If you're someone that thrives in the cold weather, then winter is probably your favorite time of the year. Winter can be one of the year's best seasons, perfect for outdoor bonfires or a mug of hot chocolate. However, like every time of year, winter comes with distinct risks that you should prepare for if you want to stay safe and happy.
Anyone that wants to have a healthy and happy winter can follow a few basic safety tips that should prevent most major injuries that can occur during this season. Check out some of the easiest winter safety tips that should help you avoid car accidents, fires and other forms of cold weather injuries.
Out of the wide range of accidents, you may experience during the winter, fire is the most serious. A fire can start with little to no warning, potentially destroying your home and causing injuries with effects that last a lifetime. To make sure your winter is injury free, it's a good idea to learn how to prevent the types of fires most common during this season.
Many house fires that occur during the winter are caused by an improperly placed Christmas tree. If you're planning on setting up a tree in your home, then you should avoid placing it in locations where it is likely to catch fire, including next to electrical outlets and fireplaces or directly over heating vents.
It's also common for fires to happen in the kitchen during holiday meal preparation. To avoid kitchen fires, you should make sure that there is always someone watching your stovetop and that you have safety equipment like fire extinguishers in place.
Thanks to the occasional presence of ice, snow, and sleet, winter can be one of the worst seasons for driving. If you want your winter to be free of a major car accident, then you should be sure to brush up on the proper protocol for driving through winter weather.
If you find yourself on the road when ice or snow start to follow, then the easiest way to stay safe is slowing your car to a safe speed. Driving slowly and cautiously should help you avoid collisions caused by winter weather.
Losing traction should also be a major concern when driving on wintry roads. If you want to keep your wheels on the road, then you should avoid sharp turns or sudden stops, both of which may cause your vehicle to slide out of your control. While sliding, don't try to stop your vehicle by slamming your brakes, which can reduce your traction even further. Allow your vehicle to slow by itself by taking your foot off of your car's accelerator.
If you've been the victim of a winter accident, you may have grounds for a personal injury lawsuit if your injuries were the fault of another person. To discuss your legal options after a serious injury, you should speak with the professionals at Mike Lewis Attorneys.
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When music and moving image work together perfectly, it feels magical. But unfortunately, there's no magical shortcut for finding that right music: it's about determination, patience, and resourcefulness – as well as having a little taste.
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Disney Parks and Resorts Update for July 13th
July 13, 2020 by David Mumpower
Magic Kingdom and Disney's Animal Kingdom have finally reopened. On Wednesday, EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios will join them.
I'm sure that you have questions. I'll try to answer them in the latest DVC Parks and Resorts update.
The First Stage of Park Reopenings
Last Tuesday, cast members became the first park guests since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
While Disney discouraged livestreaming of the event, the company did so with a wink and a smile. Everyone knew that a few invited guests would broadcast from the parks.
In truth, Disney needed this media attention to demonstrate that the parks were safe enough for guests to return. On Thursday, history would repeat itself when annual passholders got to spend the day at the parks for the first time since March.
Disney's meticulous planning carried the day, as virtually all guests expressed pleasant surprise over the COVID-19 preventive measures in place.
In fact, the only hiccups occurred at Splash Mountain's gift shop. Park guests know that Splash Mountain merchandise will become collectible in a matter of months.
Photo Courtesy of DisneyTouristBlog.com
One day soon, Disney will re-theme the attraction to The Princess and the Frog. At that point, all the current merchandise will be gone forever. So, people spent as long as four hours (!) waiting to buy Splash Mountain gear.
Coincidentally or not, the gift shop didn't reopen with Magic Kingdom on Saturday. Disney may have it closed for safety measures, but it's also possible that the company has no interest in re-stocking Splash Mountain before its impending closure.
Beyond this one significant wait, the parks felt empty. Several people on social media posted ride wait-time updates, and most of them were 30 minutes or less.
Some vloggers showed walk-ons for popular attractions like Space Mountain and Peter Pan's Flight. Once again, the only ride that featured significant wait-times, ones that would seem like a regular park day, was Splash Mountain. I expect demand to remain high for it until Disney begins the re-theming.
Inside the Parks
You're undoubtedly wondering about the state of the parks. Well, I'll start with the negative, only because there's little of it. I don't want you to think I'm sugar-coating anything here. So, let's hit the negatives.
This happened:
haven't even made it in the gate yet and my heart is pounding out of my chest.
just had to squeeze past a lane of opposite traffic while there's this densely packed line for guest services.
this is unacceptable — and I haven't even made it into the park yet. pic.twitter.com/GTzsAjRlD2
— 🍭 carlye wisel (@carlyewisel) July 11, 2020
Ms. Wisel is a highly regarded travel writer and Disney fanatic. So, if she's complaining about something, it's a problem. She later added:
seeing my tweet being picked up in news stories and want to clarify for non-disney outlets that it does not represent the entire scope of Magic Kingdom today.
some protocols are working well.
others, like what I experienced, were clearly not. https://t.co/b1zGom47tU
Meanwhile, another frequent Disney writer, Brooke Geiger McDonald, posted this shot of lunchtime crowds around Cinderella Castle:
Here's the hub at 11am opening day at Magic Kingdom. #WaltDisneyWorld pic.twitter.com/2kHCymhxCy
— Brooke Geiger McDonald (@BrookeGMcDonald) July 11, 2020
These images paint a picture regarding what you should expect from any upcoming summer park visit.
Disney did have at least two ride-related issues. Splash Mountain and Kilimanjaro Safaris both had to evacuate riders. Of course, as a Disney Vacation Club member, you've visited the parks enough to know that this happens sometimes.
Beyond these three problems, Disney's park reopenings qualify as a best-case scenario. Park officials introduced many safety precautions that made guests feel comfortable…beyond the (substantial) problem that Ms. Wisel and others experienced.
Disney checks guests for high temperatures before allowing them into the parks. The parks have disabled the fingerprint scanners at the entrance areas, as cast members utilize tablets to verify guests.
Throughout the parks, Disney requires masks. However, the company has introduced Relaxation Stations as mask-free areas when guests need to catch their breath and cool off. Every park will feature at least two of these areas.
Magic Kingdom currently has three. You'll find them at Golden Oak Outpost, Pete's Silly Sideshow, and Tomorrowland Terrace. When you're hot, Tomorrowland Terrace is the best choice since it's a covered area.
More Walt Disney World Changes
To their credit, park officials were transparent about the needed changes at Walt Disney World. So, the return of the parks hasn't included any real surprises.
Some line queues feature some new hardware now. Attractions like Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad include plexiglass barriers that prevent guests in one row from touching others in the adjacent row.
These changes reduce the risk of coronavirus infections, which is vital since scientists still haven't settled on whether the disease's transmission is airborne or droplet-based.
Other attractions come with interactive line queues. Disney built these to entertain guests while standing in line. Unfortunately, many of them are high-touch areas, which is problematic during the pandemic.
So, Disney has disabled such features on attractions like Peter Pan's Flight, Haunted Mansion, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Haunted Mansion will befuddle you the most, as The Stretching Room no longer comes with its titular element.
Right now, guests walk through The Stretching Room on the way to their Doombuggies. However, the entertainment element has vanished for the time being. Instead, a roped-off path will lead you into the room, where the paintings on the walls already display at their full lengths.
Disney has also chosen not to reopen a small number of attractions for the same reason. Enchanted Tales with Belle and some shows would require too many interactions between cast members and guests, something Disney must discourage until coronavirus slows down.
What's New and Different?
Using this logic, the parks don't operate full-length parades, character greetings, shows, or fireworks presentations at the moment. However, Disney did introduce some replacement activities.
Magic Kingdom has hosted several unannounced cavalcades. Think of them as small-scale parades wherein costumed characters ride single floats. So, it's a part of a parade that could happen at any time.
Since they're unscheduled, lucky guests near the path receive much more attention than they would during a regular parade, which is usually just a general wave in your direction. Also, Disney has broken out some other entertainment elements.
Some members of Winnie the Pooh's crew have ridden a Main Street Trolley down the street. At Splash Mountain, the Country Bears made a surprise appearance to put on a show.
In the past, Disney presentations were carefully planned and structured. There's a wildness to them during the reopening phase, and I quite like it.
Many guests have complained that park visits have become too planned. Coronavirus has forced park officials to bring some randomness back to the parks. It makes me realize how much I've missed those elements.
The downside is that many of the shows that involve drumming, singing, and dancing remain offline. A frustrating part of coronavirus is that several outbreaks have involved musical performances. So, Disney doesn't have any choice here.
Similarly, the parks are running at minimal capacity now and for the foreseeable future. As a concession to this change in guest volume, Disney won't operate all its shops and restaurants.
On reopening day, Casey's Corner was closed, something that would have seemed impossible until recently. Meanwhile, guests scrambled to find popcorn carts and snack stands, as several longstanding locations aren't in operation.
Other Reopening Thoughts
I realize that some of this sounds bad, but it's counterbalanced by a massive advantage to visiting the parks right now. They're not crowded at all! When I went in late-January, the place was mobbed. Disney has since confirmed that it had experienced record attendance in January and February.
In a post-pandemic world, the parks seem different, yes, but an opportunity exists. With capacity limits of 50 percent or less, guests can do anything they want. As I mentioned, people are walking onto attractions that used to take an hour or longer.
Last month, park officials confirmed that FastPass wouldn't return when Walt Disney World reopens. Then, they revealed that the parks wouldn't employ any virtual queuing at all.
This statement proved false, as Disney recently revealed that Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will again utilize Boarding Groups when it returns on Wednesday. Still, all other attractions include regular standby lines, the ones we've used our entire lives.
Many people feared that standing in line during a coronavirus outbreak would be problematic. Instead, Disney has structured admissions in a way that all but guarantees social distancing everywhere because the parks just aren't crowded.
To wit, DVC Resale Market's Marissa Vallotton posted from Disney's Animal Kingdom on opening day. On the company's Facebook page, she published many Stories from her visit. They indicated a delightful park visit with minimal ride waits.
Of course, you may prefer video. If so, Nick Cotton livestreamed during annual passholder previews. You can watch the footage here.
I strongly encourage you to like/follow the page for additional updates from the parks. They'll give you a better idea of what to expect from your next trip.
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Written by David Mumpower
When David's not at Walt Disney World, he's writing about movies and box office analysis, economics, streaming media, technology, travel, and parks and recreation. He's the author of the Disney Demystified and Behind the Ride book series and a proud DVC member.
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Earlier this week, we established that first-time homebuyers are not, in fact, being shut out of the housing market as some had feared, thanks to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Now, a second part of that study aims to pinpoint characteristics of these first-time buyers and note how they have changed over time. Here's what they found.
Several housing market analysts have expressed concern that a lack of affordability has shut first-time homebuyers out of the market. But the trouble is, there hasn't been a great measure of how many first-time buyers are actually purchasing homes. Until now. A recent paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York set out to create a more accurate picture, and the results may surprise you.
Purchasing the perfect home can be difficult, especially for those navigating the housing market for the first time. Luckily, a new report by Zillow reveals the country's top housing markets for first-time buyers, measuring factors like home value, home appreciation, wealth and inventory. Find out which markets made the cut.


Do your back bulge around your bra area makes you feel embarrassed in front of your partner. Does it refrain you from wearing your favorite backless dress?
The most important reason behind back fats is overweight. Other causes include irregularity in exercising, poor eating habits, Hormonal imbalance, certain diseases, and medications. Back fast may also be a hereditary problem. You must be looking for ways to get rid of it soon. Do not worry anymore and follow the tips given below in this article genuinely.
Exercising for 30 minutes 5 times in a week is the best way to lose back fat. You do not need to go to the gym and sweat for this. Try simple cardio exercises such as swimming, running, rowing, biking or just jogging. These exercises not only burns the calories but also strengthens the muscles of your back and tones up the body. These exercises also reduce the risk of heart diseases, lowers the level of cholesterol, prevents osteoporosis and improves the function of the heart. Cardio exercises help you to lose fat all over the body and not just in a particular body part.
You may also try interval training if you want to burn fat quickly. It is defined as performing high-intensity exercises for 30 seconds to several minutes and then in between there is a bout of low-intensity exercise or no exercise for a minute or two.
One of the examples of interval training is, running vigorously for several minutes and then returning to a comfortable pace. Run at a relaxed pace for about 5 minutes and then speed up your running pace. Run like this for about 15- 2o minutes.
High-intensity exercises may make you breathless and to sweat. It amplifies the benefits of cardio workouts, improves the cardiovascular health and also speeds up your metabolism.
It is better if you do additional 5-minute warm-up or cool-down along with high-intensity interval training.
Adding certain moves to your exercise that sculpt your back, obliques and shoulders are also beneficial. Try some posture improving exercises such as body-balancing back exercises under the proper guidance of your trainer.
Yoga is also very beneficial to lose back fat as it strengthens and tones up your sides and back. But practice yoga postures only under the supervision of your yoga teacher.
Now come to the diet part. Eating right food in the right quantity is very important if you want to lose fat. If you cut down 500 calories per day. Then, along with regular exercise, you can lose almost one pound in a week. This, in turn, will reduce your back fat.
But, this does not mean you should starve because if you fast the metabolic rate of your body decreases and this reduces the burning of the fat. Neither this means that you stop taking carbohydrates in your diet because your brain derives energy from carbohydrates.
It is better you include complex carbohydrates in your diet. Eat whole grains. Try to maintain 1200 calorie diet as it is the minimum calorie requirement of the body to perform a vital function. However, the calorie requirement of a person may vary according to his work, height and weight.
Add variety and colours to your diet. Eat at least three serving of fruits and 3-4 vegetables to your daily diet. Avoid fruit juices as they do not contain fibre, better eat the fruit as a whole. Recommended protein intake depends on your body weight.
Ideally, 1g protein per body weight is supported. So, aim to take 21-28g of protein every day. Some of the most abundant sources of protein are legumes, dairy products, fish, eggs, and poultry. Also, make a habit of drinking about 3 litres of water per day. It is better that instead of having 2-3 large meals, divide it into 5-6 small meals. This will promote metabolism.
The more the rate of metabolism more is the burning of fats. Limit the intake of fatty foods. Shift on to healthy fats to full fill the daily requirement of fats. A few sources of essential fatty acids are walnuts, almonds, flax seeds, olive oil, and eggs.
The healthy amount of fats if you are trying to lose weight and back fat depends on upon the total calorie intake. Do not consume more than 25 to 30 percent of total calories from the fat. Avoid saturated fats, trans-fats, caffeinated drinks, alcohol and refined sugar.
Remember spot reduction never works. To reduce back fat you need to make extra efforts to concentrate on your exercise regime. Also making changes in your diet is very important to get the desired result fast. This will tone up your back and reduce fat all over in a healthy manner.


Punjabi mango pickle | aam ka achar is a popular pickle recipe of North India, usually made in summer season and stored for a year. I have posted mango thokku, avakkai mango pickle recipe . This aam ka achaar is a north indian style of mango pickle, which i have tasted in many Indian restaurants here. Generally it is served with parathas. But it goes well with our south indian curd rice too. One my friend's mother in law passed on this recipe to me and it turned out so nice and tasted the same as we get in restaurants.
Wash and cut the mango into cubes. Spread this in a clean white cloth. This step is to absorb the moisture. Let it dry in shade for a day or over night. The mangoes will shrink a bit after this.
Transfer it in a glass bowl.
Coarsely grind the fennel seeds, methi seeds and mustard seeds.
Add the coarsely ground mixture to the mangoes. Add salt and kalonji seeds.
Add red chili powder and 4 tblsp of mustard oil.
Add the kalongi seeds. Mix well.
Mix well and keep this covered with a muslin cloth. Keep it under the sun for 2 days . Keep it in a place at home where you get good sunlight.
Now transfer it in a clean dry air tight porcelain or glass jar and add 1/2 cup of mustard oil to this.
Mustard oil has a acquired taste but it only gives the authentic taste for the punjabi mango pickle .
The measurement of salt depends on the sourness of the mango. So add accordingly.
If you want the pickle more spicy add little more redchili powder.
Ensure that there is no moisture in the mango before adding spices.
Also ensure the jar which you are storing the mangoes is completely dry.
The mustard oil has a acquired pungent smell, you can replace it with sesame oil of some people add cooking oil too.
Even you can heat the mustard oil well and add to the pickle, it reduces the smell to some extent.


New York Times Arts + Leisure Surreal Soap Opera listing + pict.
When writing about Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival that celebrated the quincentennial of Columbus' landing in the Americas the New York Post used a photo of the cast of "Surreal Soap Opera - Toxic Waste Meets Resortland" Jenneth Webster, producer of the festival, added Toxic Waste Meets Resortland which I took as a sign and kept it as the official title.
Soap Opera Weekly wrote about Surreal Soap's debut and ran the lyrics to the theme song that I wrote with Joe Deihl. The New York Times Sunday Arts and Leisure Guide featured a picture of Marilyn Dobrin who was slated to play Diamond. Due to a medical emergency Janine Hamilton stepped into the role. Marilyn had a chance to play the part when we did a reading of the play at Staten Island's First Ecological Festival.


We are pleased to announce we received 8 personal stories from our zebra friends and family by midnight last night.
We are still accepting to complete the month of May and share throughout the year but those early bird entries received the opportunity to win one our "Ask ME About E.D.S." awareness t-shirts.
Hannah's story can be found on Thursday May 12th as well as on her blog at Sunshine and Spoons.
If you would like to send your story to The Zippy Zebra simply follow the directions located on our submissions page.


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Q: Autotrim white border from scanned image with ImageMagick? I have ~200 scanned photos which I want to crop the white space out of. See example:
Can someone provide me with the appropriate command line code to do this?... I have been trying to sort out the -trim and -fuzz options with no luck. NOT ALL images are same size (i.e. 4x6, 5x7, etc). All images were scanned/saved as jpg
Ideal scenario is a script where new trimmed photos are saved in one subdirectory.
Thanks in advance!

A: I would suggest using -morphology to remove the scan artifacts, trim, and then capture the resulting paging.
PAGE_OFFSET=$(convert TrmkF.jpg -morphology Dilate:3 Diamond:3,5 -fuzz 10% -trim -format '%wx%h%O' info:-)

The $PAGE_OFFSET variable should now have the rough location of the scanned photo. We can apply that value with the -crop command.
convert TrmkF.jpg -crop $PAGE_OFFSET output.jpg

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A (powershell) batch script may look as simple as...
Get-ChildItem "C:\path\to\photos" -Filter *.jpg |
Foreach-Object {
    $pageOffset = magick $_.FullName -morphology Dilate:3 Diamond:3,5 -fuzz 10% -trim -format '%xx%h%O' info:- | Out-String
    $output = $_.FullName + ".output.jpg"
    magick $_.FullName -crop $pageOffset +repage $output
}

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[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/u8bSs.png

A: I've found that the above gives bad results, I think the formatting is different on MacOS or something so sharing the success story here. I have exactly this same issue - hundreds of scanned photos with some blotches in the white ruining the auto trim function.
I just modified parameters from the other individual's answer and got amazing results using this:

*

*cd into your folder of images

*mkdir ../done

*v

echo "$f";\
size=$(magick "$f" -bordercolor White -border 10x10 \
-morphology Dilate:5 Diamond:5,7 -fuzz 5% -trim \
-format "%wx%h%O" info:-); \
echo $size; \
magick "$f" -bordercolor White -border 10x10 -crop $size +repage "../done/$f"; done;

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Here's what LA's $10M-$30M investment sales market looked like this week
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By Cathaleen Chen
In the world of mid-market Los Angeles investment sales this week, an LLC linked to luxury hotel developer Lewis Wolff bought a 1970-built senior living facility for $18.05 million, Ascent Capital Group sold a Hollywood office complex for $12.6 million, and a Torrance Days Inn traded for $11 million between two local hospitality groups.
An entity connected to St. Louis-based real estate developer Lewis Wolff acquired the 140-unit Brentwood Manor Retirement Residence in West Los Angeles for $18.1 million, or about $129,000 per unit. The seller was multiple private family trusts and individuals, property records show. Built in 1970, the senior housing facility at 1405 Wellesley Avenue has three floors and sits on half an acre of land. Wolff, who owns the Oakland Athletics, is involved in a handful of real estate investment firms, including Wolff Urban Development and Hawkins Way Capital. His hotel investment company — Maritz, Wolff and Co. — boasts a portfolio that includes six Four Seasons hotels, the Fairmont Santa Monica, and the Carlyle in Manhattan.
An entity linked to Ascent Capital Group unloaded a 45,000-square-foot office building in Hollywood for about $12.6 million, or $278 per square foot, property records show. The buyers are two LLCs, Fountain Park Properties and Cahuenga Hollywood Properties. The 1992-built complex sits on a 0.7-acre lot at 6350 Fountain Avenue.
In Torrance, a five-story, 91-key Days Inn hotel off the Pacific Coast Highway traded for $11 million, or about $121,000 per unit. The buyer is the Cerritos-based hotel management company Kamla Hotels, and the seller is Khan Hotels, which is based in Torrance. The 1962-built hotel was renovated just four years ago. Hospitality Unlimited represented both the buyer and the seller in the deal. Khan acquired the nearly 50,000-square-foot hotel for $6.3 million in 2004.
The West Covina-based LW Investments, headed by Ping Lu, bought a 9.5-acre piece of land at 333 S. Hacienda Boulevard for $14.4 million, or about $35 per square foot. The land previously belonged to the Urban Development Agency of the City of Industry, a public body that is now defunct. The land, according to property records, is zoned for industrial use.
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Few days ago I wrote about a BBQ we have organized with some of our friends! I named it Flip Flop BBQ because I asked my friends to show up in flip flop since we had to stay outdoors.
BBQ station is ready to work!
We prepared the BBQ station for Antonio (Thank You Antonio for not complaining about the task we assigned you ;) ) and a buffet for my calzoncini, salads and tea/beers.
It's nice to spend some quality time with friends especially during a nice and warm day! Sometimes you feel like you don't have time to stop and relax a bit, but when you really stop..you surely don't regret it.
And during Summer time.. relax is assured!
Yes.. food too! The classic sausages, hamburgers, brochette but especially the collaboration between friends in preparing something to share.
We were blessed with a nice Sunday afternoon! I actually had to take the sunscreen out..
Canito got to spend some quality time as well with Raki and Amos.


"I'm a stranger here myself." The line spoken by Sterling Hayden in Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray, is repeated four years later by Gregory Peck. The screenplays for that film and The Bravados were both by Philip Yordan. That it appears in a film directed by Henry King may be a nod towards Ray's recycling some dramatic footage from King's Jesse James for a scene in Ray's True Story of Jesse James. The Bravados fits in thematically with Henry King's other films about characters who are driven by a singular thought, although it twists that theme from one of pursuit of a higher ideal to one of a personal descent.
There is what I think of as a visual correlative that works on two levels. Much of the film takes place at twilight, and frequently the characters are filmed in shadow or in silhouette. This motif serves as a reminder of the ambiguity of the main characters, the presumed hero, Gregory Peck, is not entirely good or altruistically motivated, while the bad guys, particularly Lee Van Cleef and Henry Silva, reveal redeeming qualities. Additionally, one might interpret the film as a reflection of a filmmaker who may have understood that he was at the twilight of a long career at age 72. Henry King was one one of the few directors still active from the silent era, yet he proved himself capable of handling the contemporary story elements of Philip Yordan and the demands of filling the CinemaScope screen.
Gregory Peck rides into town to witness the hanging of four men that he has chased for six months. The men, he was told, raped and killed his wife. The night before the hanging, the four outlaws escape, taking with them the daughter of one of the townspeople. Peck joins the posse in pursuit. Along with the posse is Joan Collins, the woman Peck almost married about five years earlier. The posse stops at the Mexican border. While Peck goes crosses a geographical border, he is urged to cross personal borders earlier. At one point, Joan Collins tries to convince Peck to let the past be, and to discontinue his pursuit. After Stephen Boyd has raped the woman he abducted from the town, Collins can't get Peck to kill the outlaws soon enough. The ending is more incisive than The Man who Shot Liberty Valance with its conclusion of "print the legend". The Bravados ends with Peck gracefully accepting the accolades of a hero, in spite of his newly found knowledge and appropriate self-doubts.
Lance Mannion has written about the emphasis of Catholicism in The Bravados. While Henry King's own Catholic faith has served him personally and to varying degrees as a foundation for several of his films, again he chooses not to impose those beliefs on the viewer but instead allows the viewer to draw their own conclusions. Where there is an emphasis is with repeated shots of a statue of the Madonna and child, as well as key shots of women caring for a young child. The mother and child motif also carries over in connecting Peck with Van Cleef and Silva.
Working again with cinematographer Leon Shamroy, the look of The Bravados is naturalist, Henry King is comfortable with CinemaScope to play with some of the possibilities of perspective, forcing the viewer to actively watch the film. Examples include a shot near the beginning of the film that includes a deputy seen in the foreground looking at Peck riding in the distance. Stephen Boyd peers out of the jail window, almost proportionate to the movie screen which serves as a frame within the camera frame, vertically broken by the jail cell bars. There are also extreme close-ups of Peck, Collins and the others, something that filmmakers shied away from when CinemaScope was first introduced. Interestingly, in one of his interviews, Henry King had thought that the then new wide screen process would eliminate the need for close-ups of the actors. Henry King may have been an old hand at making movies, but he proved himself open to what could be done with the new technology.


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NHL Mock Draft 2018: No.31 — Alexander Alexeyev
Updated: June 22, 2018 at 2:02 pm by Brock Seguin
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Fresh off of the first Stanley Cup in franchise history, the Washington Capitals have already lost their head coach but own the No.31 and No.46 overall picks in the first two rounds.
The Capitals' prospect pool isn't overly exciting. Their top prospect is unquestionably goaltender Ilya Samsonov. The 21-year-old was the No.22 overall pick in the 2015 draft and wrapped up another great year in the KHL. Over the last two seasons, the Russian goalie has gone 27-12-6 with a 2.23 GAA, .931 SV% and five shutouts in 53 games with Magnitogorsk Metallurg. Their other top prospects are defensemen. Lucas Johansen is a mobile two-way defenseman who posted 27 points (6G / 21A) in his first season with Hershey (AHL) and Jonas Siegenthaler is a big (6-foot-3, 220 lbs.) Swiss defensive-defenseman who has drawn comparisons to current Capitals' blueliner Brooks Orpik.
With the No.31 Overall Pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, the Washington Capitals select…
Alexander Alexeyev — LHD — Russia ????????
The Capitals likely want to add a forward at No.31, but if Alexeyev is there, they probably won't pass on him. Alexeyev has excellent size (6-foot-4, 196 lbs.) but moves well and has a powerful point-shot.
The Capitals won the Cup with Russians as the backbone of their team—Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitri Orlov. They've never been afraid to draft Russians, like some other teams, and Alexeyev is an import that is already in North America.
Alexeyev led all Red Deer Rebels (WHL) defensemen in points, scoring seven goals with 30 assists (37 points) in just 45 games. That put Alexeyev on an 11-goal, 48-assist (59 points) per 72-game pace if he would have stayed healthy. That would have ranked him third on the team in points or tied for 13th among WHL defensemen.
"Underrated two-way defender with size who can either slow a game down or speed it up. Alexeeyev is very active in the offensive zone and uses his quick first step and elusiveness to sneak into the high slot with regularity." — Steve Kournianos (SportingNews)
"He missed a lot of time last year due to a knee injury, so we were erring on the side of caution when starting him as a B-rated player… In my last viewing, he must have played 35 minutes in a game that Red Deer won in overtime. He's a real solid player in all aspects of the game. He has the size and is a skater who can carry the puck and gain the zone. He makes good passes, has a good stick defensively." — John Williams (NHL Central Scouting)
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The PIT began its first indoor season in the Fall of 2008 and its first outdoor season in the Summer of 2009. Since then the PIT has played 30 seasons of football, handed out over 500 championship titles, and over 5000 championship t shirts. The following is a historical reference listing all past champions in the PIT Football league as well as league standards as set by team play.


1 more: Eliza Olander did her final restaurant review for the Sun at the Dining Room at Gibbs Hill Lighthouse.
First impressions: It's very welcoming. It's fancy but not too fancy. It's a beautiful spot — you can see the water all around you.
I thought it was going to be greasy burgers. But it's actually very beautiful.
Drink: [Shirley temple, $3.75]. I got to the end and it didn't lose its flavour.
The spring roles are a little spicy and they are amazing. The best spring rolls I've ever had.
And there's a lot of flavour to the salad [slaw].
Main course: [Gourmet hamburger with taleggio cheese, caramelized onions, fried egg, bacon, truffle mayo, $22].
A great combo of toppings. An amazing burger; a little tricky to eat because it was so big. With all the toppings it was hard to pick up.
With the fries you can taste the potato and not the grease like you can with some other fries.
Portion size: A little big for me but we took leftovers with us.
Dessert: [Panna cotta with mixed berry coulis, $11].
It's sweet but not so extremely sweet so you're like 'I can't eat this any more'. And the portion size is great. Out of 10? I would give this dessert a 10.
Service: The lady who served us [Rowan Hallett] was very kind — she's our friend. She was very welcoming. She remembered my name, from when we were at Rustico. I like that. She's a very nice person.
She's one of the nicest waitresses [she's actually the maitre d'] I have ever met, like the ones I know at a place in Boston on Newbury Street, called Stephanie's. [Eliza goes to Boston Children's Hospital every six months for check-ups — she was diagnosed with brain cancer as a baby].
Overall impressions: The best lunch on the island. Next time mommy has visitors, we are going to bring them here.
The service was amazing and the surroundings are beautiful and elegant. The food was fantastic.
I will never forget it — this was the best place for the last Lunch With Uncle — a grand finish.
I hope all my readers will never forget this last Lunch with Uncle and all of the others.
It was very special to have been the first child restaurant critic in Bermuda. I hope that you won't forget me and also remember everyone else — all the reporters and editors of the Bermuda Sun.


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Quake caused cracks at GenSan city hall, but building safe
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17 Oct) – Minor cracks were found at the city hall building here while portions of the ceiling of two shopping malls and several other structures here have collapsed as a result of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rocked parts of Mindanao on Wednesday night.
Mayor Ronnel Rivera said Thursday the latest earthquake mainly aggravated some cracks at the main city hall building due to previous temblors but the entire structure remains generally safe.
He said the assessment, which covered the city gymnasium and 10 other structures, was conducted by personnel from the City Engineer's Office led by assistant city engineer Emerald Signar.
The opening of offices at the city hall was rescheduled to 10 a.m. instead of the regular 8 a.m. to facilitate the inspection.
The cracks were found at the stairs of the city hall building and the City Agriculture Office's training center, which is currently undergoing retrofitting.
"So far, the entire city hall building and other structures are safe so we're business as usual," the mayor declared in a briefing.
Dr. Agripino Dacera Jr., head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), said the mayor has tasked the Office of the Building Official to conduct inspections on private buildings like hospitals, private schools, shopping malls and other commercial establishments while the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was assigned to cover government buildings, including those of public schools.
He said the DPWH has created at least 12 teams to fast-track the inspections, expected to be completed within the day.
As to the private establishments, Dacera said parts of the ceiling of the SM Mall here and the KCC Mall Veranza were reported to have collapsed during the quake.
The official said a guest of a hotel here was reported to have suffered minor injuries after slipping off while evacuating through the fire exit.
He said there were no other reported injuries or casualties by the city's 26 barangay councils, which were immediately alerted following the temblor.
"The teams are still in the field right now and we expect some reports to come in later," he told reporters.
Mayor Rivera has declared class suspensions in all levels in both private and public schools in the city in line with the ongoing damage assessment and inspections. (MindaNews)


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The organizations listed here support labor culture and the study of labor history. Contact the Web Choristas if you have an organization to recommend.
How to Use Labor Culture at Your Event
Resource List of Books and Songbooks
Holt Labor Library
Focus on Labor Studies and Radical History. Located at 50 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 ~ Phone: (415) 241-1370
URL: http://www_holtlaborlibrary_org
Labor Archives & Research Center
"Few regions can rival the rich, lively labor history of the San Francisco Bay Area. This history is preserved in primary source and vintage history materials at the Labor Archives and Research Center. Founded in 1985 by trade union leaders, historians, labor activists and university administrators, the Labor Archives is a unit of the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University." Located at 480 Winston Drive, San Francisco CA 94132 west of the Stonestown Shopping Center. 415-564-4010.
URL: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/larc.html
The Labor Heritage Foundation
The Labor Heritage Foundation works to strengthen the labor movement through music and the arts. This site includes a directory of artists and musicians, history, songs, tips on creative organizing and a calendar of of labor cultural events.
URL: http://www.laborheritage.org
LaborFest 2001
LaborFest is an annual labor cultural festival in commemoration of the July 1934 San Francisco General Strike. It is produced each year in San Francisco by an independent committee of union workers, teachers, cultural workers, and other volunteers. Most LaborFest events are scheduled for the month of July.
URL: http://www.laborfest.net/
LaborNet
LaborNet was founded in 1991 to build a democratic communication network for the labor movement. LaborNet's founders believe that the new communication technology must be put to use to revitalize and rebuild the labor movement.
URL: http://www.labornet.org
La Peña Cultural Center
Local venue for performers located at 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley CA 94705 ~ 510/849-2568
URL: http://www.lapena.org
Museum of San Francisco
San Francisco Labor History Notes including a "Brief History of the Early Labor Movement" by Dolores Waldorf.
URL: http://www.sfmuseum.org


A day to learn how to do interviews that generate quality information. This was the main objective of the 2nd day of Workshop I of Academic Working Capital 2018, held on 05/12. The students attended classes about interview techniques, elaboration of personas and user obsession, as well as solution fit. They also heard lots of feedback – action that will accompany them by the end of the program. As on the 1st day of Workshop I, 05/05, the activities of the 2nd day took place online.
To start, the professor of University of São Paulo and AWC academic consultant, Marcos Barretto, and the master in Engineering Design and AWC content consultant, Diogo Dutra, recalled that the groups should have talked to ten more people during the past week – the goal is that they conduct 100 interviews by July. After this initial conversation, the groups gathered in the clusters to show what they had done last week, the discarded hypotheses and the new assumptions that emerged during the interviews.
Among the concepts presented to the students were the Value Proposition Canvas, which helps to understand who the user is, what their pains are and what deliveries the solution offers; Job To Be Done, an idea that is an evolution of the figure of the persona, which was introduced in AWC this year and implies that the product has a "job" to fulfill; and the CSD matrix, of certainties and doubts, which contributes to the fact that the interviews point to certainties and doubts.
The concepts of Canvas and Job To Be Done were explained by the coach Artur Vilas Boas when talking about user obsession, one of the main dynamics of AWC. The goal is for groups to focus on solving the users problem by understanding who they are, how they behave and what they need. "Imagine you filming a user documentary looking for this progress, what happens in this documentary? What is he seeking, what are the sensations involved? What are the pains and gains involved in this process?", he asks.
Diogo Dutra used the example of the AWC 2017 startup Road Labs to illustrate how the solution can completely change the focus (i.e., pivot) as a result of good information gained from the conversations. "From the interview number 70 onwards, you are going to start to see the standard, to have a clear insight into how you have to solve that problem. From this interview number 70 is that you know a lot about your client", he explains. He also gave advice, urged the youth not to be ashamed to interview, and showed tools and techniques for students to qualify their contacts.
Lessons learned from lectures and flipped classrooms (times when groups share their evolution, showing where they are, and feedback from coaches and colleagues) have been added to the decks, which have become more robust with the day's tasks – throughout the Saturday, students made their Canvas, built three Job To Be Done personas, added certainties and doubts, and created an interview plan.
To complete the day, Marcos Mourthé and Fernada Vilela, co-founders with Wagner Mourthé of Roadiebot, a technology solutions company focused on music, told about their experience in AWC 2017, about the difficulties they had and gave advice to the young people this year. According to them, you have to keep an open mind and do not stick to the initial idea, in addition to maintaining the validation cycle of hypotheses. "We had no idea how to design a product, how to develop a solution, and AWC taught that, beginning with interviews, market knowledge and the user side", says Fernanda.
Now the monitoring phase begins. The clusters will meet at every 15 days and each group will have a monthly meeting with his coach. The next meeting gathering all groups will be held on 07/21 in Interaction I, also online.


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Poc després que el fiscal general de l'Estat espanyol, José Manuel Maza, anunciés el 30 d'octubre la presentació d'una querella davant l'Audiència Nacional per rebel·lió, sedició i malversació Carles Puigdemont, president de la Generalitat, i la resta del Govern de la república proclamada al Parlament el divendres anterior, així com una altra querella davant el Tribunal Suprem espanyol contra la Mesa del Parlament, es va saber que el president Carles Puigdemont es trobava a Brussel·les, acompanyat d'alguns consellers. Aquests consellers foren Toni Comín, Meritxell Serret, Clara Ponsatí i Lluís Puig.

El mateix dia, l'Audiència Nacional va citar a declarar el president Carles Puigdemont i tots els seus consellers dijous a les nou del matí i divendres a Madrid. L'advocat de Puigdemont a Bèlgica, Paul Bekaert, va dir que el president català no es presentaria a l'Audiència espanyola atès que no creia que hi hagués garanties per rebre un judici just. El 5 de novembre, Puigdemont i els consellers Meritxell Serret, Toni Comín, Lluís Puig i Clara Ponsatí es van presentar a una comissaria belga en presència dels seus advocats i es van posar a disposició de les autoritats belgues, «amb la voluntat de no eludir l'acció de la justícia sinó simplement defensar-se en un procés just i imparcial». El jutge d'instrucció de Brussel·les el va deixar en llibertat provisional juntament amb els quatre consellers que eren a la capital belga, i va afirmar en la seva interlocutòria que «la presó preventiva hauria causat danys irreparables».

El dia 14 el jutge belga s'havia de pronunciar sobre la petició d'extradició, però el 5 de desembre, el jutge Pablo Llarena va retirar l'ordre europea de detenció, però no pas l'ordre de detenció espanyola, de manera que, en cas que tornessin a Catalunya, podrien ser immediatament detinguts. Es va interpretar que el jutge espanyol no volia que la justícia belga decidís sobre la situació de Puigdemont i els altres quatre consellers destituïts, i evitar així que només se'ls jutgés per un delicte de malversació i no per sedició i rebel·lió, que no existeixen a Bèlgica.

Malgrat la gravetat dels delictes dels quals se'ls acusava a Espanya, els exiliats tingueren llibertat de moviments per Europa al no ser reclamats per la justícia. Aquests són els països que visitaren sense ser reclamats ni retinguts durant les seves primeres visites:

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I never did open up to my male friends about my eating disorder. They just would not understand, and that is a shame. Heck, I barely understood what was going on myself.
Most of the online forums and support groups are female orientated. So, as a male, you begin to wonder where you belong.
For me, that felt painfully lonely.
This is why I want to share my story today. I want other men to know that yes, we are out there. Men do suffer from eating disorders. But, more importantly, I want them to know that with the right support you CAN recover.
For me it began with a simple diet. I just wanted to lose some weight that I had gained whilst in University. At the start, it was fun, but things quickly spiraled out of control. The number of foods I allowed myself to eat became very narrow, and I began to limit myself to an unrealistic number of calories each day.
And I got hungry, really hungry.
One day, at work, a friend brought in a box of cup cakes. I thought I would have just one, but they tasted so good. I could not stop myself. I quickly ate about five cup cakes before I realized what I was doing. I was engulfed with panic, guilt and fear. I went to the bathroom, and for the first time, I purged.
And, so began my bulimia.
I never enjoyed it. I honestly tried to stop so many times, but I just couldn't. Each morning I would awake and fervently promise that today is the last day, only to find myself binging and purging a few hours later.
I began to wonder if I was born with some defect, or if I was mentally unwell.
I was constantly tired, worried, anxious and moody.
Life became an endless show where I hid my dark secret and instead I put on my "happy face". This went on for three years. I was miserable, lost, frightened, confused and terrified for my life.
I visited my doctor and opened up to him. I told him everything. He referred me to a therapist and that was the official start of my recovery journey.
I also joined an online recovery community and found other men going through the same things as me. It was like a light going off in my head.
I was not alone and recovery was not impossible.
I was more determined than ever to recover.
I told my family about my eating disorders. Initially, there was a lot of confusion and pain, but eventually, they became supportive of my recovery.
I began to follow a structured eating program and noticed a dramatic reduction in my binges.
Recovery was not easy. I had relapses, mood swings, anxiety attacks, bloating and weight fluctuations.
I probably would have given up, but my support team kept me strong, and for that, I am eternally grateful.
Slowly, I felt the fog clear. Old parts of my personality that had been buried for years started to reappear. I was less anxious, more centered. I felt stronger and had a better sense of wellbeing.
One day I felt a weird sensation in my stomach. At first I was confused then I realized it was hunger! Normal hunger! Welcome back! I have since learned to use my hunger to tell me when I have eating enough food that is right for me. Not too much and not too little.
My recovery took roughly over a year, but the most difficult part was really opening up and being honest that I needed help. Support is essential for recovery. My biggest regret is not seeking help sooner.
For the first time in a long time, I am optimistic for the future now, and that feels good. I've kept a blog tracking my recovery journey, which you can view here: http://www.bulimiahelp.org/blog/jack. It is trigger free, and I hope you find it motivational and inspirational.
Do not hold back because you are embarrassed or ashamed. Seek help. Seek support. We all need help sometimes (yes, even if you are male!).


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The Feast of Booths: A dramatic retelling of the story in Nehemiah
By John F. Schuurman, Jane Tiemersma Vogel
We planned this service as part of an evening series on the book of Nehemiah. It focuses on the feast of booths or tabernacles (sukkot). With a little bit of tweaking, it could be an interesting service either for the time of sukkot or else possibly a service for the first Sunday of Advent.
Before the drama, we started off the service in our usual evening service fashion. After a prelude, I welcomed the congregation and introduced the idea of the evening. This introduction was followed by a call to worship and a hymn. The script that we used follows. As the pastor, my role was that of the twentieth-century commentator (I did not dress in costume). All the songs were chosen from the Psalter Hymnal.
Daughter (Mara)
Group of Israelites (no speaking involved; include both children and adults, who will be building the booths)
Three Readers from within congregation
Pastor: [Reads Nehemiah 8] Can you imagine that scene? Cast yourself in the role of the people of Israel for a few minutes. Notice that the original service lasted from dawn to noon, and the entire assembly stood up for the whole thing. You'll have some lines to sing—they can be found in the order of worship.
[Ezra enters and mounts platform.]
Now imagine Ezra standing here ready to read to you from God's Word.
[Pastor sits in pew.]
Ezra: So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the Lord for seven days; the first day is a day of rest, and the eighth day also is a day of rest. On the first day you are to take choice fruit from the trees, and palm fronds, leafy branches and poplars, and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days (Lev. 23:39-40).
[Piano begins introduction to PsH 197, "The Trees of the Field."]
Voice from back: Rejoice! Yes! Let us all rejoice! Let's praise God with our songs!
[As congregation sings "The Trees of the Field, group of Israelites come up all three aisles from the back. Children are dancing and waving flowers and palm fronds. Congregation sings hymn twice, moderate speed the first time; faster the second. A very helpful instrument on this and the following song is a recorder.]
Ezra: Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. Live in booths for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in booths so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God (Lev. 23:41-43).
[Characters begin building a booth—about 8x10x5'—from long sticks and tree branches lashed with twine. With a couple of preassembled pieces such as the ends, it can go up in a few minutes. Children begin tying clumps of flowers and fruit together to decorate the booth.]
Mara: But mother, we've never lived in booths! Why haven't we obeyed this command?
Mother: Oh, Mara, the feast of booths celebrated our freedom from captivity when the Lord brought us out of Egypt. But we haven't been free for generations! How could we celebrate freedom when we were captives to Persia?
Mara: But . . . we're not in Persia now.
Mother: No we're not! The Lord has brought us home again! We, and all the people, have worked and worked these many months. Jerusalem, the city of God, has her walls again. She stands protected again on God's Holy mountain. Now we can celebrate coming home with the feast of booths!
Mara: [looking at booth as it is assembled] Our booth doesn't look like much. Is that supposed to be our new home?
Mother: Oh, no! The booth isn't a permanent building like our home. It's supposed to look a little flimsy. The booth reminds us of when we traveled in the wilderness, and God took care of us all the way. In the wilderness we couldn't have sturdy structures; we had to be able to pack up and move on. This booth reminds us that we don't need to trust in bricks and stone—not even in this strong wall around Jerusalem. We trust in God to care for us.
Mara: Mama, why do you keep saying "we" were in the wilderness? You weren't there, were you?
Mother: Well of course not, Mara! I hadn't been born—and neither had your grandmother or her grandmother. But still, that story is my story—and it's your story too. Because really it's God's story, and the God who brought the people out of slavery in Egypt is the same God who brought us back home from our captivity. That's why we sing this psalm about it.
[Congregation sings PsH 114, "When Israel Fled from Egypt Land" (or anthem setting by Emily Brink and John Overduin for TTBB, children's choir, keyboard, and optional flute; order from Selah Publishing 1-800-852-6172).]
Mara: I love that psalm! I especially like the part about the springs and the cooling waters.
Mother: Booths are an important part of the feast of booths, but so is water. Did you know that God's people used to come from all over right here to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of booths? My grandparents came—I still remember the stories. There was a big celebration at the temple—that was before it was destroyed, of course.
[Sets pitcher and bowl on flower stand toward front of platform.]
But I was telling you about the water. For the temple celebration, the priests drew a pitcher of water from the pool of Siloam. The high point of the celebration in the temple came when a priest poured that water into a bowl at the altar [pour water]. This was a reminder of how, while we were in the desert, God gave people water from out of a rock.
Pastor: [to congregation] Like so many other traditions, it also carried a deeper spiritual meaning. The pouring of the water was a demonstration of Israel's hope for the coming of the Messiah and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, whom God had promised.
It was almost certainly at the point of this solemn, celebrative pouring of the water—many years later—that Jesus stood up in the temple courtyard and said, in a loud voice,
If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him (John 7:37-38).
Jesus was saying, "Remember the old days when you were thirsty and water came out of a rock and saved you? A new day has come. I am the living water. Are you thirsty? Come to me. Believe in me. I will be to you what the water from the rock in the desert was: a life source, a never-ending life source, the thing that keeps you from dying."
Perhaps the people listening remembered how, when that pitcher was drawn from the pool of Siloam, a priest would recite this verse from Isaiah 12:3:
Ezra: With joy you will draw water from the wells of Yeshua—of salvation.
[Option: The anthem "Come to the Water" by John Foley (OCP: 1-800-548-8749) could be sung here by choir and/or congregation.]
Pastor: The Hebrew word for salvation is Yeshua—the Hebrew name for Jesus. Listen to some of the other promises that the spiritually thirsty people would have known.
Ezra: Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost (Isa. 55:1).
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants (Isa. 44:3).
Mara: What else happened at the temple, Mama?
Mother: Well, another important symbol in the feast is light. On the first day of the feast, four huge candlesticks were lit, each with seven lamps. Like the booths and the water, the lights were to remind us of the early days of that long path through the desert. For forty years we were led by the pillar of fire and the pillar of cloud. These were lights from heaven to guide us, to show us the way out of dangerous darkness toward the light; out of a land where we were slaves toward a land where we would be at home.
Pastor: [to congregation] On the last day of the feast, when all the lights were being put out, Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. [Point to Christ candle; if during Advent; point to white candle on Advent wreath, or take it off and hold it.] Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" (John 8:12).
The old light accompanied the Israelites through the wilderness. It let them know that, even though the weather was terrible, the road was treacherous, there was danger around every corner, God was with them. How did they know? There was the light.
At the feast of booths, which is also called the feast of tabernacles, Jesus declared that he is what the old light used to be. He is God with us, the Word who became flesh and tabernacled among us (John 1:14).
Mother: You know, Mara, the prophet Isaiah predicted that we would one day come home to celebrate this feast. He told about the great joy we would have after so many years of darkness. He even suggested that other nations come to celebrate at God's holy hill. And he talked about daughters too. Listen.
Ezra: Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm (from Isa. 60).
[The congregation sings PsH 198, "Arise, Shine for Your Light Has Come." (Option: anthem setting for SATB and congregation with flute and keyboard; Selah Publishing, 1-800-852-6172 or selahpub@aol.com.) During the singing Israelite characters quietly move to the pews.]
Pastor: [delivers meditation; see box p. 19.] Now, through Scripture and song, see how even more wonderfully things fit together. Here is the rest of the story.
Reader 1: [from the congregation] Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come (2 Cor. 5:1-5).
Pastor: What is to come? The same thing Abraham was looking for while he was tenting:
Reader 2: [from the congregation] By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God (Heb. 11:8-10).
NOTES FOR A MEDITATION ON NEHEMIAH 8
A meditation on the role of the temple and the importance of the "walls" or barriers—like the layers of an onion—from the most holy place, to the holy place, to the courtyard of the temple, and finally to the walls around Jerusalem.
Upon completion of the final layer (walls around the city), there was a great celebration of this important step in the direction of the coming of the kingdom. The kingdom of God had never been this close before. Thus, a celebration.
Verses 9-10 are important. Joy, not sorrow, at the reading of the law. Celebrate! "The joy of the Lord is our strength."
In verses 14 and 15 we see that the people rediscover the feast of booths. There is a seven-day feast to celebrate God's deliverance. The kingdom had had not seemed so bright and so real in a long, long time. A little foretaste of the new heavens and the new earth that Isaiah wrote about. This was the kingdom come, but written small, maybe in lower-case letters. But it was one sure, strong step in the right direction. And not since Joshua had the feast been so joyous and glad.
New Testament Christians can learn from this. It is good and right that we feast when we set some sizeable goal—an evangelistic campaign, a relief project, or an addition to the church—and then, like Nehemiah and the children of Israel, throw ourselves into it and meet our goal.
Right now our buildings, our efforts for the glory of God might seem small and frail—but take heart. Develop the long view.
How wonderfully things fit together before the face of God!
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Dr. Dan Charles CowmanFebruary 13, 1955 - August, 27, 2015Dan Charles Cowman, M.D., passed away on August 27, 2015, at age 60, at the DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dan was born on February 13, 1955, in Nampa, to Carol William and Carrol Viola Fiedler Cowman. He went through the Nampa schools (Roosevelt Elementary, Central Jr. High), where he was known as Danny, and graduated from Nampa High School with honors, Class of 1973. From an early age, he had a strong affinity for science. This manifested in an interest in rocks and geology, marine biology, and astronomy and the space program. He was especially taken by John Glenn's orbit of earth and created a scrapbook of newspaper clippings for Cub Scouts that highlighted the importance of this event to the space program. In high school, he was active in band, Math Team, and was president of the Science, Chess, and Spanish Clubs. He was a member of the Foreign Language Society, the National Honor Society, represented Nampa as one of the Boy's State delegates, and participated in the National Science Foundation summer course in Chemistry at the College of Idaho. He was employed by Safeway and Albertsons. He excelled in Boy Scouts, earning his Eagle in 1969; he then went on to earn a bronze palm. He earned the God and Country award, under the supervision of Dr. Robert Shields of the First United Presbyterian Church, in 1971. He attended the National Jamboree in 1969 (at age 14) and the 13th World Jamboree in Japan in 1971. Dan was awarded two prestigious four-year scholarships, which he used at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. One was the National Presbyterian Scholarship and the other was the Coe Science Scholar. During college, he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies; he also received an Exploration Expedition International scholarship in his sophomore year to support his research at the Mogollon Pueblo Indian site in New Mexico where he participated in an archeological dig and uncovered skeletal remains. Another research project focused on weather patterns and air quality in Cedar Rapids, IA. Dan graduated from Coe College magna cum laude in 1977 with bachelor degrees in Chemistry and General Science. He went on to attend medical school at Stanford University School of Medicine, graduating in 1981. In 1977, he married Deborah Murray; they had two children Erik Murray Cowman (stillborn) and Erika Marie Cowman. They were later divorced. Dan served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1981-1985. During this time, he completed his internship in Flexible Medicine (1981-1982) at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, CA. He was then selected for a specialized training program in Aerospace Medicine and Flight Surgery (Pensacola, FL) from March - August 1983, where he received the Fox Flag award for graduating first in his class. After completing this training, he was assigned to care for a unit of Marine pilots and their families. At discharge, Dan had earned the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Dan completed his four-year residency in 1989 in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Texas at Houston. He then entered private practice radiology in the Conroe/Woodlands area of Texas. He was a member of Conroe-Tomball Radiologists (1989-2007), served as Chief of Staff at Tomball Regional Medical Center in 1993, and was Chief of Breast Imaging at Memorial Hermann, The Woodlands Hospital, 2004-2007. He joined Innovative Radiology in 2007 where he was affiliated with Conroe Regional Medical Center and Kindred Hospital in Houston. His love of collecting started early with an empty penny collector's coin book that was a gift from his aunt, Ethel Schulz; she also interested him in stamp collecting, which eventually included first-day covers. He also enjoyed antiques and collected and indexed rare fruit jars (and their fasteners) with his father. Eventually Dan combined his interest in collecting with his curiosity about the history of medicine. He was a passionate collector of patent medicines and almanacs. Over more than 30 years, he amassed one of the largest patent medicine collections in the country and created an exhaustive catalog of existing patent medicines and almanacs. He greatly loved the outdoors and favorite pastimes included all types of fishing. Early in his life he fished the lakes and streams of Idaho and later enjoyed both surf and deep sea fishing from their getaway beach house in Galveston, TX. Dan is survived by his wife of 18 years, Kathryn Ann Iles Cowman; his daughters, Erika Marie Cowman Neeley, M.D. (Daniel) of Seattle, WA, Sarah Nicole Cowman and Rachel Elizabeth Cowman of Tomball, TX; mother Carrol V. Cowman of Nampa; sister Cindy Bergeman, Ph.D. (Dean) of Granger, IN, their daughters Hannah (Denver, CO) and Brianne Smith (husband Jeff, children Zoe and Caia; Loveland, CO); brother Timothy Cowman (Kristy) of Richland, WA and their daughters Caitlin and Kelsey; sister Francie Aguilar (Buster) of Nampa, their daughters Alexa and Makenna; brother Casey Cowman (Lisa) of Nampa, and their children Blake and Kate; sister Erin Talsma (Brent) of Albany, OR, their sons Ethan and Andrew (AJ); aunt Connie Fiedler Neider (Jay) and family of Bowmont and Stanley, ID; and many other family members and friends around the country. Dan's family, friends, and coworkers appreciated his kindness, generosity, dedication, and hard-working nature. His quiet strength formed the foundation of his family and his greatest joy was his wife and three daughters. He will be greatly missed by all those who had the privilege to know him. He was preceded in death by a son Erik Murray Cowman (stillborn), father Carol William Cowman, brother Russell Kenney Cowman, sister Merry Roseanne Cowman, and aunts Ethel Rose Fiedler Schulz and Judie Cowman White, maternal grandparents Charles M. and Edna M. Kenney Fiedler and paternal grandparents Harley H. and Irma Minnick Cowman. Memorial services were held on Saturday September, 19, 2015 in Spring, Texas. On his request, his ashes were scattered in the Gulf of Mexico (off Galveston, TX) the following day. A Successful ManThat man is a success-who has lived well, laughed often and loved much;who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children;who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;who leaves the world better than he found it;who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it;who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
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Yes, Caps fans, change is the offseason's buzzword. As the Caps' season was thankfully on its way to being put to rest, the slogan 'Change is Coming' was (for good reason) broadcasted for any fans still paying attention.
So, what changes can Caps fans expect?
New uniforms:
The Caps will unveil their new red, white & blue Reebok EDGE jerseys at June's NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, OH. The new jerseys will reportedly be a synthesis of their older & newer styles.
New personnel:
A scoring-line center, a solidifying defenseman and a veteran winger are the three offseason addition priorities. GM George McPhee has stated his intention of beating around the trade bush whenever possible rather than going the free agent route. One, if not more, will still likely be added via free agency but it's an open question whether the Caps are able to spark the interest of top-end free agents (let alone willing to sign them large long-term deals).
Given that many of their younger players will need new contracts in the next year or two, a strategy of not overextending oneself via free agency is a wise one. Keeping Washington's young core intact will become increasingly difficult in the years ahead yet there seems to be an understanding in the front office that youthful skill alone won't make the club a playoff contender. Additional veteran leadership and experience is needed to help this young club stay focused, forge out an identity and up the overall talent & depth of the club.
Swedish phenom center Nicklas Backstrom will reportedly be signed following the World Championships in Moscow. He'll add much needed skill and playmaking presence up the middle but the Caps could use a more experienced offensive wizard at center to compliment Backstrom, tutor him and, if necessary, pick up the slack if he has trouble adjusting to the smaller ice surface. He's reportedly sought an out-clause in case he doesn't make the team but that should be the last of his worries. He's penciled in to play on the second line while centering Alexander Semin, unless the front office fails to bring in another skilled center in which case he'd likely move up and center Ovechkin.
New expectations:
Owner Ted Leonsis made a large symbolic admission when, late in the season, he said that the time for rebuilding was over. If the Caps learned nothing else this season (and this goes for the fire sale as well, in many respects) it's that a team without sufficient veteran experience and leadership is going to have a tough time being successful. Not to say that the Caps will add talent without regard to the big picture, but the balance between short- and long-term should be moreso in the middle.
Consistency and an overalll lack of depth has been an issue for quite some time, but the end of the season really put an exclamation point on that point. It seems as though the front office, based on their comments, has finally realized this and will act accordingly this summer. Along with this changing of the guard should be a purge of the placeholder journeymen that've taken up roster spots on the team and aren't viable long-term options. The return of Bryan Muir, Kris Beech or the (deadline-traded) Richard Zednik would be nothing but large disappointments and a sign of the status quo returning again next year.
Your guess is as good as mine in terms of who the Caps will add. McPhee has made a couple of shrewd minor trades over the last couple of years (adding Clark and Jurcina for example, along with the fire sale moves) but hasn't pulled off a really big trade since March of 2001. That deal sent Richard Zednik, Jan Bulis & a 1st in '01 (Alexander Perezhogin) to Montreal for Dainius Zubrus, Trevor Linden and a 2nd in '01 (later traded). If McPhee is to make trades over the summer, they'll likely to big similar in nature--young roster players, prospects and draft picks being dealt in exchange for more established NHL talent. Among one of their assets potentially on the move could be their top pick in June's entry draft, the fifth overall selection. While the possibility of landing a Voracek or Cherepanov makes a lot of sense over the long-term, the short-term demand of filling the club's immedate roster holes may dictate otherwise. As always, though, it'll take two to tango.
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