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Genesis and the Journey from Charlottesville to a New Vision of Community
by joelabrown | Oct 20, 2017 | Hebrew Bible, October 2017, Race and Religion, Scholars' Roundtable | 0 comments
The second post in our October issue of the Forum comes from Amanda Mbuvi (High Point University), a Hebrew Bible scholar, in which she offers the book of Genesis as a potential resource for rethinking notions of race and identity in light of recent events. For our October roundtable, we have invited several scholars of religion to reflect on the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing #Charlottesville as a moment of national reckoning with white supremacy and the manifold forms of racism operating in American culture and politics, including both those which are explicit as well as subtle-but-no-less-sinister forms. Contributors to the roundtable will offer analyses of the relationship of religion to race and white supremacy, and they will think about the potential contributions of scholarship in religion for helping shape broader discourses about race in the US. We invite you to join the conversation by sharing your thoughts and questions in the comments section below.
Posted essays:
Damon Berry (St. Lawrence University), Religious Strategies of White Nationalism at Charlottesville
Amanda Mbuvi (High Point University), Genesis and the Journey from Charlottesville to a New Vision of Community
Brandy Daniels (University of Virginia), On difficulties and (de-)formation: Modest reflections (questions, really) on the potential uses of theology and theory for religious practice (and vice versa) in light of and after #Charlottesville
by Amanda Mbuvi
On a recent episode of NPR's Code Switch podcast, Mount Holyoke student Sofia Rivera describes her journey from Puerto Rico to attend college in Massachusetts as bringing about a change in her race: "Back in Puerto Rico I'm white and I have this white privilege. . . . Coming here, being racialized, and being put as a person of color, but never having the experience of living as a person of color firsthand and being raised as a person of color and being marginalized. It's hard having to take your own prejudices and recognize that you had a privilege and now you don't."1
Rivera received her identity as a person of color through repeated encounters in which she observed an immediate negative shift in people's perception of her upon learning of her Puerto Rican origins. After overhearing her speaking Spanish on the phone with her mother, they asked where she was from. When she mentioned Puerto Rico, she then saw "the changing of the visage of people and their perceptions of me afterward." Her unmarked (white) identity vanished in an instant and she became something other, something "less." Taking on the identity of a person of color was not a choice she made to present herself as different. It was a recognition of a choice that other people were making about her, and it was a direct result of coming to live in the United States.
The ubiquity of experiences like Rivera's are why so many people of color present race to their children as a fundamental and inescapable part of who they are. Rivera thought she was white (a thought largely consisting in not thinking about her race at all). But other people repeatedly challenged that self-perception, assigning her a different identity and relating to her on that basis. By teaching their children to embrace their racial identity and feel pride in it, parents hope to protect them from the pain that Rivera experienced at being reclassified and demoted in the space of a brief encounter. And social disapproval is just the tip of the iceberg—in fraught circumstances such as when the specter of criminality has been raised, negative social perception can have deadly consequences. In the United States, the well-being and survival of people of color depend on being aware of and adjusting to the role of race.
But while Rivera's experience highlights the power of race as a social reality, it also demonstrates the illusion of race as a feature of bodies. Her body did not change when she moved from one context to another, but because of the different significance attributed to language and place of origin, her race did. Although it encompasses physical features, racial identity as we know it is not a truth residing in our bodies. It is assigned, and different societies assign it differently.
Rivera's story illustrates the way in which white supremacy is expressed not only in pointed declarations like those at the Charlottesville demonstrations, but also in the everyday processes of racialization that define whiteness as the unmarked identity from which all others deviate. Racism is a problem deriving from the typical ways in which identity is conceptualized and lived out, not one confined to a few renegade people and institutions. Reversing its harms therefore requires dismantling race itself—not by pretending it doesn't matter (i.e., "colorblindness"), but by addressing its impacts while treating it as the product of human decision rather than a fact objectively and inalterably residing in our DNA.
Resources for such a task can be found in the biblical book of Genesis, which centers on a story of transformation of social identity (let's not impose our modern categories and call it race). YHWH calls Abram (Abraham) away from everything that had defined him and promises to make him the ancestor of a new people in a new, as yet unspecified, homeland (Gen. 12:1-3). With that gesture, Genesis upends modern convention, depicting social identity not only as amenable to change, but also as contingent on relationship with God. Genesis devotes most of its space to the process of living into the promises of YHWH before those promises have an established shape in the world. Abraham steps into the role of membership in a new people that has no name and that does not yet exist for anyone outside his household. As the members of the household grapple with their new identity and its implications, others continue to interact with them according to already established terms. The book concludes with the descendants of Abraham not yet a people, not yet at home in the promised land.
Genesis emphasizes the in-between—liminal spaces where the present and the future coexist. The way in which the book withholds both peoplehood and place from Abraham and his household ensures that they do not simply move from one category to another. Rather, they go off the grid, leaving behind the very system according to which the categories are reckoned and moving to a new kind of identity rooted in the divine word.
For the people descending from Abraham, the divine word stands as the source of identity and being. As Genesis depicts them, they have no existence before or beyond the call of YHWH. By thus subordinating what we might call national or racial/ethnic identity to theological identity, Genesis presents an alternative to the modern tendency to regard race as preconditioning all experience, including religious experience. Genesis describes relationship with YHWH as transcending and transforming race, creating a new social self, not just a "spiritual" self that operates only within parameters established in the body at birth.
Genesis has a different system of belonging, one conveyed through the book's powerful but theologically underutilized genealogies. In contrast to the reductionist tendency to view family as a biologically affiliated group of people in a nuclear or slightly larger unit, Genesis presents an expansive view of kinship that uses genealogy to incorporate the cosmos under the rubric of family (2:4). The recurring genealogical formula "these are the generations of…" provides the structure for the entire book. Through genealogy and narrative and the interplay between them, Genesis situates human diversity within a family tree that links not only all humanity, but also all creation in a single network in which the fruitfulness of any branch depends on the well-being of the entire tree.
For contemporary readers who count themselves among the family of Abraham, the book's depiction of Abraham and his household interacting with people who interpellate them into the established system of social identity speaks to the current experience of living with both the identity that comes from the divine word and the one(s) that come from other people. The transition from old self to new self does not come easily to the patriarchs and matriarchs, as it does not come easily to those trying to move beyond the racial outlook deeply embedded in the modern imagination and its social structures. But Genesis embraces the process of navigating the in-between, celebrating it as a defining characteristic of the family that journeys with YHWH. To be in relationship with YHWH is to undertake, like Rivera, a journey that upends one's sense of self.
The dominant regime of identity presents the rules of identity as we know them as structuring human existence in all times and places. It stakes its claim to such all-encompassing legitimacy by training us to forget that identity is a perpetually moving target, governed by "rules" that arose in history and that continue to evolve. The Bible has been conscripted into service to the dominant regime of identity and exercised considerable influence in that capacity. Nevertheless, different possibilities emerge when we engage it as "pushing us to think in ways that do not come naturally."2 When we let it speak beyond the constraints of our "rules," Genesis can nurture readers in the contingent identity resulting from a transformative relationship with God, bind them to the historically, geographically, and culturally diverse community that has emerged from the family of Abraham, and present visions of the world that push the limits of our imagination. It can make the possibility of inclusive community as vivid as the divisions that currently plague us. ♦
Amanda Mbuvi is Assistant Professor of Religion at High Point University and the author of the recent book Belonging in Genesis: Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation. She specializes in biblical and Jewish studies. Her work uses an interdisciplinary perspective to engage questions of identity and community that are prominent in both the biblical texts and contemporary conversations about how we live with those texts and with each other.
"Puerto Rico, My Heart's Devotion," http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch ↩
Ellen F. Davis, "Vulnerability, the Condition of Covenant," in The Art of Reading Scripture (Ed. Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003), 279. ↩
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Monetization - 8 min read - July 10, 2020
How to Monetize Hyper-Casual Games with Success
Hyper-casual games have seen unprecedented growth over the past year and game developers have learned how to survive in this fast-paced environment.
It is not surprising to find tons of hyper-casual titles in the top charts these days. What is surprising, though, is the volatility of these super successful hyper-casual games.
Hyper-casual titles that are in the top charts today, a few weeks ago, were almost non-existent. And a few weeks from now, they will probably disappear again. This volatility is unthinkable in other industries. However, game developers have learned how to survive in this fast-paced environment and, some of them, are mastering it.
In Appodeal, we have plenty of mobile developers that have embraced the hyper-casual culture and live in this ecosystem. Compared to other mobile apps & gaming genres that are more static, getting noticed is much harder; hyper-casual games have a chance to thrive.
Today, we want to talk about the key elements of the successful hyper-casual games, and all you need to know to become a hit in tomorrow's top charts.
The Hyper Casual Game Scenario.
The hyper-casual boom started a few years ago. However, it wasn't until last year when it really took off.
During the coronavirus pandemic, the number of downloads kept increasing, by almost 30% compared with the previous time frames. We said it several times: people need new forms of entertainment, and mobile games are quick & easy to get.
You have at your disposal several monthly reports from appodeal, where we analyze the causes behind this huge growth in the mobile industry during the COVID-19 lockdown (March, April & May Reports).
Hyper-casual games have seen unprecedented growth over the past year. From 2018 to 2019, the number of hyper-casual games in the app stores increased by 170%, and users downloaded them +150%. This growth is x3 the industry average!
The prompt evolution of the hyper-casual genre and the size of its releases, combined with its model business so data-driven and iterative, has created a humongous scenario. At this date, hyper-casual games generate a 4 billion dollars industry with plenty of opportunities for game developers.
Source: State of Gaming 2020 from AppsFlyer
Who plays hyper-casual games?
There are an estimated 650 million Hyper Casual players, and, since they are 50-50 men and women, they have a broad spectrum of audiences. What you attract will mostly depend on the style of your videogame.
It doesn't matter who you are, your country, or your age. There's always a hyper-casual game that can immediately connect with you and your frame of mind.
Since hyper-casual games have an audience that overlaps with other genres, it's not unusual to see players who get better acquainted with specific types of games and move to more casual or mid-core titles.
Some hyper-casual players also tend to move to other non-casual games that share the same IP, branding, or style. We often detect migration flows from hyper-casual puzzle or sports games to mid-core games with a more solid monetization strategy and better long-term retention rates.
But that happens in the opposite direction too.
Players that usually play puzzle, arcade, sports, and other mobile games genres, quickly shift to hyper-casual games. They fulfill their needs without tutorials or previous involvement. They can go straight to the action a few seconds after they install the game. The game does not require them to learn complex mechanics, build a set of characters or farm their characters to higher levels.
But this also causes a higher rotation between apps on hyper-casual users. On average, they install x10 times more apps than non-hyper casual gamers.
Thus, it is difficult to detect and pin the "pure" hyper-casual gamer.
Designing Successful Hyper-Casual Games
Most mobile game developers have the knowledge and the skills to develop hyper-casual games. However, the hard part for game devs is to adapt their business model & working methodologies to generate truly successful hyper-casual games.
You may have heard that "hyper-casual" is not just a genre. This sentence relies on the fact that one does not simply produce and monetize a hyper-casual game like any other mobile genre.
You will have to tweak and adapt your game to new retention models, engagement features, and even monetization strategies.
Studios with a broad experience developing hyper-casual games usually say that the user gameplay should be below one minute. Your game should allow the player to have a full game session even if they're just waiting in the supermarket queue or while traveling with public transport.
However, there are no one-size-fits-all mechanics in hyper-casual games. Instead, you must focus on which feelings your users will have while using those mechanics, which usually are:
Triumph: Players must achieve success with minimum effort.
Fulfillment: Generate a positive experience after the game session.
Show-off: Gameplays worth sharing & watching on Youtube or other social media.
Every level must be a bit harder than the previous one. The user has to feel he has progressed but always avoiding feelings of failure. Punitive and complex mechanics are a no-go.
The challenge, however, is how to build a game and optimize its mechanics to effectivelygenerate the desired feelings within your users. And this will all vary on each title.
Hyper-Casual Games are ultimately Data-Driven
It is hard to build hyper-casual games for game developers who are, at the same time, players. Creators often fall in love with their creations, and that may become an obstacle to monetizing their hyper-casual games with success. They are focused on what they would like to see or get, instead of what drives conversion rates.
Passion is a strong driver when developing video games. But the industry has shown that the most successful hyper-casual games are data-driven.
As soon as you have the first version of your game, you should develop a short video ad of your game. With it, you can immediately run a test campaign to check your CTR (Click-Through Rate), CPI (Cost per Install), and the quality of your users. It will become a good starting point to check if your game has the potential to become successful.
Some developers that play and enjoy video games usually fall on the misconception of building casuals or idle games, believing that they are creating hyper-casual games.
If your game does not reach certain milestones -each publisher set up their own KPIs the way works best for them-, then change it, iterate it, or even kill your game and move on to the next idea.
Developers who move quickly in this industry have a leading advantage over the competition. Great artists or game designers that fall in love with their games and are reluctant to leave non-rewarding projects behind, usually struggle a bit more when developing hyper-casual games.
The key is being able to come up with a fresh idea, see if it works, build a prototype, and keep iterating.
Monetizing Hyper-Casual Games with Success
If you wonder what's the best way to monetize a hyper-casual game, the short answer is through personalized ads.
Hyper-casual gamers have a higher tolerance to ad impacts, and they are used to watching more ads in a single session than any other genre. That is great news for people with experience monetizing with ads! Compared to different game genres, you can easily tweak your hyper-casual title. For example, increasing the frequency of your ads may cause a peak in your revenue, and it your churn rates & session time length will not be altered that much.
The short duration of sessions allows you to optimize your ad strategy and see its effects almost immediately. You can adapt your ad monetization on the fly, depending on the user's behavior. You're able to tweak according to your users' needs, the ad frequencies, the type of ads (videos, interstitials, native, etc.) you push to them, or even the reward on your video ads.
Ads work great in hyper-casual games because it lets you have a fluid and natural ad monetization strategy that completely adapts to each user.
Remember when we said that hyper-casual players are hungry for new experiences? If you have a stack of hyper-casual titles under your umbrella, you can cross-promote your other games to retain them among several titles.
Tip from Appodeal 😉
The latest trend in Hyper Casual Games is to mix several game mechanics from different genres in one single game. Sometimes, those can even be found in the same stage or level of the game. It is more common to find hyper-casual titles that merge game mechanics from "endless runners + combat games" or "casino + builder".
When different mechanics are happening on every level, or sometimes even at that same level, balancing your ad monetization strategy in hyper-casual games becomes more complicated.
It's on you how you work with the deep-level data at your disposal, integrate your Ad Monetization strategy with your game loop and game mechanics, and create a unique ad experience completely adapted to your user.
Here it is the real challenge for game developers and, in the end, what will make the monetization of hyper-casual titles genuinely successful.
Ad Monetization aligned with User Retention
Hyper-casual game developers are starting to cross ad impression data and in-game user data. This allows game developers to create a more personal gaming experience, rather than treating every player the same.
Blending user behavioral & ad impression data comes with a great advantage. It allows you to understand if the ad strategy that you've created is offering an enjoyable experience for your users. When your banners, interstitials, or even rewarded videos fit seamlessly in your gameplay and game mechanics, it's crucial to make your game profitable and generate better retention rates.
By increasing your retention rates, your margins and profit grow up, making your game and your whole business more sustainable
It is very complex to define global mechanics for hyper-casual games to improve their retention rates while keeping their ad monetization revenue high.
The high complexity of increasing retention rates has pushed some game developers to go the other way around and start developing Ultra-Casual games. They decide to sacrifice parts of their game to reach an even broader audience and reduce their CPI's. However, the margins and retention rates of these games are shallow.
On the other side of the coin, there's a pattern for hyper-casual developers concerned to increase their retention rates. These game developers are checking what is effective in similar game genres, such as casual, idle, match-3, social, etc.
We believe that the answer to improving your 7D retention rates will come from:
Studying what other similar genres are doing in their games, and learning from them.
Creating unique ad experiences for your users.
And balancing your Ad Monetization with your gameplay.
The Keys to Success on Hyper-Casual Games
In conversations with game developers, I've noticed that each studio has its unique Keys to Success.
However, if there's one key to success that they all share, it is to have a great monetization partner that shares accurate, transparent, high-level, actionable data, as we do in Appodeal. This way, you can create customizable ad experiences that fit your users' needs and have a positive impact on your monetization and retention rates.
The ability to get that level of insight from your monetization partner is crucial to understand your audience, find what it is going to work best, and avoid behavioral, geographical, or even cultural nuances.
At Appodeal, our main goal is that you make as much money from your ads as possible, no matter which ad source you use.
Therefore, if you want a reliable monetization partner and start making real money from your ads, sign up for free & integrate the Appodeal SDK.
We take care of your monetization, so you can focus on what you do best: developing mobile apps and creating top-earning hits.
Extra: Eager to boost your hyper-casual game?
The hyper-casual genre is getting bigger, and the doors to success are wide open for developers like you.
If you're about to launch your new hyper-casual title, I highly recommend you check our Appodeal Accelerator Program. We are putting all our experience at your service, helping indie developers like you to run user acquisition campaigns and creating video and playable ads, on a large scale.
In-App Ads are the primary source of revenue on hyper-casual games, and since we are experts on Ad Monetization, we can guide you and give you actionable insights.
Get to know the best ad frequency for your users, which type of ads you should deliver, and even balancing the ads with your game economy and game mechanics.
We will consider your most relevant KPIs, such as session length, number of sessions per day, and other metrics to optimize your ad monetization strategy, make your revenue grow, and generate a successful and profitable hyper-casual game.

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Carole Waters is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

She played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1960s and early 1970s and competed for Australia at the 1967 World Championship held in Czechoslovakia and the 1971 World Championship held in Brazil. Waters is married to veteran cyclist Roger Stoddart.

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Living people
Australian women's basketball players
Year of birth missing (living people)

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The Boston Americans' pitcher Bill Dinneen threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox 112 years ago today.
Dinneen retired in 1909 after pitching 12 seasons and compiling a 170-177 record with a 3.01 ERA. He transitioned into the role of a major league umpire and was behind the plate for five no-hitters.


Some consider Nigel Holmes, whose work tends to be more illustrative, the opposite of Edward Tufte, who preaches the data ink ratio. Column Five Media asked Holmes about how he works and what got him interested in the genre.
As a young child in England, I loved the weekly comics "The Beano" and "The Dandy." They were not like American comic books; they were never called "books," for a start. These English comics from the late 1940s and early '50s had recurring one-page (usually funny) stories featuring a cast of regular characters. They had names like Biffo the Bear, Lord Snooty, and Desperate Dan. The comics were printed on poor-quality newsprint, which seemed to go yellow as you were reading it, but there was something very attractive about them.
I like the small dig on Tufte around the middle, while citing the paper that happens to find that Holmes' graphics were more memorable than basic charts.
My own work at first was a little too illustrative, and Edward Tufte made a big fuss about what he thought was the trivialization of data. Recent academic studies have proved many of his theses wrong.
It seems the arguments haven't changed much over the decades.
I don't think this is true…?
A study found that charts with a bunch of crap on them were more memorable.
Not that they presented data better, or that the data presented in the charts were more memorable, if I recall correctly.
Not to mention that the 'basic' charts used in the study as a comparison were very poor examples that do not follow much of generally accepted good practice.
Not quite, it wouldn't have been published if the measure was that meaningless (I hope!).
That's not to say it's a great study. It's not: sample size of just 20 students, almost all of whom occasionally work with charts (both creating and interpreting them) as part of their studies, making them an atypical sample as well as a small sample.
But in its defence, it included another interesting element often dropped by people trying to characterise it as "Tufte vs Holmes" – it used eye-tracking to see how much time people were focussed on data vs noise parts of the chart. Quick summary: Most (67%) of the time looking at embellished charts was focussed on elements containing data, which was lower than for plain charts (78%) – and "this did not result in a longer time to describe the charts". Something useful in there. 13% looking at Holmes embellishments, and for both, about 20% looking at other elements (titles and labels were treated as data, so it's not clear what these were).
As far as I know, the idea of this study has never been replicated or investigated further, which is a shame. I feel like, so many years on, the debate should have moved on from the same old tired tribal war of Tufte vs Holmes, of people quoting opinions written in VDQI vs people alluding to this one small study.
While this is only a single study and doesn't necessarily invalidate Tufte's approach, the study's findings suggest that these illustrated charts outperform in both appeal and retention. The fact that data trends were recalled also suggests that viewers also understood the data being presented, at least at a high level. That said, Tufte's priorities seem lean heavily toward comprehension of precise detail as a primary objective. We must recognize that the objectives of data visualization vary with their application – and priorities shift accordingly.
That is certainly the downside of this type of study…while there may be validity to some of Holmes' views, a large number of people use this type of study as an excuse to ignore good design practices, and use it as an 'I told you so'.
Clearly, how to approach data visualization depends a great deal on the intent and the audience.
I would not agree at all with your list of criteria.
I would strongly assert that comprehension is the key criteria of data visualization.
I would argue that providing that comprehension quickly and easily is very key.
I would say that appeal carries far different weights depending on the intent and the audience, and more importantly that appeal is far too broad a term to really be on the list.
It should not be ugly, like the 'basic' charts used in the study.
But it also does not require illustration to be attractive and inviting.
I am not going to rail against Holmes, I just don't see enough merit in this study to support his claim that "studies have proved" Tuft wrong.
Holmes answer to a question in the interview seems to indicate he strikes a good balance between appeal (illustration) and comprehension (data ink ratio).
A (Holmes): People who do this kind of thing have to have a kind of split brain: analyzing numbers, then portraying them. When this balance gets out of whack, the result is not good. Too much illustration gets in the way of the info; too much reliance on abstract data can leave the reader floundering in a sea of lines and numbers.


I'm not personally big on biographies and autobiographies. I know, I know…I make you read them. It's good for you – and that's precisely why I made myself pick this book up and begin reading. Thing is, it was remarkably engaging and a super swift read. Do has written his story in every-day language and organised it into short episodes, making it incredibly easy to fly through for anyone. His story is highlighted by his famous sense of humour and reveals an extraordinary journey from poverty to success. Throughout his experiences he points to the things that truly create a fulfilling life; family, generosity and following one's dreams. By the end of the book I found myself truly inspired.
Excellent book for any high school reader. 4 1/2 stars.


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Alexis Morante (n. Algeciras, 12 de octubre de 1978) es un director y productor español.

Biografía
Alexis Morante se graduó en la Universidad de Cádiz con el extraordinario reconocimiento como el mejor de su promoción. También estudió cine en Suecia y Cuba (Escuela San Antonio de los Baños) antes de lograr la Beca Talentia, eso le brindó la oportunidad de completar un programa de MFA de dos años en cine entre Nueva York y Los Ángeles.

Actualmente reside en Los Ángeles, California.

Carrera
Como director, Alexis Morante ha sido premiado en muchos festivales de cortometrajes españoles y americanos, destacando sus nominaciones en los Premios Grammy Latinos y los Premios Goya, por su cortometraje Bla Bla Bla.

También ha dirigido varios videoclips para artistas nacionales como Bunbury, Macaco, Fito o Niños Mutantes.

Actualmente, es codirector de 700G Films.

Este año ha dirigido varios proyectos; junto con Eagle Rock Entertainment, el documental Bunbury: El Camino Más Largo. Se encuentra inmerso en la preproducción de una película Island of Last Resort, y está finalizando con la edición del Documental Camarón, Orgullo Gitano.

Filmografía

Largometrajes
 El camino más largo (2016)
 Camarón: Flamenco y Revolución (Documental) (posproducción) (2018)
 Sanz: lo que fui es lo que soy (codirector) (2018)
 Héroes. Silencio y rock & roll (2021)
 El universo de Oliver (2022)

Cortometrajes
 Voltereta (2010)
 Matador on the road (2011)
 Licenciado Cantinas (2012)
 Bla Bla Bla (2015)

Videoclips
 Bunbury: Vamonos (2010)
 Bunbury: Los Habitantes (2010)
 Bunbury: De Todo el Mundo (2010)
 Niños Mutantes: Errante (2011)
 Macaco y Fito Cabrales: Puerto Presente (2011)
 Los Delinqüentes: Bandolero (2011)
 Niños Mutantes: Náufragos (2011)
 Niños Mutantes: Hundir la Flota (2012)
 Bunbury: Ódiame (2012)
 Bunbury: Llévame (2012)
 Bunbury: Ánimas que No Amanezca (2012)
 Bunbury: Más Alto que Nosotros Solo el Cielo (2013)
 Bunbury: Despierta (2013)
 8MM: The Weight of You (2013)
 Bunbury: Salvavidas (2014)
 Bunbury: Los Inmortales (2014)
 La Santa Cecilia: Calaverita (2015)
 Bunbury: Hada Chalada - Soundtrack Nuestros amantes (2016)
 Bunbury: Expectativas (2017)
 Bunbury: Cuna de Caín (2017)
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Un mese in campagna (A Month in the Country) è un romanzo di J. L. Carr pubblicato nel 1980 e finalista del Booker Prize.

Diversi episodi del romanzo sono basati su eventi occorsi realmente a Carr, e alcuni dei personaggi sono modellati su membri della sua famiglia metodista.

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Tom Birkin, un veterano della prima guerra mondiale, viene assunto per restaurare un affresco che si crede esista sotto una recente imbiancatura sul muro di una chiesa di un villaggio. Nel contempo, un altro veterano viene assunto per cercare una tomba oltre i muri del giardino della chiesa. Sebbene Birkin sia ateo, c'è un forte simbolismo religioso in tutto il libro, che riguarda principalmente il giudizio. Il romanzo esplora i temi della perdita di spiritualità dell'Inghilterra del dopoguerra, della felicita e della nostalgia. Mentre Birkin ripercorre l'estate trascorsa restaurando l'affresco, riesce a riprendersi dalle esperienze di guerra e da un matrimonio fallito.

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Nel 1987 il romanzo venne trasposto in un film omonimo diretto da Pat O'Connor con Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, Natasha Richardson e Patrick Malahide.

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The new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer came out on August 23 and fans are going crazy over it. Marvel fans have been waiting a long time for this trailer and now it is finally here! The trailer reportedly leaked online before it was released, which sent millions of fans on a frenzy looking for tiny clues and details about the movie. The third installment, starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, hits theaters on Dec. 17th.
The movie picks up right after Spider-Man: Far From Home, where Mysterio reveals to the world that Parker is Spider-Man. This caused many people to believe that Parker killed Mysterio. In the trailer, you can see a protest sign calling Parker a "devil in disguise."
Parker then goes to Doctor Strange for help, asking him if it's possible if he can reverse time so that Mysterio doesn't tell the world that he is actually Spiderman. Then, Parker accidentally tampers with the spell, causing Strange to crack the multiverse by accident. With the multiverse opening, different villains from the Raimi Spider-Man universe and The Amazing Spider-Man universe enter the main MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). "The multiverse is a concept about which we know frighteningly little about."
With Phase 4 of the MCU centering around the multiverse, the movie will introduce characters from the Marvel comics into the main MCU universe. The Loki series is reportedly the most important show in Phase 4, story-wise because it introduced us to the concept of the multiverse.
At the end of the trailer, we see Alfred Molina, who played Doc Ock in the 2004 film, Spider-Man 2. It also appears that Jamie Foxx, playing Electro, and Willem Dafoe, playing the Green Goblin, are set to return as well. In addition, fans are hoping that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield reprise their roles as Peter Parker from their own Spider-Man movies. Even though Andrew Garfield has denied being in the film, fans are skeptical seeing that Marvel has a history of forcing their actors to lie about their roles. Fans are also hoping for Charlie Cox to reprise his role as Matt Murdock from the 2015 Netflix original, Daredevil.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is like a love letter, specifically to Spider-Man fans. To see a combination of all three Spider-Man series in one film will be awesome to see.
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Man who killed Nipsey Hussle cut inmates with razor on his way to court
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Defendant Eric Holder listens to opening statements as he faces trial in the Los Angeles murder of Nipsey Hussle. (Frederick M. Brown/Associated Press)
The man who admitted to killing rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019 was attacked and razor-cut by two LA County inmates on his way to court this week, delaying the trial, his attorney said.
Eric Holder Jr., 33, lost consciousness and needed three staples to close a wound in the back of his head after being jumped into a cell Tuesday morning while waiting to be brought to court, according to his attorney, Aaron Jansen .
When the jurors arrived in court on Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supreme Court Judge H. Clay Jacke told them the proceedings had been suspended due to an "unforeseen medical" incident involving Holder.
Holder was back in court on Wednesday, but with staples visible in the back of his head and his face obscured by a covering for the first time in the trial.
Late Wednesday morning, Jansen told reporters in a courtroom hallway that his client had been assaulted while he was in a cell along with about 13 other inmates. Holder kept his head down and resting his eyes when he was hit from behind, Jansen said, adding that the men beat him and cut him with the razor.
Holder was taken to a hospital and suffered bruises and abrasions to his face in addition to the tear, Jansen said.
According to Jansen, the two attackers said nothing to Holder and a motive for the attack was not immediately clear. Despite the incident, Jansen said his client was "OK" to continue the process.
Both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases on Wednesday and the case is expected to be in the hands of a jury by the end of Thursday.
Hussle was signing autographs and talking to fans in the parking lot of the Crenshaw shopping center where his Marathon Clothing store was housed when he met Holder on March 31, 2019.
Both men are members of the Crips' Rollin 60s set that has long dominated the neighborhood. Hussle told Holder there was a rumor that he had cooperated in a police investigation, the kind of gossip that quickly turns deadly in gang circles, according to testimony given at the trial.
Holder returned moments later with two pistols and opened fire. Hussle was shot 11 times and died shortly after. Two other men were also injured. Holder was arrested two days later after… the woman who served as his unwitting driver of the flight turned himself in to the police.
Jansen admitted that Holder committed the murder during his opening statement two weeks ago, but he has argued that his client should be convicted of manslaughter, not murder.
Hussle's comments about snitches left Holder "so furious and triggered" that he didn't stop to think about his actions before opening fire, Jansen has argued. The attorney also said Holder had no intention of harming Kerry Lathan or Shermi Villanueva, the two men who were injured in the shooting but survived.
If convicted of murder and attempted murder, Holder would face a de facto life sentence.
Neither the District Attorney's Office nor Deputy Dist. atty. John McKinney, who is pursuing the case, has commented on the attack on Holder. The prison assault was not mentioned in front of the jury, and McKinney scolded Jansen on Wednesday for discussing the attack with reporters in the courthouse, fearing jurors would wiretap.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which manages the county's jails and is responsible for Holder's safety while in custody, has repeatedly declined to provide information about the attack. A spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department told a Times reporter on Tuesday to file a public registry request for information about the attack.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times†


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In 2016 Marlena was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship for best performance on the BCL. In 2018 she spent 6 months working in asylum law in Greece. She has worked for the Human Dignity Trust providing legal research to assist local litigants to challenge laws which criminalise homosexuality and as a consultant for Rights Watch UK on the human rights implications of counter-terrorism legislation.


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Is there a case where nails are better than screws, from a structural standpoint?
For instance: Say you used screws instead of nails on a backyard deck, when the design specifically called for nails. Would the result be inferior? Could it fail inspection? Would nails absolutely be preferable in this instance?
Assume the screws are at least as thick/long as the intended nails. Are there any rules of thumb about when to use screws vs. nails?
Screws are a "superior" fastener over a nail (they have far superior tensile strength) - especially if you're talking about screwing down decking.
Using your deck example - you should use nails to attach the joists to the deck framing but use screws to fasten down the decking itself.
Nails are considered an "elastic connection". They handle wood movement much better than screws. Many times if you have severe wood movement with nails you will see things like nails that tilt or seem to back out. This is actually a good thing. Many times if a screw had been used in that case it would have caused the wood to split as it moved.
I mostly use screws only for temporarily holding things in place while I nail stuff up and for the decking surface.
However, on one deck I built last year I used a ton of structural screws. I have a couple of times had the head snap off of a structural screw when driving them in, and three of them snap when a small machine hit some lumber. While undoubtedly considerably stronger than normal screws, this leads me to still question their shear resistance.
In the end: nails, hex bolts and lag bolts are still better in most applications. Structural screws are just easier than bolting and cooler than nailing. I do love using them, but they don't (and shouldn't) completely replace traditional fasteners.
Technically when using joist hangers, a specific kind of hardened galvanized nails are supposed to be used. This is because regular deck screws probably don't have the necessary shear strength. For a deck though, I've used screws before without any problem. Although if you were planning to put a lot of weight on the deck (say, a hot tub) I would be a bit more concerned about that.
Aside from that, I can't think of any other places where screws would be a problem.
Screws can be easily removed. I really believe this is reason #1 to use screws. I think of everything as a work in progress. I never know whether I will need or want to change work I've done. The future is uncertain, thus you should always choose to screw when possible. Also, when screwing or nailing, I often screw up. With screws, you simply remove them and fix the problem. Removing nails may lead to damaging your project.Screws are much easier to control. Whether using a hammer or nail gun, exact placement of a nail is almost impossible. Screws don't really suffer this limitation.
BUT if you have some sort of project that is supplying the nails/hardware then I would be cautious about swapping out one sort of hardware for another. The pre-supplied product could have been specially chosen for the job and so you would not want to go and swap it out because you think it is better to have screws. One such example would be some wooden playsets where all of the hardware is supplied... make sure you use what they give you (and what the engineers said will work).
Screwing deck boards also creates large holes for water to soak into and rot much faster. Using a 3 inch galvanized nail and nailing it flush will pull the boards tighter versus sinking through the wood. The decking will last longer (same concept as wood siding) and last but not least, come on guys, a nail looks better.
Oh, and screws are not easy to remove!!!
A general rule of thumb is use screws when you need pull strength and nails when you need shear strength. For example use a screw to hold down a decking board, but a nail to hold the joist up. Screws hold thing tighter then nails, but screws are brittle when hit from the side giving nails the advantage. This is not a hard fast rule, but covers 90% of of situations.
I read through the answers provided here. I thought it would be good to provide some actual engineering information from an engineer on the topic. He references a chart that gives test info regarding a few nails and screws as an example. There is not much difference in sheer strength and a huge difference in tensile strength. Quality screws at local stores, such as Home Depot, have even higher sheer and tensile strength. It seems that these days there really is not much, if any, advantage to using nails other than speed.
Starborn makes great decking screw lines (Headcote & Deckfast) and that have tremendous boring and holding power. Not only that, but they sell them in expoxy coatings (headcote are 305 stainless core) that can be matched to just about any natural wood or laminate decking material on the market. They also make self-feeding guns and a plugging system to conceal the screw afterward. My deck was built with them and it looks as if the entire deck was assembled in a factory and bolted to my house.. amazing. And sturdy as a rock.
From an engineers point of view nails have greater shear strength and screws work better in tensile mode. Assuming the base frame for a deck is well built perhaps even including joist hangers for extra strength then the decking fixing may be addressed. For an elegant but time consuming finish, assuming the boards are hardwood and appx 30mm thick.Using either a dowel guage or ask your local workshop to turn the scraps of decking to 25mm/same size as the flatbit cutter you have. Conversely use dowel cutter on scraps to produce the number of plugs required.
Using a depth setting rod on a drill pre-drill appx. 10mm into the boards with the flatbit.
Drill a pilot hole all the way through to the joist of a size to match the first third of the screw shank diameter.
Mix a waterproof glue such as CASCAMITE and use a syringe to place a few drops in each hole, screw and fix. A 'yankee' type screwdriver is far better than most power drivers to get maximum downforce and a tighter fixing. With practice it is very fast too.
Leave overnight. Cut the plugs to appx. 15mm length. If a plug cutter was used all the better. Smear a small qty of waterproof glue in each hole, align the grain of the wood plug and hammer in. Leave overnight. Using a belt sander with a medium grit, say 180 grit, run over the deck in the grain direction and level the wood plugs, dampen the surface and repeat with a fine grit an hour later.
Allow to dry, apply the finish of choice....my personal preference is tung oil but it needs applying by being rubbed in and allowed to dry overnight at least five times for a glowing non-slip finish....avoid polyurethane varnish at all costs. Quicker than oiling are the many deck finishes on the market.
I personally find screws in decks a nasty look, I much prefer a round headed nail for the job. Also screws will create a crater for water to stay in, a round headed nail won't. The only time I find screws are better is for an easier repair and its easier to correct a mistake during construction. I also don't like using nail guns for joist work - they are not a neat way to fasten and easily split wood, especially if you check them a few years later you will find cracking around joist ends. Nail guns also seem to promote 'shoot and shoot often' mentality with builders just trying to get the job done quickly. In my own house I often see examples of that where they've shot a nail in, missed repeatedly and just kept firing them in. Not the guns' fault of course, but people using them just treat it like a stapler.
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The pachctl extract command requires that all pipeline and data loading activity into Pachyderm stop before the extract occurs. This enables Pachyderm to create a consistent, point-in-time backup. In this document, we'll talk about how to create such a backup and restore it to another Pachyderm instance.
Extract and restore commands are currently used to migrate between minor and major releases of Pachyderm, so it's important to understand how to perform them properly. In addition, there are a few design points and operational techniques that data engineers should take into consideration when creating complex pachyderm deployments to minimize disruptions to production pipelines.
In this document, we'll take you through the steps to backup and restore a cluster, migrate an existing cluster to a newer minor or major release, and elaborate on some of those design and operations considerations.
Pachyderm 1.7 is the first version to support extract and restore. To bridge the gap to previous Pachyderm versions, we've made a final 1.6 release, 1.6.10, which backports the extract and restore functionality to the 1.6 series of releases.
Pachyderm 1.6.10 requires no migration from other 1.6.x versions. You can simply pachctl undeploy and then pachctl deploy after upgrading pachctl to version 1.6.10. After 1.6.10 is deployed you should make a backup using pachctl extract and then upgrade pachctl again, to 1.7.0. Finally you can pachctl deploy ... with pachctl 1.7.0 to trigger the migration.
Backing up Pachyderm involves the persistent volume (PV) that etcd uses and the object store bucket that holds Pachyderm's actual data. Restoring involves populating that PV and object store with data to recreate a Pachyderm cluster.
From the directed acyclic graphs (DAG) that define your pachyderm cluster, stop each pipeline. You can either run a multiline shell command, shown below, or you must, for each pipeline, manually run the pachctl stop-pipeline command.
Alternatively, a useful shell script for running stop-pipeline on all pipelines is included below. It may be necessary to install the utilities used in the script, like jq and xargs, on your system.
It's also a useful practice, for simple to moderately complex deployments, to keep a terminal window up showing the state of all running kubernetes pods.
You may need to install the watch and kubectl commands on your system, and configure kubectl to point at the cluster that Pachyderm is running in.
Input repositories or input repos in pachyderm are repositories created with the pachctl create repo command. They're designed to be the repos at the top of a directed acyclic graph of pipelines. Pipelines have their own output repos associated with them, and are not considered input repos. If there are any processes external to pachyderm that put data into input repos using any method (the Pachyderm APIs, pachctl put-file, etc.), they need to be paused. See Loading data from other sources into pachyderm below for design considerations for those processes that will minimize downtime during a restore or migration.
Alternatively, you can use the following commands to stop all data loading into Pachyderm from outside processes.
Using the pachctl extract command, create the backup you need.
You can also use the -u or --url flag to put the backup directly into an object store.
If you are planning on backing up the object store using its own built-in clone operation, be sure to add the --no-objects flag to the pachctl extract command.
You should follow your cloud provider's recommendation for backing up these resources. Here are some pointers to the relevant documentation.
Below, we give an example using the Amazon Web Services CLI to clone one bucket to another, taken from the documentation for that command. Similar commands are available for Google Cloud and Azure blob storage.
You can use pachctl extract command with the --no-objects flag to exclude the object store, and use an object store snapshot or clone command to back up the object store. You can run the two commands at the same time. For example, on Amazon Web Services, the following commands can be run simultaneously.
The above cloning/snapshotting technique is recommended when doing a migration where minimizing downtime is desirable, as it allows the duplicated object store to be the basis of the upgraded, new cluster instead of requiring Pachyderm to extract the data from object store.
Once the backup is complete, restart all paused pipelines and data loading operations.
From the directed acyclic graphs (DAG) that define your pachyderm cluster, start each pipeline. You can either run a multiline shell command, shown below, or you must, for each pipeline, manually run the pachctl start-pipeline command.
A useful shell script for running start-pipeline on all pipelines is included below. It may be necessary to install the utilities used in the script, like jq and xargs, on your system.
If you used the port-changing technique, above, to stop all data loading into Pachyderm from outside processes, you should change the ports back.
# it only accepts traffic on port 30650 again (from 30649).
Spin up a Pachyderm cluster and run pachctl restore with the backup you created earlier.
The simple migration path is shorter and faster than the full migration path because it can reuse Pachyderm's existing internal state.
In general, Pachyderm stores all of its state in two places: etcd (which in turn stores its state in one or more persistent volumes, which were created when the Pachyderm cluster was deployed) and an object store bucket (in e.g. S3).
In the simple migration path, you only need to deploy new Pachyderm pods that reference the existing data, and the existing data structures residing there will be re-used.
importing the old cluster's repos, commits, and pipelines into the new cluster, and then re-running all of the old cluster's pipelines from scratch once.
Most Pachyderm 1.8 data structures are substantively different from their 1.7 counterparts, and in particular, Pachyderm v1.8+ stores more information in its output commits than its predecessors, which enables useful performance improvements. Old (v1.7) Pachyderm output commits don't have this extra information, so Pachyderm 1.8 must re-create its output commits.
We recommend, before starting any migration effort, that you back up Pachyderm's pre-migration state. Specifically, you must back up the persistent volume that etcd uses and the object store bucket that holds pachyderm's actual data, as shown above in General backup & restore procedure.
From the directed acyclic graphs (DAG) that define your pachyderm cluster, stop each pipeline step. You can either run a multiline shell command, shown below, or you must, for each pipeline, manually run the 'pachctl stop-pipeline' command.
This step and the following step, 3. Clone your object store bucket, can be run simultaneously.
Note that this s3 bucket is different than the s3 bucket will create to clone your object store. This is merely a bucket you allocated to hold the pachyderm backup without objects.
This step and the prior step, 2. Extract a pachyderm backup with the –no-objects flag, can be run simultaneously. Run the command that will clone a bucket in your object store.
Once the backup and clone operations are complete, restart all paused pipelines and data loading operations, setting a checkpoint for the started operations that you can use in step 7. Load transactional data from checkpoint into new cluster, below. See Loading data from other sources into pachyderm below to understand why designing this checkpoint into your data loading systems is important.
From the directed acyclic graphs (DAG) that define your pachyderm cluster, start each pipeline. You can either run a multiline shell command, shown below, or you must, for each pipeline, manually run the 'pachctl start-pipeline' command.
A useful shell script for running start-pipeline on all pipelines is included below. It may be necessary to install several of the utlilies used in the script, like jq, on your system.
Your old pachyderm cluster can operate while you're creating a migrated one. It's important that your data loading operations are designed to use the "Loading data from other sources into pachyderm" design criteria below for this to work.
Create a pachyderm cluster using the bucket you cloned in 3. Clone your object store bucket.
You'll want to bring up this new pachyderm cluster in a different namespace. You'll check at the steps below to see if there was some kind of problem with the extracted data and steps 2 and 3 need to be run again. Once your new cluster is up and you're connected to it, go on to the next step.
Important: Use the kubectl config current-config command to confirm you're talking to the correct kubernetes cluster configuration for the new cluster.
Using the Pachyderm cluster you deployed in the previous step, 5. Deploy a 1.X pachyderm cluster with cloned bucket, run pachctl restore with the backup you created in 2. Extract a pachyderm backup with the –no-objects flag.
Note that this s3 bucket is different than the s3 bucket you cloned, above. This is merely a bucket you allocated to hold the Pachyderm backup without objects.
Configure an instance of your data loading systems to point at the new, upgraded pachyderm cluster and play back transactions from the checkpoint you established in 4. Restart all pipeline and data loading operations. Confirm that the data output is as expected and the new cluster is operating as expected.
You may also need to reconfigure data loading operations from Pachyderm to processes outside of it to work as expected.
Once you've confirmed that the new cluster is operating, you can disable the old cluster.
When writing systems that place data into Pachyderm input repos (see above for a definition of 'input repo'), it is important to provide ways of 'pausing' output while queueing any data output requests to be output when the systems are 'resumed'. This allows all pachyderm processing to be stopped while the extract takes place.
In addition, it is desirable for systems that load data into Pachyderm have a mechanism for replaying a queue from any checkpoint in time. This is useful when doing migrations from one release to another, where you would like to minimize downtime of a production Pachyderm system. After an extract, the old system is kept running with the checkpoint established while a duplicate, upgraded pachyderm cluster is migrated with duplicated data. Transactions that occur while the migrated, upgraded cluster is being brought up are not lost, and can be replayed into this new cluster to reestablish state and minimize downtime.


This is a nationwide week of recognition to celebrate the gift of Catholic education, and it's a special week for us as it is the first time we can mark the occasion at CtR with our very own Catholic school. Registration for our inaugural year at CtR Catholic School begins next week!
Learn more about Catholic Schools Week on the NCEA website.


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As with any leaks, usually individual components surface offering a glimpse at upcoming specs, but never really knowing how it all fits together in an unreleased product. The exemption to this rule was of course the iPhone 5C, which was leaked so badly we pretty much know exactly what to expect to be released at Apple's event tomorrow. Continuing this theme, however, is a new leak which shows what the new iPad and iPad Mini might look like when fully assembled.
The fully assembled iPad looks identical to the shell leaks that have surfaced over the previous few weeks. These leaks also conform to the others in that they contain the reduced side bezels that are heavily expected to feature on the new iPad, inherited from the iPad Mini.
If these leaks are real, the new iPad will be narrower by two-thirds over the current generation model, and of course feature the slim bezels. These leaks, however, lack the plastic insert for the radio antennas that previous leaks had shown.
The new iPad Mini is claimed to be aesthetically identical to the previous generation Mini, making it very difficult to establish if the leaks do in fact show a new device, or just replicate what we already have released.
Whilst these leaks show a fully assembled iPad, don't get your hopes up that Apple will be unveiling anything other than their iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, as well as iOS 7, tomorrow at their September 10th event. It is widely expected that the new iPads will not make their debut until around the October/November of which they will have their own special event, dedicated purely to the new devices.
Let us know what you think of the leaks in the comments section below. What do you think of the revised design?


Administrative history: In the winter of 1947-48, several families from the Wellesley, Wilmot and East Zorra area with roots in the Amish-Mennonite Conference bought farms in the Ailsa Craig area with the goal of establishing a mission church. They purchased a Presbyterian church in Nairn with the assistance of the Conference Mission Board, and began worshipping there in 1948. Services were provided by the Mission Board until Wilfred Schlegel was ordained as the first minister on 6 Mar 1949.
The church has been intensely community-minded, sponsoring such projects as the Craigholme rest home, Goodwill Rescue Mission (see IV-3/6), Ailsa Craig Boys' Farm (Craigwood), Bethel Chapel in Parkhill, and the Mission Farm.
Scope and content: The records are arranged in four series: formal records, informal records (including anniversary celebrations and historical recollections), a newsletter and bulletins.
Notes: Any photographs related to this congregation will be housed in Hist.Mss.10 - Photograph database.
For a history of the congregation, see A time of change : celebrating the 25th anniversary of Nairn Mennonite Church / by Ruth Arnel. --Nairn, Ont. : the Church, 1973. A copy is available in the CGUC library.
A Time of Change: Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Nairn Mennonite Church by Ruth Arnel, 1973.


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Stariha je bil član ZKMJ že od leta 1938, leta 1940 pa je vstopil v KPS.  Avgusta 1941 se je vključil v Belokranjsko četo, kasneje pa se je pridružil Novomeški četi. V noči na 3.november 1941 je sodeloval pri napadu na Bučko in bil v boju ranjen. Po okrevanju se je vrnil v enoto in postal komandir Mokronoške čete. Od spomladi do avgusta 1942 je bil komandant bataljona in operativni oficir v 2. grupi odredov. Padel je v boju z nemškimi enotami na Tolstem vrhu na planoti Dobrovlje. Za narodnega heroja je bil proglašen 20. decembra 1951.

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FSU reps and members committed to rebuilding trust and confidence in our industry have delivered seven thousand responses to the FSU Big Finance Survey. The results provide great insights into the key issues being examined by the Hayne Royal Commission.
The news isn't great for CEOs in the finance industry, who will be appearing before the Royal Commission later this month. Despite numerous apologies to the customers and communities they have let down, feedback from finance workers is — "nothing's really changed".
Although there have been some changes and softer language is being used, the same old culture that resulted in the need for a Royal Commission prevails. The changes merely mask the pressure to meet unrealistic sales and referral targets that are often not in the best interest of the customer.
FSU are putting CEOs on notice ahead of their appearance at the Royal Commission later this month. There is a huge disconnect between the public message they are delivering and the reality at the coal-face. We will also be seeking urgent meetings between FSU workplace leaders and senior executives to make sure they get the message directly from workers.
The full report of the FSU Big Finance Survey will also be made available to the Royal Commission.
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Today I spent a large part of my day organizing post for your lovely faces. I laid everything out and started planning and photographing away. But, I didn't plan anything for today... blogger fail? Maybe?
I do like to have a few 'emergency' posts laying in wait for moments like this (also good on the days you have zero ambition but are determined to get something done.) Emergency posts are usually something simple like a NOTD, quick review, or a product I know and love that won't take much to throw up (ahem, bad choice of words there...) Today brings us the Japonesque Power Curl Lash Curler which took my heart by storm last month. Read on to see what makes it so special.
Everyone knows the difference a curled lash can make, but I'll admit that for a long time it was a step I tended to skip. All of the curlers I'd used either pinched or just didn't do all that much, so I was kind of 'meh' about the whole deal. Then I tired a cheapie plastic one and fell in LOVE with it. I bought a few more for backups since they were plastic on plastic I knew they wouldn't last long. Then they were on sale, so I bough a few more. I really liked them. The problem was the design was different on the third batch of them and they just didn't cut it. Ugh. Back to square one.
I had decided it was time to shell out for the big guns. You know what I mean, this guy. Buuut, I saw Japonesque's Power Curl mentioned in a Youtube video and I was completely intrigued. You see, the fact that the joint-mechanism is on the opposite side of your basic curler (see photo above) really spoke to me. I I liked the idea of not having to have it against my face. You know?
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Supercat is back in the second instalment of everybody's favourite cat superhero series, from bestselling author and queen of comedy, Jeanne Willis.
Tiger was an ordinary pet, until the day he licked a toxic sock and was transformed into...SUPERCAT!
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Ahead of this year's playa experience Oliver Koletzki has shared his latest video 'The Day We Leave Earth'.
Included on his sixth Stil Vor Talent album the feature was filmed at the desolate Sahara Desert, symbolizing the artist's last stop before continuing the journey to a new destination far away from planet Earth.
Watch new Oliver Koletzki video below.


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Chan Hellman, a professor at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa and founding director of the Hope Research Center, leads a "hope navigator" training session at Cherokee Strip Community Foundation on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle)
Chan Hellman, a professor at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa and founding director of the Hope Research Center, leads a "hope navigator" training session at Cherokee Strip Community Foundation on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle)
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Community leaders receive 'hope navigator' training 3 months after local Hope Summit
Kelci McKendrick | Police/Court Reporter
ENID, Okla. — Hope is beginning to spread in Enid after leaders in the community participated in "hope navigator" training Thursday and Friday.
Three months after the Hope Summit, which was part of first lady Sarah Stitt's Hope Rising Oklahoma initiative, more than a dozen people have been identified to become hope navigators, including Courtney Strzinek, executive director of YWCA Enid.
"The most powerful thing (I learned) was that hope can be taught, and that it's transformational in people's lives and in our community," Strzinek said. "The big takeaway for me was just imagining how the future could be and empowering people to reach those goals."
The two-day training held at Cherokee Strip Community Foundation — the convener for the hope navigators — was designed to prepare the attendees to provide leadership and support on the science of hope in organizations, groups or communities.
Leading the training were Chan Hellman, a professor at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa and founding director of Hope Research Center who founded Hope Rising Oklahoma with Stitt, and Dr. Angela Pharris, with OU's Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work.
The first day of training was about a deeper look into the science and philosophy of hope, Hellman said, and that framework was used to transition into the second day of training, which focused on building hope-center organizations and hope-centered implementation and change in the community.
Hellman said overall, he wishes the hope navigators, who each have their own spheres of influence in the community, left the training empowered by the skills and resources to utilize hope and share the science of hope.
"Hope is more than wishful thinking — hope is about taking action to achieve the community's goals," Hellman said. "My hope and vision is that Enid becomes a model community of what hope is and how hope can improve the well being of all citizens in the community."
The participants included representatives from Enid Public Schools, Integris Bass Baptist Health Center, Hope Outreach Ministries, Harmon's Electric and more.
"It was very interesting to hear different perspectives from different industries on how hope can be impactful," Strzinek said. "We all have, collectively, the same goal."
Strzinek said it's important to empower victims of domestic violence through modeling hope and helping clients at the YWCA see that positive changes are possible.
"Hope begets hope," she said. "I think there's just a lot of power in bringing hope to our services and our community, and all of us speaking the same language."
At the end of the second day of training, the hope navigators all agreed to meet once a month at CSCF to discuss the spread and implementation of hope in the Enid community, said Dan Schiedel, CEO and executive director of United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma.
Schiedel said the hope navigators discussed some of the goals they want to achieve in each of their sectors through the implementation of the science of hope, adding that as a hope navigator, he wants to create a ripple effect.
"One of the goals for me was to try and get our United Way partner agencies to learn about hope and implement hope in their organizations and operations and into their programs," he said, "so that they can share the science of hope with their clients, and the people that they serve every day."
McKendrick is police and court reporter for the Enid News & Eagle.
Have a question about this story? Do you see something we missed? Do you have a story idea for Kelci? Send an email to kelcim@enidnews.com.
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Log in to SCDB.info with your access key and go to the Alpine Blackbird V2.0 product page. Before starting the download you have to select your desired countries. After that push Download button and save the file alpine-blackbird-v2.zip to your hard disk.
In our example we save the file alpine-blackbird-v2.zip in the folder "C:/temp".
Now the folder "C:/temp/alpine-blackbird-v2" contains the unzipped file SpeedCamText.txt.
Push Reset key. Then push and hold simultaneous the Power ON and UP key on the ring key until the Alpine Blackbird shows "USB Update Mode" on the screen.
Connect Alpine Blackbird to the PC over the USB cable. PC will recognize PMD-B200P as "Removable Disc" shown on "My Computer".
Open the folder ".../Alpine/content/speedcam" and delete all files in this folder.
Copy new SCDB file SpeedCamText.txt into the folder ".../Alpine/content/speedcam".
Disconnect PMD-B200P from PC after selecting Remove USB Storage from taskbar menu.
Push Reset key on the unit, then power it on again.
Caution: First software loading takes long time! Please wait a few minutes!
Go outside with your Alpine Blackbird and get GPS fix!
Activate the speed camera warnings in Navigations menu/Settings/Warnings.
Note: You need to activate "Speed camera warning" after getting GPS signal!
Go to Speed Camera Settings and enable Audible Warning "While Approaching" and Visible Warning "On".
The speedcam is shown with an speedcam icon.


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