Celebrity moms, some good and some not so good, are the subject of many an article in entertainment (gossip) magazines. But what about the dads? In this day and age, dads are just as capable of being good or even great parents, sometimes even better than the moms. Just ask the family court judges. It used to be that women were automatically granted custody of the kids in the event of a separation or divorce. That is not the case any longer. Dads are currently found to be just as capable of caring for and nurturing their children. Especially when the kids are out of the baby stage.
Celebrity dads are no exception to this modern approach. Many times moms are just as busy (career wise) as dads, especially in the celebrity sector. Sometimes this fact forces the dads to spend more quality time with their children, just like in the movie "Mr. Mom." At first the dads may feel like they are being forced, but many of these dads realize pretty quickly that the experience is invaluable. Their comfort level increases and they learn to appreciate the time spent with their children. Kids grow up so fast, this quality time is irreplaceable. Here are some celebrity dads that have risen to the challenge and appear to relish spending quality time with their offspring.
A famous father known by one name, Usher is also (reportedly) a great dad. Unfortunately for him and his two children the divorce and subsequent custody battles between the parents have not been particularly amicable, making it awkward for everyone involved. The tragic passing of his eleven year old stepson after the parents split up and the more recent scary incident involving his son and the swimming pool at his mansion, have not made their relationship any easier.
As much as Usher tries to keep his family life private, his fame makes it next to impossible. Media speculation on the current and previous relationships (of both parents), the divorce and custody battles is rampant. Hopefully as his sons grow up, Usher and their mother can put their differences aside for the benefit of their children.
The talented Mr. Law is a busy and famous British actor, producer and director. Not just successful in the movie industry, Jude Law has also had success in the fatherhood department. He has five children, ranging in age from three to twenty-one. Not so successful in the personal romantic relationship category though, these five children have three different mothers. That fact brings co parenting to a whole new level.
While spending sufficient quality time with all of his children is difficult due to the different locations of their homes, Law does support them financially. Except for the brief amount of time he was married to the mother of his first three children, his children have been raised by their mothers. However, as the children grow older he is willing, able and looking forward to spending more time with them.
Everyone knows Jack Black as a hilarious comedic actor from numerous movies. What many don't know about is his self admitted tendency to be a "helicopter parent" anxiously trying to keep his two sons safe. His sons are currently eleven and nine years old, close to the age Jack's own life took a few fateful turns. His parents divorced when he was ten and his older brother passed when he (Jack) was nineteen. Jack admits to being into partying by the age of fourteen.
The Guardian reports that Jack feels his strict parenting style comes from the fact that his brother passed young of AIDS. The excruciatingly slow deterioration in his brother's health and subsequent death was devastating to Jack and his family. Also influential in his outlook today is the fact that his teen aged years were so tumultuous and dangerous. Today, one of Jack's favourite pastimes is "swimming in the ocean with his sons".
Even though he is a famous singer, song writer, rapper, record and film producer, Pharrell Williams is quite happy (pun intended) to keep his private life private. Luckily, his model and fashion designer wife Helen Lasichanh agrees, in fact she is probably even more private than Pharrell. He confesses it took years of friendship and tons of persuasion on his part before they decided to marry.
Pharrell and Helen have an eight year old son, but so private is this couple's life, that the birth of their triplets in 2017 barely made the news. In fact there are not even pictures of the new babies online. Instead the media and everyone else was gaga over Beyonce's twins and George Clooney's twins. Both Pharrell and his wife prefer to give back to their community instead of posting the details of their life on social media. They plan to raise their children the same way, out of the Hollywood lime light.
As a mega action movie actor, musical stage star and producer, Hugh Jackman appears to do it all not to mention have it all. Parenting also seems to come naturally to him. After several unsuccessful attempts at creating a family the old fashioned way he and his wife of twenty-two years adopted two children. That shows just how much the couple wanted to be parents. Hugh's wife Deborra-Lee is also an actress and producer so one can only imagine how busy the family is with two hectic careers between them.
Regardless of how busy their careers keep them, Hugh seems to be aware of how important it is to spend quality time with his children, now both teenagers. Although they appear to lead a (somewhat) normal life (compared to other celebrities) a few pictures of the family vacations have been posted for our entertainment.
Currently a well known actor, James Marsden also has singing and modelling credits within his impressive career that has stretched over several decades. Probably best known for his roles in X-Men and Westworld, his handsome face and versatile talent have landed him many roles over the years, both on the big screen and television.
His role as father is a bit smaller. He has two children with ex-wife Elizabeth Linde and one child with a subsequent, but also unsuccessful relationship, girlfriend Rose Costa. That makes him a busy dad to three children. The eldest is seventeen, the middle child is almost thirteen and the youngest is just 5 years old.
Huffington Post has quoted the pretty sage advice Marsden gives to Jack his seventeen year old "stay true to your heart and respect others, regardless of what business you're in." Pretty good advice for a very proud dad.
Best known for his roles in the television sitcom Arrested Development and more recently the crime series Ozark, Jason Bateman has been around the Hollywood scene since he was a kid. In his younger days he played in Knight Rider with David Hasselhoff and Little House on the Prairie with Michael Landon. Jason Bateman comes from a family of actors. His father (Kent) is a television and film director as well as producer, while his sister (Justine) is an actress.
Another important role Jason Bateman plays is that of proud father. Married to wife Amanda Anka (daughter of singer Paul Anka) for almost seventeen years, the couple has two daughters who are currently six and eleven years old. Keeping his children out of the Hollywood scene is the goal Bateman is striving for. If anyone knows the perils of being a Hollywood teen star, it would be him.
Known as a singer, DJ, record producer and actor, Joel Madden is perhaps even more recognizable as the husband of Nicole Richie, who in turn is best known as the daughter of Lionel Richie. Married for seven years, the couple has two children aged ten and eight. In fact Nicole appears to have traded her adventurous, partying, wild girl days in for more stable family outings.
Joel loves spending quality time with his family and is the first to admit it is very difficult to be away from the kids. He is realizing that the milestones he misses out on in their lives cannot be retrieved. Jetting back and forth between the USA and Australia where he was a coach on the musical show "The Voice" for a few seasons must have led for a hectic family life. Nicole too is a busy parent as a fashion designer, television personality and actress.
John Legend's legendary (pun intended) voice and award winning songs are recognizable around the world. Perhaps that's the reason he chose Legend as his stage name after being born John Stevens. Also recognizable around the world is his model wife Chrissy Teigen's beautiful face and figure. The relationship between John Legend and Chrissy Teigen is also very public knowledge. The two do not appear to mind the public scrutiny of their love life and marriage. She in fact is a queen of social media.
Currently the parents of a two year old daughter, with a son on the way very soon, these celebrity parents are both committed to providing a healthy and happy environment for their children. Hopefully they can pull it off, not many other celebrity couples are so successful in their attempts.
As one of the world's best known (now retired) professional soccer players and a father of four, David Beckham is a very busy man. He and wife Victoria (aka Posh of the Spice Girls) started their family early despite their active careers. He was just shy of turning twenty-four and she was almost twenty-five when their first child was born. Three more children arrived within the next twelve years.
Within those twelve years and in the seven years since their last child was born, David has been a very "hands on" dad, despite being the superstar on multiple international soccer (football in the UK) teams. Victoria's very successful careers in both the music and fashion industry made it even more imperative that David spend as much time as possible with their children. He appears to be a natural, loving dad photographed often with his children.
Although no longer married to Madonna, director Guy Ritchie has one biological child with the famous songstress. The couple adopted another child before he remarried and had three more children. She has a child from a relationship prior to Ritchie (making him a step dad) and has since adopted three more. So, between his biological children, step children and adopted children Guy Ritchie gets lots of practice and variation in the parenting department.
Parenting within a blended family is that much trickier to deal with and succeed at. Everything from sibling rivalry to disciplinary methods has to be ironed out between not just two parents but three or four. The behaviour of the children involved is a direct indicator of how well the parents are doing. Judging by the closeness between all of his children that is very evident in pictures, Guy Ritchie appears to be doing an awesome job.
As one of the highest grossing actors of all times according to Forbes Magazine, the talented Matt Damon needs little introduction. Also to his credit, Damon has been married to the same woman for thirteen years, a rare occurrence in Hollywood. Together they have three children, all daughters, now aged ten, eight and six years. Also a big part of their lives is his wife's twenty year old daughter from a previous relationship.
Very close to all of his daughters, Damon spends as much time as he can in their company. He claims the fact that his wife is not in the Hollywood industry makes it easier for their family to lead a somewhat normal life. According to Today.com they are trying to raise their daughters as good people, respectful of themselves and others.
Proudly Puerto Rican, Ricky Martin is a popular singer, author and actor in America. The modern day version of the family Ricky Martin has created with his husband is becoming more popular today. To become a father, Ricky enlisted the help of a surrogate to carry and give birth to his twin sons when he was on his own. He and his new husband are currently raising this pair of twins and hope to adopt more to increase the size of their family. Born into a large, chaotic family Ricky wants to create a similar environment for his children.
As his twins ask questions about their birth and the fact they have two dads and no mom, Martin explains their modern family carefully, with age appropriate frankness. That is a great start towards being a good father!
Another international movie star that needs little introduction, Russell Crowe is a household name. He is a citizen of New Zealand, but spends most of his time in Australia. Although currently divorced from his wife of many years, they have two sons together. The boys live with their mother but Crowe spends as many weekends and school holidays with them as he can.
Raised in very humble conditions, Russell does not wish to spoil his children just because he can. He considers himself very fortunate to have the lifestyle he has today and reminds his children of this fact. As much as this dad tries, it is understandably difficult to raise his children within a "normal" life. Since his ex-wife has moved on romantically, a new father figure is now present in the boys' lives. Hopefully, this will not prevent or discourage Crowe from spending time with his boys.
Seal and his former wife Heidi Klum are no longer romantically involved, but they do enjoy spending quality time together with their four children.. Seal adopted the eldest child, Heidi's from a previous relationship. The next three they share biologically. After eight years together, the couple divorced (very amicably) in 2014 with both linked to other love interests since then. Ranging from eight to thirteen years old, the children obviously benefit from and enjoy such a close, respectful relationship between their parents.
He is an easily recognizable singer and song writer, she is a famous model, fashion designer, business woman and television personality. With such hectic lives and careers, their apparent co-parenting success is something to be admired in the Hollywood industry. Hopefully they can keep it up so the children can continue to benefit.


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Aldborough Players to put a new twist to Legend of King Arthur for annual pantomime
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Aldborough Players cast members in the production of Excalibur – The Greatest Sword on Earth. - Credit: Archant
A long-running village drama group will be putting their own twist on the popular legend of King Arthur.
The Aldborough Players are well known for their inventive and fun pantomimes and this year's Excalibur – The Greatest Sword on Earth is set to continue the trend.
Excalibur is loosely based on the legend of King Arthur, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table and will be performed at the Community Centre in Aldborough from Thursday February 6 - Saturday February 8 at 7.30pm.
The show will tell the story of the pulling of the sword from the stone, the instigation of the round table and the sibling rivalry between Arthur and his wicked, scheming sister Morgan Le Fey.
Arthur, played by Jon Winnett, is a cross between Braveheart and a spoilt mummy's boy.
He tries hard to hang on to his sword but even with the help of his trusty knights does not quite manage it. Merlin, played by Kevin Batch, is a bumbling Brummie wizard who owes his dress sense to Roy Wood.
His magic does not always do the trick but somehow comes right in the end.
Included in the show are three witches, a slimey sludge lady, mad uncle and overbearing mother.
The music draws on popular songs with acapella choral work, rousing songs and classic rock and roll.
Director Fiona Morrison said: 'We always try to be a bit different at The Aldborough Players. There are some pretty wacky moments in this production but the bottom line is, it is fun family entertainment.'
The Aldborough Players celebrated its 21st birthday last year.
To mark the occasion it put on an updated version of its first ever pantomime Sally in Pantoland, based on the Alice in Wonderland plot.
The group, which has more than 60 members, has involved more than 300 people since it started in 1992.
Anyone interested in joining should email secretary Duncan Green on dsjmgreen@btinternet.com.
Tickets for Excalibur are available from Days Stores, Aldborough and Aldborough Post Office, prices start at £5.00.

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In June 2018, Mojio and Bosch announced a partnership to develop advanced connected car services, targeted for use by consumers as well as auto manufacturers. The partnership includes a strategic investment by Bosch, the magnitude of which was not disclosed. This latest announcement follows the news that Mojio is accelerating their efforts in hardware agnosticism by hiring former VP of Software and Innovation at GM to expand their hardware certification processes. Together, the two announcements demonstrate Mojio's strategy to consolidate their market leading position in aftermarket and to carve out an opportunity in the all-important, long term embedded opportunity.


This baby's christening bib has been beautifully hand crafted using high quality materials. It is made with ivory silk or white satin and has detailed embroidery on the front. Silk and satin are very strong, natural materials. This means the product is long lasting, the ideal keep sake from your child's special day. Each bib has been carefully hand crafted to the highest of quality by our skilled craftsmen with many years of experience. Perfect for your baby's special day.
A signature is required for all deliveries - please make sure that you are at home to receive the delivery or arrange delivery to a different address such as a work address.
It takes up to 15 working days to hand make your christening items and a further 2-7 working days for Royal Mail to deliver. Consequently you need to allow 22 working days for delivery.
We use Royal Mail 2nd Class Recorded Mail as our standard delivery option. Most customers will receive their parcel in 2 to 7 working days, however, this service may take longer as it does not have a guaranteed delivery timescale and cannot be tracked until the parcel has reached its destination. If your parcel has not reached you within 15 working days after dispatch, it can then be declared as lost in transit and a replacement sent or full refund issued.
Allow 6 working days to make your items and next working day to deliver by 7pm. Consequently you need to allow 7 working days for delivery.
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Q: Laravel - How to resolve GET http://localhost:8888/get/findScore?id=2 500 (Internal Server Error) I am using Laravel-5.8 for a web application project.
I am trying to make my dropdown load value on textbox on change.
public function findScore(Request $request)
{
    $userCompany = Auth::user()->company_id;
    $userEmployee = Auth::user()->employee_id;

    $identities                     = DB::table('appraisal_identity')->select('id')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->where('is_current', 1)->first();
    $child  = DB::table('appraisal_goal_types')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->where('id',$request->id)->first();
    $parentid  = DB::table('appraisal_goal_types')->select('parent_id')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->where('id',$request->id)->first();
   if(empty($child))
   {
       abort(404);
   }
   $weightedscore = DB::table('appraisal_goals')->select(DB::raw("SUM(weighted_score) as weighted_score"))->where('appraisal_identity_id', $identities)->where('employee_id', $userEmployee)->where('parent_id', $parentid)->get();
   //$child = $childs->max_score;
    $maxscore = DB::table('appraisal_goal_types')->select('max_score')->find($child->parent_id);
    return response()->json([
        'maxscore' => $maxscore->max_score,
        'weightedscore' => $weightedscore
    ]);
}

public function create()
{
  $userCompany = Auth::user()->company_id;
 $userEmployee = Auth::user()->employee_id;

 $identities = DB::table('appraisal_identity')->select('id','appraisal_name')->where('company_id',
$userCompany)->where('is_current', 1)->first();
$goaltypes = AppraisalGoalType::where('company_id', $userCompany)->get(); $categories = AppraisalGoalType::with('children')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->whereNull('parent_id')->get();

return view('appraisal.appraisal_goals.create')
    ->with('goaltypes', $goaltypes)
    ->with('categories', $categories)
    ->with('identities', $identities)
    ;
}

I send the max_score and weighted_score as json.
route:
Route::get('get/findScore','Appraisal\AppraisalGoalsController@findScore')->name('get.scores.all');
view blade

 <form  action="{{route('appraisal.appraisal_goals.store')}}" method="post" class="form-horizontal" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 {{csrf_field()}}

       Goal Type:*
      <select id="goal_type" class="form-control" name="goal_type_id">
        <option value="">Select Goal Type</option>

        @foreach ($categories as $category)
        @unless($category->name === 'Job Fundamentals')
          <option hidden value="{{ $category->id }}" {{ $category->id == old('category_id') ? 'selected' : '' }}>{{ $category->name }}</option>

          @if ($category->children)
            @foreach ($category->children as $child)
            @unless($child->name === 'Job Fundamentals')
              <option value="{{ $child->id }}" {{ $child->id == old('category_id') ? 'selected' : '' }}>  {{ $child->name }}</option>
            @endunless
            @endforeach
          @endif
          @endunless
        @endforeach
      </select>

<input type="text" id="max_score"  class="form-control" >
<input type="text" id="weighted_score"  class="form-control" >

</form>

What I expected is that the dropdown onchange should load the max_score and weighted_score,
max_score should be loaded in
<input type="text" id="max_score" class="form-control" >

and
weighted_score should be loaded in
<input type="text" id="weighted_score" class="form-control" >

but I got this error

GET http://localhost:8888/peopleedge/get/findScore?id=2 500 (Internal Server Error)

When I removed the weighted_score, I found that the max_score is working perfectly. Is it because of the way I did the sum
How do I get this resolved?
Thank you

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"Incorporate into society"
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Former child soldiers from Colombia © Melanie Pies (KNA)
There are 250 worldwide.000 child soldiers. In Colombia, the Salesian Order of Don Bosco takes care of children who fought for rebel groups – and tries to prepare them for life afterwards.
After abuse, burns, injuries from mines, with health problems from tropical diseases and above all traumatized – this is how young people in Medellin arrive at a facility for former child soldiers. The Salesians of Don Bosco take care of the disturbed children and prepare them for a life afterwards.
"The aim of the project is to reintegrate the children and young people into society and thus into the world of work," says Rafael Bejarano. He is a Salesian priest and director of "Ciudad Don Bosco" in the Colombian city of Medellin. Round 1.200 children and adolescents live in the Ciudad, of which 120 are former child soldiers.
Affected person: "I perceived myself as a burden for my family"
More than 250.000 minors are abused as child soldiers worldwide, according to children's charity terre des hommes. "The time spent in the armed group is something you can never forget, but overcome," says former child soldier Claudia. Her name was changed for her protection. She came to the facility with psychological problems and has lived there for three years.
Claudia's hometown was marked by violence. In rural areas, guerrillas are active and come to visit families, as Claudia recounts. For her father, she says, it was very difficult to provide for the family. "I perceived myself as a burden to my family," Claudia explained.
At 16, she voluntarily joined a rebel group. She said she had always wanted to go to school, get an education and study. "Then I was confronted with the problem of not being able to study because of my family's financial situation, and that's why I looked for other ways."
There were many forms of violence among the guerrillas
"I didn't know what I was getting into," she recounts. According to Claudia, everyday life in the groups is different. The first thing she did was learn how to use weapons and train to be protected on the ground, as she recounts. Then came confrontations with the military. "That's when you were afraid and didn't know who you were up against. Does the other person perhaps have family?"
There were all kinds of violence among the guerrillas, including sexual violence. Claudia was lucky because she knew someone who could protect her, as she recounts. "I was better off."Other girls were forced to have sexual relations with the guerrillas.
She lived with the rebel group for a year and three months until she was picked up by the military while on an errand in town. This led her to the Youth Welfare Office and then to the Ciudad. "There are only two ways away from the rebels. Either the military picks up the child soldiers or they decide to flee themselves – that's very dangerous," Bejarano explains.
Helper: "The children must learn to trust again"
Olga Cecilia Garcia Florez, coordinator of the Child Soldiers Project, explains the Ciudad's approach: "The children must learn to trust again."Contact with parents is also important. In three and a half years, the former child soldiers receive training at the facility, for example as hairdressers or metal workers. "Everyone is here voluntarily and that's really why everyone is completing their education," Florez explains.
Colombia has been in civil war for 50 years. However, the historic peace agreement in late 2016 between the rebels and the government has made the work much easier for the institution, he said. "The integration of young people into companies is better because there are now laws that make it easier," Bejarano explains.
Claudia's brother was also in the rebel group, but they did not see each other there because they were in different units. "I didn't know that my brother had been arrested by the military," Claudia recounts. They met by chance at an event for former child soldiers. "We came to the Ciudad together. That made it easier for us because we were not alone." Now Claudia wants to take advantage of the opportunities she has in Medellin. "I want to use my scholarship to finish my degree," she says. "And I want to get to know other countries."
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"With great pain"
The superior general of the "Legionaries of Christ," Alvaro Corcuera Martinez del Rio, has apologized to the victims of assaults committed by the founder of the order, Marcial Maciel Degollado (1920-2008). The community notes the transgressions "with great pain" and asks forgiveness from all those who have been harmed, Corcuera said Tuesday in Rome.
The Legionaries of Christ order is currently the focus of Vatican investigations. The background is sexual relations of its founder, which resulted in at least one daughter. Back in 2006, the Vatican had reprimanded Maciel in connection with allegations of sexual abuse. Mexican Superior General Corcuera also met Tuesday with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone for a quarter-hour conversation on the sidelines of an academic event. Nothing was disclosed about their content. Referring to the visitation of religious institutions by Vatican investigators, Corcuera said the process could possibly be completed this year. On the future of the order, Corcuera expressed confidence. "We are very much at peace because we are sure that the grace of God accompanies us," the priest said. At the end of the investigations, there will be "a humbler congregation" that can serve others "with a great sincerity of purpose, with great goodness and mercy," the superior general said. Maciel, founder of the order, had died in February 2008 in the U.S. at the age of 87. He has been accused of abusing young seminarians since 1997. He is also said to have given them absolution for sexual acts committed together. Canon law provides for automatic excommunication for this, which can only be resolved by the pope himself. Maciel himself denied the accusations. The Vatican has entrusted five bishops with the investigation of the incidents. Spanish Bishop Ricardo Blazquez Perez of Bilbao is to be in charge of the "Legionaries of Christ" institutions in Europe, with the exception of Italy. Other visitators are the U.S. Archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput, the Chilean Archbishop of Concepcion, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, as well as the Bishop of Tepic in Mexico, Ricardo Watty Urquidi, and the Italian Bishop of Alessandria, Giuseppe Versaldi.
Independent body determines amount of compensation
The Osnabruck diocese has enacted the new procedure in the Catholic Church in Germany for recognizing the suffering of victims of sexual violence. In the future, the amount of the payments will be decided by an independent body.
The Independent Commission for Recognition Benefits (UKA), which is responsible for the whole country, will decide on the amount of the payments, the diocese announced in Osnabruck on Monday. Payments are to be based in principle on judgments of state courts on compensation for pain and suffering. This results in a benefit amount of up to 50.000 euros. The new rules of procedure replace the previous procedure for material recognition of suffering suffered, which has been practiced since 2011.
In November, the German bishops had decided to introduce a new law on the 1. January 2021 to put into force the new "Order for the Procedure for the Recognition of Suffering for Victims of Sexual Abuse in the Ecclesiastical Context". The starting point was the study "Sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests, deacons and male religious in the area of the German Bishops' Conference" (MHG study), published in 2018.
Benefits from assets of the episcopal see
According to its own information, the Osnabruck diocese will not finance corresponding benefits from church tax revenues, but from the assets of the Episcopal See, which have been available to the bishop since the founding of the diocese to finance his tasks. At the same time, this will ensure that those affected will receive payments even if claims against the accused under state law can no longer be asserted due to the statute of limitations or death.
According to the bishops' conference, the new procedure is divided into five steps: persons who have experienced sexual abuse as minors or adult charges turn to the independent contact persons of an (arch)diocese. In the case of the Osnabruck diocese, these are former Osnabruck district court president Antonius Fahnemannn and gynecologist Irmgard Witschen-Hegge. The contact person conducts an interview and can assist in filling out the application form. The application is forwarded to the UKA by the contact person or the diocese. The UKA determines a benefit amount and instructs payment to affected persons. The office of UKA informs the person concerned as well as the responsible diocese and pays out the determined sum directly.
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I'm definitely not old enough!
Then I'll try Sudoku once again.
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Were first to say their hellos.
Followed by my pack of Dinos.
And they really like him too!
Cause we have lots of playing to do!
And watch the city pass.
Snowflake lights and cookie smells.
And puts a big Santa hat on my head.
I think most are for me!–but not all.
My second Christmas is almost here!
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Just adding to their fear.
That it was just as Planned.
And held my Pappa's hand.
A little worn, but very dear.
And flew him over here.
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7 Insane but True Facts About Beards
Culver City, CA - Beards are mighty popular. In fact, it's said that 55% of men have some type of beard, whether it's the big bushy kind or a simple goatee.
But why do we grow them?
Scientists suspect that we developed facial hair – including beards – as a way to intimidate others and stand out among other clean-shaven men.
Think that's crazy?
Here are seven insane facts about beards that will make you stroke yours and say, "Hmm."
1. Touching a man's beard in the Middle Ages was a big no-no.
Think back to the time when you last offended someone.
I mean, really set them off so badly that they wanted to fight you.
Now imagine if all you did was touch the man's beard.
That's how it was in the Middle Ages. Beards were considered so sacred that merely touching another man's facial hair was grounds for a duel.
2. Having a beard is good for your health.
Bet you never know that having a beard on your face could keep you healthy.
In a study of 408 bearded male hospital workers, it was shown that men who shaved all their facial hair off were three times more likely to carry harmful bacteria on their faces.
And Dr. Shannon C. Trotter of the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center went so far as to say that having a beard keeps acne at bay.
"Want to maintain blemish-free skin?" he asked. His solution? "Stop shaving."
3. Growing a beard gives others the impression that you can save the day.
Studies have shown that people flock to men with beards during a crisis.
So the next time you find yourself in an emergency situation, and you happen to have a beard, don't be surprised if people run up to you asking what to do.
It's like sitting in the emergency exit on an airplane.
With a beard comes massive responsibility.
4. Beards grow faster than you think.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you never shaved your face? Turns out, scientists have the answer.
If you were to stop shaving right now and allowed your beard to grow, the hairs on your face would grow 5.5 inches per year and would continue until they reached the length of 27.5 feet.
In case you're wondering, that's about the length of a singles tennis court.
5. They give awards for the longest beards.
Hans Langseth sported an impressive beard during his lifetime at 18 feet, 6 inches, which won him the Guinness World Record for longest male beard until his death in 1927. You can actually view his beard by visiting the Smithsonian to this day.
When Langseth died, the distinction of longest male beard went to Sarwan Singh of Surrey, British Columbia. Living and doing well, Singh's beard measures 8 feet, 2 and-a-half inches. That put him in the record books back in 2011.
If you thought that males were the only ones to win awards for the lengths of their beards, think again.
The Guinness World Record holder for longest female beard went to Vivian Wheeler of Wood River, Illinois in 2014. Vivian suffers from hypertrichosis and was forced to start shaving at the tender age of seven.
She now wears a beard measuring 10 inches, which she grew out after the death of her mother and four divorces back in the early nineties.
6. You spend more time shaving than you think.
By growing a beard, you're saving time that you would otherwise spend in the bathroom.
In fact, men who shave spend 3,350 hours of their life standing in front of the mirror.
As a man with a beard, you have more important things to do.
7. Men with beards are seen as more attractive.
But of course, you knew this. That's part of the reason you have a beard, isn't it?
In a study where 351 women and 177 heterosexual men were asked to rate photos of 10 men based solely on attractiveness, health, and masculinity, the test subjects with 10-day facial growth were determined to be the most attractive by the women of the group.
The men who sported a full beard were seen as the most capable of being parents by both the women and men.
And men with light stubble scored the lowest in all categories, even when compared to men who were clean-shaven.
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I noticed that the website http://simbuino4web.ppl-pilot.com/ is down. I sent back my makerbuino because of a screen issue so I can't code anymore. I tried other emulators but none of them work properly (Android or Windows).
Could somebody help ? Maybe someone made a backup of the website.
thank you for reporting this and I apologize for the inconvenience. The emulator was not hosted on our domain and/or server and we'll fix that ASAP by setting it up on our server.
I personally use this one and it should work fine on Windows but you have to install NET framework for it to work properly (follow the instructions).
I already tried to install Simbuino but it doesn't work : the programm doesn't start even if I installed NET framework .
It would be great if you host the emulator on your server. Please don't hesitate to keep me up to date.


I have been working on a full dis assembly of the way1 (VEX1) for a while now. I was wondering if anyone had gotten the memory Mapped Inputs at $0xD3 Identified as to the port numbers and if there is a control register. The WAY1 uses bits 2,3,4, and 6.
Also anyone have the CART Registers at $0x0922 - $0x0926 and $0x092A - $0x093F.
At this time I am about 90-95% completed. Any help would be greatly welcomed.
As I have continued my work. it seems that Reg D3 is loaded from Reg 03 but 2 bits at a time? It seems that the output bit 5, AIRD is written straight to R47 which is written to R03. Is Reg 03 only writeable as a byte and to read as 2 bits (0,1) at a time? I would think this part of the code would be simular for any eec-iv.
I forgot to say that the bits listed above seem to be from the LSI/O port 0xD3. Bit 5 is used as the divert valve for the EGR.
In looking at the A9L the code is at : 26BD - 26EC. Anyone have a clue? $0930 is only read in this part of the code.
These pages might help you determine what is going on.
Could someone host this file guide? im having a hard time finding it now that TPB has been taken down. The torrent sites that have it listed dont work. If someone could put it online, i would be more than happy to host it and any other EEC files i have from my google drive account for anyone who wants it. If anyone has anything else of interest, id be willing to make a public folder for people to add files to, so there would be a central location for all of this information.
ironmanisanemic wrote: Could someone host this file guide? im having a hard time finding it now that TPB has been taken down. The torrent sites that have it listed dont work. If someone could put it online, i would be more than happy to host it and any other EEC files i have from my google drive account for anyone who wants it. If anyone has anything else of interest, id be willing to make a public folder for people to add files to, so there would be a central location for all of this information.
I can if there no else until end of this day.
Thank you very much for that! I was looking last night and couldn't find any more sources of it. I'm going to put this in my Google Drive, and make all of the files I find pertaining to these computers available for everyone.
Can this file be posted someplace else? I can't seem to access it from the Microsoft sight.
I have it in my Google Drive. I posted the link somewhere on here, but here it is again.
This is to the whole folder i created to share all the tuning and dev files I have found. It's in there, along with many other files you might find interesting.


Building a better world economy requires finding ways to design, apply and enforce better rules.
The regulatory framework is essential to efficient markets and effective government. Regulatory governance is the concept which helps to link the management of regulations, regulatory tools, institutions and the participation of stakeholders.
What goes into sound regulation?
What are the tools, strategies and processes that will result in regulatory policy that truly contributes to economic growth and society's well-being?
Just as importantly, what is to be avoided?
Better rules are needed that take into consideration what citizens want, what businesses need, and the likely social and environmental impacts. This is no longer the task of governments alone.
Drawing on the experience of senior regulatory officials and experts and the key messages of the first OECD international regulatory policy conference held in 2010, the OECD has prepared a brochure that presents, in simple language, pathways forward for regulatory policy makers. The findings, questions and insights it contains address, among many other topics, how to promote citizen engagement and open government, strengthen international regulatory co-operation and risk management; promote innovation and green growth; and develop capacity to face tomorrow's challenges.
Click here to download the brochure on regulatory policy (PDF, 2.88 MB).


You had to make it into the top 10 to move on...I was 9. Whew, barely made it. Thank you to all of you who took an extra second of your day and went and voted...it is because of you that I will consume just half the bottle of pepto instead of the entire one.
My very favorite project was the winner and I could not be less surprised that Bree from the Extra Ordinary Bree won with this ah-mazing project.
Well I live to craft another day. I am having idea overload. I am really trying to make something without having to go to the store. We will see if I can pull it off. I am sure hubby is going to sigh and roll his eyes when he comes home and my craft supply has thrown up all over our bed.


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import consulo.dotnet.resolve.DotNetTypeRefWithCachedResult;
import consulo.dotnet.resolve.DotNetTypeResolveResult;
import consulo.dotnet.resolve.SimpleTypeResolveResult;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

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	public CSharpTypeRefFromNamespace(DotNetNamespaceAsElement namespaceAsElement, GlobalSearchScope resolveScope)
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Sonic The Hedgehog, one of the world's most recognized and successful video-game characters returns to the Nintendo DS in this new collection of his original adventures. Sonic Classic Collection is the complete compilation of the original SEGA Genesis Sonic titles, consisting of the following genre-defining games: Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic The Hedghog 3, and Sonic & Knuckle sit also features two extra lock-on modes from the originals whereby Knuckles becomes a playable character in both Sonic 2 and 3 to complete the full experience. For the first time the best of classic Sonic comes to the Nintendo DS for a new generation of gamers!
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With the Delhi University admissions having begun, millions of students with their hopeful hearts and fearful mind sit glued to their computer screens, switching from one college website to another just to get a hint of the life they're soon going to lead. Whether having seen nightmares or frequent fantasies, driven over by excitement or drowning anxiety, these are just a few common symptoms of a perfectly normal (at least until then) DU aspirant.
However, after the release of a first few cut-offs, while it may seem that the worst is over (and for a larger part, it is) there will still be one grueling hell of a final ride expecting you to climb on and roll with the punches. Now you can either succumb to the inevitable waves of stress and make it a bouncy one or with our help, transform it into an enjoyable and memorable admission process.
To ease yourself from the hassles of running around the photocopy place, never, EVER forget to bring extra copies of all your official documents ranging from birth certificates, Class 10th and 12th mark sheets to passing, migration, provisional and character certificates. Carry ample amount of passport sized photographs (black and white or coloured) with essential stationary items like blue and black ball-pens, pencils, erasers, glue stick, paper clips and stapler with enough pins. Speaking of more, you might just really have to 'speak a lot more' to each other or others, so recharge your cell phone with extra balance to prevent missing out on anything.
The fact is- you won't really be given any special treatment out of sympathy or fall into the arms of some hot, single guy behind you in a Karan Johar styled romantic movie pose. If you faint out of exhaustion from standing in the queue for a long time, chances are you'll have to go right back at the end of it and waste a few more hours again. Save yourself some trouble and keep yourself hydrated at all times by carrying adequate bottles of cold water or small juice cartons. Apply world's favorite stress buster and satisfy your cravings with some biscuits, fruits or packets of chips which you shouldn't think twice to bring along as well.
Don't go all dressy. You'll get plenty of opportunities to reveal the fashionista in you once college begins. Wearing heavy clothes or too many accessories will only add on to the excessive heat in your body, all thanks to the high humidity. Beat the summer heat and look stunningly cool by wearing loose-fitting clothes or those made out of cotton fabrics with colourful scarves (for girls) and funky hats (for guys), paired with your exceptionally unique glares to show off your college swag!
No matter how much you deny it, you cannot survive this alone. Even if you do make it out alive, you're not going to enjoy it one bit without having one of your most supportive parents or your coolest friend around. An adult not only brings you a sense of warmth and care but also, a unique sense of safety and the feeling that despite hurdles, everything will be alright. If not them, bring along your most fun friend to keep you entertained throughout the process and who'd know exactly how to get things done quickly and swiftly without letting you get into any sort of trouble.
Party toh banti hai, bro!
Who doesn't get irritated while roaming around the college premises for hours, losing/asking directions after every few minutes and moving from one slow queue to another? This coupled with the scorching summer heat of Delhi would only end up making you more irritated at the smallest and meaningless of things. When this happens, remember to take a deep breath and relax. Acknowledge where you are- at one of the best Universities of the country. Stop cribbing and start enjoying while you're at it. Try everything- from the refreshing Banta to flavorful Chuskis and college specialities ranging from yummy Chhole Bhature to spicy Chowmein in canteens. Explore the nearby markets by doing some affordable shopping from campus street vendors. Click some selfies and make some memories. Most importantly, celebrate your admission because you deserve it. Be proud of where you are and what you have achieved!
shagunm@dubeat.com ; Leading by the quote "Every cloud has a silver lining", Shagun tends to see the best of every situation and observes mostly what others leave unnoticed. One can find her either under an influence of the darkest corners of psychological thrillers or romanticism of John Green's beautiful love stories. A writer with a weakness for coffee and petrichor, she blissfully escapes into the world of soulful music while travelling to new destinations or singing when nobody is around. Being a true Delhi-ite, her favorite street food, ranging from spicy aloo chaat to pani puri or sweet hot jalebis to chilled rabdi kulfi, is a love beyond measure.


Recording of webinar on the 11th April 2018 by Ruth Wageman, Krister Lowe and Pauline Willis.
This webinar forms part of an open series we are planning to provide the broader societal & organizational contexts for using the Team Diagnostic Survey (TDS) and the 6 conditions for effectiveness framework. Each webinar will focus on a specific condition or provide scope for appreciating the ways that effective teams contribute to the bigger picture.


Paul Frank brings you a fashionable way to protect your iPhone 3G. Made from super-durable silicone, this case hugs your iPhone and keeps it safe from accidental damage while you're taking calls or listening to your music on the go.
The Paul Frank Zoom Julius Black Silicone Case for iPhone 3GS & 3G is stylish, colorful, and fleixble. The silicone style allows full functionality, with custom cutouts, providing access to asll touch controls, headphone jack, dock connector, camera, speaker and the microphine for easy in-case-use. It's a great way to protect and add the Paul Frank style to your sleek iPhone without extra bulk.


One hundred years ago this was common knowledge everywhere: the best place for romantic picnic was huge Pallivaha-boulder, 4 km away from central Turku. As the years passed by, the forest around the rock growed and at the beginning of the new century the place was known only by the students of nearby school, some people from neightbourhoods and geology enthusiasts.
As it felt important to use the big marker and line up some hidden, special places for the European Cultural Capital year in Turku, this spot was choosed to be one place for actions. In July 2011 the 400 kg's heavy lace veil was ready with the help of volunteers, and it was ready to lay down on top of the boulder. Wiht this action the place was dedicated again for (romantic) picnic. For the next three weeks there would be free picnic-bags and maps offered to people in different locations around the city. When the school started and lace was taken carefully away, there was thousends of visitors that had written greetings in the guestbooks.
Ps. Something especial happened during this piece. When the installation had been on a week, suddenly it was growing: people had brought their own laces (underwear) and attachted them to the original installation. This is something I'll remember with a warm heart for the rest of my life.


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Grant runs away from the Villa after an intense blowup with Eden
Which leaves Tayla chasing after him.
10:53am Jul 03, 2018
Moments after Mac left and told the house not to fight, Eden and Grant knocked into each other in the kitchen. The result? MAYHEM.
"Is there a problem you f**king gronk," Eden immediately said to Grant.
"I didn't bump into ya," came Grant's response.
"You just bumped into me. You're a f**king grub… I'll absolutely destroy you, you little f**k." Eden was fired up.
"I could have detoured but so could have he. Really right now we're both in the blame," revealed Grant in the Beach Hut.
It was a heavy exchange, but the damage was done, and Mark took Grant away from Eden to try calm him down.
In the beach Hut Grant teared up, "I don't want to show an aggressive side. I know aggression is the one thing that she absolutely hates. I don't want to lose her." His love for Tayla showing through.
And the tussle between Grant and Eden had affected Tayla too, as she cried to Millie and Amelia about her concerns for Grant's aggression and her need to always take care of him emotionally.
"I feel like I'm always making sure that he is the best version of himself and I'm just losing myself… It's not fair I don't have any emotional support."
Meanwhile Grant told Mark how he wanted nothing to do with the drama, and how he couldn't believe Eden had just tried to start something.
And on the balcony, Eden was slandering Grant, calling him a "f**king prick" in front of Josh, Dom, Shelby and Erin.
Grant and Mark then watched from afar as Eden tried to smooth things over with Tayla.
But it must have gotten to Grant, because when Mark left for a second, Grant ran from the Villa.
Which led to a very frustrated Tayla running to find him.
Grant talked about having each other's back, to which Tayla replied, "What is the one thing that I said upsets me. The one thing that I have opened up to you about is aggression. I said that I had your back, and you walked out and you took that and you walked straight into him."
"I'm not a beanbag…I just want to be alone," replied Grant. Tayla responded by saying "That's fine, come back to the Villa."
"Please. I'm being serious. I don't want you touching me. Can you please go away," pleaded Grant in response.
But Tayla wouldn't back down easily. She was determined to get through to Grant. "Walk in. Hold your head high. Don't be the immature one in this situation…Prove who's a bigger man if you two want to have an ego contest. Can you do that?"
And finally he listened, returning to the Villa, all for Tayla.
Grant then pulled aside Eden for a chat, to try keep peace in the Villa for Tayla.
"I don't want to house to be divided again. I apologise for what I said to Erin about Cassidy. I do apologise about that," said Grant.
"In here. I don't want to talk to you anymore. We'll be civil," replied Eden.
"That was one of the hardest things I've probably had to do. When you're pissed off at someone the last thing you want to do is clear the air," reflected Grant in the Beach Hut. "I only did it for Tayla's sake in this place."


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Utah dominates Chadron State in exhibition game
By By Liz Frome, Staff Writer
By Liz Frome, Staff Writer
Led by sophomore point guard Janita Badon and senior forward Kalee Whipple, the Utah women's basketball team came away with an easy 81-40 win over Chadron State in an exhibition game Friday.
Badon, a two-time first-team all-state athlete in high school, started four games last season for the Utes but was expected by the coaching staff to put in some time during the offseason to ensure that her shooting improved for the 2009-2010 schedule.
With the break behind her, Badon came out in the Utes' first test of the season and proved the hard work had paid off, scoring 17 points, 12 coming before the half.
Prior to Friday's game, head coach Elaine Elliott said the team had been practicing hard to accommodate personnel changes. Without last year's senior class on this year's roster, Elliott said new roles were taking a long time to come together but that she knew Badon would be leading the offense.
"I think everybody saw the amazing progress that (Janita) went through in one year," Elliott said. "She gets better every day and got better all summer. She has a confidence now that takes time to build. The kids absolutely know this is our point, this is the gal, this is the person who's gonna bring it and get it done. It's a good feeling, I'm very happy for her.
She's very comfortable coming in."
Senior forwards Whipple and Halie Sawyer also looked comfortable on the hardwood, accounting for 29 of Utah's points and 28 rebounds.
"I think that me and Halie both have an obligation to lead this team," Whipple said. "We're the seniors that have had the most experience, and I think it's only right that we teach our young freshmen…the style of basketball we play here."
Responding well to that responsibility, Sawyer managed to accumulate a double-double to start off her senior season, racking up 12 points and 19 boards on the night.
"I hope that every game, we have a different person stepping up," Sawyer said.
With a strong lead on the Eagles, Utah was given the opportunity to play all 12 available athletes. Making their collegiate debuts were freshmen Iwalani Rodrigues, Rachel Messer, Chelsea Bridgewater, Rita Sitivi, Diana Rolniak and Taryn Wicijowski. Wicijowski also contributed heavily to Utah's success, starting her college career with 13 points and nine rebounds.
"It's great to get started on another season," Elliott said. "We played some new faces tonight and the more chances they have to play, the better they will be."
Utah State is next up on Utah's schedule and will host the Utes in Logan on Friday at 7 p.m.
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Senior Kalee Whipple led the Utes with 17 points in their 41-point win over Chadron State in an exhibition game Friday night.


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Rusty Barnes lives and works in Revere, MA, but grew up in rural northern Appalachia. He received his BA from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and his MFA from Emerson College. His fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in over two hundred journals and anthologies. After editing fiction for the Beacon Street Review (now Redivider) and Zoetrope All-Story Extra, he co-founded Night Train, a literary journal which was featured in the Boston Globe, The New York Times, and on National Public Radio. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and manages Fried Chicken and Coffee, a blogazine of rural and Appalachian concerns. He is the author of two collections of fiction, Breaking it Down and Mostly Redneck, a novel The Reckoning, and three books of poetry Redneck Poems, Broke, and I Am Not Ariel. His latest book is the novel Reckoning, and he's busy trying to write a crime novel now.
Eleanor Leonne Bennett is an internationally award-winning photographer and visual artist. She is the CIWEM Young Environmental Photographer of The Year 2013 and has also won first place honors with National Geographic, The World Photography Organization, Nature's Best Photography, and The National Trust, among others. Her work has been published in the Telegraph, The Guardian, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Life Force Magazine, British Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and as the cover of books and magazines throughout the world. Her art has been exhibited in New York, Paris, London, Rome, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Washington, Canada, Spain, Japan, and Australia, among many other locations. She is the only person from the UK to have work displayed in the National Geographic and Airbus run See The Bigger Picture global exhibition tour with the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity 2010.
Ron Burch's fiction has been published in numerous literary journals including Mississippi Review, The Saint Ann's Review, Eleven Eleven, [PANK], and has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. Bliss Inc., his debut novel, was published by BlazeVOX Books. He lives in Los Angeles.
Sheldon Lee Compton is the author of The Same Terrible Storm and Where Alligators Sleep. He is the Founding Editor of Revolution John. He survives in Eastern Kentucky.
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Hedy Habra is the author of a poetry collection, Tea in Heliopolis, winner of the 2014 USA Book Awards and finalist for the 2014 International Book Award, a short story collection, Flying Carpets, winner of the 2013 Arab American National Book Award's Honorable Mention and finalist for the 2014 USA Book Awards and the 2014 Eric Hoffer Book Award. She is a recipient of the 2012 Nazim Hikmet Poetry Award. Her multilingual work appears in numerous publications, including Drunken Boat, Cutthroat, The Bitter Oleander, Blue Fifth Review, Diode, Nimrod, Cider Press Review, The New York Quarterly, Poetic Diversity, Mizna, and Poet Lore. She has a passion for painting and teaches Spanish at Western Michigan University.
Rachel Kertz has been in love with taking photos for a while and discovered that other people actually enjoy her photos as well. Now she fills her days with as much photo-taking as she can. There are a million reasons why she loves photography, but the two most important: to be able to stop time and give it to others, and to show others that they are beautiful and memorable. If she can manage to do that for the rest of her life, she will be a very happy girl. Rachel is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, with a Bachelor's in Communication Disorders. After graduating, she took courses in natural and studio lighting and is proficient in dark room developing procedures. Read and view more about her at Flickr , WordPress , and on Facebook.
Dennis Mahagin's poems have appeared in Evergreen Review, Absinthe Literary Review, Exquisite Corpse, Everyday Genius, elimae, The Nervous Breakdown, Corium, Stirring, Juked and Night Train. His latest poetry collection is called Longshot & Ghazal, available now from Mojave River Press.
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Corey Mesler has published in numerous anthologies and journals including Poetry, Gargoyle, Good Poems American Places, and Esquire/Narrative. He has published 8 novels, 4 short story collections, numerous chapbooks, and 4 full-length poetry collections. His new novel, Memphis Movie, is forthcoming from Soft Skull Press. He's been nominated for many Pushcarts, and 2 of his poems were chosen for Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac. With his wife, he runs a bookstore in Memphis.
Joseph Mills has degrees in literature from the University of Chicago (B.A.), the University of New Mexico (M.A.), and the University of California-Davis (Ph.D). As he was working on his third one, his mother asked, "Don't you know that stuff yet?" A faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, he holds the Susan Burress Wall Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities. His published work includes poetry, fiction, drama, and criticism. He has published five volumes of poetry with Press 53: This Miraculous Turning, Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet; Love and Other Collisions; Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers, and Somewhere During the Spin Cycle . Joseph and his wife, Danielle Tarmey, are the authors of A Guide to North Carolina's Wineries (John F. Blair, Publisher). The second edition was released in 2007. He blogs about various topics at "The Practice of Attention" and occasionally posts on Twitter @JosephRMills
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Dale Neal is the author of the novel, Cow Across America, winner of the 2009 Novello Literary Prize, and The Half-Life of Home. His short fiction and essays have appeared in Arts & Letters, Carolina Quarterly, Marlboro Review, Crescent Review, and many other literary journals. He works as a journalist for the Asheville Citizen-Times and lives in Asheville with his wife and dogs.
Roman Newell is a twenty-eight-year-old Army veteran. He grew up in the Oregon outdoors where he learned to watch and be still. He was schooled in West Point, New York, and has been afforded extensive opportunity to travel the world. He currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin, where he enjoys brisk walks, fast running, cigars, and true whiskey old-fashioneds.
Jim Nichols lives on a little river in Warren, Maine, with his wife Anne, their Springer Spaniel Brady, Brady's new stepbrother Jesse (a flat-coated retriever), many ducks, cormorants, osprey, eagles, two hives of Italian bees, cardinals, waxwings…well, you get the picture. Jim has published work in many venues, including december, Esquire, Zoetrope ASE, Narrative, Night Train, River City, elimae, The Clackamas Review, American Fiction Vol.9, Conversely, Germ, and Portland Monthly. He is the 2014 winner of the Curt Johnson Prose Award for Fiction (December magazine), a past winner of the Willamette Fiction Prize, and a prize winner in the River City Writing Awards. His collection Slow Monkeys and Other Stories was published in 2003 by Carnegie Mellon Press, and his novel Hull Creek appeared in April 2011. Closer All The Time, a novel in stories, will appear in February 2015 by Islandport Press.
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Jay Sizemore dropped out of college and has since sold his soul to corporate America. He still sings in the shower. Sometimes he writes things down. His work has appeared online and in print with magazines such as Rattle, Prick of the Spindle, DASH, Menacing Hedge, and Still: The Journal. He's never won any awards. Currently, he lives in Nashville, TN, home of the death of modern music. His chapbook Father Figures is available on Amazon.
Chelsea Laine Wells has been published in [PANK], The Butter, Bluestem, wigleaf, Evergreen, and Heavy Feather, among others. Recent honors include two Pushcart Prize nominations as well as one nomination for Best of the Net. She is the fiction editor for Hypertext Magazine. Currently she lives with her husband Nick and daughter Atlee Harper in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, TX, and is a high school librarian who proudly leads a stone cold pack of weirdos in a kick ass student writers' club.
Charles Dodd White was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in both the city and the woods. He has been a Marine, a fishing guide, and a journalist. He is the recepient of the Jean Ritchie Fellowship, an individual artist grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, and is the author of the novels A Shelter of Others (2014) and Lambs of Men (2010), as well as the story collection Sinners of Sanction County (2011). He is at work on a new novel called Hurt River. He teaches English at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee.


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The hot weather brings out the best outdoor food to keep the heat out of the house. There are so many healthy options and it all comes down to simple marinates. To pack a punch with your meat and veggies, here's a simple marinate that be used with everything.
In a large bowl, combine zest and juice of all above citrus, olive oil and fresh basil. Add whatever meat or veggie and salt and pepper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Grill according to whatever specific time works for what you're making.


The Halloween Parade will take place tomorrow, Thursday the 27th – rain or shine. We plan to parade out into the parking lot, but will make a day-of decision to move inside if it's too cold or wet.
Parents: drop off your children with their costume in a labeled bag (leave special accessories at home). Please keep the parking lot clear and park on an adjacent street.
Today, our "Cat in the Hat" (a.k.a. Mrs. Mucci) visited the classrooms and the children were delighted.
75+ Dr. Seuss Crafts, Activities, and Fun Foods!
With the birthday of Dr. Seuss & National Reading Month, it's the perfect time to share some awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired crafts, activities, and fun food recipes! There are SO many fun Seusstastic ideas out there and I've rounded up the best of the best!
Now that the frenzy of costumes and candy surrounding Halloween is over, we turn our attention to Thanksgiving and the importance of gratitude. This month we will do lots of great crafts and gather food for a local food pantry.
Here's a great activity you can do at home!
Many families use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to teach children about gratitude. A sense of gratitude, or feeling thankful and appreciative of the good things in one's life, is an important social-emotional skill that can increase happiness and improve health.
This is a wonderful list of books about Thanksgiving and gratitude that you can share with your preschoolers at home.
Thanksgiving is a perfect time to start teaching your little ones about gratitude and being thankful. One of the best ways I have found to teach this concept is by reading books about thankfulness. Here is a collection of the 10 best Thanksgiving books focused on gratitude that will appeal to toddlers and preschoolers!
Enjoy and have a fun and safe holiday!
We are so excited for FAMILY FUN DAY on Sunday! All 3 year olds are invited to come from 10-11 AM, and all 4 year olds are invited to come from 11-12.
We have lots of fun activities planned!
Please remember to send in your RSVP so we have an accurate headcount. All children must be accompanied by an adult who is responsible for them.
We had a wonderful Earth Day celebration at Friends Together Nursery! The children made a collaborative art project from recycled materials and planted flowers to beautify our garden.
We were honored that Manorhaven's Deputy Mayor Lucretia Steele and Village Clerk Leslie Gross were able to join the festivities!
At this time of year, we collect food donations to brighten another family's Thanksgiving celebration. Please bring in your food contributions by Tuesday, November 25th. Later that day, we will bring them to the food pantry at Saint Peter of Alcantara.
Thank you for your generosity! Happy Thanksgiving!
We are so excited to host our annual end-of-the-year Family Fun Day on Sunday May 18.
Come and enjoy an Art Raffle, Refreshments, Face Painting, a SURPRISE RAFFLE, caricatures, and a very special interactive musical performance for all the children; there will be 2 performances so that both the 3's and the 4's may enjoy this special treat.
Friends Together Nursery has again invited well-known cartoonist, Lou Puglesi, our Wednesday in residence Artist, to join in our Family Fun Day. Lou will be drawing colored caricature portraits of our children during Family Fun Day. Each portrait takes a few moments and costs $15.00 – Mat Framed.
Your child may choose what he/she will be doing in the picture (Sports, Ballet, Etc.). There are a limited number of portraits which can be completed during our time together on Family Fun Day. If you would like your child to be drawn that day please send a check for $15.00 payable to "Friends Together Nursery".
Download the Caricature Sign-Up Form and send in payment in your child's backpack.
Note: Every child in attendance, either enrolled in our school or family member MUST be accompanied by an adult who is responsible for them.
Please RSVP on our Evite. If you did not receive it by email, please click this link!
Those who attended our Mom's Healthy Happy Hour were treated to some delicious smoothies and snacks thanks to Sandra Telesmanic of HeathWell Corporate Solutions. They are kind enough to share these recipes with us so we can make them at home!
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Interested in some other smoothie recipes? Try these two delicious ones!
This week, we are celebrating Dr. Seuss, in honor of his birthday. You can see that we're all in the spirit!
Looking for ways to celebrate at home? The Seussville website has great ideas, including these great Tips for Reading with your Children.
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Biografia
Unico figlio di Ferdinando, VI duca di San Giovanni, e di Giovanna Branciforte Moncada dei duchi di San Giovanni e conti di Cammarata, dopo la morte di quest'ultima, l'11 settembre 1680, ricevette in eredità i predetti titoli assunti dal padre. Ereditò anche il titolo allodiale di Principe di Collereale dallo zio paterno Giuseppe, morto senza eredi - di cui era stato investito nel 1710 dal re Filippo V di Spagna - che vendette nel 1717 a Giovanni Minutoli Bonfiglio, barone di Callari.

Sposò in prime nozze Giovanna Ventimiglia Pignatelli, figlia di Francesco Rodrigo, principe di Castelbuono e marchese di Geraci, da cui ebbe tre figli, ed ottenne anche l'acquisizione di cinque titoli (baronia delle Foreste di Troina, baronia di Buonalbergo, signoria delle terre di Rapisi, Gauteri e Baruni). In seconde nozze sposò Giovanna Beccadelli di Bologna Reggio, figlia di Giuseppe, principe di Camporeale.

Nel 1713, alla morte del cugino Ferdinando Moncada Aragona, VI principe di Paternò, il Duca di San Giovanni promosse una lite giudiziaria contro la sua unica figlia Caterina, erede di tutti i titoli e feudi di famiglia, sposata con Giuseppe Alvarez de Toledo, duca di Ferrandina e marchese di Villafranca. Le ragioni del ricorso si poggiavano sul fidecommisso agnatizio mascolino emanato nel 1500 da Giovanni Tommaso Moncada, conte di Adernò, che stabiliva la successione dei titoli e dei feudi all'interno della famiglia Moncada solo in linea maschile. La vertenza si concluse nel 1752, con l'assegnazione del Principato di Paternò e degli altri feudi e titoli connessi ai discendenti.

Fu governatore della Compagnia dei Bianchi di Palermo nel 1701, Grande di Spagna dal 1713 e Gentiluomo di Camera del re di Sicilia nel 1735.)

Matrimoni e discendenza
Luigi Guglielmo Moncada Branciforte, VII duca di San Giovanni, dalla sua prima unione con Giovanna Ventimiglia Pignatelli ebbe i seguenti figli:
Caterina (* † 1693)
Ferdinando (1694-1726), che sposò Agata Branciforte Ventimiglia, figlia di Niccolò Placido, principe di Butera, da cui non ebbe discendenza;
Francesco Rodrigo, VIII principe di Paternò (1696-1763), che sposò Giuseppa Ruffo Migliorino, figlia di Giuseppe, principe della Scaletta, da cui ebbe sei figli.

La seconda unione con Giovanna Beccadelli di Bologna Reggio non gli diede discendenti.

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Bibliografia

Luigi Guglielmo II Moncada
Grandi di Spagna

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Koptischer Ritus ist der Gottesdienst der orientalisch-orthodoxen Koptischen Kirche und der Koptisch-katholischen Kirche.

Liturgiegeschichte
Der Koptische Ritus ist neben dem verwandten Äthiopischen Ritus die zweite noch lebendige Variante des Alexandrinischen Ritus'. Durch die Übernahme von Elementen aus dem Antiochenischen Ritus, einigem an ägyptischem Eigengut sowie Ergebnissen jüngerer liturgiegeschichtlicher Entwicklungen gestaltete er sich zu einer eigenständigen Liturgieform. Liturgische Sprachen sind das Griechische und das Koptische, später auch das Arabische und neuerdings, vor allem in der Diaspora, moderne Fremdsprachen.

 Heinzgerd Brakmann: Die Kopten – Kirche Jesu Christi in Ägypten. Ihre Geschichte und Liturgie, in: A. Gerhards – H. Brakmann (Hrsg.): Die koptische Kirche. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1994, 9-27. 196-221 (mit Lit.).

Sakramentale Feiern
Grundlegend:
 O. H. E. KHS-Burmester: The Egyptian or Coptic Church. A detailed description of her liturgical services and the rites and ceremonies observed in the administration of her sacraments. Société d'Archéologie Copte, Le Caire 1967, ohne ISBN. Übersetzung der Handlungsanweisungen ("Rubriken") für alle Feiern aus den gottesdienstlichen Büchern der koptisch-orthodoxen Kirche.

Eucharistie
Das Normalformular der koptischen Messfeier ist die Basilius-Liturgie mit einem Eucharistischen Hochgebet antiochenischen Typs, der Basilius-Anaphora. Sie ist nicht identisch mit dem gleichnamigen Formular des Byzantinischen Liturgie. Austauschtexte bieten (a) die Anaphora des Gregorios von Nazianz (ebenfalls antiochenischen Typs) und die Kyrillos-Anaphora, die der Markos-Liturgie des Alexandrinischen Ritus entspricht. Von der Kyrillos-Anaphora gibt es eine moderne Form, die die traditionelle alexandrinische Struktur dieses Hochgebetes aufgibt und sie dem antiochenischen Typ angleicht.

Texte in deutscher Übersetzung:
 Die koptische Liturgie. Emporhebung des Abendweihrauches; Inzens-Frühgottesdienst; Eucharistische Messfeier. Übers. aus den Original-Sprachen und kommentiert von Karam Khella. Theorie-und-Praxis-Verlag, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-921866-23-5.

 Die koptische Liturgie des Hl. Basilios und des Hl. Gregorios mit Abend- und Morgenweihrauch. Übers. von Ortrun und Samy Hanna. Luthe-Verlag, Köln 1990.

Verlauf: Bevor der Priester den Gottesdienst beginnt, breitet er auf dem Altar das Kelchtuch aus und stellt darauf den Kelch, legt davor auf eine Palla corporale die Patene mit der Hostie, links und rechts je ein weiteres Korporale. Nach dem Ankleiden tritt er mit den Ministranten in die Kirche und fällt vor der Königstür nieder. Vor dem Altar segnet er sich und das Volk mit einem Handkreuz. Nun wird das Brot in ein Korporale gehüllt und mit dem Messwein feierlich um den Altar getragen. Die Opfergaben werden gesegnet. Hierauf folgt das Gebet der Danksagung und eine Epiklese (Bitte um die Wandlung der Gaben.). Vor der Ikonostase spricht der Priester das Schuldbekenntnis (Confiteor) und das Absolutionsgebet. Der Ministrant liest die Lesungen auf Arabisch vor, und es folgt das Trisagion, worauf der Priester das Evangelium verliest und die Fürbitten hält.

Der Kanon beginnt mit dem Friedensgebet. Während des "Erhebet die Herzen" segnet der Priester mit Kreuz und Korporale die Gläubigen, beim Heilig-Ruf (Sanctus) aber erst mit dem Korporale und dann mit dem Kreuz. Jeweils anschließend richtet er sich nach Süden und segnet sich selbst. Den Höhepunkt der Opferhandlung bildet die Wandlung, das Herrengedächtnis und die Herabrufung des Heiligen Geistes (Epiklese). Am Ende der Fürbitten (Diptychen) erfolgt ein Hinweis mit der linken Hand auf die Opfergaben und eine gleichzeitige Segnung der Gläubigen. Anschließend folgen Gebete mit Korporalia den ausgebreiteten Händen, das Gebet des Brotbrechens und die erste Berührung der Hostie mit dem Heiligen Blut (Wein), wobei der Priester seinen Finger in den Kelch taucht und damit die Hostie bezeichnet. Nun folgt das Brotbrechen mit dem Vaterunser, das Gebet der Handauflegung und das Absolutionsgebet. Sodann erhebt der Priester das Mittelstück der Hostie, taucht es leicht ins Heilige Blut (Wein) und bezeichnet damit die übrigen Teile der Hostie. Es folgt die Vermischung der Gestalten. Nach einer zweiten Erhebung der Opferspeise kommt ein Kommuniongebet mit Verehrung der Hostie und der Kommunion des Priesters und der Gläubigen. Nach der Danksagung folgen das Segensgebet und die Entlassung.

Taufe, Firmung
Die koptische Initiationsliturgie verbindet Taufe, Firmung und erste Eucharistie des Neugetauften in einer einzigen Feier. Ihre Gestalt beruht auf den liturgischen Gewohnheiten der altkirchlichen Erwachsenentaufe, die mit den nötigen Anpassungen auch auf zu taufende Kinder Anwendung finden.

 Cyrille Salib: La liturgie des sacrements du baptême et de la confirmation. Le Caire 1968.
 Oswald Hugh Edward Burmester: The Baptismal Rite of the Coptic Church. In: Bulletin de la Société d'Archéologie Copte 11 (1945) S. 27–86.
 Gérard Viaud: Les rites du septième jour après la naissance dans la tradition copte. In: Le Monde Copte 2 (1977) S. 16–19.

Myronweihe

"Myron" ist ein mit duftenden Spezereien angereichertes Olivenöl, das bei besonders hochrangigen sakramentlichen Handlungen benutzt wird. Seine feierliche Weihe erfolgt im Abstand mehrerer Jahre oder gar Jahrzehnte durch den Patriarchen und den um ihn versammelten Episkopat.

 Samir Khalil: Quelques remarques sur le myron dans l'église copte dans sa relation à l'église syriaque. In: Farādat al-quddās as-suryānī = Le génie de la messe syriaque: patrimoine syriaque; Actes du colloque II. Antélias: Centre d'Études et de Recherches Pastorales 1995, S. 107ff.
 Youhanna N. Youssef / Ugo Zanetti: La consécration du Myron par Gabriel IV 86e Patriarche d'Alexandrie en 1374 A.D. [Die Myronweihe durch den koptischen Patriarchen Gabriel IV. (1374)] (= Jerusalemer Theologisches Forum 20). Aschendorff, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-402-11027-0.
 Youhanna N. Youssef, Sameh F. Soliman: The Rite of Consecration of the Myron (= Publications de la Société d'Archéologie Copte. Textes et Documents 18). Le Caire 2017.

Ordination
 Paul F. Bradshaw: Ordination Rites of the Ancient Churches of East and West. New York 1990.
 O. H. E. KHS-Burmester: Ordination Rites of the Coptic Church. Société d'Archéologie Copte, Le Caire 1985.
 O.H.E. KHS-Burmester: The Rite of Consecration of the Patriarch of Alexandria. Société d'Archéologie Copte, Le Caire 1960.
 R. Mouret: L'ordination d'un diacre dans le rite copte, Mémoire (Masch.) de Diplôme de l'E.P.H.E., Ve section, Paris (1976).

Kirchweihe
 G. Horner: The Service for the Consecration of Church and Altar according to the Coptic Rite. London 1902, Originaltexte mit englischer Übersetzung. (zugänglich im Internet)
 Das Ritual der [Kirch-] Weihe. In: St. Markus Jan./Febr./März 1991, 15-31 (anonyme deutsche Übersetzung).

Ikonenweihe
 Jacob Muyser: Où sont nos icônes?. In: Les Cahiers Coptes 11 (1952) 23-34.
 Ugo Zanetti: La prière copte de consécration d'une icône. In: Le Monde Copte 19 (1991) 93-98.
 Y. N. Youssef, Un jeu de mot dans le rituel de la consécration des icônes. In: Göttinger Miszellen 142 (1994) 109-111.

Eheschließung
 A. Raes: Le mariage dans les Églises d'Orient. Éditions de Chevetogne 1958.
 F. Van de Paverd: Forme celebrative del matrimonio nelle Chiese orientali. In: La celebrazione del matrimonio cristiano. Atti della V settimana dei professori italiani di Liturgia. EDB, Bologna 1977, 11-116. Ohne ISBN.

Krankensalbung
Siehe Krankensalbung im koptischen Ritus

Klösterliche Feiern
Die Aufnahme in das Mönchtum besteht aus zwei Abschnitten: a) Tonsur und Bekleidung mit einem ersten, vorläufigen Mönchs-/Nonnengewand, b) feierliche Einkleidung mit dem "heiligen Schema" (ohne neuerliche Tonsur), dem kennzeichnenden Gewand eines Mönchs/eine Nonne.
 B. T. A. Evetts: Le rite copte de la prise d'habit et de la profession monacale. In: Revue de l'Orient Chrétien 11 (1906) 59-73. 129-148 (nach Cod. Bodl. 111; 14. Jh.);
 L. Villecourt: Le rite copte de la profession monacale pour les religieuses. In: Bessarione 14 (1909/10) 35-49. 301-347 (nach Cod. Vat. copt. 54; 15. Jh.);
 L. Delaporte: Le rite copte de la prise d'habit et de la profession monacale d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale. In: Revue de l'Orient Chrétien 11 (1906) 311f.

Begräbnisfeier
 Lothar Störk: Der koptische Begräbnisritus. In: H. Becker – H. Ühlein (Hrsg.): Liturgie im Angesicht des Todes. Judentum und Ostkirchen. EOS, St Ottilien 1997. Bd. 2, 839-857 (deutsche Übersetzung).

Tagzeiten
Der Tagzeiten-Gottesdienst der Kopten vereint (a) die abendliche und morgendliche Weihrauchdarbringung (= Abend- und Morgenlob) sowie (b) die in den liturgischen Büchern Horologion und Psalmodia verzeichneten Feiern.

Die vollständige Liste der Gebetszeiten umfasst:
 Morgengebet. Ihm vorauf ging früher bei den Mönchen die "Stunde des Hahnenschreis".
 Terz ("dritte Stunde")
 Sext ("sechste Stunde")
 Non ("neunte Stunde")
 Vesper ("elfte Stunde")
 Komplet ("zwölfte Stunde"), in der Klöstern zusätzlich eine zweite Komplet
 Mitternachtsgebet

 O.H.E. Burmester: The Canonical Hours of the Coptic Church. In: Orientalia Christiana Periodica 2 (1936) 78–100.
 Hans Quecke: Untersuchungen zum koptischen Stundengebet. Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, Louvain 1970.
 Magdi R. B. Awad: Untersuchungen zur koptischen Psalmodie. Lit-Verlag, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-8258-0164-9

Feste und Festzeiten
 Maria Cramer (†) – Martin Krause: Das koptische Antiphonar (M 575 und P 11967). Jerusalemer Theologisches Forum 12. Aschendorff, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-402-11018-8

Karwoche und Ostern
 O. H. E. Burmester: Le lectionnaire de la Semaine Sainte. Texte copte édité avec traduction française d'après le manuscrit Add. 5997 du British Museum, In: Patrologia Orientalis 24 (1933) 173-294; 25 (1939) 179-485.
 Adel Sidarous: La Pâque sainte ou La Semaine Sainte selon la liturgie copte. In: Proche-Orient Chrétien 17 (1967) 3-43.
 Emmanuel Lanne: Textes et rites de la liturgie pascale dans l'ancienne église copte, gedruckte Fassung in: L'Orient Syrien 6 (1961).

Pfingsten
 O. H. E. Burmester: The Office of Genuflection on Whitsunday. In: Muséon 47 (1934) 205-257.
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