I stumbled upon Avalon while looking for information on, of all things, a Kenny Loggins album.
I've been at the Archives for three days on and off, starting with Ceilidh's first dryer sheet. I finally got to the end.
Being a middle school English teacher, I'm afflicted with the notion that someday I may actually write something noteworthy. In reality, I know it'll never get any better than the couple of decent poems I wrote in an undergrad class 15 years ago.
I feel compelled to tell you, as have others here, that you have created something wonderful. You've told a story, a story that people love and relate to, a story that will endure.
ps my wife wants to know WHAT the HELL I've found on the computer NOW that has me so FRIGGIN mesmerised. She wouldn't understand.
Maybe not until she reads it.
Indeed. Lots of other good webcomics.
Good luck with your newfound addiction.


Nambucca and Urunga real estate growth sits at 7% while Coffs Harbour lags at 5%.
While Sydney house prices continue to rise, the Coffs Coast housing market has remained at between 5 and 7 percent growth.
One of the reasons for the slow growth is that fewer houses are being offered for sale.
Former President of the Realestate institute of NSW and Coffs Harbor agent, Christine Clarke says that low interest rates and the high costs associated with moving have both acted as deterrents to people wanting to trade up.
"Throughout 2014 in Coffs Harbour we sold 338 residential houses," she said.
"In the first six months of this year we've sold only 81.
"So we've sold less than a third in volume in this part of the year compared to 2014 and 2013."
In Sydney the median price of a house is now $880,000 while in Coffs Harbour the median sale price is $403,000.
"The Coffs Coast is certainly a much more attractive option so you'd think we'd have buyers storming the gates," Ms Clarke said.
This week the Property Council of Australia called for the stamp duty to be scrapped, saying that it's hurting Australia's economy and locking out potential home buyers.
Agent Christine Clarke agrees that stamp duty is a disincentive for both buyers and sellers.
She says that having to pay a one off tax in excess of $16,000 to the State Government is enough to make people stay put.
"When a home owner looks at what it's going to cost to upgrade they calculate up to 4 percent in stamp duty plus their selling costs.
"They then think that maybe they're better off just doing a reno instead."
In May this year the State Government collected a record $518 million in stamp duty.
"While scrapping stamp duty is a wonderful idea, it's such a cash cow for the NSW Government that there's no way they could handle a great big hole in their bucket by abolishing it," Christine Clarke said.
"But certainly we at least ask that they consider reducing it."


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In the first few minutes of The American, George Clooney's latest film (not half as entertaining at the coffee commercials he does with John Malkovich here in Australia), Clooney gets ambushed by a couple of gunmen and once he deals with his attackers he shoots the innocent, unarmed woman he is with in the back of the head so she can't be a witness against him. From that point I had a hard time having any sympathy for Clooney's character. He murders an innocent woman and we are then supposed to care about him and his life after he falls in love with a prostitute. I kinda didn't.
In the opening scene of The Walking Dead a Deputy Sheriff shoots a little girl in the head because apparently she is a zombie. (Although we don't actually know this at the time). The director hides nothing from us. We get to see the little girl take the bullet in her forehead and die.
Of course killing women has been a Hollywood staple since the talkies began, but I wonder if some new line has been crossed here? Is there a difference between what these characters did and what Norman Bates does in Psycho? Clooney and Perkins are both playing anti heroes, right? And what about Casey Affleck in the new Killer Inside Me? Can we have any sympathy for him at all? I know I didnt. I have only questions. Not answers. Sorry.


The Korat cat is a medium-weight shorthaired cat. It is also called Si-Sawat, which consists of the Thai words si and sawat "good luck cat".
The name Korat comes from the region in northeast Thailand where the cats thought to have originated. The silver cats with the green eyes date back to the 14th century based on their depiction in literature. Korats were favourite gifts and had a particular purpose when given to brides because of their connection with prosperity and fertility.
They are incredibly loyal to their owners. As a result, they give their full love and high respect. The cat is either going 100 km/h or is in "slow motion" mode. The cat wants to be with you, near you and helping you all the time.
The Korat is a "unique" breed that has yet to be found by many.
She was born on January 6, 2015. A few months later, we took her home.
Meanwhile, we enjoy her presence and participation in the family life. Above all, we respect and spoil each other. She also likes to join us in our second domicile and knows both places very well.
Kaya is a very social cat, and even when visitors arrive, she does not hide. She sticks to her favourite food and ignores any other cat food. Consequently, she would never steal our food even pieces of meat or fish don't mean anything to her.
She is like an alarm clock to get up in the morning on time. However, the cat alarm bell knows only one setting, meaning workdays/weekends are no different. However, during the gloomy winter season, she behaves like a teenager and does not get up until there exists no temperature difference between sleeping under the blanket and the apartment. In the evening she waits until all family members are at home and while waiting she can be quite noisy. During the summertime, she loves the possibility to enjoy the sun on the balcony.
To sum up – Kaya we love you very much.


Dar es Salaam, 17th October 2016 – Tanzania's leading specialist credit provider, Bayport Financial Services, has over the last 10 years contributed significantly to improving the lives of thousands of Tanzanians through the provision of credit.
Bayport Tanzania is among ten subsidiaries of the Bayport Group that provides financial solutions to formally and informally employed individuals in emerging markets. The group's services promote financial inclusion for people who are unable to access traditional banking services or the underbanked. Having started its first operation in Zambia in 2001, the Bayport Group operations are currently in 7 African countries and 2 in Latin America, these countries are Zambia, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, and Mexico; today Bayport Group has a loyal customer base of approximately 518 000 customers who regularly and repeatedly access its services.
According to Bayport Tanzania Chief Executive Officer, John Mbaga, disbursed over Tshs 48 billion during the 2015 financial year alone. Bayport is considered one of the large tax payers in Tanzania, paying over Tsh 7 billion to the fiscus in 2014.
Bayport Tanzania was incorporated in 2006. It rapidly became the leading unsecured credit provider to employees in both the public and private sectors. Bayport's footprint of 83 permanent and 45 mobile branches reaches every region in mainland Tanzania.
The company has 300 permanent employees and a network of more than 1 000 sales agents.
"The jobs we provide have contributed to the reduction of youth unemployment in the country," said Mbaga.
According to the Integrated Labour Force Survey (ILFS-2014), the unemployment rate in Tanzania stood at 13.70%.
In addition to unsecured loans, Bayport's portfolio includes insurance products such as the Education Protection Policy that covers dependents' education fees for up to three years in the event of the policy holder's death. Bayport's Credit Life policy covers outstanding loan balances should customers be retrenched, become disabled, pass away or contract a dread disease such as cancer.
Bayport recently launched mortgage-type loans that allow customers to own a surveyed plot of land. The product extends Bayport loans to off-payroll borrowers by using the surveyed plot of land as collateral.
Bayport also supports orphaned children. A flagship project is the EOTF-sponsored orphanage whose kindergarten Bayport has upgraded to modern standards. The company's TSh 200 million investment has resulted in an eco-friendly facility with natural lighting and natural ventilation that caters for 40 children at the EOTF center and 60 more from the neighboring villages.
He noted that the company's strategic vision and on-the-ground implementation had found favour with investors, among them Swedish investment company AB Kinnevik. In July 2010 the latter invested US$40 million in the Bayport Group to become the single largest institutional shareholder in the company.
Four months later, Bayport issued its maiden bond in the international debt capital markets, raising a total of US$100 million.
"In 2016, Bayport Management Ltd closed a $250 million senior debt facility with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government's development finance institution. The long-term loan will support the group's financial inclusion and growth agenda across its operations. "As a Bayport subsidiary, Bayport Tanzania contributes to the group's investment profile, and benefits from it," said Mbaga.
Bayport's business strategy, according to Mbaga, is based on product diversification and technological innovation with people as the core focus.
In step with the group strategy, Bayport Tanzania re-branded its identity in 2015 with a people-centered message, giving the company the opportunity to reposition itself as a financial solutions provider.
As a group, Bayport believes that credit is a powerful enabler when managed responsibly and rolled out effectively. "It never fails to inspire us when we see how our customers put their credit to positive use and drive economic activity that fundamentally improves their lives," said Mbaga.
The CEO thanked Bayport Tanzania's customers, funders, the government and other stakeholders for the unwavering support that they have given the company over the past 10 years.
Bayport Financial Services Tanzania was incorporated in 2006 and has rapidly become the leading specialist credit provider to Government employees and employees of approved private companies in Tanzania. Bayport strives to be a financial solutions provider. Addition to providing loans without collateral, Bayport now offers loans for surveyed plots of land that are located in Kigamboni, Kibaha, Chalinze, Bagamoyo and Kilwa in Dar es Salaam, Coast and Lindi Regions respectively. In 2016 Bayport has introduced an Emergency loan product for its customers using a mobile platform to request and repay a loan remotely anywhere anytime further increasing access to credit. all these services can be found in our branch offices and agents located across the country.


This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #295355.
Ta1 yi3 jiao1 shu1 wei2 sheng1.Tā yǐ jiāo shū wéi shēng.
He earned his living as a teacher.
Ta1 yi3 dang1 lao3shi1 wei2 sheng1.Tā yǐ dāng lǎoshī wéi shēng.
Er verdiente seinen Lebensunterhalt als Lehrer.
Él se ganaba la vida como maestro.
Bir öğretmen olarak hayatını kazandı.


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ТТЮ — многозначная аббревиатура:
 ТТЮ — ТТЮ (Таллин), женская волейбольная команда
 ТТЮ — ТТЮ (Тарту), мужская баскетбольная команда

См. также
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Q: ImageMagick: how to batch combine multiple TIFF file to a single TIFF file in a directory? I have 600 TIFF files in a directory, c:\temp.
The file names are like:
001_1.tif,
001_2.tif,
001_3.tif

002_1.tif,
002_2.tif,
002_3.tif
....
....
200_1.tif,
200_2.tif,
200_3.tif

The combined files should be placed in same directory and the files should be named like:
1_merged.tif
2_merged.tif
.....
.....
200_merged.tif

I am looking for any single command-line /batch-file to do so through ImageMagick convert/ mogrify command or any other command/tools.
Please note the overall time taken should not be more than 5 second.

A: Assuming you want to combine the 600 single-page TIFFs into one single multi-page TIFF (per set of 3), it is as simple as:
 convert  001_*.tiff  1_merged.tiff
 convert  002_*.tiff  2_merged.tiff
 [....]
 convert  200_*.tiff  200_merged.tiff

Please note that nobody will be able to guarantee any timing/performance benchmarks... least while we don't even have any idea how exactly your input TIFFs are constituted.  (Are they 10000x10000 pixels or are they 20x20 pixels?, Are they color or grayscale?, etc.pp.)
This is different from Mark's answer, because he seems to have assumed you want to combine the input files all into a 1-page image, where the originals are tiled across a larger page...

A: This should do it - I will leave you to do error checking in case you haven't actually got all the images you suggest!
@ECHO OFF
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
FOR /L %%A IN (1,1,200) DO (
   set "formattedValue=000000%%A"
   set "x=!formattedValue:~-3!"
   convert !x!_*.tif +append !x!_merged.tif
   echo !x!
)

So, if your images look like this
001_1.tif

001_2.tif

001_3.tif

you will get this in merged_001.tif

If you change +append to -append then merged_001.tif will be like this:

If you remove +append altogether, you will get 200 multi-page TIFs with 3 pages each - same as Kurt's answer.

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News : The Amity Affliction announces three headline shows with Underoath, Crossfaith and Pagan.
Arguably, one of Australia's most successful heavy music exports, The Amity Affliction have confirmed three headline stadium shows across Australia this September. As a bonus, fans will also have the privilege to see American rock outfit, Underoath, Japanese metallers Crossfaith and local metal alumni, Pagan, supporting. Full tour dates and ticket details below.
For all the Brisbane fans, you'll be treated with the "Heaven And Hell" as part of Brisbane Festival's 30th anniversary of Riverstage celebration on Saturday 14 September. This show includes additional performances by SOUTHEAST DESERT METAL, VOID OF VISION, ENDLESS HEIGHTS, THORNHILL and more to be announced.


Bill Monroe's instrumental tune "Cheyenne" has been recorded by many people, but is probably best known from Kenny Baker's classic recording on Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe. Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Joe K. Walsh teaches it in his Advancing Mandolinist course and he enlisted his Mr. Sun bandmate, guitarist Grant Gordy, to help him run it down in the studio.
To learn mandolin from Joe, enroll in his Peghead Nation Advancing Mandolinist course today!


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Trailer Frenzy
Poker Face Combines the Superpowers of Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson
The weekly detective show, with a subtle superhuman twist, is coming to Peacock later this month.
Germain Lussier
Natasha Lyonne stars in Poker Face.
Image: Peacock
"If you could have one superpower, what would it be?" It's a question we ask and have been asked a billion times. And while the most common answers are things like "super strength" or "flight" or "invisibility," the upcoming show Poker Face throws a new one into the mix: what if you could tell, without a doubt, if a person is lying?
Natasha Lyonne Gives Relationship Advice In This Poker Face Clip
Working With the Cast of Paper Girls
Spoilers of the Week | June 17th
Created by Rian Johnson (Knives Out, The Last Jedi) and Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, American Pie), Poker Face is a new show coming to Peacock starting on January 26. It's not presented as a superhero show by any means—it's much more in tune with something like Columbo or Kojak—but there's no denying that the main character, Charlie (played by Lyonne), has a superpower. And she uses it to solve a new murder each and every week. Johnson wrote and directed several episodes of the show, which features a dynamite roster of talent. Check out the latest trailer.
Poker Face | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
As we said, though Charlie has a very cool, unexplained power, the show is in no way presented as such. It's got a very distinct, 1970s vibe. Like something you'd find on TV when you were a kid on a Saturday afternoon. However, with Johnson's obvious ability to tell a cool, twisty-turny story, and this cast, expectations couldn't be higher for this very cool-looking show.
And, thanks to the press release, we have this wild list of that cast, most of whom only appear in a single episode. Check this out, in alphabetical order: Adrien Brody, Angel Desai, Audrey Corsa, Benjamin Bratt, Brandon Michael Hall, Charles Melton, Chelsea Frei, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Colton Ryan, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Hong Chau, Jasmine Aiyana Garvin, Jameela Jamil, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Light, Leslie Silva, Lil Rel Howery, Luis Guzmán, Megan Suri, Niall Cunningham, Nicholas Cirillo, Nick Nolte, Reed Birney, Rhea Perlman, Ron Perlman, Rowan Blanchard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Shane Paul McGhie, Simon Helberg, Stephanie Hsu, Tim Blake Nelson, and Tim Meadows.
Poker Face debuts on Peacock January 26 with its first four episodes. The next six will then follow that.
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Mobile phone users are increasingly worried that PC-based information security risks are threatening their phones, leaving network operators with a choice: protect customers against malware and other threats or lose their business.
This emerged from research in the UK, US, and Japan by security software house McAfee. The firm looked into mobile phone users' attitudes to information security threats from mobile networks. The research follows a similar study last year among the operators themselves.
Greg Day, a security analyst at McAfee, said the risks to mobile phone users compared to those faced by PC users connected to the internet are one to 100. But mobile phone users are increasingly concerned that as applications such as micro-payments and banking move onto their phones, they will attract criminals.
He said while their immediate concern was loss of cash, more dangerous was the loss of data, especially personal data, that could be used to clone the user's identity or to harass them.
He said 58% of respondents worried about spam, fraudulent use of subscribed services, and theft of data stored on their phones.
He warned of "smishing" attacks, where a criminal tried to induce insecure behaviour using an SMS message. "The criminal texts you to say 'Thanks for subscribing to our dating service at $2 per day. If you received this message in error, please to go this website to unsubscribe'. And of course, it asks you for your name, bank and credit card details to 'confirm' you are the right person," Day said.
Normally it would cost the smisher to send the text, but Day said there are now lots of sites that offer free SMS services and random dialling facilities.
Day said network operators must assess the risks to their reputations, operations and customers protect their infrastructures and the mobile terminals they sell, and set up incident management systems to clear up the inevitable attacks. Precautions included multimedia content inspection software at network access points, he said.
"Network operators are driven by the need to add value to increase the average revenue per user, and the need to attract and retain customers," Day said. Offering and promoting secure mobile services played to both these drivers, but few customers are likely to buy security specially, he said.
"The question for network operators is how to hide the cost when the market is so competitive on price," he said.


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Bringing Ancient Greek Drama to Life (Part Two)
Woodcut of The Frogs by Gwen Raverat. Photo: Cambridge Greek Play Committee.
What's 'knock-knock' in ancient Greek?
Translating jokes is hard. In his second feature to mark our sponsorship of the Cambridge Greek Play 2013, Dr Oliver Thomas considers some of the ways of translating (and not translating) an ancient Greek play to keep it amusing.
The second part of this year's Cambridge Greek Play will be a stripped-down version of one of the most famous of ancient Greek comedies, Aristophanes' Frogs from 405 BCE. The brief has been to produce 45 minutes of high-tempo humour from the play. As a classicist watching the creatives at work, I've seen more clearly than ever quite how delicate a business translating comedy has to be.
Of course, 'translation' can amount to different things. First, translating words. Aristophanes has plenty of situations which stay funny with in a fairly literal version. In the opening scene of Frogs, effeminate Dionysus and his long-suffering slave Xanthias visit the macho Heracles. The following exchange has a still familiar punchline:
Heracles: So you were in the sea-battle?
Dionysus: Yes, and we sank twelve or thirteen enemy ships.
Heracles: You two?!
Dionysus: I swear to it.
Xanthias: And then I woke up! (Frogs lines 49-51)
The challenge of translation
Unfortunately, puns tend not to work when literally translated. One option here is to negotiate: I'm going to lose a Greek pun at line A, but I can create an English one at line B. Frogs features Charon, the ferryman of the dead, giving various nautical instructions as he arrives in his boat. Aristophanes didn't know the phrase 'avast behind!', but he does pun on his actors' appearance, and so might have approved of a heavily padded-out comic actor saying this as he bends his vast behind towards the audience. In this method of translating, you win some, you lose some, and you can capture more of the spirit with a slight loosening of the relationship to what Aristophanes originally composed.
Greek theatre involved not only words, but stage-business and music. The first thing Aristophanes' audience saw was two males, one wearing a long yellow dress with a lion-skin over it, and the other sitting on a donkey while carrying a massive knapsack. This incongruous sight is intrinsically silly. But a designer can also translate it, by finding the modern equivalents of sensuous, effete menswear (Dionysus' yellow dress), of Heracles' macho lionskin, and of the donkey used as transport for heavy loads. Now comes a further problem if you're performing the ancient Greek text with English surtitles, as we are doing: if you want to turn the donkey into an airport trolley, which lines containing the word for 'donkey' do you have to cut, and are those deviations acceptable for the benefits reaped?
The latter half of Frogs involves a squabble between two dead tragedians – bombastic Aeschylus and the younger, glibber Euripides – over the Underworld's throne of poetry. During this, each poet parodies the other's poetic and musical technique. Here being 'authentic' is a non-starter since we know almost nothing about Greek music, and in any case the parodies wouldn't be funny for a modern audience: you really have to update. But the basic terms of the situation are difficult to match: who now can be caricatured, like Euripides, as both musically avant-garde and intellectually superficial? Incidentally, in the 1947 Cambridge Greek Play production of Frogs, the surprisingly up-to-date musical parodies were of Showboat and rumba.
'Translationese'
The greatest insight I've gained from watching this production come together is how translation and mistranslation can be used as an extra theatrical medium for humour, and one (like a wordless slapstick sequence) which is easily compatible with our principle of speaking the original Greek verses. The surtitles, which all our audience-members will have to use, can give the impression that the surtitler is translating in real time and has just got stuck, fallen asleep, broken the machine, and so on; or one can parody the heavily footnoted 'translationese' which some old-fashioned versions of Greek drama adopted.
In this production of Frogs you'll find plenty of approaches to translation on show: expect cameos from modern politicians, medleys of night-club classics, Kermit, a red-faced surtitler – and maybe a knock-knock joke too.
Have a read of the first part of Dr Thomas article, on Prometheus.
Frogs will be performed in Greek with English surtitles at Cambridge Arts Theatre on October 16-19, tickets can be found at www.cambridgeartstheatre.com, info at www.cambridgegreekplay.com.
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Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte honored Iola "Olie" Else, University of Montana-Western's rodeo coach, with the Spirit of Montana award for her long-standing dedication to education and the sport of college rodeo. Else is retiring after 25 years as head coach.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Iola "Olie" Else, the long-time rodeo coach at the University of Montana-Western in Dillon.
For more than two decades, Coach Else has been the driving force behind the school's nationally recognized college rodeo team. The Bulldogs place high in the regional standings and compete for national titles. In fact, her teams rank in the top 10 in the National Collegiate Rodeo Association every year.
The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association named Else Coach of the Year in 2004. She was the first woman to earn the award.
A red blazer and cowbell are Olie's trademarks at college rodeo competitions. UMW rodeo athletes recognize that ringing cowbell from the stands whenever they rope or ride.
Current and former athletes recall her leadership and support that have guided them through college and beyond. Considered more than just a coach, many of the athletes regard Else as a second mother, and she often refers to them as her kids. Despite the team's regional and national recognition, Else says she's most proud that her kids graduate and go out into the world to make a difference.
Olie is retiring after 25 years as head coach, but it won't be her last rodeo. You can be sure her kids will see and hear her from the stands in future competitions.
In honor of rodeo moms and mothers everywhere, today I honor Iola "Olie" Else for her dedication to education, the sport of college rodeo, and our Montana way of life.


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Former Fashion Show Production Student Takes on Milano Fashion Week
rmaculloch / March 8, 2019
Attending the Francesca Liberatore show in Milan is a dream come true to anyone who loves fashion! Designer Francesca Liberatore lived in Rome as a child, but went on to study design at Central Saint Martins in London where her design career flourished. Due to her hard work and dedication she was given a spot in Milan Fashion Week, which is a huge accomplishment! The Fall/Winter 2019 show had a galactic theme. Everything from the clothing itself to the makeup was reflective, futuristic, and glittery. The helmets, as seen in the pictures below, were made by Liberatore's father, a famous sculptor from Rome. Liberatore's mother attached every individual rhinestone by hand. As for the makeup, the emphasis was based around the eyes with bright, iridescent eye shadow and natural face makeup.
This year and last year Marist Fashion students abroad have not only attended the show, but also worked the show. Roles vary from taking pictures for social media to being personal assistants to Francesca Liberatore herself. Jillian McCarthy '20 is currently studying abroad in Florence, and she got to live out her dream when she worked the Francesca Liberatore show last week in Milan as one of Liberatore's personal assistants.
Francesca Liberatore and Jillian McCarthy '20
"We were in charge of holding her purse, hyping her up, and doing whatever she needed us to, including taking her famous musician friend to get a coffee. We accompanied her to press interviews and watched the models walk the runway before the show," says McCarthy. The atmosphere of the show was, "busy, energetic, and mostly in Italian. Everyone backstage was dressed in black, but with an Italian flair. Whether it was the black boots on their feet, the joggers they were wearing, or how their hair was done, everyone was ready for Milan Fashion Week." Jillian enjoyed her time working this once in a lifetime opportunity event. The show was a huge success and showcased Francesca Liberatore's overflowing passion and talent of her work.
Jillian was in the Fashion Show Production last year as a sophomore. She believes that Fashion Show Production greatly strengthened her communication skills, especially when it came to writing a concise, professional email. She also credits Fashion Show Production for helping her with her organizational skills. Since she worked so closely with Francesca Liberatore, she had to coordinate trains, positions, and schedules in order to create a seamless production for the show. Some of the aspects of Fashion Show Production were very similar such as social media teams, dividing up volunteers between dressers, Public Relations and front of the house tasks, hair and makeup decisions, set up, and of course the high-paced energy. Both Francesca Liberatore's work and the work of the senior designers showcased in the Silver Needle Runway are judged by industry professionals, however Francesca Liberatore's work is on a larger scale while the design student's work for Silver Needle are judged for grades. From her experience in the Fashion Show Production class, Jillian was able to gain more experience and excel working at the Francesca Liberatore show this season.
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A priest, who fell in love with a neurotic actress during a therapy training course, comes to Paris to try his luck with her. There he discovers the chaos of love and sexuality.
Alongside this fictional tale, the filmmaker questions writers/philosophers Michel Serres and Michel Onfray about the Epistles of Paul, or the foundations of the separation of the body and soul in Christianity. He also participates in a transgenerational psychoanalysis session with Bruno Clavier, a specialist in the field, and they both question the filmmaker's family secret: his grandmother was the daughter of a priest.


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Altering perceptions: One DePaul student's path to housing security
Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor|May 28, 2019
Mackenzie Murtaugh / The DePaulia
Dom Coronel sits in the Dax house, located in the Ukrainian Village. He talks of his political activism through the Students for Sensible Drug Policy and as an apprentice for Jason Ortiz, the board vice president for the Minority Cannabis Business Association.
It was getting to class every day that made it so hard for Dom. He would leave the shelter, get to the train and make sure the attendant wasn't looking so he could hop the turnstile and run. The fare wasn't an expense Dom cared to pay, and the more he jumped the turnstile, the easier it became.
When Dominique Coronel — he goes by Dom — a 22-year-old political science student, waited on the platform, thoughts raced in his head about a fatal jump that would take him from the world that did him wrong. The never-ending exhaustion, hunger and anxieties of failing his classes took hold. Academia wasn't for the poor, homeless or people whose families weren't in the picture. It was for people who got lucky.
Dom agreed to enroll in college when he knew he was housing insecure. He spent his first year at DePaul initially staying with a friend, then couch-surfing. Once his friends graduated and left the city, Dom found himself lost yet again. After taking some time off to work on the Bernie Sanders campaign in 2016, he came back to school and found himself in the same cycle he knew all too well. He stretched his scholarships, student loans and financial aid as far as they would take him, and he took refuge in a shelter on the outskirts of the city.
Going from the shelter to campus proved difficult because he was constantly on edge. People could find out he was homeless, someone could have seen him coming out of the shelter and expose him or one day, he might get caught and arrested for sneaking onto the train.
But no one really knew, Dom said. The isolation he felt from his classmates didn't transcend himself, as his classmates were more involved in campus activities and the parties they would attend that weekend. His housing insecurity did not become a topic of conservation. He was different than his classmates and that did not concern them, but it ate away at Dom during his days on campus and his nights at the shelter.
Coronel is a third-year political science student with an interest in drug policy reform. After he graduates in 2020, he hopes to continue to lobby for this reform.
"When we think about homelessness, we have this perception of someone who is clearly homeless," Dom said. "You know you can spot them from a mile away — the way they smell, the way they act, the way they talk. But I had always learned to pick up nice words along the way, read a lot of books, just to make myself sound smart and to navigate life easier. I'm Latinx, but I'm passing, so that's always really helped me a lot, too."
Dom became comfortable with passing as white and middle-income as he was growing up. He realized it made going through the trials of life as a Latinx foster kid a little bit easier.
And still, no one knew.
College wasn't on the minds of Dom's parents. His mother lost her battle with drug addiction when Dom was young, and this left him in the care of his father, who was in and out of jail for most of his upbringing. Dom was filtered in and out of the foster care system every time his father came and went. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Services and the Administration for Children and Family Services reported that 437,465 people under 20 years old found themselves in the same system.
When his father was released, Dom would be sent back to him, and they would find homes in cars, parks and shelters, and they learned to adapt to their surroundings. But the in-and-out continued until Dom was old enough to separate from his father.
"I learned at a young age about poverty and about being homeless and to learn to adapt," he said. "But I also learned that I didn't want this to be forever and that there were inequalities in my life that were not unique to me or a certain group of people, whether it was because I am Latinx or whether it's because I'm the son of immigrants or whether it was because of a broken criminal justice system and the way we prosecute drug use as a criminal issue, not a health issue."
Deciding to go to college when it may have not been economically feasible was on Dom's mind when he enrolled. When the bills piled up and he realized the shelter wasn't where he could academically thrive, when he found himself on the edge of the train platform, he reached out to the dean of his college to see what his options were. In the office waiting for his appointment, he saw a little orange flier with the words "Homelessness has no place." Initially, he passed it off as another ticket to another crummy shelter, but it sparked his interest and he called the number at the bottom. On the other end of the phone was Sister Judy, a little voice that Dom described as "the most remarkable, spunky, fiery person who's become my guardian angel." They talked briefly, and Sister Judy, the program coordinator of the Dax Program, said Dom would be a great fit for their organization.
Depaul USA, a national organization that combats homelessness by fitting those who are housing insecure with foster families, teaching people about job and housing security and providing job hunting strategies. In Chicago, Depaul USA established the Dax Program to bring awareness to homelessness on college campuses and helps students secure housing.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that 58,000 college and university students currently face homelessness. DePaul estimates that, in any given quarter, 50 DePaul students are homeless or housing insecure.
After speaking with Sister Judy, Dom met with the Dax Program Director Abe Morris to establish a connection and see how the program could assist him. Dom needed the help, and the program's flier, Sister Judy and the Dax Program came at a time when all other avenues of assistance failed him.
When Dom and Abe met, they went out for lunch, and that was that. Housing secured. He was first housed on-campus in a dorm and then in the Dax house, located in Ukrainian Village. The house guarantees students with a room for as long as they need. This past March, Depaul USA closed on another Dax house near Midway Airport.
Dom works a few shifts a week to satisfy the house's rule of working at least 10 hours a week. He and his roommates keep the place clean and as comfortable as any other house. They discuss politics, race, religion and Cardi B. They don't discuss their lives before they became housing secure. They aren't in denial of it — they have embraced it by participating in this organization. Dom says he acknowledges it by not acknowledging it, and this pushes him forward.
Dom sees college as a way out of what has troubled him throughout his past and into a way to serve his community. Going to a large, urban university means he can participate in local politics, which he does as a member of the board of directors in the Students for Sensible Drug Policy and as an apprentice of Jason Ortiz, the board vice president for the Minority Cannabis Business Association.
"I feel a moral obligation to just do everything that I can to not only learn as much as possible for me to help myself grow and overcome and prove to myself that I'm not just some poor kid from the streets who died, but I do belong and I am smart and I'm just as smart as any other kid in these classrooms," Dom said. "But also [I have] a duty and, frankly, a purpose in fighting or something much larger than myself that gives me meaning. It gives me something to wake up to in the morning."
In the U.S., the stability that the Dax Program provides is rare. No other program in Chicago houses homeless college students or students in threat of homelessness the way the Dax Program. Many colleges, including Loyola University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, offer assistance in no-to-low-cost housing and food pantries, but they lack the same sense of stability the Dax house offers. The students receive their own room, a key and a place for cooking, cleaning and conversing.
"Other institutions and programs have a sort of shelter of some kind that can be the best thing for a certain time, but never before has it been done so well because I have that thing, my own room kind of thing and that stability," he said.
The stability helped Dom secure a job as a bartender in the South Loop, and soon he'll be able to commit to organizing political and social movements around the city, one thing he couldn't do when he was housing insecure.
"Learning has definitely been my refuge in adversity, and it's helped me escape poverty," Dom said. "It will always be my saving grace. It's given me a good start in learning about social movements and learning about those who came before me to combat injustice. I'm trying to make the world a better place."
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Maggie	• Mar 29, 2021 at 1:24 pm
This man is a fraud and sexual assailant. Very disheartening to see an article published about his narcissism.
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Carol Stelzik	• May 30, 2019 at 6:10 pm
A wonderful piece of information. Thank you Dom for not giving up and thanks to Sister Judy for guiding Dom. Thank you also for the DAX program. Depaul Cares!


One of the many ways we ensure our guests enjoy their stay at the Smithton Inn is by accommodating a whole host of dietary needs and restrictions. Lactose Intolerance, Diabetic, Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten Free are just some of the needs we cater to when whipping up our delicious breakfasts. This particular recipe I made for the first time when a guest let me know she was a Vegan, but it also happens to be Gluten Free.
That said, I have NONE of these dietary restrictions, but I LOVE this dish. It's got a wonderful flavor and texture, plus it's high in protein. Give it a shot, how often does "healthy" and "tastes good" come together?!
Over medium heat, stir and toast the slivered almonds until golden.
Transfer the toasted quinoa and almonds to a 2 quart saucepan and add the remaining ingredients.
Bring to a boil, covered, then reduce the heat to simmer for 20 minutes.
Remove from heat, remove the cinnamon stick and bay leaf and allow to sit for 5 minutes.


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In October, Pavel Gililov will return to Kronberg to play chamber music together with Lynn Harrell (cello) at the famous Cello Festival. The concert is taking place on the 3rd of October at 6 pm at the Stadthalle Kronberg.
Pavel Gililov will also perform with the Gililov Quartet Berlin at the Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie Berlin, on October 24 at 8 pm. More details and tickets here.


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If you or your child are planning for an active summer full of sporting and recreational activities in Tuscaloosa, you may want to plan for a sportsguard. Sportsguards are flexible, plastic devices that you can wear to protect your teeth, lips, mouth, and jaw. When you're involved in baseball, softball, football, soccer, or any contact sport, you are in danger of injuring your mouth, making it crucial to safeguard against these injuries.
The American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) encourages kids to "play it safe" and consistently wear sportsguards and other protective gear during competitions and practices. But even if you don't have braces, sportsguards can provide valuable protection against injuries that can stay with you for a lifetime.
All guards for your mouth are not made equal. Cheap, plastic mouth guards are sold in sporting stores across the county. Usually you take them home, boil them in water, and then bite down on them to hopefully "fit" them to your mouth. However, these guards often do not fit properly. They're not only uncomfortable to wear but also not as effective.
Custom-made and fitted sportsguards can be made at a Tuscaloosa dentist's office. Dr. Skalnik at Dental Care South will create a mold of your exact tooth structure and then use a laboratory to custom-create your plastic sportsguard guaranteeing a proper fit and the most comfort possible.
Don't wait until summer sports are here to learn about a sportsguard for you or your child. If you have questions about whether a sportsguard is right or you, give Dental Care South a call at (205) 752-1929. Our team can answer all your questions and schedule a consultation with you to assess your needs.


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"You didn't even try to resist, did you?" her head dropped despairingly as she choked back tears. I was trying not to be angry, grateful she had trusted the safety of a mother's heart for confession. Yet I pressed her for reason as to why she couldn't resist the temptation of the moment. I breathed deeply His strength and exhaled grace. I, too, had once (and even still) had to fight temptation in a loosing battle like the one she faced. I set my shoulders to lean in and more gently remind her, "These are only moments... passing pieces of time leading into the next. You only have to hold on for a moment."
It is a theme echoed in my midst this week, even in the verses I soak up from my morning Bible reading. Psalm 30, a familiar one sung on Sundays but often forgot in those moments of fleeting temptations. It struck me deeper this week, though, as I look to my children growing and facing new and bigger challenges. As I look to a world now which resembles little of the one I grew up in. Black and white are replaced by gray and fleshly desires surrendered to are praised more than ever before. How do we resist?
Resist snapping at our loved ones because we just don't want to muster the strength to act in love.
Resist giving up the coveted spot in line while making a million excuses why we don't have time to let the person with fewer or quicker go first.
Resist desires or secret addictions because, after all, God gave grace and it is much easier to give in.
Resist trying to control everything because surrendering ALL things to God's hands means we are helpless.... right?
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Resisting is often harder than surrendering. We suffer when we resist but Romans 5 tells us suffering brings growth and, ultimately, Glory to God. The more we resist, the strength to resist grows and the hope to continue with battle after victorious battle makes winning so worth it!
Psalm 30 glared at me this week because of this. Like the Titus meets Proverbs idea of process and results, I saw HOW we resist to grow into the Romans 5 form and reflection of growing in faith and hope in Christ. Psalm 30 tells us these challenges, temptations, trials and hardships are temporary. As I told my daughter recently.... they are a moment. A moment which feels like forever when, in truth, it is only fleeting. Yet, how we respond in that momentary affliction is what becomes lasting.
Do we snap and walk in regret for hurting feelings or causing strife?
Do we hog our spot yet knowing the distress we are causing someone else and the opportunity missed to share and show the love of Christ?
Do we give into that secret thing knowing it is an act of betrayal or breaking God's heart and essentially blaspheming the Spirit, leaving a trail of guilt for many moments after?
Do we wallow un-necessarily in sadness and hopelessness when God is ready and waiting to wash us with joy and hope.... even in the darkest moments.... spending countless hours simply lost?
Do we hold so tight to control, no moment seems to carry peace for the suffocating weight of it all?
Some moments are blinks.... others are longer but ALL are just moments. In the grand scope of eternity and our temporary passage through this place their transitory existence is not worth the loss our lack of resistance will cause. Simply put: if each temptation to do and be good vs. bad is recognized as fleeting we can than except our need to resist is equally temporary. We do not have to resist every minute of every day from now until eternity.... we only need to resist in this minute of this day and then enjoy the beautiful character building joy that awaits our wise choice.
It may not always be easy.... but it is simple.
I pray you may find the strength for each temporary moment to claim victory for all the moments and eternities which come after!
Joining you from the #TellHisStory linkup and I'm so glad I stopped by.
This sounds like an exchange I've had with my own daughter. No one ever said being a momma was going to be easy, but it does involve the laying down of oneself. And of course, resisting the urges to react in the flesh.
Thank you for stopping by. It is always a blessing to hear I am not alone in experiences like these!


Mockup box of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, published 1957-60. Covers illustrated by James McMullan.
McMullan's covers are done in a mixture of earthy soulful browns for the box; and emphatic oranges, emerald, and purple on the individual covers. The figures here are sketchier than much of McMullan's more familiar work, and maybe that helps to convey the frenzied emotional states of the characters in the books (the title characters, as I recall, are involved in romances with many vertices, Durrell courts the comparison of his treatment of "modern love" with Einstein and Freud and also Sade). McMullan's images for Taractan also seem pertinent.
Lawrence Durrell is a short man, but in no sense a small one. Dressed in jeans, a tartan shirt, a navy-blue pea jacket, he looks like a minor trade-union official who has successfully absconded with the funds. He is a voluble, volatile personality, who talks fast and with enormous energy. He is a gift for an interviewer, turning quite stupid questions into apparently intelligent ones by assuming that the interviewer meant something else. Though he was rather distrustful of the tape recorder, he acquiesced in its use. He smokes heavily, Gauloises bleues. When at rest he looks like Laurence Olivier; at other times his face has all the ferocity of a professional wrestler's.


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Pro Football Focus' new 2021 NFL Mock Draft has Pats upgrading key position
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The weaknesses at several positions in the New England Patriots offense are getting a lot of attention in the lead up to the 2021 NFL Draft, and it's deserved.
Make no mistake about it: The Patriots need a lot of help on offense. Quarterback, wide receiver and tight end are among the positions that must be bolstered before next season.
The team's defense is in need of upgrades, too, and one area to address early in the draft is defensive line.
2021 Patriots Mock Draft: Pats make big move for their next quarterback
This is where the Patriots go in the latest 2021 NFL Mock Draft published by Pro Football Focus, which has New England selecting Alabama defensive lineman Christian Barmore in the first round.
Here is PFF writer Austin Gayle's explanation for predicting Barmore to the Patriots with the No. 15 overall pick:
"Barmore's consistency at Alabama is reason to be concerned with him as a high-end prospect, but his performances in the Crimson Tide's bouts with Notre Dame and Ohio State in the College Football Playoff are some of the best we've seen from any defensive tackle in this class. Buying into the high end and continuing to develop Barmore (RS So.) at the next level is a worthwhile investment for the Pats at No. 15, especially knowing the lack of depth in the 2021 defensive tackle class."
The Patriots have lost several veteran defensive linemen in recent seasons, including Trey Flowers, Danny Shelton, Malcom Brown, Chris Long and Alan Branch.
New England also has not drafted many defensive linemen in recent years. They didn't select one in 2018 or 2020. The Pats drafted two in 2019 -- Chase Winovich in the third round and Byron Cowart in the fifth round.
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It makes sense to pursue a defensive lineman early in the 2021 draft. Barmore had a very good season for the Crimson Tide and helped them win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game over Ohio State in January. He tallied 27 total tackles with three passes defensed, three forced fumbles and six sacks for Alabama in 2020.
The Patriots could also target other defensive positions, such as cornerback, in Round 1. With so many different areas to address, the best move might just be to take the best player available at No. 15.


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Bismarck Bobcats Assistant Coach's Tirade Gains National Attention
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On Saturday night (Dec. 2), Bismarck Bobcats Assistant Coach Garrett Roth lost his cool with the officials.
It was one heck of a game at the VFW Sports Center when the Bobcats hosted the Austin Bruins in the second of a two game weekend series.
Bobcats forward Ty Enns scored a hat trick in the game and in total, the Bobcats scored six goals. But it wasn't enough.
In the third period, Enns was called for a five minute major for removing his visor.
The Bruins went on to score four goals on that power play to take what was once a 5-4 Bobcats lead into an 8-5 deficit.
You can see highlights of the game via the Austin Bruins YouTube channel:
After that fourth power play goal, Assistant Coach Garrett Roth lost his cool. That did not make the above highlight reel.
But a fan caught it, and the video has since spread to national sites including NBC Sports, Barstool Sports, and Yahoo! sports.
Patrick Jacobs was the head referee for the game and fans, players, and coaches were not pleased with his officiating throughout the entire game.
It is expected that Roth will receive discipline from the NAHL but the league has not announced anything as of this posting.
The Bobcats return home on Saturday, Dec. 9 when they will host Minot. It is the team's Christmas Party Game and Teddy Bear Toss Night. If you can't make it to the game, you can listen on SuperTalk 1270.
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Bobby really doesn't trust Jason Marquis. Jason was leading 4-2 in the fourth, two outs, but got in trouble and loaded the bases. Any other pitcher probably would have had a chance to pitch out of it — especially since the game doesn't much matter — but Bobby brought in Kerry Ligtenberg, who got the next hitter to keep any runs from scoring.
That's fine. I don't mind a quick hook. Unfortunately, Kerry came out the next inning and gave up a three-run homer to put the Braves behind 5-4. Final score, 6-5 Phillies, with the game ending with the tying run on second.
Yesterday's infield alignment was M. Franco/Lockhart/DeRosa/Giles. Today: who knows? Bobby is experimenting. Unfortunately, he doesn't realize that some things no longer need experimenting with. Marcus had a hit and a walk, drove one run in and scored another. Lockhart was 0-5. Who's more likely to be in the lineup tonight when the game starts tonight at 7:35 ET? Who was hitting second in the order? Not the player with actual talent, but the one who is now hitting .211.


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BR Home Page > Players > Antonio Bastardo > 2014 Batting Game Logs
Antonio Bastardo
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right • Throws: Left
5-11, 202lb (180cm, 91kg)
Born: September 21, 1985 in Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic do
High School: Liceo Sol Ana Nolan (San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic)
Debut: June 2, 2009 (Age 23-254d, 17,180th in MLB history)
vs. SDP 6.0 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W
Last Game: July 7, 2017 (Age 31-289d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER
Agents: The Legacy Agency • Previously: ACES
Full Name: Antonio Francisco Bastardo
Pronunciation: \buh-STAR-doh\
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Team Record in Appearances 26-36 / in Starts: 0-0
Longest Hitting Streak 0 games
Longest On Base Streak 1 game
Most Games w/o HR 0 games
Most Games w/o RBI 0 games
Grand Slams No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits: 0
RBI Opportunities
RBIs
in 1 PAs 0
Actual Runners on Base 1 (0-0-1)
Avg. MLBer w/ 1 PAs 0
Avg. Runners on Base 0 (0-0-0)
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2014 Batting Game Log
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197 4 (3) Apr 4 PHI @ CHC W,7-2 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
198 8 (3) Apr 9 PHI MIL L,4-9 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
199 10 (1) Apr 11 PHI MIA W,6-3 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 P
200 11 Apr 12 PHI MIA W,5-4 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
202 15 (2) Apr 17 PHI ATL W,1-0 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
203 18 (2) Apr 20 PHI @ COL W,10-9 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 P
204 20 (1) Apr 22 PHI @ LAD W,3-2 9-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
205 24 (3) Apr 26 PHI @ ARI W,6-5 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
206 27 (2) May 2 PHI WSN L,3-5 9-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
207 28 May 3 PHI WSN W,7-2 9-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
208 29 May 4 PHI WSN W,1-0 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
209 31 (1) May 6 PHI TOR L,5-6 10-GF(10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
210 34 (2) May 9 PHI @ NYM W,3-2 8-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 P
211 36 (1) May 11 PHI @ NYM L,4-5 9-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 P
212 38 (1) May 14 PHI LAA L,0-3 9-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
213 39 May 16 PHI CIN L,0-3 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
214 41 (1) May 18 PHI CIN W,8-3 9-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
215 45 (3) May 23 PHI LAD L,0-2 8-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
216 48 (2) May 26 PHI COL W,9-0 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 P
218 51 May 29 PHI NYM L,1-4 9-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
219 52 May 30 PHI NYM W,6-5 11-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 P
220 53 May 31 PHI NYM L,4-5 14-GF(14) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 P
221 57 (3) Jun 4 PHI @ WSN L,4-8 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
222 61 (3) Jun 8 PHI @ CIN L,1-4 7-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 P
223 64 (2) Jun 12 PHI SDP W,7-3 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 P
224 65 Jun 13 PHI CHC L,1-2 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 P
225 68 (2) Jun 16 PHI @ ATL W,6-1 12-GF(13) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 .01 0.000 .01 0.00% 0.13 P
226 70 (1) Jun 18 PHI @ ATL W,10-5 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
227 75 (4) Jun 23 PHI MIA L,0-4 9-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
229 78 Jun 26 PHI MIA W,5-3 10-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
230 80 (1) Jun 28 (1) PHI ATL L,3-10 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
231 83 (2) Jul 1 PHI @ MIA L,4-5 9-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
232 84 Jul 2 PHI @ MIA L,0-5 8-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 P
233 87 (2) Jul 5 PHI @ PIT L,2-3 8-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
234 92 (4) Jul 10 PHI @ MIL W,9-1 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
235 94 (1) Jul 12 PHI WSN L,3-5 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
236 96 (1) Jul 18 PHI @ ATL L,4-6 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
237 99 (2) Jul 21 PHI SFG L,4-7 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
238 100 Jul 22 PHI SFG L,6-9 6-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 P
239 103 (2) Jul 25 PHI ARI W,9-5 6-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
240 104 Jul 26 PHI ARI L,6-10 10-GF(10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 P
241 109 (4) Jul 31 PHI @ WSN W,10-4 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
242 111 (1) Aug 2 PHI @ WSN L,0-11 8-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 8 P
243 113 (1) Aug 5 PHI HOU W,2-1 11-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 7 P
244 116 (2) Aug 8 PHI NYM L,4-5 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
245 117 Aug 9 PHI NYM L,1-2 11-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
246 119 (1) Aug 11 PHI NYM L,3-5 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
247 123 (3) Aug 16 PHI @ SFG L,5-6 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
248 129 (5) Aug 23 PHI STL L,5-6 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 P
249 133 (3) Aug 27 PHI WSN W,8-4 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
250 135 (1) Aug 30 PHI @ NYM W,7-2 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
251 136 Aug 31 PHI @ NYM L,5-6 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
252 138 (1) Sep 2 PHI @ ATL W,4-0 9-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 4 P
253 142 (3) Sep 7 PHI @ WSN L,2-3 8-GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
254 146 (3) Sep 11 PHI PIT L,1-4 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
255 149 (2) Sep 14 PHI MIA L,4-5 7-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
256 153 (3) Sep 18 PHI @ SDP L,3-7 6-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
257 159 (5) Sep 25 PHI @ MIA L,4-6 6-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
258 161 (1) Sep 27 PHI ATL L,2-4 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 P
26-36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 .01 0.000 .01 0.00% 0.13
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The 40th volume of Methods in Microbiology focuses on microbial synthetic biology.
Synthetic biology is a rapidly growing discipline that builds on well-established principles of genetic engineering and biotechnology by integrating computational and engineering approaches to the design and construction of novel biological systems.
This volume addresses some of the major technical challenges stand in the way of achieving a radical step-change in our ability to engineer complex multi-scaled biological systems. These include: the application of computation intelligence to the design of synthetic microbial systems, design automation and constraints; the impact of noise and stochasticity; the engineering of biosensors; the characteristic of a model bacterial chassis. A key issue in Synthetic Biology is that of its social dimensions and a chapter is dedicated to the important issue.


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package org.jbehave.core.model;

import static java.util.Arrays.asList;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.jbehave.core.i18n.StringCoder;

/**
 * Provides the keywords which allow parsers to find steps in stories and
 * match those steps with candidates through the annotations (Given, When and
 * Then) or though other keywords (And, "!--"). It also provides keywords used
 * in reporting.
 */
public class Keywords {

    public static final String NARRATIVE = "Narrative";
    public static final String IN_ORDER_TO = "InOrderTo";
    public static final String AS_A = "AsA";
    public static final String I_WANT_TO = "IWantTo";
    public static final String SCENARIO = "Scenario";
    public static final String GIVEN_STORIES = "GivenStories";
    public static final String EXAMPLES_TABLE = "ExamplesTable";
    public static final String EXAMPLES_TABLE_ROW = "ExamplesTableRow";
    public static final String EXAMPLES_TABLE_HEADER_SEPARATOR = "ExamplesTableHeaderSeparator";
    public static final String EXAMPLES_TABLE_VALUE_SEPARATOR = "ExamplesTableValueSeparator";
    public static final String GIVEN = "Given";
    public static final String WHEN = "When";
    public static final String THEN = "Then";
    public static final String AND = "And";
    public static final String IGNORABLE = "Ignorable";
    public static final String PENDING = "Pending";
    public static final String NOT_PERFORMED = "NotPerformed";
    public static final String FAILED = "Failed";
    public static final List<String> KEYWORDS = asList(NARRATIVE, IN_ORDER_TO, AS_A, I_WANT_TO, SCENARIO,
            GIVEN_STORIES, EXAMPLES_TABLE, EXAMPLES_TABLE_ROW, EXAMPLES_TABLE_HEADER_SEPARATOR, EXAMPLES_TABLE_VALUE_SEPARATOR,
            GIVEN, WHEN, THEN, AND, IGNORABLE, PENDING, NOT_PERFORMED, FAILED);

    private final String narrative;
    private final String inOrderTo;
    private final String asA;
    private final String iWantTo;
    private final String scenario;
    private final String givenStories;
    private final String examplesTable;
    private final String examplesTableRow;
    private final String examplesTableHeaderSeparator;
    private final String examplesTableValueSeparator;
    private final String given;
    private final String when;
    private final String then;
    private final String and;
    private final String ignorable;
    private final String pending;
    private final String notPerformed;
    private final String failed;
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    public static Map<String, String> defaultKeywords() {
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        keywords.put(IN_ORDER_TO, "In order to:");
        keywords.put(AS_A, "As a:");
        keywords.put(I_WANT_TO, "I want to:");
        keywords.put(SCENARIO, "Scenario:");
        keywords.put(GIVEN_STORIES, "GivenStories:");
        keywords.put(EXAMPLES_TABLE, "Examples:");
        keywords.put(EXAMPLES_TABLE_ROW, "Example:");
        keywords.put(EXAMPLES_TABLE_HEADER_SEPARATOR, "|");
        keywords.put(EXAMPLES_TABLE_VALUE_SEPARATOR, "|");
        keywords.put(GIVEN, "Given");
        keywords.put(WHEN, "When");
        keywords.put(THEN, "Then");
        keywords.put(AND, "And");
        keywords.put(IGNORABLE, "!--");
        keywords.put(PENDING, "PENDING");
        keywords.put(NOT_PERFORMED, "NOT PERFORMED");
        keywords.put(FAILED, "FAILED");
        return keywords;
    }

    /**
     * Creates Keywords with default values {@link #defaultKeywords()}.
     */
    public Keywords() {
        this(defaultKeywords());
    }

    /**
     * Creates Keywords with provided values and default encoder
     *
     * @param keywords the Map of keywords indexed by their name
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    public Keywords(Map<String, String> keywords) {
        this(keywords, new StringCoder());
    }

    /**
     * Creates a Keywords from the map provided.
     *
     * @param keywords the Map of keywords indexed by their name
     * @param encoder the StringEncoder used to encode the values
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    public Keywords(Map<String, String> keywords, StringCoder encoder) {
        this.narrative = keyword(NARRATIVE, keywords);
        this.inOrderTo = keyword(IN_ORDER_TO, keywords);
        this.asA = keyword(AS_A, keywords);
        this.iWantTo = keyword(I_WANT_TO, keywords);
        this.scenario = keyword(SCENARIO, keywords);
        this.givenStories = keyword(GIVEN_STORIES, keywords);
        this.examplesTable = keyword(EXAMPLES_TABLE, keywords);
        this.examplesTableRow = keyword(EXAMPLES_TABLE_ROW, keywords);
        this.examplesTableHeaderSeparator = keyword(EXAMPLES_TABLE_HEADER_SEPARATOR, keywords);
        this.examplesTableValueSeparator = keyword(EXAMPLES_TABLE_VALUE_SEPARATOR, keywords);
        this.given = keyword(GIVEN, keywords);
        this.when = keyword(WHEN, keywords);
        this.then = keyword(THEN, keywords);
        this.and = keyword(AND, keywords);
        this.ignorable = keyword(IGNORABLE, keywords);
        this.pending = keyword(PENDING, keywords);
        this.notPerformed = keyword(NOT_PERFORMED, keywords);
        this.failed = keyword(FAILED, keywords);
        this.others = new String[] { and, ignorable };
        this.encoder = encoder;
    }

    private String keyword(String name, Map<String, String> keywords) {
        String keyword = keywords.get(name);
        if (keyword == null) {
            throw new KeywordNotFoundException(name, keywords);
        }
        return keyword;
    }

    public String narrative() {
        return narrative;
    }

    public String inOrderTo() {
        return inOrderTo;
    }

    public String asA() {
        return asA;
    }

    public String iWantTo() {
        return iWantTo;
    }

    public String scenario() {
        return scenario;
    }

    public String givenStories() {
        return givenStories;
    }

    public String examplesTable() {
        return examplesTable;
    }

    public String examplesTableRow() {
        return examplesTableRow;
    }

    public String examplesTableHeaderSeparator() {
        return examplesTableHeaderSeparator;
    }

    public String examplesTableValueSeparator() {
        return examplesTableValueSeparator;
    }

    public String given() {
        return given;
    }

    public String when() {
        return when;
    }

    public String then() {
        return then;
    }

    public String and() {
        return and;
    }

    public String ignorable() {
        return ignorable;
    }

    public String pending() {
        return pending;
    }

    public String notPerformed() {
        return notPerformed;
    }

    public String failed() {
        return failed;
    }

    public String[] others() {
        return others;
    }

    public String encode(String value) {
        if (encoder != null) {
            return encoder.canonicalize(value);
        }
        return value;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
    public static final class KeywordNotFoundException extends RuntimeException {

        public KeywordNotFoundException(String name, Map<String, String> keywords) {
            super("Keyword " + name + " not found amongst " + keywords);
        }

    }

    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
    public static final class InsufficientKeywordsException extends RuntimeException {

        public InsufficientKeywordsException(String... others) {
            super("Insufficient keywords: " + asList(others) + ", but requires another " + (10 - others.length));
        }

    }
}


What do you guys think would be better for a main movement? With 8x4 i can push more weight and still hit the same volume.
8x4 seems like you would need a lot of weight to benefit from the 'working hard on all sets' and doing 8 of those would be a workout entirely by itself.
I mean logically if I can Incline press 225 to 230 for 4x8 wouldnt the exact same rest and total reps with 8x4 at 275 be higher volume and more tension?
Hypertrophy is best achieved in the 5-10 rep range.
This has recently been demonstrated to be false.
Schoenfeld BJ, et al. J Strength Cond Res. 2014.
Campos GE, et al. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2002.
Thirty-two untrained men [mean (SD) age 22.5 (5.8) years, height 178.3 (7.2) cm, body mass 77.8 (11.9) kg] participated in an 8-week progressive resistance-training program to investigate the "strength-endurance continuum". Subjects were divided into four groups: a low repetition group (Low Rep, n = 9) performing 3-5 repetitions maximum (RM) for four sets of each exercise with 3 min rest between sets and exercises, an intermediate repetition group (Int Rep, n = 11) performing 9-11 RM for three sets with 2 min rest, a high repetition group (High Rep, n = 7) performing 20-28 RM for two sets with 1 min rest, and a non-exercising control group (Con, n = 5). Three exercises (leg press, squat, and knee extension) were performed 2 days/week for the first 4 weeks and 3 days/week for the final 4 weeks. Maximal strength [one repetition maximum, 1RM), local muscular endurance (maximal number of repetitions performed with 60% of 1RM), and various cardiorespiratory parameters (e.g., maximum oxygen consumption, pulmonary ventilation, maximal aerobic power, time to exhaustion) were assessed at the beginning and end of the study. In addition, pre- and post-training muscle biopsy samples were analyzed for fiber-type composition, cross-sectional area, myosin heavy chain (MHC) content, and capillarization. Maximal strength improved significantly more for the Low Rep group compared to the other training groups, and the maximal number of repetitions at 60% 1RM improved the most for the High Rep group. In addition, maximal aerobic power and time to exhaustion significantly increased at the end of the study for only the High Rep group. All three major fiber types (types I, IIA, and IIB) hypertrophied for the Low Rep and Int Rep groups, whereas no significant increases were demonstrated for either the High Rep or Con groups. However, the percentage of type IIB fibers decreased, with a concomitant increase in IIAB fibers for all three resistance-trained groups. These fiber-type conversions were supported by a significant decrease in MHCIIb accompanied by a significant increase in MHCIIa. No significant changes in fiber-type composition were found in the control samples. Although all three training regimens resulted in similar fiber-type transformations (IIB to IIA), the low to intermediate repetition resistance-training programs induced a greater hypertrophic effect compared to the high repetition regimen. The High Rep group, however, appeared better adapted for submaximal, prolonged contractions, with significant increases after training in aerobic power and time to exhaustion. Thus, low and intermediate RM training appears to induce similar muscular adaptations, at least after short-term training in previously untrained subjects. Overall, however, these data demonstrate that both physical performance and the associated physiological adaptations are linked to the intensity and number of repetitions performed, and thus lend support to the "strength-endurance continuum".
Very interesting, I think I am gonna experiment with 8x3 or 4 for a bit.
@csizemore21 what does your rest time look like during these sets?
Ah, got me. So would 4-6 reps be optimal for compounds? What about accessory?
I would say 8x4 with a focus on strength/moving the weight in an explosive manner and then add in the higher rep sets on your assesory lifts.
PS: I almost always train my main compound lifts in the lower rep range 2-5 and then 8-12 on everything else. Works for me. Give it a try.
@csizemore21 What's up with your log dude? Not sure if you're even lifting anymore.


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Team: San Jose Sharks Height: 5-11 Born: 1/27/1991
Position: D Weight: 180 Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
10/02 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 15:53
10/13 Cgy W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:51
10/19 Buf L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 06:16
10/22 @ Buf OTL 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:52
10/24 @ Mon W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 03:21
10/25 @ Tor L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:15
10/27 @ Ott L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:05
10/29 @ Bos L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:55
11/01 Wpg L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:26
11/02 Van L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:24
11/09 Nsh W-SO 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 13:25
11/12 Edm W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 15:44
11/21 @ VGK W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 10:36
11/23 NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:06
11/25 @ LA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:21
12/08 @ Fla L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 18:35
12/10 @ Nsh L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 14:30
12/12 NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 15:22
12/14 Van W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 13:55
12/17 Ari L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 10:08
12/21 StL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:02
12/22 VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:57
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Putrajaya violated Federal Constitution with Rome Statute - Johor sultan
Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar has slammed Putrajaya in his birthday speech, accusing them of violating the Federal Constitution by signing the Rome Statute.
Sultan Ibrahim said this, along with the attempt to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd), had touched on the monarchy, Malay privileges, and the sanctity of Islam.
"Anyone who touches on the rights and powers of a monarch or state government has violated national laws and can be considered traitors.
"The federal government's intention to ratify Icerd and sign the Rome Statute is a move that is against the Federal Constitution because it touches on the powers of the monarch, Malay special privileges, and the sanctity of Islam in this country," he said today.
Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail previously accused Putrajaya of undermining the Conference of Rulers when it proceeded to accede to the treaty without prior consultation.
He had claimed that the move would render the Malay rulers irrelevant and impact the status of Malays and Islam in Malaysia.
Wisma Putra had previously stated that the matter was presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
It had also stressed that that the position of the monarchy will not be threatened by signing the statute.
The Rome Statute governs the International Criminal Court (ICC), which tries four core international crimes – genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression.
Sultan Ibrahim said Putrajaya must remember the social contract on which Malaya was built on.
"The government must remember the social contract in the history of forming Malaya, where the privileges of Malays and the powers of the Agong and Malay rulers can't be touched or reduced.
"As such, I wish to remind the government to not follow any international conventions to get recognition from outsiders, but will, in the end, destroy national sovereignty and threaten the peace of its own people," he added.
Previously Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had taken a swipe at Tunku Ismail for criticising Putrajaya's move to sign the Rome Statute.
"He is not an elected representative. He is only speaking for himself," Mahathir said.
Meanwhile, Putrajaya had backed down on plans to ratify Icerd after protests from Malay groups including PAS and Umno.
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I am heart, an emotional being. I am soul, an eternal being. I am strength, a physical being. I am mind, an intellectual being. These four aspects represent the whole of every human; of me.
Sometime ago, I began to search for language to describe the inner process always percolating within my very busy mind. It came out of a need to understand the wrestling between my old and new natures. I reasoned, if a seasoned Apostle is unable to understand his own actions (Romans 7), how on earth am I going to get any handle on the war raging within me. I felt a little like I was stuck in a room with about 14 large screen televisions, all turned on, all turned up to "stun" and ALL playing nothing but brash, hyper-speed commercials, (I ordered my straight-jacket a long time ago).
As God began to speak, He led me to see something very simple that has helped me sort through the cacophony of voices vying for my attention. When I sit in familiar scriptures now about flesh and spirit, the old language has fresh meaning and my heart resonates.
Here's the gist. God showed me that 24/7 I'm offered invitations, simply inviting me to respond to the scene in front of me in a particular way. Those invitations come from two sources. One is my adversary, who speaks to my old nature; my flesh. The other is God, who speaks to my new nature; my spirit. Seems painfully obvious on the surface. It also seems tidy, as if the 3 of us are sitting around having a civil discussion about how I ought to handle the situation in front of me. But that's hardly the case.
One of the first things I oriented to as I thought about being invited, was the big dent this would put in my theories about victimization, to say nothing of the nurture vs. nature argument. Because an invitation, by nature, is something I am presented with, becoming mine to do with as I please. It exposes my position as decision maker, rather than one to whom life is dictated. Coming to grips with that took a good deal of time and even longer to settle inwardly. But I now firmly believe it. In my adult life, I have and continue to choose for myself, how I respond to the life in front of me.
Secondly, I began to wonder how I was going to become sensitized to these invitations. I had an idea that most of this was happening in my subconscious, and that no longer seemed acceptable. It took time, of purposing to pause and take a breath, before my eyes began to open to the invitations that had always presented. Most invitations I reacted to without even seeing because I'd hard-wired my brain through decades of rote behavior. I had become reactive rather than a thoughtful responder.
In all of this orienting, I'm asking God… begging Him really, Open my eyes! What's really been happening all around me that I've never been aware of? And, BTW, is Your voice in this chaotic mess in my head?
Here's one more thought, in what I think will be more than one entry about invitations. One thing that has jumped off the proverbial page the last 6 months is this. My enemy does NOT appeal to my eternal nature. His objective it to saturate me with the here and now, to keep my finite senses attuned either to what I don't but should have, or to what I desire and could have. As long as my attention is inward focused, he is satisfied. God, in stark contrast, asks me to look out and up, to be about things altogether other than what my adversary would have me focus upon.
of sin that dwells in my members.
Yes, Father, open my eyes. Sensitize me to all these "invitations" that bombard me every day. Let me be quiet before you and listen for your voice and your truth in each one. Thank you for Your Holy Spirit who leads us into all truth and speaks to us what You have for us to hear. Anne, the part about "victimization" is so good. As believers, we have been given "all things that pertain to life and Godliness". I marvel when I think about Him giving us a free will. I would not have given me one. Smile. It makes me think that what He has for us; what we are capable of IN HIM, is so vast that we have not begun to see the depth of it. Thank you for your blogs, for making me just think and wonder and seek a deeper truth. Love you.


Panel Session: The Social Impacts of Technology - Good or Evil?
This Panel Session will look into the positive and negative implications of technology in multiple aspects of our daily life as individuals, businesses and society.
We will be joined by a diverse range of industry professionals who will share their views in what promises to be a heated and interesting discussion.