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Well Being - Spiritual Truths Bring Life
Spiritual Truths bring not only Well being but Life...........
DISCUSS #Relationship
How do I fix a marriage after cheating??
My husband of 5 years has cheated on me. I'm heartbroken. Can I fix our marriage?? Is there hope for us?? Will things get better? Please help
Am I over reacting? Am I the one in the wrong no him
Ok I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years now and he denied cheating on me but everything points to the opposite he's gone to spend the night with his baby moma and her kids in a hotel he rated me put to her when I called the cops on her for her vandalizing my car he would defend her when I would bring thing up about her and he has a video of her playing with her self am I wrong for being mad?
We both have insecurities and trust issues due to past relationships... So, there's the back and forth accusations, yelling, name calling, etc. We are both extremely jealous and have no communication skills. We love each other but sometimes Love isn't enough to make someone understand that you aren't going to hurt them. How can we help each other overcome these issues?
Idk what to do
My boyfriend and I have been fighting because he found some old messages that I had when we started going out, the messages are not bad the conversations where just like hi and bye kind of thing but because I told him I wasn't talking to anyone he's mad but da whole time he was still hanging out with his baby momma behind my back and he would delete all his messages to her so I wouldn't see them
Lost and confused at a crossroads
My boyfriend and I have been together for seven years now. We have had a very tumultuous relationship both of us have hurt each other very much on each parts. But he's done a lot more wrong it has no accountability. But my question is how do you handle it because anytime I try to talk to him about anything he automatically yells at me, deflects, accuse me of cheating. How do you go about handling
DISCUSS #Parenting
How can I get my teen to confide in me
I've been trying to get my son to confide in me about why he is feeling so depressed. He is 15 years old and a very good teen but have no idea why he is so withdrawn and quiet. Please help me I cant bear to see him like this
What do I do?
I'm not sure what to do. Recently separated mom with 2 young girls and pregnant with my 3rd.
I took my son's Ipad away because I'm at my wit's end with him.
He is so addicted and doesn't want to do anything else. Can anyone tell me whether I did the right thing or am I being too harsh?
Shared custody
It's 3 y I divorced and we have shared custody of 2 lovely kids. Any advice on how to make them understand that divorced parents is ok?
What should I do?
My son is acting out in school and giving people the middle finger and running around and hitting when he is restrained and he also has speech apraxia and may have ADHD
What are spiritual truths ? Spiritual Laws laid down at the beginning of time that can never be changed and therefore understanding those truths and acknowledging them and understanding where one needs to alter in one's own life can bring about good change not only to your Life but to those around you ? Well Being..


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Does cellulite bother you? Don't worry; you are not the only one. We desire to get rid of it or make it minimal when you look at our body. There are so many treatment options, and it is difficult to rely on anyone's treatment that is beneficial with no side effects without any knowledge or awareness of the treatment.
Here we come up with some best cellulite treatments for you. Just scroll down to know more.
Best cellulite removal options according to research
Weight loss
Having a little muscular body makes the skin look smoother and firmer. If you lose some of your extra weight, your cellulite visibility will decrease. But, if your skin loosens, then the cellulite will be visible more. So it is best to advise to replace fat with muscle to make cellulite less noticeable.
Acoustic wave therapy
It shows one of the best results to remove cellulite from your body. Of course, you need to attend a series of treatment sections to reduce it to its minimal level to achieve even skin.
Vacuum aid tissue release
Your dermatologist will use a small blade to cut tough bands. Once those bands are cut, the dermatologist will move up the tissues to fill out and eradicate the dimpled skin. It is one of the best cellulite removal technique as the results might last for almost three years.
Laser treatment
A very minimal invasive laser treatment is Cellulase, in which a tiny fiber is inserted beneath your skin. As the laser works, all the laser energy breaks up the skin's tough bands, which cause cellulite. When doing this procedure, it might thicken your skin, which is necessary to avoid cellulite. There are various other kinds of laser treatments that are considered valuable for patients as well. But the time limit for how much they last vary from six months to a year. So we say, choose wisely!
It is named Cellfina, which works the same way as the laser treatment called Cellulase. Cellfina also toughens your skin bands. The best part of subcision is that it has last for two years due to this procedure.
Some treatments that might work
Creams and lotions
There are some creams and lotions out there which might reduce your cellulite, like the ones containing caffeine. These caffeine-containing products dehydrate the cells, which can decrease the cellulite on your skin. Also, a product containing 0.3 % retinol is helpful.
It is best advised to try any product on the part of your skin first, and if it shows any results and causes no side effects, you are good to go.
Carbon dioxide is released beneath the skin. It might cause a little discomfort during treatment and lead to temporary bruising, but it is not deadly like carbon monoxide. This procedure might indeed reduce cellulite as a result of the treatment chart.
Technophobia is more than just a fear of technology
This treatment is available in spas, where they give you a massage and lift your skin with a vacuum-like tool. It is considered a medical device, but it might give results that have not been assured yet. The results show varied differences; some might say that the endermologie shows no results, whereas people say that their cellulite has decreased significantly.
Other such treatments are radiofrequency and ionithermie cellulite reduction treatment. Laser-assisted liposuction or ultrasound are too early to assure if these might work or not. It is good to avoid cryoliposis, mesotherapy, and supplements as your treatment plan removes cellulite. Also, you can visit your dermatologist to ensure yourself.Please share and like:


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ROTH, Philip
The Plot Against America
Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2004. The advance reading copy. An "alternate history" novel, which imagines a pro-Nazi Charles Lindbergh defeating Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. Fine in wrappers. Together with an audio CD on which Roth reads an excerpt from Chapter 1. Fine. [#911998] $70
All books are first printings of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted.
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A number of professional male athletes have come forward on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in recent months, but it seems not everyone is on board with the idea of playing alongside an out teammate.
Detroit Tigers right fielder Torii Hunter is making headlines for telling the Los Angeles Times he believes an openly gay teammate would make him "uncomfortable."
"For me, as a Christian…I will be uncomfortable because in all my teachings and all my learning, biblically, it's not right," the former Angels outfielder told the publication. "It will be difficult and uncomfortable."
It isn't the first time the 37-year-old's remarks have sparked controversy. In 2010, he reportedly referred to dark-skinned Latino baseball players as "impostors" in a USA Today interview while discussing the changing demographics in baseball.
"People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African-American. They're not us. They're impostors," he told Bob Nightengale. He went on to note, "As African-American players, we have a theory that baseball can go get an imitator and pass them off as us...It's like, 'Why should I get this kid from the South Side of Chicago and have Scott Boras represent him and pay him $5 million when you can get a Dominican guy for a bag of chips?'"
UPDATE: Hunter has since responded to the article controversy on Twitter, saying he felt his feelings had "been misrepresented."
"[Writer Kevin Baxter] took two completely separate quotes and made them into one quote that does not express how I feel as a Christian or a human being," he wrote. "I have love and respect for all human beings regardless of race, color or sexual orientation. I am not perfect and try hard to live the best life I can and treat all people with respect. If you know me you know that I am not anti anything and to be portrayed as anti-gay in this article is hurtful and just not true."
He then added:
On the flip side, have a look at our slideshow of straight professional athletes who've lent support to the LGBT community:


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The new website of the Nicholas Sparks Foundation has officially launched!
Our redesigned website features lots of information about the Foundation's vision for promoting access to global learning and about our two signature programs, the Rural Scholarship Alliance and the Global Youth Review program. The website also tells visitors how to donate to support the Foundation's work — and how to get gifts such as t-shirts and books signed by Nicholas Sparks in gratitude for your generosity. Don't forget to check back on this site frequently to watch the Foundation grow.


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The Elder Scrolls: Blades Brings the RPG Franchise to Mobile, Consoles, and PC
The next Elder Scrolls will actually be on mobile devices first.
Bethesda Games Studios decided that it wanted to do its own "one last thing" in the style of Apple press conferences. The new game is The Elder Scrolls: Blades, and it's a full Elder Scrolls experience coming to mobile devices first.
Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard called Blades a "massive first-person RPG with console-quality graphics," but stressed that the game was built for mobile experiences. Combat has been designed to be played using the touchscreen, and the entire game can actually be played in Portrait Mode on your phone.
We've brought the beauty of an Elder Scrolls game to mobile. The Elder Scrolls: Blades provides a massive first-person RPG experience you can play on your phone during those "important meetings". ;) #BE3 pic.twitter.com/sZzShIw3DV— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) June 11, 2018
The Elder Scrolls: Blades has three different modes of play. First up is the Abyss, a roguelike experience tasking players to see how far they can go in an endless dungeon. Arena is a PVP mode pitting your character against other player's adventurers. And finally there's The Town, billed as the core experience. Your hero return home to find your town razed to the ground. It's up to you to rebuild your hometown. As it levels up and gets bigger, you'll add new buildings and recruit new NPCs, who in turn will give you new quests.
"We are going to bring Blades to every device we can," said Howard on stage, including mobile devices, consoles, and even virtual reality. And all versions will be connected, letting you move your experience from mobile to console and back again.
The Elder Scrolls: Blades is coming this Fall as a free-to-play title. It's available for pre-order tonight on Apple App Store and Google Play Store.


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Kinnaur is located on the Indo Tibetan outskirt. It is edged by Tibet toward the East and Garhwal, the Himalayas toward the South. This breathtaking place is about a distance of 200km from Shimla. It houses the stream Satluj that flowing through the high mountains. It is one of the famous district states of The waterway ascends on the southern inclines of Kailash Mountain, closes Mansarovar in Tibet and goes through the Kinnaur valley. A large portion of the towns in Kinnaur has a gompa. While traveling to Kinnaur trip, don't miss to explore these places.
Places You Should Not Miss on Your Kinnaur Trip
Kinnaur Kailash
Kinnaur Kailash is located in the midst of amazing valleys, lavish green gardens, snow-clad mountains, and waterways. The Shivling is settled on the Kailash rage at a stature of around 4800m. With its all-encompassing scenes, it is probably the best spot to visit in Kinnaur. Famously known as "Parbat of Lord Shiva", this mountain is settled at an elevation of 6500 meters over the ocean level. The attractive scenes of this place make it the most mainstream place of interest in Kalpa. Visitors in huge number, visit this spot to take the religious Parikrama, which starts from Morang and proceeds till Kalpa.
Baspa River
Its origin from great Baspa slopes and merged with Sutlej water flow. The close by the valley to the waterway stays covering with pine and oak timberlands. One unique thing about Baspa is that it plants a large variety of fishes which is another fascination for nature lovers and campers. Tourists visiting this peaceful spot love to enjoy touring, painstaking workshopping, and appreciate the flavor of delightful Tibetan nourishment. If you're snow lover then love the snow-capped up mountains, Sangla Valley, and running valleys, there is no better spot to visit in Kinnaur than Baspa River. Considered as a part of the most glittering waterways of the Himalayas, Baspa is a middle point place of various ice sheets and worth seeing goals, for example, Chung Sakhago Pass.
Here you will also find a good pace Jujurana feathered creature species in a pheasantry near to the Devi Kali sanctuary. Sarhan also plays roles as a base town for a few trekking journeys and is viewed as the mid-year capital of Bushehr rulers. The overlook of the Mount Srikhand top from this spot is something that you must not miss. With its enchanting and calm environment, Sarhan is one of the idle places to visit in Kinnaur. A little town located in Kinnaur, Sarhan is roosted at a height of 2165 meters. Mainstream as "Gateway to Kinnaur", it is known for its thick pine woods, terraced farming, record roofed houses, and water flowing. In the focal point of the town, one can locate a delightful 2-transcend sanctuary of Bhimkali and Devi Kali.
Sangla Valley
Baspa River famous for trout fishing goes through this spot. From heavenly temples to royal forts and charming towns. Sangra Valley has an ideally perfect place for a peaceful place. The lavish green valley of Sangla is named after an alluring town that has a similar name. Sangla Valley is surrounded by evergreen timberlands, mountain inclines, and snow-clad summits. One thing that sets this valley apart from the other of them is its lovely cherry trees and red apple plantation.
There are some Buddhist Monasteries in Kalpa, for example, Gompa and Hu-Bu-Lan-vehicle which are among the top places of the town. You can also enjoy the overview of the tranquil waterway of Satluj that streams down the Himalayas and the surface of Kinnaur. When you step into Kalpa, you will be greeted by the amazing views on the Kinner-Kailash range and Shiva Lingam which is a known Hindu holy site. Known for its charming dawn sees, Kalpa is situated at a height of 2759 meters on the India-Tibetan street. It is known for its charming dawn sees. The town is set above Reckong Peo, a center of Buddhist Culture.
All the characteristics of this town will offer you plenty of numerous memories of places to visit in Kinnaur.


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God saw what they were doing—that they had ceased their evil behavior. So God stopped planning to destroy them, and he didn't do it.
But Jonah thought this was utterly wrong, and he became angry. He prayed to the LORD, "Come on, LORD! Wasn't this precisely my point when I was back in my own land? This is why I fled to Tarshish earlier! I know that you are a merciful and compassionate God, very patient, full of faithful love, and willing not to destroy. At this point, LORD, you may as well take my life from me, because it would be better for me to die than to live."
The LORD responded, "Is your anger a good thing?" But Jonah went out from the city and sat down east of the city. There he made himself a hut and sat under it, in the shade, to see what would happen to the city.
Then the LORD God provided a shrub, and it grew up over Jonah, providing shade for his head and saving him from his misery. Jonah was very happy about the shrub. But God provided a worm the next day at dawn, and it attacked the shrub so that it died. Then as the sun rose God provided a dry east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint. He begged that he might die, saying, "It's better for me to die than to live.
God said to Jonah, "Is your anger about the shrub a good thing?
Jonah said, "Yes, my anger is good—even to the point of death!"
But the LORD said, "You 'pitied' the shrub, for which you didn't work and which you didn't raise; it grew in a night and perished in a night. Yet for my part, can't I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred twenty thousand people who can't tell their right hand from their left, and also many animals?"
(Jonah 4, CEB)
And that's the end of the book of Jonah. You're not missing a page in your Bible—your Bible app didn't glitch it up—it just ends like that. With that question from God just hanging there… "Can't I pity Nineveh, Jonah?" It's a bizarre end to the story.
But let's get real, it's been a bizarre story—the prophet of God ran from God (ch1), sang the greatest hits from the psalms from the gut of a fish (ch2), and then caused a repentance stampede with a five-word sermon (ch3). It's a bizarre story so its ending might have been more bizarre if it had been normal, neat-and-tidy.
If it had just ended in verse 10 of chapter 3, with God deciding not to bring disaster. That would have been perfectly comfortable and perfectly forgettable. But no. It ends like this. With this question. "Can't I pity Nineveh, Jonah?" And this question hangs at the end of a chapter so strange that most cartoon versions of the story cut it out completely.
But we're near the heart of the book of Jonah. With this question, we've hit an artery. And as we think about the way the book ends—with a weird chapter anda hanging question—it's helpful to remember that Jonah is situated in the middle of the Book of the Twelve—what we often call "the Minor Prophets."
This bizarre story is explicitly a work of prophecy. It's a story meant to breathe God's life into his people. It's not a story meant to be listened to, analyzed, or debated. It's a story meant to be inhaled.
It's meant to come into us, to hit our lungs, to get into our bloodstream, to change the way we're living. The prophetic edge of the book has finally arrived with this hanging question. "Can I not pity Nineveh—these twelve ten-thousand people—these animals? Can I not pity them, Jonah?"
The whole book has been driving toward Nineveh from chapter 1, verse 1:
"Hey, Jonah, go to Nineveh—to those people who don't think or look or act like you. To that superpower that threats your national security and your way of life. To that capitol city of the Assyrian Empire. To the center of state-sponsored terrorism and brutality and cruelty. Go to Nineveh, Jonah. I want you to deliver a message for me."
And when Jonah finally does—the city is transformed. The city of Nineveh—from the king to the commoners to the cattle—they all repent in sackcloth.
They all turn from evil—from ra'ah (3v10). And so God halts the plan to destroy them—to bring ra'ah or "disaster" on them (again 3v10). It's the same word—ra'ah—and it roughly means "badness." They turn from ra'ah (bad actions) so God doesn't bring ra'ah (bad circumstances) on them. And now we're arriving at the heart of the book—the prophetic edge—to the place where the story is meant to be inhaled. Because…
The Ninevites stop their "badness."
So God won't bring "badness."
And Jonah thinks "bad big bad."
That word hooks chapter 3 together with chapter 4. And this all looks—vayira ra'ah gedolah—to Jonah "it was an evil, great evil". This is a "bad big bad" to Jonah (4v1).
And he's angry.
The Hebrew for "angry" literally means "hot." It's like one of those cartoons where Donald Duck's face turns bright red and someone cracks open an egg and cooks it on top of his head. He's fuming. He's sizzling. The heat is radiating off of him. God isn't going to let loose on Nineveh, so Jonah lets loose on God in verses 2-3:
"You know, God—this is why I wanted no part of this from the beginning!—This is why I fled to Tarshish! I know that you are a merciful and compassionate God—
This is actually the central covenant identity of Yahweh revealed to Moses in the cleft of a rock in Exodus 34—
"I know you're the covenant God of Israel—that you're a merciful and compassionate God, very patient, full of faithful love, and willing not to destroy…
…and at the end of verse 3, he literally says something like:
"My death is more good than my living."
In verses 2-3, Jonah basically says: "I knew you God—I knew you were a dirty rotten forgiver. You're NOT going to bring badness on them. And this is bad big bad. Your mercy is bad. Them continuing to live is bad. And I've got 20/20 vision at this point, so I'll tell you what's good: my death."
That's Jonah's complaint.
In Hebrew, Jonah says all of that in precisely 39 words. And the book will end in verses 10-11 with God responding to Jonah's complaint… with precisely 39 words.
Now, we know that we're landing at something important. The book's prophetic edge. The author of Jonah wants us to stop and pay attention: "Jonah is complaining to God. Watch carefully because God is engaging our complaints."
And between beginning and end—between Jonah's 39 words and God's 39 words—there's a weird, strange, surreal scene with some kind of "plant"—a qiqayon—some kind of vine or tree or shrub. I've told a lot of people that the book of Jonah is the book of the Bible most like a Monty Python sketch, and this just backs that up: There's a scene with a shrubbery.
After that shrubbery, God gives his full response to Jonah, but here he asks his ending question in miniature: "Is your anger a good thing?" That's how the Common English Bible translates it. The Hebrew is tightly packed, almost poetic prose:
Is it good that you're angry? Does your anger please you? Is your anger good to you? You're so angry that you want to die. So are you angry over a good thing? Something pleasing? Something worthwhile? Over the right thing?
Jonah gives no answer. Instead, it says (v5) that he marches out of the city. Evidently Jonah had been standing in the middle of Nineveh—in the middle of revival, in the middle of salvation—complaining to God:
"See all these people surrendering to you? I wish they wouldn't. I hate them." (Which is a bit awkward if you're Frank the Ninevite… "What did we ever do to him?")
And this is the moment—as Jonah is marching to the east of the city—we need to be very sympathetic to Jonah. Because Jonah's anger is like all of our anger—it feels really worthwhile.
Yes, he's angry, and he's right to be angry. It does please him to be angry, because he *IS* angry about the right things. He's on the side of good. The Assyrians were barbaric—objectively terrible—trained in terror—bent on world domination. The Ninevites are the Nazis of the ancient world. ("What did you ever do, Frank the Ninevite? Well, Frank… this is a little awkward… you're a Nazi.")
Jonah doesn't want the Ninevites off the hook for all the evil they've already done. For all the atrocities they've already committed. For all the cities they've pillaged, all the men they've killed, all the women they've ravaged, all the babies they've butchered. For all the pain they've caused, and now…the idea that now they're stopping—that they would turn from badness—that God would not allow their badness to overtake—the idea that God would show them mercy… that is horrible. "Yes it's good that I'm angry God—rain down fire—burn the city—burn them all to hell."
That's what's going on with Jonah here.
He marches out Nineveh (v5) and sits down EAST of the city. Which—it's brilliant—just by giving us his direction the story is telling us something about Jonah and his anger. By the time Jonah's story gets told, the Eastward point on the compass had become profoundly symbolic:
The East is how you leave Eden in Genesis 3 (v24). The East is where Cain—covered in his brother's blood—settles down in Genesis 4 (v16). The East is where the tower of Babylon gets built in Genesis 11 (v2). Lot heads to the East and winds up in Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 13 (v11). East is exile. From love. From land. From life.
And all of that might seem like coincidence… except… when God gives the Tabernacle (and, later, the Temple) to Israel—the symbolic way you go back into God's presence is always a westward movement. You've got to leave the East to come home to God.
Jonah, I know you FEEL justified in your anger. I know you ARE justified in your anger. I know they've been horrible. I know they're Nazis. But Jonah… this anger inside you… you're marching… the wrong direction.
Jonah sits down and makes some kind of makeshift hut—a booth—a sukkah—and he's sitting in his anger. This is the ancient equivalent of keeping tabs on their Facebook Profile. He's sitting there, hitting refresh, hoping that—maybe just maybe—something bad will happen to them. And for any of us who have hated someone from a distance—which is all of us—this is a profoundly uncomfortable place to be. He's burning with anger… and the sun isn't helping with the heat.
The middle of this chapter is all surreal and strange and dreamlike. God "provides"—or "appoints"—that shrubbery (v6). It springing up overnight according to verse 10, and the leaves of this plant save him from his ra'ah—from the "badness" of his situation. Evidently this shade is better than his makeshift hut. And it's the only time when we see joyful Jonah. For a brief moment—sitting in his anger—Jonah is content and happy. But alas there's no lasting happiness in the east.
Because God "provides" again. This time it's a grub—a worm, a maggot—that eats the plant (v7). Suddenly Jonah is profoundly uncomfortable again. And it's not by chance. God is behind this. God provided that darn plant; now God also provides that darn worm.
And then—one more time—God "provides." This time a scorching east wind (v8) that evidently tears down his hut. And now… Jonah is hotter and more angry and more sizzling than ever—and he blurts out his complaint once again:
"My death is more good than my life" (4v8)
It's like God is providing Jonah a moment of crisis. The only other time in Jonah where God "provides" was the end of chapter 1, where God provided a great fish to save Jonah from a crisis. This time, God is bringing the crisis. (That's what we need a lot of times… isn't it?)
Jonah has this death-wish for Nineveh, and he's gotten comfortable in it. So it's like God has to strip Jonah of his comfort—God has to get Jonah to crisis—so that maybe—just maybe—God can save Jonah. So that God can finally deal with what's going on inside of Jonah.
God asks his question again (beginning-of-v9):
God: "Is it good that you're angry… about the plant, I mean?"
Jonah: "Yes, my anger is good—to the point of death good."
And then God has his 39 words: "You care about this plant. You think it's horrible that you've lost this plant… but wouldn't it be horrible if I lost this city? I know the Ninevites are Nazis, but they don't have to be—they won't always be. Shouldn't I care them?"
And the question just hangs there as the credits start to roll. The book of Jonah ends like Jesus' parable of the prodigal son: it ends with a cliffhanger. It ends with us asking questions… Will the older brother come back in to his Father's house? Will the older brother join the party with his younger brother?
It's an ending that lingers with us. An ending that haunts us. It's an ending that says: God loves the villains of our story.
God loves the people we hate. The villains. Not merely the people who annoy us. God loves the people we feel justified in hating. They're barbaric, they're rude, they're condescending. They're hurting the country. She tore up the State of the Union. He is tearing up the Presidency. He's a corrupt communist. Yeah, well, she's a heartless capitalist. That entire group of people is the problem—and I hate them—and I talk about them like they're idiots—and bigots—and like they're all the same—and I watch Cable Television that reinforces how right I am and how wrong they are.
Or perhaps it's closer to home. She betrayed me. He abused me. They hurt me. They hurt my family. They knew what they were doing.
And here comes the prophetic edge of Jonah… the ending that haunts us. Because it says God loves the villains of our story. But thank God. That's really good news. Because we're the villains in someone else's story.
When we've been hurt—like, legitimately, actually desperately hurt—we fall into the trap of that Jonah's in. We want God to be the Godfather. We want to tell him about our pain and have him send some angel-goons to break their kneecaps. But sooner or later, if God kept smashing kneecaps, if God gave just deserts to everyone, if God rained down fire, and burned to hell every villain…. there would be no one left.
We're NOT saying everything is morally equivalent. We're NOT to say that Mr Hitler and Mr Rogers are the same—they're obviously not. The point is simple: we're all hurting each other. But, somehow, in our pain and anger… we think God should be taking our side more than anyone else's. We want God to be our secret weapon to inflict fiery hellfire-vengeance on our enemies.
But—notice—who is the only one in this story who feels like they're on fire? Who's alone and burning and sizzling in the sun? It's Jonah.
There are good things to get angry about in this world. But when we hold on to anger—when we sit in it—when we set up a hut and stay there—when we let anger seep down into our soul and become hatred and contempt and "I-wish-they-were-dead"…
….the only person burning is us.
If God is Love, then hatred is hell. We're invited out of the heat.
We've all been wounded. Some of us in the room—desperately, impossibly, unthinkably. And what they did matters. Your being abused, your being betrayed, your being sexually violated, your being lied to—it matters. It all desperately matters. It matters. AND. And. And you don't have to be defined by it.
There is a path out of hell—a path out of hate. And here we're approaching the very heart and mystery of the gospel. As Christians, we understand that God deals with every darkness and injustice and brutality and horror, by bearing it all—shouldering it all—himself. God makes our sin his own. God makes our suffering his own. There is nothing that any of us experience—no crime, no loneliness, no tragedy, no darkness—that God has not entered into and made his own. God has taken the sin done to us AND the sin we've done to others onto himself.
We're talking about the cross, and what do we see there? God crucified seeks the good of his killers. Even in the midst of agony, Jesus is praying forgiveness over his enemies. And that's because God is inexhaustible love. If you've seen the Son, you've seen the Father. That's what God is like. That's the deepest power in the universe on full display. That's the deepest joy in the universe on full display.
God isn't our secret weapon to hurt other people. God the Father isn't the Godfather to break the knees of our Ninevites. God the Father is our good Father—deeply, desperately concerned about the ways we've been hurt. More concerned than we are ourselves. AND. And he's deeply, desperately concerned about every one of his wayward children. God is at work to save and rescue and restore everyone—including the Ninevites.
And so, as Christians, we trust that on the cross Jesus has both carried evil and neutralized evil. And then Jesus came walking out of the grave. Evil has been carried, evil been neutralized,and Jesus is smiling through the scars. The worst of kinds of wounds can be healed, transfigured, even made beautiful.
There's a path out of hell's hate, and God himself has blazed it. Because of Jesus, none of us have to be forever defined by what we've done to others or what others have done to us. We can get out of the scorching east wind. Something new is possible.
We can head West. We can release. We can forgive. We can hope. And ultimately—this is the Christian hope—we begin practice living toward a world where our villains eventually become our friends.
Resurrection life eventually involves a party with the Ninevites. I don't know how—but this is what Jesus compels me to believe—there is a day coming when our enemies won't be enemies anymore.
And we become most alive when we begin aching for this. Most of us can't even imagine this—some of us don't even want this to be true—but if we're following Jesus this is where he fixes our eyes. Jesus wants our hearts to burst with love for our enemies.
Jesus wants our hearts to dream about it even when circumstances literally don't allow it. I'm haunted by this… and it fills me with hope. I'm like you. I've got broken relationships that I don't know how to make right this side of the New Jerusalem… but I hunger for them to be made right. We may not love the villain yet, but—if we're serious about following Jesus—that's our destiny. To be made like God—fully and forever alive full of endless joy and inexhaustible love… even for our enemies.
As we come to the table this evening the Spirit wants to empty us of hell, to empty us of hatred. And the Spirit wants to fill us afresh with love, with peace, with hope, with new life. The Spirit wants you to be defined by love. NOT by what you've done. NOT by what others have done to you. By inexhaustible love. Spirit help us join the party—and make us the kind of people who want to meet everyone there.


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Hi, i am building a steam chamber out of a cattle trough. This will be used to steam treat wet mushroom substrate in bags. i will be insulating it with walk in aluminum faced poly iso freezer panels. I want the lid to have a watertight seal around the outer edge so i can get the steam to only escape from the vents i put in the lid. I want to bond 90 mil pond liner (EDPM) to one of the panels to use as the lid. This chamber will be hot for extended periods of time. it will take 12 hrs or so to climb up too 200F and then it will be held between 200 and 211 for 10-12 hrs. What kind of roll-able bonding adhesive would work for this application. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Hi mushroommatt,
Thanks for the question. There are multiple options that may work for this application, however it is a difficult environment. Due to the low surface energy of EPDM, an LSE-specific adhesive would be necessary. For a laminating adhesive, you may want to consider:
3M™ Adhesive Transfer Tape 9472LE: https://technicaldatasheets.3m.com/en_US?pif=000044?locale=en-US
Although this is just on the edge of it's temperature/duration range. A different option could be:
3M™ VHB™ Tape LSE-110WF
Which should handle the heat more effectively.
Thank you
Mushroommatt, I think you could be heading in the right direction with the 4799 but the one thing I noticed when I reviewed the Tech Data Sheet was that it loses strength at elevated temperatures. As long as there are not undue stresses at elevated temps I feel it could keep it's bond strength. Just my 2 cents.
Thank you for considering 3M Adhesives.


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Interesting coincidence for genealogy fans.
"Greatest Generation" Life Lessons
David Peabody Guion
Dear Folks –
I'm still ignorant – no memory – don't know where I've been – where I am – where I'm going – why or even the date.
On the boat I ran into a guy by the name of Robert Guion, formally from St. Louis and now from Iowa. He's a darned good egg. I hung around with him on a lot of the time. He's a sailor and assigned to the ship. I told him of your cousin who was writing the family history, Dad, and he said his father has a lot of information on the Guion's (Gee-on he pronounces it) in St. Louis. It seems they owned quite a bit of St. Louis at one time. His father's present address is George Guion, Winterset, Iowa, R.R. 5. It might be interesting to connect the two family histories if possible. Bob says his…
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The Gibbon Experience - Wow! Everyone Needs To Do This!
Today we were off to The Gibbon Experience. It was a fair distance from Huay Xai so we had about a 3 hour ute drive to get us deep in the jungle. We got really lucky and snatched up the two seats in the cabin of the ute with the driver. The roads around this area are just dirt and everyone else sitting in the back of the ute was copping an epic dust storm while we chilled in the air-con .
About 2 and a half hours into our journey the car began filling with acrid smoke – something was burning! Our driver pulled over and opened the bonnet to find multiple melting electrical cables cooking on the hot engine. Before we knew it our hike had begun early as we walked the rest of the way to the starting point of the trek.
After our walk along the snaking roads deeper into the jungle we found ourselves arriving at a small village. Young children laughed and ran around staring at us sweaty foreigners as we made our way down to a small river, the official starting point for the trek to reach The Gibbon Experience.
^^ Glad we remembered the insect repellent!
We were greeted with the puzzled looks from the car load of people who left 2 minutes before us back in Huay Xai, and their theories of our ute plummeting off a cliff were replaced with a boring broken down car.
After a quick drink the real trek began, it is a two hour trek up the forest covered mountain before we reach The Gibbon Experience base camp. The first 40 minutes was easy-peasy, only a slight incline and a few small streams to cross. The next 1hr 20min was fairly intense. Everyone stopped talking as it got steeper and all you could hear was the laboured breathing and insects laughing at us; although this didn't stop the guy in front of me needing a cigarette to help catch his breath haha.
At the base camp we were given the safety briefing and told that our group of 14 would be breaking up into 3 groups, each with a different tree house. The first tree house slept 8 people, the second 4 people, and the last one 2 people. No one wanted to volunteer for the tree house with just 2 people, as the thought of meeting new people and sharing the adventure was far more appealing than being cooped up with one other person. So we drew cards. Kirby and I ended up in the tree house of 4 people, which we were happy with. Our two friends for the next 3 days were Frank; a German expat who now calls Chile home, and Nynke; a Dutch girl travelling through S.E.A like us.
It took another hour and a half to get to our tree house, although this walk was unlike any other. We had to cross multiple mountain valleys, what is the best way to cross mountain valleys I hear you ask? Well the answer is by zip line. When you first hook yourself up to the zip line you are still standing in the thick jungle. After launching yourself from the platform you fly through the dense rainforest between giant hundred year old trees, and then all of a sudden you are thrust out into the open air. The mountain forest is left behind you as you float over a deep valley a couple hundred metres below. The zip lines themselves are around 300m-500m long so you are travelling along it for a couple of minutes. Although all too soon you find yourself approaching the next mountain and you dive headfirst back into the jungle, and wallah you have travelled from one mountain to another!
When we finally arrived at our tree house (via zip line of course) it was much more than we expected. It had two double mattresses, a sink/kitchen area, and a bathroom with toilet and shower, not to mention a 360 degree view above the forest canopy, truly breathtaking!
We had a massive dinner feast waiting for us as well, it was much needed after all the exercise and excitement we had today. Did I mention a bottle of wine as well! That afternoon we just sat around sipping our wine watching the sun set below the deep green forest, listening to the forest animals perform their evening orchestra.
^^ Kirby zipping into the tree house
^^ Kirby in the tree house
^^ This is going to be the standard entry method when I build a house
^^ If you look on the left hand side you can see the tree house fly past as we zip away
^^ This video shows our tree house layout!
Later that night Kirby and Nynke got out of bed and watched a huge lightning storm far away on the horizon float past.
^^ The moon
^^ Lightning!!
^^ This was in the middle of the night - lightning made it seem like day!
Some time during the middle of the night we were all awoken by the loud cracking and foliage rustling of a tree falling. It sounded really close and the fact that we were sleeping in a tree made the adrenaline pump. It seemed like forever that this tree was moaning and falling as we all lay wide eyed and frozen in our beds. Then a big shake rocked our tree! I dunno about everyone else but I nearly shit myself, so scary haha! A big tree had just fallen over and hit the tree that we were sleeping in. Our tree was the tallest one in the surrounding forest and the tree house was right at the top so we were in no danger of getting hit by branches, but it was still scary. I'm just glad our tree was healthy and decided not to 'domino effect'. Although with the huge amount of support lines anchored deep in the ground I don't think our tree can move much even if it was broken.
The next day began with our guide Buongpeng gliding in at 5:30am with our breakfast. After we ate we sat silently listening for the wild gibbons that give The Gibbon Experience its name. We heard them calling in the distance as the sun rose, but unfortunately they were too far away for us to go and see if we could see them. Maybe tomorrow morning we will have more luck.
^^ You can hear the gibbons singing! They sound like they are having a massive laser gun battle
^^ Near the end of the video you can see me zip past in the other direction.
^^ Early morning
^^ The mist rolling through the valley below
All morning Buongpeng took us trekking through the jungle and to see some of the other larger tree houses, currently there is one under constructing that will sleep 10 people! If you have skills in carpentry you can volunteer to help build the new tree houses, a good way to experience this awesome adventure if you have no money.
^^ Kirby zipping away!
^^ Doing the crazy zip!
^^ Don't step on the ants!
^^ Look out for leeches!! This one called my hand home for a few hours.
After lunch we had free time to do whatever we wanted. Needless to say we zip lined HEAPS! We glided through the jungle for like 5 hours, until our bums couldn't handle any more harness and we were starving for dinner.
^^ View from our tree house
^^ Another view from our tree house
^^ Dinner, doesn't look that great, but tasted wonderful!
That night we had some fruit cocktails that Kirby expertly created with our fresh fruit and my water bottle full of contraband vodka. We played cards with Frank and Nynke and had a great evening chatting about our different travels around the world. I've gotta say that travelling is the best thing I've ever done, I'm really glad we decided to forego settling down and getting a 30 year mortgage as the experience is definitely lifelong and worth so much more than any asset.
The next morning we were woken once again by the smiling face of Buonpeng gliding to our house. This was our last chance to see the gibbons so we were all a bit nervous and hoping they would be close enough for us to try and trek out to catch a glimpse. Although when you look out and see the jungle stretch as far as you can see, you know chances are slim.
It was 6:30am and we hadn't even heard a single call, and considering they normally start calling around 6:00am our hopes of seeing a Gibbon were pretty much gone.
As we were having breakfast with the big group in tree house 7 we had to leave and head over to their tree house, about 30 minutes walk/gliding away.
Just as we were almost at their tree house we heard a loud 'whoop', followed by another and another. GIBBONS!! and they were really close to tree house 7. We ran down the small tracks and made it up into the tree house just as the gibbons arrived!
About 30m-50m away were a small group of 5 gibbons playing in the trees and feasting on the flowers. There were 2 black juveniles chasing each other around, launching themselves from tree to tree effortlessly, while their golden coloured mother watched. It was really wonderful to see these wild creatures doing their daily routine so close, and paying us no attention to us. Tree house number 7 also has a telescope so we were able to zoom right in and see their facial expressions as they rested between plays. Soooo goood!
^^ There are gibbons in there, we could see them much better with our eyes, unfortunately the camera couldn't capture them as well. (Little black gibbon right in the middle of the photo!)
^^ Two black gibbons sitting in the tree with the orange leaves
The gibbons hung around for about an hour before leaving and that marked time for us to leave as well. We trekked back down to the base camp and said goodbye to our guides that had been ridiculously helpful and kind to us for the last 3 days.
Then it was back to the village (only took us 30 minutes, compared to 2 hours on the way up) where the utes (now repaired) were waiting to take us back to Huay Xai. The next day we took the night bus back to Luang Prabang.
As you can see The Gibbon Experience was awesome!! By far the best thing we have done all trip so far. It cost $290 AUD per person for the three days, and at first we were hesitant and unsure if we should do it. We have met a few people who decided not to do it because it was a bit of a budget blow out but I can tell you now that it is worth every dollar and I would do it again in a heartbeat and recommend anyone who goes to Laos to check this out.
You can contact The Gibbon Experience through their website: www.gibbonexperience.org
Cheers, Kyle
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quote: Those who live entirely by their own capricious whims, who are content only with what they receive and angry only at what they are denied, so that when any of them get what he craves - be it lawful or unlawful - his anger departs and gives way to satisfaction. The thing he was denied - so that he wanted it banned and made punishable, and was angrily critical of those who had it - now meets with his approval. he actively participates in it, supports it and opposes those who prohibit and reject it. this is a prevalent human tendency; we see and hear of innumerable instances. The reason for it is that man is very wrongful, very ignorant and therefore does not act fairly. You notice how some people critizie the governor for his injustice and hostility towards his subjects, but then he does something to please those critics and they turn into his supporters. The best thing for them would be not to voice their criticism. Similarly, you notice how they criticize those who drink wine, commit illicit sexual acts and listen to musical entertainments, until one of them is let in on the act, whereupon you see that he becomes a supporter of those he used to criticize. The latter may get worse as a result of their criticism, improve slightly or remain just the same.
quote: Those who live according to sound religious principles, sincere in their devotion to Allaah and correct in their behaviour, patiently upright in the face of what they have to suffer. These are the people who truly believe and do good works. They belong to the best Community brought forth by mankind, commanding what is proper and forbidding the improper and having true faith in Allaah.
quote: Those in whom both of the above co-exist. These constitute the majority of the believers. The will to obedience and the will to rebellion are both present in the hearts of those who have within them both religious faith and the lusts of the flesh. Sometimes the one, sometimes the other, has the upper hand.
(It will be said to the pious): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction! "Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him! "Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves, "And enter you My Paradise!"


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The picture on this month's cover is about a bond between 2 lives—those of a young mother and the child at her breast. But the story of the picture itself involves the intertwining of 2 other lives—those of Mary Cassatt, who created it, and Gustav Rau, who came to own it.
Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania family, Mary Cassatt was an independent woman who spent most of her adult life abroad in France, pursuing her dream of a career in art. After moving to Paris in 1866 and receiving classical training, she joined the rebel group of Impressionists and exhibited works in several of their public shows until the group disbanded in 1886. She brought a feminine side to Impressionism through her sensitive portrayals of women and children, even though she herself never married or had children of her own. The mother in this picture is her friend and frequent model, Louise Fissier de Fresnaux, shown in a natural moment of intimacy with her young child.
Koepsell T. Mary Cassatt (1844–1926). Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(4):314. doi:10.1001/archpedi.159.4.314
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Being always in search of new tricks of fooling the typical Indian moviegoers, certain oversmart Bollywood filmmakers have started the franchisee business. If one movie succeeds on the box office, these clever guys convert the title of that movie into a brand. The Bhatt Camp as well as Rohit Shetty has done it by making movies of the same title by adding the next number (2 or 3) to it even when the story of the so-called sequel has nothing to do with the original movie (because it's a brand name sir, it need not be a real sequel). However, Farhan Akhtar made a genuine sequel of Don (2006) with Don 2 (2011) and then Abbas Mustan came up with the sequel of Race (2008) which can be called a sequel simply because some characters of Race have been carried over in it, else the story of Race 2 (2013) has nothing to do with its so-called prequel.In Race, the hero Ranveer (Saif Ali Khan) has to checkmate the moves of his greedy and wicked half-brother – Rajiv (Akshaye Khanna) and finally, with the help of a corrupt cop – Robert D'Costa (Anil Kapoor), he is able to usurp the money at stake, arrange the death of his brother (and his female accomplice played by Katrina Kaif) and move ahead in life with his sweetheart – Sonia (Bipasha Basu).
In Race 2, the characters of Ranveer and Robert D'Costa are repeated and it starts with the killing of Sonia. Now we come across some new characters which are – a crooked and money-minded casino-owner – Armaan Mallik (John Abraham), his half-sister – Elena (Deepika Padukone) and his sweetheart – Omisha (Jacqueline Fernandez). And also a new assistant of Robert D'Costa (who says that he has left his job and started freelancing) – Cherry (Amisha Patel). A very very greedy and utterly dishonest Armaan is approached by Ranveer and he first arranges such a deal that Armaan is able to usurp five profit-making casinos of another casino-owner – Vikram Thapar (Rajesh Khattar) in order to win his trust and thereafter backstab him (because of his hand in Sonia's murder). The game of checks and checkmates between the protagonist (Ranveer) and the antagonist (Armaan) continues till the end of Race 2 in which only one could be the winner and the other had to be a loser only.
Director duo – Abbas Mustan consider themselves as Alfred Hitchcock of Indian cinema. Earlier they used to make thrillers with some logic and some emotional quotient as well plus some healthy comedy. Khiladi (1992) and Soldier (1998) are good examples of that. However with 36 China Town (2006), they started keeping style, glamour and lavishness above everything else. Race, though a good suspense thriller mainly because of a well-written screenplay, was by no means some great movie though some reviewers consider it a classic. Still Race was appealing because it was not all style, it had substance too. Race 2 lags far behind on this count, it's all style and very little, indeed very very little, substance. The directors have defied logic throughout and relied on style and thrilling action sequences only. The movie is lavish – yachts, planes, big games in casinos, big bets in races and people talking of millions and billions so easily that the spectator immediately gets a feel that this can not be the real world.
Race 2 entertains but not upto expectations. Hence if someone who was highly impressed by Race, watches Race 2 with a high expectation, he may find himself as betrayed, quite in the way many characters of the movie find themselves as betrayed by the other ones in the story. Since Race was based on a double cross drama with almost everybody double crossing someone else, Race 2 also follows suit. But these double crossings are just too many, too predictable and too unreliable to endure. And the characters are shown as thirsty of money, sex and blood; nothing else. Frankly, as in their previous venture – Players (2012), Abbas Mustan seemed to be double crossing their audience, in Race 2 also they appear to be doing the same job; taking their audience for a ride. I still remember Soldier (1998) which was though lavish and stylish, had a well-knitted and logical story and the climax was appealing too. Can't Abbas Mustan make such movies now?
The USP of this movie is style and action only. The way YRF banner's Ek Tha Tiger (2012) was good just for the sake of some breathtaking action-sequences, the same way this movie may also impress the lovers of high octane action. The script is lacklustre and the reason for the killing of Sonia is also not made clear till the very climax (perhaps because the writer himself did not know that reason and something was to be imposed anyway). What Armaan was going to do with the stolen item after betraying Ranveer is not clear because there was no buyer for that (his financier – Aditya Pancholi was nowhere shown as the prospective buyer). Moreover, Elena murders a person (because he denied her the permission to open casinos in his state) so coolly in an ongoing party that I recalled the title of Agatha Christie's novel –'Murder Is Easy'. Yes, it's easy only because thereafter neither anything happens to her, nor is she shown as answerable to any agency for that. Cheating is done in card games so easily that after watching it, the gamblers (of card games) may think twice before entering into any such game. The script renders a feeling to the viewers that the filmmakers consider them as damn fools.
If lavishness is the synonym for technical superiority, then this movie is technically good. Money seems to be flowing like a perennial water-stream from the very first frame to the very last frame. I did not try to keep remember the names of the countries the narrative meandered through, that's now the trend in such movies. So what's new ? The heist sequences in this movie are by no means any match for the highly impressive heist sequence of Players.
Performance wise talking, the performances are only as good as the characters are. Since only the characters of Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham are well-sketched, they only have performed impressively. Anil Kapoor has done well but his role is superfluous and devoid of any impact in the story. The females are here for skin-show only and now the Hindi movie heroines don't appear to think even for a single moment to enter the bed of ANY male (Amisha Patel is shown as too eager from her own side to enter Anil's bed), perhaps that's the woman-lib which is being propagated by the contemporary (such) movies. The most disgusting character is that of Amisha Patel. It's really pitiable to see the heroine of blockbusters like Kaho Na Pyar Hai and Gadar to fall to this level in her career.
Music by Preetam is noisy and its only plus point is its foot-tapping capability. In comparison to that, the music of Race was far superior and memorable. It's better to listen to those many years old songs instead of listening to the songs of this movie. Background score is in line with the script.
Race 2 is a one time watch for those who like action-thrillers and who do not mind getting double crossed by the filmmakers in the name of showing double crossing by the characters of the story. After watching Don 2 first and Race 2 thereafter, one thing becomes pretty clear to me that the message being conveyed to the Indian youths (fond of dreaming to make it big in the real world) is that crime pays and it pays much more than the honest living. That's a fatal lesson being freely taught to the already crime-ridden Indian society. But who cares ?
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Temi di ricerca sulle culture di governo locali e le politiche per lo sviluppo
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This article suggests that the study of local development policies can be supported by the analysis of local political cultures and, in particular, by the analysis of local governance cultures. New-institutionalism offers a complementary point of view for the analysis of local development processes since local institutions can be seen to play an important role in our understanding of both the modality of political culture reproduction and the capacity of different contexts to meet the challenges of economic globalization and Europeanization. The article presents a contextual comparative analysis of two different Italian local political cultures, the "Red" one in the Emilia Romagna region (socialist/communist) and the "White" one in the Veneto region (catholic). These regional contexts are characterized by two different local policy styles and administrative practices that have articulated two different "modes of governance" in local development. The case study of a national policy to support the industrial districts development (L.317/1991), and the different regional applications, can help us to better understand these elements of analysis.


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Midmark Corporation, the most trusted name in medical, dental and veterinary healthcare equipment solutions, announced two growth initiatives, including enhancements to its current manufacturing facility and additional offices located in Dayton, Ohio.
The company, which employs more than 1,500 people worldwide, and approximately 850 people based out of Versailles, announced an estimated 100,000-square-foot expansion of two plants in Versailles. The current under-roof square footage of the Versailles campus is roughly 320,000. The additional space would allow Midmark to improve materials management processes and add new equipment. The goal for completion would be late 2013. Darke County's public-private economic development collaboration, known as Partnering for Progress, partnered with Midmark in an effort to secure $2.6 million in state tax incentives for the Versailles expansion. The Village of Versailles has also offered incentives for Midmark's project, which would retain and create local jobs in support of continued growth of the Midmark campus in Versailles and Darke County. This project is contingent on approval of state and local incentives.
"We sincerely appreciate the opportunity that Midmark provided to work on their behalf," stated Versailles Village Administrator Randy Gump. "The project provides The Partnership the opportunity to support an extremely valuable corporate citizen and a significant business expansion for Versailles and Darke County."
Midmark also announced its plans for new offices in Dayton, Ohio, that will be named Midmark Center, referring to being centrally located between its Versailles campus and Midmark Connect, a specialized facility focused on innovative healthcare technology and services, located in West Chester, Ohio.
Midmark plans to move approximately 60 positions from Versailles to Dayton, and is currently in discussions to lease office space at the technology-focused Tech Town complex. Midmark's intention to open offices downtown Dayton is dependent upon successful negotiations and the approval of a pending grant application. Midmark executives, along with a portion of current and future teammates who support corporate functions, and who maintain specialized skill sets, would move to the new Dayton location beginning late 2012. Versailles would remain Midmark's largest site, home to manufacturing, a variety of associated support functions and the Customer Experience Department.
Midmark's decision for plans to expand to Dayton demonstrates its commitment to the region and to the State of Ohio, and supports its goal to focus on both products and services for the healthcare market. Anne Eiting Klamar M.D, president and CEO of Midmark stated, "Now is the time for us to take the next step toward technology-enabled healthcare services. We believe the best method of capturing the needed technology and talent is to be located in the hub of it in the Dayton region." Klamar serves as a board member with the Dayton Development Coalition and is also a University of Dayton Board of Trustees member.
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An inn is a smaller hotel. It usually does not always possess star ratings the hotels have. A motel but has rooms that you can access through outdoor walkways. These walkways are generally near the parking lot.
When it comes to traveling, we always rely on booking accommodations. They provide the respite that we need from all that sightseeing. But when it comes to these dwellings, what are the differences? When it comes to inns and motels, how do you draw the line?
Here, we discuss more what makes inns different from motels.
Inns – Boutique Properties
When you talk about inns, they usually denote a boutique vibe. These dwellings are always decorated in furnishings that are unique in style. The decorations match the location.
Consider wooden framed chairs. Imagine black bears that decorate the walls.
Most of the time, inns are a bit away from the center of the city. The owner or a family member always manages them.
Inns are about 99.9% exclusively and independently-owned. You can rarely find a chain or franchise of inns.
Inns are ideal dwellings for romantic getaways. Or they're perfect for when you are sightseeing in a new place with a friend. Some inns would be able to provide you with home-cooked meals. Aside from that, the smiles are always generous and more welcoming.
Another characteristic of an inn is the vibe of a small specialty hotel. There can only be around 25 rooms or so. Most inns would not be more than 50 rooms in total.
Most inns have that usual bed and breakfast offerings. They have a small restaurant with usually home-cooked meals. Once in a while, one might come across an inn with hotel-like amenities. One example is a gym or a business center.
But while having a gym in an inn is possible, it is rare.
Motels and Smaller Buildings
When you say the word motel, you actually mean motor and hotel. The word is a combination of both words. It was first used around the end of WWII. This was when Americans started traveling interstates more by motorcycles.
Motels are usually located on major highways. While they have the same amenities as a hotel, they are always represented by small buildings. Most motels can be one to three stories high and have enough parking spaces. The prices? It is usually cheaper than an inn or a hotel.
The words may sometimes be used interchangeably. At times, its usage is even wrong. One such example is the chain Holiday Inn. This is obviously not an inn.
Some branches of Holiday Inn are built more like motels than inns to make things more confusing. These branches are built right off exit ramps. A structure built as such attracts travelers that are there for a one-night stop.
Not all Holiday Inns are built like motels, though. There would always be most that are structured like hotels.
Another characteristic of motels is that they are always built along highways. And not just any highway. These are built in locations with a high probability of traffic passing through.
Motels do not have a shared lobby like in hotels. They also rarely have restaurants or bars. If they have, room service is not available all the time.
Most motels are only two-stories tall. There are three-story motels, but they are rare. Motels also do not have interior hallways. Rooms can mostly be accessed from the central parking lot.
Is a motel cheaper than an inn?
Motels are, most of the time, cheaper than inns. Inns can be expensive or averagely-priced. The price depends on the amenities and the quality of service. For motels, they are far cheaper than inns. While the quality of service would vary, the amenities are usually basic.
Hotels offer their customers a lot of amenities that make their stay comfortable and fun. They may have restaurants, a swimming pool, and even a spa.
Inns, on the other hand, are similar to hotels. Only that the rooms may be few, the amenities may not be as much. The other difference between hotels and inns is that hotels have rating systems of one to five stars. Inns do not have this kind of rating system.
Motels, on the other hand, are cheaper. The reason for this is because of the amenities. Hotels and inns have a multitude of amenities available for their vacationers. Motels rarely have them.
Another difference is in the word "vacationers." As you already know by now, the word motel is from the two words motorists and hotel.
Hotels and inns are made mostly for holidaymakers and vacationers. While motels are made for travelers, they usually have enough parking. The parking space is expected in motels in the US and Canada. This is because of their penchant for frequent land travel in long distances.
Most motels are built with their doors facing the parking lot. This makes it easier for the traveler to come and go out of the establishment.
These days, however, this is not always the case. There are now motels that are made with their doors facing inward. These doors connect to common areas of the building.
The Difference in Locations
Another difference between inns and motels is their location. Motels also present anonymous interactions between the owners and their rooms' occupants. The locations are usually on highways. Their orientation is always to the outside.
Inns, on the other hand, have doors that face an interior hallway. The location may not always be in the city center but are usually near a tourist site. It can be beside a castle or a lake and can also be in a quaint little town. Inns can be anywhere, except beside a highway.
Inns have restaurants. The food may be home-cooked, and the bread may be fresh out of the oven. Most of the time, inns offer breakfasts to their customers.
Motels, on the other hand, do not have room service. What is expected, however, are continental breakfasts. It is usually composed of a light morning meal. This can be consisting of cereal, breakfast loaves of bread, juice, or another drink.
The Price
Inns may sometimes be cheap. There are also expensive inns. The difference can be because of the amenities and the quality of service that is provided.
On the other hand, motels are cheaper. Their amenities are basic.
Inns may have a few facilities onsite. There may be a pool once in a while. There could even be room for business meetings.
Motels are different. They rarely have these types of services. Once in a while, there may be an outdoor pool. But this is rare.
Inns are made to provide that vacation vibe. At its most basic level, inns offer at least a tinge of luxury. They often provide an air of comfort. Most of the time, inns are well-designed and get regular remodeling.
Motels are mostly about providing the basic needs. It is just a place where one can stay for the night. It is a place for a nice shower after a long drive.
The Length of Stay
Motels target a market of travelers. These are mostly those that travel along highways going from one state to another. They stay mostly is about a night or two. Sometimes, it can be more than that, depending on the traveler. But most of those that stay in motels do not stay long.
An inn targets a variety of people. They can be business people, vacationers, students, and a lot more. The stay is mostly longer than those that stay in motels.
Are motel rooms dirty?
This is not always the case. Media, the movies, and a lot more portray motels to be dreary and, most of the time, dirty dwellings. But this is not a reason for panic. Motels are usually decent and clean enough.
Who does not love staying at inns? The pillows are fluffy, and the beds are freshly made. The vibe is always of a holiday. But remember, inns (and even hotels) can be dirty.
Most inns look beautiful. They look spic and sparkling clean. You know what we mean. But while they look clean, there is only so much to know about these rooms. There have been hundreds of people who have slept and showered in these rooms.
But while it is not a reason for panic, it is useful to know a lot about rooms and germs.
If you are a frequent traveler, you would know which surface to look at. These are corners whereof the room that may pass for being clean. But there are times when they are not. Ready to take a look?
One might think that carpets, whenever they are freshly-vacuumed, are good enough. But have you noticed how dark the patterns are in carpets? These are intentional designs that are there for one purpose. And that is to hide.
Over the years, grime gathers in these carpets. The dark colors, the dark patterns, ensure that this accumulation of dirt does not show.
One should know that there are even hotels that rarely replace carpets. And that vacuum? Well, let's just say that does not do much when it comes to cleaning.
So, what do you do? Wear your own slippers.
Bed Comforters are no Comfort.
They're fluffy and comfy, but did you know that some comforters are changed about twice per year? The sheets may be changed. The pillowcases should also be changed. But when it comes to comforters, this is not always the case.
So, there it is.
This is not to say that all inns do this. In fact, some inns can change their comforters regularly. But what we're saying is this… not all.
The Remote Control and Germs
The remote control may look harmless on the sides, but sometimes it is not. This is one of the many things you can find inside inns and hotels that rarely get disinfected.
This is the same story for the locks. And how about the phones? Or when did they ever disinfect the light switches?
These are fairly small items. And when disinfecting a room, they rarely get the cleaning they deserve. And what's worse about this is that almost every guest uses these little items.
If the person who used these before you were as clean, then lucky you. But imagine if the person who was in the room before you had colds. These light switches you touch can transmit the virus that's in there.
Just one touch, and it's all over you.
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite.
Not all inns are that clean. Even hotels and motels are not always clean.
Before entering a room, one of the first things you need to check is bed bugs. This is especially true when you are staying at a hotel/motel/inn in the city.
No matter how expensive a room is, there is always the possibility of bed bugs.
Crystal Clear Glasses
Just when you feel like drinking from the room's glassware, here we are reminding you. Don't drink from there.
The mugs, glasses, and cups from these inns/motels rarely get cleaned well. They are cleaned, alright. But were they appropriately cleaned? We think not.
The housekeepers from some inns and motels usually just rinse them. After the rinse, they are dried with a towel. And don't get us started talking about that towel. It may not even be clean in the first place.
So, yeah. Bring your own.
The Mystery of the Couch
Imagine everything that happens on a couch. A lot, actually. There can be a lot of things that can be done on a couch. It can be watching TV, sleeping, or anything.
And not only that. But imagine the person before you sitting on that couch watching the late-night news. He was munching on a tub of popcorn, the cheese powder of which he wiped beneath the couch.
And now, you're sitting on it.
These couches rarely get cleaned well. They do get cleaned, yes. But how well?
You can perhaps bring with you an anti-bacterial spray and give it a round of spraying. That should help eliminate whatever is in there.
Whether you stay in a hotel, an inn, or a motel, you can never be too sure. Unless, of course, you clean the whole place yourself, which is not as efficient at all.
When checking in, it would be useful to get yourself ready at all times.
Because at the end of the day, you're there to get some rest or to relax. And the thought of all these bacteria infesting the room may not be a welcoming thought.
So, always be ready. Arm yourself. And make sure you pay attention to these little details.
You'd be good.


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Let's face it – reviews help to sell books.
Just think about it. You're standing in the book store trying to decide if the brand new book of pickled pig feet recipes is REALLY worth pulling the money out of your pocket and purchasing and your very best friend walks up to you and says
"Oh, are you buying a copy of UNCLE BOB'S PICKLED PIG FEET RECIPES? I bought a copy and I absolutely loved it!"
Right off the bat you'd buy a copy of your own.
Or else you'd ask your friend if you could borrow and photocopy her copy – but do you REALLY want to be THAT kind of a friend?
I've been really excited to hear that Kobo was instituting a brand new review system for their e-books. Folks who have been using Kobo for a while know that they used to link to the Goodreads review site – but discontinued that shortly after Goodreads was bought out by Amazon.
I had known this was coming for some time now but I've been waiting for Kobo to make it official.
Well – it is official now.
In the near future, Kobo will begin featuring book reviews! Customers will be able to write reviews and choose star ratings for your titles and post them on the book page.
That's right. If you have read a book on Kobo you can write a review on it.
Here's how:
Click on this link: http://evocalize.com/consumer/business/520e6ea22f18b/search?term=Bella+Andre
Input your name in place of the author name in the link, separated by a +
If your author name includes initials, make sure you separate them by an extra + like this: http://evocalize.com/consumer/business/520e6ea22f18b/search?term=J+F+Penn
Hit enter. You should now see a page listing all your books. By clicking on a title, your readers can leave a review and they can also BUY from this page!
So – if any of you folks out there have read and enjoyed one of my books – PLEASE, feel free to leave me a review!
That goes for
Just click on one of those covers and leave a review!
You can read the official Kobo announcement right here!
yours in storytelling,
Steve Vernon


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Project planning is the part of project management, which links to the use of schedules such the Gantt charts to plan & subsequently reports progress within the project eco. The logical dependences between projects are defined using an activity network sketch that enables identification of the critical way. Project planning is an inherently un-certain as it must be complete before the task is actually started. Therefore the continuance of the tasks is often estimated by a weighted average of normal, optimistic, or pessimistic cases. Initially, the project scope is defined& the appropriate methods for finishing the project are determined.
The lengths for the various projects necessary to complete the work are listed or grouped into a work breakdown construction. Project planning is often used to organize different fields of a project, including project plans, workloads or the management of teams & individuals. The comments (input) of the project planning phase involve the project charter & the concept proposal. The outputs of the project planning steps include the project needs, the project schedule, & the project management plan.
One view of the project planning splits up the activity into:
- Settings the objectives
- Identifying the deliverables
- Planning of the schedules
- Making the supporting plans
Supporting plans may involve those related to: communication methods, human resources, or risk management.
Project's Goals
Project is successfully finished when the needs of the neutral have been met. A stakeholder is anyone directly and indirectly impacted through the projects. It is not always easy to identify the neutrals (stakeholders) of a project, particularly those impacted circuitously.
Examples of stakeholders are:
- Project sponsor.
- Customer who receives the products.
- Users of the project results.
- Project manager or project team.
Project's Deliverables
Using the objectives, create a list of matters the project requirements to deliver in order to cross those goals. Set when & how each item must be delivered.
Add product's to project plan with an estimated delivery date. More exact delivery dates will be constituted during the scheduling steps, which is another.
Project's Schedule
Once you have constituted (established) the amount of effort for all tasks, you can work out the attempt required for all deliverable, and an accurate delivery date. Update your deliverable sections with the more exact delivery dates. The alternatives you have in these conditions are:
- Renegotiate the project delivery time (deadline).
- Employment of additional resources.
- Less the scope of the project.
Supporting the Plan
In this section deals with plans you should create as a part of the planning procedure. These can be involved directly in plan.
Human Resource Plan
It describes the number or type of the people needed to carry out projects. For every resources explanations start dates, estimated duration or method you will be used for obtaining them.
Risk Managements Plan
It is an important component of project management. Here are some examples of the common project risk:
- Unexpected budget's cut.
- Not cleared roles or responsibilities.
- Time & cost estimates too optimistic.
- Stakeholders changes requirements after the task has started.
- Lack of resources commitment.


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Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan spoke in an interview The Jasta Show and talked about their next album. According to Ultimate-Guitar, he said that next Slipknot album might be their last album.
Here's the statement:
"I just spent four months thinking about my life and where I'm at now because I'm at a real honest place of admitting of what I don't want to be. A lot of it is bringing all this emotion to art and music. And honestly, this music that we're writing writing right now is just like the proof of looking inward and being able to put the first foot down and say, 'We're gonna do something for ourselves and write.'
So we've been writing and this music is coming out… I feel weird things are coming but it's always like that for the guys like us, we get involved in our records and sky all of the sudden changes. And we got some stuff man. I feel like this could be it for me. We're all getting older. I never like telling anyone like, 'Hey this is it!' Because I don't have to, fuck everyone.
But like I've said, I've been reflecting and there's a lot of hard things that I could say about friends, brothers… We're good, but it's a big world. I've done enough work, I've produced and done remixes and art and preformed, I've done enough where while I was in it none of it was registered.
I wouldn't take back anything I was, or anything I am – it's all circumstances and choices, and you have to be responsible for your choices. And I think I've made some bad choices and I'm not gonna make any more bad choices. And I think this next one being album six and being a hard rock band, and the kind of art that I make and the kind of lyrics Corey [Taylor] writes, the kind of world we're in… I mean we're getting older, people die.
It's surreal around us. We're all old and hurting and we're all getting surgeries. Jim [Root] – last album had this like massively weird appendix thing happening. We were making him stay home and he was getting more and more down and not recovering. And the clinic was like, 'You need to go out and play with your band!' We're like, 'Don't you dare come back, you're gonna die!' He came back and I'm like, 'You're gonna jump in the air in the first song.'
He comes, he's got this little tube coming out of his body with this football thing that he named Herald. I would tell people 'This is the only chance you have to smell real death from a brother and download that knowledge of what that actually smells like. [Laughs]"
Click here to entire article from Ultimate-Guitar.


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It's that time of year when all the Goth kids converge on Utrecht for the Summer Darkness festival. I love this festival, because it means that the streets of Utrecht get that little bit more interesting as you see some fantastically dressed people out and about. It also takes me back to my younger days when I had a certain fondness for all things goth, myself. I still have my favorite Bauhaus T-shirt and various albums by The Damned and Misfits and Christian Death.
Today, G and I headed over to the Domplein to see one of the fashion shows and to check out all the other people checking out the market. There were some good looks, but no one stood out to me as much as a couple of the people from last year. I might go back again tomorrow to take some more photos. I'll certainly post more of the photos I took today.
I had to post this one, though. We rounded the corner from Servietstraat onto the Oudegracht and when I saw this couple, sitting there eating their patat met and seated next to the colorful big ice cream cone, I couldn't resist. I did ask first if I could take their photo and they graciously agreed. I enjoyed getting shots of normal looking people contrasted with the Goths, or pictures of Goths doing normal things, but this was the piece de resistance. Love it!
As G said, "Even Goths like frites".


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SmartRiverside has helped transform the city by promoting
high-tech businesses, encouraging collaboration and creating a
forum for communication between students and high-tech
The Neighborhood Impact Program uses neighborhood revitalization
and partnerships to address health, safety and social issues.
The city provided its senior population with high-quality,
affordable housing close to the services they need.
How one city overcame significant community resistance.
Like many California cities, San Carlos has faced some serious
budgetary challenges in recent years.
The city took an innovative tack in dealing with unpredictable
electricity rates and used a public-private partnership to train
workers for the green energy industry.
Gonzales offers an excellent model of an economic development
program that focuses on sustainability and builds trust and
The Rides4Neighbors program provides a variety of flexible
transportation options for eligible senior residents.
Hayward's Mural Art Program offers an outstanding example of a
local effort that has helped reduce crime, build public-private
partnerships, enhance community pride and save taxpayers' money.
A grant program helps homeowners eliminate their thirsty
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The Basics of Images, Containers, and DockerJune 29, 2022 14:47 Comments [0]
A container allows us to virtualize applications and data and host this on top of a host virtual machine.
Containers are similar to Virtual Machines in that they virtualize some of your application. the difference is that a Virtual Machine abstracts away the hardware because it sits on top of a Virtual Machine so it abstracts away the operating system. Just as one physical machine can host multiple Virtual Machines, one Virtual Machine can host multiple containers.
Containers provide the following advantages:
- They allow one VM to host multiple containers, potentially providing more efficient use of resources.
- They allow us to isolate the applications in different containers, so they will not interfere with one another.
- Containers allow us to split up an application physically, so that we can deploy, update, and scale each part of the application independently.
A container is based on an image. An image contains all the information to create a container in the same way that a class contains the information to instantiate an object and a blueprint contains the information to construct a building.
Docker is a tool designed to manage containers.
A simple way to install Docker locally is to install Docker Desktop, which you can download here for Windows, Mac, or Linux.
To share images with other users, other computers, or remote platforms (e.g., cloud providers), you need to publish them to a repository. Docker Hub allows you to create repositories. You can create a free account on Docker Hub and create one or more repositories within that account. A repository contains images and containers that you can share. Often all the images in a given repository are related; for example, you may publish images with different versions of the same software and store them all in one repository.
Docker provides some repositories and images that you can use for free. You can use these to learn how to use Docker. For example, you can open a command prompt and type the following:
docker run –d –p 3000:80 docker/getting-started
This will create and run a container hosted in the "getting-started" repository of the "docker" registry. This is a sample container that contains a web application that runs on port 80. Let's walk through the parts of the above command.
docker run tells Docker to download the container and run it.
docker/getting-started tells Docker where to find the container. In this case it is in the "docker" registry and in the "getting-started" repository.
-d tells Docker to run this container in "detached" mode. This means that Docker will run it asynchronously and immediately return you to the command prompt. Alternatively, you can run the container in "interactive" mode using the –it switch. This will change your command prompt and place you inside the container, rather than your host machine.
-p 3000:80 is used for port mapping. The web application inside the container runs on port 80. We need to tell Docker which port to expose on the local machine to access that port. In this example, we are mapping the local machine's port 3000 to port 80 in the container.
The output after running the above command is shown in Fig. 1.
After you run the command, you can view all running containers using the command docker container ls, as shown in Fig. 2.
After successfully executing the docker run command, we can view the container's web application in a browser on our local machine by navigating to http://localhost:3000. This should render the container's web app, as shown below.
In this article, I explained the fundamentals of images, containers, and Docker; and showed some basic Docker commands.
In the next article, I will show you how to create your own image and publish it to a repository.


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We're nearly at the end of the A-Z Challenge, and I decided to post "The Adventures of Percival, the Squirrel" for the month of May. My sweet (and artistically brilliant) friend, Sheralyn Barnes, gifted Percival to me. I want to show her how much fun he has around here. 🙂
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Had to laugh at your #BadInternetConnection tweet. Downloading patterns is a beast. I just found one for a cute shawl that I'll be doing as a sample of some new yarn I'm dyeing. Good pattern = good charts = big file = I'll just take a nap while it downloads.