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REVIEWS: Books
Janis Joplin Celebrated in 'Blisteringly Honest' New Bio: Review
by Caroline Leavitt
Does the world need another Janis Joplin bio? Yep, it does, especially when it's by Holly George-Warren, a two-time Grammy Award winner for Best Album Notes and the award-winning author of 16 books. George-Warren, who interviewed Joplin's family, friends and bandmates, has produced Janis: Her Life and Music, a bio that's rivetingly alive and deeply intimate.
We all think we know Janis' story: the black-sheep Texas girl desperate to escape her conservative oil town and mocked for her looks, who became one of the queens of rock 'n' roll. But George-Warren is after something different.
Here, we actually get to experience just how hard Joplin worked to get the sounds she wanted, and what the cost was for her, including leaving her popular band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, behind. George-Warren details how Joplin's stubborn refusal to compromise produced some of the most exciting music around and made her a cultural icon.
Watch Janis on The Dick Cavett Show in 1970
Janis Joplin, Chelsea Hotel, NYC, March 14, 1969 (Photo © David Gahr; used with permission)
Deeply moving and sensitive, Janis is also—like Joplin herself—riotously funny. She reports that Leonard Cohen was a Grade C lover and that Jim Morrison was the biggest asshole Janis had ever known. She wasn't fond of Jerry Lee Lewis, either: "The Killer" insulted what he considered her non-feminine looks, resulting in Joplin slugging him. Lewis slugged her right back, because, he said, if she was going to act like a man, well, then, he'd treat her like one.
Related Janis Joplin gave a riveting performance of "Ball and Chain" at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
What's so fascinating about Joplin in this account is that she was a constant paradox, a white woman who could wail the blues and whose persona screamed wild rocker even while she wanted nothing more than to have what she called "a civilian life," with love, family, marriage and even that white picket fence. She was desperate for the approval of her family and her hometown and truly believed her accomplishments would win them all over; instead, all of the boundaries she was pushing—musically and sexually—just turned them further away from her. Her visits home were cut short, the expectations shattered.
Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Woodacre, CA; late 1966 (Photo © Lisa Law/Cache Agency; used with permission)
What saved Joplin, at least for a while, was her laser-focused dedication to her work. So destroyed by Jimi Hendrix's drug death that she herself had been clean by the fall of 1970, she was obsessed with finishing and perfecting her album Pearl.
But the stresses were enormous, and there was a particularly deadly kind of heroin available to her, China White, and that October, she overdosed. Three months later, Pearl was released, staying at the #1 spot in Billboard for nine weeks and ultimately selling more than eight million copies.
Janis Joplin near the Chelsea Hotel in NYC, June 1970 (Photo © David Gahr/Getty Images; used with permission)
Joplin said that music was the one thing in her life that never let her down. This blisteringly honest, moving new bio never lets the reader down.
Janis: Her Life and Music is published Oct. 22 by Simon & Schuster.
Listen to Joplin sing "Me and Bobby McGee" from her Pearl album
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How could Janis have been affected by Jimi's death and decided to clean herself up if she died from an overdose only 2 weeks and 2 days after Jimi?Something doesn't add up…


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'We agree we can form a government'
Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre and Center Party leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum could finally walk out of a hotel north of Oslo and announce Friday afternoon that they'd agreed on a government platform. "Our message is that we are ready to form a new goverment next Thursday," Støre told reporters.
Prime Minister-elect Jonas Gahr Støre (left) of the Labour Party and Center Party leader Tryge Slagsvold Vedum could finally announce Friday afternoon that they can agree on a new government platform. Their new left-center government coalition is due to take over late next week. PHOTO: NRK screen grab
"We have finished many days and many hours of work," Støre said, "and we agree we can form a government." The tone between the 61-year-old Støre and the 42-year old Vedum seemed relaxed.
Together they repeated lots of their campaign slogans, with both claiming that "we agree it's ordinary folks' turn, that we'll reduce social differences over the whole country, that we'll secure jobs…" Støre noted that "we will meet the climate crisis actively," without detailing how they'll do that, since both have no intention of reining in Norway's powerful oil and gas industry. There's just too much money at stake to do that.
"We still have some quality checking to do," Støre added, but he signaled a busy and important week ahead, with the formal opening of Parliament on Monday and presentation of the current Conservative government's state budget for next year ("We respect that," Støre said) on Tuesday.
Vedum said the results of the two parties' negotiations will be presented on Wednesday. Current Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her government will then be expected to resign, enabling Støre and Vedum to present their new government and its platform on Thursday, in time for the weekly Council of State with King Harald V at the Royal Palace on Friday.
Then Støre and Vedum can march out on the palace grounds with their new line-up of government ministers, the identities of which remain unclear. Speculation is already flying over who'll take over the various ministerial posts, of which Labour will likely hold twice as many as Center, since it won twice the number of votes (26.3 percent compared to Center's 13.5 percent).
They will have a minority government, since the Socialist Left Party (SV) pulled out of government talks last week. That means their left-center coalition will need support from other parties, even the opposition, in order to get legislation passed. Neither Støre nor Vedum seemed overly concerned about that.
"We stand together on this project," Støre told reporters. "In some areas we have different views, we look at things differently, but then we find common ground." Both Støre and Vedum were confident their own parties will accept their prospective platform.
They've revealed some progress along the way, promising, for example, a "more active" state role in business and industry. The idea is to support industry, perhaps providing funding for new climate-friendly ventures, while also making demands for results. At the same time the state may start using the clout it has through its ownership stakes in various companies. State ownership may even be strengthened in some firms.
They've also disagreed on lots of issues, like whether a university in Nesna should remain closed, whether Ullevål Hospital in Oslo should be split up and moved, whether Air Force activity should be moved back to Andøya in Northern Norway and whether the huge, newly merged county called Viken should be split up again. There's also disagreement over how many wolves and other predators should be shot to protect open grazing of sheep.
"The political aspects have been the most important, and it's become a good foundation for how Norway will be run over the next four years," Vedum said. "It's been a team-building process." More details about the new team will be confirmed next week.

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by R.J. Happel December 5, 20196:00 am November 30, 2019
Dear Youths: Our Multinational Oil Company is Both Woke and Bae
Oil companies and their trade groups have spent $17m directly on political social media advertisements since May 2018. – The Guardian
Twitter will allow advocacy groups to run ads that promote environmental protection. But they will not be allowed to push for a political or legislative change… – Reuters
Hello teens. We are on the Twitter now, because we are cool. We are fun. We are definitely not acidifying the ocean. (Also, we gave Twitter like a million dollars to try to shut up the hippies, but mostly the first thing.)
Just this morning, we made a "meme." Actually, it is just a Powerpoint slide that says "CLIMATE LIES BAD," but my grandson Brandon promised to help with the Twitter sometime, so expect big things! So far, we do not know how to do the emojis, but we are excited to learn.
Once Brandon helps us, here is what our meme will say: science is fake and wrong. On one hand, 97% of climate scientists say that climate change is real and caused by fossil fuels. But on the other hand, ugh math, are we right ladies? (This is the kind of fun, harmless joke that we are now getting yelled at for. We do not understand!)
For years, you were fine with Big Oil. You went on road trips with us. You fired up the grill with us. But now that you're teenagers you want to rebel. Suddenly we are "old" and "embarrassing" and "exploiting the indigenous people of Ecuador." If you want to talk about human rights violations, why doesn't Brandon call anymore? He joined something called the Sunshine Movement at his school, and I am "cancelled" now.
Even if the Earth is warming, is that bad? The Earth was very warm during the dinosaurs, and did anything bad happen to them? No, and they got to become beautiful oil. Actually, CO2 has warmed the planet many times in the past, and only one of those times is called the "Great Dying." Now, that may sound bad – but like Taylor Swift says, shake it off! (That's right – we know who Taylor Swift is, because Brandon told us once. We Are Cool.) Science is boring, but mass extinction could be fun, you just gotta give it a chance! Mass extinction also kind of sounds like Mass Effect – we have no idea what that is, but we hear Brandon talking about it sometimes when he plays his video games, and it sounds cool. Do you think those researchers know about the Mass Effect? No, they do not, because they are not fun like us.
You may have heard that some of our own scientists are currently testifying against us in court, and saying that we knew about the Mass Effect or the mass extinction or whatever. (Which we do, because we are cool.) This is what Tay-Tay calls bad blood, and they are fake friends. We have deleted them from the group chat or the Snapchat or whatever the chat is. Dear teens, know this: they are nerds, we are fun, and the fracking should go on forever.
One of the main reasons why we are fun – in addition to the doing of the video games and the listening of Taylor Swift – is that we are job creators. Here are a few of the wonderful jobs we have created: oil rig engineer, firefighter for oil rig, PR rep to deny oil rig fire, fire consultants, more PR reps after the first one wusses out – uh, you know what, we are also looking for a social media guy. People keep commenting mean things on our "memes," and it's just not fair! We paid Twitter so much money for them.
As one of our favorite rappers says, "money, money, money." (We are afraid to quote the song more because we don't know what words are okay for us to say. Also, we don't listen to rap, and it deeply frightens us.) And yes, we are very rich. But everyone always says "ok boomer," not "are you ok, boomer?" The teens bullied Joe Biden into cancelling his dinners with us, and we miss him. We miss Brandon, and he didn't even tell us what "cancelled" means. Also, not all of us are boomers – some of us are just okay with deep-frying the atmosphere and figuring it out later, don't judge.
At the end of the day, it's just not true that we don't have a plan for climate change. Like we said, we'll figure it out. And we do have a vision – sitting on the last shuttle to Mars, eating a delicious steak made of the last humpback whale. Doesn't that sound fun? (Sadly, not all of you will fit on the Mars shuttle. We are only taking the very best youths – Taylor Swift can come if she wants, or whoever the least scary rapper is.)
As popular teen movie Sixteen Candles says, we're just a sprawling multinational oil conglomerate, standing in front of the teens, asking them to love us, or at the very least return Brandon. Is that not Sixteen Candles? Dammit. Why is meme-ing so hard? At this point it would almost be easier just to admit the science nerds are right.
NOTE: Brandon, if you are reading this, please come home. Grandpa loves you. I'm saving you a seat on the Mars shuttle even though you are a hippie now.
Tagged with: environment fellow kids oil companies r.j. happel wokeness
R.J. Happel
R.J. Happel is a freelance writer whose work has previously appeared in McSweeney's, The Belladonna, and other outlets. She is originally from east Tennessee.R.J. Happel is a freelance writer whose work has previously appeared in McSweeney's, The Belladonna, and other outlets. She is originally from east Tennessee.


Then Rebekah is called to cover the story of a murdered Hasidic woman. Rebekah's shocked to learn that, because of the NYPD's habit of kowtowing to the powerful ultra-Orthodox community, not only will the woman be buried without an autopsy, her killer may get away with murder. Rebekah can't let the story end there. But getting to the truth won't be easy - even as she immerses herself in the cloistered world where her mother grew up, it's clear that she's not welcome, and everyone she meets has a secret to keep from an outsider.
There is so much packed into Dahl's scaled-down narrative: the murder (not a spoiler), the contrast between what is taught in journalism class and the reality of boots-on-the-ground reporting, the tacit acceptance of lowest-common-denominator tabloids versus lofty journalistic ideals, the whole motherless child vibe that thrums within Rebekah's psyche, and the relevance of ultra-conservative, misogynistic religious communities. Indeed, perhaps the only flaw in Dahl's debut is a few scattered lengthy passages that tend to bog the plot. (Reviewed by Donna Chavez).
A fascinating portrayal of a young woman coming to terms with her heritage while negotiating an unknown world.
This novel is particularly notable for its combination of a skillfully wrought, increasingly suspenseful mystery populated by well-drawn characters and a deeply sympathetic understanding of a contemporary culture that remains insular for its own understandable reasons. Journalist Dahl's debut sets a high bar.
In her gripping debut mystery, veteran journalist Dahl creates an intriguing protagonist seeking justice for a victim's family as well as the truth about her own origins.
Starred Review. Dahl's convincing dialogue and perfect pacing make for a real page-turner. And her storytelling skills illuminate the intriguing worlds of the tabloid press, Hasidism, the NYPD, and Brooklyn's 20-somethings - as well as the fragile boundaries of family, religion, and life itself.
An absolutely crackling, unputdownable mystery told by a narrator with one big, booming voice. I loved it.
A smart, tightly-wrought page turner and one of the finest depictions of beat journalism I've read...This lucid, illuminating gem is an outstanding debut.
Julia Dahl is a veteran reporter, and her debut novel reads like the work of a seasoned pro. She knows this world inside out, and the result is a tense tale written in prose that crackles and pops.


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import React from 'react'
import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet'
import { graphql } from 'react-relay'
import { paginationContainer } from 'relay-compose-test'
import { compose, withHandlers, withProps, flattenProp } from 'recompose'

import PostList from '../../components/PostList'

export const POST_COUNT = 6

const Posts = ({ posts, loadMore, hasMore }) => (
  <div>
    <Helmet>
      <title>Universal Relay Starter Kit - A list of posts</title>
      <meta name="description" content="The description to be displayed in google search results" />
    </Helmet>

    <PostList
      posts={posts.edges}
      hasMore={hasMore}
      onMore={loadMore}
    />
  </div>
)

Posts.propTypes = {
  posts: PropTypes.shape({
    edges: PropTypes.array,
  }).isRequired,
  loadMore: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
  hasMore: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
}

const fragments = graphql`
  fragment Posts on Query {
    posts (after: $afterCursor first: $count) @connection(key: "Posts_posts") {
      pageInfo {
        hasNextPage
        endCursor
      },
      edges {
        node {
          id
          ...PostTeaser_post
        }
      }
    }
  }
`

const connectionConfig = {
  direction: 'forward',
  getFragmentVariables(prevVars, totalCount) {
    return {
      ...prevVars,
      count: totalCount,
    }
  },
  getVariables(_props, { count, cursor }) {
    return {
      afterCursor: cursor,
      count,
    }
  },
  query: graphql`
    query PostsPaginationQuery($afterCursor: String, $count: Int!) {
      ...Posts
    }
  `,
}

const props = withProps(({ relay }) => ({
  hasMore: relay.hasMore(),
}))

const handlers = withHandlers({
  loadMore: ({ relay }) => () => relay.isLoading() || relay.loadMore(POST_COUNT),
})

const enhance = compose(
  paginationContainer(fragments, connectionConfig),
  props,
  handlers,
  flattenProp('data'),
)

export default enhance(Posts)

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with Showtime. "Everyone knows by now that I am not the typical Nigerian gospel artiste and this is well within the scope of my music. I am an urban contemporary artiste, this is noticeable right from my first album, Angel 4 Life. I love to create different moods and sounds when it comes to my music and each song I release is simply a piece of me. Music is the greatest essence of my being, my greatest form of communication. I would love to share more of my thoughts and experiences in the other areas as well" she said.
"I totally expected the amazing feedback we have received since the song's release in December 2014 and it blew sky-high at the release of the video on the 12th of January 2015.Everyone loves the energy and beauty of the song and I am happy that we have made such a great impact with it over a short period. The song is still growing and we are looking forward to a wider acceptance across all borders" she added.


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The 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 16 June 1990.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor
 (Humphrey) Michael Gerard Fay – of Auckland. For services to merchant banking and yachting.
 Richard John Hadlee  – of Christchurch. For services to cricket.
 Howard Leslie Morrison  – of Rotorua. For services to entertainment.

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)
Military division
 Air Vice-Marshal Peter Raymond Adamson  – Chief of Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)
 Professor Emeritus Eric William Herd – of Dunedin. For services to linguistics and the community.
 Harold Mervyn Titter – of Auckland. For services to business management and the community.
 Hohua Taharangi Te Matehapara Tutengaehe – of Christchurch. For services to the Māori people and community.

Royal Victorian Order

Member (MVO)
 Richard Donald Sweetzer – executive officer, Government House.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)
Civil division
 Dorothy Gertrude Winstone  – of Auckland. For services to the community.

Knight Commander (KBE)
Military division
 Lieutenant General John Airth Mace   – Chief of Defence Staff.

Commander (CBE)
Civil division
 Dr Colin Campbell Aikman – of Petone. For services to law and education.
 Dr Edmund Peter Allen  – of New Plymouth. For services to medicine and the community.
 Arthur William Barnett  – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
 Professor David Simpson Cole – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
 The Honourable Colin James Moyle  – of Ōhaeawai. For public services.
 Dr Pita (Peter) Russell Sharples  – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people.
 Professor Terence Laurie Sturm – of Auckland. For services to literature.
 The Right Reverend Peter Eves Sutton – of Nelson; Bishop of Nelson.
 Beverley Anne Wakem – of Wellington. For services to broadcasting and the community.

Officer (OBE)
Civil division
 Dr Colin Bassett – of Wellington. For services to forest science.
 Gilbert William Beale – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
 Ian Gordon Edward Coddington  – of Silverstream; lately chief traffic superintendent, Ministry of Transport.
 Bruce Kenneth Farr – of Annapolis, Maryland, United States. For services to yacht design.
 lan Geoffrey Fraser – of Wellington. For public services.
 Kiwa Hone Taiapoapo Te Ngarue Graham – of Hamilton. For services to the Māori people and the community.
 Frank Haydn Haigh – of Auckland. For services to the community.
 Brian Fenton Hyland  – of Wellington; fire commissioner, New Zealand Fire Service.
 Samuel Patrick Jennings – of Wellington. For services to the maritime industry and trade-union affairs.
 Ronald Cecil Joyce – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.
 John King – of Feilding. For services to local-body and community affairs.
 Robin Anthony McKenzie – of Waikanae. For services to physiotherapy.
 Ismalia Jane Davenport Manahi – of Woodend. For services to the community.
 William John Mumm  – of Ngakawau. For services to local government.
 Mirek (Miroslav) Smíšek – of Te Horo. For services to pottery.
 Dorothy Jessie Stafford – of Nelson. For services to education.
 Marcel Charles Stanley – of Waikanae. For services to philately.
 Robert Campbell Whyte – of Wellington. For services to the maritime industry.

Military division
 Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) John Arthur Fisher – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

Member (MBE)
Civil division
 Gary John Anderson – of Wanganui. For services to cycling.
 Roger Brian Blackburn – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
 Sydney Joseph Bradley – of Christchurch; regional manager, South Island, New Zealand Post Ltd.
 Barry James Eric Brailsford – of Christchurch. For services to education.
 John Logan Brewer – of Auckland. For services to film and television design.
 John Llewellyn Davies – of Auckland. For services to athletics.
 Peter Bruce Davison – of Auckland. For services to bowls.
 Melvyn Ewell Foster – of Lyttelton. For services to local government and the community.
 Kenneth Francis Gray – of Plimmerton. For services to local-body affairs.
 Leonard Keith Grey – of Gisborne. For services to horticulture.
 Madonna Harris – of Utah, United States. For services to cycling.
 Elric James Hooper – of Christchurch. For services to drama and the theatre.
 Lyn Patricia Johnston – of Auckland. For services to gymnastics.
 Malcolm Harry Kemp – of Auckland. For services to television.
 Millie Cecelia Khan – of Matamata. For services to bowls.
 Paul James Kingsman – of Auckland. For services to swimming.
 George Menzies Nicol – of Dunedin. For services to trade-union affairs.
 Stephen Francis Nolan  – of Whataroa. For services to the community.
 Mere Matekino Palmer – of Tauranga. For services to kōhanga reo.
 Michael Charles Payne – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
 Nancye Elisabeth Seaton – of Wellington. For services to the performing arts.
 Stanley Sharpe  – of Dunedin. For services to conservation.
 Edwin Neville Sims – of Dunedin. For services to engineering.

Military division
 Warrant Officer Clifford Stephen Antony Heywood – Royal New Zealand Navy (Retired).
 Captain Peter Arie Bos – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
 Warrant Officer Class One Henry James Macown – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Retired).
 Captain John Michael Richardson – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
 Flight Lieutenant Christopher John Lamain – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
 Warrant Officer Lawrence Walter Taogaga – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)
Military division
 Chief Petty Officer Frederick Donnelly – Royal New Zealand Navy.
 Staff Sergeant Gary Rossmore Nicol – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.

Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service
 Georgina (Gina) Dorothy Campbell-Jensen – of Frederiksberg, Denmark.
 Yshbel Agnes Glass – of Albury.
 George John Griffiths – of Dunedin.
 Otene Sonny (Hooki) Makene – of Whangārei.
 Stella Caroline Isabel Rolls – of Nelson.
 Gwendoline Elsie Ryan – of Wellington.

For public services
 Anthony Covic – of Auckland.
 Dr Elspeth Jean Bruce Kjestrup – of Hamilton.
 Dr Gerard David McSweeney – of South Westland.
 Deirdre Glenna Milne – of Auckland.
 Michael John Minogue – of Hamilton.
 Ian Kahurangi Mitchell  – of Auckland.
 Paraone Brown Reweti – of Tauranga.
 Kenneth Lionel Richardson – of Wellington; principal private secretary to the Prime Minister.
 Olive Evelyn Smuts-Kennedy – of Wellington.
 Sir Alan Towers Traill  – of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service
 Eleanor Jean Bomholt – of Bagsværd, Denmark.
 Freda Daphne Browne – of Temuka.
 John Kendall Chapman – of Orewa.
 Cornelius (Neil) Adrian Collins – of Dunedin.
 Ruby Olive Corbet – of Tauranga.
 Kevin Samuel Crowther – of Auckland.
 Patrick Joseph Dugan – of Christchurch.
 Jack Edward Ede – of Christchurch.
 Andrew Thompson Galloway – of Hamilton.
 Joan Margaret (Penny) Giddens – of Christchurch.
 The Reverend Wi Hamutana – of Hastings.
 Edna Mary Hanafin – of Christchurch.
 Rowan Lewis Hatch – of Wellington.
 Raymond Laurence Heath – of Lower Hutt.
 Diana, Lady Isaac – of Christchurch.
 Tepare Kavana – of Auckland.
 Thomas Charles Libby – of Clive.
 John Hamilton Malcolm  – of Auckland.
 Sydia Karewa Marsh – of Kaikohe.
 John Percival Mellor – of Wolverhampton, England.
 Annie Mia Moore – of Rotorua.
 Hugh Douglas Moss – of New Plymouth.
 Cylvia Fay Muncaster – of Auckland.
 Malcolm Gordon Frank Myers  – of Auckland.
 Annie Ida (Tot) Pannell – of Christchurch.
 Frederick Robert Paterson – of Nelson.
 Jeanie York Paton – of Christchurch.
 John Bane Riddell – of Auckland.
 Murdoch Francis Rogers – of Christchurch.
 Joan Frances Saunders – of Auckland.
 Satendra Kumar Singh  – of Auckland.
 Bim Vivienne Mary Skudder – of Upper Hutt.
 Annie Sinclair Smith – of Levin.
 Walter Edward James Stevenson – of Auckland.
 Harold Sutherland – of Christchurch.
 Pamela Cherrington Sutton  – of Nelson.
 Bhadrabala Bell Thompson  – of Lower Hutt.
 Marjorie Whalley – of Whakatāne.
 Pamela Dayrell Whittington  – of Wellington.

For public services
 Roy Stanley Amor – of Wellington.
 Derek Alan Angus  – of Winton.
 Kenneth David Arthur Ball – of Auckland.
 Joseph Peter Bleakley – of Wellington.
 Anna Maria Josephina Coleta Bogers – of Riversdale.
 Harata Charlotte Cash – of Auckland.
 Timothy Angus Chisholm – of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 Reginald Charles Clapp – of Auckland.
 Lucy Ann Cole  – of Lower Hutt.
 Patricia Conway – of New York City, United States.
 Jean Marjorie Dellaca – of Westport.
 Margaret Ward Donnelly – of Foxton.
 William George Emerson – of Upper Hutt.
 Bettie-Anne Gleadow – of Nelson.
 Brian Gundesen – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
 Doreen Alethea Kellett – of Auckland.
 Thora Winifred King – of Hokitika.
 Lindsay Wayne Laird – of Auckland.
 Kathleen Daphne May Landrekin – of Wairoa.
 Monica Frances Landy (Sister Monica) – of Masterton.
 Michael Robert Leggott – of Upper Hutt.
 Nonu Tuisamoa Le Laulu  – of Auckland.
 (Elizabeth) Ann Mallinson – of Wellington.
 Margaret Beatrice Mowbray – of Hamilton.
 Farwin Nemaia – of Auckland.
 Rena Rauputiputi Ngataki – of Ngāruawāhia.
 Mary Jane O'Reilly – of Auckland.
 Reihana Parata – of Lyttelton.
 Doris Mary Paterson – of Auckland.
 Barry Edwin Rowe – of Leigh.
 Dr Cleveland Latimer Edward Lilly Sheppard  – of Christchurch.
 Ropati Joseph Simona – of Auckland.
 Robert Allan Stevens – of New Plymouth.
 Valerie Anne Stuart – of Kaiteriteri.
 Robert Edward Taylor – of Wainuiomata.
 Barry Graham Thomson – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
 Robin Alfred Whittle – of Napier.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)
 Kevin William Adie – station officer, Hawke's Bay Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
 Noel William Miles – chief fire officer, Fairlie Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
 Archibald Barry Radovan – assistant commander, Auckland 1 A Region, New Zealand Fire Service.
 Garry Richard Stanley – chief fire officer, Matamata Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
 James Butterworth – inspector, New Zealand Police.

Air Force Cross (AFC)
 Flight Lieutenant (now Squadron Leader) Herbert Bruce Keightley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Medal (AFM)
 Flight Sergeant David Jobson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
 Flying Officer Cameron Smith – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

Birthday Honours
1990 awards
1990 in New Zealand
New Zealand awards

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Testing PyMongo with mod_wsgi
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These tests verify that PyMongo works with Apache and mod_wsgi. They are
primarily intended to prevent regression of
`PYTHON-353 <https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-353>`_, a connection leak
when PyMongo 2.2 was used with Python 2.6 and mod_wsgi 2.8. However, the test
may also catch concurrency bugs, or incompatibilities between PyMongo's C
extensions and the way mod_wsgi manages Python sub interpreters. It is
generally useful to test PyMongo in the unconventional environment that
mod_wsgi creates.

Test Matrix
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PyMongo should be tested with several versions of mod_wsgi and a selection
of Python versions. Each combination of mod_wsgi and Python version should
be tested with a standalone and a replica set. ``mod_wsgi_test.wsgi``
detects if the deployment is a replica set and connects to the whole set.

Setup
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Compile Python
..............

We need a Python interpreter built as a shared library. Download the
source tarball for each Python version tested, untar it, and run::

    ./configure --prefix=/some/directory --enable-shared
    make
    make install

This results in an executable named "python" or "python3" and a shared
library named something like "libpython2.7.so.1.0" or "libpython3.3m.so.1.0".
It may be necessary to add /some/directory/lib to your system's
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, or to make a symlink from your system's default library
directory to the shared library. For example, on Ubuntu::

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Persons suspected to be Boko Haram Terrorists have invaded Mussa Village of Askira-Uba Local Government Area in Southern Borno State and set ablaze dozens of residential houses and a man suspected to have been trapped in the attack.
This was not the first time Mussa village is witnessing Boko Haram attacks, as even the palace of the community head wwas burnt down by insurgents in recent past.
This incident is coming barely 24 hours after a group of insurgents laid ambush on military troops in Ajiri village of Dikwa Local Government Area leaving 7 soldiers dead with over 20 injured.
Nigeria's military on Friday said seven of its soldiers were killed and 19 others injured in a Boko Haram ambush, in the latest incident against troops and the security services in the country's northeast.
Lieutenant Colonel Kingsley Samuel, a spokesman for the Nigerian Army 7th Division in Maiduguri, said the ambush happened on Thursday evening on the road to Dikwa during "routine rotation" of troops.
"The gallant troops fought their way through, killing many of the terrorists. Unfortunately seven soldiers paid the supreme price… while 19 soldiers sustained various degree of injuries," he said in a statement.
The injured were taken to hospital in Maiduguri for treatment. Reinforcements were sent and they were in "aggressive pursuit" of Boko Haram, he added.
A military source had earlier told AFP at least eight soldiers were killed in the attack and that it happened at about 9:00 am (0800 GMT) on Friday at Ajirin village, in the Mafa area of Borno state.
The source, who requested anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media, described the battle as "a heavy gunfight".
"It was a surprise attack and this is what led to the casualty toll," the source added.
A civilian vigilante involved in helping the military with security in the restive region also confirmed the account but said as many as 10 soldiers may have been killed.
Conflicting death tolls and accounts are not uncommon in the remote region, access to which is strictly controlled by the military and government, making independent verification difficult.
At least 20,000 people have been killed in the Boko Haram conflict since it began in 2009. More than 2.6 million have been made homeless.
The army has mounted a sustained counterattack against the group in its Borno state stronghold of the Sambisa forest. In December, commanders said the rebels had been flushed out.
The rebels looted food stores before setting fire to the village, which is some 15 kilometres from the town of Chibok, where Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in April 2014.


For the Libyan coast, at least 1,500 migrants have been rescued during the past two days, who had fallen into trouble when attempting to cross the Mediterranean. That's what emergency workers have announced on Saturday.
The rescue operations were carried out with ships from NGOs and the Italian Navy and Coast Guard.
According to the aid organisation SOS Mediterranee and the Town News, the actions show that the use of rescue ships on the Libyan coast remains necessary.
Many refugees try to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to get into Europe. Aid organisations estimate that approximately 700,000 migrants live in Libya, often in appalling conditions.


Cannon Ball, ND – North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has activated the North Dakota National Guard ahead of a federal judge's expected Friday ruling on a request by the Standing Rock Sioux to stop the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline. While Dalrymple claims the measure is meant to ensure public safety, the reality is that the state intends to use the Guard to assist in denying access to the protest camps in the event that the federal court rules against the tribe. With the protest camps at one point swelling to over a reported 4,000 individual, the state is attempting to employ a denial of access strategy in the event that it grows in the wake of the expected federal court ruling.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who also sits on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), is expected to rule by Friday on the tribe's request to temporarily halt construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. Earlier this week, Boasberg granted in part and denied in part the tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to stop the project. He said he would decide by Friday whether to grant the larger challenge to the pipeline, which would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw permits, according to Reuters.
The tribe has been leading a protest for months, with the main protest camps where the pipeline route passes near its reservation near the North Dakota-South Dakota border, swelling to over 4,000 people in recent weeks.
Over the Labor Day weekend, while many people were celebrating and preparing for the upcoming school year, Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Crude Oil, began bulldozing American Indian burial sites. As protesters attempted to intervene in the desecration of ancestral land, private security guards used attack dogs and pepper spray, injuring dozens of people, including children.
With the cultural items and burial sites having only been identified by experts a few days earlier, in order to stop construction on these sites the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) needed to officially survey the area. However, before they were able to undertake a survey, Dakota Access intentionally plowed through the land, destroying unknown numbers of graves and artifacts. Activists on the ground report construction workers moved equipment up to 20 miles away from the area they were previously working in to deliberately bulldoze the site before SHPO had an opportunity to survey it.
In court documents, filed less than 24 hours before crews razed the sacred land, the tribe's former longtime historic preservation officer, Tim Mentz — who finally surveyed the land for the first time recently when a private landowner granted access — specifically pinpointed each area of interest to the Standing Rock Sioux. Mentz and other tribal leaders suggested those documents were used by Energy Transfer Partners' crews to bring malicious and intentional retributive action against the over 100 Native American nations and their supporters occupying the land in an attempt to halt pipeline construction.
"I do not believe the timing of this construction was an accident or coincidence," Mentz wrote in a court filing seeking an emergency temporary restraining order against further construction activity on Sunday. "It appears that DAPL drove the bulldozers approximately 20 miles of uncleared right of way to access the precise area that we surveyed and described in my declaration" to the court.
North Dakota's chief archaeologist plans to inspect the disputed area along the route of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline where Standing Rock Sioux officials say they've identified cultural artifacts and burial grounds. Paul Picha says that expedition likely won't happen until next week, but that if any artifacts are found — pipeline work would cease. Picha says state officials earlier surveyed the route, but not the disputed site, which is on private land west of State Highway 1806. These factors would explain why the crew attempted to destroy the site prior to the state being able to inspect the area, as it would effectively stop work on that section of the pipeline.
In addition, the press release also relayed that Chairman Archambault had spoken to the governor and been assured the National Guard would not enter the camps of Water Protectors on tribal land.
In the video below, you can watch as armed national guard troops detain every vehicle to ask where they are going. This is what the land of the free has become.


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Riley Howell, Star Wars fan who died stopping active shooter, memorialized as Jedi Master
Jedi Master Ri-Lee Howell appears in a new companion book for The Rise of Skywalker
on December 27, 2019, 9:56am
Riley Howell, via Instagram/@RileyHowellFoundation
Last April, 21-year-old college student Riley Howell sacrificed his life to stop an active shooter at University of North Carolina Charlotte. Howell was a lifelong Star Wars fan, and now Lucasfilm has honored his sacrifice by memorializing him in the Star Wars universe.
You can read about "Jedi Master and historian Ri-Lee Howell" in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — The Visual Dictionary, a new book accompanying the latest film. This fictionalized Howell is credited with collecting "many of the earliest accounts of exploration and codifications of The Force." These writings were collected in the Ainomica, a book first referenced by Hermit Luke in The Last Jedi. Jedi Master Howell also has an entry in The Wookiepedia.
Howell's longtime girlfriend Lauren Westmoreland posted the news on TikTok in a video that has since gone viral. She called him "the biggest fan of Star Wars I have ever known," and thanked Lucasfilm for "making him part of the Star Wars universe forever."
"The best news we've gotten all year," she added.
(Read: The Scene in Rise of Skywalker We Can't Stop Thinking About)
Westmoreland's father, Kevin Westmoreland, who is now secretary of the Riley Howell Foundation, said Lucasfilm's gesture was a fitting tribute. "He had a very strong sense of good and evil, and how to live life as someone who looked out for others. Seeing him listed as both a Jedi and a historian in Star Wars lore is a perfect way to connect him to this story and the characters he loved," he said. "And it describes him exactly."
On April 30th, a gunman opened fire in a UNCC classroom, killing Howell and 19-year-old Ellis Reed Parlier. According to Police Chief Kerr Putney, Howell "took the suspect off his feet," sustaining fatal gunshot wounds in the process. "But for his work, the assailant may not have been disarmed. Unfortunately, he gave his life in the process. But his sacrifice saved lives." Afterwards, Howell was widely hailed as a hero.
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ConspiracyRecent ArticlesSpirituality
Is Your God a Devil?
Alexander LightDecember 10, 2015
It is one of the most familiar and reassuring lines in scripture: "The Lord is my shepherd." But when you think about it, the metaphor is a disturbing one.
It's true that a shepherd looks after his sheep. But he also shears them and kills them and eats them. Does the God we adore act totally with our best interests at heart, or are we a species of livestock that he uses for his own ends?
Voices have occasionally uttered doubt, not about the existence of the gods, but about their beneficence. The ancient Gnostics said that the real god of this world was the Demiurge, a second-order being who mistook himself for the true God.
The spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff told a parable about a lazy shepherd who got tired of having his sheep run off, so he hypnotised them into thinking they were men or lions. Then they no longer ran off but stayed around so that he could shear or kill them as he liked.
(Again we encounter a shepherd, this one more explicitly malevolent.)
Gurdjieff does not say who this shepherd is. His main point is that man, in his state of waking sleep, is at the mercy of forces that may well not have his best interests at heart – forces that will extract energy from him regardless of his wishes.
This parable is from an early period of Gurdjieff's teaching; in his later period, epitomised in his magnum opus All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, he portrayed the universe in a more beneficent light. But there are plenty of others who have cast doubts on the motives of the spiritual powers that control our lives.
One of the weirdest is found in a book called War in Heaven by Kyle Griffith. Originally it appeared in 1988. It has never been published in a conventional sense; I first read it years ago when I was editor of the esoteric journal Gnosis and there was a spiral-bound copy lying around the office. Today it can be downloaded for free here.
Comparatively little is known about Griffith himself. From my sources, I gather that he lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s, the time when he put his book together.
He has been featured in an Internet interview (www.openseti.org/ForumFiles/GossensGriffithQA.html), and there is a discussion group devoted to his ideas at http://revolutionaryspiritualism.yuku.com.
From a certain point of view, War in Heaven may look mad; from another, it is strangely compelling. I have read it three times over the years. While I'm not prepared to take its claims at face value, I find them both haunting and disturbing.
Griffith's vision allegedly derives from his telepathic communication with some spirits who say they are associated with the Invisible College.
This was the name of a seventeenth century English coterie that was devoted to esotericism, philosophy, and the nascent discipline of science; it is usually seen as a precursor to the Royal Society.
Unlike the scientifically minded gentlemen of Britain, the Invisible College of Griffith's vision consists of disembodied spirits who claim to have inspired the Rosicrucian and Freemasonic movements of the early modern era; more recently, they were behind the civil-rights movement in America and the psychedelic revolution of the same period.
All of these movements were designed with one end in mind: to break the hold of the Theocrats.
The Theocrats, in the cosmology of War in Heaven, are parasitic astral entities who devour the souls of the recently deceased. The normal course of the soul's evolution involves repeated reincarnations on earth. But these incarnations, as we well know, can be extremely unpleasant at times.
The Theocrats have avoided this disagreeable option by maintaining a semiperpetual existence on the astral plane, fed by the souls they eat. Their strategy is simple.
When a naïve soul has died, they greet it on the other side by proffering illusory welcomes into a fake heaven, populated with familiar religious figures and loved ones. When the soul has strayed into their trap, it is devoured.
To make this vision even more disturbing, Griffith (or his guides from the Invisible College) contends that practically all of what we think of as religion is nothing more than a Theocratic ruse.
The stages of this religious development, as portrayed in War in Heaven, bear some examination. The first stage was essentially shamanism. This is a crude and primitive form of religion – from the Theocrats' point of view, that is, not from ours.
Shamanism, we are told, fosters individual psychic development, and as such, it is of limited value to the predatory Theocrats, who benefit much more from the collective trance that conventional religious worship produces. As a result, the Theocrats had to refine and update their methods of mind control.
Second-stage religion was a dead end. It involved large-scale human sacrifice. And history shows that civilisations that had such practices came to a bad end soon.
Ancient Carthage, the great rival of Rome for domination of the Mediterranean, was one example. When the Romans decisively defeated Carthage, they razed the city and sowed the ground with salt.
Salt is traditionally a substance used for purification, and some have said the Romans did this to cleanse the land from all the human sacrifice that had taken place there.
Aztec civilisation, which in many ways was superior to its European contemporary, was another example: for all its might, it was destroyed by a few hundred Spanish adventurers on horseback.
"The third stage of Theocratic religion," Griffith writes, "involves mass animal sacrifices. Although they prefer human souls, Theocratic spirits can nourish themselves off the astral souls of lower animals to some extent."
If this were true, it would cast a weird but revealing light on what I have characterised in the accompanying article as the religions of the Age of Aries. They were so obsessed with animal sacrifice – which otherwise seems to be rather a pointless activity – because the Theocrats wanted it.
"However," Griffith adds, "the astral tissues of animal souls aren't very compatible with the astral souls of the Theocrats, so they are not a good food source."
To solve this problem, the Theocrats invented fourth-stage religion – the religions that most of the world knows today.
Here "Theocrats use religious mind control to delude souls into deliberately putting themselves under Theocratic control after death, thinking they are entering 'eternal bliss in Heaven' or 'union with the Godhead'."
These religions are essentially those of what in the accompanying article I have called the Age of Pisces.
By this view, the gods people worship – whether they are called Christ or Allah or Krishna – are nothing more than parasites on the astral plane who keep themselves nourished by souls of the innocents they prey on.
Originally the Buddha was different; he experienced a genuine awakening and thus showed little respect for the traditional Vedic gods of his culture.
But his later followers, who distorted his teaching into a religion based on faith in Buddha, became subservient to the Theocrats.
Oh, and by the way:
"The Theocrats want religious believers to feel guilty every time they feel sexual desire or enjoy any 'pleasures of the flesh'. The guilt literally addicts them to attending church services that subject them to religious mind control."
There have been few more disturbing portraits of the religious history of humanity than this.
To deliver the hapless beings of the human race from this dire situation, certain advanced souls from other planets came to the astral atmosphere of Earth a few centuries ago. They, along with some enlightened human souls who have managed to avoid the Theocrats, constitute the Invisible College.
While the Theocrats have been sending telepathic suggestions to their unsuspecting followers on this plane, saying that all you have to do is believe in the Theocratic gods and trust them, the Invisible College has been transmitting the opposite message: to avoid worship and above all to think for yourself.
They inspired the Rosicrucian and Masonic movements of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as the accompanying impulses toward democracy, freedom of thought, and even atheism. After all, it is better to believe in no God at all than to open yourself up to a parasitic astral deity.
According to Griffith, much of the 1960s counterculture was stimulated by the Invisible College. LSD, rock concerts, and similar gatherings were designed to create a different kind of trance – one that would telepathically open people to the idea they should think for themselves.
But the story does not stop there.
This effort has led to a reaction by the adversary – "fifth-stage Theocracy," which "employs electronic mind control instead of religious mind control, and… can enslave people who subscribe to belief systems other than those of organised religion."
Some groups originally inspired by the Invisible College are co-opted by the adversary.
Griffith writes:
"Every new rock group starts out with a few normal protest or love songs. Then they get swallowed by a group mind controlled by fifth-stage Theocrats, and from that point on all their songs sound as if they were written by the same person."
It's not possible here to go further into Griffith's bizarre but fascinating vision. But there are some things that keep me from dismissing it entirely.
The first is the collective madness of the human race – its pathological desire to rage and destroy, its hatred of its benefactors and its insane worship of its most vicious victimisers.
There is a point beyond which we cannot explain this by mere mammalian aggression – which, as a matter of fact, does not have such destructive properties in other mammals.
Psychology and sociology have no explanations for this mass insanity and show little interest in finding them. If there were such entities on the astral plane trying to control and manipulate us as Griffith says they are, this behaviour would at least be comprehensible.
Another is the powerful collective urge toward what Gurdjieff called the "waking sleep" of man. It is true that, in the West at any rate, mass hypnosis by low-grade religion is losing its hold.
But no sooner has this happened than we see a whole new series of mechanisms for putting people back to sleep – the "electronic mind control" that Griffith mentions.
It is very hard to go into a public place and see people bewitched by their laptops and smartphones without wondering if something like this is going on.
I don't think War in Heaven offers a total explanation for the human condition, but I suspect that it has a measure of truth. There do seem to be invisible forces that, for reasons that are difficult to determine, benefit from the collective waking trance of humanity.
Griffith concludes his work with a quasi-apocalyptic vision of the End Times. It is close enough to the End Times as portrayed by Christianity that I have trouble taking it at face value.
And while I suspect there are low-grade spiritual entities that very much resemble the Theocrats described here, I am not so convinced that they explain everything about human religious aspiration.
In any case, Griffith and his invisible mentors have some advice for keeping out of Theocratic control. In the first place, make a conscious effort to develop your own psychic powers during this life.
In the second place, "read accounts of point-of-death experiences and learn to recognise the common tricks that the Theocrats use to enslave the unwary after death."
In other words, those accounts of near-death experiences are true – but they're not to be taken at face value. That's probably a sound rule of thumb for all spiritual experiences – no matter how good or bad they seem.
By Richard Smoley, New Dawn Magazine
About the author: Richard Smoley has over thirty-five years of experience of studying and practicing esoteric spirituality.
He is the author of:
Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition;
The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe;
Conscious Love: Insights from Mystical Christianity;
The Essential Nostradamus;
Forbidden Faith: The Secret History of Gnosticism; and
Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions (with Jay Kinney).
Smoley is also the former editor of Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions. Currently he is editor of Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America and of Quest Books.
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God made us to be growing and changing. But we are not always growing at the same rate. Sometimes we experience slow growth, and others times fast growth. A growth spurt is usually preceded by a period of rest and even complacency, followed by a period of difficulty and frustration, followed by a determination to choose faith over fear. When faith is excercised and the barrier is past, there is once again a period of rest.
In 1947 Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. As pilots approached the speed of sound they experienced a barrier called a shock wave. When they hit the shock wave, their plane shook and they retreated. Many pilots died in crashes. But Yeager found that when he accelerated past the sound barrier the plane flew well. Before the barrier is reached, there is resistance. After the barrier is reached, there is peace.
There were planes which could break the sound barrier prior to Yeager. When these pilots went up and approached the speed of sound, the plane shook violently. The more the plane shook, the more frightened the pilot became. When a pilot would try to slow the plane down, often he would crash. The same thing happened to other pilots because they responded to the resistance with fear and backed off from their attempt to achieve a break through.
When Chuck Yeager attempted to break the sound barrier, all the same things happened. His plane shook violently and he became afraid. But, he responded differently to his circumstances. Instead of giving up and slowing down, he decided, "if I am going to die, I am going to go out in style." Instead of slowing down, he sped up and the rest is history. It's okay to be afraid, because everyone encounters fear. But what you do after that makes all the difference.
Thankfully God has provided a man and woman some "rocket fuel" to get their marriage off the ground. This fuel is potent stuff. I am speaking figuratively about the onboard hormones (and biochemicals) which drive mutual attraction. These are more than sufficient to bring about feelings of being "in love." When two people are "in love" there is a sort of magical effortlessness to the relationship. It is this effortlessness that drives the two together.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending upon how you look at it, this state of effortlessness does not last forever. Eventually it runs it course and the same effortless effect is no longer present. This is when a marriage is most vulnerable to shakes and fears. Life and marriage are not without challenges. At this point there develops a fork in the road. How will the couple interpret this lack of feeling in love? Many couples will conclude that because they are no longer in love, there is no point in staying in the relationship. They fear their own lack of ability to produce effortless love. When love becomes work, they back away in fear.
It takes a certain amount of maturity to break this Love Barrier. Marriage is about hanging into there and pressing forward even in the midst of shakes and fears. Press on, pray, and persevere until you make your break through. You will need to overcome by expanding your horizon. Believe in faith there is something better ahead. If you don't look out very far, then it is easy to make a hasty decision that looks good in the short term. A short term gain might reduce the immediate pressure, but it will mean the eventual crash of your marriage.
Once you've experienced moving past a barrier, you are forever changed. Your brain chemistry maps a new neurological path directly related to your new experience (of successfully breaking the barrier). The next time you are faced with the same barrier, it will be easier to push through. The same barrier will no longer be challenging to you. Enjoy this time of rest, because God is infinite and there are always new horizons to explore.
What barriers are you facing in your life? In your marriage?
What fears are preventing you from moving forward past the barriers and into doing what is right?
Is there anything you need to strenghen your faith? Ask Jesus for it now. When there are strong shakes and fears, consider counseling to help you break the love barrier.
…because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.


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For new parents often certain complexity in a maintenance of a newborn becomes a child's genital hygiene.However, the granite of science on a hygiene of children becomes pliable following the progress of a theory and approximately practical training. With proper medication of skin skin wrinkles can avoid a lot of of a "grown-up" problems in children. Similar posts:Mothers. Increase lactation Moms. Gipolaktatsiya Moms. Vitamins for babies . . Читать полностью -->
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One injection may solve a lot of health problems. A big plus vaccination is that it protects babies with such diseases, some which we have long not remember.A newborn is born with a congenital passive immunity. You feed the baby fresh? Hence, it becomes even stronger immunity due to antibodies that are contained in human natural milk.To infection does not "cling" to the child, you have to take care of good nutrition and forever hardening. With this it's organic defenses will be strengthened, and a body of the child will be consummate resist disease. But there are also acquired immunity. It complements the natural and produced complete time due to different vaccination. Baby. Читать полностью -->
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The first "regular" dental visit should be just after your child's third birthday. The first visit with our pediatric dentist in Chicago is usually short and involves very little treatment. We may ask that you sit in the dental chair and hold your child during the examination. You may also wait in the reception area during a part of the visit so that a relationship can be built between your child and Dr. Dani, our dentist in Chicago.
We will gently examine your child's teeth and gums. X-rays may be taken to reveal any decay and check on the progress of your child's permanent teeth under the gums. We may clean your child's teeth and apply a topical fluoride to help protect the teeth against decay as well as make sure your child is receiving adequate fluoride at home. Most importantly, we will review with you how to clean and care for your child's teeth.
We are asked this question many times. We suggest that you prepare your child the same way you would before his or her first haircut or trip to the shoe store. Your child's reaction to his or her first visit to the dentist may surprise you.
Take your child for a preview of the office.
Read books together about going to the dentist.
Talk about what our holistic dentist in Chicago will do at the time of the first visit.
Check to see if fluoride is necessary.
Teach your child about cleaning his/her teeth and gums.
Tooth decay and childhood no longer have to go hand-in-hand. At our office, we are most concerned with all aspects of preventative care. We use the latest dental sealant technology to protect your child's teeth. Dental sealants are space-age plastics that are bonded to the chewing surface of decay-prone back teeth. This is just one of the ways we will set the foundation for your child's lifetime of good oral health.
Most of the time cavities are due to a diet high in sugary foods and a lack of brushing. Limiting your child's sugar intake and instilling healthy brushing habits will go a long way towards preventing cavities. Everytime someone eats, an acid reaction occurs inside the mouth as the bacteria digests the sugars. The reaction lasts approximately 20 minutes. During this time, the acid environment can destroy the tooth structure, leading to cavities.
The consistency of a person's saliva also makes a difference. Thinner saliva breaks up and washes away food more quickly. When a person eats a diet high in carbohydrates and sugars, his or her saliva tends to be thicker, which allows more of the acid-producing bacteria that can cause cavities.
The first baby teeth that come into the mouth are the two bottom front teeth. You will notice this when your baby is about 6-8 months old. Next to follow will be the four upper front teeth, and the remainder of your baby's teeth will appear periodically. They will usually appear in pairs along the sides of the jaw until the child is about 2 ½ years old.
At around 2 ½ years old, your child should have all 20 teeth. Between the ages of 5 and 6, the first permanent teeth will begin to erupt. Some of the permanent teeth replace baby teeth, and some don't. Don't worry if some teeth are a few months early or late as all children are different.
Baby teeth are important as they not only hold space for permanent teeth, but they are essential to chewing, biting, speech, and appearance. For this reason, it is essential for your child to maintain a healthy diet and daily hygiene.


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Used to help relieve stress, mild depression, PMS, anxiety and tension, menopausal problems and for general energizing.
To assist with PMS, depression, stress, anxiety and tension, fluid retention, edema, eczema, bruises, insect repellent, and menstrual irregularities.
Used for eczema, repelling insects, burns and scalds, and bruises.
Description of plant It is a hairy perennial shrub, often used in hedgerows, and stand up to about 1 metre high with pointed leaves, serrated at the edges and has pinkish-white flowers.
History of the oil The plants originated from South Africa as well as Reunion, Madagascar, Egypt, and Morocco, and were introduced to European countries such as Italy, Spain, and France in the 17th century.
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Haha you are?! Why's that?
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Q: Incomplete borders around div I am looking for a way to create an incomplete square with borders with some text and a background with pure css. Here is what I am trying to achieve:

My initial idea is to create the shape based on three shapes and then colorize the borders accordingly:

But I am a bit concerned about the adaptive version - scaling three shapes. So maybe a better idea, anyone?

A: You can do with css pseudo ::after and ::before , something like this
.incomplete-box{
  border: solid 1px #fff;
  border-right: none;
  width: 100px;
  height: auto;
  position: relative;
}
.incomplete-box::after,
.incomplete-box::before{
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  height: 30%;
  width: 1px;
  background-color: #fff;
  right: 0;
}
.incomplete-box::after{
  top: 0;
}
.incomplete-box::before{
  bottom: 0;
}

Demo
Fixed width and height : https://jsfiddle.net/nikhilvkd/qt5ne3yw/
Auto width and height: https://jsfiddle.net/nikhilvkd/0v3k8rv8/2/

A: You can do this with :before and :after pseudo elements
Complete design Fiddle

.square {
  width: 200px;
  height: 300px;
  border-left: 1px solid gray;
  border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
  border-top: 1px solid gray;
  position: relative;
}

.square:before, .square:after {
  content: "";
  height: 20%;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  border-right: 1px solid gray;
}

.square:before {
  bottom: 0;
}

or SVG

line {
  stroke: #6996FB;
  stroke-width: 2;
}

svg {
  overflow: visible;
}

button {
  padding: 10px 50px;
  border: none;
  color: white;
  margin-right: 10px;
  margin-top: 15px;
}

.btn-blue {
  background: #5D8CFF;
}

.btn-green {
  background: #33F1D9;
}

h3 {
  margin: 0;
}
<svg width="250" height="300" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
    <line x1="1" y1="1" x2="250" y2="1"></line>
    <line x1="0" y1="300" x2="250" y2="300"></line>
    <line x1="1" y1="1" x2="1" y2="300"></line>
    <line x1="249" y1="0" x2="249" y2="70"></line>
    <line x1="249" y1="230" x2="249" y2="300"></line>

    <foreignobject x="60" y="90" width="400" height="180">

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        <button class="btn-blue">Btn 1</button><button class="btn-green">Btn 2</button>

    </foreignobject>

</svg>

A: This approach allows you to:

*

*add any content and the borders will adapt around it regardless of height or width of the content

*support transparent background and can be displayed over an image or non plain colors

*doesn't add any unsemantic elements

It relies on 2 absolutely positioned pseudo elements and one div. The spacing between the content and the borders is controlled by the padding on the div :

div{
  position:relative;
  display:inline-block;
  padding:50px 100px;
  border-left:1px solid #000;
  text-align:center;
}
div:before, div:after{
  content:'';
  position:absolute;
  right:50%; left:0;
  height:50px;
  border-right:1px solid #000;
}
div:before{
  top:0;
  border-top:1px solid #000;
}
div:after{
  bottom:0;
  border-bottom:1px solid #000;
}
body{background:url('http://i.imgur.com/3IXm5qm.jpg');background-size:cover;}

This is a very long title on
 2 lines

  <button>Button</button>

Some text

A: Well, go with the above answers, I recommend using pseudo elements to achieve this effect.

But There is another way to accomplish this without using
  pseudo-elements.

Here is how you should do this.

.row{display:table;table-layout:fixed;}
    .col{display:table-cell;}

    .row{width:250px; margin: auto;}
    .mid.row > .col{ height: 100px; }

    .col{ text-align: center;}
    .top.col, .bottom.col{
      border-top: 1px solid black;
      border-left: 1px solid black;
      border-right: 1px solid black;
      height: 50px;
    }
   .bottom.col{
     border-top: 0;
     border-bottom: 1px solid black;
   }
    .mid.row > .col{
      border-left: 1px solid black;
      border-right: 0;
      vertical-align: middle;
      text-align: right;
    }
   .mid.row > .col span{
      margin-right: -30px;
     max-width: 300px;
    }

    Hey you can achieve this without using pseudo elements :)

A: We can do this with linear-gradients. No SVG, no pseudo-element. I used some variables to control everything easily.

.container {
  /* you can change these variables */
  --border-color: #000;
  --border-width: 2px;
  --space: 100px;

  width: 200px;
  height: 300px;
  position: relative;

  background: linear-gradient(var(--border-color), var(--border-color)) 0 0/var(--border-width) 100%,
              linear-gradient(var(--border-color), var(--border-color)) 0 100%/100% var(--border-width), linear-gradient(var(--border-color), var(--border-color)) 0 0/100% var(--border-width),
              linear-gradient(var(--border-color), var(--border-color)) 100% 0/var(--border-width) calc(50% - (var(--space) / 2)),
              linear-gradient(var(--border-color), var(--border-color)) 100% 100%/var(--border-width) calc(50% - (var(--space) / 2));
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.content {
  position: absolute;
  width: 200px;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  right: -100px;
  background: yellow;
}

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Parents whose children are enrolled at P.S. 376 in Bayside are concerned about traffic safety around the school.
PTA co-president Carin Bail-Rosenfeld presented these concerns at the Bayside Hills Civic Association (BHCA) meeting on Jan. 29, citing a lack of a safety signal or crosswalk on 48th Avenue and 211th Street where cars and city buses frequently zoom past.
She went on to say that there are times when the buses are not following the proper protocol by "going as high as 50 miles an hour" and cars go past parked yellow school buses with their stop signs out. A "concerned parent" on the BHCA Facebook page raised similar concerns about the school at 210-21 48th Ave.
QNS reported on the city's plans to build P.S. 376 back in 2015. Two years prior, residents in the area protested the school due to the potential impact on parking and "dangerous traffic problems" for the students. The school officially opened in September 2017 and currently teaches students in pre-K, kindergarten and first grade.
In 2017, Councilman Paul Vallone collaborated with P.S. 376 Principal Clara Kang and DOT to install signage that brought down the speed limit from 25 to 20 miles per hour during school hours. But parents think that more needs to be done.
Vallone told QNS that he had been advocating for "additional traffic calming measures and devices" at the school site even before it opened. The councilman said that his office has written "multiple letters" and walked through the site with DOT.
Andrew Arcese, a Department of Transportation (DOT) representative for the Queens Borough Commissioner's office explained that when DOT conduct studies for signals or all-way stop signs, they follow federal guidelines listed in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
"They basically tell us when a signal or an all-way stop is warranted," said Arcese who added that there are nine different criteria that can trigger a warrant.
Bail-Rosenfeld argued that the location of the school met two of the criteria but Arcese countered that the criteria are also largely based on the volume of vehicles and pedestrians that DOT observes.
Residents also raised concerns about the speeding buses that travel routes near the school and asked if DOT would consider installing a speed bump in the area. Prior to 2019, Arcese said that DOT's policy was to not install speed reducers, such as speed bumps, in areas where heavy vehicles like buses or trucks pass.
"They allow a bus or a truck to go through without necessarily going over that big bump, but passenger cars will still kinda have to go over that bump," Arcese said.
In November 2018, Streetsblog reported that these speed cushions were not slowing down cars as intended and included several videos showing cars racing over the cushions.
QNS reached out to DOT and is awaiting a response.