick or Be Dead"
Iron Maiden - "Dance of Death"
Iron Maiden - "Different World"
Iron Maiden - "Speed of Light"
Jack's Mannequin - "Dark Blue"
Jagwar Ma - "O B 1"
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation"
Jethro Tull - "Locomotive Breath"
Jimmy Eat World - "A Praise Chorus"
Jimmy Eat World - "Hear You Me"
Jimmy Eat World - "The Authority Song"
Jimmy Eat World - "Work"
Joe Jackson - "Got The Time"
Joe Jackson - "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"
Joe Jackson - "Steppin' Out"
John Cena - "Bad, Bad, Man (ft. Bumpy Knuckles)"
John Kongos - "Tokoloshe Man"
John Mellencamp - "Jack & Diane"
Journey - "Wheel in the Sky"
Joywave - "Tongues (ft. KOPPS)"1
K-LKanye West - "Wolves (ft. Sia & Vic Mensa)"
Kaleo - "All the Pretty Girls"
Kaleo - "No Good"
Kaleo - "Way Down We Go"
Katy Perry - "Fingerprints"
K.Flay - "Blood in the Cut"
The Killers - "Human"
Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood"
King Crimson - "The Great Deceiver"
KONGOS - "Come with Me Now".
KONGOS - "Hey I Don't Know"
Lady Gaga - "Perfect Illusion"
Liege Lord - "Dark Tale"
The Living End - "Bloody Mary"
London Grammar - "Wasting My Young Years"
Los Campesinos! - "I Broke Up in Amarante"
Lou Reed - "Perfect Day"
"Lou Reed - Satellite of Love"
Lou Reed - "Walk On the Wild Side"
Lucius - "How Loud Your Heart Gets"2
M-N"Macho Man" Randy Savage - "Be a Man"
Machine Head - "Eyes of the Dead"
Máni Svavarsson and Stefán Karl Stefánsson - "We Are Number One"
Máni Svavarsson and Stefán Karl Stefánsson - "We Are Number One (Gigakoops Remix)"
Manowar - "Battle Hymn"
Mastodon - "Scorpion Breath"
Mercyful Fate - "Evil"
Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"
Minutemen - "Corona"
Miracle of Sound - "Get the Gang Back"
Napalm Death - "Unfit Earth"
Neil Young - "Harvest Moon"
Neil Young - "Heart of Gold"
Neil Young - "Old Man"
Neil Young - "Rockin' in the Free World"
Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"
Neko Case - "Man"
Neko Case - "Red Tide"
New Edition - "Candy Girl"
NOFX - "Linoleum"
Nothing More - "This is the Time (Ballast)"
Nuclear Assault - "Critical Mass"1
O-POf Mice & Men - "Bones Exposed"
Of Mice & Men - "Never Giving Up"
Of Mice & Men - "Pain"
Of Monsters and Men - "Dirty Paws"
Orden Ogan - "To the End"
Panic! at the Disco - "Victorious"
Pantera - "Cemetery Gates (Live)"
Pantera - "F****** Hostile"
Pantera - "Hellbound"
Pantera - "This Love"
Paper Route - "Chariots"
Paramore - "Decode"
Paramore - "Now"
Pat Travers - "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)"
Paul Gilbert - "Space Ship One"
Perturbator - "Venger (ft. Greta Link)"
Protest the Hero - "Cold Water"
Pure Prairie League - "Amie"1
Q-RQueen & Dance With the Dead - "We Will Rock You (Dance With the Dead Remix)"
Rage Against the Machine - "Wake Up"
Rag'n'Bone Man - "Human"
Rainbow - "Stargazer"
Ram Jam - "Black Betty" (Released - MCSMeister Comparison ft. Katz)
Ra Ra Riot - "Absolutely"
Red Rider - "Lunatic Fringe"
Regina Spektor - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
The Replacements - "Bastards of Young"
The Replacements - "Color Me Impressed"
The Replacements - "Hold My Life"
The Replacements - "Kiss Me on the Bus"
The Replacements - "Left of the Dial"
The Replacements - "Loveliness"
The Replacements - "Take Me Down to the Hospital"
Rick Astley - "Keep Singing"
Rick James - "Super Freak"
Rilo Kiley - "I Never"
Rilo Kiley - "More Adventurous"
Rise Against - "Hero of War"
Rise Against - "I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore"
Rise Against - "Make It Stop (September's Children)"
Rise Against - "Paper Wings"
Rise Against - "The Violence"
Romeo Void - "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"2
S-TSaint Motel - "Move"
Schizoid Lloyd - "Avalanche Riders"
Serj Tankian - "Uneducated Democracy"
Shakira - "Try Everything"
Sister Machine Gun - "Hole in the Ground"
Sixpence None the Richer - "Kiss Me"
Skylar Grey - "Cannonball (ft. X Ambassadors)"
Slash - "By the Sword (ft. Andrew Stockdale)"
Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators - "Anastasia"
Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators - "Dirty Girl"
Slayer - "Repentless"
Slipknot - "Killpop"
Sleigh Bells - "I Can't Stand You Anymore"
The Smiths - "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"
Soil - "Breaking Me Down"
Sonic Youth - "Sugar Kane"
Spell - "River of Sleep"
Spineshank - "Smothered"
Stampeders - "Sweet City Woman"
Static-X - "The Only"
Stepdad - "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails"
Steve Earle - "Guitar Town"
Steve Miller Band - "Jet Airliner"
Steve Vai - "Building the Church (Live)"
Stevie Wonder - "Faith (ft. Ariana Grande)"
Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster"
Stratovarius - "Black Diamond"
Stuck In Sound - "Let's Go"
Sublime - "Data Rape"
Sum 41 - "The Hell Song"
Sum 41 - "Underclass Hero"
Sum 41 - "War"
Sum 41 - "With Me"
System of a Down - "Question!"
Tech N9ne - "Wither (ft. Corey Taylor)"
Ted Nugent - "Stranglehold"
Tony Orlando & Dawn - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
Trivium - "Entrance of the Conflagration"
Trivium - "To the Rats"1
W-XThe Wallflowers - "One Headlight"
W.A.S.P. - "I Wanna Be Somebody"
W.A.S.P. - "Wild Child"
Wavves - "Nine Is God"
Waylon Jennings - "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
We Are Scientists - "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt"
The Weeknd - "False Alarm"
The Weeknd - "I Feel It Coming (ft. Daft Punk)"
The Weeknd - "Wicked Games"
Whiplash - "Power Thrashing Death"
White Lion - "Wait"
Witchfinder General - "Witchfinder General"
X - "Wild Thing"
The xx - "On Hold"1
Welcome to the new thread! Here's everything again just in case.
- 10cc - "I'm Not in Love" - Bit of a classic, and I can't imagine they haven't tried to get this already. Vocals is weird, I don't think the distorted harmonies should be charted, but even then it's tricky.
- Alvvays - "Archie, Marry Me" - Solid modern indie here, but nothing too out of the ordinary. Would make for a solid warm-up.
- Anthony Falcone - "Education Connection (ft. Andreanna Veith)" - What is this.
- Catfish and the Bottlemen - "Soundcheck" - Wouldn't mind seeing a little bit more Catfish in the game. This would be a good mid-tier pick too.
- Iron Maiden - "Be Quick or Be Dead" - Incidentally, this was the Maiden pick for my (untiered) Rock Band 5. Great, fun song.
- Iron Maiden - "Different World" - Never been a huge fan of the album, but this would be worth a play. A solid mid-high warm up.
- Iron Maiden - "Speed of Light" - Found this song's placement on a largely symphonic album really weird. Still, a fun and tricky song.
- King Crimson - "The Great Deceiver" - Yeah this goes to some places. Really tricky across everything, especially near the end.
- Lucius - "How Loud Your Heart Gets" - Pretty tonally different to Turn It Around, but not actually too bad. Pretty low-mid tier though.
- Máni Svavarsson and Stefán Karl Stefánsson - "We Are Number One" - This would be a laugh. Actually would be pretty fun too. I was tempted to stick the horns on guitar but decided against it.
- Máni Svavarsson and Stefán Karl Stefánsson - "We Are Number One (Gigakoops Remix)" - This was fun! Definitely much harder than the original, pretty crazy drums and synth in there.
- New Edition - "Candy Girl" - One of those songs where it seems familiar but I definitely hadn't heard it before. Would make a killer vocals track.
- Pat Travers - "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)" - Really great bluesy mid-high tier song. Definitely would be good for warmups.
- Rainbow - "Stargazer" - Such an overdue band. Whilst over songs will probably appear first, this would be a fantastic, fun pick.
- Rilo Kiley - "I Never" - There's a real old school feel to this one, weirdly. Although low-tier, they push them, drums especially.
- Rilo Kiley - "More Adventurous" - Kinda tempted to give bass one of the alternative instruments. Likely one of the more fun guitar/vocals only songs.
- Sister Machine Gun - "Hole in the Ground" - Not a bad industrial track. Gets a bit too distored in places for me though. Pretty easy overall too, although drummers will have some fun.
- Stampeders - "Sweet City Woman" - We need a few more banjo charts, and this is a fun one. Definitely carries the song in the fun department.
- Stuck in the Sound - "Let's Go" - Actually ended up a bit higher than I was expecting it to. Another great warmup.
- System of a Down - "Question!" - Classic SOAD craziness at the end immediately ramps up guitar and drums to devils. So close to the quad-devils.
- The Replacements - "Hold My Life" - Would be an absolute blast on guitar, I imagine. Not the hardest 5 dot there is, but definitely one that's fun to play.
- Tony Orlando & Dawn - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" - Of course, vocals are the highlight here, but the rest of the instruments are still pretty solid low-mid tiers.
- Trivium - "Entrance of the Conflagration" - Probably the better era of Trivium, and results in some pretty hard instruments. Vocalists even get a bit of pitch.
- Van der Graaf Generator - "The Sleepwalkers" - Bit of a weird one. I gave guitar the synth in places where there are no guitar, so this would end up absolutely insane. Everything else is pretty high up too.
Week 32
Devils Domination 01Buckethead - "The Coats of Claude" (Rock, 2015)
Paul Gilbert - "Space Ship One" (Rock, 2005)
Steve Vai - "Building the Church (Live)" (Metal, 2009)
Week 33
Electrocuted 01Alan Walker - "Faded (ft. Iselin Solheim)" (Pop/Dance/Electronic, 2015)
Caravan Palace - "Lone Digger" (Pop/Dance/Electronic, 2015)
Queen & Dance With the Dead - "We Will Rock You (Dance With the Dead Remix)" (Pop/Dance/Electronic, 2016)
Week 34
Love Wave 01Hellogoodbye - "Here (In Your Arms)" (New Wave, 2006)
Jack's Mannequin - "Dark Blue" (Alternative, 2005)
Lady Gaga - "Perfect Illusion" (New Wave, 2016)
Week 35
Anthrax 02"Breathing Lightning" (Metal, 2016)
"Got the Time" (Metal, 1987)
"I Am the Law" (Metal, 1987)
And the next DLC!
- 10cc - "I'm Not in Love" - Bit of a classic, and I can't imagine they haven't tried to get this already. Vocals is weird, I don't think the distorted harmonies should be charted, but even then it's tricky.
LiveHomeVideo Trying too hardCool to see a new thread; I used to just make new blank posts mid-thread, but in hindsight that was probably not the best way to organize
Tiers seem mostly spot on, though I do wonder about the 2014 date and the Pop/Dance/Electronic genre tag for my remix (I'm gonna assume you used the date of the original song, and the genre tag from my RBN songs?). Other than that, they seem fine, and glad you enjoyed the remix!
Here's three more songs, one is a newly released song from another RBN author/artist, and the other two are Daft Punk, because I recently started listening to more of their stuff.
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder (ft. Giorgio Moroder)
Freen in Green - It All Comes Together (ft. Ample Renitence & Pill Battle)0
Cool! Anthrax's cover of Got The Time is a cool song (I've heard it on a Youtube Music Video as soon as it was included as a GHTV Song for Guitar Hero Live), I hope it comes into Rock Band 4 as DLC someday.
Definitely looking forward to your choices for the three classic Prog. Rock bands, as I love Classic Rock, especially classic Prog Rock. I have a feeling that the choices from the other bands will be good ones as well.
Anyways, have 3 songs from 3 Animated Movies from the year 2016 (Which includes one of my favorite Disney Movies).
Regina Spektor - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (from Kubo & The Two Strings)
Shakira - Try Everything (from Zootopia)
Stevie Wonder ft. Ariana Grande - Faith (from Sing)0
Radiohead97 Rising StarMy next requests are some assorted 80's tracks of varying genres
Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation"
Minutemen - "Corona"
Steve Earle - "Guitar Town"0
tdc002 Road WarriorHere's three:
Every Time I Die - We'rewolf
Los Campesinos! - I Broke Up in Amarante
The Front Bottoms - West Virginia0
Glad to see you're on a new thread! I guess you're not combining the last thread's tiers into this one and just starting fresh. Guess that can work and is probably more preferable anyway given the small character limit compared to the old forums, otherwise the post reserves would take like an entire page.
Hoo boy more CHVRCHES, can't wait to see what it is! I actually had a pack from them planned either for my next request or a forthcoming request so I may hold off just in case you pick something I have for the pack.
I'll write my thoughts and post my new requests soon, but..."I'm Not in Love" doesn't have drums? I thought it had a kick pedal at the very least, which would result in an objectively zero-dot chart. Unless you just chose to leave it out entirely for that very reason, but I feel like HMX would chart it anyway (after all, boring drum charts like "Hey Ya!" and the infamous "Polly" exist).0
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Is there not already bass in there? I hear it pretty much right from the beginning and it's pretty constant but probably the easiest place to hear it is at ~2:11, after the harmonica and slide guitar drop out, and it's just vocals, acoustic guitar and the bass. Is that a different instrument I'm hearing? There's also some sort of shaken percussion instrument that could be charted to the yellow pad if you absolutely had to have something for all instruments but it wouldn't be anything interesting.TuleRune said:
Rilo Kiley - "More Adventurous" - Kinda tempted to give bass one of the alternative instruments. Likely one of the more fun guitar/vocals only songs.1
Fu Manchu - "Evil Eye" (from The Action is Go, 1997)
Napalm Death - "Unfit Earth" (from Harmony Corruption, 1990)
Serj Tankian - "Uneducated Democracy" (from Harakiri, 2012)0
Yeah, vocals are indeed a strange case on "I'm Not in Love" - I highly doubt Harmonix would even attempt to touch the harmony nonsense going on, but if they did I truly have no idea how they'd go about doing it because there's tons of vocal dubs, and you can only work with so much of them when you're limited to three vocal parts. I dunno, would they just not chart the harmony part at all? I doubt it, but it's hard to say. Besides the kick pedal-only drum part, guitar and bass seem extremely easy (I don't even hear much bass outside of the breaks), but the acoustic guitar strumming seems to be consistent enough, at least. As much as I'd love to see this in Rock Band, it would be such a weird situation and would definitely be mostly for vocalists. Depending on how they chart guitar and how much alt-charting they do, it could maybe warrant another dot, but otherwise everything looks good.
It's no surprise that banjo's the star of "Sweet City Woman", and man does it sound fun to play, especially that faster strumming happening every few measures. Combined with the guitar solo, this would be an awesome guitar chart. Everything else sounds pretty simple in comparison, but it doesn't surprise me vocals are on par with guitar since they hit some high notes and there's a few ad libbing/scatting-type sections that would bump it up, I think. I personally might knock a dot off of bass since it sounds a bit repetitive, though the back-and-forth pattern might get tiring after a while so I can understand the 2.
Gotta love some Tony Orlando & Dawn cheese - this track's become a bit dated, but I can't help but love it - I love the vintage sound of the harmonica solos, in particular (or at least it sounds like a harmonica - I feel like it's something else but I can't put my finger on it). Those would likely be charted to guitar to break the tedium but wouldn't change difficulty much. Other than that, guitar makes for a pretty jangly, bouncy chart (3 dots could probably work too, depending on how they chart the chords), and bass is practically doing the same pattern it's doing on "Sweet City Woman" so your 2 there is consistent enough It does have more flourishes, though, which makes me think it would be slightly higher in difficulty than SCW's bass. Drums have some fancy kick action going on, but yeah, this one's definitely vocals-driven. Would be a track perfectly suited for harmonies, I reckon.
Well, like I said, I was planning on doing a CHVRCHES pack next, but I'll wait and see what you have from them in the next DLC update so I don't accidentally request a song you already tiered. Starting off my first requests on the Turbo is Elle King, an artist I'll be seeing live in about a month, with her rambunctious rockabilly tune from the new Ghostbusters soundtrack. Then a song a friend showed me recently by Jagwar Ma, who literally sounds like a Painted Palms clone, and finally, a returning band to your tier thread with Romeo Void's only top 40 hit (though despite that, I'd say "Never Say Never" is arguably more well-known than this one).
Elle King - "Good Girls" (from Ghostbusters soundtrack, 2016)
Jagwar Ma - "O B 1" (from Every Now & Then, 2016) (Unlike the Painted Palms songs I gave you, this actually has some guitar throughout, but it does have a few gaps. The bass-synth would be a fantastic play)
Romeo Void - "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)" (from Instincts, 1984) (This is a lot more tame than "Never Say Never", but still a great song in its own right. I imagine HMX would chart some sax to guitar here)
The only correction I see is on the Tony Orlando & Dawn song, where the year should be 1973. That aside, I would like to hear your reasoning for leaving drums out on "I'm Not in Love". It kind of reminded me of when I requested Mumford & Sons' "Little Lion Man" for TheBonobo4 - he tiered drums despite there only being kick pedal in that song, so I expected the same deal here.0
This may just be because the bass in my headphones is blown so it sounds like an alternate guitar to me. Listening to it through speakers does make it more bass-y though, I'll have another look at that.WingsOfSteel said:
Is there not already bass in there? I hear it pretty much right from the beginning and it's pretty constant but probably the easiest place to hear it is at ~2:11, after the harmonica and slide guitar drop out, and it's just vocals, acoustic guitar and the bass. Is that a different instrument I'm hearing? There's also some sort of shaken percussion instrument that could be charted to the yellow pad if you absolutely had to have something for all instruments but it wouldn't be anything interesting.
For whatever reason I always saw that as some sort of ambient heartbeat, especially with there being no drum credit on the song. I am happy to adjust if you think it should be charted though.MCSMeister said:
The only correction I see is on the Tony Orlando & Dawn song, where the year should be 1973. That aside, I would like to hear your reasoning for leaving drums out on "I'm Not in Love". It kind of reminded me of when I requested Mumford & Sons' "Little Lion Man" for TheBonobo4 - he tiered drums despite there only being kick pedal in that song, so I expected the same deal here.0
I actually found this excerpt from the Wikipedia page just now:TuleRune said:
For whatever reason I always saw that as some sort of ambient heartbeat, especially with there being no drum credit on the song. I am happy to adjust if you think it should be charted though.
"In keeping with Godley's idea to focus on the voices, only a few instruments were used: a Fender Rhodes electric piano played by Stewart, a Gibson 335 electric guitar played by Gouldman for the rhythm melody, and a bass drum sound played by Godley on a Moog synthesizer which Creme had recently purchased and learnt how to program. The drum sound that was created was very soft and more akin to a heartbeat, in order not to overpower the rest of the track."
The drum sound was apparently created on a keyboard, but Harmonix charting drum machines and non-human drum parts is hardly new to Rock Band. So yeah, I wouldn't mind if you went ahead and added 0-dot drums to the tier.0
With you doing Anthrax's version of Got The Time, how about the original
Joe Jackson -- Got The Time
Joe Jackson -- Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson -- Is She Really Going Out With Him?1
New thread!!
Liege Lord - Dark Tale (Speed Metal from the 80s)
Helloween - Starlight (Michael Kiske version)
Orden Ogan - To The End (More modern Power Metal than the other pair)0
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on the 20th June, Mr Nelu Neacsu and Mr, Jan Haizmann had a meeting with Deputy Minister of Energy, Mr. Ilia Eloshvili. The Ministry of Energy has been drafting a National Energy Strategy, which will be published in the fall of2018. Though there is limited transparency on the work of the Ministry and no official stakeholder involvement foreseen. The Georgian energy market is very small and liquidity can only be enhanced in co-operation with markets in neibouring countries. As there is politica...More
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Meeting at the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia
The second day of EAR-AER's fact finding mission to Georgia from 19 till 22 of June started with a very interesting meeting with staff members of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, Mrs. Ekaterine Galdava, head of department of Infrastructure Policy and Relations with Development Partners and Mrs. Matsatso Tepnadze, head of the division in the same department. Georgia decided since 2 years to apply a form of decentralisation and now contains 9 regions and 1 aut...More
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At the end of the day of 19th June, the two board members visited Tbilisi's Techno Park, an initiative of the Georgian Government enabling students and starters to familiarise with 3D applications and laser applications. The Techno Park has been recognised by M.I.T. Boston as a FabLab and is active in that context. They were guided by Ms. Ana Gugushvili of the GITA agency. Gradually started the idea of a joint venture training between TechnoPark and EAR-AER in the summer of 2018. Joined...More
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On June 19th board members MM. Nelu Neacsu and Louis Delcart were received by the dean of the law faculty of the State University of Tbilisi, Dr. Irakli Burduli. The State University of Tbilisi is the oldest and largest university of the Caucasus region. Its law faculty is also the largest in the area with 800 active students among which 300 undergraduates. Georgia's legislation is mainly based upon the German legislation. The Law school has strong links with similar institutes in Cologne...More
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London Hero – World Heroes 2
Before you begin, please read the first part of this series at:
London Hero – Holocaust Heroes
It takes a great deal of courage for the National Theatre to include a play of such depth, about an era which the world should hope never to repeat – the Holocaust – especially at this Holiday time. But, that is the topic which "Our Class" deals with. And, with more thought, it actually may be very appropriate for the Season when all Christians are supposed to be striving for "goodwill towards all".
Since the genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, Darfur, West Irian and East Timor have been allowed to run unabated, and they happened after the Holocaust, maybe we all need to re-examine our lack of involvement and outcry and holding our governments accountable for their inaction, or late action, too.
These were the same behaviors which allowed the genocide of the Armenians by the Turks in World War 1, Stalin's massacre of 20 million Russians and the Nazi genocide of the Jews, gypsies (Rom), handicapped people, homosexuals and selected, helpful Christians they captured in WW2.
Have we learned yet? Maybe "Our Class" can help.
You can attend the play in London's National Theatre until January 12, 2010.
In this 4 star rated play, Polish playwright, Tadeusz Slobodzianek, confronts his country's involvement in the atrocities of the last century and follows the one-time classmates – via weddings, parades, births, deaths, emigrations and reconciliations – into the next century.
The play is powerful, focusing on the normality of everyday as a powerful lens. Every family knows that one's child's friend / classmate is like a member of your family.
So, the play introduces you to a group of schoolchildren, Jewish and Catholic, who do all the things of childhood. They declare their ambitions: one to be a fireman, one a film star, one a pilot, another a doctor. They are learning the ABC together. And, this is Poland, in 1925.
But, as the children grow up, their country is torn apart by invading armies, first the Soviets and then Nazis. This havoc foments pre-existing internal grievances and antisemitism deepens as fervent nationalism develops.
Friends betray each other; violence escalates. Until, finally, most of this country's "ordinary people" carry out an extraordinary and monstrous act that darkly resonates to this day — the planned murder and extermination of their neighbors, en masse — for no other reason than they were Jews and that gaining their land and wealth was easy pickings.
A child remembers 'the crowd was standing round laughing and joking as they watched us. I knew them all. They were our neighbors.'
Such torture is the most blatant example of a totally perverted relationship, where the individuals are bound together in fake intimacy; either by a calculated crime or a mere casual, callous act of indifferent violence.
This is an unwilling marriage of memory. The deep psychological and physical wounds of the victim and the nagging dreams of the perpetrator commemorate for each person the dreadful moment they came together — one with choices, the other with none.
This resonates so powerfully with me, as my paternal grandmother and grandfather endured the "pogroms" of the Russians, Ukranians and Poles earlier in the century, and when those nation's audacity was not stopped by a world out-cry, they were then willing again, becoming accomplices to the Nazis.
In the popular view, perpetrators are very different from the rest of us; they are casually seen as heartless, cruel, and beyond the pale of civilized society because of some fundamental lack of humanity. But, now we know that is not entirely true, for deep within many of us is a great capacity either for indifference or for evil. Both are what we have to fight.
Empowering ourselves, being brave, being willing to act; that's what's necessary. Times are again uncertain. It's important to be inclusive, as much as possible.
When you travel and when you are at home, learn about people and culture who are newly in your midst. Do so with an open-mind. And, do everything you can, and more, when you know something is not right, wherever you are.
One comment I read, which I agree with, distinguishes the Holocaust clearly from all other "ethnic cleansings" and genocides:
"The atrocities of ethnic conflict today (e.g. Bosnia) are described in terms of death camps and genocide. But this use of terms borrowed from the Holocaust betrays a poverty of language.
The Nazi achievement lay not in building barbaric prison camps or seizing villages through expulsion and terror. That is an old story, terrible but old: the story of ethnic war.
The Nazi achievement lay in constructing an industry never before-or-since-seen. An industry of continental size complete with: railways, death camps, gas chambers and crematoria. An industry whose raw material was Jews and whose product was corpses.
[I add: the Nazis used the Jews' bodies for "products" e.g. their hair for pillows and upholstery; stole the fillings from their teeth for the metals; used them for barbaric and unjustifiable medical experiments; never spared the children; used the young women as prostitutes and killed them when they became pregnant while never offering birth-control methods e.g. douches; took skulls and skin and turned them into decorative items for "show" in the homes of high-ranking officers; used skilled Jewish artisans and when their job was done, killed them in an instant (I lost several members of my family this way) etc. etc. etc.]
Now, in an age where victimhood carries high status, the Jews are much and grotesquely envied for having suffered the greatest crime in history.
Hence, we see the attempt to "universilize" the Holocaust by saying:'It was a war against the Jews, but it could be against any other nation".
[That's just not true. As the Jews, as a displaced people for 2,000 years, were always the leading scapegoats, anywhere, as well as being the intelligensia, scholars, doctors and were always "envied" for that industriousness as well as for their wealth and innovation, in spite of the huge social strictures placed upon them, in lands not their own.]
The suffering of others, later, does not require the diminishment of the Holocaust. When one does, one re-victimizes the [original] victims. One becomes an apologist for Hitler and indeed all evil.
The Holocaust is not an event in History. It is seminal [a vital Lesson] for all mankind."
And, don't ever wonder what just ONE Good person CAN do!
Here's what one man accomplished. This is my second example of a World War 2 Holocaust Hero, Britain's Sir Nicholas Winton, 100 years old now, who only recently was knighted when others finally learned of his bravery. He was awarded the Czech Republic's top military honor, too.
As a ray of hope, now 70 years after the events, as the older generation of perpetrators and victims are almost gone, somehow, more is being done to take personal responsibility by this next generation and successive ones, never to let this happen on their watch. This is the source of real Hope.
"Our Class" – National Theatre, London
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Why OSVVM™? › Forums › OSVVM › Random seed problem
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This topic has 2 voices, contains 2 replies, and was last updated by Torsten M. 389 days ago.
|January 26, 2018 at 04:43 #1424
Torsten M.
Hi everyone,
I have a strange problem with a random variable, which is initialised every time before use with different values, but the variable returns the same "random" value, regardless of the different seed. The variable is located local in a procedure. The relevant snippet of the procedure looks like this:
I call it in my testbench like this:
What I get in my console is this:
This result irritates me, I assumed, that I would get a different value each time the procedure is called, because of the different seed. I use similar code in many of my procedures when I need random and had no problems with this approach until now.
Is this possibly a tool problem or is the problem sitting in front of the computer in this case?
Best regards,
|January 26, 2018 at 07:43 #1426
Jim Lewis
Hi Torsten
Short Answer:
This is an interaction between ieee.math_real.uniform and the seeds. Throw out your first random number and the rest look good.
Long Answer:
Exciting issue. I explored this issue with the following similar procedure.
procedure RandProTest is
procedure RandProTest is
Note if you run this that the first number out for most calls to the procedure are identical. However, after that they are different.
Really quick it started to look an interaction between ieee.math_real.uniform and the seeds, so I called uniform directly in the procedure. I explored seeds some. The seeds generated using strings while different were fairly close numerically. To get some greater differences in the seeds, I tried (now / 1 ns). While these seeds were reasonably different, the first number randomized was mostly the same.
The good news is that the numbers generated after the first number look good.
Long Term Solution:
A better seed hashing function may help. I have thought about doing this in the past, however, it will change everyone's tests. Hence, I hesitate. I think if it gets changed, it can get changed one time. In addition, based on this test, InitSeed should probably call uniform one time and that would address any deficiencies in the hashing.
|January 26, 2018 at 11:20 #1427
Torsten M.
Thanks, I get far better results with your workaround. If we change the seed function, we could look what kind of hash functions are used for dictionary types in languages like python. I assume, they use functions which are not cryptographic secure, but have a good uniform distribution and are very fast.
But you are right, with such a change, the generated randim numbers are different than before, so we have to carefully think about it. Maybe we should prefer a workaround with less impact. Maybe we could integrate your workaround in a new procedure? As a fast and short term solution? This is the way, I use until we fix this problem …
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Whether you're looking for a romantic getaway, a family vacation, a great place to stay for a nearby wedding or other special occasion, or a girl's weekend away, you'll find "Lift Bridge Hideaway" your perfect home-away-from-home. From the moment you wind your way back along the river and enter the passcode to open the locked gate, you will discover a magical destination. The unique layout of the property provides majestic views both up and down river, as well as over the historic lift bridge to picturesque Stillwater, Minnesota. In fact, many of the professional photos you see of Stillwater are taken from the back yard of this home.
The wooded lot includes a log home with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and many unique amenities. (The 4th bedroom — a.k.a., the "secret" room — is described later.) The kitchen includes all Jenn-Air appliances and a gas/charcoal combination grill is available for your use on the back patio. The pantry is well stocked with spices, oils, and condiments, and guests are welcome to a bottle of wine from the underground wine cellar. In addition to the open kitchen/dining area, living/game room with a fireplace, bedrooms, and bathrooms, the home includes two large "dojos" that can be used for weight lifting, yoga, meditation, or martial arts. The property also offers unique hiking opportunities. Our more adventurist guests will want to explore the decades-old logging path down to the river. Internet and Wi-Fi access is included.
The master bedroom has a king-sized bed and sitting area, while the other two bedrooms have full-sized beds, and all include ample closet space. One of the bedrooms includes a balcony overlooking the backyard and river. The master bathroom includes an iron two-person waterfall tub/shower, and both of the other bathrooms include showers. The living room includes a game table and several board games, a TV, desk, and reading area. The dining room table seats six comfortably, or eight if you don't mind being cozy. The kitchen island provides additional seating. Laundry facilities are available for your use in the completely-finished basement.
The fourth bedroom, should you need it, is the "secret" room at the far end of the home. It is connected to the house by the dojos and a mysteriously moving bookcase. The secret room includes a full-sized sofa/pullout bed (with a very comfy mattress topper), and a fireplace. A circular staircase leads to a 360-degree windowed massage room, and then another stairway brings you to a rooftop lookout tower. The tower provides exquisite views and a peaceful place for reading, observing the lift bridge and boats on the river, or just enjoying life. We also have a twin pull-out sofa bed in the upper dojo.
Stillwater is right across the river and boasts many unique shops, restaurants, night spots with music, breweries, wineries, and festivals. You can take tours, hike, bike, or rent a boat. Hudson, Wisconsin, is seven miles south and is offers many fun river town activities. Other nearby popular destinations include Willow River State Park (7 miles); several golf courses within 15 miles, St. Paul/Minneapolis (20-30 miles), and the Mall of America (35 miles).


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Other than that we're solidly on the side of democracy -- in Egypt and around the world -- we don't have a political opinion about what's happening in Egypt. It's historic for sure, and the people are speaking, so it was time for us to see what kind of t-shirts are out there on the web.
First, a basic Egyptian flag t-shirt. This one comes in lots of styles, colors and sizes for men and women:
Then there are the FREE EGYPT ones:
And a few ANTI MUBARAK tshirts:


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– Les machines solitaires blog –
So the machines were traveling this year and i made this little blog to illustrate the process, moving changing, trying to fit to all circumstances. Hard in the end, too much material and technical constraints. Nevertheless they were standing as much as they could in front of reality.
This is the end of a long project, and Kassel was the last episode of "les machines solitaires", it's sometimes good to stop things when they get out of your control and feel the necessary need to change, and pass to another state of your creation.
I want to sincerely thank all the great people who helped me and supported me in this crazy experience.
I am currently working on the next performance project who i hope will be presented in spring in a special festival.
The title of the next project: " Le paradis rouge ou l'oiseau impossible"
>it will be a combine expanded media performance with motors, slide projections, magic lantern (…)


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The speakers
Finance Director's Conference 2012
Details of Conference Speakers will be added as they are confirmed.
Alan Trotter
Finance Director, Alliance Trust
Alan joined Alliance Trust as FD in 2010 and is responsible for Finance, Risk and Compliance. Previously he was Group Corporate Development Director at Legal & General Group PLC, where he was also responsible for the UK Central Finance function. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young where he specialised in financial services, working both in the UK and internationally. Alan is a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel and the Audit Committee of the University of Edinburgh.
Anders Rasmussen
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Anders is a leader of McKinsey's European corporate finance practice, and has served clients in the oil and gas sector, and other industrial companies. His areas of specialism include the role and agenda of the CFO, performance management and business planning. He has written for McKinsey on Finance on topics such as 'When should CFOs take the helm'. Before joining McKinsey in 2000 he was with Den Danske Bank. He has degrees from Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, and the University of Illinois, USA.
Andrew Lewis
Group FD, Avon Rubber
Andrew joined the listed manufacturer, Avon Rubber in 2008 – right after the Lehman Bros collapse – and began the turnaround of a business that was clearly in trouble. That hugely successful project was a key reason he won Young FD of the Year at the FDs' Excellence Awards 2011, in association with ICAEW.
Arif Kamal
Group FD, GL Hearn
Arif joined GL Hearn, a firm of Property Consultants, in 1997 as Group financial controller. He was promoted to the role of Group Finance Director in 2003, joining the Main Board of GL Hearn. He was instrumental in the incorporation of the Group from a partnership in 1999. Arif is also a Non-Executive Director for the NHS Harrow & Brent (Primary Care Trust) and chairs their Remuneration Committee.
Bridget Rosewell
Partner, Volterra Consulting
Bridget combines business and policy responsibilities with changing and improving the way in which economic analysis is done and how risks are measured and managed. She is also Chief Economic Adviser to the GLA and to the Mayor of London and has given expert evidence at Planning Inquiries and other tribunals. Bridget is also a Non-Executive Director of Network Rail and sits on a variety of other bodies, including the With-Profits Committee for the Co-operative Bank.
Chairman - Richard Young
Freelance writer and editor
Richard spent eight years producing magazines for and about FDs, first as editor of Financial Director, then of Real Finance. Since 2006 he's been a freelance writer and editor, working with organisations such as Microsoft, the ICAEW, the Market Research Society, the CBI, EquityFD, PwC, the Mayor of London, Advent International, Gemalto and the European Patent Office – as well as writing for a clutch of business and accountancy magazines and web sites, including Real Deals, CFO World, Research, Accountancy and Recruitment Matters. Richard also runs courses on Better Business Writing and has chaired a number of conferences and web videos.
David Thomson
CEO, Close Invoice Finance
David Thomson is Chief Executive Officer of leading UK independent invoice finance provider, Close Invoice Finance and a Director of the Close Brothers Commercial Division.
Currently leading a move to integrate Close's Invoice and Asset finance offerings, David plays a key role in the development of the Groups broader banking ambitions.
Douglas Ure
UK Leader of Enterprise Risk Services, Marsh Risk Consulting
Douglas is responsible for developing and delivering a wide range of risk management services, with a focus on strategic and enterprise risk management. He specialises in corporate governance, enterprise risk management, supply chain risk, project risk and the design and delivery of risk training for clients. Douglas advises clients both nationally and internationally across numerous industry sectors.
Eddie McLaughlin
MD & Practice Leader, Marsh Risk Consulting
Eddie started his career with an International Management Consulting company (McKinsey) and a premier actuarial consulting firm (Watson Wyatt) - where he gained his professional qualifications and affiliations. - The Institute of Actuaries, Institute of Risk Management and Chartered Insurance Institute. In addition, he has two academic awards in the field of risk management (Risk Financing and Corporate Risk Management).
Ian Tyler
CEO, Balfour Beatty plc
Ian Tyler is a graduate of Birmingham University and a chartered accountant, qualifying with Arthur Andersen in London. He joined Balfour Beatty in 1996 as Finance Director, was appointed Chief Operating Officer in August 2002 and became Chief Executive in January 2005. Prior to this he was FD of ARC Limited, and FC at Hanson's Group. He has also held the positions of Group Treasurer and Financial Controller at Storehouse Plc. He is a Non-Executive Director of Cable and Wireless Communications Plc and is President of CRASH, the construction and property industry charity for homeless people around the UK.
James Cheesewright
CFO and a main Board Director, Eurostar
James joined Eurostar in August 2010, and a key achievement has been to secure €550 million financing for new high speed trains. He was previously Group Vice President, at Misys and spent 12 years at Cable & Wireless PLC, in both senior general management and finance roles, including six years overseas.
Jim Buckle
COO, LoveFilm
Jim joined LoveFilm, the video rental and streaming company as CFO in 2006, which became part of Amazon.com in 2011. Jim has held a range of senior finance and management roles, primarily in media and technology, with the BBC, Dell and, more recently, in venture-backed, start-up and fast-growth businesses.
Matthew Eatough
CEO, Proxima
Matthew Eatough is founder and CEO of Proxima (formerly buyingTeam), Europe's leading provider of end-to-end procurement services. Matthew channelled the dotcom era's enthusiasm for new technology and led the business into developing software packages. He raised significant external investment to allow his team to create a pioneering IT platform, which enabled customers to purchase business services online from a wider range of suppliers. The platform was a huge success, and in 2002 it was sold to an online utility manager, which later became uSwitch.com.
Narin Ganesh
Regional FD, Crown Worldwide Group
Narin Ganesh is Regional FD for Crown Worldwide Group, responsible for a growing combined business turning over in excess of £70m in the UK, Ireland & Scandinavia. His chief claim to fame was going undercover for the Channel 4 TV programme Undercover Boss, although he has decided that being an FD holds fewer terrors than appearing in front of a camera. With 14 years post-qualification experience Narin has worked in a diverse range of organisations, large and small, in the voluntary and private sectors.
Philip Pirie
FTEN Mentor and Executive Coach
Philip is an independent executive coach who started life as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant and moved into international banking. He retrained by taking an MSc in Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck College, and has been working with individuals, teams and groups as an executive coach and facilitator for over ten years. His practice covers numerous business sectors from board level downwards, and he has recently completed a diploma in team coaching.
Robert Griffiths
Leadership Coach
Robert started his career in business as a Chartered Accountant but soon realised he was really passionate about understanding how people learn in life and why they fail to learn. He trained as a coach and facilitator using the sporting Inner Game principles of Tim Gallwey and for the past 20 years has worked as a coach, trainer and facilitator. His client base ranges from middle managers to board members of Plcs.
Simon Speirs
Finance Solutions Architect, Sutherland Global Services
Simon leads the design and implementation of Finance and other back-office solutions focussing on the SME market place, but also supporting where required larger, global operations. His focus is on ensuring joined up thinking across people, process and technology to ensure speedy achievement and maximised long-term value from his clients' back-office organisations.
Simon started his career in helping set-up and successfully run a small local business. He then went on to support the turnaround of a larger organisation of £20m turnover by consolidating a number of disparate businesses, having been acquired, then left to fend for themselves. Simon subsequently worked within a number of smaller outsourcing business units within blue-chip companies such as ABB, Accenture, PwC and Hewlett Packard.
Simon Whale
MD, Luther Pendragon
Simon has 20 years' experience in communications consultancy, advising clients across the business world and in the public and voluntary sectors. His work has a strong issues focus and he has particular expertise in drawing together a range of communications disciplines - media relations, public affairs, stakeholder relations - to manage those issues and deliver effective results for clients. He joined Luther Pendragon in 2000 as managing partner. He was previously a director of Bell Pottinger Public Affairs where in addition to his client-facing role he had responsibility for integrating a significant acquisition into the group.
Siva Shankar
FD, Segro plc
Siva was most recently corporate finance director at real estate giant SEGRO plc (formerly Slough Estates) with responsibility for strategic planning and M&A for a £5.5bn real estate portfolio. For 18 months during the financial crisis, he also oversaw investor relations and group performance management.
Smo Das
MD, Change Driver
In March 2000, Smo set up as an independent turnaround and change management specialist. He has considerable experience of tackling the main business challenges encountered by larger businesses both public and private. He works as a strategy consultant for profitable businesses as well as an accredited (STP/IFT full member) turnaround professional for troubled businesses. He has also worked with several Chief Executives as a mentor/coach.
Trevor Williams
Chief Economist, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets
Trevor is Chief Economist at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets. The economics team supports the Bank's trading and sales activities. He regularly writes articles for publications and appears in the financial press and on television. Trevor is a member of the Institute for Economic Affairs Shadow Monetary Policy Committee, made up of leading independent monetary economists. Trevor joined Lloyds Banking Group from the UK Civil Service where he worked as an economist, while studying for a PhD. He has both a BA (Hons) and a Masters degree in Economics.


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The following is a statement from Mayor John DeStefano Jr. regarding
storm clean-up and power restoration efforts:
"The storm lasted only a few hours, but the clean-up will last far
longer. United Illuminating "Make Safe" crews are currently working to
de-energize fallen power lines throughout the City. Until that can
occur, City tree crews cannot begin to remove entangled trees that may
be blocking public streets and sidewalks.
As many as 50 streets are blocked along with many more sidewalks,
compromising safe passage for residents and school children.
Accordingly, the New Haven Public Schools will remain closed Wednesday.
We will assess conditions Wednesday and will make a determination about
the opening of schools for Thursday by midday Wednesday. I am also
urging families to keep children inside this Halloween and to consider
celebrating Halloween next Wednesday, November 7 instead. Both West
Haven and East Haven will urge residents to do the same.
I urge residents to please remain patient and stay away from any down
power lines. Please contact the Emergency Operations Center with reports
of down power lines and trees at 203-946-8221."


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I think Andreas Andreakis wrote: > But, when I ran it with both rules it takes more then 3 secs. I > understand why this happens (pattern mathing problem), but I dont > understand why I face the same problem while using Modules. The docs > say, that rules contained in a Module do not consider information in > other modules, unless they are referensed directly over their Modules > namespace. Maybe I missunderstood ? >
I think you've made things more complex in your head than they really are. The template "triple" is shared by all modules. It doesn't matter what module a fact is asserted in. All rules that match that template see all the facts. > I will try your suggestion. But in general I_m interessted to see > whether it is possible to solve the performance issue using the more > generic triple Fact. Writing something like (defrule foo (triple ...) (triple ...) (triple ...) (triple ...) Is equivalent to something in Java like List triples = ... for (int i=0; i<triples.size(); ++i) for (int j=0; j<triples.size(); ++j) for (int k=0; k<triples.size(); ++k) for (int m=0; m<triples.size(); ++m) Jess tries to be very clever, and definitely succeeds in making this go faster than the worst-case O(N^4), but you have to help as much as you can. Using separate templates is of course a great help, and paying attention to pattern-ordering helps too. Try to put the pattern that will match the fewest facts first, and put the pattern that matches the facts that will change the most last. --------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Friedman-Hill Advanced Software Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 PO Box 969, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Livermore, CA 94550 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------


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CBC Radio's Morning North program, hosted by Markus Schwabe, took time to speak to Lucille Frith, spokesperson for the North Eastern Ontario Rail Network (NEORN) about the upcoming Rally for Rail town hall meetings in the region. The Rally for Rail town halls are advocating for the return of passenger rail service in Northeastern Ontario, leading up to the upcoming June election.
You can listen to the interview here: http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/morning-north/segment/15546115
Upon hearing the Morning North program Wednesday morning one listener, Marianne, emailed Lucille with her own testimonial for the return of passenger rail. Here's what Marianne had to say:
Please invite your community to come to our RALLY FOR RAIL to learn how passenger rail service to your community will happen and how their vote in the upcoming June election could make this a reality. The government needs to reflect the will of the people in northeastern Ontario!


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The Swiss government has confirmed that the limitations on immigration which are currently in place for nationals from the European Union member states, Romania and Bulgaria will be lifted as of 1st June 2016. Croatian nationals will, however, remain subject to immigration limitations.
This means that from 1st June 2016 Romanian and Bulgarian nationals will be treated the same as other EU nationals in terms of easy access to the Swiss labour market. No prior work permit approval is required for EU nationals to work in Switzerland with a Swiss local employment contract. As with other EU nationals, all that is required prior to starting work is a simple registration at the local residents office of the municipality of residence.
According to the "safeguard clause" in the the agreement on free movement of persons with the EU, until May 2019 the Swiss government is entitled to impose quotas in the event of immigration from Bulgaria and Romania surpassing 10% or more the median of the previous three years. Such a decision can be made between 1st June 2017 and 1st June 2018. So far the population of Bulgarian or Romanian nationals is relatively small in Switzerland, accounting for only 0.9% of the permanent residing population at the end of 2015. This was below the quota for 2015.
We advise employers in Switzerland to take into account the forthcoming lifting of immigration restrictions, and from 1st June, they will be able to employ Bulgarian and Romanian nationals in the same way as any other EU national. If you have any questions about how this may affect your company or employees, please do not hesitate to contact us at email@example.com.


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Week of June 20, 2011 email@example.com
Sharing by: Pastor Mark Mavar
ministry of Iglesia de la Gracia - Panama
One morning I was returning home from my morning run and was crying out unto the Lord. "Lord I want to see your hand move in the ministry here. Lord I want to see your hand work in the lives of so-and-so and such-and-such. Lord I want to see the marriages restored, people brought to repentance and lives changed. Lord I want to see! Lord, why is it that it seems that Satan is always winning? Why can't we advance to the next level in our ministry? Why does it appear that very few care? Lord, do something to change it all. I want to see."
Then I came across a creek that I cross all the time. But on this day it was very muddy. It had rained the day before and the water had become rusty brown. I stopped to observe. The rusty brown water was moving oh so slowly. There was debris pushed up upon the shore where the water level had crested; a large branch had hung up in the flow and had collected plastic bags; the high grass had been pushed down by the water flow. The water pipe that crossed the creek was now submerged and invisible. Mud residue was covering what was left of the shore. I could not see anything beyond the surface of the water and the shore. Nevertheless I knew that there was life beneath the surface. I had previously caught sardines and river shrimp from this creek. I had seen the the water swirl after a large fish was startled and swam off. I had seen frogs jumping in when I had passed by before. I KNEW that this creek had a whole eco-system below the surface of that rusty stained water, I just could not see it.
Then I thought "isn't that just the way that the Lord works" Just because we can't see his hand moving, does not mean that He is not working in the lives of his people. Then I was reminded of Isaiah 55:8,9
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
One never knows what the Lord is doing in the heart of man. Just because I can't see results right now, does not mean that the Lord is not chipping off the dross from his people and even chipping it from me by showing me nothing but muddy water. I am reminded that my responsibility is to be faithful in what the Lord has called me to do. 1 Corinthians 4:2 "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
I am not required to see and give testimony to results, I am required to be faithful, to sew seeds of the Gospel, to preach the whole counsel of God, and to shepherd those whom the Lord has chosen to put into my path at this time, whether the water be muddy or clear.
Funny thing is the very next day, as I crossed over the creek, it was crystal clear. I could see the bottom, I could see the water pipe just like before. The sardines and river shrimp were still there, the frogs and fish were all still there. The fact that I could not see them before did not mean that they were gone. God still preserved them in the midst of the muddy waters.
"For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Isaiah 55:10,11
Pastor Mark Mavar
Still fighting fire
Ephesians 6:12
Statement of faith
2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." (NIV)
"The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to make us like the Son of God. To become like Jesus, we must fill our lives with his Word.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Quiet-Time Reflections
Week of June 13, 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com
Sharing by: Pam Crawford
Sharing by: Pam Crawford
John 15:15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know
his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything
I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
One of my all time favorite Christian songs is "I am a friend of God." I love to sing this up-beat song that repeats the words "I am a friend of God, He calls me friend!" These lyrics reflect biblical truth and they connect me with an excitement to God.
John 15:15 tells us that we are more to Jesus than just simple
acquaintances. I will tell you from personal experience, once you grasp this truth your relationship with God will move to a whole new level. I battle keeping God first in my life and I'm sure some of you will be able to relate to this too. However, the Bible tells us that we should be looking to Jesus as our example. So what did Jesus do? Jesus sought out His Father before all things. He slipped away and got quiet and He consciously never allowed himself to disconnect because there was too much at stake.
When I first read the following article I was convicted that maybe I didn't really understand what" true friendship with Jesus" really requires. I believe however that this teaching from Turning Point Ministries is something that should be shared. I hope it shines some light on how important this particular friendship ought to be. We have so much to gain as we determine to look at our friendship with Jesus as our most valuable asset. From this, we can learn to work on and cherish our earthly friendships as true blessings from our Lord as we await His return. As you read this today, please know that you too have a friend in Jesus.
Look Up in the Morning,
Friends of God
By Dr. David Jeremiah
Bertha Smith served the Lord in a bitterly cold part of
. During the day she wore thirty pounds of clothing, and at night she slept under heavy bedding with a hot water bottle. Her greatest challenge came in the early morning hours when she wanted to rise early so she could have her quiet time before the scores of interruptions that each day brought. She would struggle in the darkness to put on her layers of clothing, and then break the ice to wash her face in the cold water; and she would slip out to a particular haystack where she would rake aside the frosted part of the hay, kneel down, and spend time with the Lord before the sun came up. China
Shame on us when we neglect our morning devotions! Most of us live in heated and air-conditioned homes, with padded slippers, hot showers, and plentiful breakfasts.
Psalm 5:3
My voice you shall hear in the morning, O Lord, in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.
There's no better way to launch a new day than with the Lord through Bible study and prayer. Even Jesus himself rose a great while before daylight to slip to a nearby mountainside for prayer before the day's work began (Mark 1:35).
Exodus 33:11
So the Lord spoke to Moses face-to-face, as a man speaks to his friend.
Prayer isn't a ritual we keep, but a relationship we enjoy. It's not just mouthing words or reviewing a list. It's developing an awareness of the presence of the heavenly Father and talking to Him, face-to-face, as it were, like speaking with a friend. It's practicing the words of that older song that says "What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief's to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!"
Try this simple experiment during your next prayer time. Visualize the Lord Jesus sitting across the table from you. He has assured us of His presence, and we know He is near at hand; so try talking aloud to Him just as the disciples spoke with Him by the campfires or along the pathways of
Galilee. Pray conversationally, talking to the Lord as naturally as you speak to a friend.
All vexations and annoyances will be comparatively
unimportant while you know that you have such a Friend.
- St. Francis de Sales
We face many obstacles to presenting ourselves to Jesus. External barriers of limited time, overextended schedules, and demanding relationships press against us. Internal conditions, like pride and insecurity, are sometimes the greatest impediments to our pursuit of Jesus.
Failure to be disciplined to meet with Jesus keeps us away; skepticism and moral failure erect walls between us and Him. Today, remember Christ's faithfulness and power to heal. Pray for faith to unroof the roof that separates you from Him.
Additional Scripture
: Psalm 59:16-17, Mark 2:1-12, John 15:12-17 Readings
Today's prayer: Father I thank you that you call me friend. Please continue to remind me of the importance of our friendship. Provide me with the time, desire and opportunity to sit at Your feet daily to give You thanks, praise, and my prayers. Open up timeslots in my week for me to participate in Bible study in order to get to know you on a more personal level. I know that these are key elements to a fulfilled lifelong
friendship which is what I pray for today. In Jesus' name I offer this prayer to You Lord. Amen.
In Christ by grace,
Monday, June 6, 2011
Quiet-Time Reflections
Week of: June 6, 2011
Sharing by: Pam Crawford
1 John 2:3-6
"We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did."
Reality FYI
Oh my, "walk as Jesus did." How is that possible? Jesus was a perfect, sinless man. He loved all people, and He is the Master when it comes to forgiving others. I certainly fall short of those characteristics so I may be tempted to wonder, am I doomed? You might read that word "liar" in verse 4 and end up walking away feeling a bit challenged by this statement yourself.
When we read God's Word it is important that we explore the "context" of how it is written in order to better understand what the writer is trying to relay. Begin always by asking God to help you discern what He is trying to say to you.
Over the past month I have been giving some insight into how to understand and how to study the Bible. It is also important to point out the importance of reading the "Vital Statistics" of a particular book before you dive into it. Not all Bibles give you this information in the front of each chapter, so you might have to seek out that information on your own. Although I use several different translations as I study God's Word, I do rely on the Life's Application Bible for an overall glimpse into the particular book that I am studying. Before I share what I learned about 1 John 2:3-6, let me share some components of this book. I have taken this information from the Life's Application Study translation.
Purpose: To reassure Christians in their faith and to counter false teachings.
Author: The Apostle John
Written to: The letter is untitled and was written to no particular church. It was sent as a pastoral letter to several Gentile congregations. It was also written to all believers everywhere.
Date written: Probably between A.D. 85 and 90 from Ephesus
Setting: John was an older man and perhaps the only surviving apostle at the time. He had not yet been banished to the island of Patmos, where he would live in exile. As an eyewitness of Christ, he wrote authoritatively to give this new generation of believer's assurance and confidence in God and their faith.
Key verse: "I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life" (5:13).
Key people: John, Jesus
Special features: John is the apostle of love, and love is mentioned throughout this letter. There are a number of similarities between this letter and John's Gospel – in vocabulary, style, and main ideas. John uses brief statements and simple words, and he features sharp contrasts – light and darkness, truth and error, God and Satan, life and death, love and hate.
As I studied this book I learned that "First John was written to help us know the reality of God in our life through faith in Christ, to assure us that we have eternal life, and to encourage us to remain in fellowship with the God who is light and love. It is also for the purpose of countering false
teachings" (LASB). So what might John be trying to help us understand when he uses the word "liar" and tells us "whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did?" Could it be that he is warning us of the same thing Jesus' brother James warns us of in James 1:22; "Do not merely listen to the Word and so deceive yourselves. Do what is says." May I suggest that they are both trying to help us grasp the importance of "putting into action what we learn." This is how we begin to walk like Christ. We can't just sit and observe religion and it's traditions; we have to become active participants to what God reveals through His Word. For example if you read that you are to refrain from gossip, or being drunk, what would that mean to you? Do you take it seriously or do you think those instructions were only for people in Bible times?
When I read and then studied the following verses in the Book of Ephesians, I began to become convicted to make some changes in my own life. I found out very quickly that my walk did not always align to God's Word and thus I began my journey from simply doing church on Sunday mornings, to applying what I was taught Monday through Saturday. Please hear me, I have not yet arrived! God shows me on a regular basis the things He desires that I adjust. I do not share these verses for the purpose of condemnation. I share them only to help you better understand what the Apostle Paul, John and Jesus' brother James were outlining for those who desired to become "Children of the Light."
Ephesians 4:17-32 (NIV translation)
"So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them to due to the hardening of the hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, range and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
Commentary note:
"The Good News will seem foolish to those who forsake faith and rely on their own understanding. For the believer you will begin to reflect parts of Christ's character and carry out your special role in his work. You will desire to put on the new nature, head in the new direction, and have the new way of thinking that the Holy Spirit gives." The bottom line to this lesson: James 4:17 "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins."
In Christ by grace,
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Passionate Kissing
Is passionate kissing acceptable before marriage?
President Spencer W. Kimball taught:
Elder Richard G. Scott taught:
Elder Legrand Richards taught
In summary, passionate kissing is a sin before marriage. If you are doing anything with someone that you would not also feel comfortable doing with your brother or sister while in the presence of your parents, then you are going too far and need to repent.
(See Daily Living home page; Dating and Courtship home page)
by W. John Walsh