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Support The Troops On Capitol Hill
Petes Diner, a Capitol Hill hangout for decades has been transformed into "support central" for the National Guard, Capitol Police and others providing security to Capitol Hill in cooperation with the Chaplain of Capitol Hill.
Longtime patron, Captain Phillip Bush, Navy retired, helped organize the outreach which includes providing toiletries, socks, daily necessities and more says, "they are all amazing – what started out as helping a few of our troops has grown to a full time operation and in addition to the meals, people are sending supplies for the troops from throughout the country from aspirin to snacks to canned food – anything to help out our troops in their dubious campaign.
He glowingly shows cards, letters and supplies sent from throughout the country saying, just today we have orders for meals from troops – 20 meals for troops from New Mexico, 53 for those from Maine, 60 for a group of troops from New York and another 15 from California for a total of 148 which just came in".
Owner Mrs. Gum, originally from Malaysia was suddenly confronted by troops from throughout America coming to her diner beginning in January looking for a hot meal and a place to take a break from the occupation and what started as a project with Captain Bush for a meal on the house has grown to nearly 10,000 meals to date provided to the National Guard, Capitol Police and other staff caring for Capitol Hill.
Meanwhile, in the middle of it all a little good news and cheer for the a with anyone wanting to help can send anything for the troops or a check to defray some of the costs to:
Petes Diner
212 Second St. SE, 20003 to make a difference or
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$205 raised of $50,000
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North Korea just had its sixth nuclear test. Now what?
What does a nuclear North Korea mean for the world?
Alexander Gillespie is a professor of international law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
North Korea announced it performed a nuclear test on September 3 [Reuters]
Prior to North Korea's most recent nuclear explosion, the understanding was that they possessed somewhere between 10 and 60 nuclear weapons, less or equal to the size of the Hiroshima bomb in terms of impact. The Hiroshima bomb was 15 kilotonnes – the equivalent of 15,000 tonnes of TNT.
What just went off in North Korea may have been between 50 and 100 kilotonnes. The destructive potential of a weapon this size to both an individual area and the surrounding ecosystems constitutes an entirely different class of risk. Whether a regional conflict with weapons of mass destruction turns into Armageddon depends on how many nuclear weapons are involved and what size they are.
WATCH: UK and Japan push for new sanctions against North Korea (2:32)
Anything more than 50 nuclear weapons could trigger a nuclear winter. In that scenario, there would be so much soot and smoke thrown into the atmosphere by the burning cities that the entire planet could suffer an extreme drop in temperature. The larger the weapons – of which the 100-kilotonne ones certainly fit the equation – the more likely this outcome would be.
This outcome could be delivered within a matter of minutes. The missile that Kim Jong-un recently flew over Japan, without prior warning and without Japanese consent, was fired at 5.58am. The Japanese public received a three-minute warning because there is 1,000km between them and North Korea. California is 9,000km away, which gives it a 30-minute warning. Seoul, at 55km, does not get a warning.
Due to how short these notices could be, most of the superpowers keep hundreds of their nuclear weapons on high alert. This means they can launch to retaliate within 15 minutes or less.
OPINION: Should you be worried about North Korea?
To make matters even more dangerous, neither side in the current tension between North Korea and North America is utilising adequate safeguards to prevent accidents or miscalculations. On the hand, the United States and their allies are practising war games, without the inclusion of opposing observers. Observers from countries that feel threatened by war games give them the information they need to know they are not about to be attacked. On the other hand, North Korea is busy firing missiles without announcement over countries without their consent.
North Korea knows that India, Pakistan and Israel have already defied these powers and acquired their own nuclear weapons, despite international pleas for non-proliferation. North Korea wants to join that renegade club.
While North Korea has gotten away with bullying Japan, if they attempt a similar act by landing missiles in the oceans of the American territory of Guam, it is quite possible a war will break out. President Donald Trump is not a man to be provoked. If Kim Jong-un sends unannounced and unconsented missiles, that may or may not be nuclear armed, that may be six times larger than the Hiroshima bomb, over, or into, American territory war could be imminent. Russia, China or North Korea would not tolerate such actions near their territories. There is no reason to expect that America would respond differently.
The first international response to North Korea's nuclear test is that to call a meeting of the Security Council to discuss the situation. It will be expected from them to tighten up even further the already tough sanctions on North Korea. This would entail oil being added to the list, in addition, to a complete social, labour and diplomatic embargo of the country. Whether China and Russia will agree to maximum sanctions is still unclear.
Even if the Security Council can agree on new tougher sanctions, it is unlikely that the North Korean regime would change direction and offer to give up their nuclear weapons – no matter how much the Security Council nuclear powers want it to do so. North Korea knows that India, Pakistan and Israel have already defied these powers and acquired their own nuclear weapons, despite international pleas for non-proliferation. North Korea wants to join that renegade club.
The reason the international community maintains the goal of nuclear non-proliferation is because the more countries possessing nuclear weapons there are, the more dangerous life on Earth becomes. The real threat of North Korean proliferation is not the risk to cities in the US, but rather, the regional instability that comes with one side possessing weapons of mass destruction and disturbing the balance of power.
READ MORE: Three things to know about North Korea's missile tests
If North Korea keeps their nuclear weapons, South Korea and Japan will also want their own atomic arsenals to act as a deterrent to Kim Jong-un. They will also want to expand and develop anti-ballistic missile defence systems, far beyond the ones that have already been deployed to the region.
They will also seek much greater autonomy over their own defence, trying to avoid relying completely on the US. While this may make sense on one level, to China, the idea of countries like Japan, bristling with their own autonomous nuclear arsenal and hi-tech defence shields is absolutely intolerable.
Unfortunately, this is where we are heading.
Alexander Gillespie is professor of international law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His research focuses on laws of war and armed conflict. He is the author of the three-volume set "A History of the Laws of War" and the three-volume set "The Causes of War".
Alexander Gillespie is a professor of international law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His research focuses on laws of war and armed conflict. He is the author of the three-volume set "A History of the Laws of War" and the three-volume set The Causes of War.
North Korea conducts most powerful nuclear test yet
Pyongyang lauds 'perfect success' of its sixth nuclear test with a hydrogen bomb as tensions with US and allies soar.
Vladimir Putin says pressure on North Korea 'futile'
Russian leader warns North Asia faces 'large-scale conflict' and urges dialogue without preconditions.
New Zealand was warned a terror attack was possible
The end of INF: Another nuclear treaty bites the dust
One big reason North Korea is not too eager to denuclearise
War doesn't have to be nuclear to kill indiscriminately


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Q: How to solve error of number_to_currency convert decimal to comma? I have a column amount with type decimal.
If I save 6.00 and when I get number_to_currency it change this amount to 6,00.
Anyone know what this issue?

A: number_to_currency formats a number into a currency based on your current locale. You can change default format by passing additional options, for example:
number_to_currency(6.00, separator: '.')

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Whether you're married or in a committed relationship, the time always comes when you must discuss the 'D' word or the debts that one of you has brought to the relationship. These are never fun discussions and easy ones for you to put off – especially if you're the one who came to the marriage carrying a lot of debt. In fact, money and debt are two of the most common things that stress relationships. There are statistics showing that couples that have regular fights about their finances are 30% more likely to end up divorced. However, if you're honest with one another and plan ahead you can alleviate the stress of having to share a budget. And here are some tips that can start the conversation, help you create a plan and work towards becoming a debt-free couple.
Sitting down to talk about money can be very stressful but it's crucial that you have a realistic expectation of each other's finances. Talk about all those things you'd rather not discuss– your outstanding loans, your income and whether you're in a position to make progress towards paying off your debt. Of course, talk is the easy part. You'll then have to make a budget. If you're planning on sharing a balance sheet you'll have to factor in things such as your debt payments, where you want to go on vacation and how often you'll go out to dinner. In other words, get everything in order today before you begin planning for the future.
In general, the two of you won't be responsible for debts incurred before your marriage but there are instances where you may be liable for your partner's debts. The simplest explanation of this is that if your name is on the form, you are liable for the debt. As an example of this, you're fully on the hook, whether or not you're married, if you cosigned any loans with your partner. If you did cosign a loan, you might try to split the payments down the middle. However, if you find your partner can repay only 25%, you'll have to be responsible for the other 75%.
You should also understand that there is a difference between communal property states and equitable division states. If you live in a communal property state, you will jointly be liable for all debts that were incurred after you married. On the other hand, if you live in an equitable division state and get a divorce, either you and your spouse will have to decide how to handle your joint debts or a judge will do it for you.
No couple wants to think about this but it never hurts to prepare for the fact that you may eventually need to separate your finances. This makes it a good idea to have both separate bank accounts as well as joint ones – just in case.
When the two of you are planning for your future together, don't forget to include paying off any debts. If you have a heavy debt load, this can actually affect your ability to get a mortgage as well as where you can afford to live and even how you'll pay for your children's college.
5. Reduce the amount you pay on your debts.
This may sound very simplistic but it's important that you do what you can to reduce the amount you actually pay on your debts. You might be able to do this via a balance transfer on your credit card debt, by looking into a student loan consolidation (if appropriate) or refinancing your mortgage. However, be careful because some of these options can end up costing you more than they save. As an example of this, a lower mortgage rate may come with fees and higher property taxes. And debt consolidation can be a good option for some people but it's not a one-size-fits-all kind of solution.
Never forget that you are in this together. Don't let money issues come between you and your partner. You are still together regardless of how much debt you have and how you plan to pay it off. Be supportive and kind even if your partner's finances are in worse shape. In the event that you're the one that's bringing debt to the relationship or marriage, remember that you still have much you can contribute. With some focus and good planning, the two of you should be able to weather any debt storm.
You should have shared goals when it comes to building a life together. This needs to include everything from buying a home to having children and from their college education to how you will handle each other's healthcare and retirement. Sitting down to discuss finances may not be very romantic but it's important to have the same goals. Also, understand that a financial plan is just a beginning point. Life happens, things change and you will need to make adjustments. But a good financial plan will help you remember what your big goals are and how you intend to reach them.
Whether it's buying a home or shopping for food you should be able to earn efficiencies by combining the costs. If you combine your savings, you will probably qualify for lower fees on bank transactions and retirement accounts. Personal loan fees and checking account fees can also be combined and should provide significant savings.
If you go from filing single to filing married, you may pay a bit more in income tax but you should enjoy some overall tax savings. For example, in the case of the estate tax, the two of you should be able to transfer up to $5 million to each other tax-free. It's really important to have the ability to transfer assets to each other.
4. Respect your partner's money skills.
The two of you probably don't have the same financial expertise and it's not always the man who has more. The important thing is to let the spouse who has the best money skills lead. For example, one of you might focus on bill paying while the other focuses on investing. Of course, the both of you need to be involved in all major decisions or one of you could end up feeling bitter.
If you have money you can invest, the more you can invest together, the more creative you can be in your asset mix. For example, if you combine assets you could diversify more to protect against risk. In fact, to get the most out of your investments, you should pool both spouses' holdings together into one account. When you have a bigger pool of money, you will have more freedom to add a few growth stocks with upside that you might not be able to put in a smaller account.
There are a number of things you can do to take the pressure off one another. In terms of income, women have gotten closer to equality with men. One Wells Fargo survey revealed that 25% of women earned more than their male spouses. If one of you loses your job or becomes underemployed, it's important that the other be supportive. After all, in a few years the shoe may be on the other foot.
Couples rarely just want to go off and each do their own thing financially. Most couples are more interested in finding a financial path and then staying on it. But this requires ongoing communication between the spouses, creating a sound financial plan and updating it when things change. Although this may sound basic, it's important that the two of you sit down regularly and perform financial checkups.


The introduction of non-indigenous species and associated diseases can cause declines in indigenous flora and fauna and threaten local biodiversity. The crayfish plague pathogen (Aphanomyces astaci), carried and transmitted by latent infected North American crayfish, can lead to high mortalities in indigenous European crayfish populations. Although the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish (Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) forma virginalis) is common in the aquarium trade and has established wild populations in Europe, its carrier status is still unknown. This study investigated one captive and three established wild-living marbled crayfish populations for an infection with the crayfish plague pathogen applying real-time PCR. We demonstrate that captive, as well as two wild marbled crayfish populations were infected by A. astaci. Although infection status in laboratory kept specimens reached high levels, marbled crayfish showed no obviously plague-related mortality. Furthermore, sequence analysis revealed that captive crayfish carried the A. astaci genotype Pc, which has earlier been isolated from the North American red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). The results indicate that due to its positive carrier status marbled crayfish poses a greater threat to local biodiversity in Europe than considered until now.


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Article Published July 10, 2018
North Branford PoCo Fest Returns Aug. 3-5
By Zoe Roos/Zip06.com
For 2018, the 17th annual North Branford Potato & Corn Festival (PoCo) promises some new and some favorite activities when it returns Friday to Sunday, Aug. 3 to 5.
What started in 2002 as a small one-day event designed to celebrate the agricultural communities of Northford and North Branford has developed into a full-fledged, three-day festival that draws thousands of visitors each year according to Coordinator Jennifer McCulloch.
"Over the past 17 years, it has grown to a three-day event—with a brief foray into adding Thursday night—that draws 25,000 people over the weekend," she said. "We now have more than two dozen food vendors and a craft and business expo that features locally handmade items, local businesses, and non-profits promoting their causes. We've got quite a few returning vendors in both areas, but new vendors have also joined in, adding new tastes and new products."
Traditional favorites are returning this year including the cornhole tournament, the car & motorcycle show, rides, games, live entertainment, tractor pulls, and a fireworks show. McCulloch said there are also several new additions to the festival this year for people to come and enjoy including a photography exhibit, a talent showcase, and a beer and wine garden with tastings to highlight some of the local wineries and breweries in the area.
"There are lots of new additions this year that we're very excited about and they mainly focus on showcasing local talent on many levels," she said. "In addition, we are also bringing in Nature Nick's Animal Adventures, which will put on three animal shows on Sunday, Aug. 5; donkey rides by Tripledale Farm on Saturday and Sunday; and an RC [radio-controlled] aerial show by East Coast Swamp Flyers RC Club."
With everything that has been added to the festival over the years, one thing still stays the same: free admission.
"One thing everyone loves about PoCo—besides the food—is that it's always free admission and we offer free shuttles from the high school and community center lots," McCulloch said. "There is entertainment throughout the weekend for people to enjoy as well as free contests and games. We celebrate our residents on Sunday with free parking and $20 ride wristbands with their town IDs. We really try to keep it a fun, affordable, family-friendly event. I love walking around and seeing friends and family getting together, catching up, and taking time out of crazy schedules to enjoy a fun community atmosphere."
McCulloch said the festival is always a lot of fun and there is lots to see, but the concept of the festival itself is special, too.
"There are so many people that make the festival possible, from the town employees to sponsors to vendors to our amazing volunteers," she said. "I couldn't do my job without all of their support. It's truly special to see how hard everyone works to make this a success and the pride they take not only in the PoCo Fest but in the community as a whole. I'm honored to be a part of it."
The North Branford Potato & Corn Festival is Friday to Sunday, Aug. 3 to 5. For information, visit www.nbpotatofest.com or like "North Branford Potato & Corn Festival" on Facebook.


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Beavers: Nature's Hydrologist - Part 1
Excerpted from: Water - A Natural History by Alice Outwater, 1996.
In The Beginning . . .
Beavers do more to shape their landscape than any other mammal except for human beings. Their ancestors were building dams 10 million years ago. Until European colonization of the New World, the North American beaver was one of the most successful mammals on the continent. They lived everywhere from the arctic tundra to the deserts of northern Mexico.
Along thousands of streams lived colony after colony, dam after dam of beavers in close succession. There were as many as 300 dams per square mile — each with its own ring of wetlands. It is estimated that as many as 200 million beavers once lived in the continental United States! Today the current North American beaver population is estimated to be between 10 and 15 million individuals.
Beavers made dams that created meadows out of forest, their wetlands slowly capturing silt. The result of the beaver's engineering was a remarkably uniform buildup of organic material in the valleys, a checkerboard of meadows through woodlands, and a great deal of edge — that fruitful zone of where natural communities meet.
Beavers are a 'keystone species'. Where beavers build dams, wetlands spread out behind them providing home and food for dozens of species from migrating duck to moose, from fish to frogs to great blue herons.
North American Beaver
Castor canadensis
Lifespan 10 - 20 years
Weight 28 - 70 pounds
Length 3 - 4 feet
Color Reddish-brown fur
Sexual Maturity 3 years
Gestation Period 128 days
Litter Size 1-4 kits
Adult Predators Wolves, Coyotes, Bears,
Lynx, Wolverines
The beaver is North America's largest rodent and is built for life in the water. Adults can be up to four feet long and weigh over 60 pounds. The beaver has webbed hind feet and a large, flat, nearly hairless tail. It uses its tail to help maintain its balance when it is gnawing on trees. It will also slap its tail against the water to signal danger or to warn away predators. The beaver has short front legs with heavy claws. Their rear legs are longer, and they use their rear webbed feet help propel themselves through the water. When the beaver is under water, its nose and ears close up and a special membrane covers its eyes
It has dark brown fur on its back and sides and lighter brown fur on its chest and belly. The beaver waterproofs its thick fur by coating it with castoreum, an oily secretion from its scent glands. The beaver has a thick layer of fat under its skin that helps keep it warm underwater. Beavers have long sharp upper and lower incisor teeth that they use to cut into trees and woody vegetation. These teeth grow throughout the beaver's life.
Beaver are vegetarian generalists with sophisticated foraging preferences. Beavers consume a mix of herbaceous and woody plants, which varies considerably in both composition and species diversity by region and season. They prefer aspen and poplar, but also eat cattails, water lilies, and other aquatic vegetation, especially in the early spring. Contrary to widespread belief, they do not eat fish.
When herbaceous plants are actively growing, they make up much of the beaver's diet. In the winter, beavers switch to woody plants and the food they have stored over the winter. Beavers do not necessarily use the same trees as construction material and as food. Inedible material is more likely to be used as the cap of a beaver family's food cache, the upper part which is frozen in the ice, while the cache itself is composed of edible, high quality branches, which remain unfrozen and accessible
Beavers live in family groups or colonies. A colony is made up of a breeding male and female beaver and their offspring. Beavers are very territorial and protect their lodges from other beavers. They mark their territory by building piles of mud and marking it with scent.
Beavers are active mainly at night. They are excellent swimmers and may remain submerged up to 15 minutes. More vulnerable on land, they tend to remain in the water as much as possible. They use their flat, scaly tail both to signal danger by slapping the surface of the water and as a location for fat storage.
They construct their homes, or "lodges", out of sticks, twigs, rocks, and mud in lakes, streams, and tidal river deltas. These lodges may be surrounded by water, or touching land, including burrows dug into river banks. Beavers are well known for building dams across streams and constructing their lodges in the artificial ponds which form.
When a beaver kit reaches 3 years old they leave home to find a companion with whom they mate for life. During this quest for a new territory, they are at their most vulnerable to predation. When the new couple finds a suitable location, they mark the area with scent mounds and dig out a den in a river bank.
Communication is highly developed in beaver, including scent marking, vocalization, and tail slapping. Beaver deposit castoreum on piles of debris and mud called scent mounds, which are usually placed on or near lodges, dams, and trails less than a meter from water. Over 100 of such mounds can be constructed within one territory.[37] Beaver colonies with close neighbors constructed more "scent mounds" than did isolated colonies, and the number of scent mounds at each active lodge is correlated with the distance to the nearest occupied lodge.
Although seven vocal sounds have been described for beaver, these are the most common: a whine, hiss, and growl. Vocalizations and tail slapping may be used to beg for food, signal to family members to warn of predators, or to drive away or elicit a response from predators.
Mating and Reproduction
Beavers mate for life, but if one mate dies, the other one finds another mate. Beavers mate when they are about three years old. Mating season runs from January and March in cold regions and in late November or December in the south. Gestation lasts about three months, and females have one litter of kits a year between April and June.
Before birth, the female makes a soft bed in the lodge. The babies' eyes are open when they are born, and they can swim within 24 hours of birth, and they will be exploring outside the lodge with their parents within a few days.
Young beavers are weaned in about two weeks. Both the male and the female take care of the young beavers. They stay with their parents for two years. Beavers can live to be 20 years old.
Dam Construction
Beavers are burrowers. They have powerful, curved claws and a number of features that aid underwater construction. Beavers have valves to close off their nose and ears, thin membranes over their eyes that serve as goggles and skin flaps behind their front teeth that allow them to tow tree branches in the teeth without swallowing half the pond water.
With these adaptions, beaver are able to dig their burrow into the stream bank with the entrance well below the surface of the water. Slanting the tunnel upward to the high--water line, they clear out a room 3 feet wide and line it well with shredded wood and grass.
After beavers choose a dam site where the stream is not too deep and the bottom muck is firm, then then fell sapling first and then larger trees. Working by night — sometimes on separate trees and sometimes together on a single trunk — they sit with their paws around the tree, their tails either folded beneath them like a seat or extending behind them like a prop. They tilt their heads from side to side and make deep bites in the tree, driving their long, yellow teeth into the wood to wedge, pry or pull out a chip. They chisel the tree trunk until it falls.
After cutting the tree trunk into manageable lengths, the push and pull the logs into position on the dam, pointing the but ends upstream, and hold them fast with piled mud and stones. As the dam grows higher, the water slows and the beavers weave in more branches and put on more mortar until a substantial barrier is completed.
Dams must be continuously maintained and beavers to this every night, replacing shifted sticks and poles and patting on more mud. They build dams throughout their territory, some for water control; some, it seems, just for fun! A family of beavers can build a 35-foot-long dam in a week.
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What do you do when you recognize yourself playing solitude, when life is going on around you but not for you?
What can you do now? How can you go back to the beginning so that you can enter the other offices as well?
Welcome to the office of personhood study group. We will be looking at ways of repairing personhood in this cd.
• If your sense of identity was crushed in favor of fitting in, you have to go back now and find out who you really are.
• Is it legal for you to be different and still be a part of that family or tribe?
• You cannot be in this office until you have permission to be you.
The basic framework of every child is to feel the joy of enjoying his joy. God intended to put personhood before competence. We begin by exploring the process to know what you are feeling. We identify the feeling of pleasure when we are enjoying our joy. There is a proper sequence.
2. Identifying, what brings you joy?
3. Legitimize it: come into agreement with God that it is right to enjoy that joy, even though there is no value except in the enjoyment of it.
4. Find a place to enjoy your joy.
What does it look like to be in the office of personhood?
• As you choose to identify with what you like, that is what makes you the well-rounded person you want to be.
When things are not going well, did you let pain overwhelm you or were you still able to say, 'I like that' either as a spectator or participant?
This enables us to enter deeply into the office of personhood. Few of these things have monetary value, even fewer give value to the culture. As we deliberately choose to find out what it is that you enjoy, the more solidly you can be established in this office and those that follow.
Do not shirk this step thinking it mundane, childish or too simple. If you do it will short change you in entering into further offices.
Look at your past. Write down a list of things by capturing your ongoing thoughts. During this stage, don't ask the why or value questions. Give your spirit and soul permission to remind you of those stories (holidays, winning a game...) giving you awareness of your joy. What, where did I enjoy my joy. When the well of ideas begins to run dry, stay in the game. This is just the beginning of the good stuff.
Look at today. What brought me pleasure? Learn how to break down the big picture. e.g. I enjoyed the baseball game. Now, dismantle it. Was it the pitcher, home runs, stealing bases? What was your sweet spot in watching the game? Go from generality to specific.
Ask others, those closest to you. Where do you see me enjoying my joy.
Browse in some place you do not normally go. Learn something new about yourself.
Explore in your imagination where you want to go but have not been.
Review your childhood. If this is glitchy, so be it. Some ideas from Megan's book is to look up toys from your childhood years, music, things to jog your memory.
Explore personhood during the dead times. Waiting in line, sitting in traffic..What could I do to make this time sparkle? What could I be doing if I wasn't here? By asking these questions at a time you are frustrating with a lack of joy, what might bubble up to bring you joy? Look around.
Your personhood is a reality. You are a person but the office of personhood requires emotion, pleasure. The objective is to choose an activity where you can enjoy your joy without guilt.
To like something without having to justify doing it is a big deal. Permission granted for the sake of enjoying this is the whole process of legitimization.
Pleasure is a gift from God as the foundation of our personhood with no added value.
The process of legitimization forces the issue of God vs the culture because broadly speaking, what you like was placed there by God, preinstalled likes in our software which needn't benefit anyone. If God has the right to wire us in this way, does anyone have the right to sit in judgement on what God gave us?
For this exercise you need a face, a name an event or place of disapproval. Who sat in judgement in this area directly or indirectly? Was it their history projected onto me?
It is an important step to get legitimacy for each thing that you like, establishing yourself as a multifaceted person.
'This is what I like. These are the areas of enjoying my joy.' Whether I do them or not, permission is granted to enjoy that joy.
Celebrate selectively, carefully. Choose your audience to celebrate with. Be selective who you share with. We can tailor our expression of joy to our audience. There will be some joys certain people can't enter into.
Do it intermittently. Whether because of expense or your waist line you can enjoy this kind of joy every now and again.
Alone in public- You can use your alone time to celebrate your joy anywhere at any time.
In private- Personally, one on one learn to enjoy your joy alone.
In public- share on social media, a blog, with friends..
Practice- Put language to all the different places that you are enjoying your joy. You have a right to enjoy what God has called you to enjoy.
What does it look like for you to be in the office of personhood? What bubbles up instantly in your life when you think about what you enjoy?
Share something from one of the seven resources.
To like something without having to justify doing it is a big deal. Sometimes you have to force the issue of God vs the culture. Take your time exploring this in your own life.
Share a celebration moment. Start a journal. Be intentional.
This is not a one off teaching that can be easily shelved. Practice daily. Come back to it with a good chunk of time monthly. Expand, grow and lead the way for others to follow.
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I've been using your Shaving oil for quite a few years now, over the years I've tried other makes but I always come back to yours, yours is the best Shaving oil on the market in the U.K.
I buy this all the time since now I need to shave mon-fri for work. Less is more with this and keeps the sensitive skin rash a bay!!
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Felicia Events put together a GREAT guest post for us about why you should hire a Wedding Coordinator. Why should you? Well read the post!
Tuesday we got a tour of Bay Area venue CuriOdyssey.
Robert London contributed to the blog with a post about the 10 things you should know before hiring your photographer. Brides, bookmark this one!
Wednesday, Beyond Events Atlanta shared some advice on giving a toast to the bride and groom.
The wedding invitation design roundup this week ROCKED.
Thursday, we interviewed WeddingInviteLove's Alisa Marie Designs.
Candice and Alison Luxury Events wrote a guest post to help you understand what you should expect from your planner on your wedding day.
Have you been featured on our blog? We have badges for you!
This DIY from the Brooklyn Bride is pretty dang adorable.
Have you seen this Marketer's Guide to Pinterest?
Ruffled shared a DIY for a monogram that I absolutely adore.
Every Last Detail had an awesome post about creating details for your wedding. Seriously—read this if you are thinking about details for your big day.
Invitations by Ajalon shared a great post about hosting a wedding invitation stuffing party!
Happy friday everyone! Enjoy your weekend. If you are in the Bay Area, head to Monterey and check out those jellyfish!


Welcome to The Channel Hopper, offering you an easy, cheap reliable transport service between the UK and all areas of mainland France.
Our shuttle service is perfect for delivering furniture, car parts, agricultural machinery, fragile antiques, in fact practically anything.
Most UK suppliers of furniture and white goods will offer free UK delivery. You can have your supplier deliver directly to our secure storage unit for onward transport to your property in France at a time to suit you.
Our track record is unsurpassed in providing a secure and professional service and we are as popular with French businesses looking to increase their UK sales as we are with English ex-pats looking for a cheap way to deliver UK goods to their homes in France.
It couldn't be simpler, once we receive your instructions, our dedicated Anglo-French shuttle will collect your goods at an agreed time and it will not leave the vehicle until it reaches its destination, eliminating the risk of damage associated with multi-vehicle logistics and overnight pallet services.
So whether you need to deliver a bed from Birmingham to Bordeaux, a wardrobe from Warrington to Wattrelos, machinery from Manchester to Marseille, loft insulation from London to Lyon, or anything from anywhere in the mainland UK to anywhere in mainland France or vice versa then make us your first call.