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Hello, holiday food hangover. I did not miss you. Hello, date sweetened peach BBQ sauce. You are a lifesaver. Before I get into the recipe, I want to share some pretty personal stuff with you all because as a food blogger food can sometimes be my biggest enemy. I have to learn, just like anyone else, how to eat and cook to keep myself and my family healthy.
It's pretty amazing how these small changes make a huge difference in how my mind and body function. Beginning in college, I started to be more aware of what I was eating and why. Late in high school, I was eating because I was nervous, sad, happy, frustrated, tired, awake, bored, busy...you get the idea. I had no concept of portion control and found myself nearly 30 pounds overweight for my 5 foot 3 inch frame. Something clicked during my freshmen year of college and by simply paying attention to how much I ate and exercising more regularly, I lost 20 pounds by the time I returned for my sophomore year.
When Brad and I moved to Tokyo, my weight fluctuated a bit during the first year as I learned more about Japanese food (and stopped trying to find super familiar/unhealthy foods to comfort me in my fog of new-country confusion). Eventually, I settled into a healthier routine and learned a lot by simply observing how the Japanese ate. They enjoyed every morsel and, thanks to chopsticks, took smaller bites. Desserts, if there were any, were dramatically less sweet than what I was used to. Often times dessert was a few simple slices of apple or a cup of tea. Getting away from ending a meal with dessert helped me drop another 10 pounds during our time in Japan.
Fast forward to my second year back in the United States post-Japan: I was becoming desensitized to sugar. By that I mean that I went from being stunned at how sweet American desserts were to not noticing the difference at all. It scared me. I started putting on more weight, feeling more emotional ups and downs, stressed and constantly exhausted. I was in the middle of all this sugar-induced junk when Jacqueline Smith approached me about taking her course, Go Sugar Free.
I know. Going completely sugar free sounds terrifying for most of us. It was for me too. Would I have to give up baked goods like warm chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven? That seemed like a pretty massive sacrifice. As I learned more about GSF, I realized that Jacqueline has built a program that, instead of being all or nothing, is easily tailored to fit what you need to feel your best. During the course itself, I was about 95% sugar free. I lost 2 inches from my waist, my skin cleared up dramatically, I started sleeping more soundly and felt a more consistent amount of energy through the day (without the help of coffee). It was amazing.
I still try to eat a GSF-friendly diet the majority of the time but I don't beat myself up for occasionally enjoying a sweet treat because that's what works for me. For some, saying goodbye to sugar all together is what makes them feel like the healthiest, happiest person they can be. That's the beauty. It's all up to you.
Another piece of the puzzle is refined grains. They often lead to similar negative symptoms sugar is responsible for, so learning more about grain options is another huge part of the GSF course.
Thanks to GSF, I have learned to think more creatively about the recipes I already use. This Peach BBQ Sauce, for example, has all the important ingredients when it comes to BBQ sauce but is sweetened with dates rather than brown sugar. I've also begun using honey and maple syrup (sparingly) whenever possible. Rather than feeling tied down to a "diet", I actually feel a sense of freedom. I can enjoy the foods I love because I know more about how to make them healthy for me.
Now for the big news: thanks to high demand, Jacqueline has added a Fall 2014 course (which was not on her original schedule) and registration starts TODAY. To help demonstrate how easy it is to eat GSF-friendly foods without feeling deprived, I'm going to post recipes here that are sugar and refined grain-free during the registration period! That means that if you register for the course, you'll already have a few recipes on hand to get you through. Oh, and did I mention that Jacqueline has a Recipe Library that is chock full of amazing GSF recipes and you have lifetime access after taking her course? Yes. It's as great as it sounds.
If you're ready to learn more about Go Sugar Free, you can click here to read about Jacqueline, the course itself, and the positive changes you can expect to see in yourself. I strongly suggest finding a buddy to take the course with you, so if you have a friend or family member who might be interested get them to sign up as well!
If you're interested in finding out more about Jacqueline's philosophy but aren't ready to commit to the GSF course, I urge you to get her eBook, 5 Easy Ways to Look Radiant Tomorrow Morning, and Don't Waste Produce (DWP) Checklist (this is a HUGE help when it comes to no-waste meal planning and encouraging the consumption of more fresh, whole foods).
Combine all ingredients in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat.
Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Keep an eye on the liquid levels. It should reduce by about 1/3 but not more than that.
Return to the medium heat and cover with the lid slightly ajar. Cook another 10-15 minutes.
Transfer to an airtight container and use within 2 weeks.
Worcestershire is one of those tricky ingredients that has a teensy amount of sugar in it but it almost a necessity when it comes to BBQ. There are recipes out there so you can make your own if you really don't want the added sugar. Also, you could use a combination of soy sauce and some of the spices typically used in Worcestershire sauce as a substitute.


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$1.5M Kroger renovation is just the latest move in downtown Fairfield development
By Michael D. Pitman
Fairfield's downtown area has seen significant investment in recent years, and Kroger will be injecting another $1.5 million as it renovates the interior of its Village Green supermarket.
FAIRFIELD NEWS: Fairfield leaders hope the new Aldi spurs growth in this neighborhood (January 2019)
Most recently, the downtown area saw a new Aldi grocery store open in January. Last summer two new restaurants opened: Lindenwald Station Family Diner opened in Riegert Square, moving south from its nameake Hamilton neighborhood, and Om India opened in Village Green. The Fairfield Village Senior Apartments also opened last year.
"The downtown area is really central to our community," said Fairfield Development Services Director Greg Kathman.
"People come here not only to shop, but they come to conduct at business government offices and come to play at the various parks and recreation facilities we have here. The health and vibrancy of our town center area is very important to our community."
And downtown can be a catalyst for other areas of the city, he said.
"If one area is doing well that obviously benefits the other as well," Kathman said.
Kroger can start their renovations whenever they are ready, Kathman said.
"They're approved, ready to go from our end," he said.
Kroger has been reinventing itself in recent years, adding many services — including curbside grocery pickup, its "Scan, Bag, Go" quick checkout service and limited home delivery — to make the shopping experience more convenient.
The supermarket chain has heavily invested in its grocery stores around the region in recent months and years. In November, the supermarket chain completed its year-long renovation at its Liberty Twp. store, emphasizing on fast and fresh foods, the Journal-News reported. That was one of 12 renovated stores last year around Greater Cincinnati. The chain also replaced two stores, including in West Chester Twp.
But the Fairfield renovations won't be as extensive as most of the other projects, said Kroger spokeswoman Erin Rolfes.
LIBERTY TWP. NEWS: Dining out at Kroger? Store renovations aimed at providing that option (November 2018)
"A lot of it just seems like smaller upgrades to give it a nice facelift," said Rolfes of the Fairfield renovations.
Renovations that customers will notice include new LED lights for the exterior sign, a new salad bar, new LED lights for the dairy department doors, a relocated dairy case, and an "Easy For You!" oven-ready seafood case, new tiles and added checkout lanes and new decor.
"Every year we take a look at the stores that we have, and kind of the last time we have touched them, and which stores need an upgrade and which stores need some extra love," Rolfes said. "As our real estate team looks through the stores, and the cadence at which they have been renovated, this one seemed like it was a good candidate for that extra love."
The Fairfield Kroger opened in Village Green in the summer of 2002 after being relocated from across Pleasant Avenue.
Rolfes said officials don't yet know when the renovations could start, or how long they'd last.
"We're hoping to be as undisruptive as possible because we know how difficult it is to get around those folks who are upgrading the store while you're shopping," she said. "Hopefully we'll be in and out quickly, and it will be a fresh, new look for the store."
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Driven absolutely mad: I'm at my wit's end over this president, which I know is how he likes it
By Jennifer Anne Moses
U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks as he participates in a roundtable with law enforcement officials in the State Dining Room of the White House, June, 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. (POOL/Getty Images)
I know it's not about me, okay? But since I'm the only person I live with 24/7, whose thoughts I can hear even when nothing is said, and whose blood pressure I feel rising or falling depending on the stimulus, it is about me. And I'm falling apart, about to burst at the seams with a combination of rage and despair.
Here's what gets me: everything. Every bloody, freaking, flipping thing. We could make a new game out of it. Which is more appalling: Fox News or Breitbart? Who would you like to see behind bars most: Junior or Stephen Miller — only forget about that one, there are too many candidates in this particular collection of inept and unethical sycophants. Which Trump lie got your guts more in a twist, his claim that wind turbine noise causes cancer, or his suggestion that drinking disinfectant might help combat COVID-19? Or, or, or — an infinity of choices.
My brother sums it up this way: "No matter what the situation, we can always count on Trump to do the most messed up thing ever." Only he didn't say messed up. God willing, the spineless coward will scurry back to one of his gilt-covered mansions and stay there soon, but in the meantime, a girl can't live on hope alone, and every time I see a Trump bumper sticker or giant scary black flag, I start wondering if I'm going to have to sell my house in New Jersey and move to Israel, where I have family, and where their own right-wing strongman is at least smart enough to have shut down the country before the novel coronavirus mowed down its population.
A very large black and red flag flying about two miles down the road from me has caused me to lose my ability to sleep. It says: "TRUMP 2020, NO MORE BULLS--T." (I quote, but on the flag, the word is spelled out.) The bulls--t in question is, presumably, stuff like the Constitution, the rule of law, allies, our standing in the world, clean water, safe schools and science. The point being that it takes every ounce of self-control I have not to hand-write just such a rebuttal and affix it to the flag in the dark of night. Or if not a rebuttal, then graffiti to the tune of: FASCISTS LIVE HERE. Or simply leave a dead animal — a collection of roadkill! — in the driveway.
I wonder how many other otherwise sane post-middle-aged suburban ladies who normally couldn't imagine setting a car on fire to make a point are having similar unladylike fantasies. I'm told there is a TV show where the female characters indulge in similar flights of vengeful daydreaming, but I haven't seen it. I actually suggested to my 91-year-old dad in a jokey-joke way that he might find some reason to personally meet with the president — my dad's an old Washington hand and could probably come up with something — and, once he's face to face with him, do something illegal like take a baseball bat to his desk, or at least to his tweeting device. The idea is that at his age, what does Dad have to lose? He would be a national hero. Dad didn't think my idea was very funny. Come to think of it, my siblings didn't either.
But black humor is better than no humor at all, and recently, my entire soul has gone dark.
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The truth is, I've been pissed off pretty much my whole life. No doubt because when I was growing up, compared to me, Charlie Brown of "Peanuts" was one of the cool kids. But that was then, and this is now, and I truly believe that if you're not enraged, then you're either living in the lovely land of denial or your values, and possibly your behavior, are vile.
Personally, I like to write hate mail. It's soothing, therapeutic even. My favorite message is: "Have you no shame?"
Apparently, the answer is no. Not for the coward in his hidey-hole. Not for Bill Barr and his fondness for playing army. Not for the greedy money-grubbing spineless toadies in the Senate. Not for she of the $1,300 handbags and $3,544 designer outfits.
Why are there no emojis for vomiting blood?
Maybe I'm doing little more than virtue-signaling here, but I figure that if someone like me — white, well past youth, financially unstressed, with grown kids and two working cars — is about to blow, what must it be like for young people, people of color, immigrants, the working poor, the struggling working class, single parents, the ill, the disabled, the uninsured and the elderly? It's going to be a very long, very explosive and potentially ugly summer. May America win.
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Q: Does this almost-group uniquely define a group? Consider a quasigroup $(S,+)$ such that for every $a,b,c,d\in S$, $$(a+(b+c))+d=a+(b+(c+d)).$$
This is almost a group, but not quite. For instance, $(\mathbb Z,-)$ satisfies those axioms.
You can easily prove that for any element $x$, the operation $a+_xb:=a+(x+b)$ yields a group.
But I wonder: for any given $(S,+)$ and any pair $x,y \in S$, are $(S,+_x)$ and $(S,+_y)$ neccessarily isomorphic?

A: A colleague of mine has been able to prove that this is, indeed, the case. His proof had some redundant steps, below is a polished version.
Theorem: If a quasigroup $(S,+)$ satisfies the axiom $(*)$:
$$ (a+(b+c))+d=a+(b+(c+d))$$
Then for any $x \in S$, operation $a+_xb:=a+(x+b)$ forms a group. Furthermore, any two such groups $(S,+_x)$,$(S,+_y)$ for given $(S,+)$ are isomorphic.
Lemma 1: $(S,+)$ has right-identity.
Proof: $(S,+)$ is a quasigroup, for any $c$ there exists $d$ such that $c+d=c$. Therefore:
$$(a+(b+c))+d=a+(b+c)$$
Let $x:=(a+(b+c))$. Since we've put no constraints on $a,b,c$, this can be any element of $S$. We have:
$$x+d=x$$
So $d$ is the right-identity. From this point on the right-identity will be denoted as $0$.
Corollary: From the existence of right-identity and the properties of a quasigroup, it trivially follows that any operation $+_x$ has a right-identity and right-invertability.
Lemma 2: $+_x$ is asociative.
Proof:
$(a+_xb)+_xc\overset{def}{=}(a+(x+b))+(x+c)\overset{(*)}{=} a+(x+(b+(x+c)))\overset{def}{=}a+_x(b+_xc)$
This establishes that $(S,+_x)$ indeed forms a group.
Lemma 3: $$0+(0+a)=a$$
Proof: $$x+a=(x+(0+0))+a\overset{(*)}{=}x+(0+(0+a))$$
Since $(S,+)$ is a quasigroup, the lemma follows.
Lemma 4: $$(x+y)+(0+z)=x+(y+z)$$
Proof:
$$(x+y)+(0+z)=(x+(y+0))+(0+z)\overset{(*)}{=}x+(y+(0+(0+z)))\overset{\text{L3}}{=}x+(y+z)$$
Now, we have sufficient tools to prove that $f(x)=k+x$ is a homomorphism from $(S,+_k)$ to $(S,+_0)$ for any $k \in S$
$$f(x)+_0f(y)\overset{def}{=}(k+x)+(0+(k+y))\overset{(*)}{=}((k+x)+(0+k))+y\overset{\text{L4}}{=}(k+(x+k))+y\overset{(*)}{=}\cdots$$
$$\cdots \overset{(*)}{=} k+(x+(k+y))\overset{def}{=}f(x+_ky)$$
This establishes homomorphism. Now, since $(S,+)$ is a quasigroup, $f(x)$ a bijection and therefore isomorphism. Since for any two $x,y \in S$, $(S,+_x)$ and $(S,+_y)$ are isomorphic with $(S,+_0)$ and isomorphism is obviously transitive, this proves the theorem.
Corollary: this theorem led to a surprizing rezult. All quasigroups $(S,+)$ satisfying the axiom $(*)$ can be represented as: $x+y=x \star f(y)$, where $(S,\star)$ is a group, and where $f(x)$ is an automorphism of said group such that $f(f(x))=x$. Furthermore, any operation $x \star f(y)$ forms a quasigroup satisfying the axiom $(*)$. The proof isn't hard, but it's beyond the scope of the original question, so I'll omit it.

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Q: Creating a HTTP request for Windows phone 8 C++/CX I need to create simple HTTP request with Windows Phone 8 C++/CX. Where could I find an example?
This http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windowsphone/develop/jj662956(v=vs.105).aspx document says IXMLHTTPRequest2 should be supported but I have no idea how to enable it in my project. It is just a standard Windows phone Direct3d native app?

A: Microsoft's example for IXMLHTTPRequest2, worked for me in windows phone 8 c++/cx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh873181.aspx
The only changed I needed to do, was for CreateStreamOverRandomAccessStream which is not implemented in WP8.
Rewrite this method:
void HttpRequest::CreateMemoryStream(IStream **stream)
{
   auto randomAccessStream = ref new Windows::Storage::Streams::InMemoryRandomAccessStream();
   CheckHResult(CreateStreamOverRandomAccessStream(randomAccessStream, IID_PPV_ARGS(stream)));
}

To this:
void HttpRequest::CreateMemoryStream(IStream** stream)
{
    checkHResult(::CreateStreamOnHGlobal(0, TRUE, stream));
}


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Prisoner's Status Under Question
A long-serving Tibetan prisoner fights for his life under a cloud.
Police patrol the streets of Lhasa during protests demanding independence for Tibet, Dec. 10, 1988.
Political prisoner or convicted murderer?
As Tibetan activist Lobsang Tenzin fights for his life in prison, his conviction for the death of a Chinese police officer two decades ago is being questioned.
Widely known as Tibet's longest-serving political prisoner, his health condition has taken a turn for the worse after a long fight with severe diabetes compounded by torture and beatings he received in jail, according to right groups.
He was only 22 when he was among five Tibetans charged in the death of a Chinese police officer who was beaten and thrown from a window after being detected photographing participants in a 1988 protest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa.
He was at first sentenced to death following his conviction on a charge of murder. The sentence was later commuted to a life term, following "strong" international pressure on China, according to the Dharamsala, India-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
"Yes, this was the conviction as far as we know. But whether Lobsang Tenzin was actually involved—we don't know," said Kate Saunders, spokeswoman for International Campaign for Tibet.
"I doubt that due legal process was involved—the circumstances of his imprisonment remain unclear. We know that someone killed a PAP [People's Armed Police] officer filming peaceful protesters, but we also know that one of the five or six defendants left Tibet later and said that all the defendants were innocent," she told RFA.
"That is significant in itself. I understand that Lobsang Tenzin is deeply respected among many Lhasa Tibetans and that many are anxious and fearful about his plight," she said.
Lobsang Tenzin - Undated photo courtesy of Free Tibet.
The role of Tenzin and the other Tibetans in the killing of the Chinese policeman is still unclear, said Robbie Barnett, director of Columbia University's Modern Tibetan Studies Program.
"Nobody has ever said or explored what actually happened, or whether they were really guilty," Barnett said.
"Of course, the trial was completely unfair. So we don't know. We just don't know."
What is certain, Barnett said, is Tenzin's importance as an "early political thinker and activist" in the Tibetan struggle against rule by Beijing.
"He could have been a very important leader if he hadn't got caught up straightaway," Barnett said.
At present an inmate of the Chushur prison near Lhasa, Tenzin was a university student at the time of his arrest.
Even while incarcerated, Tenzin remained politically active, organizing a protest in Lhasa's notorious Drapchi prison and founding a group called Snow Lion Youth for Tibetan Independence.
In 1991, Tenzin and another prisoner attempted to pass a list containing the names of Tibetan political prisoners to U.S. Ambassador to China James Lilley, then visiting Tibet. The attempt led to further beatings and a term in solitary confinement.
Tenzin is among a long list of political prisoners in China, according to a database of 1,452 cases of political prisoners in the country compiled by the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which monitors human rights and other rule-of-law developments in China.
Beijing mum
There has been no word from the Chinese authorities on Tenzin's latest condition.
Earlier this week, China jailed three Tibetan monks for up to 13 years for "abetting" the self immolation death of a fellow monk, raising criticism from the United States and rights groups. One groups called the action "purely political."
Tenzin remains a respected figure among Tibetans concerned over his health condition. His prison term is scheduled to end in 2012, according to TCHRD.
Saunders said Tenzin has "suffered tremendously during his long and lonely imprisonment, and the serious concerns for his welfare are justified given his experience under a harsh prison regime."
"Concern about Lobsang Tenzin's suffering in prison is compounded by awareness of his courage and solidarity with other Tibetan prisoners."
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Matthew 11:27 is the 27th verse in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

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In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:
Πάντα μοι παρεδόθη ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπιγινώσκει τὸν υἱόν, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ· οὐδὲ τὸν πατέρα τις ἐπιγινώσκει, εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός, καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν βούληται ὁ υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψαι.

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

The New International Version translates the passage as:
"All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Analysis
"All Things are delivered unto me," appears to imply that "through the Son alone the father, works, teaches, and bestows His gifts."

"No one knows..." shows that God the Father communicates the knowledge of Himself and everything else to the Son, and through Him to the rest of humanity. The question is, if the Holy Spirit is excluded from this relation between the Father and Son, however Theologians say this is not the case in the Godhead. Marcion, rejected the Old Testament based on this verse since he claimed that no one could have known God before Christ came.

Commentary from the Church Fathers
Chrysostom: " Because He had said, I confess unto thee, Father, because thou hast hid these things from the wise, that you should not suppose that He thus thanks the Father as though He Himself was excluded from this power, He adds, All things are committed to me by my Father. Hearing the words are committed, do not admit suspicion of any thing human, for He uses this word that you may not think there be two gods unbegotten. For at the time that He was begotten He was Lord of all."

Jerome: " For if we conceive of this thing according to our weakness, when he who receives begins to have, he who gives begins to be without. Or when He says, All things are committed to him, He may mean, not the heaven and earth and the elements, and the rest of the things which He created and made, but those who through the Son have access to the Father."

Hilary of Poitiers: " Or that we may not think that there is any thing less in Him than in God, therefore He says this."

Augustine: "For if He has aught less in His power than the Father has, then all that the Father has, are not His; for by begetting Him the Father gave power to the Son, as by begetting Him He gave all things which He has in His substance to Him whom He begot of His substance."

Hilary of Poitiers: " And also in the mutual knowledge between the Father and the Son, He teaches us that there is nothing in the Son beyond what was in the Father, for it follows, And none knoweth the Son but the Father, nor does any man know the Father but the Son."

Chrysostom: " By this that He only knows the Father, He shows covertly that He is of one substance with the Father. As though He had said, What wonder if I be Lord of all, when I have somewhat yet greater, namely to know the Father and to be of the same substance with Him?"

Hilary of Poitiers: " For this mutual knowledge proclaims that they are of one substance, since He that should know the Son, should know the Father also in the Son, since all things were delivered to Him by the Father."

Chrysostom: " When He says, Neither does any know the Father but the Son, He does not mean that all men are altogether ignorant of Him; but that none knows Him with that knowledge wherewith He knows Him; which may also be said of the Son. For it is not said of some unknown God  as Marcion declares."

Augustine: "And because their substance is inseparable, it is enough sometimes to name the Father, sometimes the Son, nor is it possible to separate from either His Spirit, who is especially called the Spirit of truth."

Jerome: " Let the heretic Eunomius therefore blush hereat who claims to himself such a knowledge of the Father and the Son, as they have one of anothera. But if he argues from what follows, and props up his madness by that, And he to whom the Son will reveal him, it is one thing to know what you know by equality with God, another to know it by His vouchsafing to reveal it."

Augustine: "The Father is revealed by the Son, that is, by His Word. For if the temporal and transitory word which we utter both shows itself, and what we wish to convey, how much more the Word of God by which all things were made, which so shows the Father as He is Father, because itself is the same and in the same manner as the Father."

Augustine: "When He said, None knoweth the Son but the Father, He did not add, And he to whom the Father will reveal the Son. But when He said, None knoweth the Father but the Son, He added, And he to whom the Son will reveal him. But this must not be so understood as though the Son could be known by none but by the Father only; while the Father may be known not only by the Son, but also by those to whom the Son shall reveal Him. But it is rather expressed thus, that we may understand that both the Father and the Son Himself are revealed by the Son, inasmuch as He is the light of our mind; and what is afterwards added, And he to whom the Son will reveal, is to be understood as spoken of the Son as well as the Father, and to refer to the whole of what had been said. For the Father declares Himself by His Word, but the Word declares not only that which is intended to be declared by it, but in declaring this declares itself."

Chrysostom: " If then He reveals the Father, He reveals Himself also. But the one he omits as a thing manifest, but mentions the other because there might be a doubt concerning it. Herein also He instructs us that He is so one with the Father, that it is not possible for any to come to the Father, but through the Son. For this had above all things given offence, that He seemed to be against God, and therefore He strove by all means to overthrow this notion."

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One of Pigeon Forge's most talented artisans recently appeared on the hit show Knife or Death! Dave Martin of Iron Mountain Metal Craft, a blacksmith shop located near The Old Mill, was a contestant on the History Channel's popular metalworking and blade-wielding competition. In the October 17th episode "Enter the Yatagan," Martin competed alongside the nation's best bladesmiths and martial artists for the chance to advance to the series finale.
Dave Martin's Knife or Death episode can be streamed online if you have the History Channel in your cable package. You can log in and watch the show here. Dave is the second competitor in the episode and first appears around 8 minutes and 15 seconds into the show.
If you don't want any spoilers from the episode, be sure to watch it before reading any more of this article!
Knife or Death is a high octane competition where contestants must complete a special obstacle course with a unique edged weapon that they either forged themselves or had commissioned. Competitors use their blades to cut through all sorts of unusual items, with everything from raw chicken to a block of ice in the mix. The show is hosted by former NFL player and wrestler Bill Goldberg and former Green Berets operative Tu Lam.
As an accomplished bladesmith, Martin drew upon his years of experience to forge a knife that would help him plow through the obstacle course. Dave decided to go with a 15-inch, two-handed bowie knife made from Damascus steel. Before traveling to Atlanta to film the show, Dave practiced wielding his knife, cutting through wild boar ribs, melons, two-by-fours, and different cuts of meat.
When it came time for Dave to complete the obstacle course, his blade served him well, cutting through sugar cane and sliding targets. However, when Martin got to the Timber obstacle, where he needed to chop down a two-by-four and have it land in a particular spot, he started experiencing shortness of breath.
Sadly, this medical issue prevented Dave from finishing the course, and he was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. Fortunately, Martin recovered quickly and felt back to normal soon after he stopped the competition.
If you want to see some of Dave's handiwork and maybe meet the man himself, be sure to visit Iron Mountain Metal Craft during your next vacation in Pigeon Forge. Located behind The Old Mill, this shop gives guests the chance to forge their own knife or ornament under the supervision of a master blacksmith. To sign up for a lesson at Iron Mountain Metal Craft, click here.
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Both at the peak of their power.
Start 50 meters apart on an indestructable battle field.
Why would you give him all the commandments?
Even with the changed OP, I still don't feel like ichigo wins.
We don't really know how Meliodas managed to injure him, so as it stands, ichigo gets stomped eventually.
"You couldn't even handle my offspring foolish boy"
DK only wins because of the Ruler, take that out and he gets one-shotted.
So many things wrong with this post..
Go reread or rewatch his arm got burned, what are you on about?
and was obliterating entire mountains with just the pressure from his casual swings.
If you want to call it a mountain whatever but don't say he destroyed the entire thing..
@gxrevs06: Mountain level is nothing to DK. Ichigo is a good deal above mountain level too, so I don't know why you brought up vaping "mountains".
DK is large hill/small mountain sized and he casually sliced away an area of this size. A casual slice from DK should be at least multimountain. He should scale to AT LEAST multimountain anyways. DK still has broken hax too.
@skysanji: If it distorts time and space to any major degree, then it's fairly quantifiable since we know how much gravity it takes to do that (thanks to Black Holes).
This is furthered by Ichigo's shockwaves evaporating half a small mountain (take your dumb not a mou tain crap elsewhere, national geological survey states mountains start at 1000ft and you are most certainly not qualified to challenge the official critera) and being able to completely blitz Aizen in his butterfly form.
Mel has no physical feats on par with evaporating half a small mountain with air pressure alone. The closest he has is the twig feat in which he busts a small mountain, which is vastly less impressive than evaporating.
So by scaling, since we know that Ichigo is supposed to have reclaimed his dangai levels of power somewhere between true shikai and HoS+true bankai, Ichigo is physically superior to Mel.
So logically,if Mel's physical attack can cut the DK, Ichigo just might lop an arm off.
Not saying who wins, don't know enough about Ruler, just pointing out that Ichigo is difinitively Mel's physical superior come the EoS.
do you guys even bleach?
Yeah, after reading the not a mountain thing again, I'm good.
It can only be realistically scaled to multimountain. The damage that it caused was only mountain level.
^Attack dwarfing mountain ranges = "mountain level"
Don't you worry mate. I even put In some circles cuz I know how hard it can be to figure these things out.
Unfortunately, I don't feel like addressing Lanza's issue again.
Also Aizen's attack is not a blackhole..
What does any of this have to do with Hado 90?
Prove the hill was 1000 ft.
Lol you do realize you are now Comparing BOS Meliodas without a sword to Dangai Ichigo let that sink in.
Well, if im not mistaking the gravity completely erased a building, no?
Ichigo by feats and mostly scaling is above Mel in the strenght department+he has vaporization. Not sure who wins though.
@skysanji: So you say the rock formations in Naruto that are barely twice the size of trees are mountains, but here when they are multiple times bigger than nearby trees they are only hills, a little bit hypocritical don't you think?
By scaling DK is Country Level and Ichi is Continent+ Level. Ichi wins.
@skysanji: So you say the rock formations in Naruto that are barely twice the size if trees are mountains, but here when they are multiple times bigger than nearby trees they are only hills, a little bit hypocritical don't you think?
Ichigo one shots The Ruler wasn't shown working on physical damage.
and iTS aN nLf, wHAt iF gALctUS AtTaCkeD hIM. Still haven't figured out why Galactus is the go to character when arguing against NLFs.
@skysanji: The scan you posted that gets posted every time this is mentioned trying to compare Ichigo's and Aizen's height to the mountain makes no sense considering we have no idea how far or close they are to it.
@smokak: they weren't far and a mountian starts at 200m and that's a small af mountian, this wasn't even close to the 200m mark.
Fragor is Mountain+ though it's not mountain range level though. But it's definitely multi Mountian.
"dawnt u no dat blec mootains r hells????"
"Bleach takes part in our world, so mountains there are actually mountains"
"skrew u brah ichigon iz hell levl @ BEAST"
Don't people get how perspective works?
@vummax: How far were they? both the aerial scans from naruto and bleach the mountains and trees surrounding them look the same, but one scan from naruto showing they are smaller is considred inconsistency, one scan from bleach showing them smaller that's just their size deal with it, I'm not targeting you or sky specifically just what I see happen often.
I love when people try to scale feats that quantifiably require math based off what they're looking at. Like when SkySanji told me Franky had Mountain+ durability based off a mushroom cloud lmao.
That basic fragor is above Mountain level simply due to the fact it vaporized the area and miles below it.
Ichigo sublimating that mountain is not hill level, do you know how much energy is required to do that with a parry?
The Demon King is probably stronger, and with The Ruler he definitely wins.
Theres no type of scaling you can use for both characters where the DK comes out on top and The Ruler hasn't worked on physical damage.
@leothegreatest: The Ruler was stated to turn all negative affects to positive, pretty sure it works on physicals. And this is the Demon King at the peak of his power, so he is at least 2x stronger than he was when fighting Meliodas and Ban,.
That was regarding Ban's fox hunt. Physical attacks were never addressed they just weren't on his level for those 60 years.
And that still wouldn't put him anywhere near Ichigo in power.
Meliodas said "all manner of attacks."
The Demon King has pretty good physicals anyways.
However I can possibly see EOS Ichigo's physicals being higher due to scaling off of Kenpachi's feat, but even then the Demon King should have high level regen like other demons, plus his ability the ruler.
Yet when Hawk's brother attacked him he only said it couldn't pierce his skin not that it made him stronger.
He was actually attacking with that swing Ichigo did his feat effortlessly with a parry and Dangai scales to Kenpachi who's feat is above anything in NNT. The DK's regen isn't going to save him.
Those mountains Aizen destroyed were hills. Look above and the anime says enough. You are using the manga scans because the size was obscure considering we never got this top view. Fragor has mountain level DC and multimountain potency at most.
Dude what would it ever take for you to agree a nnt is more powerful than a bleach character?


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else the rain water will splashed all over my room.
Yesterday's COU practice was fun.
Get to play at the drum and managed to read the score.
Did I stated that we're having the very first percussion solo song this coming concert ?
Quite excited about that as the song is marvelous.
as I'm not as good as my seniors.
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I found 4 big piece of mushroom inside !
My hamster Christine gave birth to 5-6 babies.
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His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ), appointed a brand-new leadership team to drive DIEZ's free zones and also central departments in the direction of a brand-new age of quality as well as combination.
DIEZ aims to raise Dubai's position as a local and also worldwide financial investment location and add to attaining the emirate's tactical concerns through its economic areas, which are the Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai Silicon Oasis, and Dubai CommerCity. Further, DIEZ intends to increase financial growth, contribute to forming the future financial map of Dubai, and also produce even more varied investment chances.
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum stressed that the new consultations for the Authority's top leadership positions can be found in line with the regulations of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President as well as Prime Minister of the UAE and also Ruler of Dubai, in creating and also strengthening the function of personnels for lasting development, business growth, as well as in combining the emirate's placement as an international investment hub. He called on them to strengthen the spirit of team effort and visibility, foster best practices, boost industrial services as well as solutions, and stimulate the culture of innovation and positive thinking while keeping pace with the rapid economic developments.
HH Sheikh Ahmed included: "We eagerly anticipate the success of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority and its new structure. We are positive in the capability of our new top officials, which they have shown over the past years. Our team believe in their capacities to lead the Authority in giving extensive as well as incorporated remedies to business community and capitalists in the complimentary zones in Dubai. DIEZ provides an equivalent financial version that develops brand-new potential customers and growth chances through giving smooth as well as reliable solutions and services to business neighborhood, which in turn improve the operational effectiveness of the three complimentary areas."
Amna Lootah was assigned as a Director General DAFZ to lead as well as carry out strategic plans according to the authorized structure, driven by its vision, mission, and worths. Further, Lootah will also lead the executive monitoring group at the Dubai Airport Free Zone.
Dr. Juma Al Matrooshi was appointed as Director-General of Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) to supervise the execution of its method according to the brand-new organizational framework.
At main local functions, Eng. Muammar Al Kathiri was appointed as Chief Engineering & Smart City Officer in the Authority to lead and direct design preparation and also make critical planning, design, and building and construction decisions.
For DIEZ's financial goals, William Chapel will function as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in DIEZ, where he will be responsible for financial management. He will manage critical economic direction to ensure the accomplishment of critical organization objectives and also increasing economic returns for all stakeholders.
Youssef Behzad was appointed as Chief People & Organizational Development Officer at DIEZ to lead and also implement the institutional technique in equipping human funding, guaranteeing the top quality of human resources in all divisions and the authorities' features. Furthermore, the tasks include supplying ways to enhance the effectiveness and effectiveness of the business structure, backed by imaginative abilities capable of leading operations to accomplish the business goals.
Bader Buhannad will certainly presume the setting of Chief Corporate Support Officer at DIEZ. He will be handling and also guiding digital and information technology activities, taking care of the supply chain, along with supplying the needed support for the Authority's incorporated administration and task administration office functions.
The checklist of consultations additionally included Saeed Al-Suwaidi as the new Chief Legal & Regulatory Affairs Office at DIEZ and Abdul Rahman Basaeed, Chief Internal Audit & Enterprise Risk Management Officer.
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Aziz Ansari's Master of None, which recently released its second season on Netflix, has been hailed as original, artistic, and one of the best comedies currently on television, all of which are true. But it is also, perhaps most importantly, a show that highlights the necessity and effectiveness of diversity in American television. A television show on a major network about a young, Indian-American man living in New York, pursuing a career as an actor, dating, and exploring points of cultural interest is landmark. Or, to put it more succinctly, a show about a young, Indian-American man is landmark.
The show is premised around Dev, an extension of Aziz Ansari's real-life persona into the world of television. Dev is a sporadically- single, aspiring actor living in New York city, exploring culture and dating and being Indian-American in America. Not every episode is oriented around the topic of race or diversity. Instead, Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang (creators and lead writers) have created a topical television collage, using each episode to explore a facet of cultural or social interest, which frequently will also function as commentary on the experience of being a minority in America.
For example, season 1's episode, "Parents", was a 30 minute discussion of the cultural chasms that can characterize relationships between immigrant asian parents and their American-born children: the almost too idealistic hope of making a better life in America, the old-hat discrimination unfelt by latter generations, and the frequent ingratitude of parental love. The episode went on to win an Emmy for best writing, and for good cause. Many of my asian-American friends who've seen the show have specifically called out that episode for speaking to experiences with their own parents.
Season 2 similarly has an episode that beautifully captures the familial difficulties of being gay, black, and female. The episode, "Thanksgiving" is told through 6 years of Thanksgiving dinners, and is about Denise (Lena Waithe), Dev's black lesbian friend, first coming to terms with her sexuality and then dealing with the reluctance of her mother, played by Angela Basset, to accept her sexuality.
Like "Parents", "Thanksgiving" feels authentic and true to experience, perhaps because the episode didn't have to pass through a filter of cultural assumptions on the part of white writers or directors: Waithe co-wrote the episode with Ansari, and the director's chair was occupied by Melina Matsoukas, best known for her music video collaborations with Beyonce. This episode will rake in nominations come awards season, and deserves to win a few.
Too often, in instances where stories of diversity are told, they're written, directed, or produced by white people, who even with good intent, tend to massage out nuance in stories about minorities. Master of None, in having Ansari and Yang lead the show's offscreen crew and writers, combats this practice, and illustrates the effectiveness of allowing people of diversity to tell their own stories.
Ansari also served as director for 4 of the 10 episodes this season, with Yang directing 2, and both having collaborated on the stories and teleplays for almost every episode. This show is as much about diversity off screen as it is about diversity on screen.
Beyond these explorations of niche diverse American experiences, Master also does work in normalizing minority characters as story protagonists in otherwise traditional plots. What would be an unexciting series of events in any network sitcom becomes enthralling in this show, if only because for the first time, I'm seeing an Indian or an Asian character experiencing it. Of course, Ansari and Yang's tight writing and unique perspectives also elevate traditional plot points. Dev isn't pigeonholed as the Indian character getting into Indian antics, he is the American protagonist, who happens to be Indian-American, living an American life.
Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang have done well in producing a show that, better than any other, authentically captures the diversity and social woes of my generation. After the first season, I thought the title, "Master of None", was meant to describe Dev and his shortcomings in the areas of dating, career growth, and any other number of things. But after watching season 2, I suspect that the title may actually represent the show's thematic purview – "Master of None" isn't trying to master one story, it's a jack of all tales.


Nocturia is associated with poor sleep quality; however, little is known about the relationship between nocturia and sleep quality across different workforce-relevant age groups of adults. This has implications for developing new treatment strategies that are well tolerated across populations.
We conducted a cross-sectional study involving merged data from the 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Participants responded to validated questions on nocturia frequency and sleep from the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire General Productivity subscale (FOSQ-gp, range 1-4). Analyses included multivariable linear regression with stratification by gender to examine associations between nocturia frequency (higher worse) and the FOSQ-gp scores (lower scores indicating worse daytime function related to sleep disturbance).
Of 10,512 adults aged ≥20 years who completed the survey, 9148 (87%) had complete nocturia and FOSQ-gp data. The population age-adjusted prevalence of nocturia at least twice nightly was 21.1% among men and 26.6% among women (P < 0.001), and nocturia increased with age (P < 0.001). Compared with those with no or 1 episode of nocturia, those with nocturia at least twice nightly reported lower mean FOSQ-gp scores (3.65; 95% CI, 3.61-3.69 vs 3.19; 95% CI, 3.09-3.31 for men and 3.52; 95% CI, 3.48-3.56 vs 3.09; 95% CI, 3.02-3.16 for women). Older adults (aged >65 years) with greater nocturia frequency reported worse FOSQ-gp scores compared with younger adults with similar nocturia frequency (P < 0.001 among men and women).
In a population-based sample of community-dwelling men and women, the association between nocturia and worsened functional outcomes of sleep was greater among adults older than 65 years-a group more vulnerable to drug side effects, and in whom nocturia is typically multifactorial. Additionally, these analyses found that the association between nocturia and functional outcomes of sleep is stronger with increasing age among men. Effective treatment strategies that are well tolerated by older adults, such as multicomponent treatments that simultaneously address the combined effects of lower urinary tract and sleep dysfunction, are needed.
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SERCO COULD LOSE KEY WHITEHALL CONTRACTS
Serco Group, the Government outsourcing firm, has been given a six-week deadline to improve its performance and demonstrate "change and corporate renewal" or it will be at risk of losing three major contracts with the Government.
Serco currently holds numerous contracts relating to the criminal justice system including those for transportation of prisoners, electronic tagging of offenders on bail and management of various private prisons.
Whitehall Investigation
Whitehall has begun an investigation into Serco's contracts after claims that the company altered records on the transport of prisoners. The outsourcing giant is also accused of overcharging for electronic tagging of offenders. Two months ago, the Ministry of Justice said Serco, and other firm G4S, had overcharged the Government by "tens of millions" for electronic tags for criminals.
At that time Justice Secretary Chris Grayling asked the Serious Fraud Office to consider a criminal case against G4S and fraud detectives have confirmed they are considering information provided by the Ministry of Justice on Serco. The Cabinet Office is currently halfway through a review of the firm's practices and the report is expected to be published in November.
Three contracts are immediately at risk if Serco doesn't improve its corporate governance culture, officials have said. The firm could lose its £285m prisoner escort contract, management of three jails in South Yorkshire and be excluded from bidding for a £800m contract for the privatisation of the probation service, according to a report in The Sunday Times.
Losing Government contracts would be devastating for Serco, which generates about 25 percent of its £4.9 billion revenue from work for Whitehall.
Serco has appointed Lord Gold, a senior City lawyer, to carry out an independent review of its business practices. The company said in a statement:
"Serco is fully committed to its programme of change and renewal and is taking the matter extremely seriously. This is an on-going process, we have frequent meetings with Government to discuss progress and we will report fully when the process is finalised at the end of November."
Earlier this week Serco and G4S faced fresh criticism from the Government, which accused them of providing "squalid" and "rundown" housing to asylum seekers.
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Olesya Rulin (ruso: Олеся Рулин, Olessia Rouline; Moscú, 17 de marzo de 1986) es una actriz, modelo y pianista rusa residente en Estados Unidos. Su trabajo más conocido ha sido como Kelsi Nielsen en la serie de películas de Disney High School Musical.

Primeros años
Rulin se crio en un pueblo a cuatro horas de Moscú y a los siete años se trasladó a Salt Lake City, Utah, Estados Unidos. Allí estudió ballet e interpretación y a los doce años fue descubierta por "Model Search for America". Ganó el concurso y eso le permitió contratar un agente y empezar a trabajar como actriz.

Carrera
Además de actuar en las películas de High School Musical apareció en las películas Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous, Family Weekend, entre otras.

Vida personal
Es pescetariana (es semivegetariana ya que consume pescado). Puede hablar, leer y escribir ruso con fluidez. En 2021 se casó con Joseph Noel Pauline. En marzo de 2022, Rulin anunció su primer embarazo. El 9 de agosto de 2022 nació su hija Ondine Michelle.

Filmografía

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Sitio web oficial de Olesya Rulin

Ruso-estadounidenses
Actrices de cine de Rusia
Actrices de cine de Estados Unidos
Actores de televisión de Rusia
Actrices de televisión de Estados Unidos
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Modelos femeninas de Estados Unidos
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Q: In VB.net, is it possible to play an embedded MP3 audio file? When I launch my application, background music starts.
The code below allows me to get that,
provided that I integrate a WAV audio file into the resources.
Unfortunately, a WAV audio file is very heavy: my file is 40 MB.
If I used the same audio file in mp3, it would be: 2.75 MB.
Visual Basic does not accept mp3 files. Is there not a way around this problem?
Thank you for your reply.
Class MainWindow
'Music Background.

Private Sub Main_Form_Loaded(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles Main_Form.Loaded
    Dim son = New Media.SoundPlayer(My.Resources.My_Music)
    son.PlayLooping()

A: Thank you GSerg, your link has allowed me to find the solution: the code below works perfectly.
Previously, install Naudio under Visual Studio. Then,
Imports System.IO - Imports NAudio.Wave
Music Background.
Private Sub Form_Main_Loaded(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles Form_Main.Loaded
    Dim mp3file As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(My.Resources.My.Music)
    Dim mp3Reader As Mp3FileReader = New Mp3FileReader(mp3file)
    Dim waveOut As WaveOut = New WaveOut
    waveOut.Init(mp3Reader)
    waveOut.Play()

Another question: is there a function or an additional code to play music loop? Thank you for your reply.