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Brand Name: TDS Frame: No Original: No Subjects: Portrait Medium: Oil Shape: Rectangle Style: Abstract Form: Single
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Model Number: TDS-SD005 Frame mode: None
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I've been blogging since 2009, and I'm so impressed that you posted every day and that this was the first break you've taken. I'm doing good to post once every two weeks. I'm relieved you aren't stopping for good and of course, I'll continue following you! So many of my favorite bloggers have stopped completely and I miss them! I've never been to New York so I love the glimpses into your life, and for some reason, especially the water towers.ReplyDelete
I will always try to follow you - you needed time to grieve for your loss. It is normal. I do suffer from depression, its a different kind of feeling altogether. Hang in there, we all love you!ReplyDelete
Love you, whatever - or how often - you communicate.ReplyDelete
I'll will follow you... Wherever you may go...🎤🎤🎤ReplyDelete
Glad you are back .ReplyDelete
I have missed your wonderful photography
and priceless commentary. But I also appreciate the need
to step away .
Such a shock. I just want to wrap my arms around you both.ReplyDelete
You are so loved by Harry.ReplyDelete
You might not be able to see him but that kind of love never goes away- it's forever tucked inside your heart.
I totally understand your heartbreak. I have lost beloved pets too. And I understand that you don't live an exciting life.... do any of us live that sort of life? I'm glad that you will continue with your writings and your photos. It's important to be in touch with other people. Please don't go away.ReplyDelete
Losing a pet is the same as losing a loved one, maybe even more because our pets love us unconditionally. Glad you are back and post whatever you like when you want to.ReplyDelete
One day at a time. He'll always be with you.ReplyDelete
I understand what you're saying. I eventually gave up blogging after I lost Andrew. I don't think it was because of sadness but rather because while he was sick, blogging was a way to connect for me outside of my world. I could do that from my living room. And after he was gone, I didn't feel the need any more. I am so sorry for your loss, Daryl. He was such a sweet boy.ReplyDelete
I totally get this and feel for you. I suspended blogging when my life was turned upside down because of someone of the two-legged variety. I returned to blogging after my beloved Skitty died - though at a MUCH slower pace.ReplyDelete
To me, and to others, I'm sure.. you do live an exciting life because it's simply different than our own. I think that's some of the appeal of blogging. It allows us a glimpse into others lives like yours showing us different aspects of life in the best known big city in the world (probably), Kate out in the country with nature, William showing us my nation's capitol, Shammie with her beautiful grandkidlets, Barbara and her wonderful life in Texas and the always-amusing superb writer, Suldog. And those are just the ones I know through blogging who have weighed in above me here. So I hope you do keep blogging at whatever pace is good for you. Your words and images are always worth absorbing. <3
HUGS HUGS & MORE HUGS!!!ReplyDelete
Take all the time that you need dear heart!
Blog for you, Daryl.......FOR YOU. You'll find your sweet spot.ReplyDelete
Dear Daryl, I'm always cheered by your photos. Glad you are back. Farewell, dear Harry.ReplyDelete
by the way, RuthieButhie is the name of my dear departed orange cat.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you are back. Grief changes things.ReplyDelete
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My dear Daryl, you can't not be affected by something such as this. It is no different than losing a beloved family member.ReplyDelete
I am glad you will still be posting, because I truly love what you see, in what is in my opinion, the most wonderful city in the world.
As long as you are here, I will be also.
Sending you hugs.
P.S. My deleted comment? I need to learn to spell! :-)
I will always be here! But the same has happened to me. I have been overwhelmed with ... not exactly depression, but with everything. I just don't seem to have the same energy I had before. I've been happier now that I've given myself permission to blog when I want instead of the daily pressure.ReplyDelete

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text: Another double act is our lovely prize today- a Crofter hat and classic snood, both in our favourite, Oystercatcher orange of course! It's the signature By Rosie colour and is a beautiful shade of bright, burnt orange. Both items are unisex and would look great if worn together or styled separately. Perfect for beach walks or city living. To enter the giveaway, just 'like' our By-rosie Facebook page, then LIKE and SHARE this post to your own Facebook timeline. Entries will be accepted until midnight tonight, with the winner announced tomorrow morning. Good luck and Thank you for entering!


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Come on in and get comfortable, I've got a story to tell you.
With the fresh scent of #NewYearNewMe permeating through the atmosphere, I joined the millions of Americans and added wellness to my resolution list. I went to a kickboxing class last weekend…and let me tell you, the class was PACKED.
The class had so many people that I had to pair up with a partner to share a punching bag. I didn't get her name, but for the purpose of this blog post, we'll call my partner Lisa.
Just to set the scene of my incredible athletic history (can you hear that sarcasm?), I want to flash you back to my near death experience I had on the stairmaster last year. If you don't remember, I'm linking the blog post entitled "Thin Air" here. Seeing as how I overcame that close call, I figured "Hey, I know The Lord. If I die this time, I'll just go on to glory."
A similar set up happened, you know…I was gargling my heart.
But, something was different this time..I didn't even think about quitting. All throughout the class I kept thinking, "I can't leave Lisa hanging."
You see, in combat sports such as boxing, "sparring" is an exercise where two people practice together in an effort to develop each other. However, the trick is that both people have to be precise in their rhythm and accurate with their skills in order to match the blows.
I won't get too deep into Sir Isaac Newton's Laws, but matching the rhythm and skills also has to happen when sharing a punching bag in order to keep the bag stable. For example, when Lisa gave a left jab, I had to return that same energy with a right jab. If I completed a roundhouse kick on the left, she had to kick on the right.
This sounds all fine and dandy until one of you gets tired…and Lisa didn't get too tired.
So there I was, signing up for a sparring match, simply because of an "overcrowded class." But, I actually enjoyed it. I knew once I uttered the words, "Hey girl, can I share a bag with you?" that it was on like Donkey Kong.
Did I get tired, yes.
Did Lisa (eventually) get tired? Yes.
But we had to pull from each other's energy because once again, the purpose of a sparring partner is to train to become better. It is to develop.
So, now I ask you…who is your sparring partner?
This does not have to be just "one" person. For example, I have a whole creative tribe of sparring partners because each person offers something different. Each person trains with me in a different way and calls me out on any excuses or lackluster effort that I render.
If you're unsure who you're sharing a punching bag with, try asking yourself these questions:
- Who is around you making you better?
- Who is becoming better by just being in contact with you?
- Who do you have around you to match your energy?
- Who are you giving energy to?
- What qualifies someone to be your sparring partner?
- Who can you attack your career, fitness, family, and/or academic goals with?
Do not confuse this with a mentor, coach, or a role model. Your sparring partner is a PEER that is willing to work with you as you both develop. Remember, you are practicing with this person and there is a known accountability between you two. Be specific about the qualifiers because you can't spar with just anyone.
The Bible says, "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17)
Start off your week with knowing who you are sharpening and who is keeping you sharp.
Hi, I'm Vannesia. I quit my job in 2016 because I knew I was purposed for more than tweeting. Now, I get to encourage creatives and entrepreneurs while helping them use what they have to level up in their life and business. Be careful, signing up to receive my messages may cause you to start believing in yourself. Only click the button if you're about that life.


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First post. I guess I should describe this blog a little bit. This is my first attempt at blogging, and of course, this blog about food and drink. Simple enough. I'm not sure everything that it will necessarily contain, but you can bet it will talk about the deliciousness of food or drink. You can expect a wide range of food topics, maybe a few recipes, and maybe some videos of me whipping up something very, very tasty. Well, no promises on how it will taste.
On that note I must warn you – I am the best chef to ever touch a hot skillet. False. I am not an expert when it comes to food. I just like putting it in my mouth. So, this may be the most unprofessional blog that you have ever laid eyes on, but don't let that stop you. Lay eyes on it more.
Now that you know all of that, I hope that you decide to keep up with all of the trash that I have to say. How often will that trash be posted to this blog? I don't know. It is verrryyyy possible that this is the only post that I will ever make. However, I hope that is not the case. I plan to plaster all of my food musings to this outlet as often as possible. That may be once a week, that may be every day. So, what will my first real post be about? It's a mystery. Maybe I'll cook something up and let you all read about it, or maybe I'll write about the history of food. Unfortunately, all that I have eaten so far today is a protein bar and Cracker Barrel leftovers – country fried steak, fried okra, sweet carrots, and biscuits to be exact. If you are wondering, it tastes better when it has not been microwaved says captain obvious.
So, restaurant reviews, recipe reviews, random ramblings, and maybe my own attempts to whip up some food myself. Most of the restaurants being reviewed will likely be restaurants located right here in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, simply because that is where I live. However, it won't only be limited to that.
Anyways, if you have any ideas, or simply want to tell me anything, you can do it in the comments, of you can shoot an email my way at email@example.com
Food. Drink. Whatever.
P.S. Since it is the Christmas season, and I LOVE CHRISTMAS, you can expect some holiday related posts soon. Enjoy.


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Music video: "Wildstyle" by Savant
Though sometimes it's obvious that the scales of the thieves and kittens are superimposed and not seamless, the video does have good beat-pounce timing. Clearly I need to get some kittens so my socks will stop disappearing!
Music video: "Wildstyle" by Savant
Why I want to read more
This comic from Shoebox reminded me of a New York Times article (from years ago) on how good reading helps us preserve brain functions:
"So as the lead exposure robbed their coworkers of skills involving attention, memory, mental calculations and decision making, the good readers retained much of their skills, even as they, too, were suffering damage to their nervous systems."
(NYTimes, Eric Nagourney, 7 Aug 2007)
This is a quokka, an Australian marsupial! I love happy-looking animals! It's even smiling when it's asleep!
(Via Buzzfeed)
US High Speed Rail System!
If only it was real! Seriously, the East Coast Line actually has enough population and projected use to support itself!
(via Fast Company)
June 2017


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"Do you know what the point of this is?" I asked.
"The seisen, or holy war, is a traditional part of Slayer weddings in Japan. The first time a Slayer chose his bride from Japan, he had admired the samurai and wanted to be further entertained by them, so all who opposed the wedding were to send their best warriors to face him." explained Alma.
"What about that makes it a holy war?" I asked.
"He was whispered to be an evil demon even before the wedding, and he fought against many armies before the proceedings." she replied.
"Then why would anyone accept such an invitation?" I inquired.
"Some were honor-bound. Most weren't even warned of what they'd be facing. The 'invitations' came as warnings of a threat, requests for aid, and various other ruses. The bride's father was too terrified to refuse. His own men had been slaughtered when he tried removing the Slayer from his lands. Thousands of samurai died. Since then, a ceremony came into being which romanticized the occasion by having the groom go through the numerous steps that my forebear took before his wedding." she informed me.
I frowned, wondering if there were any stories of the Slayers where they had been decent people. Aaliyah's giggles did nothing to belie my suspicion that there weren't such stories
"Relax, James. No one has died during this display since that day, not that anyone's gone through with the full ceremony in hundreds of years to my knowledge, but Izumi wouldn't risk Jarod dying at this point. I'm sure he won't even be fighting that many people, and he doesn't even seem fatigued from his earlier trials." claimed Alma.
I felt there was some doubt in her statement, as if she questioned its validity as well. When ten men dressed in ceremonial-looking armor hustled onto the stage carrying hoko yari, I wasn't remotely relieved by the sheen of their blades. The weapons looked far too sharp for a mock battle.
Jarod, however, looked completely calm, standing boldly with his arms at his sides. Why didn't he wear muramasa? Was he not allowed a weapon? The men pointed their polearms at Jarod as they started to approach. As they stabbed at him in unison, he fell back onto his hands and kicked the polearms up and away from him just below their blades. Then he flipped backward, landing on his feet again.
The men, undaunted, started to circle him. Jarod rushed one, dodged the thrust of the man's polearm, snapped off the blade, and held it at the man's throat before he could react. As Jarod pulled the blade away, the man bowed and walked off the stage. Surprisingly, Jarod was holding back his newfound speed.
The other nine seemed more wary now, slowly approaching in a tighter formation. With a blade in hand, Jarod moved straight at them. As the first one started to attack, Jarod knocked the weapon aside and quickly slid into the gap between it and the nearest polearm. He stopped short of stabbing the second man's chest while simultaneously kicking the back of the first man's knee. After a tiny pause, he maneuvered the weapon back at the first man's throat. He then flipped over an attack from a third man, kicked him to the ground and stabbed at a fourth. The other half quickly followed suit.
I was faster and stronger than Jarod even with the enhancement he now had, but I doubted I'd ever consider myself as dangerous. Where I would have knocked men down repeatedly until they stopped fighting, Jarod quite clearly would have killed these men had he followed through with his attacks.
Before the last two men had even left the stage, five more stepped onto it, drawing swords immediately. As they charged Jarod, I was certain one of them wasn't human. He was too graceful, too at ease. Jarod dodged the first attack, disarmed the man and sliced open the front of his armor while twisting the sword around to block two attacks. A faint line of blood could be seen through the severed armor, but the wound didn't look deep to me.
Jarod then stepped over a blade aimed at his leg as he pushed the attackers back. He slipped around one and brought the hilt of his sword into the man's head. The second attacker took another swing, but his wrist connected hard against the back of Jarod's sword, breaking bone.
The remaining two advanced, but Jarod made a slashing motion across the two injured men as if he was finishing them off. He didn't hesitate as he pushed the right man's blade into the attack of the left one's and stopped short of stabbing through the first man. I then realized that Jarod had also noticed which of his opponents was strongest. He had purposely been picking off his weaker opponents first.
The last attacker pulled a tantō from his belt as he spun around his comrade, aiming the knife at Jarod's waist as his sword came for Jarod's head. The tantō was moving faster than I believed a human was able to stab while the sword moved at a more believable pace. I winced as Jarod used the arm of the man he stopped short of stabbing to block the tantō while slamming the back of his blade up into the attacker's wrist.
As another attack came with the tantō, Jarod twisted the man's arm, broke it, and grabbed the tantō out of the air. He continued under the man's arm, tripping him and falling with him while moving the dagger to the back of the man's throat.
Unlike the others, the man didn't bow and retreat after he stood; he attacked again, kicking at Jarod with inhuman speed. Without hesitation, Jarod stabbed the tantō into the back of the man's ankle while stepping forward and thrusting his sword through the man's stomach. I grimaced as the man yelled out in pain and fell.
Without another glance at the man, Jarod left the weapons in him and walked to the edge of the stage. After a bow, Jarod proceeded off, following a path away from where I could see.
"I would consider that a decisive victory." stated Alma.
"Is that man going to die?" I asked.
Alma quickly assured me "No, of course not. Those are skilled physicians rushing to him."
At the same time, Aaliyah said, "Yes, but not today!"
As thankful as I was that Jarod hadn't killed anyone, I didn't feel inclined to watch him fight again if anyone was foolish enough to force him into one. Watching my best friend cold-heartedly injure others was unpleasant at best. I couldn't deny the efficiency of his method, but I could take no pleasure in the sight of anyone injured.
"James, relax. They'll all be fine." insisted Alma.
"Sorry. I will never understand why things have to be so brutal with your family." I admitted.
"I would hardly call this brutal, especially compared to that one." she argued, pointing at Aaliyah.
Aaliyah grinned in a most adorable fashion as she said, "I'm brutal!"
"But what's the point?" I asked.
"You're right. My family should go back to playing chess with the lives of others, pitting army versus army to decide a victor." teased Alma.
"Not funny. Aren't there enough resources for people to live peacefully?" I suggested.
Alma frowned and seemed to be considering how to answer.
"This has to happen, boss-man, sir. I promise to show you why relatively soon." replied Aaliyah.
"Are you admitting to scheming against my family?" asked Alma.
"No. I simply know which Slayer's plan this is. Everything will happen as it should." insisted Aaliyah.
Alma looked troubled by the statement, but I really didn't get any of it. What sort of person would think this is necessary and why would Aaliyah agree? Would I ever really understand?
Aaliyah tugged my sleeve and smiled again when I looked at her. Then she said, "Yes, boss-man, sir. Yes, you will."


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In the first year English is taught by a single teacher as part of Div, and the emphasis is on developing accurate and fluent writing and speaking, and pleasure in simply reading. In the second and third years English is taken as a specialist subject, and the focus becomes more precise. The boys read longer and more complex texts, and we introduce the excitement of close analysis.
Boys take the IGCSE English Language (First Language) examination in their third year. This tests their ability to read intelligently, to summarise, analyse and select, and to write in a range of styles and registers. We do not enter them for a public exam in English literature, but instead continue to teach it without the restrictions of an external syllabus.
The Cambridge Pre-U examination follows naturally from our approach; the Head of English was part of the committee responsible for creating the examination. The coursework component allows both boys and teachers to explore wide interests, alongside rigorous examining of prepared and unseen texts.
The illustrations on this page celebrate old and valued books, but lucky as we are to have access to so much of the past, the study of English here also introduces boys to the constantly expanding world of literature.


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German GDP grows by 3.3 percent in the third quarter
- by Xavier Trudeau
- in Financer
- — Nov 14, 2017
Germany on Tuesday said its economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the third quarter, fuelling calls for the incoming government to loosen the purse strings and invest more to keep Europe's powerhouse humming.
In addition, Destatis significantly lifted its GDP growth estimate for the first quarter to an annualized rate of 3.6% from an earlier estimate of 2.9%, a sign that Germany's economy is firing on all cylinders.
Germany continued to display why its economy remains the engine behind the eurozone's solid performance this year as growth continued at a "high rate" in the third quarter. "As a result, net exports had a positive impact on the GDP compared to the previous quarter", according to Destatis.
Second-quarter growth was confirmed at 0.6 percent.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative allies are locked in talks with the liberal Free Democrats and the left-leaning Greens to forge an untested three-way coalition after September's inconclusive election.
The updated measure "paints a picture of a sustained and broad-based recovery in the Eurozone economy", according to Claus Vistesen, chief Eurozone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
Robust government and consumer spending "remained rather stable" in the third quarter, it added, while noting that investments had increased, particularly "in machinery and equipment".
The ECB's moves have been complicated by separate Destatis data confirming annual German inflation edged lower to 1.6% in October from 1.8% in September amid weaker energy prices.
"The German economy is now showing its best performance over such a long period since the mid-1990s", said ING Bank economist Carsten Brzeski.
Thanks to strong exports as well as rising investment, German Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.8 percent in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the previous quarter, beating analysts' prediction of 0.6-percent growth.


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Hello everyone...
I wanted to show something that I've been wanting to make for a while now
Its an Aerial view map - turned into a quilt.
This isn't anywhere particular - its just a birds eye view of a town and surrounding farming areas.
The pattern measures 40"
I have so many scraps so I thought this would be an excellent way of working that mountain down, but now Im not sure if I should rather have made it with brighter colours.
Its really such an easy pattern - maybe I'll make 2 (one with subdued greens and then one with bright solids) and then see how I feel...
This is part of the first block (I've divided it up into 4 sections).
Anyway, that's it for Monday...
Hope you all have a great week!
(when you open the shop.... click on the right side 'sort by tab' and press NEWEST.... then everything will show up)


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Brazil Technical Assistance Visa (California)
San Francisco Jurisdiction: Alaska, Oregon and Washington. The following counties in California: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Ladera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benidito, San Francisco, San Joaquim, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba
Los Angeles Jurisdiction: Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming. The following counties in California: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura
1 - Passport Submit the original (signed) passport and make sure it has empty visa pages (the last two amendment pages do not count as a visa pages) and will not expire within 6 months from the date of departure.
- All foreign Nationals residing in the U.S. must submit a copy of the Green Card or Work Visa with the passport.
2 - Two color passport size photos Must be taken within last 6 months. See link for guidelines: https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/photo-composition-template.html
3 - Visa application Below is the link for the English version to start the application: https://formulario-mre.serpro.gov.br/sci/pages/web/pacomPasesWebInicial.jsf
4 - Notarized Copy of a valid driver license OR state issued ID If you don't have those, please provide a notarized copy of one of your utility bills, such as electrical, water or a lease for the house or apartment as proof of your residency.
5 - Copy of Birth Certificate.
6 - Copy of round-trip ticket, booked itinerary (reservation) or letter from a travel agent The document must contain the following information: the applicant's name, complete itinerary, flight number and arrival/departure dates and reservation code provided by the airline company.
7 - Original Letter of invitation from a Brazilian Company Inviting the applicant (his or her full name) in English or Portuguese language to attend business meetings, etc.
8 - Letter from the applicant's employer (Copy will be accepted if notarized) Must be on company letterhead and signed by a member of senior management with the following information: Applicant's job title and job description, purpose of the applicant's trip and description of his/her intended activities during the trip, including details such as dates, places, contacts and purpose of the trip (sales, purchases, coordination, auditing, establishment of contacts with other companies, etc.), duration of the trip and information about periodicity, average length and assignment description of future trips, if any, declaration that the company assumes full financial responsibility for expenses incurred by the applicant during his/her stay in Brazil.
Sample letter:
Company Letterhead
Full Address:
Consulate General of Brazil in Boston
Visa Section
Kindly requesting your Consulate to assist Mr., Ms., ________, Title __________, to obtain a Business Visa to visit (Country Name) on (date).
Mr., Ms. has been employed by (company name) for ______.
During Mr., Ms. visit, he will be meeting with (Name of the person, company name and address abroad in full) for business purposes and will not engage in any kind of work, technical assistance nor he or she will get paid by the (inviting company).
While Mr., Ms., in (country) our (US Company) will assume all the financial responsibility and expenses for (his or her) journey.
Please feel free to contact me if more assistance is needed regarding this request.
Senior Staff and title
Human Resource
Needs all the above PLUS the Birth Certificate and make sure the letter of the invitation from Brazilian Company has the CNPJ (National Registry of Legal Entities) number indicated in the letter. THE CONSULATE FEE IS $290
If the applicant will be applying for an emergency work visa under RN 61/04 Art. 7º:
Letter from the sponsoring company in Brazil, on their letterhead stationery and signed by a senior manager stating the following information:
● Name, CNPJ, address and nature of business of the Brazilian company;
● Senior manager's name, title and capacity to act on behalf of the Brazilian sponsoring company;
● Name(s) of person(s) to be contacted in Brazil in case the Consulate needs additional information, their phone number(s) and function at the Brazilian company;
● Detailed information concerning necessary repairs in the Brazilian company's unit;
● Explanation of why the repairs in the Brazilian company's unit are an emergency;
● Full name, passport number and profession of the applicant;
● Expected travel dates of trip to Brazil;
● Responsibility of the Brazilian company for applicant's stay in Brazil and his/her return to the country of origin;
NOTE: Letters MUST HAVE ALL of the above mentioned information. Letters missing any of the required information may NOT be accepted and therefore visa application may be rejected.
Please have the Brazilian Sponsoring Company send a copy of the letter to the Visa Department email through the Brazilian company's corporate email. List on the subject "Emergency Work Visa", name of the company and name of the applicant(s).
If the applicant will be applying for a technical assistance and technology transfer work visa under RN 100/2013:
Copy of Brazilian company's registration with the "Cadastro Nacional de Pessoas Jurídicas" (CNPJ).
Original Notarized Letter from the sponsoring company in Brazil, on their letterhead stationery and signed by a senior manager (original signature acknowledged by a "Cartório") stating the following information:
● Name, CNPJ, address and nature of business of the Brazilian company;
● Senior manager of Brazilian company's name, title and capacity to act on behalf of the Brazilian sponsoring company;
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Okay, Okay. It's been over a year since we posted. We know. We're horrible bloggers. But we've been busy with the this and that of living in Lubbock. Here's our year in overview.
January 2013: The Buttons Start Semester 2
We finally started to figure out the details of working at TTU. Know where bathrooms are? Check. Know how to find course rosters? Check. Know who to ask when we don't know what to do? Check.
February 2013: The Buttons See the Avetts
As you likely know, we Buttons are Avett Brothers enthusiasts. All good folk are, we've noticed. M. Button surprised Red with a trip to Grand Rapids, MI for Avett Brothers concert in February 2013. It was epic. We flew to Chicago, where we met up with long time pals lp & jb for dinner at an Indian Fusion place. Delightful!
In March, the Buttons traveled to the major Rhetoric and Composition conference. While Dr. Mrs. Button worked, Red Button played. And at night we met up with old friends to see the city of lights and catch up.
April 2013: The Buttons Have Visitors!
In April, we had our first out of town visitors. Mom and Robin trekked down from St. Louis to live in the lap of luxury. We took them to our favorite mid-century resale shop, toured the Lubbock food scene, and invited them to make no decisions at all for the entire trip. They were the first of our visitors in Lubbock, and it felt like home had come come.
May 2013: The Buttons Finish a Year
In May, we completed our first full year of teaching at TTU. M. Button's year concluded with the TCR May Seminar–a 2 week period where students from the online program come to Lubbock and engage in 2 weeks of rhetorical bootcamp: they live together in dorms, take classes, do annual reviews, present their work, and meet f2f with colleagues they've been working with online all year. It's intense. And really, really fun.
June 2013: The Buttons Buy A House
In May, we did the most unthinkably adult thing we could do: bought a house. Seems crazy to buy a house after just a year some place, but really in Lubbock the price of living is so low (SO LOW) and the rental market is so saturated with renters (SO SATURATED) that it just makes sense to go ahead and buy. The house is just 3 miles from campus–bikable most days–and is fairly centrally located.
The Buttons Say Goodbye to akb In the midst of the house-buying we also had to say good-bye to one of our dearest Lubbock friends who moved to Ohio for a new job. She was the only friend we made in our first year who would come to our house in pajamas and watch movies, who'd drop buy just for wine and bitching, who'd come check on our cats if our travel was delayed. Wah Wah.
July 2013: The Buttons Go To Lowes
So if you've bought a house, you know that, essentially, your weekends become an endless trip to Lowe's. We were no different. From sanding and staining our own floors, to repainting most of the rooms, to redoing one of the bathrooms, it seemed our entire month was a series of home repair and visits to the home repair store. Admittedly, it's now February 2014, and we're /still/ not finished with our home repair list. Ah, well.
August 2013: M. Button, Live!
In addition to the home repair, July was filled with rehearsals for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, in which M. Button had a lead role. The role of the Narrator is a demanding part–2 full hours of singing the story of Joseph–and it's safe to say that while M. Button was thrilled about the opportunity to sing again after several years, that particular role was quite a beast as a re-entry part. BUT the performances brought 3 sets of visitors: Red's parents came, and both M. Button's Dad and Mom (with Robin!!) came to see the show as well.
September 2013: The Buttons Take Year 2
Year Two begin without much down time between M. Button's show and the semester start. Luckily, the month was full of fun travel for M. Button and lots of travel prep for Red. M. Button was lucky enough to present at Feminisms and Rhetorics 2013 in Stanford, CA, and took the opportunity to drive up the coast to see the new home of our dear friends lp & jb. We hiked in the Redwoods and Fern Canyon, walked along beautiful beaches, and had lovely meals together. Some friends just feel like home–and, of course, the gorgeous sites don't hurt either.
October 2013: Red Button, One Year Older; Little Georgia, One Year
October 1st brought two amazing people into the world: Dr. Red Button and our precious niece Georgia. After celebrating Red's new year with dinner, M. went jetsetting again to a conference in Cincinnati, OH, where she got to meet with dear friends and colleagues. And for the first time in 5 years, M.'s older sister, Angie, came for a visit without the kids. The Buttons pulled out all the culinary stops on this visit, having 8 meals in 36 hours in order to sate Angie's appetite for US cuisine (since she lives in Mexico City).
November 2013: Red Button Goes…well…Everywhere
In November, it was Red Button's turn to travel: first to San Diego for IMCE, then to Pittsburgh. But leave it to the Buttons to parlay every trip into an opportunity to see friends. Knowing that friends were just a few hours away in Cleveland and College Park, Red flew into Cleveland and hopped in a car with Peter. The pair happily joined jb for a night at Penn State, where they engaged in nerdery of the best kind, and then drove to Pittsburgh for Red's conference. After weeks of being apart, the Buttons reunited in Chicago (well, actually in Lafayette) for Thanksgiving with Red's family. Red Buttons parents have a house up on Lake Michigan and had for the entirety of the summer been rebuilding the house from scratch. "The Shack," as they have always called it, is a shack no more, and we were finally able to make it up to see the lovely new home. In addition, we were finally able to go to the WINE AND MAC N CHEESE FESTIVAL, an event Red's parents have been exclaiming about for years. It was epic. It was cheesy. It was delicious.
December 2013: First Lubbock Christmas
This Christmas, we Buttons decided to have our very own Christmas for the first time. The travel of the year had taken its toll on us–and our pocketbooks. So we hunkered down with work until Christmas, when we cooked a lovely feast, made mulled wine, and watched Christmas movies. Although we missed the hustle and bustle of Christmas with our families, it was the first time that M. Button had ever not been traveling from house to house on Christmas. So it was peaceful and calm.
RECAP: Over. The Buttons will do better about blogging this year.


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Pets brighten our lives in many ways and are loving members of our families. But they can also play an important therapeutic role, helping children (and adults) who face various challenges in life.
What is pet therapy?
Pet therapy, or animal-assisted therapy, uses trained animals and their handlers to improve a person's physical, emotional, cognitive, or social functioning. The animals, which must meet strict standards and be certified, typically visit patients in hospitals, residents in nursing homes, inmates in prisons, and children in schools and libraries. Dogs are the most common therapy animals—you might see them at hospitals being escorted from room to room by their handlers. But cats, rabbits, and birds also serve as therapy animals. And don't underestimate the healing power of horses.
"Every interaction with pets is beneficial to people," says Susan Longo, a veterinarian at Bay Ridge Animal Hospital, Annapolis. "Pets love unconditionally, and they don't expect anything in return. Hugging a dog or petting a purring cat provides a great sense of comfort. Children really respond to animals and form a close bond with them. This relationship can help them deal with physical or emotional issues. Pet therapy is truly amazing. It can open so many doors and has the power to change lives."
Horses that heal
Horses often captivate children with their spirit and grace. But for some children, horses can also be a godsend. Children with physical disabilities, including autism, Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida (among others), as well as emotional and learning disabilities have been found to benefit from therapeutic riding. Riding can empower such children with a sense of accomplishment and independence.
The program at Maryland Therapeutic Riding (MTR) in Crownsville teaches riding skills to participants with physical, cognitive and/or emotional disabilities. MTR serves nearly 200 riders a year; the youngest participant is two years old. Horses are used as instructional tools to help riders achieve their goals. PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) International certified instructors conduct all classes.
"To a child (or adult) with a physical, developmental, or emotional disability, life can look a lot brighter on horseback," says Kelly Rodgers, MTR's program director. "The power and warmth of the horse strengthens and tones muscles; improves balance, head control, and coordination; builds self-esteem; and offers a sense of freedom and equality. The benefits of therapeutic riding are often carried over into everyday life, directly improving participants' quality of life."
Parents report significant differences in their children, too. One mother told Rodgers that it gives her autistic son something "special and cool to participate in." Parents also report seeing their children open up more socially and engaging with other children.
Opportunities for social interaction are indeed an additional benefit of therapeutic riding. Riders develop meaningful relationships with the staff and volunteers. They also bond with a horse that makes them feel secure.
"There is something magical about horses," Rodgers says. "Through the healing power of horses, I have witnessed non-verbal children speak their first words, [have seen] children that wouldn't interact socially with anyone make friends, and have even seen a child take their first steps after riding."
Tail Waggin' Tutors
Pet therapy also helps children in ways you may have never considered. It may sound strange, but therapy dogs are actually very good "tutors."
Tail Waggin' Tutors, a program created by Therapy Dogs International (TDI), helps children improve their reading skills by reading aloud to therapy dogs. Many children have difficulty learning to read and are self-conscious when reading aloud in the classroom. They may also feel embarrassed if their teacher corrects them in front of their peers. Reading to a therapy dog is meant to be a positive experience that boosts a child's confidence and self-esteem.
The program has been a great success at the Anne Arundel County Public Library. Katie Bacon, a member of TDI, organizes the program; Bacon's two therapy dogs, Max and Daisy, are the "tutors." Each child who participates in the program meets with Max and Daisy individually. "What's so great about Tail Waggin' Tutors is that it allows kids who don't particularly like reading to make a positive association with reading, by getting to spend time with two very gentle, loving dogs," Bacon says.
She recalls two particularly memorable sessions. One involved a child whose parent had recently left. This child hadn't spoken much since the parent had left the home, but was able read to the dog. The second session involved a student who had never read more than one paragraph to the reading teacher in one sitting. This child sat down with Daisy and read a whole chapter, Bacon says. "I feel lucky to be able to share such wonderful dogs with my Annapolis community and meet new people in the process."
"Tail Waggin' Tutors is a great program," adds Shirley Lord, library associate at the Eastport-Annapolis Neck Branch Library. "Parents have told me that their children get really excited about the program. They look forward to it and talk about it for weeks. It's so fun to see the kids interact with the dogs, and it's great to see struggling readers become more confident."
Animals enrich children's lives in many ways. They love unconditionally, ease loneliness, and don't judge. The simple act of petting an animal brings a great sense of comfort. If your child has a disability or faces a challenge that seems insurmountable, pet therapy may be the solution.
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Therapy Dogs International is a volunteer group organized to provide qualified handlers and their therapy dogs for visitations to institutions, facilities, and any other place where therapy dogs are needed.
To learn more about Tail Waggin' Tutors, TDI's reading program, visit tdi-dog.org.
Pet therapy in action
Katie Bacon of Tail Waggin' Tutors with her two therapy dogs, Max (left) and Daisy (right).
Daisy (left) and Max (right) of Tail Waggin' Tutors help out at a library reading program.


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Hello and Happy Wednesday! :)
With spring right around the corner, many of you have weddings approaching quickly and are at the point of finishing up all those last minute details. Believe me when I say I understand it can be overwhelming. Take it from the girl who only had a 5 month engagement. Time flew by and before I knew it, my wedding day came. So, I have some really important advice for those of you who are feeling overwhelmed with wedding planning.
The most important thing to do, in my opinion, is to have date nights without wedding talk. While planning your wedding, you have so many things going on and you're spending a lot of time together planning, which is lovely, but spending all of your time only wedding planning can take a toll. It's easy for family dinners to turn into conversation about your wedding plans and dinner with your fiancé to become stressful discussion about the guest list. Sometimes, it's hard to have time away from it all. So, take a whole day (or at least a night) to go on a date with absolutely no wedding planning or talk. Do something fun to get your mind off of it and let loose. Hang out with your BEST friend and remember why you fell in love with each other. You'll find that you begin to relax and you actually end up being more productive the next time you sit down to plan your wedding because your mind is clear. When Justin and I were in the midst of wedding planning craze, Justin planned a few dates without any wedding talk and it was the most freeing thing. We were having a blast planning our wedding, but it was also exhausting. It was SO refreshing to take a night off and go out for dinner and ice cream and laugh until our stomachs hurt. It made us fall more in love with each other and become even more excited to get married. We always felt so much better. So, take time to have a date night and enjoy being with each other. Your relationship is far too important to let wedding planning stress you out. You deserve a night off and a time to relax. So have fun, relax, and enjoy being with each other. :)
And just for fun, comment below and share with me one of the most FUN dates you've ever been on! :)


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The Bare Arms Theatrical Firearms Courses are designed to turn performers into the most competent and skilled weapons experts in the business. The series is split into three courses of increasing competence and skill level. Each course is 3-days long, utilises real weaponry and the best civilian ranges in the UK. Our courses are the only courses in the UK to use full-bore live rounds on real ranges and our instructors are ex-military with front-line combat experience who now work as theatrical armourers and military advisers.
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Living in Florida can be a lot of fun; there's plenty of sun, surf and heat to go around. If you're looking to raise a family, then there are some negatives as well.
Dated law hurts father, takes away his parental rights in Florida
Imagine a law that takes away your right to raise your child before you ever get a chance to hold him. That's what this man is dealing with in Florida. The biological father of a child in Florida has reached out to the news after he claims that Florida laws are stripping him of his paternal rights. He lives only a few streets away from his son, but he claims he has no idea what he looks like.
Does Florida have laws restricting who can get married?
In Florida, there are age requirements that you must meet if you want to get married. For example, the minimum legal age for any person to get married is 16. If you are 16 and want to get married, both you and your partner must have parental consent to do so. Parental consent isn't always required, though, in special circumstances. For instance, if your parents have passed away, you will not need consent.
Unmarried and raising a child: What you should consider
Raising a child together when you're not married comes with its own complications. For instance, you'll need to choose your child's last name and make sure both your names are on the birth certificate to become legal parents to your child.
New Year's resolutions during divorce
While most people are starting the new year with goals to lose weight, get a better job or eat healthier, those who are going through divorce may be simply trying to survive the stress of separation. This may not be the best time to make other big life changes in areas such as your career, but it can be a great time to evaluate how you are doing mentally, physically and emotionally and make some goals that will help you improve those areas and get through divorce. Here are a few ideas for resolutions from DivorceMag.com that can help you now as well as in the future.
Couple faces charges after fleeing with daughter in Florida
When you're at odds with the courts, the last thing you should do is take the law into your own hands. Child custody arrangements are taken very seriously, because the child's life is of the utmost importance to the courts. If the court orders you not to leave the state, you should not leave the state.


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Bridge Valley is an amazing development just a mile northwest of beautiful downtown Clarkston, Michigan and conveniently located just a few miles from I-75. Luxury homes of impeccable quality and architecture grace spacious home sites averaging over one-and-a-half acres in size. Nature abounds in Bridge Valley. You will find parks and nature preserves with streams, ponds, and an abundance of pine, fir, and evergreen trees on the land that are home to numerous deer and some of the most ecologically significant habitats in not only the Clarkston area itself, but in the whole the state. One hundred thirty-nine build sites utilize these natural features of the land to provide a canvas for your architect and builder to come up with a luxury custom home that beautifully blends into this Clarkston country estate setting.
There is a very rich history in Bridge Valley. Early settlers began to inhabit the area in the mid-1800's after the area became popular in the journeys of Indians and traders on their trips to and from Saginaw. Henry Ford owned land here and used the land as a family retreat. Later, he turned it into a training facility for Ford tractors. In the 1940's and 50's, Ford brought people from all over the world to this current Bridge Valley location to study repair and maintenance of the new tractors. Classes were also taught on farming principles and crop rotation in a school house that was built on the land. The Ford tractor division was relocated to Georgia, and the James O'Neil family purchased the Clarkston land in 1962. The family farmed the fertile land and masterfully cared for it as a nature reserve, planting over 90,000 evergreen trees along the way. Thus, the roots of current-day Bridge Valley were established, and its majestic stature in nature provides an opportunity to own an amazing piece of Clarkston area land on which to build your dream luxury estate home.


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Episcopalian Crisis: Authority, Homosexuality & the Future of Anglicanism, Part II
The views and opinions expressed in this essay do not necessarily reflect those of the creator of this blog and are the sole responsibility of the author. Essays expressing opinions similar to and counter to those of the creator of this blog are strictly for diversity and to start thoughtful and meaningful discussion.
This the second part of a slightly edited essay that appeared in the May 19, 2006 issue of Commonweal, an independent Catholic journal of opinion edited and managed by lay Catholics.
I know many Catholics ask the same questions about their church's teachings on contraception and other disputed issues. Autobiography is crucial here. My own views are shaped in part by the Jewish tradition I lived in for most of my life, before I became a Christian sixteen years ago. As I experienced and loved it, Judaism is a tradition steeped in a text but also committed at its core to interpretation and adaptation. The structure of the key Jewish sources through which the Bible is read is inherently dialogical; rabbinic figures debate with one another over the meaning of particular biblical verses, citing alternative verses or different meanings of the same words, different analogies, or diverse human experiences. The goal is seldom theoretical understanding for its own sake, but rather practical understanding to allow the community to remain faithful to a long-standing covenant while living in very different historical circumstances. The Jewish tradition has its own liberal/conservative continuum, but the center of the tradition is one of a continually changing and creative interaction of a community with its authorizing texts. This set of experiences and my personal commitment to open intellectual discussion and debate leave me very uncomfortable with the idea that specific biblical passages are always the determining or sole source of divine guidance or inspiration.
My own journey into Christianity was not motivated by rejection of Judaism but rather by a growing appreciation-aesthetic as well as intellectual, emotional as well as doctrinal-of the Christian story, Christian symbols, and Christian worship. Much to my surprise, I found the central story of Jesus' incarnation, passion, death, and resurrection to reflect much of what I believed about who God is and how he acts. I found the cross to be a symbol of both redemptive suffering and the interaction between human sinfulness and divine compassion. And in the language of Christian worship, I discovered a voice and an idiom that seemed to express my deepest longings for prayer.
I began to attend Episcopal services while I was engaged to a woman studying to become a priest. It was the language and liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer, with its soaring Elizabethan prose and its broad incorporation of both Catholic and Protestant sensibilities, that led me to the baptismal font and to confirmation in the Episcopal Church. This is not unusual, because Episcopalians are frequently more likely to define themselves in terms of the Book of Common Prayer than in terms of adherence to particular doctrinal statements.
In addition to the liturgical and symbolic power of Episcopal worship, I was drawn to the intellectual power of the tradition, as reflected particularly in the writings and continuing influence of the sixteenth-century figure Richard Hooker. His massive work, Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, is a brilliant effort to define how the Church of England can protect itself from what he saw as the twin threats of Roman Catholic authoritarianism and domination on one hand, and Puritan narrow-mindedness and self-righteousness on the other. A few observations about Hooker's approach will underscore what is both attractive yet admittedly problematic about the church that continues to be so indebted to his vision.
Hooker looked for positions and principles that could unite diverse individuals, and he tried to distinguish the essential elements that are worth fighting over from the nonessentials that are not. He was uncomfortable assuming bad motives by his opponents, in part because he recognized the gray areas of human life. He wrote that "Our end ought always to be the same, our ways and means thereunto not so." Hooker saw in the Church of England a sign of "a course more calm and moderate," providing a model for the other churches that were immersed in "mutual combustions bloodsheds and wastes."
The substance of his position is reflected in the way he argued his case. The structure of the Laws proceeds by presenting long quotations from key Puritan writers, acknowledging what was reasonable in their position, and then stating the areas of disagreement and trying to indicate why the Puritan view was wrong. He tried to find a position both sides could agree on. And Hooker was not so sure of the truth of his own position that he demonized his opponents, nor did he draw the lines so firmly that those on the other side were viewed as outside the realm of redemption or the true church. Hooker went so far as to believe that Roman Catholics could go to heaven, a highly unpopular position a few decades after the reign of the Protestant-persecuting Queen Mary and around the time of the Spanish Armada.
It is partly from Hooker that Anglicans (including Episcopalians) inherit their long-standing view that Christian authority derives from the interaction of Scripture, the tradition of the church, and human reason and experience. Hooker began with the authority of Scripture, and believed that it was normative when it provided clear guidance. But the Christian tradition's centuries of reflection on Scripture, and the reasoned consensus and consideration of the contemporary community, are essential once we recognize that the Bible does not provide an unambiguous set of answers to contemporary questions. This tripartite approach is necessary and complex, both because none of these sources is univocal or self-disclosing without extensive interpretation, and because the sources can and do conflict when applied to complex problems. (Even the seemingly unambiguous condemnations of homosexual behavior need to account for the very different meaning of the key terms in much earlier and different cultural contexts, and the difficulties of imagining how the writers may have responded to a different set of potential relationships offered in a different historical situation.)
I was drawn to this broad and somewhat ambiguous view of authority, partly because it reminded me of the exciting and playful element of interpretation that I had so loved in the Jewish tradition, but also because of a temperamental and moral distrust of certainty. My own religious experiences were not unequivocal or overpowering revelations of a Christian God who crowded out or eliminated all other options; my journey into the Christian community was not a story of sudden enlightenment or joyous salvation but rather a long process of exploration, doubt, and subtle but revealing suggestions of a God who had done amazing things and who seemed able to be revealed through mundane and mixed human lives. It was this vision, with all its ambiguity and halting movements, that was embodied in an Anglican tradition and an Episcopal Church that struggled explicitly with the tension between faith and reason, certainty and doubt, unity and diversity.
The center of the Anglican tradition has insisted on bringing together a Catholic and Protestant approach to Christian worship, order, and theology. The church is "Catholic" in many respects. Sacraments are central, parish leaders are "priests," bishops lead dioceses, and Episcopalians try to take seriously the tradition of apostolic succession and the connection of the U.S. church with fellow Anglican churches throughout the world. In these ways, Episcopalians are somewhat more content than many other Protestants to affirm belief in a church that is "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic."
Yet at the same time, Episcopalians are self-consciously "catholic with a small c," reflecting the historical refusal to accept the form of organization and authority centered on the bishop of Rome. It is no small matter that the name given to the new church in the United States in 1789 was the "Protestant Episcopal Church." The form of organization developed along with the formation of the U.S. government, and the church structure reflects the concern for balance of powers, lay influence, and distrust of centralized authority that also define the U.S. Constitution.
As the current crisis exemplifies, the temperamental taste for finding middle ground, for avoiding extremes, and for striving for unity in the midst of diversity, is both the strength and weakness of the Episcopal Church, and the Anglican Communion as a whole. For those seeking a church with room for a wide variety of views, the Episcopal Church can offer a welcoming embrace, a settling calm in the midst of doctrinal storms, a place to learn and talk about how to make sense of our varied perspectives. As long as members of the community maintain Hooker's distinction between the essential and the nonessential, and view most of the disagreements as being open to serious discussion, a tolerance for different views can be fostered.
But for those seeking a clearer vision of theological truth, the Episcopal Church can be a frustrating place indeed. The drawbacks are obvious in times of significant disagreement, as each portion of the community seems to have the right to draw the line wherever it chooses. Specific disputes cannot be resolved easily by appeal to a central authority; the degree of autonomy of each parish and diocese, and the pluralistic and democratic nature of national decision making, can exacerbate tensions and create the basis for continuing conflicts. Of course, similar tensions exist within Roman Catholicism, as the current upheavals in Boston and elsewhere show. Still, at least to an outsider, Catholic disagreements tend to be either resolved or submerged more effectively, because of the Catholic Church's embrace of a more unequivocal central authority, one that can set clearer boundaries and even restrict discussion. (Or at least discipline theologians and remove editors!)
One of the most attractive and intriguing aspects of the Episcopal Church is its faith that a democratic religious community that locates control in the individual or the parish can still remain faithful to an ancient tradition of creedal orthodoxy and discipleship. It is not surprising that such a community is likely to be more contentious, disordered, and ambiguous than one with clearer lines of authority or arbiters of orthodoxy. Whether democracy and creedal orthodoxy are compatible is now being sorely tested, and there is much at stake for other religious communities in the outcome.
In a wonderful essay on Hooker, Rowan Williams emphasizes that worship involves God's ability to transform us in our frailty. Hooker was, in Williams's words, a "contemplative pragmatist," struggling to find a way through complex disagreements and insisting on the creation of a community that provides sufficient room for diverse views on all but the most essential matters of faith. Williams suggests that Hooker's vision of Christian community is of a community that is "dialogical rather than a simple process of instruction." I imagine that is a vision of the church that many Catholics share.
Archbishop Williams himself is the preeminent Anglican theologian in the world, a brilliant scholar and writer who combines breathtaking intellectual energy and productivity with a deeply spiritual and reflective approach to the nature of the church and Christian life. Although he has staked out liberal positions on many issues, he is also seen as being deeply committed to preserving and handing on the orthodox tradition. It remains unclear whether his sensitivity and intellect will allow him to resolve the conflicts within his church, or whether his role as its most important institutional figure will constrain his ability to develop a creative position that would be viewed as institutionally and theologically acceptable to both sides. His current calls for a moratorium and for more faithful reflection are appropriate but may be insufficient to bridge the chasm between members of opposing parties who are convinced they are hearing and following God's word.
I remain within the Episcopal Church in part because I want to be a member of a community that allows for diverse views and alternative interpretations, views that force me, along with others in my community, to struggle with what we think God is doing. I would rather be part of a church whose conservatives force me to be informed and guided by Scripture, even when I am inclined to dismiss what seem like anachronistic and even unjust teachings. And I would rather be part of a church whose liberals force me to listen to new voices and perspectives, even when I am inclined to dismiss them as modernist, unorthodox, or faddish.
To my mind, the question of whether an openly and sexually actively gay person can serve as a bishop is not a matter of essential Christian faith, nor is the identity or faithfulness of Episcopalians threatened by such service. I respect those who feel differently, but I think they are confusing the essential with the inessential. I believe the identity and faithfulness of the church are threatened far more by those who think the Gnostic Gospels or The Da Vinci Code has more to teach us than the Nicene Creed or the central texts of the Bible. I wish the ECUSA had waited a bit longer to take the step to ordain a sexually active homosexual person as bishop, and I wish the opponents of that step were more willing to consider whether God may be doing something new in our own time. But I continue to be an Episcopalian because the arguments, the disagreements, and even the threats of schism are all part of a messy and all-too-human way of struggling together to glimpse the nature and actions of an ultimately unknowable and infinitely loving God.
Anonymous permalinkMonday, January 29, 2007 12:20 am
Thank you very much for posting this message.You trull have an open and accepting mind to share with others. I can see by what you wrote that you are not willing to give up dialouging with others on very difficult issues within the Episcopal Church. I really apriciate the fact that you stated our history as Epsicopalians while introducing your past within your Jewish up bringing. You have much to offter all faith communities. God Bless you my brother in Christ,
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AlphaGo trounces human champion.
Claims to beat Google's TensorFlow.
Musk, Altman named as co-chairs.
TensorFlow tech open to all.
The story of artificial intelligence, from chess to the possible end of humankind as we know it...
The exponential rise in computing power has led to many big steps forward in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Mark Mackay examines some of the research that is being done in this area and looks at what the future might hold for all of us.
NPCs have progressed from simple rule-based sprites to human-like figures that appear to think for themselves. We look at how the developers of F.E.A.R. 2, Dawn of War 2, Fallout 3 and Crysis achieve the illusion of intelligence for the characters in their games.
The US Army has announced that it is to begin testing new artificial intelligences designed for training exercises in WoW.
We managed to catch up with Roy Taylor, Nvidia's vice president of content relations and head of the marketing sub-committee for the PC Gaming Alliance, to talk about some of the challenges PC gaming faces over the next few years.
Peter Molyneux has hinted that a significant discovery has been made by Lionhead in a secret AI experiment which will have huge effects for the industry.
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If radar won the Second World War, then the use of nuclear weapons brought it to its end — a fact which is commemmorated by the Rocket Launch Pad.
While atomic bombs loaded onto warplanes are not available for use, the rocket launch pad however has its own special uses, being capable of being used to construct the following weapons systems:
- Basic platform requires Level 6: Guided Munitions, Strategic Reserves.
- V-2 Rocket - requires
- R7 Nuclear Missile - the big daddy of the whole game.requires Guided Munitions (Mil 7), Nuclear Physics (Sci 7), and Atomic Power [6]....and even then it takes a very, very long time to build!
All told, you need the following to obtain nuclear weapons:
- All 7 levels of the Military, Commerce and Science research tracks,
- All 6 levels of Trunk technologies
- All 4 levels of Pedagogics research,
- 3 of construction,
- 3 of Logistics
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December 2002
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The word you just clicked on in the previous page, was sown on the Internet on the 14th of December 2002. It began as a hapax, i.e. a word which appears once and only once in the literature, and by extension, which appears once and only once on the web, considered as a global text. Indeed I carefully checked out on all the search engines that there was no occurence of this word on the web beforehand.
The aim of
this piece is to follow, month after month, year after year,
the birth and the life of this new signifier which has no
signification yet as I write these lines, letting it grow like a
plant, observing its evolution.
The most famous hapax is «ptyx» by Stéphane Mallarmé in «Sonnet allégorique de lui-même».
Christophe Bruno
|December 2002
As I explained above, I carefully checked out on all the search engines that there was no occurence of the hapax on the web beforehand. Here is a list of search results for december 2002 which indicates that the word in question does not exist on the Web yet:
alltheweb.com yahoo.com
Here appears a logical paradox, which is typical of our approach: in order to keep track of the pages linked above, I had to duplicate them on my server. These pages are explicitly quoting the hapax. Hence, by this very fact, the word should lost its hapax status.
In order to maintain this status, I have chosen to exclude these pages from search engine inclusion (technically, this is achieved with a robots.txt file). This way, I erase the track of these pages. I could have proceeded differently, but I prefer that the first step comes from a place different from my own quotations.
We see that the fact that the web can be seen as a global text is related to the presence of search engines: they unify the texts on the web so as to form a connected graph.
All this requires some more precise definitions:
1) I define as "Global Text" the set of the online texts, as related one to each other by search requests. Thus, a webpage which does not appear in the search engines is not part of this set.
2) A search result (as the ones linked above) page will be considered as to be of the order of speech and not of writing. It does not belong to the Global Text.
|January 2003
The hapax page appears in a few search engines. I have recorded the result page for google here. Note that for the time being, the word is still a hapax. As indicated last month, this page of results cannot be considered as belonging to the "Global Text".
February 2003
Now let's wait and see what is going to happen next.
March 2003
The first part of the word remains unclear, although it looks a bit familiar to me.
| May 2003
There are now a few hundreds of webpages that mention my hapax. It's quite funny how it propagates. However, I can't perceive any emergence of a meaning yet. It's quite strange because when I launched the project I was quite fascinated by my idea, it was a sort of zero-ground "meme" (cf the memetics theory of R. Dawkins), the propagation of an empty virus. Now it's launched, I almost don't care about what is going to happen. Maybe nothing. It's out of my control anyway...
|September 2003
I've made a little program to try to get some information about the growth of the hapax. I will try to put it online sometimes.
August 2005
All these memories were quite fuzzy in my mind, but I had enough of them to be able to understand the origin of the hapax I had sown three years before: this word supposedly with no origin was in fact a kind of autoreferential pun on the name of a river with no source, called "Sorgue", first syllab of the hapax.
|September 2005
Since I discovered the origin of my hapax in a memory of my childhood (see the previous post), I work on a new project Cosmolalia.com . It's about mythologies and the Web (not mythologies of the Web). I don't know yet where I'm going, we'll see.
The word I sown started to disseminate height years ago, very slowly at first. As a hapax, it was the representant of nothing, hence it was inalterable. After a few years it was quoted in a few hundred pages, acquiring some unstable and fuzzy meaning. At the moment, its dissemination has stopped... its signified has become stable again, although, as a unused signifier in a textual ecosystem in expansion, it is threatened with extinction. If you want to make me happy, after reading these pages, talk about it around you, on your blog, facebook or twitter... or even in your personal mails: don't worry, the surveillance bots will spread the word of «sorgoine».
You can see below screenshots of Google search results for the word I sown, at different dates.
A few weeks later:
A few months later:
2009: about 100 webpages quote the word "sorgoine".
|June 2011
Something strange happened today related to the hapax project. I don't know who is this person - Mlle Z.S. - who blogged the hapax (she seems to know me somehow)...
|July 2011
There is a deep relation between the concept of hapax and the concept of holophrasis. A holophrasis is the prelinguistic use of a single word to express a complex idea. Here is an example in french, by Roland Barthes :
« Je-t-aime n'est pas une phrase : "il ne transmet pas un sens, mais s'accroche à une situation limite : celle où le sujet est suspendu dans un rapport spéculaire à l'autre". C'est une holophrase.
(Quoique dit des milliards de fois, je-t-aime est hors-dictionnaire ; c?est une figure dont la définition ne peut excéder l?intitulé.) »
Roland Barthes, in Fragments d'un discours amoureux.
I just realized another strange relation: between the notion of hapax and Stendhal's syndrom as well as his cristallization theory. The object of love (here Virginie Kubly) is disconnected from Stendhal's paths just as the hapax is disconnected from the network of signification.
La rencontre avec Virginie Kubly.
Croquis de Stendhal extr. du manuscrit Vie de Henry Brulard
« Un matin, me promenant seul au bout de l'allée des grands marronniers au jardin de ville, et pensant à elle comme toujours, je l'aperçus à l'autre bout du jardin, contre le mur de l'Intendance (J'étais en H, je l'aperçus en K) qui venait vers la terrasse. Je faillis me trouver mal et, enfin je pris la fuite comme si le diable m'emportait, le long de la grille par la ligne F. [?] Le bonheur de la voir de près, à cinq ou six pas de distance, était trop grand, il me brûlait, et je fuyais cette brûlure, peine fort réelle. » (Stendhal, Vie de Henry Brulard).


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Dimond District Neighborhood Overview
A Dimond in the Rough
Walk Score: 76
Transit Score: 54
Bike Score: 50
In case you're wondering, no, that's not a typo – there's no 'A' in Dimond District. 🙂
This neighborhood is right off the 580 a couple miles east of Lake Merritt and north of Fruitvale. For the trivia buffs out there, this area originally got its name from Hugh Dimond, who came to California during the Gold Rush and purchased the land comprising the district in 1800s.
Today, the Dimond District is a charming multicultural neighborhood where the hills meet the flatlands. This neighborhood starting to fill up with young professionals and families. Homes in the Dimond District, much like in the Laurel District, are mostly bungalow and craftsman style homes that are still relatively affordable by Bay Area standards.
The neighborhood is centered on a modest commercial strip around the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue. Here you'll the popular local market Farmer Joe's Marketplace, great neighborhood coffee shops like Hive, the Place to Bee, and a range of great ethnic food options like Taqueria Los Comales. Nearby, Dimond Park offers playgrounds, great hiking trails, and even a swimming pool.
Commuting to the city? Not a problem. With its proximity to Highway 580, this area has lots of commuter options available. Though there's no BART station nearby, there are buses that will take you down to Fruitvale BART Station, as well as casual carpools and express buses that go directly into San Francisco.
The Dimond District is a hot up-and-coming neighborhood that's evolving quickly.
Local Amenities
Shops and Restaurants
The commercial strip in the Dimond District includes a number of local businesses, as well as larger chains like Safeway and Peet's Coffee. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Hive, the Place to Bee
- This adorable beehive-themed neighborhood coffee shop includes plenty of seating – indoor tables, couches, and counter space, as well as outdoor seating in the parklet.
- There's even a small kids area with toys and books.
- 4 stars on Yelp
- Farmer Joe's Marketplace
- This is a local favorite and one of the landmarks of this area ("Oh you live in the Dimond? By that Farmer Joe's, right?")
- Small family-owned business (owned by Farmer Joe himself! and his wife Diana), highly involved in the local community.
- 4 stars on Yelp
- Oaklandish
- An awesome local chain that designs and produces clothing and accessories that celebrate "local love and original Oakland charm."
- 4.5 stars on Yelp
- Dimond District Branch of the Oakland Public Library
- Great neighborhood library with lots of kids' events and activities
- 4 stars on Yelp
Outdoor Adventures
One of the best hidden gems in the Dimond District is Dimond Park, which includes tennis courts, a swimming pool, multiple play structures for both older and younger kids, and basketball courts. You can also hike the fairly flat trail in the small canyon that winds along Sausal Creek. We love doing this hike, then returning to one of the playgrounds to get the rest of the kids' energy out and enjoy a picnic lunch (kids always seem tired on the trail yet get a miraculous energy spike when they lay eyes on the play structure, amirite?).
The Dimond District is also just a short drive away from some great regional parks, including:
- Joaquin Miller Park
- 4.5 stars on Yelp
- Hiking trails
- Spectacular views
- Dog-friendly trails and enclosed areas
- Roberts Regional Recreation Area
- 4.5 stars on Yelp
- Hiking trails
- Off-leash area for dogs
- Baseball diamond
- BBQ pits and picnic tables
- Awesome playground
- Swimming pool
- Redwood Regional Park
- 4.5 stars on Yelp
- Hiking trails
- Biking trails
- Dog-friendly trails
Public Schools
- Sequoia Elementary | Grades K-5
- "It is the mission of Sequoia Elementary School to provide a powerful education to all students, enabling them to become effective, contributing citizens in our democratic society."
- GreatSchools Rating: 7/10
- Average parent/community rating: 5/5 stars
- Test scores: Above state average
- School size: ~430 students
- Laurel Elementary | Grades K-5
- "Laurel Elementary School is located in the foothills of East Oakland. Our campus serves a densely-populated, ethnically-diverse, predominately working-class neighborhood. Our mission is to improve students' academic achievement in a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment where the needs of the whole child are met."
- GreatSchools Rating: 3/10
- Average parent/community rating: 5/5 stars
- Test scores: Below state average
- School size: ~540 students
- Fruitvale Elementary | Grades K-5
- GreatSchools Rating: 1/10
- Average parent/community rating: 4/5 stars
- Test scores: Far below state average
- School size: ~385 students
- Bret Harte Middle | Grades 6-8
- "Bret Harte has one of the most diverse programs and student bodies in Oakland. We offer a variety of electives, programs for English Language Learners, an accelerated math program and special education programs for students with disabilities."
- GreatSchools Rating: 2/10
- Average parent/community rating: 4/5 stars
- Test scores: Far below state average
- School size: ~550 students
Private Schools
- Redwood Day | Grades K-8
- Saint Jarlath Catholic School | Grades K-8
- St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic School | Grades K-8
- The Renaissance International School | Grades PK-8
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