As my legal education progressed and I learnt about the practice of law during my summer placements, I became more and more interested in litigation. I hope to build a legal career that allows me to put my legal research, writing, and advocacy skills to good use. I enjoy navigating the intricacies of the litigation process and completing the wide-range of tasks needed to find solutions at each stage of a file. While studying, I also had the opportunity to work for a mediator where I learned how important strong oral advocacy and negotiation skills are in furthering your client's interests.
As a student-at-law with CBM, my responsibilities range from attendance at Chambers for various applications, drafting pleadings and conducting legal research. In my spare time, you can find me in the mountains where I enjoy trail running in the summer and skiing in the winter.


For a long, long time now, I've wanted to put a Reuben on the panini menu at the Osteria(O-stir-eeeee-ah). Finally, last week I was craving one for myself so badly I took action.
No, it's not a distinctly Italian sandwich–but I will give Marco this one because of the artistry in every single element executed from from scratch. Cook, cure, and smoke the beef; whip the tomato aioli; dice the cabbage with radicchio and carrots . . .
A full five days after the craving hit (three days to brine, one day to air dry with spices, one day to smoke and roast), I finally have the sandwich that's been chasing me. My wife wonders if I'm not sick of the whole idea by now, and hasn't the longing passed . . .but, like pizza, it's one of those foods I could probably eat every day. To me, there's nothing quite as satisfying as a fatty, unhealthy fistful of Reuben dripping with sauce.
And the one I enjoyed yesterday (with a strong, tannic Sangiovese to cut through the smoke and fat) was just as fantastic as the one I'm going to have later today (with a Barolo?).


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IFM Therapeutics Announces Newly Discovered Mechanism of Inflammatory Processes in the Body
Findings in The Journal of Immunology examine role of Charcot-Leyden Crystals (CLCs) in driving NLRP3 inflammasome activation and chronic inflammation
IFM Therapeutics, LLC
Dec 18, 2018, 09:04 ET
BOSTON, Dec. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IFM Therapeutics, LLC (IFM), a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies that modulate novel targets in the innate immune system, today announced the discovery of new immune system triggers that are associated with certain inflammatory diseases. The study, published in the Journal of Immunology, was co-authored by IFM co-founder Eicke Latz, M.D., Ph.D., along with colleagues Bernardo Franklin, M.D., Ph.D. and Juan Francisco Rodriguez-Alcázar of the Institute of Innate Immunity at the University of Bonn.
Charcot-Leyden Crystals (CLCs) are protein crystals that appear and persist in the tissues of patients with conditions such as asthma, allergic reactions, and fungal and parasitic diseases. Collectively, these are known as Eosinophilic diseases because of the marked increase of eosinophils, a part of the immune system consisting of a variety of white blood cells.
Following immune stimulus, eosinophils degranulate, releasing an array of cytotoxic proteins. One of these proteins, Galectin-10, crystallizes to form CLCs. Higher levels of CLCs correlate with higher eosinophil activity, which is believed to contribute to disease severity.
In this study, Dr. Latz's team demonstrates that CLCs are engulfed by human macrophages in vitro, resulting in the release of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β. Additionally, CLCs were shown to promote inflammation in vivo, as evidenced by an increased tissue presence of IL-1β. Importantly, chemical inhibition and small interfering RNA (siRNA) knock-down of NLRP3 in primary human macrophages reduced IL-1B production in response to CLCs, suggesting that the inflammatory response occurs via the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway.
"CLCs have been observed in patients for over 150 years. However, until recently, they were believed to be inert by-products of eosinophil activity with no immune activation," says Eicke Latz, M.D., Ph.D. "This study suggests that degradation of eosinophils leaves behind remnants that sustain immune activity. At a fundamental level, this supports the hypothesis that NLRP3 inhibition may be a therapeutically relevant approach for eosinophilic disorders, such as asthma and allergic disease."
NLRP3 (NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing 3) is an intracellular innate immune signaling receptor that allows immune cells to detect the presence of foreign or endogenous molecules that signal infection or tissue damage. Abnormal activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome typically occurs without the presence of a foreign pathogen, and is known to cause negative downstream effects.
"The work of our scientific founders, including Dr. Eicke Latz, further underscores the strong scientific rationale for targeting NLRP3 to treat chronic inflammation," said Martin Seidel, Ph.D., executive vice president of R&D at IFM. "By building on our vast knowledge of innate immune system pathways and their links to inflammatory processes, we are better equipped to lead the development of therapies for patients with serious inflammatory diseases."
About IFM Therapeutics, LLC
IFM Therapeutics, LLC (IFM) is a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was founded by an international group of preeminent scientists and physicians who have spent decades understanding innate immunity and the role it plays in regulating the immune system. IFM's team has discovered and developed small molecules that modulate novel targets in the innate immune system as next-generation therapies for cancer, auto-immunity, and inflammatory disorders. IFM owns and operates IFM Tre, a subsidiary company launched in July of 2018 that is developing a suite of small-molecule antagonists targeting inappropriate inflammatory responses of the innate immune system via the NLRP3 pathway. For more information, please visit www.ifmthera.com.
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Gentrification masked as "rebranding?" The residents weren't having it!
Gentrified cutesy names don't have a place in South Harlem, according to its tried-and-true residents.
New York City real estate company Keller Williams wanted to rebrand the South Harlem area between 110th Street and 125th Street "SoHa," an idea met with immediate backlash from community leaders and residents.
On the ground and on Twitter alike, black residents and even those living beyond Harlem's borders bonded over their anti-SoHa stance.
The rebranding was an effort to attract new residents to the historically black South Harlem, an effort that obviously screamed gentrification. Activists spoke out against the name change and according to a Wall Street Journal report, the community's efforts were not in vain. Keller Williams has dropped their team, deciding to cease their rebranding efforts.
It looks like legislature is also on-board with keeping the neighborhood name in its purest form. Newly-elected New York State Senator Brian Benjamin announced this past Friday that he was introducing legislation to make it more difficult to change a New York neighborhood's name. Benjamin has a background in protecting South Harlem's historical relevance, serving as a chair of Community Board 10, a group that launched a campaign to halt "SoHa" usage.
If people are attracted by and want to move to South Harlem, well, they should move to South Harlem … just the way it is.


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I read relentlessly, overthink just about everything, and am in a near-constant state of God-seeking.
I believe life is like an amazing storybook. It's chapters are filled with the hard stuff of life as well as the joys. Each day we're given a new, blank page…such opportunity! We write what we will, but the ultimate editor is God, the Giver of life. He is the One who makes our story great.


This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, more specifically, to use the sport of Tae Kwon Do to provide children with special needs (such as Down syndrome) with opportunities to overcome develop mental and physical challenges. This will be done in an environment where they can develop, thrive, learn, and strengthen their relationship with their parents, relatives, other children, and educators. The skills learned will help the children build positive relationships that will equip them with self-confidence.
Our foundation offer free taekwondo program to the school with special needs in our community.
Team Members Joseph Albuerne win the first at the Ontario Open Taekwondo Championship in Canda.
Our Taekwondo program for children with special needs is based on 1 - Learn the traditional Taekwondo The kids learn the basic elements of our sport like the Basic hand technique, Basic block defense and Basic stance. And get the next level in our sport the (Taeguk or Forms ) 2 - Weapons Class They learn to use the weapons as a form of combat imaginaries against several opponents making movements in different directions. 3-Breaking Technique The breaking technique teaches them to concentrate all their strength or energy inone goal in which must use his technique to complete the exercise. 4- Total body physical training. The physical preparation of the body is based on trying to memorize each child and realize alone from one to ten exercises in a continuous circuit of obstacles.
The Benefits of Dance Therapy for Kids With Special Needs. Improving Gross Motor Skills Many kids with special needs have difficulty with motor skills. Any kind the type of dance studied, dance movements emphasize all body parts and the way they move. Children learn through dance therapy to move their arms, legs and bodies smoothly and in a more coordinated way, improving motor skills. Dance tends to be a more enjoyable way to practice motor skills than simple exercise, because it is done to music. Improving Health All kids---not only those with special needs---can improve their health through dance. When children are dancing, they are moving: filling their lungs with air, strengthening bones and muscles, raising heart rates, and reaching their physical potential. Dance often improves mood as well, as endorphins are released during physical exertion.


I honestly had no idea what to expect at this workshop. I did know that I was craving real, authentic communication. What I got was so much more than that. It was so incredible to really listen to other people…to see them and hold space for them and have them do the same for me in return. It was truly a joy and I walked away feeling high on life for the rest of the day. Thank you, Shawn! Can't wait until the next one!
I saw that the meetup was 2 ½ hours after I had RSVP'd and paid online. Without ever having the experience of a listening workshop, I became skeptical at the idea of listening to anyone for that long. At the end, I wished we had more time.
Without going into details of this ceremonially formatted class (as Shawn's explanation of what will occur was part of the listening and opening experience), it was empowering, enlightening, deep diving and, above all, fun.
I must say, on my drive home, I felt somewhat embarrassed that I had shared so much about myself and listened so intently to other's (who I didn't know before the class) spontaneous and authentic revelations about themselves.
It quickly subsided as I told myself, this is exactly what I need to grow.
Place your dreams, ideas, and goals on a poster board and watch the universe conspire to help make them a reality!
When one steps across a threshold in nature looking for answers the unexpected begins to happen.
Crossing a threshold without food or shelter o be one with the land and yourself.
A deep dive into Native American teaching showing how to use the directions as markers and milestones of our life.
Council is a compelling communication method that cultivates empathic listening and heartfelt dialogue.
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Practicing what I preach I follow my spirit where it leads. This is some of what I am experiencing.
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		public string LastName { get; set; }

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		{
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What's on our radar at the Hot Docs 2021 Film Festival
April 6, 2021 Sonya Davidson Arts, Film
The Hot Docs Film Festival is always one we look forward to. The roster of documentaries each year never disappoint. The films offers deep and meaningful conversations and often piques our curiosity. A total of 219 films from 66 countries are in this year's festival that runs from April 29 to May 9 (streaming online). Many screenings also include live Q&A sessions with filmmakers. Here is our selection of films and descriptions that are already on our radar at this year's festival.
A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY
Directed by: Ann Shin, Canada (2021) World Premiere (Opening Night Film)
Can AI enable us to live forever? Filmmaker Ann Shin sets out on a journey, exploring the latest AI and biotech with scientists and visionaries (including Deepak Chopra) who foresee a 'post-biological' world where humans and AI merge. Will AI be the best, or the last thing we ever do?
IN THE SAME BREATH
Directed by: Nanfu Wang, USA/China (2021) Canadian Premiere
Winner of Sundance's Grand Jury Prize, Nanfu Wang's searing investigation into COVID-19's origins and spread issues a devastating indictment of a global state of misinformation. The filmmaker initially set to make out a short film about the Chinese government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic after her son was left with her mother while Wang went to work on another project. As COVID spread Wang became worried and started looking for information. She began contacting cinematographers in Wuhan and realized the stories of the pandemic made it important to be a feature film instead, and began incorporating the American response to the pandemic after seeing the government spread misinformation.
STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET
Directed by: Marilyn Agrelo, USA (2021) International Premiere
The film takes us inside the minds and hearts of the Sesame Street creators, artists, writers, and educators who, together established one of the most influential programs in television history.
In late 1960s, Joan Ganz Cooney, a socially conscious female television executive was working in the fledgling world of public television. She was asked by friend Lloyd Morrisett, who worked for the Carnegie Corporation of New York and who specialized in the psychological studies of pre-school children, to take on revolutionary experiment. Could Joan create a children's show that would "master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them?"
Inspired by the civil rights movement, Joan and Lloyd took this experiment one step further and began to envision using the new medium of television to educate all children, and specifically reach America's "inner city" children to help close the educational gap that systemic racism and poverty had created.
ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE
Directed by: Theo Anthony, USA (2021) Canadian Premiere
Exploring the connections between technology, vision and power, this Sundance prize winner offers an illuminating investigation of ever-increasing surveillance technologies, exposing the complexities of objectivity and the biases inherent in both human perception and the camera lens.
Directed by: John Daschbach, Japan (2021) World Premiere
Experience a year in the life of a self-taught Japanese ramen master, who considers his legendary noodle shop more than just a livelihood but his life, and his die-hard customers more than just regulars, but true friends.
WE WORK: THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF A $47 BILLION UNICORN
Directed by: Jed Rothstein, USA (2020) International Premiere
The film chronicles the rise and fall of start-up WeWork, a real estate company who's eccentric CEO used entrepreneurial culture, Kabbalah, and free beer to trick millions of people and billionaires into believing shared office space could literally change the world.
Directed by Benji Bermann, Jono Bergmann, Austria, USA (2021) International Premiere
Mau is the first-ever, feature-length documentary about the design visionary Bruce Mau. The film explores the untold story of his unlikely rise in the creative world, and ever-optimistic push to expand the boundaries of design. We tell the story of his incredible career – from Mecca to MOMA, from Guatemala to Coca Cola – and his most important project yet: his own life.
THE TASTE OF DESIRE
Directed by: Willemiek Kluijfhout, Netherlands (2021) World Premiere
In this poetic trip around the world, the oyster acts as metaphor for life's passions and frustrations, linking stories of a New York burlesque dancer, French Michelin-starred chefs, a Swedish oyster diver, a Japanese pearl maker and a terminally ill English psychologist.
ROCKFIELD: THE STUDIO ON THE FARM
Directed by: Hannah Berryman, UK (2020) North American Premiere
Featuring candid interviews with rock legends Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and Liam Gallagher, this is the unlikely tale of how two Welsh brothers turned their dairy farm into one of the most successful recording studios of all time.
WUHAN WUHAN
Directed by: Yung Chang, USA (2021) World Premiere
With unprecedented access to Wuhan, China, at the peak of the pandemic lockdown, award-winning director Yung Chang looks beyond statistics and headlines to reveal the emotions and resilience at the core of our shared humanity.
KÍMMAPIIYIPITSSINI: THE MEANING OF EMPATHY
Directed by: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Canada (2021) World Premiere
Follow award-winning filmmaker and actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders and medical professionals as they strive for harm reduction in the Kainai First Nation.
THE RETURN: LIFE AFTER ISIS
Directed by: Alba Sotorra Clua, Spain, UK (2021) Canadian Premiere
This provocative doc reveals the deeper stories that drove several women to uproot their lives in the West and join ISIS in Syria. Now, infamous and reviled in the media, they yearn for absolution and the homelands that bar their return.
SUBJECTS OF DESIRE
Directed by Jennifer Holness, Canada (2021) Canadian Premiere
This film that examines the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black female aesthetics and features. From society's new fixation on the 'booty', fuller lips, the dramatic rise of spray tanned skin, ethnic hairstyles, and athletic bodies, some argue that Black women are having a beauty moment. But others, primarily Black women, argue that traditional Black features and attributes are seen as more desirable when they are on White women. Told from the POV of women who aren't afraid to challenge conventional beauty standards, the film explores the positive and negative portrayals of Black women in media and asks what is the impact today?
NOURRIR LES RÊVES
Directed by: Kimberley Ann Surin & Aïcha Morin-Baldé, Canada (2021) World Premiere (Short)
In 2007, Lasallien Center opened their doors in St-Michel—one of the most disadvantaged boroughs on the island of Montreal. Nourrir les Rêves introduces audiences to Paul Evra, the young altruistic director who grew up there and is leading the center and their mission to help feed the numerous families in the area who are food insecure.
DROPSTONES
Directed by: Caitlyn Durlak, Canada (2021), World Premiere
Set on Fogo Island off coast of Newfoundland, Dropstones is an intimate family portrait that follows single mother, Sonya, shortly after she has returned to the home she once yearned to escape. As she raises her two young sons, she finds herself drawing on her island's traditions to meet the challenges of motherhood. Set against he changing seasons over the course of a year, the film immerses us in the unique rhythms of life on Fogo Island, illuminating both the hardship and fulfillment that comes with calling this singular place home.
RIDE FAIR
Directed by: Javier Lovier, Canada (2021) World Premiere (Short)
Three fearless community organizers with a history of standing up against big tech corporations, embark on an uphill political fight to regulate Uber and Lyft in Toronto so that these companies operate in the public interest, respecting communities, drivers and passengers.
Directed by: Rachel Garrick, Canada (2021), World Premiere (short)
A lesson in compassion and generosity results in a lifelong gift. Set in a small Northwestern Ontario town, a father takes an opportunity to pass on important teachings to his daughter.
Full lineup of films, tickets and more can be found at www.hotdocs.ca.
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You are invited to Fresh Santa Fe's totally original, fully adventurous evening of music from 7 artists.
Up first are the touring duo of exploratory improvizational cello and bass, T.J. Borden (cello) and Kyle Moti (bass) — followed by the dynamic interactions and virtioustic playing by a quintet of New Mexico heavyweights Chris Jonas (soprano saxophone), Micah Hood (trombone), Jeremy Bleich (guitar), Justin Bransford (bass), Milton Villarrubia III (drums). The musicians of Pentent consistently draw strong crowds and their upcoming album is highly anticipated in New Mexico's music scene.
This one-night performance takes place on Wednesday, March 23 from 7pm-10pm at Fresh Santa Fe, 2855 Cooks Road, Studio A. The fee for the evening is $5.00 at the door.
Kyle Motl is a bassist, composer, and improviser. Active in a variety of ensembles and settings, Kyle's work crosses the boundaries between idioms as wide as free jazz, contemporary concert music, and extreme metal. Current interests include extended harmonic techniques for solo bass improvisation, electroacoustic performance with live electronics and improvising software, modular compositional schemes, recursive and generative structuring, and exploration of complex sonic spectra.
Current projects include ongoing musical relationships with the Abbey Rader Quartet and Peter Kuhn Trio, as well as duos with Drew Ceccato and TJ Borden. The Kyle Motl Trio, featuring Kjell Nordeson and Tobin Chodos is a collaborative platform for new compositions weaving complex structures together with free improvisation. Kyle has performed alongside artists including Anthony Davis, Kidd Jordan, Mary Halvorson, Wadada Leo Smith, Mark Dresser, and John Lindberg, among others.
Hailed for his "technically polished playing" as well as an "endless amount of musical knowledge and creativity", T.J. Borden is a rising force in the experimental music landscape. T.J. has performed with many contemporary music luminaries such as the JACK Quartet, the Theater of Eternal Music Brass and String Band, the Slee Sinfonietta, Ensemble Offspring, Tony Conrad, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, and Steve McCaffery. He has performed at XFest in Massachusetts, Soundways New Music Festival in St. Petersburg, June in Buffalo, the New Media Art and Sound Summit in Austin, and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. His performance of Witold Lutoslawski's "Cello Concerto" with the University at Buffalo Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Bassin was praised for how he "mastered the works intricacies with elegant grace." Currently, T.J. is a member of the [Switch~ Ensemble], a group dedicated to the performance of works that incorporate multimedia into live performance and is looking forward to performing with them at the VIPA Festival in Valencia, Spain this summer.
As an improviser, T.J. has toured throughout Europe and North America and his improvisations are included in Guggenheim Fellow Kasumi's film "Shockwaves". He is particularly committed to working directly with composers and has worked with several established composers such as Brian Ferneyhough, La Monte Young, and Alvin Lucier as well as many younger composers, which is a priority for him. As a creative force, Tyler has been commissioned to write and perform by a variety of entities, including the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra, and hammered dulcimer virtuoso Mitzie Collins.
Chris Jonas (soprano and tenor saxophone) is a Santa Fe composer, sax player, documentary producer/filmmaker, community engagement facilitator and video artist. As an instrumentalist and composer/conductor, he has performed, recorded and toured internationally with many of today's most adventurous artists, working extensively with Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Del Sol String Quartet, TILT Brass, The Crossing Choir and many others. Jonas is a 2009 United States Artists award winner, a winner of the 2012 Meet the Composer/Commissioning USA award for GARDEN, his ongoing series of live music and transmedia works, and 2012 Rockwood Fellow. He is Executive Director and co-founder of the NM-based arts and social justice non-profit, Littleglobe and is President of the composer/performers collective in NYC, the Tri-Centric Foundation.
Micah Hood (trombone) is a trombonist, improviser, lecturer and a composer/arranger. His performance credits include the New Mexico Philharmonic, the Santa Fe Symphony, the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Opera Southwest, The Figueroa Project, The New Mexico Symphony Chorus, Chatter, Carmina Escobar, The Temptations, Jerry Lopez, Carlos Reyes, Darren Cordova y Calor, the Jackie Zamora Brazilian Quintet, among many others. He is currently the trombonist for Breaking Brass, Pentet, The Maqam Ensemble, Dixieland band: The Route 66 Revelers and for the South American-style band, Baracutanga. Micah is a lecturer at the University of New Mexico and at the Santa Fe Community College School of Art and Design.
Jeremy Bleich (guitar) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who has performed across Europe, Turkey and The Americas. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he is involved with presenting new music through his Grasshopper Music record label, develops children's compositions through a Kennedy Center Arts Integration program for the Santa Fe Opera, composes music for Circus group WiseFool New Mexico, and is a music director and facilitating artist for Lifesongs, a program through the Academy For The Love of Learning.
Justin Bransford (acoustic bass) brings heart and soul to every stage he performs on. His experience interacting with musicians, singers and dancers from many different backgrounds has given him a diverse musical vocabulary. Justin is an active working musician in New Mexico both on stage and in the studio. In addition to fronting his own quartet, Justin currently performs with Pentet, John Kurzweg Band, Hill & the Brethren, The New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus and others.
Milton Villarrubia's music (drums) is informed by his formal training at the University of New Orleans and incorporates everything from composition to electronic improvisation to traditional jazz. He's involved with diverse musical projects in Santa Fe including New Orleans funk band Pollo Frito, the electro-improvised music of Ink on Paper with long time collaborator Carlos Santistevan, the Mil-Tones brass band, a Southern gothic Americana duo called The Catahoula Curse and performances with JA Deane's Out of Context. Milton is also the head chef at the Second Street Brewery in Santa Fe, NM.
For more information on this performance, contact Gregory at gregory@waitsstudioworks or call 270-2654.


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Thief Bug Is Breaking Games
Published 7 years ago: April 3, 2014 at 8:00 am -
Filed to:eidos
Despite having been out for a little while now, over the past 24 hours we've received a number of complaints from users saying that Thief has suddenly developed a nasty game-breaking bug.
Likely the result of a recent update, the bug is stopping people from progressing past Chapter 4 in the game.
We contacted Eidos and were told the following:
We're aware of an issue that seems to be affecting some Thief players, preventing them from completing some levels. We're taking this very seriously — as a first step we're reading as many reports of the issue as possible, working to replicate it internally, so that we can understand what's causing it. We're sorry for any disruption to your game today, and we'll update you as soon as we have more information.
If you've just got the game, you might want to hold off getting to the end of Chapter 4, at least until there's a fix.
evilmonkey says:
I've only got up to chahpter 2 so far (been busy with other games), so I'll make sure to not keep playing it until they release yet ANOTHER patch. Really getting sick of the size and frequency of patches with this gen. It seems like every time I want to play a game on my Xbone, there's a bloody update for it.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The internet is the WORST thing to ever happen to video games. I remember games being so much better before the internet came along.
end0rphine says:
Except games were significantly less complex 'before the internet'.
foggy says:
Yep, if you want to go back to 10 hours of single player side scrolling which never changes then you're more than welcome.
Big patches suck, but they're an unfortunate side-effect of much longer, better, more dynamic experiences.
I remember when WWF No Mercy had a similar save bug back in the day.
I had to mail the f*cking thing to THQ and it took WEEKS to get a replacement cartridge.
I'll take the annoying download thanks.
anderi says:
lol! I remember Doom took 5 or 6 – 3.5″ floppies!
From what I've been reading this is caused by simply playing on April the 1st.
I'm really hoping that the developers didn't set the game up to "steal" your saves on April Fool's Day, but it's starting to look that way. If it was an "April Fool's" joke, It's a pretty shitty joke.
Might be a poorly coded April Fool's Easter egg that accidentally breaks the game.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
LOL what a great quote!


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Observations about energy drinks
June 21, 2013 by Russell Gawthorpe in Exotic Beverage Reviews, Rants
An example of a good energy drink.
A long time ago, when I was more enthusiastically reviewing my ridiculous collection of energy drinks, I received an e-mail from someone, asking something along the following lines: "Why do you drink and review energy drinks when you think they all taste like crap?"
Allow me to address this.
I don't think they all taste like crap. I think most of them taste like crap.
Energy drinks, by their nature, have a great tendency to taste terrible. This is because the key ingredients that give energy drinks their energiness taste, with few exceptions, like shit.
Caffeine is a very bitter tasting chemical. That's why most caffeinated beverages are extremely sweet (such as energy drinks), or have their own bitter flavour to mask the caffeine (like coffee or tea).
B-group vitamins, a group that includes our friends thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, folic acid and B12 (among several others) taste horrible. Have you ever been curious enough to chew on a Berocca tablet? That's b-group vitamins. They are not tasty.
Taurine is made from bile. Sorry to spoil that one for you, but it's true. It's mostly synthetic these days, but still. If someone tells you "that's not real vomit, it's synthetic vomit", I don't think you'll be okay with it going into your dinner. Needless to say taurine has a hideously unpleasant flavour, and contributes big time to the unique and apparently desirable flavour of Red Bull.
The trick for manufacturers of energy drinks is to create a flavour that either masks or compliments these unpleasant flavours. Most energy drinks take the "overpower it with something sweet and fruity" approach. Some take the "embrace the flavour, enhance it, make it salty and sweet" approach, like Red Bull. Others take a completely different tack, and throw in peculiar Amazonian berries and things you can't pronounce in the hopes of creating a unique flavour they can call their own. Sometimes this works. Most times it doesn't.
Limitations bear creativity. Without a box to think outside of, and envelopes to push, new flavours and concepts can't be created. The fact that energy drinks are made to suffer is what makes them fascinating to me. Sometimes I come across a good one.
It makes me happy.
June 21, 2013 /Russell Gawthorpe
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Exotic Beverage Review: Fanta Spider
January 12, 2005 by Russell Gawthorpe in Exotic Beverage Reviews
For those unfamiliar, a "spider" is a combination of soft drink (soda) and ice cream, forming a kind of carbonated thickshake. I've always been really opposed to the idea, due to my belief that soda and dairy deserve to be well separated at all times. This stuff is called "choc orange", which I assume means it's meant to represent orange Fanta mixed with chocolate ice-cream, although the colour of the beverage doesn't represent that at all. Orange fanta and chocolate ice cream would produce something that looked like shit and would sell few beverages.
It's kind of apricot in colour and vaguely milky. Somehow, I was expecting it to be thicker, but it's the same consistency as every other soft drink. It's also not especially bubbly.
It tastes like Jaffas. Precisely like Jaffas. The smell of carbonation is the only thing that makes it smell like anything other than a handful of small red balls that taste like orange.
I was really hesitant to taste this stuff. Like I said above, I have some reservations about the whole "spider" concept. Anyhow, taste I did. It's...really odd. I wouldn't actually call it pleasant, to be honest. It's got a number of layers to it. I shall explain, in the order in which they hit you:
1. Weird consistancy. It kind of feels like there's a skin of ice over the surface of the drink, even though there isn't. I think this could be to do with the fact that it smells completely different to how it tastes, so as you sip it, your brain switches from smell receptors to taste receptors, or something.
2. Milk. It tastes like milk. Not specifically chocolate milk, though. Just..dairy in general.
3. Cheap chocolate. About a nanosecond after the milk flavour appears, the beverage remembers it's supposed to be chocolate flavoured and begins to produce the taste of really cheap chocolate, like those crappy lil solid chocolate Easter eggs everyone gets squillions of. It's not really pleasant, but it's definitely chocolate.
4. Orange. Hiding beneath all of this is the Fanta itself, which kind of breaks through as soon as the bubbles leave your tongue. And it's also not incredibly pleasant. I don't like this drink.
Okay, so the aftertaste has been pretty effectively nailed. If you erased my memory for the past five minutes, I could be easily convinced that I just sat down to a meal of Easter eggs and washed them down with a quart of Fanta. Usually with bizarre drinks, the taste is tolerable and the aftertaste is thoroughly unpalatable, but in this case, it's the reverse.
It's not totally unpleasant, I guess, but I just don't like it. That said, it is everything that it claims to be.
January 12, 2005 /Russell Gawthorpe
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Pierre el-Khoury (1930–2005), known as "Sheikh Pierre", was a prolific architect from Lebanon. He studied at École des Beaux-Arts, returned to Lebanon and designed more than 200 projects including Burj Al Ghazal Tower and Moritra residential building

He helped restore several houses in Baadarâne, Aley, and Aramoun and helped renovate a palace in Beit ed-Dine into a hotel with Amin Bizri in 1965. He worked with many younger architects including Kamal Homsi, Jacques Abou Khaled, Semaan Khoury, Pierre Bassil, Joseph Faysal, Antoine Gemayel, Joe Geitani, and Tarek Zeidan.

He died of bone cancer in Beirut.

Works
el-Khoury residence in Yarze (1959)
 Clarisses Sisters Convent in Yarze (1960)
 Monastery near Jezzine
 Penitentiary complex for the Roumieh Prison
 Basilica" at Our Lady of Harissa overlooking Jounieh Bay (with Noel Abouhamad)
 Lebanese Pavilion at the New York Fair (1963) with Assem Salam and Michel Harmouch
 Byblos Center (1960) with Henri Edde
 Beirut Airport extension with Assaad Raad
 Sabbagh Center with Alvar Aalto and Alfred Roth

See also
Architecture of Lebanon

Further reading
  Pierre El Khoury Architecture 1959–1999, by Pierre el Khoury Editions Dar An-Nahar, Beirut, 2000.

References

1930 births
2005 deaths
Lebanese architects
Deaths from cancer in Lebanon
Deaths from bone cancer

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Yerkes Researcher Frans De Waal Elected to American Philosophical Society
Frans de Waal, PhD, a primatologist at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, a C.H. Candler professor of primate behavior in the department of psychology and director of the Living Links Center at Yerkes, has been elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society, the nation's oldest learned society.
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De Waal is one of 50 new members recognized this year for distinguished and continuing achievements. The American Philosophical Society was founded in 1743. The society is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences, social sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications, library resources and community outreach. Past and current members include George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Jane Goodall and Jimmy Carter.
Dr. de Waal's current research includes studies of food sharing, social reciprocity and conflict resolution in nonhuman primates as well as the origins of morality and justice in human society. He is the author of several books, including "Peacemaking Among Primates" (Harvard University Press, 1989), a popularized account of 15 years of research on conflict resolution in nonhuman primates; the book received the Los Angeles Times Book Award. His latest book, "Our Inner Ape" (Riverhead, Putnam), will be released this fall.
The Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University is one of eight national primate research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health. The Yerkes Research Center is a recognized leader for its biomedical and behavioral studies with nonhuman primates, which provide a critical link between research with small laboratory animals and the clinical trials performed in humans. Yerkes researchers are on the forefront of developing vaccines for AIDS and malaria, and treatments for cocaine addiction and Parkinson's disease. Yerkes researchers also are leading programs to better understand the aging process, pioneer organ transplant procedures and provide safer drugs to organ transplant recipients, determine the behavioral effects of hormone replacement therapy, prevent early onset vision disorders and shed light on human behavioral evolution.


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After their momentous farewell concert Sugarfree: Paalam Pilipinas in 2011, imagine the overwhelming euphoria experienced by the fans when the band created a new Facebook page named Sugarfree Music Philippines and even debuted a brand-new song titled "Nagkita Muli"!
The new single premiered exclusively on Jam 88.3 and cannot be heard anywhere else, according to the local radio station's Facebook post.
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Beautiful, clever and determined, Yolande of Aragon was at the heart of the diplomatic and military campaigns that united 15th-century France. Margaret L. Kekewich charts her career.
Traditionally the turning point in the reconquest of France from the English is believed to have coincided with the career of Joan of Arc. The relief of Orleans in May 1429 and the subsequent coronation of the Dauphin as Charles VII of France at Reims in July were principally the achievements of this devout peasant maiden. She inspired the indecisive Charles, uncertain of his own legitimacy, to embark on a series of campaigns that led to the capture of Paris and parts of Normandy. But an alternative account sees Queen Yolande of Aragon (1380-1442), mother-in-law of the Dauphin, as a more important and longer-term source of emotional, financial and diplomatic support. She was beautiful, clever and determined to defend the interests of her own Angevin family, interests, which she saw as synonymous with those of France.
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Pioneer Cemeteries and Their Stories,
Madison County, Indiana
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Location: south side of CR 1250N, between CRs 300E and 350E
The view on the left is looking north into the Walker Cemetery's hilltop. Beyond the trees in the background the land slopes to Polecat Creek and CR 1250N. The Walker is well maintained and contains 119 graves of early Monroe Township settlers. Since it is within the pasture land of Par-A-Dice Farm, visitors should ask permission and directions of the owners, Max and Nancy Draper.
The Walker Cemetery, itself, exists today as a monument to the pioneer history that transpired in its vicinity. The cemetery is located on a hill on Max and Nancy Draper's Par-A-Dice Farm east of Alexandria. A thick woods on the hilltop overlooking Polecat Creek on the south side of CR 1250N hides the cemetery from the view of motorists. However, this spot was a focal point for early Monroe Township settlers. The Epworth Trail which ran east to west from Ohio to Delphi, Indiana, skirts the cemetery's south boundary, and deep wagon ruts are still visible in a long strip of the Draper's surrounding pasture. Before the 1840s when "state roads" replaced the trails, the Epworth was one of the few navigable traces through this part of the Hoosier wilderness.
This view is from inside the cemetery, looking south. Between the cemetery fence and field fence in middle ground, the ruts made by wagon wheels on what was once a section of the Epworth Trail can still be discerned. To the left of the sign east of the cemetery is the Indian burial ground and possible campsite; to the right is the Draper's home, the original section of which was built mid 19th century.
An early settlers' log church, named the Epworth Church after the trail, sat just west of the cemetery's location. The Epworth Church continues today with a modern building one mile east at the corner of CRs 1250N and 350E. An Indian burial ground is said to be located just east of the cemetery. The bodies of Native Americans were deposited there after an altercation with early settlers. Perhaps this was originally a camping area for the tribe since many of their artifacts can still be found in and around this location.
John Brunt's stone, although discolored, is in good shape as pictured left. John homesteaded the property and began the cemetery with the first burials: his first wife Elizabeth and several of their young children. John died "October 21, 1846, aged 44 yrs."
On the right is the stone of "Emily S. daughter of Thomas A. and Rebecca Parks, died March 12, 1851 aged 6m 20 da." The death rate among children in pioneer days was often as high as one out of three. The number of children's graves at the Walker supports this percentage.
West of the cemetery along the trail's route is the farm house built between 1858 and 1860. Along with the modern additions is the original portion which retains its mid-Victorian character. Finally, the very first settler to this land, John Brunt, is resting at the Walker. He homesteaded the property about 1837 and died in 1846. With him is his first wife Elizabeth, who must have perished shortly after arriving since her death date is in the 1830s. She may have been the first interred here and the reason for beginning a burial ground on the farm. Near Elizabeth are the graves of several of the Brunt children. Neighboring homesteaders, travelers, and church members would eventually utilize the cemetery's services.
Although the Walkers owned the land for around 100 years, the cemetery is also known as the Lee maybe because there are so many Lee family members interred here. Pictured right is the base of Nancy Lee's grave marker, "wife of I.J.W. Lee died Feb. 25, 1875, aged 31y. 1m. 16d." The scroll work and curving lines along the corners and for the urn platform on top are typical of mid Victorian architectural style. This monument would have cost more than the simple rectangular upright slabs of stone with unadorned information. The latter was the most common form of grave marker.
After John Brunt died, his second wife sold the farm to the Walkers and from them the cemetery received its name. Walker family members owned the property until 1955 when the Drapers purchased it. Fortuitously, it was Nancy Draper who platted the 119 graves in the cemetery in the 1970s and recorded much of her farm's early history. Later in the 20th century, Nancy would become a volunteer member of the Madison County Cemetery Commission.
Genealogists often seek information from gravestones, and in the case of discolored, faded, or partially destroyed stones, basic sidewalk chalk can be used to make the incising more legible. The flat side of the chalk is rubbed up and down and sideways across the inscription. This makes the letters and numbers stand out. Some genealogists add an extra step by taking photographs of the stone from different angles. Then the pictures are compared. Often, different shadings and shadow effects help illuminate the chalked text. The chalk does not hurt the stone and washes off with the rain. The "before" is shown in the middle and the "after" on the right: "Mary wife of Wm. Cunningham died Sept. 27, 1875, aged 61yrs. 5m. 8da." Mary and William were each other's second spouses. William's first wife Jane has the stone pictured at left: "Jane wife of Wm. Cunningham died Sept. 4, 1859 Aged 36y. 2m. 8d." A family genealogist would then know that Mary and William married after 1859.
The Walker Cemetery and its connection to historical events continues with Mary's stone. Mary's maiden name was Gustin, and her paternal grandmother was Bethany Fuller who was a descendent of Edward Fuller, one of the Mayflower Pilgrims who signed the "Mayflower Compact," America's first document of democracy. Descendents of Mary Gustin Dilts Cunningham, 1814-1875, still live in Madison County, and some of her Gustin relatives can also be found at the Keesling and West Maplewood cemeteries.
2222 BAKER, BENJAMIN 76Y. 9M. 10D. 1882 WALKER
2253 BAKER, ELIZA 1840 1873 WALKER
2443 BAKER, WILLIAM F. DEC. 11, 1834 OCT. 30, 1909 WALKER
3581 BECK, EDITH 72Y. 1886 WALKER
3594 BECK, HARRY 38Y. 1854 WALKER
6298 BRANON, IDA BELL 8M. 1873 WALKER
7577 BROWN, PHEOBE 1818 1865 WALKER
7625 BROWN, SARAH 36Y. 3M. 22D. SEP. 2, 1864 WALKER
7674 BROWN, WILLIAM 68Y. 8M. 27D. 1889 WALKER
7726 BROXLES, CORDELIA 8M. 1868 WALKER
8950 CAMPBELL, J. B. 4 IND BATT WALKER
8974 CAMPBELL, JULIA RUBY 23D. FEB. 2, 1912 WALKER
13289 CRAMMER, RUSSEL R. 38Y. 2M. AUG. 20, 1888 WALKER
14078 CUNNIINGHAM, ELIZABETH 24Y. 9M. 1868 WALKER
14084 CUNNINGHAM, BLANCH 1870 WALKER
14090 CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES 6M. 1875 WALKER
14132 CUNNINGHAM, JANE 36Y. 2M. 8D. 1859 WALKER
14156 CUNNINGHAM, MARY 61Y. 5M. 8D. 1875 WALKER
29107 HODSON, JOHN M. NOV. 7, 1836 SEP. 27, 1905 WALKER
29853 HORN, GEORGE 54Y. 7M. 4D. 1854 WALKER
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Spiritual discernment is as vital to the health of a Christian as eating vegetables is to the human body. Without the use of discernment, through the proper application of God's Word, we will never be able to know God more fully or grow in our relationship with Him. We will bandwagon with lies and live by what makes sense to our untrained minds and reckless emotions!
The spiritually undiscerning will often hide behind very powerful truths they misunderstand and misapply.
One example of this is the phrase: 'God knows my heart.' The implication is, 'because God knows my heart, you can't judge me!' This is often used to defend one's actions, particularly when confronted by another believer. While it is true that God does know our hearts . . . This should be cause for the individual to genuinely beg God for a revelation of their own heart instead of a complacent, apathetic, and or stubborn lack of searching and application of God's Word. James tells us in 3:17 that true wisdom will listen to admonition instead of denying error so change does not have to be considered. May we never forget that one of the chief reasons for a church is so that others may prod us out of our self-deceived complacency and remind us of who God is and what He requires (Hebrews 10:24-25).
The church as a whole has way too much trust in their own hearts which God says are, "deceitful above all else and desperately wicked…" (Jeremiah 17:9.). We have very little trust for the Creator of our hearts. We are out of practice when it comes to a teachable spirit and a total dependence upon the Word of God to guide our lives. Conversely, we have perfected, to the point of incompetency, the misapplication of individual soul liberty and frivolous feeling driven doctrines.
The undiscerning Christian will not allow another individual to scrutinize their actions for several reasons: God knows the heart, the confronting Christian has faults, and they've prayed about it. This kind of individual will not take time to consider the possibility that they have erred. Sadly, they are often more concerned with their current position in life being confirmed as right than wanting to be stretched and shown their sin.
Discernment is crucial to the body of Christ, and is played out by individual believers interacting with the Word of God. When God has clearly spoken our application is a priority that requires no hesitation. In other words, we don't need to pray about what God has already outlined for us in Scripture. Discernment is played out by individuals recognizing their own faults through Scripture. We then apply God's grace to our own sin, so that we are qualified to gently, caringly, firmly, and even sharply point other believers to the Savior (Mat 7:3-6). Those who are willing to mutilate Scripture for their own purposes will be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine (Ephesians 4:14), and will defend their unstable Christianity because it endangers their pride to do otherwise.
Once believers have been made aware of an immaturity and refuse to submit to Scripture, the issue then is not a lack of maturity but rebellion. This rebellion results from a lack of discernment due to one's own neglect to consistently meditate on and apply Scripture. This mentality has nothing to do with youth and everything to do with disobedience! Belief determines behavior; what do your actions reveal about your beliefs?
Christa has served the Lord faithfully alongside her husband in full time ministry since 2007. She has a passion to introduce people to the beauty of a Christ-Centered relationship. She holds a BA in Biblical Studies and Sacred Music and has written extensively on adult and young women's issues. Even as a full time mother of three and wife to (one) high maintenance and slightly deranged husband, she still finds time to grow her relationship with God through concentrated Bible and book studies.
1) Kassion, DeMoss, True Woman 201, pg. 35.
Aloneness hurts. What single person after waiting on God hasn't asked himself, "Now what?" I have talked to dozens of young people that have gone to church or Bible college, kept themselves pure, resisted the temptation to settle, who now find themselves alone every Friday surrounded by little brothers and sisters on family night. Don't get me wrong, it is fun hanging out with family, eating pizza and playing monopoly, but not if you have no other option.
There is a story in the Bible that may mirror your life, and help give some perspective of what to do, while you wait. Before we jump into the story of our 40 year old single guy, I need to add a caveat. Not every story in the Bible is given for our emulation (i.e Samson, Jonah, Judas, etc.). The Scripture does, however, give us tangible examples of faith, so that we can see faith in action (Hebrews 11, I Cor 10:11). The story of Isaac and Rebekah is one of those great example passages of faithful people depending on an even more faithful God.
Godly men wait patiently. Isaac had waited a long time. Genesis 25:20 tells us that Isaac was 40 years old. (Apparently this was a cultural thing because his older brother Esau didn't get the keys for the camel until he was forty, Genesis 36:34.) This is rather amazing as Isaac was the area's most eligible bachelor. He was the son of a local millionaire, he was a wonder child, he had promises from God, he had good looking genetics (at least from his mom's side) In short, he was popular, pretty, and stinking rich, yet with all of that, he wasn't married. The Bible doesn't tell us specifically, but he may have been waiting because he saw the pain that was caused by His dad, who didn't wait in the area of relationships.
Remember, that a woman will never give more than God has already offered you, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:19) It may help to remember that passage of Scripture was written by a man who at the time was in jail as a single man.
If you are not content with what God is giving you, you will never be content with what God might give you.
Godly men wait worshipfully. Where is Isaac, he is out in the field thinking about the greatness of God. It seems from the text that he was bowed down in worship. When his "girlfriend" arrives what does she find him doing? What do you think went through Rebekah's mind when she found out Isaac was praying on their first "date?" If you have never been caught worshiping, you may as well say goodbye to a quality, God centered worshiping spouse because they are off in a different field.
Worshipers have a great advantage when it comes to dating, they don't have to change the object of their affections.
I feel I must address the heresy that God is obligated to send you a spouse if you are worshiping Him. This is not at all what I am saying, I am simply giving a general principle that if you are already singing praise to your Savior, that a harmony line will fit nicely and you don't have to change your tune in order to attract a spouse.
Godly men wait thoughtfully. The passage continues and describes their first meetin g, "Therefore Rebekah took a vail, and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done." (Gen 24:65-66) Put yourself in his sandals. You have waited forty years for a wife, you trust your dad and friend to find you a wife, and the first thing you do is…. Talk to the old servant? I think this shows an incredible amount of maturity on the part of Isaac, as he voluntarily seeks wisdom before hormones. The passage says that the servant tells him everything. This is not the Hollywood, first date go to her apartment and see if she is a good kisser philosophy, this is a man whose heart is controlled by his head.
Godly men wait unselfishly. "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death." (Gen 24:67) Ever wonder why the word order is reversed? Marriage then love seems very strange to a culture that grew up on Disney love. Many couples test the waters to see if their feelings are strong enough to get them through. Love can result in an incredible feeling, but it is a result of a choice. If love is all about a feeling then when my feelings go away, I am justified in adultery. In reality love can be incredibly painful (ask the 85 year old couple whose wife has Alzheimer's).
My love is not about me. If I am hoping for a special someone to make me feel special, I will soon hate them for what they cannot give me. In reality, I am really more in love with myself. The commitment that Isaac gave was the perfect soil for the seed of love to grow.
Dating is about the Gospel. Dating and marriage image the greatest relationship mankind has ever experienced. Your dating experience should simply be footnotes to the Gospel. When people look at you, they should not only see a couple filled with hopes and dreams, but they should actually see God! All throughout scripture God used pictures to illustrate spiritual truths. The sacrificial system was a picture of Christ, the Passover was a picture of Christ, and your dating/marriage relationship should also be all about Christ and the Gospel. So what does a Gospel centered dating relationship look like?
A Gospel centered relationship is about imaging God. This imaging starts first by imitation, and then all those around will be able to see the image of God. Does your dating cause people to see a better picture of Christ? Do you model Christ to your GF or BF? When they are around you do you cause them to think more of their Savior? I cannot truly image God unless I know Him. Before I can expect a God-honoring and fulfilling dating relationship, I have to be pursuing my first heavenly Love (Rev 2:4).
Your dating relationship is a microcosm of your relationship with your Heavenly spouse. You will never be closer to your date, than you are to your God. You can pretend to love, and even feel like you love the other person, but if you are not honoring your first commitment to Christ, you cannot honor your God or truly love your date.
In dating, a couple gets to walk in God's footsteps by choosing/setting their love on someone else. "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." A cursory look at Scripture shows that God's love was not feeling based, but a choice God made. Love is a choice, and in dating/marriage I get to show God to my date or spouse (I John 4:8). Every decision in dating from choosing to maintain purity to sharing your last French fry is a chance to model God type love.
How have you been shown this God-love in your relationship?
Imagine you were asked by a coworker, "Does God love me?" What would you say?
How would you answer his three main questions? (1) How do we know God loves us? (2) Why does He send innocent people who have never heard of Him to hell? (3) How is eternal torment just?
I suppose I would approach the topic differently depending on if the person was a seeker with a legitimate question or a scoffer. I am going to work under the assumption that the person is truly struggling with these aspects of God and has a hard time accepting God because of these intense questions.
The question of the love of God is a question that probably every person has asked at one time or another. The cross is the greatest attestation of the love of God. Before the world was created, God knew that mankind would ruin this earth in sin and He willingly chose to take the pain, sickness, and sin of the whole world on His shoulders. Not only did Jesus suffer an excruciating death at the hands of the Romans, He suffered to absorb all of the white hot wrath of God. God had to destroy sin or else there would be no justice, and Jesus took the penalty for all sin. "The Father watched as his heart's treasure, the mirror image of himself, began to sink drowning in raw liquid sin. God's stored rage against humankind for every sin ever committed was placed upon His Son."(1) Let's say that your son develops a heart disease and he needs a new heart, and you volunteer to give him yours, and before you are wheeled into surgery your sons comes up to the stretcher and says, "Dad, before you go in, I want to have proof that you love me?" Do you think he could truly doubt your love?
Finally, I understand many of these questions are deep and you may have suffered an awful lot, but let me ask you another question. When the Titanic went down there were over 2,000 people on board, and over 1,500 of them died. I would like you to imagine that you were on the Titanic watching the lifeboats slip away, and someone yelled to the passengers on deck, we found a lot more life boats below deck there will be room for everyone. Would you refuse to go aboard because other people may not know about the lifeboats, or you were unsure if the person that made the life boats was a caring, loving person?


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GTA Definitive Edition Trilogy still needs lots of work to be worth playing – Sportskeeda
GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was launched six months ago and proved a disappointment among GTA fans.
It is an Unreal Engine 4-based, modernized remaster of GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas. Numerous problems, including art, visuals, language, and performance-affecting bugs, plagued the game during its initial release.
The technical glitches affecting the smooth running of the game have not been fully resolved. However, many other bugs have been fixed, improving the gaming experience.
Let's look at what has improved so far and what remains to be fixed for the game to be truly worth playing.
Inconsistencies and specific faults continue despite patches. One that sticks out immediately is the misalignment of the grass, jutting out in awkward angles, seen in Vice City. Ambient occlusion continues to be strong, and thick outlines surround every piece of geometry near any kind of surface.
More fundamental design issues include characters and animation. NPCs are rounded off with additional geometry, sporting new material work, but the characters look weird, especially during motion.
Fidelity modes underwent little change, though pegged to 30 FPS, as GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is plagued by off-putting frame-pacing stutters. While 30 FPS is exactly that on PS5 and Series X, Series S showed lags where it would drop into the 20s for a few moments.
The texture work still has severe consistency issues and manifests errors, particularly when blown up to high resolution, giving off unrealistic images. Many textures are also only 128×128 pixels in size.
Thus, the AI's upscaled artwork appears mediocre and disorderly at high resolution. Also, though spelling and grammatical errors have been largely fixed, mistranscription and oversights persist.
The granular level of improvement in the overall gameplay evidences the improvement in collision issues and problems with missions. GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is now much more stable than the launch version.
Glaring problems with visual design, especially the rain effect, seem to have undergone significant improvement. For instance, 15 bug fixes finally increased the translucence of the rain, and the speed of the raindrops no longer changes according to the player's velocity.
Constant updates have solved the visual issues of high-altitude views in the game and introduced a hazy approximation of atmospheric scattering in San Andreas. Thus, it has improved the game world's look and allowed a proper sense of the scale of the area.
One of the biggest complaints in the Definitive Edition was gross spelling mistakes. It is frustrating to see spelling errors in the written content of the game.
With the latest patch, this has been rectified so far, proving that titles should not be released if they have these kinds of major issues.
Regarding current-gen consoles, improvements are seen over launch codes as there is an across-the-board boost, visible in the modifications in the title frames. These are also modernized, revamped controls that compare favorably to the original releases and provide a smooth-running game, especially in Performance Modes, while allowing things to maintain 60fps.
As problems continue, much to the aggravation of disgruntled players, they have to remember that some bugs, like their overall appearance, have remained unchanged in GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition even after updates.
Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinions.
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