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Moving parents into a retirement community in Zionsville, IN, can be an emotional journey for many individuals. It’s a significant transition that comes with a wide range of emotions. This article provides tips on how to manage these emotions and make the transition smoother for everyone involved.
Acknowledge Your Emotions
The first step in coping with the emotional toll of this transition is acknowledging your feelings. It’s perfectly normal to feel guilt, sadness, anxiety, and even relief. These emotions are a natural response to change. Understanding this can help reduce feelings of guilt and make it easier to manage these emotions.
It’s essential to maintain open and honest communication with your parents. Discuss their feelings about the move and express your own. This open dialogue can help ease any anxieties or fears about the transition, and ensure everyone’s needs and concerns are heard and addressed.
Participate in the process of selecting the retirement community. Visit the retirement community together, ask questions, and get a feel for the environment. This involvement can help ease uncertainties about the transition and give you peace of mind that your parents will be well taken care of.
Don’t hesitate to seek support, whether from friends, family, or professionals. Speaking with others who have gone through similar experiences can provide comfort and practical advice. Professional therapists or counselors can also provide strategies to manage stress and navigate the emotional journey.
Focus on the Benefits
Moving to a retirement community can provide numerous benefits for your parents, including social interaction, physical and mental stimulation, and round-the-clock care. Focusing on these benefits can help put a positive spin on the situation and reduce feelings of guilt or sadness.
Create a Comfortable Space
Helping your parents create a home-like environment in their new space can make the transition easier. Bring sentimental items, photos, and favorite furniture to personalize their new living space. This familiarity can provide comfort and make their new environment feel like home.
Establish a Visiting Routine
Maintaining a routine for visiting your parents can provide reassurance and stability during this transition. It also ensures continued connection and engagement, which is vital for their emotional wellbeing.
Allow Time for Adjustment
Finally, it’s important to understand that adjustment takes time. It’s a process filled with ups and downs. Be patient with yourself and your parents as you all navigate this new chapter.
Moving your parents into a retirement community in Zionsville, IN, is an emotional journey filled with mixed emotions. However, with the right strategies, you can navigate this change in a positive and healthy way. Remember, this move is a step towards ensuring their safety, comfort, and happiness.


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The brand new sing-a-long-a version of the classic film, Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John -- brought to you by the producers of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music.
Ever wanted to know what it's like to be a T-bird or a Pink Lady but never quite felt cool enough to pull it off? Well, now is your chance to don those pink jackets, grease up those quaffs and let your inhibitions go for an evening where you are the stars.
Sit back and watch Danny & Sandy and the gang, while singing and dancing along to the lyrics as shown on the screen. It couldn’t be easier... or more fun!
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The records in this fonds deal with the creation, activities, and history of the Brandon Indian-Metis Friendship Centre, as well as the various organizations associated with the Friendship Centre, such as the Brandon Council of Christians and Jews and the Brandon Council of Women. Fonds consists of meeting minutes, agendas, speeches, correspondence, newsletters, brochures, written publications and newspaper clippings. Four photographs and one pencil drawing are also included.

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Color is the first thing which came to my mind as I began reading through the first issue of Airboy. Every scene has it’s own unique set of colors. Each one picked to convey a different mood. Sometimes the colors are oppressive, sometimes cloudy, and some times down right gross. Every tint used in the books spectrum is picked for a reason, it can be head ache inducing but it’s only the beginning of a fun mature read. Spoilers abound so you have been warned.
Airboy is written by James Robinson, with art by Greg Hinkle, and they are also the main characters of this feature. The basic premise is as follows: what if instead of children going on an adventure with a superhero it were two unlikable men? The writer doesn’t get around to the adventuring part in this initial issue and the two men do not come across as likable. The book’s version of James Robinson (inserted into the story by the writer himself) is a self-hating drug addict that has writers block. Greg Hinkle’s metaitextual stand-in is an easily pushed around artist with no backbone. Together, these two get nothing accomplished.
It’s hard to root for Robinson, and that’s intentional. This is the perfect example of why the color works so well. The oppressive blue hue given to him gave me a bit of a headache, which was annoying and made me like him even less. He is surrounded by good people who treat him better than he treats himself. The self-pity sets up what is bound to be an interesting character arc. Robinson freely admits at one point that he is a sad shell of a man, despite his short comings it’s hard not to appreciate that kind of honesty.
Hinkle on the other hand is more laid back goes with the flow and is easily persuaded. However, he seems to have one piece of plot information vital to their adventure. It’s a little nugget but keep an eye out for it.
This book manages to be tongue-in-cheek while being strangely earnest at the same time. It plays with the concept of redoing a public domain character and having a whole lot of fun. That type of fun is why the book has a mature rating. From frequent profanity to rampant drug use, and a bit too much nudity, this is a book you’ll want to keep away from the kiddies. There’s even a multi-panel discussion about Hinkle’s “anaconda.” While it might be nice for the artist of the book it must be nice to embellish a few things, though I’d prefer to not see those particular types of decoration myself.
Airboy is not perfect. I have personally never been a fan of stories which are overly meta. Perhaps it’s because I refuse to pay six dollars for coffee or stretch out my ear lobes, I’m not sure. It’s definitly not for everyone. Yet, I find myself interested. It has a rock-solid cliffhanger ending. The characters are strong ones whom you will either root for or against, but not find yourself in between. The art style itself is cartoonish but very detailed.
To be honest, I could use a little more color in my life, which is why I still give the book a solid 8/10.

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See the people walking down the street
Fall in line just watching all their feet
They don't know where they want to go
But they're walking in time
They got the beat...
We Got the Beat is a children's picture book based on the hit song by the 1980s new wave group the Go-Go's. Consisting of five members, the all-female band rocked the nation with their charisma and musical genius. Their hit song "We Got the Beat" spent three weeks at #2 on the Billboard 100 and became their signature song. Says the New York Times: the Go-Go's "taught a new generation the power of the girl gang."
With lyrics by Go-Go's member Charlotte Caffey and illustrations by Kaitlyn Shea O'Connor, this picture book tells the story of what it is like to live life dancing to the beat, while enjoying friends, nature, and the fun that surrounds you. We Got the Beat will make both parents and children get their groove on and show off their best dance moves.
"Songs like 'We Got the Beat' were built with a timeless durability as solidly constructed as a Motown hit."
New York Times
About the Author
Kaitlyn Shea O'Connor (illustrator) is an illustrator and designer hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. She combines traditional skills with digital media to create vibrant, whimsical worlds. She's a rare hybrid of dog and cat lover, an avid whistler, and she enjoys exploring the great outdoors, trying new cheeses, and cozying up in a nook with a book.

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The Blue Lady is our newest addition to our fleet.
Also the largest sloop in Amsterdam.
Approved for a capacity of 80 people, of course it is also wonderful to sail around with 30 people and enjoy the most beautiful places of Amsterdam, such as Anne Frank house, Amstel hotel, Rijksmuseum, Skinny bridge.
Of course you can sit comfortably, while you see the canals passing by, but there is also plenty of room to drink while standing. En route is not necessary, there is a full toilet on board. Additional power points have also been thought of.
The sloop is ideal for a business drink, wedding, birthday or a delicious BBQ with family and friends.
Boarding point Amsterdam Center
Capacity up to 80 people
Catering on board
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Also known informally as Holland, the Netherlands – which translates as ‘lower lands’ – has a truly remarkable landscape. More than half the country is below sea level, and much of it has been reclaimed from the sea. Drainage ditches and canals are a common sight in the Netherlands and as you might expect, it is incredibly flat. The North Sea winds rush in from the west and churns the turbines of the windmills that are dotted across the landscape.
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I have a 2004 Deville. Rotated tires. I now have a noise left front. It is louder at speeds uder 25 mph. Braking may increase noise. Inspected brakes. Pads ok, roator clean smooth. There is no pedal shake. If the road has rolls in it. It seem to go away with negative g's. I drove around in circles and found left turns are quieter. There are just so many things it could be. What the heck wouls moving a tire there cause? Help...Mike Today I rotated the right front. It seems to have some louder rolling sound.
Country: United StatesMake: CadillacModel: Deville
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Yes Iam waiting. I had to get my question unocked. Somehow a oil presure and tire rotation questions are the same. They are not. Yes I would like the question answered asap.
Hello & Welcome to JA,
Noises are sometimes hard to nail down. The noise you speak of is most likely a drive axle (on the left side) or a wheel bearing. Usually a bearing does get louder with sound but not always.
To change both parts at the same time is costly.How can I troubleshoot? How do I proced?
The best way is to put it on a lift,have a vehicle operator rune the car to 40 mph & a person under the car listening side to side & comparing noise.
Before I heard back from you I did my own test. Moved the tires back to their orginal positions. The sounds are much softer or gone. What do I do next. The lift thing? I do need to know the fault. My thought is tire balance, 4 wheek ailnment or two bad wheels. Any ideas?
Check the tires & wheels for trueness in being round ,no flat spots,& the wheel must be true in all measuring respects (parallel, center,& or no bends)
replace the faulty part.
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Is there such a thing as a good problem to have? Here at Hybrid, we think so: one inevitable result of us taking on new people all the time is that a few months ago, we realised we’d outgrown our UK HQ’s office space, and had to look for new premises, and fast!
Luckily our Managing Director, Jim Craven keeps his ear to the ground. He’d heard about the closure of a Bavarian-style Bierkeller in the heart of Bristol’s centre, an area steeped in local history — the building he had in mind is just off King Street, home to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre and The Old Duke, a pub dating back to 1775.
Jim reached out to Andrew Hardwick from local estate agents Carter Jonas , who rapidly connected us to Charlie Kershaw, Director of Burston Cook, charged with finding a new occupier. Charlie explained some of the challenges he faced in finding a new use for the building:
“We recognised that the future of a bar in this location wasn’t great. But, [the building] would suit an office really well, due to its proximity to King Street and Queen’s Square, one of the most prestigious office locations in the city.
“We knew that we needed to find someone with the ambition and drive to turn a Bavarian Bierhaus into a fantastic office space. And Hybrid has been the company to do that.”
Being a typical 1960’s block, the interior of the building as we found it wasn’t much to write home about. However, the creative team at Hybrid, in a creative collaboration with Simon Gould of architecture company Mitchell Eley Gould came up with an amazing contemporary plinth concept.
There were all sorts of structural issues that had to be tackled too, like could we remove or move the existing lift shafts, could we use floor-to-ceiling glass for the exterior, and so on. But after much deliberation and back and forth, we finally submitted our plans to Bristol City Council for approval.
Belying the reputation of local bureaucracy everywhere, the Council were fantastic, processing and accepting our proposals quickly, recognising that the plans chimed nicely with their on-going urban regeneration projects. Redevelopment of Bristol’s historic centre is seen, rightly, as a crucial factor in keeping the lifeblood of the city flowing, rather than choosing to spread out into the greenfield sites that surround Bristol.
With the official go-ahead and after a tendering process, Hybrid chose Lancer Scott to undertake the extensive renovation, remodel and build work to transform the shell of the old Bierkeller into one of the most exciting architectural and design projects the city has seen in recent years.
Throughout the process, Hybrid has been keen to “keep it local”, and so together, the platform-building for the company’s global growth is performed by the local community. Through adept collaboration, we’re making it happen.
Interviewed while the project was in full swing — watch these pages for the forthcoming on-site videos — Marcus Bryan, Director of Lancer Scott said:
“We want people to say, ‘Who did that building? We want the people [for our project] who did that building.’ It’s a great design and we’re pleased to be part of it.”
“It’s an exciting project to be part of. You want to be downstairs because it looks amazing, but you’re just as intrigued to be upstairs […] It’s refreshing; we haven’t seen this before!”
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Without a Purifier, the Air In Your Home Can Be Unhealthy
As your family works and plays in your home, it may be hard to imagine that the air could contain contaminants such as mold, bacteria, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or other harmful pollutants. Most Wausau residents don’t give clean air a second thought—that is until a loved one starts having difficulties catching his or her breath or has frequent colds or nagging coughs.
If you have concerns or want to ensure you are taking every precaution to help your family breathe cleaner air, ask one of our professionals to conduct an AirAdvice® analysis. The Indoor Air Specialists at Merrill Sheet Metal Works are trained directly by Bryant® to determine whether there are any issues in your home and offer solutions.
AIR PURIFIERS SANITIZE THE AIR YOU’RE BREATHING
Air purifiers remove impurities in the air and some even feature the Bryant® patented Captures and Kills™ technology designed to remove bacteria, viruses, mold, and more. When considering air purifiers, you want to evaluate the minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV), which rates the efficiency of the unit—a higher rating means it removes more contaminants.
The Indoor Air Specialists at Merrill Sheet Metal can help you determine the best Bryant model that will fit the size of your home and budget. Our pros also recommend regular filter changes, especially if you or a family member has allergies or you have pets.
AIR VENTILATORS BRING CLEAN AIR IN WITHOUT WASTING ENERGY
After a long winter, Wausau homeowners like to open the windows and bring in fresh, spring air. While it’s fine to do this occasionally, regularly opening doors and windows can lead to heat loss, which could raise your energy bill.
And when the weather turns cold again, people tend to gather indoors where it’s comfy, warm, and airtight—breathing the same stale air over and over again.
You can solve both issues with Bryant® air ventilators. These units bring prefiltered outdoor air into your home, replacing the musty, polluted air that’s trapped inside. Prefiltered air matches the current temperature set in your home, so no additional heating or cooling is needed. Think of it like opening a window all year long without wasting your energy dollars.
Ventilators work within your existing heating or cooling system. Let our professionals show you the different models and options so you can make an informed decision. Then our certified technicians will come to your home to perform an efficient installation. Remember, when you work with Merrill Sheet Metal you get the “red carpet” treatment, meaning we use a special adhesive to ensure your carpets and floors remain pristine during service calls.
RELY ON YOUR NEIGHBOR FOR QUALITY INDOOR AIR SERVICES
If you are concerned about your indoor air quality, call on the team members at Merrill Sheet Metal. We live and breathe the company motto “There’s Comfort in Honesty” each and every day. As a Factory Authorized Bryant Dealer, we are able to offer a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee.


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“The Office” has been kind of hit-or-miss the last couple of seasons, but the show delivered a great moment Thursday night when Michael proposed to Holly with his usual flair for the dramatic. The writers and actors fashioned a scene that was both romantic and goofy, which, of course, perfectly fits the characters (a little Yoda lingo never hurts).
It will be fun to see what the show does to send Steve Carell out over the next few weeks. We’re also looking forward to Will Ferrell’s four-episode story arc. Should be a blast.
A few days ago, I had the chance to jump on a conference call with Betty White, who, as you know, is experiencing a remarkable resurgence at the age of 88. In the past year alone, we’ve seen her stealing scenes in big movies (“The Proposal”), accepting prestigious awards, starring in popular Super Bowl commercials, etc. etc.
This weekend comes her much-anticipated hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live,” which was prompted by a massive Facebook campaign. To mark the moment, we’ve got a story in today’s papers with comments from Betty herself, as well as pop cultural experts who assess her extraordinary popularity.


ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia’s Dawg Night found top athletes from around the nation going head-to-head in Sanford Stadium on Friday night. The action was fast-paced under the bright lights. Some new faces tried to impress the Bulldogs’ coaching staff while other prospects tested themselves against new competitors. DawgNation has a list of five prospects that stood out with special performances.
2014 RB Stanley Williams (Monroe, Ga./Walton Academy): It was at last year’s Dawg Night that Williams’ performance earned a scholarship offer from Mark Richt. The rising sophomore pounced on it and committed on the spot. Williams returned to Sanford Stadium on Friday night and showed that such an early offer was warranted. The 5-foot-8, 189-pound tailback made many spectacular catches that had the other attendees cheering him on and teasing those who failed to cover him. On one play he caught a pass on a crossing pattern and outran two defenders, showcasing the speed for which he has become known.
2014 TE Milan Richard (Savannah, Ga./Calvary Baptist Day School): Richard had a great Mark Richt Camp in June and at Dawg Night he just picked up where he left off. No one could cover the young tight end and he wound up with catch after catch in the end zone. Bulldogs quarterback commit Brice Ramsey (Kingsland, Ga./Camden), who had a great night himself, mentioned that Richard really impressed him. No one could stop Richard coming off the line and he had great separation in almost every route. The highlight of his performance came on a pass where the ball came in behind him and over his head, yet Richard was able to haul it in for a touchdown.
2013 S Paris Bostick (Tampa, Fla./Plant): Bostick is bigger than most people think, tipping the scales at 217 pounds. The 6-foot-1 senior is also faster than advertised. Bostick had multiple break-ups and at least two interceptions. What was interesting to watch was Bostick completing one repetition at safety, jumping across the line to play receiver in the next rep, and then moving back to safety. He scored on a long touchdown when he made an inside feint move then sprinted for the pylon, leaving a bewildered cornerback shaking his head. Bostick still lists Georgia among his top four schools.
2013 S Quincy Mauger (Marietta, Ga./Kell): Mauger committed to the Bulldogs early Friday afternoon so all eyes were on the hard-hitting safety as prospects and coaches wanted to see what he would bring to Georgia. Mauger did not disappoint -- on first play of the pass skeleton drill he broke up a pass with an athletic jump that received cheers from the other Georgia commits in attendance. He went on to drive receivers off their routes, disrupting their timing and generally making life miserable for any receiver that was trying to impress the coaches there. If Mauger couldn’t redirect the receiver, he would just make an interception or bat the ball away. On one play he intercepted the ball in the endzone, despite obvious offensive pass interference.
2013 WR Bobby Hill (Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt Co.): The 5-foot-11, 160-pound wideout made catch after catch on good passes and bad. He was a quarterback’s best friend, especially considering some of the ugly throws he hauled in. Hill outjumped two cornerbacks on subsequent reps and made a diving catch that wowed the spectators on the sideline. Hill says he has a number of offers including Ole Miss, Kentucky, Purdue and UCF. He finished the pass skeleton drills with a touchdown catch that could have been called defensive pass interference -- or a mugging.
This is by no means a list of the only top performers and with so many prospects in attendance, it was impossible to watch everyone. No lineman made the list simply because the one-on-one drills were not visible from the media area.


Today I read this new Cisco advisory containing these words:
Cisco routers and switches running Cisco IOS® or Cisco IOS XR software may be vulnerable to a remotely exploitable crafted IP option Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Exploitation of the vulnerability may potentially allow for arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability may be exploited after processing an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet, Protocol Independent Multicast version 2 (PIMv2) packet, Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packet, or URL Rendezvous Directory (URD) packet containing a specific crafted IP option in the packet's IP header...
A crafted packet addressed directly to a vulnerable device running Cisco IOS software may result in the device reloading or may allow execution of arbitrary code.
This is the sort of "magic packet" that's an attacker's silver bullet. Send an ICMP echo with the right IP option to a router interface and whammo -- you could 0wn the router. Who would notice? Most people consider their border router an appliance that connects to an ISP, and only begin watching traffic behind the router. I've been worried about this scenario since I posted Ethernet to your ISP in 2005 and read Hacking Exposed: Cisco Networks in 2006.
A router, like a printer, is just a computer in a different box. We should design architectures such that all nodes within our control can be independently and passively observed by a trusted platform. We should not rely on a potential target to reliably report its security status without some form of external validation, such as traffic collected and analyzed by network security monitoring processes.
This Cisco advisory reminds me of a case I encountered at Foundstone. Shortly after joining the company in early 2002 the Apache chunked encoding vulnerability became known in certain circles. As the new forensics guy on the incident response team, I was asked how I could tell if Foundstone's Apache Web server was hacked. I replied that I would first check session data collected by a trusted sensor looking for unusual patterns to and from the Web server, as far back as the data and my time would allow.
Foundstone, being an assessment company, didn't share my opinions on NSM. No such data was available, so the host integrity assessment descended into the untrustworthy and often fruitless attempt to find artifacts of compromise on the Web server itself. Of course the Web server could not be taken down for forensic imaging, so we performed a live response and looked for anything unusual.
This case was one of the easier ones in the sense that all that was at stake was a single server. We didn't have a farm of Web servers, any of which could have been hacked.
Whenever I am trying to scope an incident I always turn to network data first and host data second. The network data helps decide which hosts merit additional individual scrutiny at the host-centric level. It makes no sense and is not time-efficient to deeply or even quickly analyze a decent-sized group of potential victims.
Because most security shops do not bother to collect NSM data, their first response activities usually involve a system administrator perusing the victim file system, manually checking potentially altered or erased logs on the target, and inspecting potentially obfuscated processes in memory controlled by a root kit. While I believe it can be important to collect live response data and even image and inspect a hard drive, I never start an incident response with those activities.
Remember: network first. I don't care if the intruder uses an encrypted channel. As long as he has utilized the network in a mildly suspicious manner, I will have some validation that the system is not behaving as expected. This presumes system owners know what is normal, preferably by comparing a history of network data against more recent, potentially suspect, activity.
Copyright 2007 Richard Bejtlich


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Groupon, Inc.,the largest provider of daily deals online, reported a “material weakness” in its financial controls and said fourth-quarter results were worse than previously stated because of higher refunds to merchants. Read the full story at Bloomberg
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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Wherefore he says, “Awake you that sleep and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon you.” (Ephesians 5:14)
By the sleeper and the dead, he means the man that is in sin; for he both exhales noisome odors like the dead, and is inactive like one that is asleep, and like him he sees nothing, but is dreaming, and forming fancies and illusions.
Some indeed read, “And you shall touch Christ”; but others, “And Christ shall shine upon you”; and it is rather this latter. Depart from sin, and you shall be able to behold Christ. For every one that does ill, hates the light, and comes not to the light (John 3:20). He therefore that does it not, comes to the light.
Now he is not saying this with reference to the unbelievers only, for many of the faithful, no less than unbelievers, hold fast by wickedness; no, some far more. Therefore to these also it is necessary to exclaim, “Awake, you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon you.” To these it is fitting to say this also, God is not the God of the dead, but of the living (Matthew 22:32). If then he is not the God of the dead, let us live.
[St. John Chrysostom, Homily 18 on Ephesians]
When mankind was estranged from him by disobedience, God our Saviour made a plan for raising us from our fall and restoring us to friendship with himself. According to this plan Christ came in the flesh, he showed us the gospel way of life, he suffered, died on the cross, was buried and rose from the dead. He did this so that we could be saved by imitation of him, and recover our original status as sons of God by adoption.
To attain holiness, then, we must not only pattern our lives on Christ’s by being gentle, humble and patient, we must also imitate him in his death. Taking Christ for his model, Paul said that he wanted to become like him in his death in the hope that he too would be raised from death to life.
We imitate Christ’s death by being buried with him in baptism. If we ask what this kind of burial means and what benefit we may hope to derive from it, it means first of all making a complete break with our former way of life, and our Lord himself said that this cannot be done unless a man is born again. In other words, we have to begin a new life, and we cannot do so until our previous life has been brought to an end.
When runners reach the turning point on a racecourse, they have to pause briefly before they can go back in the opposite direction. So also when we wish to reverse the direction of our lives there must be a pause, or a death, to mark the end of one life and the beginning of another.
Our descent into hell takes place when we imitate the burial of Christ by our baptism. The bodies of the baptised are in a sense buried in the water as a symbol of their renunciation of the sins of their unregenerate nature. As the Apostle says: The circumcision you have undergone is not an operation performed by human hands, but the complete stripping away of your unregenerate nature.
This is the circumcision that Christ gave us, and it is accomplished by our burial with him in baptism. Baptism cleanses the soul from the pollution of worldly thoughts and inclinations: You will wash me, says the psalmist, and I shall be whiter than snow. We receive this saving baptism only once because there was only one death and one resurrection for the salvation of the world, and baptism is its symbol.
[St. Basil the Great, De Spiritu Sancto]
Question: What is the resurrection of the soul, of which the Apostle speaks, saying, ‘If ye be risen with Christ’?, (Colossians 3:1).
Answer: When the Apostle said, ‘God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts’ (2 Corinthians 4:6) the resurrection, he showed this resurrection to be the exodus from the old state (which in the likeness of Sheol incarcerates a man so that the light of the Gospel will not shine mystically upon him. This is a breath of life through hope in the resurrection, and by it the dawning of divine wisdom shines in his heart), so that a man should become new, having nothing of the old man. This the prophet also says, ‘And I shall give them a new heart and a new spirit’ (Ezekiel 36:26). Then the image of Christ is formed in us through the Spirit of wisdom and the revelation of the knowledge of Him.
[Mar Isaac the Syrian, Ascetical Homilies, Homily 37]
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Your Resurrection, Christ Savior, is praised by the angels in heaven; and make us on earth worthy with pure hearts to glorify You.
(Hymn prayed by Cantor Ibrahim Ayad)
[3rd Greek Part for the Resurrection Procession, Liturgy of the Word during the Feast of the Resurrection and Eastertide, Coptic Orthodox Church]
Yesterday I was crucified with Him; today I am glorified with Him; yesterday I died with Him; today I am quickened with Him; yesterday I was buried with Him; today I rise with Him. But let us offer to Him Who suffered and rose again for us — you will think perhaps that I am going to say gold, or silver, or woven work or transparent and costly stones, the mere passing material of earth, that remains here below, and is for the most part always possessed by bad men, slaves of the world and of the Prince of the world. Let us offer ourselves, the possession most precious to God, and most fitting; let us give back to the Image what is made after the Image. Let us recognize our Dignity; let us honour our Archetype; let us know the power of the Mystery, and for what Christ died.
Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. Let us become God’s for His sake, since He for ours became Man. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that we through His poverty might be rich; (2 Corinthians 8:9. He took upon Him the form of a servant that we might receive back our liberty; He came down that we might be exalted; He was tempted that we might conquer; He was dishonoured that He might glorify us; He died that He might save us; He ascended that He might draw to Himself us, who were lying low in the Fall of sin. Let us give all, offer all, to Him Who gave Himself a Ransom and a Reconciliation for us. But one can give nothing like oneself, understanding the Mystery, and becoming for His sake all that He became for ours.
As you see, He offers you a Shepherd; for this is what your Good Shepherd, who lays down his life for his sheep, is hoping and praying for, and he asks from you his subjects; and he gives you himself double instead of single, and makes the staff of his old age a staff for your spirit. And he adds to the inanimate temple a living one; to that exceedingly beautiful and heavenly shrine, this poor and small one, yet to him of great value, and built too with much sweat and many labours. Would that I could say it is worthy of his labours. And he places at your disposal all that belongs to him (O great generosity!— or it would be truer to say, O fatherly love!) his hoar hairs, his youth, the temple, the high priest, the testator, the heir, the discourses which you were longing for; and of these not such as are vain and poured out into the air, and which reach no further than the outward ear; but those which the Spirit writes and engraves on tables of stone, or of flesh, not merely superficially graven, nor easily to be rubbed off, but marked very deep, not with ink, but with grace.
These are the gifts given you by this august Abraham, this honourable and reverend Head, this Patriarch, this Restingplace of all good, this Standard of virtue, this Perfection of the Priesthood, who today is bringing to the Lord his willing Sacrifice, his only Son, him of the promise. Do you on your side offer to God and to us obedience to your Pastors, dwelling in a place of herbage, and being fed by water of refreshment; knowing your Shepherd well, and being known by him; (John 10:14) and following when he calls you as a Shepherd frankly through the door; but not following a stranger climbing up into the fold like a robber and a traitor; nor listening to a strange voice when such would take you away by stealth and scatter you from the truth on mountains, (Ezekiel 34:6) and in deserts, and pitfalls, and places which the Lord does not visit; and would lead you away from the sound Faith in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the One Power and Godhead, Whose Voice my sheep always heard (and may they always hear it), but with deceitful and corrupt words would tear them from their true Shepherd. From which may we all be kept, Shepherd and flock, as from a poisoned and deadly pasture; guiding and being guided far away from it, that we may all be one in Christ Jesus our Lord, now and unto the heavenly rest. To Whom be the glory and the might for ever and ever. Amen
[St. Gregory Nazianzus, Oration 1]
If, then, it is by the sign of the cross and by faith in Christ that death is trampled underfoot, it is clear that it is Christ Himself and none other Who is the Archvictor over death and has robbed it of its power. Death used to be strong and terrible, but now, since the sojourn of the Savior and the death and resurrection of His body, it is despised; and obviously it is by the very Christ Who mounted on the cross that it has been destroyed and vanquished finally.
When the sun rises after the night and the whole world is lit up by it, nobody doubts that it is the sun which has thus shed its light everywhere and driven away the dark. Equally clear is it, since this utter scorning and trampling down of death has ensued upon the Savior’s manifestation in the body and His death on the cross, that it is He Himself Who brought death to nought and daily raises monuments to His victory in His own disciples.
How can you think otherwise, when you see men naturally weak hastening to death, unafraid at the prospect of corruption, fearless of the descent into Hades, even indeed with eager soul provoking it, not shrinking from tortures, but preferring thus to rush on death for Christ’s sake, rather than to remain in this present life? If you see with your own eyes men and women and children, even, thus welcoming death for the sake of Christ’s religion, how can you be so utterly silly and incredulous and maimed in your mind as not to realize that Christ, to Whom these all bear witness, Himself gives the victory to each, making death completely powerless for those who hold His faith and bear the sign of the cross?
No one in his senses doubts that a snake is dead when he sees it trampled underfoot, especially when he knows how savage it used to be; nor, if he sees boys making fun of a lion, does he doubt that the brute is either dead or completely bereft of strength. These things can be seen with our own eyes, and it is the same with the conquest of death. Doubt no longer, then, when you see death mocked and scorned by those who believe in Christ, that by Christ death was destroyed, and the corruption that goes with it resolved and brought to end.
[St. Athanasius the Apostolic, On the Incarnation of the Word]
+Lord help us to consider our fathers the martyrs “whose faith” we “follow, considering the outcome of their conduct” (cf.Heb 13:7). Let that same belief in the strength and glory of Your Resurrection live in us, that we proceed every day as martyrs, not necessarily in the physical sense, but in dying to the world spiritually, so that we may live for You+
“And after eight days again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then said He to Thomas, Reach here your finger, and see My Hands; and reach here your hand, and put it into My Side: and be not faithless, but believing.” (Jn 20:26-27)
Christ appeared once more unto His disciples miraculously by His Divine power. For He did not, like us, bid them open the doors for Him to enter in, but disdaining, as it were, the natural sequence of events, passed within the doors, and unexpectedly appeared in the middle of the room, presenting the same kind of miracle before the sight of the blessed Thomas as He had performed on the former occasion. For he that was most deficient in faith had need of healing medicine.
He made use of the greeting so often on His Lips, and solemnly gave them the blessed assurance of peace, as a pattern unto us, as we have said before. One may well be amazed at the minuteness of detail shown in this passage. For such was the extreme accuracy that the compiler of this book took pains to observe, that he is not content with simply saying that Christ manifested Himself to the holy disciples, but explains that it was after eight days, and that they were gathered together. For what else can their being all brought together in one house mean?
We say this to point out the diligent care that the Apostle so admirably displays, and because Christ hereby has made clear unto us the occasion of our assembling, and gathering ourselves together on His account. For He visits, and in some sort dwells with, those assembled together for His sake, especially on the eighth day, that is, the Lord’s day. Let us reckon it up, if you so please: On the one occasion He appeared unto the other disciples; on the other, He manifested Himself to them, when Thomas was also present. It is written in the preceding passage: When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut, He stood in the midst.
Note, that it was on the first day of the week, that is, the Lord’s day, when the disciples were gathered together, that He was seen of them, and that likewise also He appeared to them on the eighth day following. And we must not, because he says eight days after, suppose that he means the ninth day, but that when he says this he includes the eighth day itself, on which He appeared, in the number given.
With good reason, then, are we accustomed to have sacred meetings in churches on the eighth day. And, to adopt the language of allegory, as the idea necessarily demands, we indeed close the doors, but yet Christ visits us and appears unto us all, both invisibly and also visibly; invisibly as God, but also visibly in the Body. He suffers us to touch His holy Flesh, and gives us thereof. For through the grace of God we are admitted to partake of the blessed Eucharist, receiving Christ into our hands, to the intent that we may firmly believe that He did in truth raise up the Temple of His Body.
For that the partaking of the blessed Eucharist is a confession of the Resurrection of Christ is clearly proved by His own Words, which He spake when He Himself performed the type of the mystery; for He brake bread, as it is written, and gave it to them, saying: This is My Body, which is given for you unto remission of sins: this do in remembrance of Me.
Participation, then, in the Divine mysteries, in addition to filling us with Divine blessedness, is a true confession and memorial of Christ’s dying and rising again for us and for our sake. Let us, therefore, after touching Christ’s Body, shrink back from unbelief in Him as utter ruin, and rather be found well grounded in the full assurance of faith
[St. Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Gospel of St. John]
Some points of contemplation and prayer from the above:
+ Lord, thank you for supporting our weak faith when we are most in need of it+
+Lord grant us to stand together on the eighth day, Sunday, in your name together, even if we cannot physically be together but through technology we may, that You appear and dwell among us You promised, and grant us Your heavenly peace+
The root of all good works is the hope of the Resurrection; for the expectation of the recompense nerves the soul to good works. For every labourer is ready to endure the toils, if he sees their reward in prospect; but when men weary themselves for nought, their heart soon sinks as well as their body. A soldier who expects a prize is ready for war, but no one is forward to die for a king who is indifferent about those who serve under him, and bestows no honours on their toils. In like manner every soul believing in a Resurrection is naturally careful of itself; but, disbelieving it, abandons itself to perdition. He who believes that his body shall remain to rise again, is careful of his robe, and defiles it not with fornication; but he who disbelieves the Resurrection, gives himself to fornication, and misuses his own body, as though it were not his own. Faith therefore in the Resurrection of the dead, is a great commandment and doctrine of the Holy Catholic (Universal) Church great and most necessary, though gainsaid by many, yet surely warranted by the truth. Greeks contradict it, Samaritans disbelieve it, heretics mutilate it; the contradiction is manifold, but the truth is uniform.
[St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetichal Lectures, 18]
+Lord thank you for your great love, and the hope of the Resurrection and happiness you have prepared for us. Help us to “work out our own salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12)+
The resurrection is transition from the world of falsehood to the life of truth. From the world of evanescence to the world of immortality. From a world in which everything will be abolished after a time to an everlasting world in which there is no falsehood but well fixed truth. It is a world free from sin where men live with each other in association very pure, clear and everlasting. What else about the resurrection?
The Resurrection Is A Multi-Faceted Miracle: Here appears the miraculous power of God. How will the bodies be gathered once more after they changed into dust!? Isn’t it He who created and formed them from dust; from nothingness? Dust had been a nonentity before it existed. He who looks attentively at the resurrection from this side can consider the limitless power of God, our creator. It is enough for Him to wish and everything will be accomplished according to His will, even without an utterance. It is His will which is in root and essence an effective order, capable of doing everything. We consider the resurrection a miracle not owing to its difficulty but because our mind is unable to perceive how it takes l place!! But though the mind fails to comprehend that matter, yet faith can easily understand it. Thus, the resurrection is the creed of the believers.
[H. H. Pope Shenouda III of Thrice-Blessed Memory, Contemplations on the Resurrection]
We shall be raised therefore, all with our bodies eternal, but not all with bodies alike: for if a man is righteous, he will receive a heavenly body, that he may be able worthily to hold converse with Angels; but if a man is a sinner, he shall receive an eternal body, fitted to endure the penalties of sins, that he may burn eternally in fire, nor ever be consumed. And righteously will God assign this portion to either company; for we do nothing without the body. We blaspheme with the mouth, and with the mouth we pray. With the body we commit fornication, and with the body we keep chastity. With the hand we rob, and by the hand we bestow alms; and the rest in like manner. Since then the body has been our minister in all things, it shall also share with us in the future the fruits of the past.
Therefore, brethren, let us be careful of our bodies, nor misuse them as though not our own. Let us not say like the heretics, that this vesture of the body belongs not to us, but let us be careful of it as our own; for we must give account to the Lord of all things done through the body. Say not, none sees me; think not, that there is no witness of the deed. Human witness oftentimes there is not; but He who fashioned us, an unerring witness, abides faithful in heaven , and beholds what you do. And the stains of sin also remain in the body; for as when a wound has gone deep into the body, even if there has been a healing, the scar remains, so sin wounds soul and body, and the marks of its scars remain in all; and they are removed only from those who receive the washing of Baptism. The past wounds therefore of soul and body God heals by Baptism; against future ones let us one and all jointly guard ourselves, that we may keep this vestment of the body pure, and may not for practising fornication and sensual indulgence or any other sin for a short season, lose the salvation of heaven, but may inherit the eternal kingdom of God; of which may God, of His own grace, deem all of you worthy.
[St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetichal Lectures, 18]
+Lord help us to control our bodies and overcome the lusts of the flesh by dwelling within You. We don’t have the power to fight, but by remembering that we are members of Your Body, we know that you have the power to fight for us, and we have only to ask and You will fight for us. Let us remember the coming Judgement and Resurrection; “Nail Your fear to my flesh, for I have feared Your judgements” (Ps 119:120), Your Holy Fear that we remember how worthless earthly lusts are, and how costly they are.+


We invite you to open the barn doors and have a look at our family and our hobbies. First a little about us......we are Curt, Missy, and son Devin. Missy and I are degreed engineers, educated at Clemson where we met while in Tiger Band. I am a practicing mechanical engineer and Missy is a retired electrical engineer. I work in a privately owned business, responsible for design, technology, process, and maintenance of the plant machinery. The company's web site is http://www.imc-ma.com . Missy worked as an electrical engineer, until retiring, and has now embarked on a second career, nursing. She's graduated as an RN and is currently working in an elective surgery operating room. Our son Devin is living in Alaska.
We have quite a few hobbies and not nearly enough time to enjoy them. The restoration of British sports cars has been a hobby for more than 30 years. We are enthusiastic water skiers. About fifteen years ago I got into the antique gas engine hobby after being a spectator for many years. We now have engines from 1 1/2HP to 8HP. This hobby and participation in the Stationary Engine List prompted me to write this website. Involvement in the antique engine hobby has required the development of many new skill sets to bring these old engines back to life. These include pattern making, grey iron casting, Bridgeport machining, and lathe work.
This website documents the restorations of the engines, the antique cars, and has several "how to" pages on interesting topics like making piston rings, pattern making, and phase converters.
We are closely associated with the Cotton Ginning Days Festival, always the 2nd weekend in October.
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Two armed robbers hit a 7-Eleven on U.S. 17 and get away with cash.
Date published: 9/6/2012
The Stafford County Sheriff's Office is looking for a pair of men in connection with a late-night armed robbery Monday at a 7-Eleven store in the county.
At about 11:45 p.m. a deputy went to the 7-Eleven on U.S. 17 at Commerce Parkway and found a visibly shaken clerk, said sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Police said the two robbers had entered the store a short time earlier, pulled handguns and told the clerk to give them money. The clerk took out the cash drawer and put it on the counter, and the thieves grabbed an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot.
The Sheriff's Office used K-9 dogs to search the area, but to no avail.
Kennedy said they are looking for two black men. One is between 6 feet and 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs between 180 and 200 pounds. He was wearing a black T-shirt, jeans and a blue T-shirt wrapped around his head.
The other man is 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall, and was wearing a black T-shirt, jeans and sunglasses. He also was wearing what appeared to be football receiver gloves.
Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Office at 582-7115 or Crime Solvers at 659-2020. Tips can also be sent by text: Stafford (plus your tip) to Crimes (274637).
Scott Shenk: 540/374-5436


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|Full Name||Hellsing ARMS .454 Casull Auto|
|Manufacturer||Walter C. Dornez|
|First Appearance (Manga)||Hellsing: Volume 1,1: "Vampire Hunter"|
|First Appearance (Anime)||Hellsing Episode 1: The Undead|
|First Appearance (OVA)||Hellsing: Ultimate OVA I|
The Hellsing ARMS .454 Casull Auto, sometimes shortened to Casull, is a semi-automatic handgun that is one of Alucard's favorite weapons of choice. The engraving on the frame of the gun (Hellsing ARMS 000001) indicates that it is the first custom weapon ever made by Walter C. Dornez.
The Casull is a classical semiautomatic handgun, based on pre WWII handgun designs by Colt, most notably Colt's popular handguns, the M1911 and the M1903. It weighs approximately 6 kg unloaded and has a magazine capacity of six (plus one in the chamber) .454 Casull cartridges.
The overall design of the Casull is simple, using the Browning short recoil mechanism. Its most recognizable feature is its long slide, counteracting the weapon's heavy recoil with its weight. The barrel is 10 inches long (specified on the slide) and finished with titanium nitride which gives it a characteristic gold color.
In both the anime and the manga, when the Casull fails to kill Anderson, Alucard specifically asks Walter for "something bigger" (however, it must be noted that he may have been referring to the ammunition). Despite its inability to seriously wound Anderson, it is too heavy and unwieldy for a human to use, yet a perfect match for Alucard's strength. It fires custom-made explosive .454 Casull rounds, with the steel bullets bearing a core made from the melted silver Christian cross from Lancaster Cathedral. However, when Alucard first introduces the gun in Volume 1 while dealing with the vampire in Cheddar, he says that it fires 13mm rounds. A possible explanation would be that the gun was originally chambered in .454 Casull, but now fires a custom round necked up to 13mm, as the casings shown ejected by the pistol are bottle-necked and rimless, while the commercial Casull round uses a straight walled rimmed case.
Bullets and RoundsEdit
Even though Alucard has stated that the round uses explosive silver bullets, the traits exhibited by the bullet wounds show that it displays characteristics similar to that of a full metal jacketed pistol round, when it punches through the lung of two people without having the round explode. The weapon most likely has a single-stack magazine meaning a capacity of 7 rounds as seen in other .45-caliber handguns with single-stack magazines such as the M1911 and SIG P220, and as seen from Alucard's battle with Luke Valentine in Volume 2, where he fires 7 rounds at Luke before the slide clicked back on empty. There is no official magazine capacity.
Although Alucard has reloaded it at many points throughout both the manga and anime, Hirano has joked in the back of volume 1 that "They're all cosmoguns that can hold a million rounds". This is also evidenced in the first OVA, where Alucard takes out a large group of ghouls without reloading.
- When used in conjunction with the Jackal, the Casull gives Alucard an appearance similar to Dante, the protagonist of the Devil May Cry series. Both are red-clad transhumans (a vampire and a half-demon, respectively) who wield a white and a black gun simultaneously (Casull and Jackal for Alucard, Ebony and Ivory for Dante).
- "Casull" is not the actual name for the pistol itself. It is the name for the round used by the gun, .454 Casull
- Although the casings ejected from the Hellsing Arms 454 Casull look similar to more common pistol rounds, the .454 Casull is actually a hunting round for a revolver. It's cartridge is rimmed to load into a revolver's cylinder and thus cannot be used in an auto-loading pistol. A likely solution to this would be hand-loading the .454 bullet into a non-rimmed casing, resulting in a new round, which would be named the .454 Hellsing Arms (or .454 HA for short).


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In case you didn’t know, this coming week August 5 – 11 is National Farmer’s Market Week. All hail the mighty American farmer! Locavores, unite!
Believe me when I tell you, farmers don’t do what they do for the money. Well, they try to. But for smaller farms, it’s becoming harder and harder to break even these days. It’s almost the American dream to be able to make an honest day’s work simply tilling the land, and reaping the fruits of your labor as they ripen. It may seem easy – throw a few seeds in the ground, watch them grow, sell the results.
But it’s the overhead: Cost of land, paying workers, buying equipment, cost of water, and your yields being at the mercy of the elements that makes farming a tough trade to make a living. Many ranchers and farmers have to take second jobs just to make ends meet.
That’s where we, the consumers, come in! With health and wellness concerns taking hold of our modern-day culture, it makes sense that “locavore” is making its way into the community vocabulary. Especially in a dwindling national economy, buying locally grown produce has put Arizona “you-pick” or CSA-certified farms on the map of modern-day shoppers, urban and rural alike.
Why? There are several fantastic reasons.
First of all, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), “Food that is locally grown spends less time in the back of a truck; causing less damage to the food. When food is stored for long periods of time, the cells in the fruit begin to break down, causing wilting or bruising and the loss of nutrients. The sugars in the food also turn to starch, which makes the food tougher, and not as ﬂavorful” (Sue Baic, British Dietetic Association, 2007).
So, that means two things: Despite the healthier aspect, when farmers sell directly to consumers, they cut out “the middleman,” so to speak, and get the full value for their produce upfront, which also weighs a little lighter on the consumer’s coin purse, as well. Secondly, it cuts down on emissions from fewer trucks taking produce to long-distance locales. So you’re paying the farmer directly, from the vine to your hand, instead of the high dollar signs at the market due to costs of transportation and related constantly fluctuating gas prices. Consequently without much effort, you’re doing your part in living a little ‘greener.’
Thirdly, paying the local farmer helps keep that money circulating at the community level. It helps support local jobs on the farm, or other related, regional costs the farmer needs to pay.
Wow, right? Why haven’t we always been doing this?
Don’t know where there are any local farmer’s markets? No problem! (And no excuses 😉 ). The Arizona Farm Bureau and the USDA have a wealth of information about the schedule and locations of markets in the state of Arizona, as well as a great graph on the USDA site about growing seasons and what produce is harvested when.
In this modern world, we’ve become so removed from where real food comes from. So this week, do yourself (and food growers!) a favor: Shop local, fresher, healthier, greener, and cheaper, all in one place – at the food source. Win-win for everybody, and is a great big thank you to the hard work our farmers go through to get that food on our tables.
Happy Farmer’s Market Week, everyone!
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Farmers markets are all the rage over here now and even the big supermarkets are trying to reduce transport costs by localising produce. In the west where I’m from the large supermarkets will sell mostly “Wiltshire Ham” and “Devon lamb” etc. in the South East where I’m currently living it’s Kent and Surrey produce.
Even beer and ale are now quite regionalised. I can’t get my favourite Somerset ales in this part of the country for love nor money and I can’t get Hampshire-produced ales in Devon.
So it’s all good really.


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NOTE 3-WAY STOP SIGN AT FIFTH AND MAIN
A third stop sign is now in place at the intersection of Fifth & Main in Freeman, impacting westbound traffic. The Freeman City Council chose to convert the intersection to a three-way stop to enhance safety due to limited visibility. Motorists coming from the east on Fifth Street will notice the stop sign and flag located near Mr. G’s.
While southbound traffic on Main Street continues to have the right-of-way at the intersection, vehicles in all other directions must come to a complete stop before continuing through the intersection. As always, when multiple vehicles are stopped at the intersection, he first to come to a full stop will be the first to legally proceed through the intersection.
The sign was installed on March 3 and Freeman’s Police Department is offering a 2-week grace period before issuing citations that carry fines.


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Raleigh, N.C. — A great weekend in the Triangle is ahead. Here are our best bets!
Help homeless pets
Downtown Raleigh is going to the dogs this Saturday. The SPCA K9-3K Dog Walk starts at 10 a.m. More than 3,000 people and nearly 2,000 dogs are expected to converge on Moore Square for this annual benefit for homeless pets at the SPCA of Wake County. The theme this year is “The Wizard of Oz.”
Another animal-related event is happening Durham on Saturday night. The Broad Street Café in Durham is hosting Bark Fest 2013 starting at 6 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the APS of Durham and the Coalition to Unchain Dogs. There will be music, raffles, local beer and dog-themed cocktails.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is among the places holding Earth Day celebrations on Saturday. Head to the museum starting at 9 a.m. to plan in the outdoor kid zone, learn about green technology and find out how to help reduce your family’s carbon footprint.
For more fun family-friendly ideas for this weekend, check out our friend Go Ask Mom's blog.
Hillsborough Street in Raleigh will celebrate Earth Day with a day-long music festival at various locations. From pop to blues, there will be music for everyone. Stop by some of the location merchants for special discounts as well.
In honor of Earth Day, there will be free fare for all Capital Area Transit buses on Saturday. Check their schedule for a list of stops.
Food, wine and food trucks
Fairview Greenhouses and Garden Center in Raleigh will host its second food truck rodeo of the spring this Saturday from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Also on Saturday, The Pit will host its 5th annual ‘Cuegrass Festival in the warehouse district. Starting at noon get great barbecue and local beer, while listening to bluegrass. Entrance fee is $5 and sandwiches and beer are also $5 each.
Sample more than 200 diverse and flavorful wines from local wineries at the annual Great Grapes Wine, Arts and Food Festival on Saturday at Koka Booth Amphitheatre. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of. The event is free for children 12 and under. There are also designated driver tickets for $20 each. The day will also include live music, crafts, food and gourmet cooking demos.
If you love crawfish, there are two opportunities to get some mudbugs on Saturday in the Triangle. The first is at Lafayette Village, where Antonio’s Gourmet will host their third annual crawfish boil. Proceeds will help benefit the Tammy Lynn Center for Development Disabilities. There will be live music, food, children’s activities and more!
The Bayou Festival Tour will bring a taste of New Orleans cuisine to Durham’s CCB Plaza on Saturday with two sessions – one starting at noon and the other starting at 5 p.m. You can get tickets for all you can eat boiled seafood and all you care to sample bourbon and beer. Expect second-lining, Mardi Gras beads, a hot pepper eating contest and live music.
Comedy and music
It is all about comedy on Friday night with Chris Tucker at the DPAC. Tickets are still available. (The Richard Lewis show at Carolina Theatre was canceled.)
Blues great B.B. King will play the Durham Performing Arts Center on Sunday night. Ticket start at $50.


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Regular listeners of my show know that I’ve, at times, been critical of Ed Schultz. But nothing I’ve seen or heard from him before raised my ire as his segment last night on the Keystone XL pipeline.
I happened to catch him shilling for the project with former Montana governor Brian Schweitzer on a couple of occasions, and was incensed when he basically concluded that even if the US acted responsibly with regard to the future of the planet, other countries like China and India won’t, so we might as well reap the monetary profits from raping the earth.
But last night, he joined the ranks of the false equivalency kings over at the Fox fake News Channel by decrying the fact that the KXL protests aren’t as big as the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.
I know it’s a long segment, but it’s worth watching.
First of all, the world is a different place in 2014 than it was in 1969. The war was on full view in gruesome graphic living color on all three networks, and even a random UHF station. There were no cable news pundits or hate talk radio hosts on a non-stop loop telling you that the war wasn’t real, and people weren’t dying, and that your son, brother, or best friend wouldn’t really be drafted and send off to die in the rice patties of Vietnam. And if there were, the American people weren’t stupid enough to believe the lies.
It’s a false equivalency, a flawed analogy, but that didn’t stop Schultz from invoking it at least five times in that one piece.
You’ll notice that, this time, he didn’t proclaim his support for the pipeline. No, I think he got too much push back from the viewers who know enough to see through his bombast. This time, instead, he misspoke (400 was the number of protesters arrested at the White House on Sunday, not the total number of those assembled, there absolutely IS a global movement working incredibly hard and for years to save the planet – just visit 350.org for one example, and his classic Freudian slip, “we can’t downplay this enough” was more than telling).
Yes, I spent the first segment of the show today dissecting Schultz’ hypocrisy and hand-wringing, and ended with the Green News Report‘s Desi Doyen telling us about the new Carbon Tracker report debunking the State Dept Shill Sheet, and letting us know that the time for public comments on Keystone ends tomorrow night at midnight.
The media is also failing us daily in their responsibility to offer up news – objective news. Our “public airwaves” are controlled by giant media conglomerates whose chief motivations are bigger profits and pushing the political agenda that allows them to keep setting bigger profit records.
Unfortunately, we’re seeing that play out with the stilted, propaganda-like coverage of Ukraine. I honestly don’t know what to believe, though I tend to trust the independent real news sources who don’t have to answer to any corporate overlords. So, I check out what Robert Parry is writing at Consortium News about “America’s Staggering Hypocrisy ” and “Putin or Kerry: Who’s Delusional?”
Crooks & Liars’ managing editor Susie Madrak joined me as she does each Wednesday morning – today to discuss the media’s failure to objectively and accurately report the news on Ukraine (or anything else, for that matter).
I played this song during today’s pre-show music and at the end of the show as well. The band is Boxing Gandhis and, much to Ed Schultz’ probable dismay, they recorded this gem in 1994. Written from the point of view of the Earth, it’s called “If You Love Me Why Am I Dying?”…


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What is Archipelago?
Archipelago is a cross-game modification system which randomizes different games, then uses the result to build a single unified multi-player game. Items from one game may be present in another, and you will need your fellow players to find items you need in their games to help you complete your own.
For example, with a purchase at a Holy Mountain shop, you can unlock another player's Terran Marine (Starcraft 2), Kokiri Sword (Ocarina of Time), Morph Ball (Super Metroid), Enchanting Table (Minecraft), and more. Other players can send you your Fire Immunity perk (and other items) by completing a research (Factorio), opening a chest in the City of Tears (Hollow Knight), or beating a unique enemy in Slay the Spire.
See Noita Setup Guide.
The TL;DR on YAML Files
- For each of the games/slots that you want to join together in Archipelago,
- Go to the game's settings page on the website.
- Fill in the player name and configure it to your liking.
- Click Export Settings to download.
- Repeat for every slot.
- Zip all the YAMLs into a single ZIP file.
- Upload the ZIP file to Archipelago: Generate Game.
- Click Create New Room.
Then you can simply connect with all of the slots, either synchronously or asynchronously.
Scavenge the multiverse for items and unlockables.
Sync vs Async
There are two major ways to play.
The first is a synchronized experience, everyone plays their game all at the same time. This promotes communication as players ask whether an item in a shop is worth paying for. Traps and Deathlink will be very punishing and lead to reactions from players.
The second is an asynchronous experience, everyone plays their game at their own pace and not at the same time. This allows for a single person to switch between multiple games, or for many people to connect many games over a very long period of time. For example, a bunch of people all in different time zones can play several games to unlock what they can, then pass the torch overnight to other people playing different games in a back-and-forth that lasts several days.
It is possible for more than one person to join in the same slot, also known as Slot Co-op. This means that you will be playing different seeds but share the same progress and Archipelago items. Retrieving an archipelago item will remove it from your co-op partner's world and give it to them immediately, such as Explosion Immunity for example. Both slots will start new games with all the previously unlocked items at the entrance.
This is an optional setting that is off by default. For those who have it enabled: if anyone dies, everyone dies. For those who have it disabled, nothing happens.
This is an optional setting that is enabled by default. Some bad Twitch Integration events are used as traps. Traps in Noita will have obvious names, unusual descriptions, and altered visuals to help tell them apart.
- Noita Arena
- Noita - Pinball Mode
- Ride & Drive Mode
- Official Archipelago Website - Use for launching a room to connect to.
- Archipelago Discord - Use to find other players to play with.
- Archipelago Server Source Code
- Noita Client Source Code - This is the mod that is downloaded.

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As an artist who has captivated the world with his evocative, thought-provoking creations, Chau Hang is no stranger to finding inspiration in the most unexpected places.
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Natural landscapes, plants, herbs, flowers and animals.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Motorola Inc. unveiled a new mobile phone Tuesday that will run on software made by Microsoft Corp. and support features such as high-speed Internet links, part of Motorola's push into the market for expensive hand-held gadgets.
The new i930 smartphone will be available next month from wireless carrier Sprint Nextel (TICKER:S) at a list price of $500, Motorola said during an announcement at the CTIA Wireless Entertainment conference in San Francisco.
The news comes on the heels of Motorola's MOT decision to partner with Apple Computer Inc. on a device that combines the features of a phone and a digital music player that can store 100 songs.
The music-playing Rokr cell phone, rolled out in conjunction with wireless carrier Cingular Wireless, is merely the first effort of a larger push into the growing market for digital music, according to a company executive.
"The Rokr is a global launch with multiple carriers who recognize that consumers want the iTunes experience on the mobile phones," said Alberto Moriondo, Motorola's director of mobile entertainment, told MarketWatch in an interview at the CTIA show.
The Rokr will be distributed by Rogers Wireless in Canada; Virgin Mobile, O2 and British Telecom in the U.K.; Orange in France; T-Mobile in Germany and Carphone Warehouse throughout Europe. The phone is also being distributed via numerous carriers in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong.
The global push is a strategy that's helped Motorola claim the number two spot in global market share for handset shipments, as well as 40.7% year-over-year growth, according to the technology research firm IDC.
Moriondo said he is also optimistic about Motorola's e680i phone - currently available in China and South Asia - which has a slot for a 2 gigabyte storage device card for playing entertainment such as video.
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On Monday, Palm Inc. said it would use the Windows software in the next version of its Treo product, which combines the functions of a cell phone and a personal electronic organizer. That product is due out early next year. See full story.
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Clarissa pointed me to this vile editorial by Russell Berman. I'm afraid I might have to quit the MLA again in protest. In my field, two years of course work for the PhD is not going to be enough. The reason is that students coming from Spanish majors simply have not read enough in their undergraduate programs. To do enough reading to be even minimally competent would require more than three or four years of course work, but two is ridiculous. This proposal would give an even bigger advantage to students from Latin America and Spain who have more extensive cultural capital coming in.
I know it takes a long time to get a PhD. But let's think for a moment about what level of erudition it takes to be a "doctor," or learned one, in literature. There are few prodigies in scholarship, because it takes time to absorb knowledge and develop originality. An originality based not on disconnection from the field, but from deep absorption.
Berman also proposes a kind of fixed, lockstep curriculum, streamlined to allow for quick progress. So students would not be exposed to the research of their faculty members (courses based on the interests of the faculty) but a kind of one-size-fits-all approach that would make graduate teaching deadly for all concerned. This streamlined approach would not have allowed Jill and I to do our "poetry and performance" seminar, for example.
In place of a dissertation, Berman proposes three articles. In practice, this would amount to three seminar papers. The so-called PhD would not really be an expert in anything in particular, having written 75 pages rather than 250. He or she would never have been exposed to the original research of the faculty, and so wouldn't have a clue to what research really is.
Why do we elect literature haters to the presidency of the MLA? People who have contempt for the life of the mind? First it as MLP, then Gerald Graff, and now Berman.


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Track Syria air attacks. Publish the radar data.
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Read more: http://www.syriauk.org/2017/05/track-syria-air-attacks-publish-radar.html On 19 September 2016, a UN inter agency aid convoy was attacked in Big Orem, Syria. Twenty aid workers were killed and the UN convoy was destroyed. The Washington Post reported that US radar had tracked two SU-24 bombers in the area flying from Russia’s Khmeimim air base. The radar data was not released to the public. When the Assad regime used chemical weapons to bomb the town of Khan Sheikhoun on 4 April 2017, the US did release tracking data. Radar data showed the bomber had flown from Assad’s al Shayrat air base. Both Conservative and Labour MPs have called for the UK to publish radar data on attacks against civilians. The UK has the capacity to track military aircraft across Syria. The Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyers use S1850M long range radar, able to track up to 1,000 air targets at a range of around 400 km. An RAF E-3D Sentry’s radar can scan distances of over 300 nautical miles. It can detect low-flying aircraft within 215 nmls (400 km). • Publish the radar tracking data. • Name those responsible for war crimes. • Sanction the violators....