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And finally, to the last meal of the day (unless of course you eat early and can squeeze in a spot of supper!)…..the Juvela bread can give you something different for every mealtime!
Missed the first two parts of this blog?
Firstly, a really quick but one of my all-time favourite ways of using gf white rolls, which is basically to use the rolls as a mini pizza base. You may already be 'on it' for this, but if not, all you need to do, is slice through the middle of each roll and pop them on a baking tray - spread a generous amount of *pizza topping over the top add a little grated cheese and whatever additional toppings that takes your fancy! Pop in a hot oven 200c/180Fan for about 10-15 minutes. For a change, and to look pretty, I cut hearts out of the cheese (I used Gouda which held its shape when melted) with a little cutter, placed them on top of the pizza topping and added a couple of slices of tomatoes. Doing this made me think, you can use shapes or letter cutters and spell out anything with cheese: Happy Birthday, Congratulations, names, initials etc.
Another thought was to use the rolls for a pizza themed party, with lots of dishes of gluten free toppings and let the children make up their own pizza using their favourite ingredients….my sort of party!! You could even do sweet versions with jam or Nutella as a base…allowing them to cool for quite a while once cooked as these fillings get (and stay) ridiculously hot!! ……Happy days!!
Or if you're feeling a little more adventurous and fancy a lovely winter warmer, how about a delicious Cumberland Pie…..
Thanks to my recent purchase of a mini chopper/blender (it's been on my wish list for ages!) I've now discovered another way of enjoying Juvela loaves and rolls – making them into lovely soft breadcrumbs!
Homemade gluten free breadcrumbs can be used in so many ways and really throws open the 'culinary door' as a lot of pre-breaded products can be off limits when you are following a gluten free diet. But with a tiny bit of prep at home you can still have all your favourites dishes that contain breadcrumbs. Things like breaded fish and meat, tasty meat loaves and of course homemade Christmas pud – all very exciting and rather delicious!!
Anyway, for now, I thought I would have a little bash at making a Cumberland pie, which is finished off with a generous sprinkling of breadcrumbs transforming it into something beautiful when baked. There is a little bit of prep involved - but oh, the satisfaction when it's all done, and you are tucking into a steaming plate of this delightful savoury meal, with a wonderful crunchy topping, makes it all worthwhile!!
Peel the potatoes and cut into even size pieces pop in a pan of cold water. Prep all the other veg required.
Add the carrots, celery and butternut squash. Cook for a further 5 minutes.
Add the stock pot, paprika and bay leaves. Stir well and pour over boiled water from the kettle. Just enough to cover the mince but no more - you want it to remain really meaty and retain its flavour.
Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to maintain a simmer. Cover pan with a lid and allow to cook for about 25 minutes. Keep checking to ensure it doesn't boil dry.
Whilst the mince is cooking, put the potatoes on to boil. Once boiling turn pan down to a simmer and cook until tender. Drain and mash the potatoes, add butter and season to taste.
Blend the cornflour with a little water - just enough to make a pouring paste and stir into the mince. This should just slightly thicken the mince. Season to taste.
Transfer the mince into a large ovenproof dish (mine is approx 12x9 inch and 2 inches deep).
Spoon the mashed potatoes evenly over the top, and use a fork to spread out evenly.
Sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture over the top. If eating straight away pop into pre-heated oven for about 25 minutes until bubbling and golden brown.
There you go all ready for you to tuck in!! Loved this with spring cabbage but would also work with any green veg especially garden peas!
Cumberland pie is the perfect thing to prepare in advance and enjoy with friends or family - ideal to pop in the middle of the table for everyone to help themselves! Will keep fine, prior to baking in the fridge for 24hrs. Can be frozen too, and would be ok in the freezer for 1 month.
Also, you could do individual pies and squirrel them in the freezer for a no prep but delicious midweek dinner – how lovely to look forward to this on a dark chilly night!
If you can think of any other great ways of using gf breadcrumbs, please do give me a shout!!
*Check this product out to ensure no gluten containing ingredients or 'may contain' warnings. If in doubt leave it out!


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JAI-EXT is an open-source project which aims to extend the [JAI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Advanced_Imaging) API. JAI is an API which provides a set of high level objects for the image processing. One feature of the JAI API is the ability to process the images in a multithreaded environment; this functionality can be reached by calculating each image tile separately. JAI-EXT improves this API in three different ways:
* adding more features to the existing operations, like the support for nodata
* improving the performances of the existing operations
* developing new operations

More informations can be found at the [JAI-EXT Wiki](https://github.com/geosolutions-it/jai-ext/wiki)

# License
The JAI-EXT project is licensed with the [Apache License 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).

# Releases

Current release is [**1.0.6**](http://demo.geo-solutions.it/share/github/jai-ext/releases/1.0.X/1.0.6/). More informations about the releases can be found [here](https://github.com/geosolutions-it/jai-ext/wiki/Releases).

# Getting Started
Here the user can find a guide for executing a JAI-EXT operation and a brief description of the most important parameters to use:
* [Fifteen minutes guide](https://github.com/geosolutions-it/jai-ext/wiki/Fifteen-minutes-Guide)

# Getting Support
## Mailing List
We have created two public mailing lists for JAI-Ext one for Developers and one for Users, you can find their homepages here below:

* [**JAI-Ext Users Group**](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/jai-ext-users)
* [**JAI-Ext Developers Group**](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/jai-ext-developers)

## Professional Support
JAI-Ext has been developed by [**GeoSolutions**](http://www.geo-solutions.it) as an internal effort to replace Oracle JAI operations which are basically unsupported at the time of writing.

# Contributing
We welcome contributions in any form:

* pull requests for new features
* pull requests for bug fixes
* pull requests for documentation
* funding for any combination of the above

For more information check [this](https://github.com/geosolutions-it/jai-ext/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) page

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Q: ¿Cómo llamar los datos de una base de datos y modificarlos? Quiero hacer un modifcador de una base de datos, que primero me muestre lo que existe y poder modificar eso.
Estoy ocupando esto:
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            $re = mysqli_query($con, "select * from notas where id=1") or die(mysqli_error($con));
            while ($f = mysqli_fetch_array($re)) {
            ?>
                <fieldset>
                    <label>Titulo: <span>*</span>
                        <textarea class="minresize" name="contenido" required><?php echo $f['titulo']; ?></textarea>
                    </label>
?>

¿Como puedo hacer que se guarde lo que modifique?
Este es mi php de actualizar:
<?php
    include ("../../conexion.php");
    if(!isset($_POST['titulo']) &&  !isset($_POST['resumen']) && !isset($_POST['contenido'])){
        header("Location: agregar.php");
    }else{
                    $titulo=$_POST['titulo'];
                    $resumen=$_POST['resumen'];
                    $contenido=$_POST['contenido'];
                    $imagen=$_POST['imagen'];
                    $fecha=$_POST['fecha'];
                    $autor=$_POST['autor'];
                    $Sql="UPDATE `notas` SET `titulo`=$titulo,`resumen`=$resumen,`contenido`=$contenido,`imagen`=$imagen,`fecha`=$fecha,`autor`=$autor WHERE id=1";

                    mysqli_query($con,$Sql);
                    header ("Location: modificar.php");
              }
?>

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"Moses said to him, 'May I follow you so that you can teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?' The man said, 'You will not be able to bear with me patiently. How could you be patient in matters beyond your knowledge?' Moses said, 'God willing, you will find me patient. I will not disobey you in any way.' The man said, 'If you follow me then, do not query anything I do before I mention it to you myself.' They traveled on.
"Later, when they got into a boat, and the man made a hole in it, Moses said, 'How could you make a hole in it? Do you want to drown its passengers? What a strange thing to do!' He replied, 'Did I not tell you that you would never be able to bear with me patiently?' Moses said, 'Forgive me for forgetting. Do not make it too hard for me to follow you.' And so they traveled on.
"Then, when they met a young boy and the man killed him, Moses said, 'How could you kill an innocent person? He has not killed anyone! What a terrible thing to do!' He replied, 'Did I not tell you that you would never be able to bear with me patiently?' Moses said, 'From now on, if I query anything you do, banish me from your company– you have put up with enough from me.' And so they traveled on.
"Then, when they came to a town and asked the inhabitants for food but were refused hospitality, they saw a wall there that was on the point of falling down and the man repaired it. Moses said, 'But if you had wished you could have taken payment for doing that.' He said, 'This is where you and I part company.
Answering the question, orator Nouman Ali Khan explains how to correctly react to trials in life with a simple solution from Islam applicable to all of humanity.


She is a first rank holder in her post graduation studies from Mahatma Gandhi University. She worked with Kerala State Youth Welfare Board, a Govt. of Kerala undertaking as Dist. Youth Programme Officer for 6 years before joining RCBS in 2009. Her areas of interest include Counseling, women empowerment, youth empowerment and family welfare. She is the Academic Coordinator of Rajagiri Business School.


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Isabella of France
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Isabella was born around 1295. She was the only surviving daughter of King Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre.
She was cared for by a nurse, given a good education and taught to read and write.
In infancy Isabella was promised in marriage to King Edward II of England, but many years were spent agreeing the marriage contract.
Isabella and Edward finally married on 25 January 1308 at Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. They were a very ill-matched pair.
Edward cared little for Isabella and the marriage was not a happy one although it did produce 4 children. Edward preferred to spend his time elsewhere.
He cared more for his close friend Piers Gaveston, and Edward gave all of Isabella's jewellery to him.
In 1311 Edward led an unsuccessful campaign against the Scots, and he and Isabella only just escaped capture.
The barons were unhappy with the influence that Piers Gaveston had over the king, because of this they signed the Ordinance of 1311, a series of regulations imposed on the king by the peerage of England to restrict his powers. In 1312 as the country descended into chaos, Edward tried to fight the barons but was unsuccessful. The barons had Piers Gaveston executed in 1312 but still the country was unatable.
Isabella was pleased at the death of Gaveston, however Edward found another to replace him, and Hugh le Despenser the Younger came to prominence in Edward's court. Isabella despised Despenser.
Over time the Despensers were to influence and gain much control over Edward. By 1324 Edward had given all of Isabella's land to Hugh le Despenser.
In 1321 with the tension between Edward, Isabella and the Despensers very high, Isabella made her way to Canterbury, stopping at Leeds Castle in Kent on the way. Isabella was refused entry into Leeds Castle and being the ruthless woman she was, she forced entry into the castle and then had 13 of the castle garrison hanged.
In 1325 Edward convinced Isabella to go to France to negotiate over Gascony with her brother Charles IV. Her young son, the future King Edward III was sent to join her. This felt like freedom to Isabella; she had been held a virtual prisoner by her husband in England.
Edward realised he had made an error and he demanded that Isabella and his son return, but Isabella refused.
She was to rebel against her husband and plot to take the throne for her son. Isabella was joined in this rebellion by Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, later to become her lover.
Isabella needed to raise funds for an army. She travelled with Mortimer to Count William of Hainaut in Holland. Isabella agreed a marriage contract between Count William's daughter Phillipa of Hainaut and her son Edward. Hainaut then funded an army.
Isabella and Mortimer landed in Suffolk on 1 September 1326. Many nobles joined their cause including Thomas, Earl of Norfolk and Henry of Lancaster.
Isabella swiftly seized control of the country; allies of her husband Edward II quickly deserted him and he was deposed and murdered.
Edward III was crowned in January 1327 with Isabella named as Regent.
Isabella ruled together with Mortimer for 4 years. During this time, they amassed huge amounts of money and land, but they also fought with much opposition and many deserted her over time.
As Edward III grew up, he became frustrated with the power that Roger Mortimer held. Edward held a coup on 19 October 1330 and placed Mortimer on trial for treason. He was executed in November 1330 at Tyburn.
Edward was lenient to his mother and he sent her to live at Castle Rising in Norfolk, where she lived out her retirement. Isabella became very close to her daughter Joan and spent much time with her grandchildren.
She died on 22 August 1358, her body was returned to London where she was buried at the Franciscan Church in Newgate; she was buried in her wedding dress.
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An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
600 calories per day
By Rebecca Boyle
A 600-calorie daily diet of non-starchy vegetables like carrots reversed type 2 diabetes in a new study.Ed Yourdon via Flickr
Patients who consumed only 600 calories a day for two months were able to reverse their Type 2 diabetes, according to a groundbreaking British study. The research, involving just 11 patients, suggests a very low-calorie diet can remove fat that clogs the pancreas, allowing normal insulin secretion to be restored, according to Newcastle University.
Seven of the 11 patients remained free of diabetes three months after the study, researchers said.
Type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes, has been thought to be a progressive, irreversible condition. Once diagnosed, some patients can control their diabetes with tablets, but many eventually require insulin injections.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce sufficient insulin to regulate fat metabolism and sugars in the blood, or when the body is unable to react to the insulin. It's different than Type 1, or juvenile diabetes, an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system destroys the beta cells that produce insulin.
The study was announced Friday at an American Diabetes Association conference, according to Newcastle University. It is being published in the journal Diabetologia.
The study enrolled 11 patients who had developed Type 2 diabetes later in life, and restricted them to a super-low-calorie diet consisting of diet drinks and non-starchy vegetables. Over eight weeks, researchers monitored the fat content in the liver and the insulin production from the pancreas, comparing the results to a control group of non-diabetics.
After just one week, the diabetics' pre-breakfast blood sugar levels were normal, according to the researchers. MRI scans of the patients' pancreases revealed that fat levels had dropped, which allowed the organ to produce more insulin, the researchers said.
"To have people free of diabetes after years with the condition is remarkable - and all because of an eight week diet," said Roy Taylor, a professor at Newcastle University who led the study and is director of the Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre. "We believe this shows that Type 2 diabetes is all about energy balance in the body."
While the results are promising, researchers caution that diabetic patients should not undertake such a drastic dietary change without medical supervision. One patient, 67-year-old Gordon Parmley, ate salad and vegetables and three diet shakes per day.
"At first the hunger was quite severe and I had to distract myself with something else – walking the dog, playing golf – or doing anything to occupy myself and take my mind off food," he said in a statement. "But I lost an astounding amount of weight in a short space of time ... after six years, I no longer needed my diabetes tablets."
Scientists at Diabetes UK said the trial was very small, but they looked forward to future results, especially those that would show whether the diabetes reversal held true in the long term.


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1942: The Resisters
Illustration by Gluekit for TIME; Hashomer Hatzair Archives, Moreshet Collection; National Hannie Schaft Foundation; Alamy(2)
March 5, 2020 6:35 AM EST
Historians who hail the heroes of World War II typically focus on soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy or Allied troops liberating concentration camps. Rarely remembered are the networks of quiet, effective resisters who also risked their lives to thwart Nazi atrocities while the war raged on. These resisters are exemplified by women like Miep Gies, who in 1942 decided without hesitation to hide Anne Frank and her family along with others in Amsterdam. She later preserved the teen's diary, which allowed future generations to learn about life during the Holocaust and hear Anne's unique voice.
That same year, 28-year-old Haviva Reik enlisted with the pre–state of Israel's elite Palmach fighting force and later joined a unit of paratroopers, hoping to be sent to her native Slovakia to rescue Jews trapped under Nazi occupation. The British refused to transport a woman for a military mission, so Reik secured a ride from American pilots and met her colleagues behind enemy lines, in the middle of the Slovakian national uprising. After arriving, she fed starving Jewish residents, helped some escape and eventually rallied Jewish partisan fighters. In 1944, she was captured and killed by Nazi collaborators.
Hannie Schaft, another young dissenter, went from law student to legendary fighter when she and two friends seduced and killed Nazis as part of their work with the Dutch resistance. Her tactics were so infamous that Germans referred to her simply as "the girl with the red hair." And Hannah Szenes, who grew up experiencing anti-Semitism in Hungary, joined the British army in Palestine, parachuted into Yugoslavia and was captured trying to save Jews at the height of their deportation from her home country. Despite being tortured and put on trial, Szenes refused to betray her mission, and was also executed in 1944.
In her diary, Anne Frank wondered, "How many people look upon women too as soldiers?" They may not have fought on the front lines, but underground fighters and everyday objectors saved Jews and helped preserve the memory of the horrors that took place and the millions of lives that were lost. —Abigail Abrams
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La montre à mouvement mécanique, ou montre mécanique, est une montre dont l'énergie est fournie par un ressort spiral enroulé dans un barillet. La mise en tension du ressort appelée remontage peut être réalisé manuellement ou de manière automatique grâce aux mouvements du porteur de la montre.  Elle est composée du mouvement et de l'habillage. Jusqu'à l'apparition des montres à quartz munies de piles ou de batteries à la fin des années 1960 toutes les montres étaient mécaniques.

Mouvement

Le mouvement d'une montre constitue sa partie active. Il comporte toutes les pièces nécessaires pour donner l'heure. On l'appelle également calibre en horlogerie. À l'origine, calibre était synonyme d'une dimension, souvent exprimée en lignes.

Son fonctionnement est décrit par le diagramme animé ci-contre.

L'énergie nécessaire au fonctionnement est stockée dans un ressort de barillet, qui est chargé, soit à la main, soit par un système automatique. L'énergie est transmise par le rouage de finissage aussi bien à l'affichage (aiguilles) via le rouage de minuterie qu'à l'oscillateur comportant l'échappement et le résonateur. Ce dernier dicte la cadence et est donc le garant de la précision de la montre. Un troisième rouage permet la mise à l'heure de la montre au travers de la couronne.

Le mouvement contient donc l'ensemble des mécanismes servant à indiquer les unités de temps : heures, minutes, secondes, date, jour, phase de la lune et autres.

Un mouvement mécanique est composé de :

 L'ébauche, qui comprend :
 La cage, qui est le châssis de la montre mécanique, avec :
 la platine,
 les ponts, comme le pont balancier (ou coq).
 Les rouages avec :
 le finissage,
 le remontage,
 la mise à l'heure.
 La raquetterie, qui est sur le coq, est ce qui permet de régler l'oscillateur.
 Les fournitures, comportant :
 les pierres d'horlogerie ou « rubis »,
 le ressort de barillet,
 l'échappement,
 le résonateur ou balancier-spiral ,
 les systèmes antichocs, qui protègent les pivots du balancier.

Notons encore que pour un fonctionnement optimal, les mouvements doivent être lubrifiés et ceci de manière différenciée selon le mouvement des pièces. Cette lubrification doit être refaite régulièrement, un peu comme on amène sa voiture au service.

Habillage
L'habillage est l'ensemble des parties constitutives de la montre entourant, habillant, le mouvement, donnant à la montre son esthétique, permettant l'indication de toutes ses fonctions.

Boîtier

Le boîtier est la protection de l'ensemble : « mouvement / cadran / aiguilles ». Il est également l'élément principal de la personnalisation du modèle de montre. Il est composé de la carrure partie principale (centrale) du boîtier à laquelle sont fixés :

 à l'extérieur :
 l'ensemble tube et couronne permettant le remontage et la mise à l'heure,
 la lunette, le cas échéant,
 la glace ou  verre de montre,
 le fond,
 les joints d'étanchéité,
 les cornes ou couvre-anses : auxquels sont fixées de part et d'autre du boîtier les deux parties du bracelet.
 à l'intérieur :
 le cercle d'emboîtage auquel est fixé l'ensemble « mouvement / cadran » par les brides.

Cadran

Le cadran est une plaque recouvrant la platine du mouvement. Il porte des chiffres ou des repères permettant de lire l'heure selon les positions des aiguilles (ou autres pièces mobiles). À l'origine, le cadran se nommait « montre ». C'est lui qui, seul visible, cachant et couvrant l'ensemble de la surface du mécanisme, devint par synecdoque le nom de ce mécanisme horloger portatif, le distinguant ainsi des horloges grandes et encombrantes qui débordaient largement de leur cadran. Souvent décoré, il indique aussi la marque de fabrique, le type de la montre (exemple : automatique, quartz, chronomètre) et, le cas échéant, la provenance (exemple :  en Suisse, « Fabriqué en France » en France).

Il est généralement en métal (laiton, maillechort, or, argent ou autre) et peut être recouvert de peinture, de laque ou d'émail. Il peut également être guilloché, donnant ainsi au métal des décorations en relief.

Il en existe également en bois, marqueterie, pierre, décorés de motifs de plume ou sertis de pierres précieuses. Certains cadrans sont ajourés pour rendre visible une partie du mécanisme, tel que les cœurs ouverts montrant le balancier, les tourbillons et carrousels. D'autres montres n'ont pas de cadran afin de pouvoir observer le mouvement, dont les ponts et la platine ont été évidés. Ce sont les « montres-squelette ».

Aiguilles
Les aiguilles sont chassées chacune sur l'axe d'un des pignons du mouvement, elles indiquent les heures, minutes, parfois les secondes (l'aiguille est alors appelée « trotteuse »), et autres, en plus des indications de disques logés sur la platine dont on ne voit qu'une partie par une fenêtre du cadran, selon la complication du mouvement. L'exemple le plus commun d'affichage par fenêtre est le guichet de la date, affichant le disque de quantième.

Bracelet
Alors que les premières montres datent de la fin du , l'utilisation d'un bracelet pour porter la montre au poignet est beaucoup plus tardive (au ). Le bracelet est généralement fixé aux cornes de la carrure par une barrette. Il peut être en cuir, en mousse plastique, en fibres naturelles, en caoutchouc, ainsi que dans les différents métaux nobles, en platine, en or, en acier, en titane, en aluminium et différents alliages métalliques.

Fermoir
Il existe différents types de fermoir, à boucle papillon, ou boucles déployantes, ou encore boucle ardillon.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Assortiment (horlogerie)
 Résonateur (horlogerie)
 Complication (horlogerie)
 Montre mystérieuse
 Montre squelette
 Remontage automatique
 Ressort moteur
 Ressort spiral

Moyens micro-techniques utilisés
 Conception mécanique assistée par ordinateur
 Cotation (dessin industriel)
 Cotation fonctionnelle
 Dessin technique
 Procédés de fabrication (mécanique)
 Machine-outil à commande numérique
 Système ISO d'ajustements
 Système ISO de tolérances

Bibliographie
 George Daniels, La Montre : Principe et méthodes de fabrication, Éditions Scriptar, La Conversion, Suisse, 1993

Type de montre
Construction mécanique

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Catholic and American? Key ways to evangelize today's culture; part five in a series
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted
In recent weeks we looked at the first three of eight tasks Catholics need to be about in order effectively to bear witness to Christ at this time in America. Last time, we considered these three: trust the truth, live God's plan for marriage and be pure of heart. All these tasks are needed to confront the relativism of our time.
Today, we shall look at two more: Make Sunday the center of our life and defend the life and dignity of all persons. These two tasks deal with current American cultural misconceptions of time and personhood, two concepts for which we must always retain a deep reverence and an appreciation of mystery if we are to become fully human and have a society that is likewise fully human.
Read 'Catholic and American?' Parts 1-7
The Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted is the bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix. He was installed as the fourth bishop of Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2003, and is the spiritual leader of the diocese's 820,000 Catholics.
4. Make Sunday the center of our life.
"Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart" (Psalm 90, vs12). As Americans, we tend to value a concept of time which the Ancient Greeks called kronos — calculable, secular time, while we undervalue kairos — sacred time. We see this most clearly in "the weekend," which for many Christians has become a mere two-day break from labor, and in which the sacred time for worship on Sunday is often seen as a bothersome interruption. In this regard, Blessed John Paul II wrote in his Apostolic Letter on the Day of the Lord (#4), "Unfortunately, when Sunday loses its fundamental meaning and becomes merely part of a 'weekend', it can happen that people stay locked within a horizon so limited that they can no longer see 'the heavens'." God created us to see the heavens, not merely to have a flattened-out sense of time. For this to happen, Sunday is key.
Sunday has always played a pivotal role in the identity and mission of Christians, including in their lives as public citizens. When Sunday Mass stands at the center of one's life, all else finds meaning and purpose; other things get directed with right order. When Sunday is not at the center, when faith becomes lukewarm, it is impossible to be faithful to Christ in one's personal life or in the public square.
Blessed John Paul II wrote this about Sunday (Ibid, #7), "The rediscovery of this day is a grace which we must implore, not only so that we may live the demands of faith to the full, but also so that we may respond concretely to the deepest human yearnings. Time given to Christ is never time lost, but is rather time gained, so that our relationships and indeed our whole life may become more profoundly human."
Time given to Christ is never time lost! Sunday Mass is a personal encounter with Jesus in which He gives us a share in His own life and provides us the grace we need to live as His faithful witnesses in the world. Only the Maker of time can teach us time's true meaning. He does this when we have the wisdom to place our days, especially our Sundays, in His hands with boundless trust.
At the Second Vatican Council, the Sacred Liturgy was defined as "a sacred action surpassing all others; no other action of the Church can equal its efficacy" (Sacrosanctum Concilium, #7). How can a culture, then, be transformed by followers of Christ unless their lives are built around the Eucharistic Sacrifice?
5. Defend the life and dignity of all persons.
We are the generation of Catholics that, more than any other in our history, has been given the duty and privilege of defending the life and dignity of every human person. This duty is of utmost importance since the stakes are so high and the present tragedy is so atrocious. A nation that kills a million of its unborn children each year is a nation that has lost its bearings. As long as our country continues down this path, the life and dignity of other vulnerable persons are also gravely threatened — from the elderly to infants and persons with special needs. We also risk becoming a people too weak and self-absorbed to assist others in desperate need, from the migrant and the poor to the thousands of children in foster care.
The pursuit of justice is a sham when it does not include justice for the most vulnerable. As Benedict XVI said (Caritas in Veritate, #15), "…a society lacks solid foundations when, on the one hand, it asserts values such as the dignity of the person, justice and peace, but then, on the other hand, radically acts to the contrary by allowing or tolerating a variety of ways in which human life is devalued and violated, especially where it is weak or marginalized."
More than at any time in our nation's history, the witness of Catholics is needed to be a counter-force to the flattened concepts of the human person — purely consumerist, secularist and utilitarian views of human life. By faith, we know that each human person is mysteriously and personally loved by God Himself.
While much work remains to be done, we should also be encouraged by the efforts of so many to protect innocent human life. In particular, we have been blessed in Arizona with the enactment of numerous pro-life laws in recent years. The enactment of these laws, in conjunction with educational awareness, steadfast prayer, fasting and other worthy efforts, has resulted not only in the closing of abortion clinics but also in a verifiable reduction in the number of abortions performed in Arizona over the last year. In addition, hospice care that is faithful to the ethical and religious directives of the American Bishops has come to our diocese to protect the dignity of the dying; and our immigrant brothers and sisters have received services which teach them English and prepare them for U.S. citizenship. I am truly grateful for these and all similar efforts.
It is our privilege and mission from God to proclaim the Gospel of Life today, to stand up for the life and dignity of the most vulnerable among us, and to work with others of good will to secure the right to life of all.
Next time, we shall continue this series on being American and Catholic, by looking at two more tasks that are ours at this time in history: to promote the common good with charity, and to be merciful yet fearless.
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Q: Swift default value for Objective-C selector parameter I have the following Objective-C method:
-(void)setPaneState:(MHPaneState)state withInitialVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity{
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Currently, in Swift code in the same app, I'm calling this method like this:
setPaneState(.closed, withInitialVelocity: .zero)

I'd like for the 2nd parameter (velocity) to have a default value of CGPointZero. I know that Objective-C doesn't support default values at the language level, but Swift does, so I'd like to call this method in Swift like this:
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How can I accomplish this short of defining a new method that takes just the one MHPaneState parameter?

A: Could you write a Swift extension on your Objective-C type and give it a different name?
extension MyObjCThing {
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There are several things you can do to protect your marine and RV mattress and keep it in good working order while it is being stored off-season. In order to keep your mattress in tip-top shape for longer, keep the following tips in mind when storing your camper or boat mattress.
1. Make sure your mattress is completely dry before you store it. If the mattress has wet spots or feels damp all over, let it dry completely before putting it in a storage bag. This will prevent mold from developing over time and ruining the mattress.
2. Avoid storing your mattress in direct sunlight or next to heat sources. Make sure there is adequate space between hot air vents from furnaces or electric heaters and your mattress as well to avoid overheating it and possibly causing a fire.
3. Always keep a waterproof, washable mattress protector over your mattress when it is use and a high quality mattress bag over it when it is in storage. Be sure to check the bag for tears and holes before using. If you detect any, tape over them to maintain the ability to seal the mattress away from mold and keep it dry.
4. Use climate-controlled storage whenever possible. Although RV and marine mattresses are heavy duty, meaning that they are more resistant to extreme temperatures than regular mattresses, the ability to keep your mattress in a constant temperature will help better preserve it and keep away moisture.
5. Clean your mattress and bedding before putting them in storage bags. This will help avoid introducing unwanted bacteria and possibly bugs into your storage unit. Follow these tips to clean your mattress properly.
6. Always lay the mattress flat when storing. Storing a foam mattress on its side can cause it to sag and affect its shape. If you have a need to store the foam mattress in a smaller space, it can be rolled. However, it is not advisable to store it this way for extended periods as it could result in a permanent inability to lay flat. For other types of mattresses, laying them on their side can cause coils, stuffings, and battings to shift which can result in a mattress that is no longer flat. If the boat or RV mattress is stored this way for a long period of time, it may not be able to be re-shaped.
7. Never set anything on top of the mattress in storage. The constant pressure on the mattress can cause a permanent indentation in the mattress and may render it unusable.
Investing in a comfortable mattress for your RV or boat is an important first step to getting a good night's rest. They can last for several years if properly stored. Remember these tips to protect your investment for continued comfort with your replacement mattress.
Where do you store your marine or camper mattress during off-season?
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The ONLY way to end homelessness is to secure long-term housing for vulnerable families and individuals. Sounds simple, but for Sonoma County, with a homeless rate three times the U.S. average, high costs of construction, and hundreds of new people experiencing homelessness due to the North Bay Firestorm, community-wide solutions have been scarce.
Until now. Catholic Charities and Burbank Housing are embarking on an ambitious project called Caritas Village, aimed at making a significant dent in our countywide homeless crisis. Located at Catholic Charities downtown property on A Street, Caritas Village will enable Catholic Charities to increase the number of people moving from homelessness into permanent housing each year.
Caritas Village will consist of two unique yet complementary facilities, Caritas Center and Caritas Homes. Caritas Center is Catholic Charities' new housing focused service center and emergency family shelter. Over 3,000 people will start their journey to housing at Caritas Center each year, a journey that will be accelerated by participation in Catholic Charities evidence-based housing focused service model. Caritas Homes aims to create 128 apartments of affordable permanent housing, built and managed by Burbank Housing. It will be home to people who represent a cross-section of our community including working singles, and families whose income can't keep up with the current rental market, vulnerable seniors, and veterans.
Caritas Village was designed with enhanced neighborhood safety and security in mind. The Day Drop-In Center has been moved indoors and away from the neighborhood. Housing components are located next to existing housing on Morgan Street and 7th Street. Catholic Charities and Burbank Housing will have resident management onsite 24/7 and neighborhood security patrols.
Dramatic Reduction of Homelessness – Caritas Center will double the number of people that move into permanent housing and enable up to a 20% reduction in chronic homelessness, and up to a 23% reduction in veteran homelessness.
Providing housing and onsite medical care will reduce the load and cost to existing emergency rooms and clinics by up to 45% and reduce ambulance transports by up to 56%.
Providing housing and support services will reduce law enforcement interactions by up to 76%, and reduce need for crisis intervention services by up to 98%.
* Based on 2017 results of Catholic Charities Palms Inn and other local projects.
Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa is the largest, most successful agency in Northern California at moving people into housing and out of poverty. Burbank Housing is the North Bay's nonprofit leader in affordable housing. For nearly forty years, Burbank Housing has built and maintained high-quality rental and affordable ownership homes that enable residents to live well and thrive in the face of challenges. Building Caritas Village will remove barriers and clear a path to lead our community into the ultimate vision of making sure no one in Sonoma County experiences homelessness for more than 30 days.
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Femur fractures in the wake of a car wreck
On Behalf of Butler Viadro, LLP | Sep 21, 2020 | Injuries |
California residents should know that if they fracture their femur, it will likely be in one of two ways: a motor vehicle crash or a fall. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons says that crashes and falls are the first and second most common causes of femur fractures. Falls tend to occur among the elderly, whose bones are fragile, whereas crash-related fractures arise among young and middle-aged adults.
The severity of crash-related fractures
Breaking the femur in a car wreck can be severe. The bone may protrude from the skin, possibly opening the way to an infection. The victim may tear muscles and ligaments, damage blood vessels and develop a blood clot. Without immediate medical attention, the victim may die.
Crash-related fractures usually occur along the length of the femur, called the shaft, or at the distal end where the bone connects with the knee joint. In both cases, the injury will most likely be a complete fracture, not a stress fracture.
Medical treatments may vary
Only in minor cases can a victim go away with a cast and crutches. Doctors will probably implant a metal rod into the femur and metal screws and plates as well to reattach the pieces. Victims may go through physical therapy and rehabilitative care and develop an exercise regimen of their own, all the while taking pain medications.
Filing a claim after a femur fracture
Many truck accidents result in the occupants of the passenger vehicle fracturing their femur. If this describes your case, you may be able to file a claim against the trucking company. The process may require legal assistance, so you may want to start by seeing a lawyer for a case evaluation. If retained, the lawyer may represent you at the negotiation table or in the courtroom.


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A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has alleged that officials of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Security Service, SSS, were involved in the four months 'detention' of Enugu State's First Lady, Clara Chime.
Mr. Falana made the allegation at the launching of the book, 'Honour For Sale, An Insider Account of the Murder of Dele Giwa by Major Debo Bashorun', in Lagos on Friday.
"I have discovered that the police and SSS helped the governor in confining his wife in a room for four months incommunicado," Mr. Falana said.
Earlier this month, Mrs. Chime was reported to have sent a letter to Mr. Falana, claiming that she had been detained in the government house by her husband, Governor Sullivan Chime. This led the lawyer to write a petition to the Inspector General of Police, and the National Human Rights Commission seeking an investigation into the alleged abuse of Mrs. Chime's right of free movement.
The Governor later held a press conference confirming that he had detained his wife but only because of her ill-health.
Mr. Falana decried the presence of the security operatives at Mr. Chime's press conference.
"The police officers were also at the press conference when the governor admitted that he has turned the government house into a psychiatric ward," he lamented.
He stated that the connivance of the security operatives with the ruling class to oppress Nigerians was now the major threat to the nation's democracy and rule of law. He enjoined all Nigerians to resist it.
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NREL to probe wind turbine wakes in bid to improve designs and efficiency
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will launch an international, multi-institutional wind energy field campaign called the American WAKE experimeNt (AWAKEN).
Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office, the study is intended to amass a dataset on wind energy atmospheric phenomenon, including wakes, that can cost the average wind farm about 10% of its potential energy.
NREL said that how air currents move through wind plants is not well understood. Its AWAKEN research team is using drones and lidar to map how winds flow between and around wind turbines and provide data that could help developers increase their plant's revenues and energy production.
Wind turbine blades create wakes that can change how much energy reaches downwind turbines and plants. But current energy prediction models are too imprecise to tell how much wakes cost in terms of lost energy or profits, or how to prevent that loss.
NREL previously designed models and simulations to estimate how winds might move through wind plants. But without observational data to back them up, they were unable to know how accurate their models were.
From this coming spring through October 2023, the team will gather observational data using sensors, including those mounted on aircraft, in and around operational wind farms.
These smudges represent the many wind farms scattered across the wind-rich state of Oklahoma. The varying colors represent how powerful the wind turbines are, with blue indicating those that produce less energy and red representing larger wind turbines. Screenshot of the U.S. Wind Turbine Database by NREL
The researchers will focus on five wind farms in northern Oklahoma. The a location was chosen for its large number of current wind farms and great future potential. Posted on or near turbines, the sensors' laser and radar beams will reflect dust and insects. They said that because different wind speeds and paths change how those particles move, that data can help create a three-dimensional picture of how wind currents are moving around the turbines.
Large-scale wakes can persist 20 miles or more and reach entirely different wind plants, the researchers said. As a result, specialized aircraft will fly sensors from plant to plant to collect large-scale data and seek to explain how wakes from one wind plant might affect its neighbors. At the same time, drones will use faster sensors to pick up more precise data than previous tools.
Once the data are compiled in 2023, the researchers plan to map atmospheric effects and create an open-source, globally accessible dataset (to be hosted in the DOE Wind Data Archive and Portal). Wind plant designs that use the data could potentially generate up to 5% more energy, the researchers said.
NREL also aims to perform a similar field campaign to map out wake effects in offshore wind plants, especially floating plants, for which little data exist.
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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN RICHMOND
Richmond's history encompasses the struggles and accomplishments of the city's African and African-American residents. They shaped, reacted, resisted and revolted to the laws and cultural norms creating Richmond.
While Jamestown brought the first Africans to North America in 1619, the falls of the James River soon became central to the expanding slave trade. Richmond developed into the second largest slave trade market in the nation. The city's history exposes a continuous fight to gain freedom, equity, and dignity. African Americans joined in Bacon's Rebellion, Gabriel gave his life when he plotted a slave revolt in 1800; John Jasper preached empowerment and salvation in the 19th century; John Mitchell, Jr. and Maggie Walker pioneered economic progress; and the modern Civil Rights movement continued with the election of Governor L. Douglas Wilder. (What a waste.)
Richmond's urban population grew throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. It was the black residents of Richmond, enslaved and free, that cleared the land, built the canals, railroads, and roads, and then erected the factories, stores, and homes. They learned the trades and worked as bateaux men, factory workers, craftsmen, and artisans. The urban economy was a contrast to the plantation and rural economy seen throughout the South. The industrialization of Richmond fueled the growth of a free black and slave community with little class distinction. Blacks developed churches and burial societies, and attempted to maintain family units under the bondage of slavery.
The Civil War brought change to the city. The first forces to enter Richmond following the Confederate evacuation were US Colored Troops. The post-Civil War black residents continued to develop a strong separate community as the result of white racism and segregation.
Black leadership was a strong force during Reconstruction. Churches, fraternal organizations, schools, newspapers, and businesses thrived and provided a fertile ground for new black leaders. Jim Crow laws crippled black political power in Richmond, and the focus shifted to improving the day-to-day experience of black citizens in a segregated and unequal society. Education and economics continued to be the focus serving to counter racist notions and foster black pride. Maggie Walker established the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, serving as one of the first female bank presidents in the nation. In 1915, Walker called Richmond "the historic city of fraternalism, the birthplace of Negro financial progress."
The modern civil rights movement continued the work of previous Richmond residents. Richmond attorneys would work within the courts and the community to address civil rights litigation. Marches and sit-ins in early 1960s forced the integration of restaurants and business establishments. Broad Street, once segregated, was the focus of the political action. Equity in Richmond, and Virginia, reached a new level in 1989 when L. Douglas Wilder was elected to serve as Virginia's first black governor.
The Richmond community has been shaped by the struggle, experiences and accomplishments of its African-American residents resulting in an inequitable and costly history. Today's Richmond is the culmination of the failures and successes of our community's past. The legal reform, fought for since the founding of our nation, continues.
Let's all continue to make a positive change!


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And that's just a few reasons why you're not creating your art.
Still, if you're going to break down the ego — and stand a chance at making something — you have to start somewhere.
You have a novel to write OR a business to build OR a piece of art to create.
It's your friend who asks if you'd like to meet up for lunch. You haven't seen him in a while, and although he knows you're working (and you've said several times how much this project means to you), you've been pent up "working" for months now, and you don't want your friendship to suffer. Plus, what's a couple of hours away from it going to hurt? Your relationships are important, and anyway, the work's not going anywhere.
You're absolutely right (that's your true self talking, the one actually trying to create something), except you prioritized this same friend two weeks ago and your sister yesterday and your brother's "emergency" logo design project earlier this month. Where exactly does your work fit in? And anyway, don't all these people have jobs? Don't they go to work (without fail) and not make excuses to you about how they want to make time for you, but you just don't understand (their bosses don't like it when they don't show up, even once, let alone all the time; they need their jobs).
B) Your ego wants you to feel important. The phone rings OR your friend calls OR your friend "needs" you OR your friend wants to see you — so many options — and your ego has to stop everything to demonstrate your importance in the precarious social structure that is your life and that relies solely on you for stability and reinforcement. Yeah, you're that important (says your ego).
You've read good books, right? You've watched good movies. You've admired great art. You know a successful business when you see one.
What you've been creating is none of those things. It's not. If you're honest with yourself (because goodness knows you'd never even show your work to me or your prospective audience, let alone allow us to judge it — can you imagine?), anyway, I digress. The point I was trying to make is, the thing you've been creating is complete and total garbage. No one would ever look at it, let alone pay for it. That's the truth.
A) Your ego knows good work when it sees it. It does. For all its apparent flaws, lack of taste is not one of them. You're your own worst critic. You know good work, and you know that what you're creating is not even close to good. Know why? Because it's not (sorry, that's reality talking, not your ego). But you know what else? The only way that thing you're creating will ever get good is by working on it — revising it, editing it, crafting it, molding it, trying it, failing at it, and bedazzling it — until (eventually) you make something that looks remotely descent (if you squint your eyes) and then, with some more work, (eventually) you actually make something good.
B) Your ego doesn't want you to look stupid. And you will look stupid. A lot. Do you know how ridiculous you look already, just allotting any amount of time to do something other than keep up with the Kardashians or binge-watch Netflix, much less work on "art" or your "startup"? Have you not heard people scoff at you? Have you not seen them roll their eyes at yet another one of your hare-brained ideas? You're making a fool of yourself, and you know it (which is why you squirm when people ask what it is you do).
C) Your ego doesn't want you to fail. Because you will fail. Definitely. And your ego knows that, for sure. Remember that time in first grade when you tried to raise your hand and answer the question and got it wrong and your teacher scolded you and everyone laughed? Yeah, you fail miserably all the time. This time will be no different (your ego can assure you).
D) Your ego wants you to fit in and not be ostracized. Like I just said, that time in first grade? You're lucky they didn't excommunicate you then. If you get too far out of line, what will happen? Do you even know what can happen? You will be eaten by tigers. Yeah, that's what happens to humans who stray from the group.
Want to give up yet? No?
If your ego's impeccably high standards weren't enough, you'll have to face its (and your sister's and your brother's and your friends' and your pastor's and your therapist's) "constructive criticism" — actually, maybe those words shouldn't be in quotes.
Criticism comes in a variety of shades.
Some of it's junk and is provided by your ego (or that of others) to keep you beaten down and not making your art. That's the stuff you have to ignore.
But then there's the legit constructive criticism (both of yourself and others), and that you will have to learn to absorb, mull over, and include (or not include) within your work in order to improve it.
A) Your ego is trying to keep you safe. It means well (really, it does), but it's useless most times, especially when it comes to making your art. This creation thing comes with a lot of criticism, and it hurts to see something we love so much get ripped to shreds by someone (or something) that hates it or is jealous of it or is afraid of it. The best you can do is find ways to ignore it, keep going, and work in spite of it. It's the only chance you have to create something — anything, and it will hurt (but not like when a tiger eats you kind of hurt).
B) Your ego hates to be wrong. HATES IT. If you make a decision about your art and it's a mistake, then you were wrong (which harms your ego). If you succeed at making your art and don't fail miserably and get ostracized and eaten by a tiger, then your ego was wrong (and, in that case, it would rather you got eaten by a tiger).
Are you a malleable pile of self-loathing yet, slinking off to a corner to soothe yourself with copious amounts of Netflix and Nutella? Because we can keep going.
Your ego will never give up — ever.
It's one of the biggest obstacles between you and your art. It is, and it doesn't care, because your art is stupid (or at least that's what it's trying to convince you).
But, I don't buy it.
I believe you have something amazing to make (and I'm not your mom — who has to tell you that — and I'm not having to squint my eyes). Your art lights you up from the inside, and you know it when you see it (or, at least, other people see it in you when you take a bold move against your ego and dare to share it with the world).
I'm not saying it will be easy (your ego is a determined little devil), but it is necessary, if you can accept that it is. It's up to you.


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Cain Maddox stepped into the elevator, and then just as the doors were about to close he heard a woman call out.
Cain thrust out his arm to keep the doors from sliding shut. He inwardly groaned when he saw the woman who lived across the hall come racing toward him. He kept his eyes trained straight ahead, not inviting conversation. He'd run into this particular woman several times in the last few months since he'd moved into the building. She'd stopped several times to pet Schroeder, his Irish setter. The one he'd inherited from his grandfather when Bernie had moved into the assisted-living complex. She'd chattered away, lavishing affection on the dog. Not the talkative type, Cain responded minimally to her questions. He liked her all right, but she was a bit much, over the top with that cutesy smile. Okay, he'd admit it. He found her attractive. He wasn't sure what it was about her, because usually the chirpy, happy ones didn't appeal to him. Regardless, nothing would come of it and that suited him. He knew better. Yet every time he saw her a yellow light started flashing in his head. Warning, warning. Danger ahead. Cain could feel this woman was trouble the first moment he saw her and heard her exuberant "good morning." Even her name was cheerful: Julia. Looking at her, it was easy to envision the opening scene from The Sound of Music, with Julie Andrews twirling around, arms extended, singing, joyful, excited. Even the thought was enough to make Cain cringe. He could do happy, just not first thing in the morning.
To put it simply, he found little good about mornings, and second, he'd learned a long time ago not to trust women, especially the types who were enthusiastic and friendly. Experience had taught him well, and having been burned once, he wasn't eager to repeat the experience.
Pushing the button to close the door, Cain ignored her. He didn't mean to be rude, but he wasn't up for conversation.
"Didn't I see you walking Schroeder in the dog park the other day?" she asked.
"No." He hadn't seen her. Maybe he had, but he wasn't willing to admit it.
He let her comment fall into empty space. Could this elevator move any slower?
Fortunately, the elevator arrived at the foyer before she could continue the conversation.
"You aren't much of a morning person, are you?" she asked as he collected his newspaper, tucked it under his arm, and headed for the door.
Julia reached for her own and followed him. Would he never shake this woman? They were welcomed by the Seattle drizzle that was part of the winter norm for the Pacific Northwest. Cain's office at the insurance company where he worked as an actuary was within easy walking distance. Julia matched her steps with his until she reached the bus stop outside the Starbucks, where, thankfully, she stopped.
"Have a good day," she called after him.
Cain would, especially now that he was free of Ms. Sunshine.
"Excuse me?" Julia Padden stood in the foyer of her apartment building the following morning, astonished that her neighbor would steal her newspaper while she stood directly in front of him. She braced her fist against her hip and raised both her finely shaped eyebrows at him.
Showing his displeasure, Cain Maddox turned to face her, newspaper in hand. He had to be the most unpleasant human being she'd ever met. She'd tried the friendly route and got the message. Even his dog had better manners than he did.
"I believe that newspaper is mine." Her apartment number had been clearly written with a bold Sharpie over the plastic wrapper. This was no innocent mistake. For whatever reason, Cain had taken a disliking to her. Well, fine, she could deal with that, but she wasn't about to let him walk all over her and she wasn't going to stand idly by and let him steal from her, either.
At the sound of her voice, Cain looked up.
To her astonishment, he hesitated. Oh puleese!! She'd caught him red-handed in the act and he had the nerve to look irritated at her. How typical. Not only was he reluctant to return it, but he didn't have the common decency to look the least bit guilty. She'd say one thing about him . . . the man had nerve.
"Okay, fine." He slapped the newspaper into her open palm, then reached over and snagged some other unsuspecting apartment owner's.
He rolled his eyes, tucked the newspaper under his arm, and headed toward the revolving door, briefcase in hand.
This wasn't the first time her morning paper had mysteriously disappeared, either, and now she knew who was responsible. Not only was Cain Maddox unfriendly, he was a thief. Briefly she wondered what else he might be responsible for taking. And this close to Christmas, too, the season of goodwill and charity. Of course theft was wrong at any time of the year, but resorting to it during the holidays made it downright immoral. Apparently, her grumpy neighbor hadn't taken the spirit of Christmas to heart.
Cain and Julia often left for work close to the same time in the morning. Three times this week they'd inadvertently met at the elevator. Being a morning person and naturally cheerful, Julia always greeted him with a sunny smile and a warm "good morning." The most response she'd gotten out of him was a terse nod. Mostly he ignored her, as if he hadn't heard her speak.
Julia waited until she was on the bus before she called her best friend, Cammie Nightingale, who now lived outside of Denver. They'd attended college together. Cammie had graduated ahead of her when Julia's finances had dried up and she'd been forced to take night classes and work full-time. After seeing so many of her friends struggling to pay off student loans, Julia had opted to avoid the financial struggles. Yes, it took her longer to get her degree in communications, and no, she hadn't found the job of her dreams, but she was close, so close. Furthermore, she was debt-free. Currently she worked at Macy's department store, where she'd been employed for the last seven years.
"You won't believe what happened this morning," she said as soon as Cammie picked up. Her friend was married and had a two-year-old and a newborn.
"Hold on a minute," Cammie said.
In her irritation, Julia hadn't asked if Cammie could talk. She waited a couple minutes before her friend picked up again.
"No joke. Not only that, he was rude again." Come to think of it, he'd never been anything but unfriendly. It was men like him who put a damper on Christmas. Julia refused to let him or anyone else spoil her holidays.
"The very one." The more Julia thought about what he'd done, the more upset she got. Okay, so he wasn't a morning person. She could deal with that. But to steal her newspaper? That was low.
"What do you know about him?" Cammie asked.
"Nothing . . . well, other than he has a gorgeous Irish setter that he walks every morning." She'd tried being neighborly, but Cain had let it be known he wasn't interested. She'd started more than one conversation only to be subtly and not so subtly informed he took exception to small talk. After several such attempts, she got the message.
"I'm serious," she insisted. "Just what kind of man steals a newspaper? I don't know what I ever did to offend him, but he's made it more than clear he would rather kiss a snake than have anything to do with me." That bothered Julia more than she was comfortable admitting. He was kinda cute, too, in a stiff sort of way. He was tall, a good six or seven inches above her own five-foot-five frame.
His hair was dark and cut in a way that said he was a professional. The shape of his jaw indicated he had a stubborn bent, but that could be conjecture on her part, based on what she knew about him. And as best she could tell, he didn't possess a single laugh line, although he did have beautiful, clear dark chocolate eyes.
The only time she'd seen him in anything but a suit was when he was at the dog park. He wore a jacket with the name of an insurance company and logo, which she assumed he was connected to in some way, and jeans. Even then he didn't look relaxed, and he held himself away from others.
"Are you attracted to him?" Cammie asked.
"That again?" Julia didn't have time for relationships and she for sure wasn't going to drag Dylan into the conversation. She was over him and had been for a long time. The problem was she had no time to date, between working and volunteering at church and for the Boys and Girls Club. Cammie knew that.
Besides, she had more important matters on her mind.
She'd gone through two intense interviews at Harvestware, a major software company, and the list had been narrowed down to two people. Because the job was in social media, the company had suggested a competition between the two candidates in the form of a blog. The one who could generate the largest following in the month of December would be awarded the job.
Julia had gladly accepted the challenge. Unfortunately, she hadn't had a lot of success so far; her following was minimal at best. This was her chance to prove herself.
The more Julia thought about it, the more convinced she became that her neighbor was some disreputable character. A chill went down her spine just thinking about the cold look in his eyes.
"Yes, they're brown and dark. Real dark and distant." Okay, Cammie was probably right. To see him in criminal terms was a bit of a stretch, but Julia wasn't exactly having warm, cozy feelings toward her neighbor.
"If that's the case, then I think you should kill him," Cammie suggested.
Julia gasped. She couldn't believe her bestie would even hint at such a thing.
"Kill him with kindness," Cammie elaborated.
"This guy needs a whole lot more than kindness." Leave it to her tenderhearted friend to suggest something sweet and good.
"It's twelve days until Christmas," she added after a moment, sounding excited.
Julia bit down on her lower lip as visions of winning that highly paid position swirled in her head. Maybe Cammie was right. Maybe this idea would be just what she needed to generate a following that would show off her communication and writing skills.
Surely there was a better way to tackle this challenge. Showing kindness to someone she disliked wouldn't be easy. In addition, she sincerely doubted it would make any difference. The man was annoying, disagreeable, and stubborn.
Truthfully, Julia wasn't convinced this would work.


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DIR 046 – New States in the World Politics
Credit Units: 2
Loveday Enyinnaya OGBULEKE Email: ogbueleke2013@gmail.com Department of Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies College of Arts, Law, Administration & Management Sciences (CALAMS)
World politics, also called global or international politics, is a theatre of competing state forces where both the old and new states are engaged in the exploitation of world mineral resources in yet another conflicting situation in the contemporary society. This course is designed as an introduction to the international relations of old states and new states in the World politics.
The course aims to strengthen students' knowledge and competence in international politics in New States in several ways. Students should not only develop an understanding of what patterns of international system in the new states look like, but also engage a range of academic conceptual analysis designed to explain these patterns. Thus, the course pays careful attention to competitions among the old states and new states in international economic order to explain particular aspects of Africa's international politics, and encourages students to critically weigh available evidence in developing their own original understandings. Upon successfully completing the course, students shall be able to:
➢ General understanding of the international politics/system ➢ the dynamics of colonialism, and the decolonization of Asia and Africa ➢ The perceived causes for the emergence of independent nations in Asia and Africa. ➢ A closer look at new states, international law, and international politics ➢ African experience and the international economic order.
Course Content: To achieve the stated objectives above, this course shall be delineated as follows:
Decolonization of Asia and Africa
Colonialization in Asia and Africa
Asia and Africa achieved autonomy (1945-1960)
The creation of so many new countries
The Causes for the Emergence of Independent Nations in Asia and Africa
Weakening of Imperialism
Anti-Imperialist Movements
The Role of the United Nations
The role of India
The Conceptual Explanation of New States in World Politics
Analysis of new States in Terms of Age
Analysis of New States In Terms of Development
The Making of New States in the International System
Truce or Ceasefire
The Challenges of New States in World Politics: The African Experience
Internal Problem of Bad Governance
External Problem of Globalization
Inequality of States in the International System International Law
As legitimate of power in world affairs
Critiques of International Law
International law and Globalization
The Nation-State, Sovereignty, and Jurisdiction
International Economic Order
The emergence of international economic order
the struggle for a new world economic order
The African Challenges
This course will integrate lectures, class discussions, assigned readings, oral and written presentation of assignments, library research, teamwork and individual/group presentations, and other activities. All the activities will aid in attaining the major learning objectives of this course.
This combination will allow each person to draw on his or her own experiences and talents to help themselves and others in the course to become competent in the course concepts and skills.
You are expected to come to class prepared to participate in scheduled activities. You will be encouraged to share experiences, knowledge, talents, and skills, which are related to the course.
Course Requirements:
Grading will be based on participation in class discussions (10%); one paper of 5-7 pages in length (20%); and a final essay examination (70%). Each unexcused absence beyond 2 will result in a 1/3-letter grade reduction for participation. To receive an A for participation students must not only attend class but also give indication through their participation in class discussion that they have reflected on the readings. Part of the participation grade may be based on performance on quizzes (announced or unannounced), which may not be made up due to absences. While you are encouraged to discuss the course material with each other, all assignments must be entirely your own work. All written assignments should be typed, double spaced, and follow the conventional rules of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and notation of references. All assignments must conform to the style of the publication manual of the American Psychological Association (APA style).
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Lecture Notes: DIR 046 - New States in the World Politics
DIR 041 – Intelligence Strategy
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ACC 111 – Introduction to Accounting 1
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DOGLOVE - for the love of dogs (and cats too!): Happy New Year 2015!
A new year, a new addition. I decided to add another Boxer to the family and on December 30, 2014 I formally adopted a boy.
He is 2.5 years old. He's had a rocky few weeks from the time his family gave him up, to coming to my house. Between losing his family (multiple familys since summer, actually), getting vaccinated and neutered, and being at a rescue that has kennels rather than foster homes, he was understandably under a lot of stress although he was a happy boy.
His poor body broke out in hives and he's feeling pretty miserable right now.
We just got home from the Vet after getting a Dexamethasone shot when the Benadryl wasn't working. Here's hoping that does the trick.
Congratulations!! Vane is gorgeous & one very lucky boy (now). He deserves such a wonderful home!!
We have a new addition to our family as well, Liesel....our little wild boar wire-hair doxie pup. Life has sure been different in our house!!
Thank you Charlotte, and congratulations to your family as well!


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Wordle Is the Second-Most-Discussed Game on Twitter So Far This Year
Shockingly, Elden Ring is only No.7.
byRebekah Valentine
Posted April 5, 2022, 9 p.m.
Earlier this year, social media was utterly dominated by little green, yellow, and black squares as everyone triumphantly (or otherwise) showed off their Wordle scores. The hype has since died down considerably, but not without pushing Wordle to the second-most-discussed game on Twitter in 2022 so far.
This is according to data shared by Twitter, which put Genshin Impact as the most-discussed game between January and March this year. Apex Legends clocked in at No.4, followed by Final Fantasy at No.5.
Credit: Twitter
Despite what your timeline might have looked like in the last month, Elden Ring was only the seventh-most-discussed game for that period. That said, the conversation doesn't appear to have slowed at all, based on this graphic shared by Twitter:
Though US audiences might have slept on several of the top games, none of these should have been too surprising. Ensemble Stars, a Japanese mobile game, was the third-most-discussed game on Twitter last year. Fate/Grand Order was the fifth, and Knives Out was seventh. Genshin Impact was also No.1 for the entire year last year and doesn't show any signs of flagging.
As for Wordle, even if interest seems to be flagging (as it does with most games over time), it's in the running for most-discussed games on Twitter for the entire year - and we're likely to see those little green, yellow, and black squares cropping up for a while to come.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
Developer: FromSoftware
Publisher: Bandai Namco Games
Platforms: Xbox One, Pc, PlayStation 4


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Wicked Cool Toys prepares a huge new Pokemon toy line (including plush)
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Wicked Cool Toys announced a huge new Pokemon toy line. It will feature a LOT of toys, including stuffed animals, action figures, games and more.
Wicked Cool Toys holds the new master toy license for the entire Pokemon brand. And it's planning to take full advantage of this.
The new toys will start coming from 2018, The Pokemon Company International announced. The partnership between the two companies is quite big.
The new toy line will feature action figures, plush toys and stuffed animals, role play items, play sets. And the toys will be available in most markets around the world.
And you can expect this partnership to continue for quite some time. The Pokemon Company is also becoming a strategic investor in Wicked Cool Toys and will have a seat in the board of directors. This will allow both companies to work even closer on new toys and grow together.
"Toys are a major part of Pokémon's mission to bring the fun and joy of the brand to kids and fans around the world, and we're excited to welcome Wicked Cool Toys to the Pokémon family as its master toy licensee," said Colin Palmer, vice president of Marketing & Licensing at The Pokémon Company International. "Wicked Cool Toys is a growing company, and we're thrilled to build a strategic partnership with them through both collaboration and financial investment."
In the mean time TOMY, which is the current toy maker for Pokemon, will remain as a key licensing partner. It will continue to make Pokemon-related toys albeit more select. Wicked Cool Toys' first offers should be out in mid-2018.
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