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Puente's Pontifications
This is an archive for talks that I have given in Church at various times
Enduring Vs. Enjoying
(With a few editorial comments)
I was not assigned a specific topic to speak about so I did some thinking and I did some praying and my thoughts focussed on a wonderful quote by President Hinckley: "Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." He said that in the mid 90's but I only heard it for the first time earlier this year.
As soon as I read it, the first thing I thought about was Lagoon. I could enjoy that. Then I came back to reality and thought, he's probably not talking about recreation. It also reminded me of something my dad would say when I was a kid about how we spend our time. He said, "There are twenty-four hours in a day. That gives you eight hours to sleep, eight hours to work and eight hours to play... Now go mow the lawn."
Now the enjoyment in our lives need not be limited to our 8 hours of playtime but before we get more into that, let's take a quick look at the basics. What's the difference between enduring and enjoying?
We are told to "endure unto the end" (Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13, 1 Nephi 13:37), but what are we doing when we endure? The word itself means putting up with something difficult. Like, oh, I don't know–life? Enduring can also mean staying on a specific course. As Christians, we tend to think of being on a "course" with our final destination being Heaven where we'll finally be with God.
These are the definitions we're most familiar with. But "to endure" also means remaining "indefinitely in existence or in a particular state..." (Merriam-Webster 1994)(emphasis added) and that is NOT what we're supposed to do. Unfortunately, many of us are. Yes, we are supposed to endure life and all it's trials and difficulties but we are also expected to progress. Not necessarily in the sense of forward movement–which isn't far removed from enduring–but in our growth as children of God. In our intellectual and spiritual development. Our personal evolution from fallible mortality to a nature that is both divine and eternal.
You'd think enjoyment is a no-brainer. Taking delight or pleasure in something; but it's not limited to our "play time." We can learn to enjoy our work, enjoy our callings, even enjoy those unexpected changes in plans or even our lives.
But there are other meanings to these words that we don't usually think of. We can also confuse them with other concepts entirely.
Consider what I said before, that enduring can also mean UNchanging. But how many of us have plateaud in our eternal progression? Either by circumstance or even by choice.
Some of you might be thinking, "Why would anyone choose NOT to progress?" I think it's tied to what people are perceiving as joy but in reality is only contentment.
Think about it. Joy and contentment are NOT the same thing. We strive for joy. No one strives to be content. Contentment is something that one SETTLES for. Contentment is coasting on the highway of eternal progression. Sure, you're moving forward but you're putting little or no effort into it, you're satisfied with just doing the bare minimum, thus you are only enduring, unchanging and without real joy.
Meanwhile there are others who are on the same course as you but they're racing past you because they aren't willing to settle for contentment. They want joy. They are seeking it out, regardless of the pain and suffering that we must all endure.
Ask yourselves, "Am I content? Am I comfortable with my life? With my progress?" If you are, that's the fist sign that you might have a problem. It's been said that the gospel exists to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.
I think that there are a lot of people who have settled for contentment, not because they don't WANT to enjoy life but because they don't know how. They're in a rut. Their lives have become routine. They go to work, they go to church, they go to the temple, they pray, they keep track of all the commandments they're keeping and all the sins they're not committing. They walk into Sacrament, Sunday school, priesthood and Relief Society hearing the same talks and the same lessons and asking themselves, "Is this it? Do I just keep doing this until I die?"
The answer is NO. There are others things that we should be doing. And yet there are those members who keep saying, "Just get through it. Just obey. Just do as you're told and everything will turn out right in the end."
That has got to be the worst advice you can give anyone. That's enduring without enjoying. Even worse, it's enduring life without even the POSSIBILITY of enjoying it. That is NOT what God wants for us. Yes, He wants us to be obedient but He also wants us to be happy. Not just in the next life but in this one. "Men are that they might have joy."
Remember that old saying that if you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. If you TEACH a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.
We have tens of thousands of young men and women serving full-time missions whose job it is to teach people how to fish. They're giving those people the basics. The first principles of the Gospel. Once they have learned those basics, they have the responsibility to start using them. To move BEYOND them, to progress, to delve deeper into the teachings of the gospel. To start catching those fish for themselves and sinking their teeth into them.
Unfortunately, as soon as some ofthese new members walk through the doors of their home wards, they are told, "It's so nice to see you here. Now keep coming back and we'll give you more fish." Going to the supermarket is not fishing. Sure, it's convenient, it's easier, you don't have to endure the elements or the dirtier aspects of preparing a fish to be eaten.
So instead of seeking truth for ourselves, we just do as we're told. We accept new knowledge just as quickly–or slowly–as we hear it in Sunday school, priesthood and relief society. We hang on every word of our church leaders or people that we presume to be very spiritual or have "figured it out" and accept everything they say at face value. God doesn't want us to just follow the leader and be drones. But so many of us do it anyway, because we don't even want to cook our own fish. It's just too much effort. We want our knowledge nicely packaged with someone else's understanding and interpretation–batter-dipped, deep-fried and flash frozen–instead of taking this new knowledge to God and asking Him to help us understand it.
"Do as your told... Endure to the end... It'll all be over... just as soon as you die.... have faith."
Faith is supposed to go hand-in-hand with hope. Where's the hope in only enduring? Where's the hope in just going the motions while you wait to die? It's faith, reinforced by hope and finding joy in this life that HELP us to endure our struggles.
The comedian Carlos Mencia often says, "If you're not laughing, you're not living." Well, I think if you're only enduring, then you aren't progressing.
I'm a big believer in finding and accepting truth regardless of its source. God has given us the ability to discern good from evil. Knowing that, one can find truth and a positive message in places where one might not expect. Bearing that in mind, I'm going to share a story with you that I feel does an excellent job of illustrating the difference between contentment and joy.
It's from an episode of "The Simpsons" titled "And Maggie Makes Three."
The story starts with the family looking through their photo albums when Bart and Lisa realize that there are no baby pictures of their sister Maggie in any of them. They ask their parents why and Marge and Homer start to tell them the story of how Maggie came into the picture.
When it was only himself, Marge and their two children, Homer managed to figure out how he could quit his job at the power plant and work his dream job at a bowling alley. So he quits his job, tells off the boss and literally burns a bridge behind him on his way out. Homer then decided that as long as nothing changed from that point on, he would be happy. He even kneeled at his bedside and prayed to God that nothing would change.
Sure enough, the situation changes. Marge becomes pregnant. When Homer finds out, he's disappointed to say the least an soon his job at the bowling alley wasn't paying enough to make ends meet so he had to crawl back to the power plant and ask for his old job back. He gets it but his boss, Mr. Burns, places a plaque in his workspace that reads, "Don't forget. You're here forever." A constant reminder that Homer could never quit again.
Because of this, Homer wasn't very enthusiastic about Maggie being born, but as soon she was, Homer fell in love with her.
Back in the present Bart and Lisa say that they still don't know why there aren't any baby pictures of Maggie in the photo albums. Homer says that he keeps them in the one place where he needs them the most.
The scene then cuts to Homer's workspace at the plant where Maggie's pictures are taped to the wall and positioned around the plaque so that it now says, "Do it for her."
Homer had to give up being content but managed to find joy in his children.
So, how do we find joy? It's not the same for everyone. But before I examine that question, I'd like to tell you where you aren't going to find joy.
Joy is not to be found in superficiality; in focussing on minutia that have little if anything to do with the gospel.
You do not find joy in wearing white shirts and long dresses to sacrament meeting. Outside of the mission field and the temple, there is no dresscode. There is no commandment regarding the color or style of our clothing.
I got up early one Sunday morning and, half asleep and in the dark, I thought I found a clean shirt to wear to church. Of course later that morning, when I was more alert and with brighter lighting, I realized, "Oh my gosh! This thing's filthy." I was so embarrassed. Then Brother Stevens came up to me and said, "You're looking really nice today."
"But my shirt is dirty," I said.
He came back with, "The important thing is that you're here."
Be honest, have you ever asked someone why they aren't wearing a white shirt or the "right" kind of dress? How do you think it makes a person feel when they're criticized for coming to church wearing the "wrong" thing? As if it's a measure of a person's spirituality or character. What if that person is coming back to church after a long absence? The first thing that comes out of our mouths should be that we're glad to see them, not criticize their wardrobe. You do not lift someone up by talking down to them. Such criticism is shallow and it is not Christlike. We all know that. But so many of us insist on doing it anyway.
I read about this guy who dressed very nicely to work every day of the week. He wore suits, ties and white shirts. From a distance, he didn't look much different than your average general authority. If he was walking down the street, I bet anyone would say to themselves, "That guy's got it together. He looks classy, dignified, responsible." Well he was responsible... for 19 counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading and lying to auditors. His name's Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of a little company called Enron and he's serving a 24 year sentence at a federal prison in Minnesota. How's that for judging a person based on the clothes he wears?
Okay, enought of that.
(I did go off on a bit of a tangent there. Sorry. -JLP)
Joy is not found in the color or length of your hair.
Joy is not found in pretending to be something that you're not.
Joy is not found in pretending that everything is okay when it clearly isn't.
Joy is not found in abandoning your sense of free will.
Being superficial, shallow, overly critical, passive and living in denial are not virtues.
So where DO we find joy?
President Hinckley once said, "There is reading to be done, instruction to be received, discussions in which to participate that will stretch your minds and feed your spirits."
Who isn't excited, even comforted, when they learn a profound Gospel truth and, through the Holy Ghost, feel that it's true before understanding why?
And yet, there is that part in all of us that wants to run away and plug our ears at the prospect of learning something new about the Gospel. Why? Because we all know that as soon as we learn something new, we're accountable for it; but think of what we're denying ourselves as a result of that trepidation, that fear. We are only holding ourselves back. We are expected to learn and to progress as much as we can in THIS life. We will not pass through the veil and find ourselves immediately bestowed with new knowledge. We're going to pick up right where we left off and yet there are those of us who insist, not only in holding themselves back, but discouraging others from learning all that they can. They say things like, "You shouldn't ask questions like that" or "We aren't meant to know the answers to such things" even "That's only for the general authorities to know." These people refuse to believe that God WANTS us to ask those questions. He WANTS us to find the answers. He WANTS us to know that we are all entitled to this knowledge.
Two weeks ago, a gentleman stood at this very podium and declared to us that as long as we do what we're told, in the next life we will have the opportunity to meet with God. And he is absolutely right. If all we're willing to is just what we're told that's what we can count on. In all fairness the majority of us, regardless of our individual progress, will have precisely that experience.
I'm here to tell you that there is more to the Gospel than just "doing what you're told." God has given us free agency and has provided for us the guidance we need to make righteous choices. "...the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil..." (Moroni 7:16) It's okay to make our own decisions. We can't expect someone to hold our hand through every choice in our lives, nor should we impose such a burden on someone else.
I had a friend in Ogden who was a professional puppeteer. He had even worked with Jim Henson Company at one point. Well, he decided to join a regional organization of puppeteers in Utah and Wyoming. He went to one meeting, made a couple of suggestions and everybody wanted him to be the president of the organization. Now he didn't have the interest or the time to take on something like that. He just wanted to meet some other puppeteers in the area. When he told me about this, I said to him, "I'm not surprised. It's a pioneer mentality."
He said to me, "I don't think it's the pioneer spirit."
I said, "It's not. It's a pioneer MENTALITY.
"The 'pioneer spirit' says, 'Yes, lets take the lead and make this thing happen.'
"'Pioneer mentality' says, 'Yeah, let's do this... just as soon as we find a Brigham Young to lead us.... but that's not me.'"
(This might not have been well received considering the fact that I'm smack in the middle of a pioneer community... I wasn't ripping on pioneers, I was just making a cultural observation. -JLP)
Nobody wants the responsibility. We foolishly believe that if we just "do as we're told" then we can't be accused of doing anything wrong and THAT's what we're really afraid of, regardless of the fact that we aren't expected to get everything right in the first place. But we become so obsessed with trying not to do anything wrong that we're afraid to do anything at all. And that, in itself, is a sin.
Brigham Young once said: "Now those men, or those women, who know no more about the power of God, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, than to be led entirely by another person, suspending their own understanding, and pinning their faith upon another's sleeve, will NEVER be capable of entering into the celestial glory, to be crowned as they anticipate; they will never be capable of becoming Gods. They cannot rule themselves, to say nothing of ruling others, but they must be dictated to in every trifle, like a child. They cannot control themselves in the least, but James, Peter, or somebody else must control them. They never can become Gods, nor be crowned as rulers with glory, immortality and eternal lives. They never can hold scepters of glory, majesty, and power in the celestial kingdom. Who will? Those who are valiant and inspired with the true INDEPENDENCE of heaven, who will go forth boldly in the service of their God, leaving others to do as they please, determined to do right, though all mankind besides should take the opposite course." (DBY, pg. 383)
I know what you're thinking:
"Okay, so what do I do?"
There actually is an answer to that and it's in the scriptures. Doctrine and Covenants Section 58 Verse 27 makes it very clear: "Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness."
This does not limit us to activities and causes that are sponsored, sanctioned or approved by the Church. There are many good causes out there that bring about righteousness and we don't need to ask for permission to be a part of them; just as we don't need permission to do as Christ would do and we shouldn't wait to be asked or commanded to do them.
You don't need to drain your bank account with donations to charities. That isn't doing. Instead, give some of your time. Pick a cause. Something you believe in. Something you feel strongly about and play a part. Even a small part.
Now I want you to consider the blessings that can be enjoyed in this life by doing our best to keep God's commandments, especially the commandment to think and do for ourselves. Consider the promise we have to be with God.
In John 14:23 Christ says, "...If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
Most people read that and think about the comforter. About feeling the Holy Spirit within us, assuring us that we are indeed loved by our Heavenly Father. But that isn't what it's saying.
I said earlier that the majority of us will have the opportunity to be with God in the next life.
I want you to look in Doctrine and Covenants Section 130 Verse 3. I want you to see the words on the page. It says, [in reference to] John 14:13 "The appearing of the Father and the Son, in that verse, is a personal appearance; and the idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man's heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false."
My brothers and sisters, such an appearance is not just for prophets and apostles. If we love Him and keep His words, the potential exists within all of us to commune with Our Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ in THIS life.
I can think of nothing more wonderful than this to give us hope as we endure this mortal probation.
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American Catholic Union Index Page __ This is an organization of "Old Catholic" priests. You will find a newsletter and links to other resources. - From American Catholic Union - http://www.am-cath.org/
Dutch Old Catholic Liturgy __ You will find not only the liturgy of the Dutch Old Catholic church but a good overview of history and beliefs. - From am-cath.org - http://www.am-cath.org/DTCHLIT.HTM
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International Synod of the Old Catholic Churches __ "The ISOCC is an international communion, composed of member Old Catholic Churches through the world..." You will find an overview, statement of faith, as well as information about the distinctions between Old Catholics and Roman Catholics. - From ISOCC - http://www.angelfire.com/ill/oldcatholic-synod/index.html
Old Catholic Church of America __ You will find a historic overview, clergy and parish listings plus much more. - From oldcatholic.org - http://www.oldcatholic.org/
Old Catholic Church of the United States __ You will find history, a statement of faith, information about Holy Orders, and more. "The Old Catholic Church of the United States is not Roman Catholic, but Old Catholic, deriving its Faith and Practice from the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht, Kingdom of the Netherlands, at the time it became separated from the Roman Catholic Communion. The Faith, Theology, Liturgy, and Practices of the Old Catholic Church of the United States are ancient and Catholic. - From The Old Catholic Church of the United States - http://www.angelfire.com/il/oldcatholic/

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Do you backstitch at the beginning and end when you are pieces your blocks together?
I do but when I watch tutorials, it seems alot don't, or just skip that step when showing you how to do it.
Just wondering as I am working on my Berenstain Bears quilt, nope not telling what pattern I picked out. You will just have to wait and see.
I do not backstitch - BUT I do leave about 1/4 of an inch of stitching/thread at each end of the seam.
Good to know when I forget to backstitch. Thanks.
I do backstitch on most all my blocks. Some will tell you its not neccessary. I like too and never have seams come apart in the wash.
If I was making a wall hanging or other decorative rarely washed , I would skip it.
Most of what I make will be used daily or washed alot. I just like to make sure they are secure I guess. Just wondering if I was being overly cautious.
I used to do the backstitch thing all of the time, now I just do it sometimes. A few years ago my backstitch button wore out...when I took it in to be repaired they looked at me like I'd grown another head. The shop owner said, "I never backstitch!" And everyone else agreed with her. Made me feel like I was doing something wrong. I still think that it needs to be done. Probably a rule from Home Ec. that stuck in my brain those oh so many years ago...well, at least something stuck in my brain.
Never backstitch? I think that is crazy. At least backstitch on the outer sides of a quilt and binding. I just do it on everything I do.
There is no need to backstitch when piecing your blocks because the stitching will be anchored when another piece is stitched to it. If we had to backstitch for all piecing that would be the death of strip style peicing and you couldn't possibly do a Bargello style quilt, no assembly line piecing ala Bonnie Hunter. I only backstitch when the final outside border goes on at the edge and when I attach my binding and am doing mitered corners.
I did back stitch most of the time when doing blocks, now I make my stitching smaller and do not do it as frequently. I drop my stitch down to 1.9 on my Janome 10000. I sometimes use the Janome stop feature, but get impatient with the six times the needle goes up and down.
I do on the edges, and when I sew garments and bags.
i always backstitch. i wannna make sure my seams have the hardest time of their life trying to come apart.
It's hard to break the backstitch habit. Even when I'm chain piecing I can't resist taking one little backstitch at the second to last stitch at the end of each patch seam. At the beginning of small pieces, it's harder to backstitch, so I hold my finger on the patch in front of the presser foot forcing my machine to take a couple of small stitches. My quilts get washed several times a month, so I want the seams to stay put.
rule of thumb is---if your line of stitching will be crossed by another line of stitching- back/stay stitch is not necessary- if the line of stitching stands on it's own- not crossed (which secures it) then a staystitch should be done- either by backstitching or stitching almost in place for 3-5 stitches.
With my new machine it is easier. I used stitch #3 which automatically does the first backstitch then I just hit one button at the end and it does the end backstitch. Love that option!
This is how I do it except I also backstitch when sewing rows together. The extra weight & tugging makes the thread start to pull apart and sometimes it pulls down past where the next seam will intersect. I will also backstitch when attaching borders for the same reason but single blocks don't seem to have the problem.
I only back stitch on the final outer pieces of my blocks. I saw a tip recently that said to start your needle in about 1/4 inch from the edge and back stitch to the edge and then proceed. I like this idea since it keeps the feed dogs from eating the start of the fabric.
Yup, this is true. And backstitching just adds bulk from more thread in the seams. I've pieced and quilted for 18 years and have never had seams come undone.
I don't backstitch except at the end of rows. I do shorten my stitch though, it seems to make the seam stronger. It sure saves a lot of time not to backstitch. I have never had a seam come apart, and I've been quilting a long time.


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HORNET STING: Copan baseball shows promise
Apr 29, 2019 at 9:17 AM Apr 30, 2019 at 8:06 AM
Time ran out on the season before the Copan High School baseball team achieved its potential.
That's the observation by first-year head coach Doug Hanlon, who coached the Hornets to three wins, including a victory in the playoffs.
"Our bats started to come around. … We started playing very good ball," he said. "It was an awesome season for me. It would have been nice to have another 20 games."
The biggest challenge was dealing with little preseason time to prepare the team, due to many of the players still being involved in basketball, he noted.
"The guys hadn't swung bats and they really hadn't throw," before the diamond season was on them, he noted. "They were kind of feeling their way through."
In addition, the new pitch rule stretched the mostly-inexperienced bullpen thin.
But, the team continued to progress.
"It was a learning experience," Hanlon said. "By the time we got to district we were in midseason form. … The more live pitching we saw the better our bats got. … I was positive with the guys and they were positive with me. They were willing to try new things. … A lot of our scores were not a good result of how we were doing. … We felt confident we could play with anybody."
Fortunately, Hanlon had a crew of warrior — and athletic — seniors as the team's foundation.
They included Garrick Askew, Aaron Hunt, Dalton King, Hunter Garrison and Sam McGlathery — and not forget senior manager Rylee Young.
Hunt filled the roll as the team's ace pitcher — a gritty endeavor considering he also competed with the track team as one of the state's elite pole vaulters in Class A.
Sophomore Wyatt Davis gave Hanlon a left-handed option in the rotation and Garrison contributed as a reliever.
McGlathery and southpaw Derek Askew also provided some valuable innings.
"We had a good rotation of people, some of who had never been on the mound before," Hanlon noted.
Cooper Donaho led off in the batting lineup, followed by Hunt at the No. 2 hole.
Sam McGlathery and Garrick Askew provided the power at the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, respectively.
Davis and Garrison hit in the five and six holes, respectively.
Toni Stewart — the team's female catcher — hit at No. 7, followed by Bear Waltrip and Cade McGlathery.
Derek Askew and Dalton King also got in the lineup to take some good whacks, the coach said.
The most inspirational player was Ryan Thornock, Hanlon added.
Stewart had played shortstop on the fastpitch softball team last autumn and did a good job as the receiver in baseball, Hanlon said.
Even though he loses six seniors to graduation, Hanlon is set to return a solid nucleus of veterans that should build on the growth of this past season and help elevate Hornet baseball up the ladder of success.
In order to aid in that process, several Copan players have formed a team that will play in the BAAB 14-and-under league in Bartlesville.


Obesity in Children – Are Parents to Blame?
The term Parental Responsibility refers to your legal rights in relation to your child/children. For example, you are the one to make decisions about where they live, where they go to school and what medical treatment they should have etc.
But what about your child's eating habits? Who has the responsibility for those?
It is arguable that you, the parents, are responsible for keeping your child within a normal healthy weight for their age. After all, you are the ones that do the food shop so surely you are responsible for the food you put in your shopping trolley?
But what happens if the food you feed your child is healthy, yet your child appears to pile on the pounds? For all you know, your child could secretly raid the fridge in the middle of the night or have second helpings of school dinners without you knowing. They may even be eating excessive amounts of junk food at friends' houses. How would you know?
Common sense says Parental Responsibility extends to keeping your child healthy in terms of a healthy balanced diet. But when a child becomes obese through a condition that may have come from their genetic background as opposed to food, is it the parents fault that their child needs a bigger school uniform than their friends of the same age?
An article published in the BBC News Magazine talks about the possibility of fining parents if their children are obese. The article talks about the latest UK figures that show 24.7% of adults are obese and 14% of children in England aged between 2 and 15 are obese compared with 17% of children in Scotland and 19% of children in Wales being obese.
Statistics from the National Child Measurement Programme England for 2013/14 state that over a fifth of children at reception age were either overweight or obese which was more than the year before. It also states that of year 6 children, around a third were either overweight or obese which was again higher than the year before.
As parents, there are ways you can control your child's eating habits by putting them on packed lunches with healthy food and snacks for example or by leaving out the junk food.
You can even encourage exercise by getting your children to join sports clubs etc., but at the end of the day there is only so much you can do to encourage your child to have a healthy lifestyle.
If you have any questions about what your Parental Responsibilities are from a legal perspective, Family Solicitors at Slater and Gordon Lawyers are experts in child law issues.
Charlotte Percy is a Family Law Solicitor at Slater and Gordon Lawyers UK.
Call our expert Family Solicitors 24/7 on freephone 0800 916 9055 or contact us online and we'll be happy to help you.
Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading family law firm with 1,450 staff and offices in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Milton Keynes, Bristol, Derby, Merseyside, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Halifax, Newcastle, Wakefield and meeting rooms in Bramhall, Cheshire and in Hull, Yorkshire.


My first iPhone app, and the only one I've published on the iTunes store. I tried to get into the objective C thing. It was fun at first but I was constantly feeling restricted by the environment, language, and iOS framework. It's a shame Apple has it so gimped. Anyway, with no further rambling, here's East Coventry Weather, built upon WS32xx using the SOAP WSDL published for the service connected to the La Crosse weather station at my house.
Real-time weather updates for the East Coventry, Pennsylvania area broadcasted live from Shellware's own La Crosse WS-2315 weather station using our custom WS2315X automation library.
Receive real-time forecast and conditions in addition to current (daily low/high) temperature, dew point, humidity, wind speed & direction, barometer, and rainfall data.
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International Premiere of Blazing Drama
Flames are licking at The Court Theatre as The Arsonists enter The Forge, presenting a blazing drama featuring live music.
Running from the 17th August, the play follows a father-daughter arsonist duo whose latest job goes disastrously wrong, set deep in the swamps of Florida.
In this international premiere, Monique Clementson (Jesus Christ Superstar) and Roy Snow (Chicago) will be playing parent and child after H (Snow) is burnt to death, leaving M (Clementson) to deal with the ramification of their failed job.
Lyrical, poetic and hauntingly beautiful, H reappears to help M deal with unfinished business, the duo exploring their relationship through a series of wistful bluegrass and folk songs.
"It taps into this real Southern American bluegrass tradition," director Dan Bain explains. "What playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger did was find already existent songs where the lyrical content says something about the play. It's not a musical – they're not singing their feelings – it's an expression of their relationship and their shared history."
Bain (Stephen King's Misery), who is also The Court's Associate Director, programmed the play himself after falling in love with the script. In her dedication, playwright Goldfinger writes: this is a love letter to my father. He is not dead. It's a shame that folks hold off 'till somebody dies to say how much they mean to 'em. I'm gonna go ahead and do it now.
"I found that really beautiful," Bain says. "My dad died four years ago, so personally, I found it really resonant. That wishing for things that got left unsaid."
For him, the heart of the play comes from its unusual core.
"So many dramas are built on conflict," he explains. "I see this story as being built on love. It's a play about coming to terms with loss - or almost a wish fulfilment of that."
In the intimate space of The Forge's Pub Charity Studio, the production's acoustic nature will engross its audience members in this stirring drama about love and loss.
"I think, at the guts of it, it's about saying what you need to say to people before it's too late," Bain muses.
The Arsonists runs at The Forge at The Court Theatre from 17 August – 7 September. You can find out more and book your tickets here.
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Cocktails Meat-Lovers
East London bar Coupette, launches their new Apples RTD
This week we visited a Well-renowned East End bar Coupette, which has just released its award-winning signature cocktail, Apples, in a ready-to-drink can.
Designed in London and made in France, the Apples RTD (8.0% ABV) has been created in partnership with Maison SASSY.
A bartender quality drink in the convenience of a can, 'Apples' aims to showcase the diversity of apple juice and calvados. Perfect for consuming at home or on the go, the effervescent tipple is crisp and satisfyingly
refreshing, ideal for enjoying alfresco.
The ready-to-drink can is crafted with the same dedication, care and patience as the original Apples cocktail served at the bar, which was coined the most popular drink at the CLASS awards in 2019. The new beverage comprises a rotation of apple juice – made from a variety of 5 different apples that have been pressed, filtered, and carbonated – and calvados, exuding notes of caramel, nutmeg, brown sugar and toffee.
Get your Apples here.
Coupette has also revealed a new menu that documents the journey of the bar's new tight-knit team through Bethnal Green as they tell their tales through cocktails, illustration and film. Launched on 10th September, 'Urban Legends & Their Uprising Tales.' will be a six-chapter menu that is both an exploration into the darker side of East London and a tale of wits, innovation and teamwork winning against all odds.
The team has experimented with savoury notes and natural ingredients to create a selection of complex, nuanced cocktails. Parmigiano adds salty, nutty notes to a bourbon base, mead and raisins in Ain't Easy Being Cheesy. Similarly, the Corny Gimlet uses homemade corn liqueur to add salty buttered gin and the splash of popcorn tea. In contrast, beetroot in the Purple Hopper is an unlikely but beautifully earthy partner to white chocolate, cream and crème de menthe.
The Bitter Quarter, with a combination of gin, vermouth, Campari and carrots, is a strong drink that emulates the gritty realism of Coupette's environs. In addition, Cereal Wars, a heady. night-time combination of single malt whisky, genever, malt cocoa and Aztec chocolate bitters, is a light-hearted nod to the late-night gang antics in East London's past.
Alongside Coupette's cocktails, guests can order from a new menu of bar snacks.
From truffled nuts and smoked almonds to more substantial small plates; squid and cuttlefish croquettes, butterfly king prawns and sweet and savoury crepes. In keeping with its French inspiration, Coupette will also offer cheese and charcuterie boards featuring fresh French cheeses and a delicious selection of cured meats.
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Introducing Simpler Brands And Solutions For Advertisers And Publishers
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ByCyra Marley 27 June 2018 15 November 2022
We launched Ads nearly 18 years ago with a simple goal—to make it easier for people to connect online with businesses. A search for eco-friendly stationery, quilting supplies, or for a service like a treehouse builder gave us an opportunity to deliver valuable ads that were useful and relevant at the moment. That idea was the start of our first advertising product and led to the ads business we have today.
A lot has changed since then. Mobile is now a huge part of our everyday lives. People quickly switch from searching for products, to watching videos, browsing content, playing games and more. As a result, marketers have more opportunities to reach consumers across channels, screens and formats. The opportunity has never been more exciting, but it's also never been more complex. Over the years, Google ads have evolved from helping marketers connect with people on Google Search, to helping them connect at every step of the consumer journey through text, video, display and more.
That's why today we are introducing simpler brands and solutions for our advertising products: Google Ads, Google Marketing Platform, and Google Ad Manager. These new brands will help advertisers and publishers of all sizes choose the right solutions for their businesses, making it even easier for them to deliver valuable, trustworthy ads and the right experiences for consumers across devices and channels. As part of this change, we are releasing new solutions that help advertisers get started with Google Ads and drive greater collaboration across teams.
Google Ads is becoming Google Ads
The new Google Ads brand represents the full range of advertising capabilities we offer today—on Google.com and across our other properties, partner sites, and apps—to help marketers connect with the billions of people finding answers on Search, watching videos on YouTube, exploring new places on Google Maps, discovering apps on Google Play, browsing content across the web, and more.
For small businesses specifically, we're introducing a new campaign type in Google Ads that makes it easier than ever to get started with online advertising. It brings the machine learning technology of Google Ads to small businesses and helps them get results without any heavy lifting—so they can stay focused on running their businesses. To learn more, visit this post.
We'll introduce more new campaign types at Google Marketing Live. Sign up to watch the livestream on July 10.
Stronger collaboration with Google Marketing Platform
We're enabling stronger collaboration for enterprise marketing teams by unifying our DoubleClick advertiser products and the Google Analytics 360 Suite under a single brand: Google Marketing Platform.
We've heard from marketers that there are real benefits to using ads and analytics technology together, including a better understanding of customers and better business results. Google Marketing Platform helps marketers achieve their goals by building on existing integrations between the Google Analytics 360 Suite and DoubleClick Digital Marketing. The platform helps marketers plan, buy, measure and optimize digital media and customer experiences in one place. To learn more, visit the Google Marketing Platform blog.
As part of Google Marketing Platform, we're announcing Display & Video 360. Display & Video 360 brings together features from DoubleClick Bid Manager, Campaign Manager, Studio and Audience Center to allow creative, agency, and media teams to collaborate and execute ad campaigns end-to-end in a single place. We'll share more details about Display & Video 360 in the coming weeks, including a demo during the keynote at Google Marketing Live.
Google Ad Manager: A unified platform
We recognize that the way publishers monetize their content has changed. With people accessing content on multiple screens, and with advertisers' growing demand for programmatic access, publishers need to be able to manage their businesses more simply and efficiently. That's why for the last three years, we've been working to bring together DoubleClick for Publishers and DoubleClick Ad Exchange in a complete and unified programmatic platform under a new name–Google Ad Manager.
With this evolution, we're excited to do even more for our partners—earning them more money, more efficiently, wherever people are watching videos, playing games or engaging with content, and however advertisers are looking to work with them. To learn more, visit the Google Ad Manager blog.
Transparency and controls people can trust
We know that the media and technology advertisers and publishers choose to use impacts the relationships they have with their customers. As always, our commitment is to ensure that all of our products and platforms set the industry's highest standard in giving people transparency and choice in the ads they see. For example, we recently announced new Ads Settings and expanded Why this ad? across all of our services, and almost all websites and apps that partner with us to show ads.
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Post Tags: #google ad manager#Google Ads#google search
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I wish we could have the budget to touch on all the different areas that Google makes available to market. It would be nice if we could expand to some of these platforms that you speak of that seem to be tried and true, so we could gain more exposure also. Google has been good to us so far, and we have definitely increased our sales about 25%, so I cant complain.


A range of tracked and wheeled dumpers.
4 metres to 18 metres reach.
Scissor Lifts and Cherry Pickers for all applications.
Including site rollers, mixers and other hand tools.
Mobile and Static Accommodation units.
Van, Rigid, Artic or HIAB hire by the hour or the day.
TM Services covering much of the UK.
'Mervyn Lambert Plant was founded in 1969, now over 50 years later, we take pride in being East Anglia's number 1 plant hire company. We offer our customers operated or self drive hire on a wide range of plant. The company prides itself on the quality of its plant, experienced and fully trained operators and a back up service second to none.
Due to having a wide and varied range of plant equipment for hire Mervyn Lambert Plant is able to offer it's customers a 'one stop' shop for all their hire requirements. Equipment offered includes mini and midi diggers, backhoe loaders, large excavators, dumpers and dump trucks, forklifts, compaction equipment, powered access equipment, welfare units, site accommodation, toilets, lighting towers and a wide range of tool hire.
We have a fleet of over 20 lorries and have gained a reputation within the industry of being able to supply customers promptly and efficiently with the equipment they hire.
Mervyn Lambert Plant Sales offer a good selection of new and used plant and equipment. We are Main Dealers for DOOSAN equipment.
In 2007 Mervyn Lambert established a Traffic Management division now known as MLP Traffic Ltd which offers a complete Traffic Management service including all aspects of high speed works, traffic light and Stop/Go systems, Mobile Lane Closures, Site Surveys, drawing up detailed plans, including CAD drawings where required, ECI (Early Contact Involvement), plus liaising with and obtaining authorisation from Local Councils.
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HI, I'M DANETTE MAY and welcome to my site.
I'm super grateful you found me. I hope I can inspire and touch your soul in a way that allows you to step into your full potential and self love.
Right now, the way you are... YOU ARE ENOUGH!
Healing Workouts. Healing Foods. Healing Mindset.
I will show you how to shine bright in the world.
See, my ultimate purpose it to change the lives of millions of women on this planet by projecting "self-love" principles onto the world through women like you. So if you've ever been frustrated with the way your body looks or if you've ever tried a diet and failed, you're in the right place. If you stick with me I will show you why this happened in the past and how to easily fix it. I don't believe in hours of cardio or starvation style diets.
My philosophy is to love life and enjoy every single day.
Self torture in the name of a great body doesn't fit the equation.
That's why all the workouts you'll find on this site target multiple muscle groups and can be done in 15 minutes or less.
I also love to eat, but I hate to spend hours in the kitchen.
So every single recipe I've created takes less than 10-minutes to make and only requires 5 ingredients. Plus every one is packed with flavor and helps your body melt fat by perfectly balancing protein, carb and healthy fat.
All of my programs focus on healing and teach you the essentials to creating a LIFE you love. I don't want you to have a "bikini body" and not be 100% happy.
To help you start to eliminate your sabotaging self-talk I've also created a series of 5-minute meditations.
When you combine these with a few simple affirmations your confidence grows automatically. The awesome part is, these mind-healing techniques work regardless if you believe in them or not. And that trickles into ALL areas of your life – and those around you.
At the end of the day, my passion is to coach as many women as possible to step into their purpose and realize true self love.
Are you ready to change your life and be an example for others to follow?


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Q: How to store the value returned by a command in shell script? i am new to shell scripts. I have task where i have to create multiple instances of a c program, run them in background and alter their scheduling policy using chrt utility.
In chrt utility i need to give the process IDs for every process to alter it's scheduling policy.
Now i have to add all these in a shell script to automate the process.
My question is, after creating the instances, how do i fetch the process ID of every instance and store it in a variable?
gcc example.c -o w1
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1&
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1&
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1&
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1&

pidof w1

chrt -f -p 1 <pid1>

pidof w1 will give the process ids of all the instances. Now how do i store all these IDs in variables or array and pass them in chrt command?

A: Read this article: https://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_10_02.html
To store the output of command in a variable:
pids=$(pidof w1)

To use the variable:
for each in $pids
do
  # parse each values and pass to chrt command
  chrt -f -p 1 $each
done

A: You only need pidof because you ignored the process IDs of the background jobs in the first place.
gcc example.c -o w1
pids=()
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1 & pids+=($!)
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1 & pids+=($!)
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1 & pids+=($!)
taskset 0x00000001 ./w1 & pids+=($!)

for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
  chrt -f -p 1 "$pid"
done

The special parameter $! contains the process ID of the most recently backgrounded process.

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Ok, I take back everything I said about only ever wanting to grow up and have a little girl.. how cute is this little boys room.. Seriously... I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.. so fun, right... I will definitely file this one away for inspiration for myself or a friend later in life..


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Irish Women Know No Limits
Posted on June 15, 2012 by dementedmole
Irish captain Claire Molloy
If you didn't know them you probably wouldn't recognise them. If you checked out the clubs they play for, you might think that it was an Irish Squad from the late 1990s. But in a week where our senior national team are getting lessons in how the game can be played and our national soccer team are suffering even more ignominiously at a major championship, the Irish Womens' Sevens Squad have been achieving the almost impossible.
Less than two months ago, the suits in Lansdowne Road decided to give Irish Womens' Sevens a real shot at qualifying for the Olympics in Brazil in 2016. It was nothing more than that, almost a shot in the dark!
With the requirement to hit the bull's eye first time after a foreshortened period of preparation and focus, they have already overcome the first hurdles and jumped onto a wave of momentum which just might end up as the only Irish team, male or female, competing in a field sport in the Olympics 2016.
Since 1 April 2012, the Irish Squad has competed as follows:
Kinsale Sevens – winners
London Rugby Rocks Sevens – winners
Amsterdam Sevens – Plate Trophy winners
Ghent European Qualifier – winners, (without conceding a try)
After last weekend's success, Ireland and Wales, the winners in Ghent and Sofia respectively – as well as the two runners-up, Scotland and Croatia – join the top twelve sides in Europe, and will be seeded thirteenth to sixteenth at the qualifier in Moscow [June28th] for a chance to qualify for the RWC Sevens 2013, which also takes place in Russia next year in June 2013.
From the qualifier in Moscow five European places will be available for the 16-team RWC Sevens womens' event in 2013. Although a major highlight, the Moscow World Cup is just one event in the extended calendar of elite womens' tournaments, which has already included in the past year the IRB Womens' Sevens Challenge Cup events in Dubai, Hong Kong and London which are run alongside the HSBC Sevens World Series.
The Mole has long been an enthusiastic supporter of women's sport in Ireland. First-hand experience of training a women's hockey team some years ago resulted in the acquisition of the highest regard and respect for the ability of young Irish women to dedicate themselves to an extraordinary degree in the pursuit of sporting success. In recent years, Katie Taylor has confirmed her reputation in Mole Towers as the most dominant Irish athlete in international sport, and the continued success of Irish women athletes is further testament, if any was needed, to the quality of the fairer sex as true competitors.
The Irish Sevens squad numbers about 20 and the selection is narrowed down to 12 or 13 for a tournament. Coached by Jon Skurr, who is the experienced former mens' Sevens coach from the 2009 World Cup, the current squad is largely based on the 15-a-side group who performed creditably in the recent Six Nations Tournament.
However, Womens' Sevens at international level has really emerged with a bang over the past 12 months, following the IOC decision to include the sport in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Alongside the traditionally strong rugby nations such as England, Australia, New Zealand, France and the ever improving USA, countries such as Spain, Canada, Russia and the Dutch are targeting substantial resources towards their women's sevens. "The Orange Project" is one of the most interesting sporting experiments in Europe and is reputed to involve a budget of €1.5m per annum by the Dutch Olympic Committee to qualify their women for the 2016 Games in Brazil.
Facing such competition, the all-amateur Irish women will have a major challenge on their hands, not just on the field, but within their entire lifestyles. Almost certainly the womens' sevens circuit will grow alongside that of their male counterparts and possibly even faster. Sevens rugby may provide the breakthrough to make international womens' rugby just as big a television sport as the mens' game, and the IRB and international broadcasters will both be keen to make this happen in the run-up to Brazil 2016.
Events in Dubai, Las Vegas, London, Hong Kong and Moscow will no doubt be followed by IRB-sanctioned events alongside the existing mens' game in venues in South Africa and Australia. Such events will require year-round training and a full-time sporting lifestyle. When one examines the spread of locations from which the Irish Squad is drawn, with a large proportion based in English clubs with the support of the Irish Exiles, it is clear that the challenges facing Irish Womens' Sevens rugby are even more extreme than those which their professional male counterparts might face.
So from Mole Towers, our best wishes and full support are with this superb group of Irish sportswomen. Keep up the hard work and good luck in Moscow.
Irish Squad 2012 [* Ghent Tournament Team]
*Ashleigh Baxter [Belfast Harlequins/Ulster]
*Lynne Cantwell [Richmond/Exiles]
Nicole Caughey [Belfast Harlequins/Ulster]
*Amy Davis [Blackrock College RFC/Leinster]
*Jeannette Feighery [UL Bohemians/Munster]
Shannon Houston [Blackrock College RFC/Leinster]
Ashling Hutchings [UL Bohemians/Munster]
*Niamh Kavanagh [UL Bohs / Munster]
*Claire Keohane [UL / Munster]
*Alison Millar [Portlaoise / Connacht]
*Claire Molloy [Bristol/ Exiles/ Connacht]
Jackie Mulligan [Sligo/Connacht]
*Jenny Murphy [Richmond / Exiles]
*Joy Neville [UL / Munster]
Aine Ni Cathain [Garda / Leinster]
Mollie O'Donnell [UL / Munster]
*Laura O'Mahony [Tralee/Munster]
*Sophie Spence [Sharks / Exiles]
Beth O'Brien [Oxford / Exiles]
Rachael Potter [Saracens / Exiles]
Meadhbh Westwood [Waterloo/Exiles]
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I am a fan of Karmak! I find Fusion to be pretty easy to use and very powerful.
Before, we used to have a ton of open RO's at the end of the month. Now, we go into month-end and we're able to close 99% of them.


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Timidity++ ist ein freier Software-Synthesizer, der MIDI-Dateien abspielen und diese in verschiedene WAV-Audioformate auf einer Festplatte abspeichern kann.

Geschichte
Das "Timidity++"-Projekt basiert auf dem Programm "Timidity", welches in der Version 0.2i 1995 von dem Finnen Tuukka Toivonen veröffentlicht wurde.
Aufgrund fehlender Nachentwicklung (das letzte update war von 2004) wurde das Projekt unter dem heutigen Namen "Timidity++" von Masanao Izumo weitergeführt. Das letzte Update dieser Version erfolgte 2018.

Hauptmerkmale
Das Programm Timidity++ kann
 unter Linux und Windows mit verschiedenen Oberflächen genutzt werden.
 Gravis Ultrasound-kompatible Patch-Dateien oder Soundfonts (.sfx, .sf2) verwenden, um Midi Dateien zu synthetisieren.
 neben MIDI-Dateien auch die Formate SMF, MOD, RCP/R36/G18/G36 und MFI abspielen.
 MIDI-Dateien in verschiedene Formate konvertieren wie z. B. .wav, .au, .aiff, .ogg.
 diverse Informationen (Instrumente, eingebettete Texte, Tasten etc.) über die jeweils abgespielte MIDI-Datei anzeigen.
 auf Wunsch beim Abspielen einzelne Instrumente stumm schalten.

Weblinks
 TiMidity++ auf SourceForge

Einzelnachweise

Virtuelles Musikinstrument
MIDI

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Era figlio di Pietro e di Maria Duèze e fratello del cardinale Giacomo de Via e nipote, per via materna, di Giacomo Duèze, che divenne papa con il nome di Giovanni XXII il 7 agosto 1316.

Biografia

Fu protonotario apostolico, poi arcidiacono di Fréjus e quindi prevosto a Barjols. Il 20 giugno 1317 fu creato cardinale dallo zio con il titolo di cardinale diacono di Sant'Eustachio. Nel 1333 creò la Collegiata di Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, la costruzione della cui chiesa collegiale aveva promosso personalmente. Partecipò al conclave del 1334 che elesse papa Benedetto XII. Scrisse numerose opere in onore della Beata Vergine Maria.

Morì ad Avignone il 24 novembre 1335 e la sua salma fu tumulata nella  chiesa collegiale di Notre-Dame de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.

Collegamenti esterni


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The Murmuring of the Artistic Multitude: Global Art, Politics and Post-Fordism
Pascal Gielen
Compilation of essays on contemporary art theory and practice, and on art's connection to politics, economy, and social processes.
The concept of artistic multitude introduced in the title of the book points, on the one hand, to the growing number of people belonging to the creative class in recent decades, marked by an increasing openness in the art scene. It also emphasizes, on the other hand, the fact that the artistic community is the perfect example of a multitude, as described by Italian thinker Paolo Virno (from whom Gielen borrowed the concept): it is hybrid, fluid, deterritorialized, and constantly moving.
Another key concept of the book—that of murmuring—refers to the bubbling of life, which is quite different from senseless noise, yet able to resist the multiplication of mainstream ideas and meanings. "The art world today is a field full of paradoxical meanings that constantly contradict, undermine and invoke each other. It is indeed a collective visual or auditory murmur."
The multitude, too, is more than a faceless mass: heterogeneous, with well-defined individual differences, it can still act as one and function as a social subject.
Technological breakthroughs of recent years, which have brought us the Internet and cheaper travel, have led to greater mobility for artists and cultural products, and thus, to a global art world, spearheaded by visual arts and pop music. Artistic multitude transcends national borders and forms one cultural body.
Like post-Fordist labor in general, individuals in artistic multitude are characterized by physical and intellectual mobility, proficiency in communication and languages, and flexible working hours. These traits have been shaped by the transition from material to non-material labor, the products of which have greater symbolic than consumer value.
Today, non-material labor is characteristic of the entire society, but Pascal Gielen argues that such organization of labor started and was first tested in the arts—for instance, in Marcel Duchamp's studio: "the social structure of the early modern art world was one of the social laboratories in which the current post-Fordian work ethic was produced."
Individual style, which has become so important for any artist today, is a symbolic, non-material product, while communication and languages have come to the forefront in art itself, and in art criticism and theory, which are essential to perception and interpretation of art. Thus, as Pascal Gielen claims, any accusations of marginality, decadence and alienation, directed at contemporary art, are now absolutely unfounded. In the last 20 years art, or at least "the artistic," has moved from the periphery to the very center of society.
Дерек Джармен
Michael Charlesworth
A Theory of the Drone
Gregoire Chamayou
The Participatory Museum
Nina Simon
Eisenstein on Paper. Graphic Works
Naum Kleiman


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After a referendum on 20 January 1991, Crimea regained its status as an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. As this was months before the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine on 24 August 1991 — by December 1991 internationally recognized — Crimea was at the time part of the Ukrainian SSR which was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union.

In 26 February 1992, the Crimean parliament changed the name of the region from the Crimean ASSR into the Republic of Crimea and the Ukrainian government with the objective of allowing them more self-governance. On 5 May 1992, parliament declared Crimea independent and adopted a constitution, which was yet to be approved by a referendum to be held 2 August 1992.  On 6 May 1992, the same parliament inserted a new sentence into this constitution stating that Crimea was part of Ukraine. The Ukrainian parliament convened on May 15, annulled the Crimean declaration of independence and gave the Crimean parliament one week to cancel the referendum. In June 1992, the parties reached a compromise, Crimea would be designated the status of "Autonomous Republic" and granted special economic status, contingent on Crimea's amendment of its constitution including proclaiming the peninsula an autonomous integral part of Ukraine. The revised Constitution of Crimea was adopted on September 25, 1992.

In May 1994, the Crimean parliament voted to restore the May 1992 Constitution although this was abandoned by September of that year.

In March 2014 the Crimean Parliament proposed a referendum to whether Crimea should apply to join Russia as a federal subject or restore the 1992 Crimean constitution - and so remain within Ukraine with considerable autonomy.  The vote was to join Russia.

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Millions of Americans decide not to move to Atlantic Canada
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Posted by Shawn Rouse
New York — The true north strong and free may be our home and native land, but Americans who vowed to move to Canada if Trump won aren't feeling the true patriot love yet.
Activity along the eastern United States-Canada border has been remarkably quiet to date. It seems as though millions of sheepish citizens are thinking twice about leaving their homes, and hesitating to embark on the massive migration to the north.
"Umm, yeah… about that," mumbled 23-year-old New Yorker Olivia Stanton, "I'm looking into it, but I haven't given notice at my job or to my landlord or anything yet. I have to find a job up there and I'd like to meet some people there first. I've never actually been to Canada, so I don't know anything about it to be honest."
"Oh I was super-serious at the time," said 34-year-old Adam Rosenberg. "But, like serious in the same way I am when I say, 'I'm going to die if I don't eat something right now!' I thought that people would understand that I was exaggerating. I've got to help my mom and dad move furniture this weekend, and my niece has a thing next week, and I'm about to get a big promotion at work. Sooooo… I think I'll give Trump a chance… I guess."
Counting herself among the entitled to live in a Trump-free land, 19-year-old Brittany Miller was not amused when she was turned back at the northern border. "I packed up my car in a fit of rage, and sped off to the nearest border crossing. When I told Canada I was coming in, they kind of laughed at me and said it didn't work that way. And, they had a huge problem with all of the guns in my vehicle too. Whatever — most of them weren't even loaded!"
For now, the pro- and anti-Trump cohorts have an unspoken agreement to stay out of each other's way for a while, and they will "see how things go."
Cab driver Arnie Ricci sums it up this way: "Look, Trump supporters can stay in those states for now, and we'll stay up here in our states. Best case scenario, we can ignore each other like roommates that hate each other for a few years.
"Besides, why would I move to Canada when I already live in the greatest country in the world? It's so cold. And those taxes? Fuhgeddaboudit."
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Do you remember when the latest mobiles were a must have, and everyone queued up for hours waiting for the latest release? Well it seems that recently times have changed… Now the 'vintage' models are making a comeback in a big way.
Before Angry Birds and Cut the Rope, back when Snake was all you needed to keep you entertained on a rainy winters day. The old mobile phones had basic functions, call and text, the battery life lasted for weeks, and they were practically indestructible - actually, come to think of it, old phones were the best! No more daily charging and constant alerts, well sign us up!
Demands for these old phones are so high that some of them are selling for nearly £80 a piece! A vintage mobile site called vintagemobile.fr is selling Nokia 8800 for almost £200, and it seems that people are buying them. Over the past 2 - 3 years the website estimates to have sold around 10,000 handsets, and that figure has seen some rapid increase since the beginning of 2013.
Some say it's down to the older generations looking for simpler phones, whilst others just want an easy to use work phone. Although, some think it could the hipster vintage market who are the ones really investing in the current market.
Whoever it is buying them up, we are actually quite glad that the older models seem to be making a comeback. If you're jumping on the vintage phone bandwagon then don't forget to recycle your latest model!


Don't forget that if you are planning a non religious ceremony, and are finding it hard to locate the right venue, you may be already there. Yes you can have a funeral "service" in your house or garden. The only requirement would be that it is big enough to hold the number you invite. Put a Marquee in the garden. Get some caterers in. We will bring the coffin and all your family and other guests can gather to carry the coffin into the Marquee. This could be a very intimate start.
Thank you for making sure the service for our deeply missed friend and grandad went as well as it could at such a sad time for us. I think we all did him proud.


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Q: True Kiosk Mode I am trying to run Ubuntu Mate as a kiosk. I can get the chromium to go into kiosk at login but I can still access the launcher with shortcuts and other shortcuts using the keyboard. How can I make it lock to only one application and remove access to anything else?

A: As was suggested in comments (I can't post those) - your solution is to have two users, and allow the one that's used for kiosk to only use openbox.
When openbox is installed it will show up as another option on login.
From there, depending on your further needs, either present login screen for a few seconds, then automatically login to kiosk user (which starts openbox-session and then chromium --kiosk), or just wait at login screen. I assume first option would be prefered.
If you want to manage it, use those few seconds to select the Admin user.
One more thing, and it circumvents your dual login and Mate and all. Why not just enable OpenSSH, and use SSH to manage the kiosk? The process is pretty much same, have a limited "kiosk" user, auto-login to this user, start fullscreen Chromium. And when you SSH use your "administrator". Usually there's not much need to "manage" kiosk, except change default homepage (which is somewhere in a script anyway), or make updates (that's done easily with cli/SSH, or even setup as automatic task)


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using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

using NQuery.Binding;

namespace NQuery.Symbols
{
    internal static class BuiltInOperators
    {
        public static readonly MethodInfo StringConcatStringStringMethod = new Func<string, string, string>(string.Concat).Method;
        public static readonly MethodInfo StringConcatObjectObjectMethod = new Func<object, object, string>(string.Concat).Method;
        public static readonly MethodInfo SimilarToMethod = new Func<string, string, bool>(SimilarTo).Method;
        public static readonly MethodInfo LikeMethod = new Func<string, string, bool>(Like).Method;
        public static readonly MethodInfo SoundsLikeMethod = new Func<string, string, bool>(SoundsLike).Method;
        public static readonly MethodInfo PowerMethod = new Func<double, double, double>(Math.Pow).Method;

        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalAddMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_Addition", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalDivideMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_Division", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalEqualsMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_Equality", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalNotEqualsMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_Inequality", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalGreaterMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_GreaterThan", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalGreaterOrEqualMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_GreaterThanOrEqual", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalLessMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_LessThan", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalLessOrEqualMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_LessThanOrEqual", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalModulusMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_Modulus", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalMultiplyMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_Multiply", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalSubtractMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_Subtraction", new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalUnaryNegationMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_UnaryNegation", new[] { typeof(decimal) });
        public static readonly MethodInfo DecimalUnaryIdentityMethod = typeof(decimal).GetMethod("op_UnaryPlus", new[] { typeof(decimal) });

        private static bool SimilarTo(string str, string regex)
        {
            var regex1 = new Regex(regex, RegexOptions.Multiline);
            return regex1.IsMatch(str);
        }

        private static bool Like(string str, string expr)
        {
            expr = Regex.Escape(expr);

            var sb = new StringBuilder();

            sb.Append('^');

            foreach (var c in expr)
            {
                switch (c)
                {
                    case '%':
                        sb.Append(@".*");
                        break;

                    case '_':
                        sb.Append('.');
                        break;

                    default:
                        sb.Append(c);
                        break;
                }
            }

            sb.Append('$');

            var r = new Regex(sb.ToString(), RegexOptions.Singleline | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
            return r.IsMatch(str);
        }

        private static bool SoundsLike(string left, string right)
        {
            if (left is null || right is null)
                return false;

            return Soundex.GetCode(left) == Soundex.GetCode(right);
        }
    }
}

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> * See how careful I am not to say "send a patch"?
Odd way of putting things.
BTW, there's a difference between "sugest a change", and "send a patch".
Thanks for pointing out the stray site. I have "changed" things.


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With Christmas around the corner, we always focus on creating a memorable moment and one to ring on our minds for many years to come. One way in which we light up our surroundings to create an unforgettable moment is by getting Christmas lights for use during the holiday.
When you decide to get Xmas lights, you will want to get the best on the market, those with lots of color effects and patterns to ensure that this can linger in your mind for a long time. Moreover, you will want to get the lights that will entice your kids and those which you can use to decorate both the indoor and outdoor setting of your home.
So, how do you go about selecting the best Christmas lights among the options on the market? You will need to consider the brightness level, the method of installation, color and lighting patterns, water resistance, power mode, durability, among other factors.
In this article, we have reviewed the best lights for Xmas after considering these factors. Have a look and determine if you can get the best based on your needs and budget.
These are backdrop lights that are 10 feet tall equipped with 306 LEDs. They emit a high bright, soft light that contributes to a long lasting and energy efficient lighting solution. The bulbs are simple to install, since, with a simple plugin, you can be sure to have them lighting.
They feature eight modes of lighting that will let you customize the setting to suit your venue. You can set them on Slo-Glo, steady on, sequential, slow fade, combination, chasing/flash, twinkle/flash, or in waves.
Whats more is that they have a memory function. This lets them stay in the previous setting when you power them on or off. The lights are safe to touch due to the 30V low voltage output which makes them safe for use in a home with kids and pets. You can get them for hanging on walls, ceilings, Christmas trees, windows, floors, grass, among other places.
As one of the best lights for X-mas, these lights are safe to use. They adopt a safety voltage operation so that you will never have to worry when using them in outdoor environments since they will never be a danger to people even when exposed to water.
They are controller operated and feature a memory function that lets them remember the last setting before you turned them off. As such, they automatically go back the previous setting when you light them. Due to the safety voltage operate, the LEDs are highly stable and emit less heat making them eco-friendly while enhancing a longer lifespan.
They have eight lighting modes to allow you to use them in waves, combination, chasing/flash, slow fade, combination, sequential, Slo-Glo, twinkle/flash, and steady on. Hence, you can be sure to have lights that will let you change the lighting modes based on the mod and atmosphere. This makes them perfect for weddings, Chrismas, parties, among other celebrations.
Are you looking for the best lights for Christmas to transform your setting? These are some of the best Xmas lights to consider. They feature a meteor effect and give a romantic aesthetic making them suitable for use in weddings too. The LEDs emulate falling snow while the light on each bulb turns on and out one by one and in a sequence making them attractive when added in any setting.
The lights are built to last and provide you with the best value for money since they are of high-quality and energy efficient. They are also dustproof, corrosion resistant, and aging resistant making them ideal for use in an outdoor setting. They do not consume a lot of power so that you will never have to pay a lot of energy bills.
The lights operate by plugging them, however, note that the plug is not waterproof. You can get them for Chrismas, valentines, weddings, new year parties, gardening, landscaping, urban night lighting, among other applications.
This is an 8M 50LEDs battery-operated LED string light. It features a high-quality material so that it can serve you for several seasons. The LEDs are star-shaped and very beautiful when lit up. They require 3 x AA batteries to operate. However, note that these are not included in the package.
With these LEDs, you can benefit from eight different modes of lighting including in wave, slow fade, Slo-Glo, steady on, combination, sequential, chasing/flash, and twinkle/flash. The lights come with a remote making them easy to control. You can get them for installing on a Christmas tree, nursery room, fences, windows, wardrobes, among other places.
As one of the best lights for Xmas, these bulbs are IP44 grade water-resistant and as such great for outdoor use. They come in three different sizes on a flexible 22.97ft string. This makes them suitable for swings, balconies, gardens, among other areas since the string enables you to twist them on trees, windows, doors, sofas, among other places.
You can get the lights for use in different functions due to the different lighting modes that allow you to set them according to the mood of the activity. Hence you can use them in the combination mode, sequence, slow fade, twinkle, steady on, waves, chasing, and glowing mode.
Once you get these lights, you do not have to keep presetting the mode since they include a memory function that enables them to go back to the previous lighting mode the next time you turn them on. Whats more is that you can be sure to save on energy costs due to their low power consumption.
The bulbs have a 3.2V low output voltage. This makes them safe to use in homes with kids who are likely to keep holding them since they will never heat up. They emit a warm white light perfect for use in an indoor setting.
As one of the best Christmas light set in our review, these are cool white LEDs fixed on a 6ft cord. This cord features 182 bulbs that require 3AA batteries to operate. However, note that the batteries are not included. The lights are safe to use since they are CE, PAHS, and RoHS certified. Whats more is that they are safe for use in an outdoor setting considering that they are IP44 rated.
They feature seven attractive lighting effects where six are flashing while one is a steady lighting. More to that is that they include a built-in timer which enables them to remain on for six hours and off for 24 hours. The lights can serve you for an extended period due to the strong and durable plastic and steel construction. They come with ground stakes that provide a secure ground placement.
Featuring a mountain base and spike, these are some of the best Xmas lights to buy when you want to get lights that are easy to install. You simply need to install them indoors or outdoors with the included accessories in less than five minutes. After that, select the pattern and design the lights should feature by using the provided remote control and enjoy the warmth of the lights.
The lights are weather resistance and safe to use. They feature an IP65 waterproof material so that you will never have to worry about rain, snow, dust or intense sunlight. Whats more is that is that they feature a built-in temperature protection as well as a working temperature that ranges from -13°F-104°F. This makes them suitable to be incorporated into most environments. The lights are FDA and ETL certified to ensure that they are safe to use.
With them, you can benefit from a wide lighting projection distance of over 2500 square feet from 30-40 feet away. You can control them with a radio frequency wireless remote control at a range of up to 15meters so that they are highly convenient for you. They feature a spinning option allowing you can choose the laser lighting effects between strobe, freeze or rotate at a projection angle of up to 120 degrees.
Whats more is that they have several color choices including red, green, and red and green to enable you to select that to suit your mood. The lights have a built-in timer that lets you choose how long they will stay on from one to six hours. You can get them for Christmas, birthday parties, Halloween, weddings, among other activities.
They include two interchangeable bases.
Waterproof and suitable for outdoor and indoor use.
As one of the best lights for Xmas, this light set has passed FCC/CE/FDA certification making them safe to use and environmental friendly. They are IP65 waterproof rated which assures you that they are safe to use in all weather conditions be it in the rain or snow.
Whats more is that they are coldproof with a working temperature of -20°C to 40°C. As such, you can be sure to have minimal light failures. The lights feature two colors which are red and green. This makes them colorful and as such suitable for Christmas decorations, nightclubs, shopping malls, family gatherings, among other functions.
You can adjust the lights up to 180degrees so that they can cover a distance of up to 2100 square feet from a 25feet distance. They feature a built-in light sensor so that they can turn on and off automatically based on the intensity of the light. With them, you can be sure to save a lot of energy expenses while compared to regular light strings.
These lights make the best Christmas lights when it comes to setting them up. They come with an extra adhesive 3M red tape, IR controller, power adapter, and connectors, as well as a remote controller that makes them easy to set up and use.
Due to the included adhesive, you can connect the lights to high, low, and medium plastics, metal and glass and be sure to have them remain intact. Whats more is that they feature cutting marks after 3LEDs so that you can cut them when the need arises and be sure that you will not damage the rest of the strips.
The lights have a dimming and brightness control that make them suitable for indoor lighting and decor. You can get them for weddings, bedrooms, kitchen, garden, balconies, among other places. However, be careful to avoid exposing them to water.
As the best lights for Christmas in our review, the Oakleaf string light features 30 individual LEDs on a 9.8ft long cord. This makes it perfect for parties, weddings, among other occasions. The lights require 2 CR2032 batteries which are replaceable and included in the package making them a reliable set of Xmas lights.
With the included batteries, you can enjoy the warmth of the lights for more than 64 hours on a non-stop operating time. The lights are easy to set up since no wiring is needed. They have a heat-insulated copper wire that makes them safe to use. Whats more is that they feature a low heat insulation to ensure that the LEDs can remain cool after long hours of using them.
The lights are made of bendable copper wire that is flexible so that you can mold the lights in the shape that you desire. This allows you to install them on the bed, staircases, trees, gardens, furniture, among other areas. However, they should not be submerged in water at all means.
The Xmas lights reviewed above have what it takes to give you a bright festive season. They are durable, reliable, and reasonably priced. So, give them a try for you to benefit from the warmth of the best lights for Christmas.


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Hope and inspiration in a week of despair
These 100 young people, chosen from hundreds more nominations, remind us that the characteristics Mandela embodied are still thriving today.
Luke's got talent … and a message
Estelle Sinkins
LIKE the Paralympians amazing the world with their sporting abilities, 15-year-old Pietermaritzburg resident Nhlanhla Luke Greyling-Nxele is keen to show South Africans that nothing is impossible.
Despite having spinal muscular atrophy, which means he is unable to use his legs, the teenager has been wowing SA's Got Talent judges Ian von Memerty, Shado Twala and Kabelo Mabalane with his dancing ability.
His mother, Jennifer Greyling, had been surprised and thrilled by his dancing ability, even though he has been breakdancing for seven years.
He said: "My mom had never seen me dance before, so she was really emotional."
Inspired by movies like the Step Up franchise to take up dancing, Luke uses his upper body and the support of chairs to perform on stage and said he was keen to use SA's Got Talent as a platform to send out a positive message.
"It's always been my dream to be on the show, not just for the experience, but also to get my 'dance to inspire' message out to people. I believe that whatever you put your mind to, you can do it … no one can put you down."
The Grade 8 Maritzburg College pupil, who made it through the pre-audition phase of the competition in Durban, hopes that SA's Got Talent will open doors to the local entertainment industry.
"It's a great way to get my message out, but I don't want to leave it there … My dream is to go overseas and to spread my message around the world," he added.
• To see Luke Greyling-Nxele's performance, tune in to SA's Got Talent on e.tv at 8.30 pm tomorrow night.
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