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BAGUIO CITY – A Baguio girl who is now serving as the Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning of the Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland was in town to give a talk on urban planning strategies to cultivate creativity on Thursday, January 4, 2018.
In his letter to Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan, veteran urban planner Arch. Joseph Alabanza stated that his daughter Dr. Mary Anne Alabanza-Akers will be giving the valuable talk on urban planning strategies to cultivate creativity as her contribution to the city after it was designated as the country’s first United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s creative city under the category crafts and folk arts.
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Akers earned a Bachelors degree in Sociology in 1979 and a masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning in 1983 from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
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MUMBAI, January 8: The Indian Premier League (IPL) today announced the third transfer of the 2012 Trading window. Kevin Pietersen, belligerent batsman and former England captain, will move from Deccan Chargers to Delhi Daredevils for the 2012 season of the tournament.
this season. "We are pleased to add Kevin to our line-up. He brings rich experience and an explosive quality to our batting and can be a more than handy off-spinner as well. We are sure that Kevin will help us to be very competitive this season and the Delhi Daredevils fans will enjoy this addition."
Pietersen, 31, said he was excited at the prospect of joining a team that includes the likes of skipper Virender Sehwag and David Warner. "I am looking forward to a wonderful time with the Delhi Daredevils. It will be a great experience to be playing in the same squad as Sehwag," he said.
Pietersen was acquired by the Deccan Chargers in the 2011 IPL auction. However, he could not participate in the tournament due to a surgery. He had earlier been a part of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru outfit, in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the annual tournament, and had led RCB in six games in 2009.
“Kevin Pietersen is a quality player, and there is no doubt that he will be one of the players to watch out for, in the coming edition of the IPL. We wish him all the best,” Deccan Chargers CEO Venkat Reddy said.
“The Delhi Daredevils squad will be bolstered by the entry of Kevin Pietersen. It is great to see the Franchises in the process of strategising for the upcoming tournament. We are in for a cracker of a competition in April-May,” Rajeev Shukla, Chairman, IPL, said.
Very nice to know that Peterson is included in DD squad. The bowling strength will be increased.
we have a good batting line up but bowling still a big problem. we need to work out on that.
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We check out the underrated AU Falcon XR8 range and Australia's Windsor-powered limited editions.
With the recent resurgence in the popularity of high-performance Ford vehicles, it's only natural that previous models will now be looked back on in a new light. In Part One of this series we looked at the EB to EL Ford XR8s. This time we'll check out the most powerful Windsor-powered machines – the late-model AU Falcon XR8 and the various limited edition models.
Following the EB-EL shape XR8, Ford Australia introduced the all-new AU model in 1998.
The AU Falcon copped plenty of flack about its innovative styling when released but, thankfully, the XR version managed to escape much of this criticism thanks to its more attractive quad headlight front-end. XR8s were also fitted with a subtle body kit and an optional bi-level rear spoiler, which is said to generate actual downforce – it doesn't merely reduce rear aero lift.
But the biggest news in the AU Falcon was the long-awaited introduction of a double wishbone independent rear suspension. This – combined with a host of other chassis and suspension changes – gives the AU XR8 class-leading handling and stability. The standard wheel size is 16 inch but many buyers spent extra on 17s.
Under its bonnet, the AU XR8 adopts a Windsor 5.0 that was said to be designed for the US-market Ford Explorer. This engine brought new heads, inlet manifold, camshaft and the EEC-V engine management was recalibrated to suit. Peak power remained pegged at 185kW but peak torque increases slightly to 412Nm (achieved at 5000 and 3500 rpm respectively).
Fitted with either a revised 5 speed manual or 4 speed auto, the 1650-odd kilogram AU XR8 can accelerate to 100 km/h in the low 8 second range. The quarter mile takes a shade under 16.0 seconds.
For the 2000 Series 2 version of the AU XR8, the faithful Windsor V8 was given another major revision.
Struggling to compete with Holden's newly introduced 5.7 litre LS1 V8, Ford Australia gave the Windsor an upgrade to the tune of 200kW at 5000 rpm and 420Nm at 3650 rpm. This powerplant – when backed with the base 5 speed manual gearbox – delivers a LS1-beating launch but falls behind as road speed increases. The AUII XR8 can rip to 100 km/h in the low 7 second bracket and does the quarter mile thing in low 15s - not hanging around.
The XR8 ute received the 200kW donk in early 2001.
To cope with the extra speed, Ford offered standard dual-pot front brakes and an optional 329mm Premium brake package. Other options include leather, a high-end sound system and body kit. The body received less daring styling and the original AU XR8's bi-level rear spoiler was dropped to make way for a conventional single element spoiler.
And just when you thought you'd seen everything the AU had to offer, the Series II was boosted to 220kW half way through its model run.
The 220kW Windsor was hand-built by Tickford and features reengineered cast iron heads, a match-ported intake manifold, larger throttle body, ceramic coated headers and revised camshaft. Fuel pressure was also increased and the management system was recalibrated. Compression ratio had crept up to 9.4:1 – still low enough to cope with normal unleaded fuel.
Producing 220kW at 5250 rpm and 435Nm at 4000 rpm, the late AUII XR8 is decidedly quick. In 5 speed manual guise, it can launch to 100 km/h in high 6s and run the quarter mile in high 14s.
The final AU XR8 – the AUIII – appeared in late 2001 was available with the choice of a traditional XR appearance or a Ford Racing body kit. It was unaltered mechanically.
Second-hand, these 220kW monsters fetch around $25 to $30 grand.
The AUIII stepped aside for the BA series in late 2002.
Ford Australia – as opposed to its FTE division – released only one limited edition of the AU XR8.
The 2001 XR8 Rebel employs the same hand-built 220kW engine found in the late AUII XR8, 18 inch Speedline alloys, a Ford Racing body kit and – wait for it – a Sony PS2 for home use! A copy of Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (signed by Glenn Seton and Steven Richards) was also thrown in on the deal.
What's the point? Well, Sony included the FTR racecar in the vehicle line-up of GT3 and this is a 'celebration'.
Not long after the release of the original EB-series XR8, Ford rekindled the glory days of old and released another Falcon GT.
The 1992 25th Anniversary EB Falcon GT employs a heavily reworked Windsor 5.0 with big valve GT40 heads, hydraulic lifters, roller rockers, a high-flow intake manifold and throttle body, large diameter airflow meter and a recalibrated engine management system. This gave the EBII GT an even 200kW at 5200 rpm and 420Nm of torque at 4000 rpm.
It was more than enough to take on HSVs from the same era.
The EBII GT was available with a T5 5 speed featuring a heavy-duty Mustang Cobra gearset and upgraded bearings, while the optional 4 speed auto was a recalibrated BTR 85LE unit. The auto version uses a shorter diff ratio than the manual.
A comprehensive add-on aero kit, bigger brakes, improved suspension, 17 inch alloys and mega-dollar 235/40 Pirelli P Zero tyres give the EBII GT all-round talents to match its grunt. Its high price tag also meant full leather/timber trim, climate control and electric everything was essential.
Unfortunately, the 'give it everything' approach contributed to a substantial 1646kg kerb weight. Combine this with doubts that the engine really made 200kW and it's no surprise the EBII GT struggles to hit 100 km/h in 7.5 seconds. Auto versions took low 8s and around 16 seconds to run the quarter mile.
Ford retrospectively admitted the Ford was built as a luxury express to satisfy men who had once owned GT Falcons of the '60s and '70s.
An immaculate 1992 EB GT currently fetches around AUD$20,000 due to its collector appeal.
Hot on the heels of the EBII GT was the ED XR8 Sprint – a vehicle that offers virtually the same performance without all the hoo-ha.
The XR8 Sprint is equipped with essentially the same engine as the EBII GT but, curiously, it is quoted with 8kW less. The Sprint is said to generate 192kW at 5000 rpm and 404Nm at 4000 rpm.
Also available in 5 speed manual and 4 speed auto form, the cloth trimmed XR8 Sprint weighs almost 100kg less than the EBII GT and takes only 7.3 seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h. The quarter mile requires only 15.0 seconds of your time.
Visually, the XR8 Sprint received unique chunky-style 16 inch alloys and Sprint badges. The interior is standard ED XR8 fare with the addition of a Momo wheel.
An ED XR8 Sprint currently costs around AUD$15,000 depending on kilometres and condition.
The GT name was dusted off once again for the 1997 EL Falcon series.
The EL GT – which is based on the top-line Fairmont Ghia – is equipped with a total of 11 stick-on body parts and an integrated bonnet vent. The look is, well, controversial but unarguably attention-getting... At least the rear spoiler is effective – it is said to reduce rear axle lift by a massive 70 percent.
Behind its vertical barred grille are a pair of air intake scoops, which ram induction air into a free-flow induction system. The intake manifold was also swapped for a mandrel bent tubular set-up with a 65mm throttle body. The heads are cast-iron GT40 items with 2mm oversize inlet valves and providing a 9.0:1. compression ratio. Interestingly, the cam profile is identical to that used in the cooking model Windsor but increased valve lift is achieved through the use of 1.7:1 roller rockers (instead of conventional 1.6:1 units). Exhaust gasses pulse through 4>1 headers, twin cat converters and dual mufflers.
The EL GT's quoted power output is 200kW at 4700 rpm and it has 420Nm of torque at 3700 rpm. There's no doubting its power and torque figures, but its limited rev range is far from sporting.
The live axle suspension is retuned while 17 inch wheels, 329mm front discs and twin-spot calipers come standard. The cabin is decked out with leather trim, wood inlays, a Momo wheel, 240 km/h speedo and all the power luxuries Ford had available. This, like the EBII GT, adds weight and the EL GT tips the scales at 1668kg.
As a result, its straight-line performance is nothing astounding – 0 – 100 km/h in the mid 7s and the quarter takes mid 15s.
Price wise, an EL GT costs a bit more than a comparable EBII GT – up to around AUD$25,000 for one in collector's condition.
During the AU Series 1 timeframe, Ford's newly formed FTE division released the T-series.
The 1999 TE50 and Fairlane-based TL50 were the first AU models to use a 200kW version of the Windsor. The 200kW output was achieved using a more aggressive camshaft, aluminium roller rockers and bigger induction piping. Peak power arrives at 5000 rpm while peak torque – 420Nm – can be reached at 3750 rpm.
Marketed alongside the TE and TL50 was the mid-spec TS50, which boasted a full 220kW and 435Nm. Further camshaft development, big valve aluminium heads, a flow-matched GT40-type intake manifold, bigger throttle body, upgraded exhaust manifolds and cat converters and increased fuel pressure are required to achieve the 220kW output. Compression ratio remains at a mild 9.0:1. Note that both power and torque arrive at higher revs – peak power is at 5250 rpm and peak torque is at 4000 rpm. Unfortunately, much of the Windsor's previous refinement has been lost – the 220kW TS50 has a lumpy idle, which is a tell-tale sign of its relatively hot cam.
An electronic sports shift auto transmission – with buttons on the steering wheel – was standard for the first time in the TS and TL50 and was optional on the TE50.
Both TE and TS50s employ 329 x 28mm front discs with Cobra Mustang calipers. The discs are grooved and the master cylinder is modified to suit. The independent suspension systems of each are improved over the XR8. TS and TL50s also employ Koni dampers and traction control. Unique 17 inch alloys and 235/45 tyres come fitted to the TE, while the TS50 and TL50 use 18s with 245/40s.
A chrome mesh grille, colour-coded headlight bezels and other subtle body touches give the TE-series their own look. Interiors are also upgraded, with the TE50 having sports fabric trim and the TS and TL50s having leather. A Momo wheel comes standard.
Well, high 6 second 0 – 100s are typical for the manual 220kW TS50. TL50 autos take about 7.5 seconds.
When the Falcon AUII upgrade came along, the T-series received some important revisions.
The 200kW engine was dropped so the TE/TS and TL50 were now standard with 220kW/435Nm. A manual gearbox was also available on the TE and TS50s. Mechanically, the AUII T-series vehicles were given a revised cam profile, SVO alloy heads and recalibrated engine management to provide improved bottom-end performance. The big 329mm brake package was also made standard on TS and TL50s and optional on the TE50.
Other engineering changes made to the AUII range apply to the T-series and there are other minor trim and detail changes. It appears that buyers wanted a greater variety of colours and styling options – not everyone wanted a subtle look.
And now for what is the ultimate Windsor engine development – the Australian-built 5.6 litre stroker.
For late 2001, FTE released the hairy-chested T3 range of TE, TS and TL50s.
The T3s share the same under-bonnet monster – a 5.6 litre stroked Windsor. The big-cube motor is hand-built with a new crankshaft, ported GT40P iron heads with hi-po springs and valves, billet rods, lightweight 9.6:1 pistons, revised cam, 82mm throttle body, unique high-flow intake manifold and a conical air filter with a dedicated airflow meter.
Try 250kW at 5250 rpm and a monster 500Nm at 4250 rpm!
It's no surprise these machines – despite weighing over 1700kg - can rip to 100 km/h in around 6.0 seconds in Tremec 5 speed manual form. The spread of torque and throttle responsive is also very strong. Just don't expect a huge amount of refinement – the 5.6 shakes around at idle and suffers excess vibration at high revs.
Based on the AU Series III, the T3s feature a heavy-duty Dana M78 LSD, 355mm front discs with 4 pot Brembos, 18 inch wheels and an aggressive body kit on TE/TS50 models. Note that a 5.6 litre FTE Pursuit 250 ute was also released.
We've seen early 200kW TE50s appear for sale from AUD$25,000 while 5.6 litre TS50s nudge AUD$45,000.
The stroker T3s go into the history books as the undisputed king of Aussie Windsor performance. The only other Ford V8 that's managed to upstage them is the current DOHC beast 5.4 in the BA-series.
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About 385 million kilometers to go in just over six months to try to break through Mars the mystery of the formation of terrestrial planets: this is the mission of the InSight probe whose launch is scheduled for Saturday morning in California.
The craft called Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) is to be propelled into space by an Atlas V rocket at 11:05 GMT from the Vandenberg base of the US Air Force. The launch window is two hours and, in case of postponement, NASA has a window of the same duration each day until June 8.
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The launch was originally scheduled for 2016, but leaks on one instrument had resulted in a postponement to 2018. The windows of launch favorable for the red planet appear only every two years.
If all goes as planned this time, the spacecraft should arrive at its destination on November 26th, becoming the first NASA spacecraft to land on Mars since the landing of Curiosity in 2012.
Its mission will be to detect the Martian earthquakes that, according to the description of NASA, are “like a flash that illuminates the internal structure of the planet”.
InSight needs to collect data through three instruments: a seismometer, a device to accurately locate the probe while Mars oscillates on its axis of rotation and a heat flux sensor that can dig three to five meters in the Martian subsoil, fifteen times more than in previous missions.
As Earth and Mars probably formed in a similar way 4.5 billion years ago, NASA hopes to shed light on why they are so different.
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun that is smaller and less geologically active than the blue planet, could harbor some clues in the matter.
For, on Earth, the process of moving from “a ball of rocks without characteristic reliefs to a planet” that can support life has been masked by billions of years of earthquakes and movements of molten rocks in the mantle, explained Bruce Banerdt, InSight’s chief scientist at NASA’s JPL laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Scientists expect to record up to a hundred “Mars tremors” during the mission which will last about two Earth years. Most should be below 6.0 on the Richter Scale.
Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA, noted that experts already know that Mars is experiencing earthquakes, avalanches and meteorite falls.
“But how earthquake-prone Mars is – it’s the basic information that we need as humans exploring Mars,” he said.
Besides understanding the formation and evolution of telluric planets, the goal is also to determine the current tectonic activity on Mars and its impact rate by meteorites.
According to NASA, the total cost of the mission is $993 million.
In addition, a pair of suitcase-sized satellites named Mars Cube One (MarCO) will be onboard, and will be used to assess the communication capabilities of small equipment in deep space.
They must follow their own run to Mars in the wake of InSight, on which they could transmit data during its entry into the Martian atmosphere and its landing.
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UNESCO on Nov. 29 added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list a set of ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes in Japan, known as “raiho-shin” (visiting deity).
There was something humorous about visiting deities with terror-inspiring visages, such as Namahage in Oga, Akita Prefecture, gathered to celebrate the registration.
In the Caribbean, far from Japan, many people must have celebrated the addition of reggae music to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization list on the same day with joyous dancing.
The music genre originated in Jamaica in the 1960s. Jamaica, colonized by Europeans, became home to Africans who were brought over as slaves.
Reggae’s distinctive rhythm is African in origin, but the genre developed as a fusion with Spanish music and was also influenced by black American R&B.
Bob Marley (1945-1981), who popularized reggae around the world, described the music as international, perfect and capable of embracing any genre, according to a translated book titled “Reggae Okoku” in Japanese.
Even after independence from Britain, Jamaica continued to suffer economic stagnation and social disparities. Reggae was what poor young Jamaicans turned to for comfort and as a means for voicing their protests.
“Get Up, Stand Up,” another Marley song, is still sung at social protest rallies.
Incidentally, I recently came across a newspaper article about reggae being used for preaching by a young Buddhist priest in Akita Prefecture.
Reggae continues to spread around the world, embracing something even Jamaicans would never have imagined.
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Feibhár (fiver, like the money) is a 24 year old Irish songwriter, originally from Kilkenny and based in Dublin. Since playing the Main Stage at Sea Sessions in 2016, Feibhár’s music has evolved into something more distinct, moving from a folky girl-with-a-guitar sound, into something more atmospheric and haunting, fuelled by her desire to write and arrange every aspect on Logic Pro X.
Lyrically driven, Feibhár's focus is on dark and ambient vocal harmonies, amplified by digital production elements, which carry the character driven narratives she explores in her songwriting. These ethereal elements are met with an unnerving ability to personify the emotions she seeks to clarify through her storytelling, making for entrancing company as you experience her music.
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We are keen to keep our staff well trained, and so are happy to receive trainees and young people with work and study contracts.
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Image Blur is a photo opacity app that allows you to quickly blur the unsolicited portions of your photo. You can also unlock the image with this vague image editor. Choose a vague image from the gallery and take a picture with the camera. Use this error editor to blur the effect.
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It is called the "Jesus Prayer", and it consists simply in uttering the single word. right to the heart of practicing God's presence, which is the essence of prayer, the secret of which has been given to us by God the Father. What it is: Sacred.
Prayer To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus When In Difficulties by admin – November 30, 2018 November 30, 2018 The faces are there with their burdens and their wrinkles and their difficulties.
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you the prayers, works and. Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person, my life, my difficulties and.
Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary between 1673 and 1675. Among the words spoken to her, she heard Jesus make several promises to those who would.
When In Difficulties – Prayer To The Sacred Heart of Jesus When In Difficulties – Prayer To The Sacred Heart of Jesus Almighty Arms of Jesus before you, I with all my faith beg you for comfort.In my difficult situation do not forsake me Good Jesus.
Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Begins today. (This year, Feast day is June Padre Pio recited this novena every day for all those who requested his prayers. Daily email reminders here. O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to.
This nine-day prayer is often said prior to the Feast of the Sacred Heart but can be said anytime. The “Our Father,” “Hail, Mary,” Glory Be,” and “Hail, Holy Queen” are traditional Catholic prayers associated with the Rosary, and may be readily found online or in most Catholic prayer books.
Sep 21, 2017 · A Prayer to the Sacred Heart (In Difficulties) Almighty arms of Jesus before you I come with all my faith Begging you for comfort in my difficult situation. Do not forsake me, Good Jesus. Open your doors in my way That your almighty arms will open and close as you design, To give me that tranquility that I so desire.
Also, Mary Lu, Coordinator of the Chinese Charismatic Group, Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral. “Christians are encouraged to pray for the Chinese Christians because it is difficult in such a communi.
Oct 10, 2007 · In Thanks to the Sacred Heart for prayers answered and those prayers yet to come-J.H This prayer is so powerful that you will get the request no matter how difficult it may be. Start this prayer on a Friday lighting a candle and putting it out after prayer.
Actually, I think the book was inspired by the Holy Spirit from start to finish because I had no intentions of writing a book about the Sacred Heart. I felt inadequate. The preparation involves fam.
LOWELL — If the walls could talk, those who live at 169 Moore St. might hear prayers. Under the up-to-30-foot. into new housing in Lowell over the past decade, said Sacred Heart was his most diffi.
Then he added: “In the month of June, popular piety makes us pray with more fervor to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. May this merciful Heart teach you to love without asking for anything in return and to.
And we pray for all countries that are going through grave difficulties, I am thinking in particular. Observed today in Italy is the Day of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. I encourage.
It is actually a prayer composed by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and is commonly called the “Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” She was a saint who lived in the 17th century and during he.
. Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (formerly known as the Apostleship of Prayer) has been a strong proponent of this habit for the past century, connecting it to the Sacred Heart and offering everyth.
Dec 30, 2018 · When in Difficulties- Prayer To The Sacred Heart of Jesus A lmighty Arms of Jesus before you, I with all my faith beg you for comfort. ln my difficult situation do not forsake me Good Jesus. O pen your doors in my way that your Almighty Arms will open and close as you desire to give that tranquility that I so desire.
This Divine Love is what devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is all about and it was to this. Although she was known to have been spiritually mature, religious life was difficult for her, and one.
The Prayer O Most Loving Jesus (by Saint Louis De Montfort) O Precious Blood of Jesus The Prayer O Sweet Jesus Prayer to Obtain the Holy Love of Jesus Christ Offering in Reparation to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Offering to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 1 Offering to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 1 Offering to the Sacred Heart of Jesus All the.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus includes prayer, frequent Holy Communion, visits to the Blessed Sacrament in. I will console them in all their difficulties.
May the most sacred heart of Jesus be praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified throughout the whole world now and forever. Amen. Most sacred heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude worker of miracles help for the hopeless pray for us. St Anthony wonder worker in restoring lost things and help for the needy pray for us have mercy on us Oh Lord.
The Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the family is the recognition of the Sacred. themselves of special graces in their everyday problems and difficulties. a prayer of Thanksgiving and an Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of.
a prayer to the sacred heart of Jesus when in difficulties almighty arms of jusus ,i come before three with all my faith, beginning you comfort in my difficult situation. do not forsake me good Jesus open your doors in my way that your Almighty arms will open and close as you design to give that tranquillity that i.
Philippine had only opened up the furrow, and with what difficulties, sown the seed…But one day the Sacred Heart would return and harvest it….Her role was to.
Sep 27, 2018 · When in Difficulties- Prayer To The Sacred Heart of Jesus A lmighty Arms of Jesus before you, I with all my faith beg you for comfort.ln my difficult situation do not forsake me Good Jesus.
Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Day 1. Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
2018 Uk Census Religion Commissioner of Land Administration (CLA) VK Jeyakodi recently cancelled the lease of 8,373.57 acres of forest land at Singampatti village in Ambasamudram taluk of Tirunelveli district and, in 2018. Mixed-race is the fastest-growing ethnic group in the UK. It means your parents hail from two (or more) different ethnicities, leaving you somewhere in the middle.
All the original Feasts, Traditions, Liturgies, Prayers, Novenas, Litanies and Truth of the Original Catholic Faith. Fourteen Efficacious Holy Helpers in Times of Adversity and Difficulties. Litanies to God based on Sacred Scripture. Opening our Hearts to the Divine Child Jesus on the Feast Day of Saint Stephen.
Each class period begins with prayer, utilizing both traditional prayers and. my time with family and friends, my hours of relaxation, my difficulties, problems, Grant, I pray, that guided by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
7 p.m. — Holden evening prayer (freewill offering). 7:30 p.m. — Concert, SongFest. 8:30 p.m. — Reception in the Sacred Heart Parish Hall. 9-11:30 a.m. — Session: “Worshipping in Difficult Times.” 11.
In prayer, a Christian bears all the difficulties of the people who live next to him. promoted by the Congregation for the Clergy and the Apostle Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I greet the p.
Oct 07, 2013 · Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (When in Difficulties) Try it and you will see the miracle. *I got this prayer from the Facebook page of The Divine Mercy (https://www.facebook.com.
. vain; and since thou art so powerful with Jesus and Mary. show that thy goodness equals thy power. Amen, St. Joseph, friend of the sacred heart, pray for us.
Mary our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, you once experienced hardships and difficulties in get.
Sacred Holy Hour Devotion. my husband to stop drinking and smoking which affecting our family.and for him to find job a good job.we are praying for him.
The missionaries also bring prayer manuals, rosaries and framed images of the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart. a 17th-century Visitation nun who endured many difficult ordeals for the love of Jes.
novena prayer to the sacred heart found in: Sacred Heart Novena, Devotion to the Sacred Heart, Devotion To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Sacred Heart of Jesus – Folded Prayer Card, Novena Prayers and Devotions, Immaculate Heart of.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart in your home will help simplify the religious. "Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come!" (3 times) This prayer may be too difficult for your four-year-old, but he can.
Notre Dame Campus Ministry invites all members of the Notre Dame campus community to participate in activities for this day of prayer, including Eucharistic Adoration in the Basilica of the Sacred Hea.
Over the years the Church has developed various types of enthronements that make the placing of an image of the Sacred Heart a more formal and spiritual event. For example, the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer.
Please tell us your prayers…of praise, worship, thanksgiving, and petition. Place it in. Lord, May this candle be a light for you to enlighten me in my difficulties.
From this relationship with Jesus, developed through prayer and meditation. Why was there so much difficulty in achieving her dream of entering religious life. Mother Cabrini's faith in the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was well founded.
Obtain as beautiful a picture or statue of the Sacred Heart as possible. [To be said at night prayer in union with all families in which the Sacred Heart has. to overcome the difficulties on your way to Calvary, and assures you of victory.".
The prayer to the sacred heart of Jesus is one of the most powerful prayers in all Catholicism. There are several sacred heart prayers and novenas that can be used in one’s daily prayer. This prayer will bring you closer to Jesus. You too can rest your head upon the heart.
Prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: “St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for. I will console them in all their difficulties.
Teach them the true way of prayer, which is nourished by the Word of God. With gladness, I consecrate this day to Your Sacred Heart, and offer whatever. And so, may any difficulties, frustrations and pains of this day, be transformed in.
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Welcome to the Strange Horizons 2018 winter special! This issue is written by and about transgender and nonbinary members of the speculative fiction community.
Trans and enby people have always existed, because it is a human state of being, and we have always had speculative dreams. We may be more visible now, to circles through which we'd passed unnoticed. We may be more vocal now, our backs to one another, our faces outward, lips in a line. We may be using new words or new pronouns, sharing hashtags and walking through gateways with gatekeeper keys, but we have always, always been here. This is an #ownvoices space, where trans and nonbinary people exist, not as a plot twist or an exotic flavor, but as people building worlds out of words.
Today, we have two stories for you: “Obscura,” by Yoon Ha Lee, and “A Snow, A Food, A Fire,” by Jamie Berrout. Both of them relate to the power of a gaze, what is seen and unseen. There are three poems: the riddle “Woodwork,” the poignant “burying ghosts,” and the stunningly beautiful “Dead Names.” The first of our three reviews is for the trans-centering anthology, Meanwhile, Elsewhere. We also have a trans/nonbinary roundtable, “Beyond 101,” with art by Alex Dingley.
Our resistance column premiers in this issue. This column was made possible by your generous support during the 2017 fund drive. Thank you! Our first piece is by the poet, teacher, and community organizer Ching-In Chen. They focus on speculative poetry and the role of indirect and unformed space as a vehicle of resistance.
For those who haven’t visited the site in a while, we have begun using content warnings. You may see “transphobia” or “dysphoria” associated with content in this issue. Please be aware that this is not a pejorative against the content itself, nor is it labeling the writers transphobic or dysphoric. It’s just a notice for those of us with personal trauma that the topics are covered.
A hearty welcome from the Strange Horizons editor composite! Enjoy the read.
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I suppose everyone saw the madness that occurred on Black Friday. What a mess. Mini-riots, shootings, pushing and shoving. In one clip a Victoria Secret employee jumped up on top of a table full of undies to escape the screaming mob. Unbelievable.
Of course, it probably wasn’t like this everywhere. That’s the problem with news today. You don’t know what’s really happening. A single snippet can be blown all out of proportion and make it look like the entire country is on the verge of Armageddon. I only hope these shopping incidents were isolated events and not typical throughout the country.
How did all of this craziness start anyway? I vaguely remember that years ago the stores got the idea of having a big sale on the day after Thanksgiving. Before then, people bought their Christmas presents throughout the holiday season, with a big rush of last-minute shoppers at the end. But the retailers needed certainty to forecast their year-end bottom line. They couldn’t just hope there would be enough sales for a big holiday profit.
What if they created one giant sale on the day after Thanksgiving? This would make people get out and shop, and create a bolus of revenue well before the end of the calendar year.
Who could have imagined the juggernaut that would result from this single marketing ploy? Young folks must now think that Black Friday is itself a holiday tradition. I can see the shoppers with their checklists; heavy boots to protect the feet from trampling crowds, a few layers of clothing to shield the torso from shoving arms, and a couple of elbow pads wouldn’t hurt either. Also, don’t forget the long-johns, down jacket and hot chocolate if you’re going to wait in line all night for the store to open. I’m sure many shoppers regard this event as a competition, and regale their friends and family with stories of ripping the last item from someone’s hand and then detailing how many hundreds of dollars they saved.
Of course, younger folks may think that Black Friday is a tradition only for their parents. They’re too smart to be sucked in and will probably do their shopping on Cyber Monday, using apps to find the very lowest prices while never leaving the house. If so, then the Black Friday madness should ultimately disappear as the young folks grow up and in-person shopping is totally replaced by online retail.
But a fundamental question might be, “Why do we need to buy so much stuff anyway?” Madison Avenue has been conditioning folks to buy, buy, buy during the holidays for decades. Maybe I’m just a curmudgeon, but I don’t think anyone but the kids need much in the way of presents. Folks generally go ahead and buy what they need as they can afford it. Why go to a lot of effort when that present may be regifted or even donated a few years later?
Christmas presents are for kids. They should have presents to open, and most should be toys. But keep it within reason. I’ve never splurged on expensive toys. I’m not talking about bikes, computers, telescopes, smart-tablets and the like. Those kinds of necessary items will always have bigger price tags. But we’ve all seen the expensive toys that everyone thinks they need to buy. Don’t give in to the advertising moguls. Things don’t have to be expensive to be fun.
So, I hope you stayed home with your family instead and went for a hike or something on Black Friday. Don’t go shopping, unless it’s from your easy chair, and only after having had some fun with your loved ones.
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Hull - Where the US goes the UK often follows. This is especially true of negatives. If the US has extreme weather we usually experience similar a few days later. If violent crime increases across the Pond likewise in the UK. Then there is shopping madness.
The UK is taking up traditional US activities such as Christmas shopping bargain days that leave customers with empty wallets and a range of unwanted goods.
Black Friday has just passed and today is Cyber Monday. Each have become big shopping days on both sides of the Pond. Last Friday many people hit the shops attracted by huge price cuts and today the same is happening online. Is all as it seems though?
As usual the answer is probably not.
It is so easy to get sucked into spending unnecessarily. You buy in haste and repent at leisure. This year remember it is still in reality a consumer market. Businesses want your trade. That does not stop some of them throwing the odd rogue item into the pot.
This year more than ever retailers will be trying hard to get you to part with your hard-earned money. There will be pre-Christmas sales and bargains long after today. With Christmas a few weeks away perhaps it would be wiser to hang fire. Shop around, be it online or on the High Street, take your time and purchase well.
Bargains are sometimes far from that. They could be second-rate, last year's model or simply stock that is hard to shift. Once it is dressed up with a fancy cut-price sign you may find it hard to resist.
Consider all the implications of your purchase before you buy.
1- If you buy online there may be delivery charges but you will be saving a potentially expensive trip to town which could be full of hassle.
2 - Emails dropping into your inbox, that offer great bargains, can be tempting. However, if you purchase an item you had no intention of buying is it really a bargain? Probably not, especially if money is tight.
Having some idea of what you want to buy helps. If you shop "blind" you will be more likely to spend more than you should. Online retail oulets, just like the shops, are full of goods you never knew you wanted or needed and in many cases cannot afford.
Cyber Monday also increases the temptation to buy now and pay later. Not a good idea. Pay for purchases online with a switch or debit card so you are not paying for Christmas well into the New Year or even beyond.
One factor specific to the UK is that this week Chancellor George Osborne will announce to the country his Autumn statement, or Budget. It is doubtful that it will have a real positive effect on retail trade but it could. It could also cost you dearly in many ways. Brits take care and look after your money this cyber Monday.
Perhaps the rest of you would be wise to follow suit too!
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Betty Kay (Lovvorn) Pierce grew up in Shelbyville, TN where she was an active member of the First Baptist Church. She then attended Middle TN State University where she earned a BS degree in Elementary Education and later received her MA degree in Elementary Education at Cumberland University in Lebanon, TN.
Betty Kay was married for forty years to the late Thomas Larry Pierce. They have one child, Lydia (Pierce) Thorpe who lives in Murfreesboro, TN with her husband Hunter and their two sons, Banks and Pierce.
Betty Kay is a retired school teacher having taught for 37 years. She has always loved doing the work of the church and presently is the part-time Director of Education and of Children & Young Families.
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BUCS Indoors made its first ever appearance in Wales, the huge competition's 2011 edition being held at Cardiff University Sports Training Village. There were 410 starters this year despite all the venue problems that plagued this event.
Edinburgh won the 2011 senior team title with a grand total of 2289, only five short of the tournament record they set last year, to clinch this trophy for a remarkable ninth year in a row. Edinburgh shrugged off the relative disappointment of BUTC and were led home by a 581 from Erik Rowbotham and a 578 from Migle Petruskeviciute and support from Jenny Jeppsson 569 and former Imp Lizzie Bell 561. Nottingham won senior team silver for the second year in a row. George Harding got 585, Nicola Turner 566, Laura Bell 562 and James Carr 555 to leave Nottingham 21 points behind on 2268. Competition for bronze medals was very tight, but it was the light blues of Cambridge who pinched third place with 2241 with a very solid team performance from a quartet of Tak Ho 566, Heather Reynolds 564, Tim Craig 559 and Michael Mitchell 552. Cambridge were the last side other than Edinburgh to win this event, back in 2001 and 2002.
Fourth place had to be settled on golds, with both Loughborough and Warwick having finished on 2235. In the end, the superior 10 count was Loughborough's, fuelled by 574s apiece from Tom Cram and Mat Cole. Warwick's leading duo were Jorge Lindley and Andrews Shreeves on 568 and 567. David Timmins top scored 571 for Oxford as the dark blues totalled 2231 in sixth place, bringing the number of BUTTS league clubs in the top six to a remarkable five. The next three places were held by SEAL clubs as London were seventh on 2213, Jamie Adams, a 3 time former individual winner here, got 577. Sam Bird got 582, powering Southampton over the 2200 barrier to 2204 and the last BUCS point. Just inside the top ten, Imperial held off Sheffield 2189 to 2187. Birmingham followed up their remarkable BUTC with a 2164 to place 11th, Reading rounding off the top dozen on 2146. As last year, there were no less than 36 complete recurve teams of four in the field, with nearly half of them going over 2100.
Edinburgh and Nottingham were well clear of the rest of the field in the Novice Team category as well, but once again, Edinburgh were on top. Edinburgh's giant total of 1624 was shot by Douglas Jardine 554, Robbie Crick on 537 and Imola Cseke on 533. As with the seniors, second down to sixth were all BUTTS clubs. Nottingham's silver medal winning novice team comprised Alex Naughton 539, Stylianos Hasjipanayi 523 and Darrel Watkins on 509. Birmingham grabbed bronze thanks to Tom Sherwood 516, Mickie Green 513 and Paul Griffin 504, pushing them to 1533, just three points clear of Loughborough, who bagged their second fourth placed team finish of the day, their top scorer Aadi Malkar on 524. Oxford finished ahead of Warwick 1523 to 1517, despite a 530 from Warwick's Ben Pooley. Imperial were the last club to break 1500 on 1502 in seventh, whilst a 533 from James Towle left Southampton in eighth on 1491. The top ten was completed by Lancaster on 1475 and Bath on 1461. Bath's Alexander Hickson notched 538 to keep his side two clear of Liverpool. Stuart Archer's 527 gave twelth placed Sheffield a total of 1433. A total of 31 complete novice teams of three finished the day.
George Harding (Nottingham) won his fourth individual BUCS title (& second at the Indoors) with a score of 585, keeping just ahead of his leading competitors. Sam Bird (Southampton) was second on 582, just one ahead of Erik Rowbotham (Edinburgh) on 581, winning his second consecutive bronze in this event. Remarkably, this is exactly the same top three in the same order as BUCS Outdoors 2010 - Bird's silver is Southampton's first individual medal at BUCS Indoors since 1987. Michael Judd (Essex) was fourth and claimed the final BUCS point available in this discipline with 579. Defending champion Jamie Adams (London) was fifth on 577 ahead of Tom Cram and Mat Cole, both with 574 (both Loughborough). Cram won sixth place and bragging rights for the bus home 38 golds to 36. David Timmins (Oxford) was the last gent over 570, with 571, whilst Jorge Lindley and Andrew Shreeves (both Warwick) were ninth and tenth on 568 and 567. Tak Ho (Cambridge) was eleventh on 566 just ahead of the group between 12th and 20th place all sandwiched between 564 and 557.
Ladies recurve was won convincingly by Migle Petruskeviciute (Edinburgh) with 578 points, a senior individual gold medal this year, a step and a bit up from the novice individual silver she won twelve months previously. Second place went to Jenny Jeppsson (Edinburgh) who remains on "'only"' nine individual BUCS titles, including the last 5 BUCS Indoors. The next six ladies were compressed into a five point gap. Nicola Turner (Nottingham) emerged on top of this pack with 566 to claim bronze, whilst Ellie Dyson (Nottingham Trent) won the last remaining BUTC point on 565, one clear of Heather Reynolds (Cambridge). Laura Bell (Nottingham) scored 562 with 34 golds as against Monica Blanco (London) 562 with 30 golds. Lizzie Bell (Edinburgh) completed the leading rgroup in eighth place on 561. In ninth place was the only other woman to exceed 550, Magdalena Skowron (Aberystwyth) on 554, but only 59 hits - a ten instead of a miss would have put her fifth.
Gents novice recurve was won comfortably by Douglas Jardine (Edinburgh) on 554, a full 14 points clear and narrowly missing out on the BUCS record. Positions 2 down to 5 were all a point apart, from 540 down to 537. Silver went to Ed Turner (Durham) with bronze to Alex Naughton (Nottingham). Just missing out on individual medals were Alexander Hickson (Bath) in fourth and Robbie Crick (Edinburgh) in fifth. A total of 22 gents novices broke through 500, whilst in the ladies novice category, it was only the three medal winners. Imola Cseke (Edinburgh) won by a full 20 points with 533, as Mickie Green (Birmingham) claimed silver on 513. Alex Lucas (Cambridge) was third lady novice on 501, twelve points behind second and twelve ahead of fourth.
Tapani Kalmaru (UWI Cardiff) defended the gents compound title he won last year with a titanic 593 points to win by 6 from Alex Bridgman (also UWI Cardiff). Despite shooting only seven 9s, Kalmaru's total is one short of the BUCS and All Unis record. David Wright (Northumbria) won bronze on 584, whilst Michael Bass (Lancaster) picked up the final BUCS point on 579. Both of the top two lady compounds broke the previous BUCS & All Unis record of 582. Hard lines then to Lucy O'Sullivan (Nottingham Trent) whose 583 was not enough to stop the title and records going to Naomi Jones (Edinburgh) with a formidable 585. Mary Perrott (Portsmouth) picked up third place with 576, whilst Hope Greenwood (Edinburgh) picked up a BUCS point, fourth with 561. Top novice compound was Richie Dunk (Edinburgh) on 558.
Barebow continued to grow in size this year, with the number of barebow starters up a whopping 62 - that's in comparison to 21 longbows and 30 compounds. Andrew Buchan (Loughborough) finished top of the heap with 515, clear of James Annall (Bath) on 508. Jonathan Brownett (Aberystywth) pipped Chris Watters (Aberdeen) to bronze 497 plays 496, but Watters still picks up a BUCS point for his club. In ladies barebow, Annie White (Oxford) broke the BUCS record by two points with a score 509. White's closest competitor was Amyce Smith-Bannister (Bath) who scored 497 for silver. Colette Bailey (Swansea) ensured a second senior medal would stay in Wales, third on 481, with Samantha Moss (Southampton Solent) fourth on 472. Top gent novice barebow was Tapiwa Chiwaridzo (Loughborough) who scored 489 to break the BUCS and All Unis record by nine - this record was set way back in 2002. Levi Schrama (Bangor) was second on 469 ahead of a 467 from Oskars Dzelme (MMU Cheshire). Claire Bailey (Keele) won novice ladies barebow with 340 ahead of Gwenan Evans and Milan Thomas (both Swansea) on 316 and 312 respectively.
Chris White (Cambridge) won gents longbow, breaking the BUCS record in the process with a total of 442. Tom Goodwin (Loughborough) was second on 416, the top two over a point per arrow clear. James Maskery (Bangor) picked up bronze on 354. The top lady longbow was Holly Halford (Loughborough) on 283 - with only 4 starters, all the senior lady longbows guaranteed their clubs BUCS points. Top longbow novice by some distance was Metodi Salov (Essex) on 309.
It's customary at this point for the host club to be thanked, but of course, as everyone should be aware by now, there is currently no such thing as Cardiff University Archery Club - one wonders if hosting this competition will spark any local interest. Full details of what went on in the lead up to BUCS are detailed in the previous editorial article, so it only remains to thank in particular Steven Johnson, Ashleigh McCloud, James Cowie, Zoe Hawken and others for their performance in the week leading up to the competition and on the day itself, in ensuring the competition kept its head above water, despite all the difficulties. As it stands, BUCS Outdoors 2011 is currently without a host, so please get in touch with James Cowie or Ed Curran ASAP.
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Not being a reader who is easily won over with contemporary romance genres, I found Behind Closed Doors a nice, easy-to-read novel that definitely held my interest. The story line was well thought out, and the challenges and dilemma were definitely fresh and intriguing.
However, truthfully, I really was not impressed with the main character, Julia. She really came off desperate throughout the novel. For example, despite the fact that she found out Darren was her TA and off limits, she still plunged head long in her effort to get into his pants. Plus, I also found the freak-out moments afterward when Darren wouldn’t text or call her very off-putting. I just couldn’t stand her behavior.
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Great review, Kelsey! This plot sounds quite familiar, but I love contemporary romance so maybe I’ll give it a try.
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The castle is located in the village of Myrtousa, 18km from Stavroupoli. It was built at around 340 BC and 614m on a hill to control the surrounding area. In the Byzantine era in the castle were settled troops of Vasileios Voulgaroktonou, Alexios Komnenos, and other emperors of Byzantium. Today only ruins remains. The area is accessible only with a four-wheel drive vehicle.
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Discover France's extraordinary culinary & vineyard heritage on a relaxing seven day program for food and wine enthusiasts.
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The Triangle Block displays the terracotta-red, iron-rich soils found in parts of the north and west Barossa and is managed under bio-dynamic principles. A warm and dry winter delivered early budburst followed by average summer temperatures. The Triangle Block was hand-picked on 9 February, all destemmed and fermented by indigenous yeast, 40% in closed puncheons. Matured for 21 months in French oak (12% new), unfined and unfiltered.
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In the Convent of St. John, everyday Benedictine life meets cultural conservation, art and research. The church contains the largest and best preserved early medieval fresco cycle in the world. The convent museum showcases over 1,200 years of history, archaeological artefacts, artworks and depicts everyday life in the convent.
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When Michael was going to school, his best friend's parents were murdered; the problem was that he was aware of it before it happened. His friend had told him that he would have done it. His friend was from a wealthy family, and they had given him everything he had ever wanted. His friend had thought that the life he was living while going to school, would have been the one he would continue to live for the rest of his life. He loathed school, and when he was told he had to go to college so that he could learn to earn for himself, he had his parents murdered. Michael was the only one who knew about this, but he had no proof, so his friend got away with it. Ever since then Michael had been having nightmares. He decided that he didn't want kids. When his sister's son started displaying traits his friend was displaying prior to killing his parents, he knew he had to do something before it was too late. But what could he do? His sister would never believe him if he told her he was a danger to her.
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Today we held a small party for a boy, Dylan, and Armand’s best friend at school, Maddie. We wanted to show thanks and recognition to these two kids who have been a friend to Armand despite his condition. Local News Channel 7 was there, and showed it on the 6 o’clock news.
Two years ago, Dylan found out about Armand and his disease, and asked his family not to get him birthday presents, but to make a donation to Armand instead. This winter, he posted a picture to his instagram account (dyl_insani), and made a donation for every “Like” he got on a picture of Armand, asking for people to “plz help my friend”. Dylan is 11 years old.
Maddie is in Armand’s class at school this year, and has taken a shine to the wee man. She’s made him pictures, she interacts with him (even though Armand can’t talk back), got him a blanket and Spiderman doll for Christmas, and decorated some frames to hold pictures of Armand.
We also wanted to recognize Armand’s cousin Gavin, who lives in Michigan. Gavin ran in a 5K to raise money, netting over $150 for Armand.
I know I talk a lot about our friends and family and strangers who have helped us (myself and Lindy), but we also need to recognize kids who think about others and donate their time, money, and friendship to a little boy who can’t give much back at the moment.
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Racism, discrimination, xenophobia and prejudice are the most stinging forces often encountered by immigrants. Even though hurtful words are sometimes hurled totally unintentionally or in jest, rarely are they music to an immigrant’s ears.
It’s been five years since I moved to Switzerland. I often get asked if I have faced any directly malicious racist remarks here. My answer is: No. One possible reason for this is that I am often addressed more as an “expat” than an immigrant – in other words, I come from a more privileged background than some other newcomers in Switzerland.
That isn’t to say I haven’t been subjected to stereotypes or prejudice at all. I laugh it off when people presume that I work in information technology, or that I know Bollywood dancing because I come from India. To their disappointment, I am good at neither. Once my neighbor said I must be fine with 30-degree weather – since I come from India, I must be used to the heat. “I am used to this weather but I still don’t enjoy frying under the sun like an egg,” I replied half laughingly. Laughingly, because I knew it was an ‘innocent’ presumption.
Humor is a good way to deal with some of these remarks. However, there are still some situations that are far from funny. Stories differ from migrant to migrant and from situation to situation. Some experiences leave a bitter taste that lasts forever.
A professor at a major Swiss university, who immigrated to Switzerland at a very young age from Iran, shared his experience with Lucify.ch.
Shocked at her response, he told her he was a Swiss citizen and that Switzerland was his home. “Klar, ein eingekaufter Schweizer,” came her reply. “She accused me of buying my citizenship and unsurprisingly, she refused to revoke the fine and left me sitting there, confused and very rattled,” he said, visibly upset over the experience.
There are many incidences of racism in Switzerland these days. The country has more than two million foreigners. It is one of the most favored nations for immigrants. With more diversity comes growing racism. A Federal Statistical Office report recently stated that 60% of the Swiss population considers racism an important social problem.
Another report by the Network of Counseling Centers for Victims of Racism, 2017, showed that most racist incidents occurred in workplaces or education and training institutes, and the most common forms of discrimination are unequal treatment, insults, and denigrating treatment driven by xenophobia and anti-black racism. The report also mentioned that hostility against Muslims and anti-Arab racism had increased from 2016.
Last year there were reports about racism at the ETH university. Racist graffiti and slogans like ‘No Asians’ appeared on the walls and lifts of the university. Photos of some of Asian students were also crossed out.
“Doesn’t everyone speak with an accent? Even the British have an accent. I am often asked not to make a presentation with the accent-excuse. I think it is highly prejudiced,” she told Lucify, requesting anonymity.
Racist remarks in the workplace are quite regular. Another migrant woman, after putting great effort into finding work, was called for a job interview. “They offered me a really low salary. Their excuse was that since I came from a third-world country, the salary they offered was still much more than what I would have gotten in my country,” she told Lucify.
While it is unfair to assume that everyone is biased or anti-immigrant, comments like these are quite common in an immigrant’s life. Whether immigration is a good thing or not, and whether the governments should support immigration, are the issues that require discussion in larger platforms, at a political level.
For us, for now, the pressing question is: how do we curb the tendency to confine people into boxes? Can every Sri Lankan can be assumed to work only in the kitchen? Similarly, can everyone from Turkey be assumed to own a Turkish shop?
Are we not implicitly biased against immigrants?
Thanks for sharing your story Shalini. It is very common issue yet least discussed.
Nice article Parul. I am glad someone has raised this. On my last visit to my brother in Netherlands(that happened to be my first), we were stopped just while coming out of the airport, cause apparently my brother resembled a fugitive on the run. He is a far cry from that. While i agree the police were doing their job, the color of your skin should not be the only parameter. That said, one will meet people with all kinds of perceptions everywhere.
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Amid the excitement and hype surrounding Nvidia's Ion, it's easy to lose sight of what's actually on offer from the green team's latest silicon. Is it a processor, a system-on-a-chip, or something entirely new and uncategorised?
Nope, nothing so far fetched: it's just an integrated graphics chipset. Admittedly it's quite a clever chipset and one that fills in some of the Atom's shortfalls to produce a brilliantly focused platform, but it's just a chipset all the same.
This is a chipset pitched against Intel's own 945GC offering – the one that's found itself working alongside the Atom in all those netbooks, as well as a few nettops. It's the weakest link in the Atom specification and therefore an easy target for Nvidia to go for.
Even so, Nvidia may be guilty of believing some of its own hype and tripping itself up by promising something it can't deliver on – gaming.
Before we get on to what Ion can't do, it's worth focusing on what it can; indeed, it's the Acer Aspire Revo's reason for existing. If you're looking for a low-powered but capable media centre, then you can stop searching – here's the hardware of your dreams.
This wonderfully styled system will take your 1080p content, throw it out to the screen of your choice and barely make a noise as it does so. It'll happily handle 7.1 audio, 1080p content and even make you a cup of tea while you enjoy the film. Okay, we lied about the tea, but you get the idea.
You're looking at less than 20 per cent CPU usage for the film bit, so you could theoretically do something more productive with the spare cycles.
There are a few things that hold Ion – and this rendition in particular – back from being leader of the pack, not all of which can be laid at Nvidia's door. One of the more annoying points is the inclusion of Windows Vista Premium.
This choice of OS forces the 2GB of RAM to its knees, calling on the system swapfile (on a slow 5,400rpm hard drive) far more than anyone would be comfortable with. It takes a good two minutes and 34 seconds just to get into Windows too – hardly a positive consumer experience. This has left us eyeing up the Linux rendition of the machine (even with its paltry 8GB SSD) with far more interest – it's only £150 for that model at the moment as well.
The Atom seems mismatched with the power on offer too – especially this single-core rendition. A dual-core chip would offer better system response, while a Core 2 Duo would shift things forward (albeit it at the expense of power consumption). Dropping to XP would be wise too, although this would mean Nvidia would be unable to show off the DX10 prowess of the Ion's graphics core – not that it's anything to crow about.
of Intel and VIA, but not from one of the biggest graphics card manufacturers in the world.
Don't try and pull a fast one here – listing games that are out of date and calling them mainstream fools no one. This isn't a machine we'd want anyone to use for gaming – especially not on a screen capable of 1,080p movies.
Yes you can trick CoD4 into playing at the lowest settings at 800 x 600, but really would you want to? We certainly wouldn't. In fact, every game we tried on this machine looked awful and ran at postcard frame rates. It simply isn't a games machine.
This leads to a more worrying problem for the future of this platform – it's encroaching on territory that's already been claimed by the consoles. The PS3 rolls in at just under £300, has no problem playing games, manages HD media with aplomb and packs a Blu-ray drive into the bargain. The Xbox 360 is cheaper still and will happily run as a media extender to your main system.
Should you consider the Revo at all then? We'd say it's worth adding it to your shortlist (if you're the kind to make lists). The problem is that, beyond a few PC specific codecs and the ability to surf in an environment you're used to, can you really put forward a compelling reason to spend this much when you could nab a console for about the same price?
We can't, although maybe we could have our arms twisted for the £150 Linux spin. Watch this space.
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Mother’s day is hard. There’s no question about that. I don’t think I need to rehash something that we all know and feel…but I did want to share this article written by Nia Vardalos (from My Big Fat Greek Wedding). It’s a great way to explain what we all go through, not just on Mother’s Day, but every day that we struggle with infertility and loss.
In some amazingly good news, my blog friend K from Waiting for Sunflower has had her little baby boy!! I’m so happy for her. She and I have almost parallel stories (PCOS, MTHFR, 2 miscarriages) – I’m so happy that she has finally gotten her Sunflower, she deserves every bit of happiness. If you have some time, swing over to her blog and leave her a note of congratulations!
In other news, please keep K from Waiting for Sunflower in your thoughts, prayers, ritual sacrifices, whatever it is that you do. She is getting nearer and nearer to her due date. She will be induced on Friday morning unless the little guy decides to make his appearance before that. Please offer her support as she prepares to meet her baby!
Doody called “Online Infertility Community Celebrates National Awareness Week“ and in the article, there is a link back to my post about our #infertility campaign on Twitter! How exciting is that!!! And some of you were quoted from your Tweets that day! Check it out and marvel at the power of social networking to help bring awareness about infertility, during NIAW and all year long! We rock ladies (and gents…)!!
So yesterday you may have noticed my blog about my Twitter campaign. I’ve met an AMAZING group of women and men through Twitter that are suffering or have dealt with infertility. Many of them have blogs, but not all do. It’s a great place to go for instant advice or support in this IF world. The friends I’ve meet through my blogging and twitter worlds are beyond wonderful. They have been there for me during my 2 miscarriages, through 3 of my 4 IUI’s (during my 1st one I had not yet begun to blog), during my worries of finances to pay for it all, new diagnosis’ and my continuing journey to find my way down this Long and Winding Road.
Well, I signed on to Twitter today at work like I do. I normally just check it when I have some spare time and see what people are up to. Offer support to those in a difficult place in their journey and rejoice with those who receive good news. I don’t know when or why the idea popped into my head, but I decided that #infertility needed to be a trending topic on Twitter. If you’re not familiar with how Twitter works, I’ll try to give a brief description. You get 140 words to say something to those that “follow” you – anyone who has signed up to can see what you say, and you see what others say, based on who you follow. They also have this trending topics thing, where if you put a # in front of a word, Twitter tracks it. The more people who say that word in a tweet, the more popular the topic becomes. On the side bar of your Twitter page there is a “top 10” of sorts of the words that are “trending” the highest – those that are mentioned the most by everyone who has a Twitter account.
So, like I said, I decided to make #infertility one of the Top 10 on April 19th…So I said: “we should try to make #infertility a trending topic…who’s in??” Soon I had a few of my followers joining in on the idea! We were tweeting to each other about making people more aware of infertility or supporting each other through laughter (@fromiftowhen mentioned she’d like to get shirts made that say “I was out of the office b/c I was getting knocked up by my doc”). Soon there were a ton of tweets going back and forth in the IF twitter community mentioning #infertility and trying to get others to join the campaign! I shared some statistics on infertility “National Survey of Family Growth 1995: approx 6.1 mil women & partners in US are affected by #infertility that’s10% of reproductive-age pop” which were retweeted (repeated by someone else so all of their followers could see what I said) by @wombwarrior.
Soon I decided it was time to go on the offensive and attack the current trending topics, hoping that would help.
Other topics were discussed: what has infertility taught you? Who supports you in your IF journey? I got to know so much about my IF Twitter community today, it was amazing! I also “met” a ton of new IFers on Twitter and got a lot of new followers.
In the end however, we did not make it to the Top 10 Trending Topics today – but I’m not giving up! National Infertility Awareness Week is April 24-May 1, 2010. This week was created by Resolve, a great organization focused on bringing issues of infertility to light and making sure that we are spoken for in this world! I’m going to re-launch my campaign on April 26th (that’s next Monday) to get #infertility to be a Trending Topic on Twitter! I’m hoping with some planning ahead and getting the word out there we can do it this time! I’m even going to try and get the word to Ellen DeGeneres via Twitter (thanks for the idea Twitter ladies! I’m not sure who @ replied her first, if it was you, let me know so I can give you credit here) to have she and her fans help our #infertility trending campaign.
I can’t do this with out you, my fellow Tweeters! Spread the word! Blog about the campaign! Tell all of your friends, IRL (in real life) and online!! Please help me to achieve this goal – together I KNOW that we can do it! We will begin on April 26th, whatever time zone you’re in when that day roles around, begin to add #infertility to all of your tweets, even if they’re not about infertility! Every tweet counts!!
Thank you, thank you everyone – hope to see you again on April 26th!
In other news, I’m starting a campaign of sorts on Twitter today. I’ve found an awesome community of IF tweeps (?), tweeters (?), twitterers (?)…anyway, a lot of them are people that I follow on their blogs, but with twitter there is an instant support network when things go good or bad in the IF life…If you’re not on Twitter, you can ignore this appeal (or join to help!). If you ARE on Twitter, I’m trying to get the word #infertility trending today. All you have to do is tweet something and add the word #infertility with the little hash tag/number sign thing-y. I’d love to bring some more awareness to the world about infertility and all the crap we have to go through! If you can help, that’d be awesome!
Hope you are all well and that your cycles, pregnancies and/or new babies are going great!
It is a very serious disease and the only “cure” is to completely cut out all gluten from your diet. As you may imagine, this severely limits ones food choices. Although, a lot of G-free foods are very tasty! I’ve had a lot since she was diagnosed and made many myself. When it’s a matter of life or death (which it is for her…if she has gluten it could kill her) you find ways!
Why am I bringing this up here? Well the very lovely and talented Stirrup Queen posted a link on her Twitter to this article linking celiac disease with infertility. Celiac disease blocks your body for absorbing nutrients (such as Vitamin D, calcium and Folic Acid…seem important?), there by causing fertility issues and recurrent miscarriages. The article points to a blogger, Waiting in Sunshine and her post about her celiac’s and infertility.
I think this is an important issue to look into for those of us still in the trenches. In April I go in for some big blood work to see if there is any reason I continue to loose my babies. The PCOS explains my difficulty getting pregnant (though with metformin now, we seem to have helped that problem out a lot) but now we’re looking into why I can’t stay pregnant. The MFM doc I saw didn’t see any reason in my ultrasound and past testing to explain it. What if all my tests come back okay? What then? I don’t think I have any of the celiac symptoms, but the blood test is so easy to check for it, and I know there are clinics that offer free testing for it all the time. It would be something to look into if there is no other explanation. I’m not putting this up here to make everyone think that there IF/miscarriage issues are caused by celiac disease. I’m just saying it’s certainly something to consider if all else fails.
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“We’re gathering members now and expect a fairly good buy-in,” Beck said.
Others involved in forming the new group are Nikki Rothwell and Dan Young at Tandem Ciders in Suttons Bay, Andy Sietsema of Sietsema Orchards in Ada, and Andrew Blake of Blake’s Hard Cider Company in Armada.
While large brewers have led the national growth in hard cider—Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams) has Angry Orchard Cider and MillerCoors has Crispin and Smith & Forge—small cider makers have been increasing in both number and volume.
The Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association lists 62 members on its website, a third from Michigan.
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Township of Brock - Summer Camp Registration now open!
Are you looking for something fun for your kids to do during their summer break?
The Township of Brock Summer Day Camp is full of exciting games, crafts, and activities to keep your children entertained during the break.
Summer Day Camp will be held at the Beaverton-Thorah Community Centre, Rick MacLeish Memorial Community Centre and Sunderland Memorial Arena from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m each day.
Space is limited. Registration is for week long sessions.
Walk in and late registrations will not be accepted.
The online registration is being hosted through a new web portal. This is to provide a simplified, easy to use registration process. If you have registered for camp before, you will need to create a new profile.
How-to steps are listed below.
Follow the below steps to complete your registrations.
Step 1: Visit the Township of Brock website. Go to Resident Services, select Day Camp. Click on the link to register for Summer Day Camp.
Step 3: Select the location for which you wish to register.
Step 4: Select the (first) week you wish to register for.
Additional weeks can be added to your registration later in the process.
Step 5: Click Register Now (upper right hand corner).
Step 6: You need to create an account to register for camp. Select the Create an Account Button. If you already have an account, Login.
Step 7: Enter your contact information (Your child's information will be added in at the next step).
Step 8: Add a Family Member. At this step you can add in each of your children. They will have unique profiles linked to your family account, with information such as birth date, allergies etc.
Step 9: Enter the profile information for your child. Please provide as many details as possible.
Step 10: You can choose to add additional weeks by selecting the "Book Another Event" button. Select this button to add another child and the weeks that they will attend camp. Or you can checkout to complete the registration.
Step 11: Checkout. Enter your payment information on the left hand side of the screen. Any applicable discounts will be automatically applied.
Step 12: You will receive a confirmation email confirming your registrations.
For further information, please contact Recreation & Leisure Coordinator Alicia Bagshaw at [email protected] or 705-432-2355 ext 243.
This document is available in an accessible format upon request.
Please contact the Clerk's Department at 705-432-2355.
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Hi friends! How are you today? I’ve got a confession for you: My house is not very clean. Ok, it looks presentable, and I think a lot of folks would even view me as a “good housekeeper” (I kinda hate that term), but it’s not deep clean. I wouldn’t want you to look too closely. Please don’t look under the couch cushions or run your finger along our bookshelves, and for heaven’s sake, don’t shake our curtains or you’ll be enveloped in a dust storm. I’m really good at keeping our house tidy, though, and employ a few tricks to make it look clean. Here’s how you, too, can fake a clean house.
Put vacuum tracks in the carpet. Yes, this requires you to run the vaccum which has the added bonus of actually ridding your house of dust and dirt, but it’s those lines that fake people out. You don’t have to tell people you didn’t bother to get behind the couch.
Make the beds. This is a chore I never skip. I don’t even feel like my day has started until I’ve made the beds. If your bed is always made, you’ll probably be more likely to put your clothes away, clear off the nightstand, and other things that keep your house tidy.
Pick up clutter. Yes, I realize there’s a big difference between tidying up and cleaning, but to the average guest in your home, tidiness gives the illusion of clean. Check out all the ways I stay organized around our house.
Use toilet tabs. I hate to clean the bathroom. Like, I loathe it. Toilet tabs that you drop in the tank help keep the toilets looking fresh a little longer, though, so I don’t have to clean them as often.
Use lavender. Mrs. Meyer’s all-purpose cleaner in lavender, diluted with water or vinegar, smells sooooo awesome and clean. Just giving your sinks and counters a wipe-down with this stuff makes your house seem clean, even if crumbs are still lurking beneath the toaster.
Open a window or two. There’s nothing like a little air movement to help give the illusion of a clean house, too. You can banish cooking odors and stagnation with an open door, and oh! Sometimes a little breeze blows the dust bunnies out from their hiding places so you can scoop them up. Bonus!
Buy some fresh flowers. Clutter-free counter tops with just a vase of flowers makes it look like you have your act together.
Use scented candles. Again, scent goes a long way to conveying the idea of clean. I like to use baking scents in the fall and winter, and lighter florals in the spring and summer. I try to stay away from anything that’s obviously a manufactured scent and go with something that seems more natural.
Sweep the front walk or porch.
If the first impression you give guests is a dirty one, chances are that impression will carry over to the inside of your house, too. Sweep obvious dirt, leaves and debris away from your front door, and it won’t follow people in. Literally.
Love these ideas! – I might add keep your kitchen counters cleared off.
Also, if you live with a septic tank & not on a public sewer system, you need to be careful about using the toilet tabs. They can mess up the balance of bacteria in your septic tank. I love the tabs but only use them if I'm having guests stay overnight. One of the small inconveniences of country life!
Good point about the toilet tabs. Thanks for your comment!
Love the ideas.. And I completely agree about fresh flowers. It's amazing how they can make your home feel nicer, and cleaner!
Thanks for your comment, Marina! Have a great day!
Sweeping the front walk is a good tip, it gets forgotten so often! Thanks for posting. Hello from the Creative Collection.
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in this project we are making a laptop stand. A laptop stand is a stand on a angle that holds a laptop.
what you want to start with is a design. I got my design of a website called thingiverse and the person who made it is Andrew Sleigh.
after you have your design and you have it in illustrator then you want to size it to what you want. the size will be different for different types of laptops.
I done everything on illustrator that I need and all of the parts are on the laser cutter. Now you don't just want to just go full size you just want to try it out at 50% to see if you like it.
once you are happy with everything you double check everything then you can cut it full size.
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While the world celebrates the New Year, report after report reveal that amid famine and rampant disease, food aid pouring in from across the globe, meant to curb the world's worst humanitarian crisis, is in fact "being snatched from the starving" by armed forces allied with the US-backed, Saudi-led coalition.
The UN World Food Program says it has already documented food aid diversion "at a time when children are dying in Yemen because they haven't enough food to eat; that is an outrage." Save the Children also says some 85,000 children under age five have starved to death since the brutal war began.
- The futile bombing campaign continues apace. The Saudis and their allied forces have been killing around a hundred civilians a week for more than three years now. The harshest criticism of the Saudi-led war has focused on the airstrikes that have killed thousands of civilians at weddings, funerals and on school buses, aided by American-supplied bombs and intelligence. The war in Yemen has killed upwards of 57,000 people since March 2015, left 8.4 million people surviving on food aid and created a cholera epidemic.
- International aid experts and United Nations officials say a more insidious form of warfare is also being waged in Yemen, an economic war that is exacting a far greater toll on civilians and now risks tipping the country into a famine of catastrophic proportions.
- The punitive economic measures are allegedly aimed at undercutting the Ansarullah fighters who control vast parts of Yemen. Tight blockades, stringent import restrictions and withholding the salaries of about a million civil servants have landed on the backs of civilians, laying the economy to waste and driving millions deeper into poverty.
- Infrastructure destroyed, jobs lost, a weakening currency and soaring prices are the clear results. But in recent weeks the economic collapse has gathered pace at alarming speed, causing top United Nations officials to revise their predictions of famine.
- The US government has been the key supporter of the Saudi-led coalition, providing arms, intelligence, logistics, military training and diplomatic cover. This has made the Trump administration complicit in Saudi war crimes. More recently, an attempt to push through a UN resolution calling for an end to the war was stalled by the US, reportedly after a lobbying campaign by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- The US government claims to have one of the most rigorous arms control regimes in the world, yet evidence of attacks on medical facilities and schoolchildren in Yemen is clear. War is the primary cause of death, injury, famine and disease in Yemen; and American arms are causing twice as many civilian casualties as all other forces fighting.
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The perfect starting point for your active vacation.
Relax in the sun and when you look up at the horizon enjoy the peaceful surrounding panorama that can give you a sense of fulfillment you can hardly find somewhere else.
This is the ideal starting point for walks on the surrounding mountains. Just outside the hotel, you can easily reach the different trails going up the mountains, enjoying the different sights unfolding around you as you climb.
The Greenway of Lake Como is an easy walk overlooking a beautiful landscape.
Lake Como is the right place for an entire list of sports you can play individually or in company.
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Abbreviations used in this paper:ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; CT = computed tomography; GKS = Gamma Knife surgery; MR = magnetic resonance; UFC = urinary free cortisol.
Address reprint requests to: Jason P. Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 800212, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-00212. email: [email protected].
Flowchart summarizing the patients treated in this series. Ad = adrenalectomy; F/U = follow up; GK = Gamma Knife; Med = medication; mo = months; Rx = prescribed; TSS = transsphenoidal surgery.
Upper: Scatterplot showing the time course to endocrine remission in eight patients with pituitary adenoma. Lower: Scatterplot showing time to recurrence in four patients who initially had a remission of Cushing's disease after GKS.
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Listen to Spica by superyakachi on BTRU Entertainment! House is a genre of music that has only gone through the roof in popularity ever since it's conception in 1977. And with the many artist who are trying to make an impact, such as Istanbul, Turkey's own superyakachi, it's important to connect with people through your music. superyakachi manages to do just that with his brand new hit song Spica. Spica, off of his upcoming EP entitled Owl, is more than just your typical dance track or something to sweat to at a party. The cadence and rhythm in this amazing piece make you feel again so that you can truly enjoy the song. This artist is one of a kind, so do not miss out on Spica by superyakachi. Connect with this artist and stream more on SoundCloud.
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The Royals season has come to an end, but the memories we hold of this team will never fade. The 2015 World Series Champions created lasting impressions on all of us and we will forever remember the World Series in 2015. In may be just a few short years after, but let’s relive those memories game by game with the Kansas City Royals vs the New York Mets. Gives us chills to dive back into the these past events that lead up to the Royals being the champions of the MLB.
In the first game of the 2015 World Series, the two teams came out to prove something. It took 14 innings but the Royals pulled through to prove themselves right off the bat. It wasn’t easy though. The Royals had a great start with an inside-the-park home run from Alcides Escobar. He was the first player to do that in a World Series since 1929. However, the Mets had three runs within six innings and the Royals we down 1-3. Hosmer and Moustakas helped to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth to 3-3 but the Mets would score again in the top of the eighth going ahead 4-3. In the bottom of the ninth, the Royals had one last chance to prove themselves. Alex Gordon stepped up to the plate and hammered the ball to deep center and had a home run for the Royals tying the score. Another five innings would go by without a run from either team. In the bottom of the fourteenth, Escobar had reached third and Zobrist was on second. Bartolo Colon pitched for the Mets and Hosmer walked to the plate. As Colon pitched, Hosmer knocked the ball far right and Escobar headed home to end the game. The Royals won the first World Series Game 5-4.
As the second game began in Kauffman Stadium, Royals Johnny Cueto, pitched a complete game, meaning no relief pitcher. Cueto allowed only two hits the entire game which the Mets could only convert to one run. The Royals capitalized on their defensive effort and in the fifth inning, they made a run on the offensive end to score four runs. In the eighth inning, the Royals upped their game and with a lead off single, followed by a RBI double and an RBI triple, the Royals were ahead 7-1 going into the top of the ninth. Unfortunately for the Mets, they couldn’t overcome Cueto’s pitches and laid another goose egg to end the game 7-1 Royals.
The Mets finally have home field advantage in game three at Citi Field in Queens, New York. Yordano Ventura was pitching for the Royals and Noah Sydergaard pitched for the Mets. The New York fans rallied and helped pull their beloved team through as the Mets outscored the Royals 9-3 for the game. One key notable item for his game for the Royals, was that Raul Mondesi made his MLB debut, pinch hitting for Danny Duffy. Mondesi was the first ever player to debut in World Series.
Another game in Citi Field but this time the Royals are ready for the home field advantage against them. The Mets also felt confident and caused the Royals to fall short a few innings. By the fifth inning, the score was 2-0 Mets. However, the Royals wouldn’t let the score get them down and made a fight to get on top. Second baseman, Ben Zobrist hit his eighth double of the series. Following Zobrist, Lorenzo Cain had an RBI with Zobrist running home, cutting the deficit to 2-3. In the eighth inning, the Mets had an error and caused the Royals to tie the game 3-3. Moustakas up to bat against Met’s pitcher, Familia, made a clutch play with a single which lead to an RBI taking the lead. Salvy then had an RBI and gave the Royals 5-3 lead, to which the Mets couldn’t recover. The series was no 3-1. Just one more game and the Royals would be crowned World Series Champions.
After sad news of Voloquez’s father’s death before game one, Voloquez went home to the Dominican Republic for the week. Right before game five, the Royals’ starting pitcher made it back. With the Mets up 2-0 in the 9th, the Royals only had one chance to make a last effort go at a World Series Championship otherwise resulting in a loss and a 3-2 series. Cain was sent home by Hosmer’s double hit making the score 1-2. Hosmer advanced to third, from a ground-out sacrifice from Mous and then Perez hit a ground ball straight to the third baseman who thought Hosmer would stay put. The moment the ball was thrown to force out Salvy, Hosmer darted home and the first baseman rushed to send them ball to the catcher but overshot and Hosmer scored tying the game. The game continued into 12 innings. In the top of the 12th, the Royals scored 5 more times. Wade Davis pitched a shutout inning and the Royals had won the world series.
With an astounding 4-1 win over the New York Mets, the Kansas City Royals broke their years of dry spells and became World Series Champions. Salvador Perez was named MVP of the series. Many of these Royals greats, Salvy, Hos, Mooooose, Can, Escobar, Gordonn and more made this championship a reality and we will forever thank them. No matter where players go, they will forever be 2015 World Series Champions. They will forever be part of the Royals fam. Thank you Kansas City Royals for years of great baseball and the memories of a championship our city will cherish forever. Even in the coming seasons, we will look back on this team and think about them as World Series Champions.
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I had a great time tasting through the new Brittan Vineyards lineup and chatting wine with one of the Oregon iconic winemakers, Robert Brittan.
One of the standout Oregon producers of Oregon Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Brittan Vineyards is guided by superstar winemaker Robert Brittan, formerly winemaker at Stags’ Leap Winery in Napa. Robert is a graduate of the UC Davis Viticulture and Enology program who started Brittan Vineyards in 2004. Robert acquired a 128-acre hillside property with soils that are a mixture of glacial deposits and volcanic material, with a predominant presence of broken basalt. The volcanic material clearly adds to the wonderfully stony aspect in the wines. In 2004 there were 18 acres of existing vines but Robert needed to replant nearly half of the rootstock. This included one of the first plantings of the Swan clonal selection of Pinot Noir in Oregon.
After dropping all of the crop in 2005 to allow the vines to get better established, the first two Pinot Noirs from the mature vines on the property came from the 2006 vintage, a total of 720 cases. In the spring of 2008, an additional 3.5 acres of Pinot Noir were planted, which are now in production— the rocky soils and low water retention often means that it takes five years for a vine to get into production. In addition to the Pinot Noir, Robert has 4 acres of Chardonnay and 1.5 acres of Syrah have been planted. In addition to his own wines, Robert serves as the winemaker for several other brands, including Blakeslee, de Lancellotti, Fairsing, Noble Pig, Winderlea and Youngberg Hill.
The new Brittan Vineyards releases are some of the most impressive wines out of Oregon that I have tried in the past year. Check out the absolutely stunning 2016 Brittan Vineyards Chardonnay (WWB, 94) which has just incredible tension and range. Just as good was the 2015 Brittan Vineyards ‘Gestalt Block’ Pinot Noir (WWB, 94) is an exceptional Pinot Noir that has incredible terroir and a wonderful sense of place. Learn more about the great wines of Brittan Vineyards at http://www.brittanvineyards.com Here are the new Pinot Noir releases by Brittan Vineyards.
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In order to make its documents and publications available throughout the World, the United Nations (UN) maintains a system of depository libraries to which UN documents and publications are sent under specified conditions. The Balme Library as a major research library located in the capital city of Ghana, Accra is one of the two UN Depository Libraries in the Country. The Balme Library became an UN Depository Library since April 1963 with Depository Libray Number, DL-162.
Regular publications received in this Library are the UN publications in the English language and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) masthead documents. Presently, most UN publications may be accessed online at no cost from the UN Website.
Topics covered include statistics, international peace and security, social and economic development, international law, human rights, international trade and public health. Users can search content by subject, region, category, language, publication date and agency.
The general public may consult both print and electronic materials at the Balme Library with assistance from a librarian.
The United Nations collection is located on the ground floor, east, close to the main entrance.
The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) provides leadership in promoting and coordinating implementation of the sustainable development agenda of the United Nations.
The United Nations Rule of Law Website and Document Repository is a promotional and educational tool for practitioners and the general public. It seeks to inform users about the UN’s work in the field of rule of law, and its efforts to coordinate and strengthen system-wide approaches in this field. It is the central UN rule of law web-based resource, serving as a gateway to the rest of the UN’s related sites, and making information more widely accessible about UN rule of law issues and activities, and the various tools, documents and materials on the subject.
Directory o United Nations System Organizations.
The entire text of the UDHR was composed in less than two years. At a time when the world was divided into Eastern and Western blocks, finding a common ground on what should make the essence of the document proved to be a colossal task.
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This question is etched into Berlin’s oeuvre — her characters, mostly women, delay self-discovery to attend to babies’ cries, or to the seemingly endless stream of Artistic Men in need of having their shorts ironed, and whose pursuit of jazz or heroin take the family around the globe. These women search for stability in between countries and husbands and sips of wine. Berlin herself was married three times, each relationship marred by infidelity and battles with addiction; she flitted through a series of jobs before emerging as a valued teacher and mentor, publishing 77 short stories before she died in 2004.
The question of uncertain futures applies to these stories, too; for a decade after her death, the 2015 compendium “A Manual for Cleaning Women” topped best-seller lists. Now we have “Evening in Paradise,” 22 stories that didn’t make it into “A Manual for Cleaning Women.” It is accompanied by “Welcome Home,” an unfinished memoir compiled with photographs of her life and unpublished letters by her son Jeff Berlin.
The overlaps between Berlin’s life and fiction have been much commented on, and with the memoir, the game of “spot the author” is all the more tempting to play. But if anything, the simultaneous publication of these two books reveals the place where the autobiography and the fiction diverge. Whereas Berlin’s memoir feels like a series of names and geographic descriptions, what molds the fiction is Berlin’s artistic sensibility — her global perspective, the shrewd compassion with which she scrutinizes her characters, and the absurdity — not to mention the flora — that populates the many landscapes of her world.
These landscapes, in both “Evening in Paradise” and “Welcome Home,” seethe with sensuous detail: A native of Alaska who lived in Berkeley and Oakland from 1971 to 1994, Berlin dips you in and out of worlds — streets in Oakland that are recognizable to the regular BART rider transform into the golden glaze of a sunset in Yelapa, Mexico, and from within the opalescence of the canna lily you suddenly emerge covered in cigarette smoke, with the grit of the New Mexican wasteland stuck between your teeth.
From between borders, these sights and sounds also inform Berlin’s international sensibility. Her writing feels strangely un-American in its global outlook, but of course it is also deeply American. The first stories we get are in El Paso, where she and her Syrian best friend sneak across the border to drink raicilla with Mexicans. What emerges is a picture of a United States populated by immigrants, a place that smells of Syrian kibbe, a language inflected by the alluring lilt of Spanish swear words.
In the memoir, these details feel listed one after the other, as if she were rushing to document every scent that wafted through her life. In her fiction, images take time to unfurl and reveal their nuance; “massive sick convulsions of black smoke” are “quite lovely really, the billows and undulations in the sky” and colorful hats darken skies. If the memoir shows us what she sees, the stories demonstrate how for Berlin, beauty is inextricable from ugliness.
In this way, Berlin’s fiction takes details that appear in her memoir and whittles them down to their essences; the same goes for her characters, who hold more meaning than a first glance suggests. They also hold hot water.
“I held the hot part of the cup and gave him the handle,” Berlin writes in “Welcome Home,” to demonstrate her naive devotion to her husband, Paul. The scene becomes a laughable side note, representative of Berlin’s personal past. But in the fiction, when seen from an outsider’s perspective (that of her neighbor), the character Maria becomes the kind of woman who “did things like hold the hot part of the cup when she passed him coffee, offering him the handle.” Rather than being about Lucia Berlin, whose flesh was burned at the expense of her man’s comfort, the gesture becomes a type of action, connecting many women who defer to the men in their lives.
The characters in Berlin’s stories are not just housewives, but the servers of our society who throughout history have put others first. They take classical names like Cassandra, Helen, Circe and Sappho, names that suggest their places in a pantheon of female experience. Characters in the memoir are rooted in their context, while in fiction, they transcend temporal bounds. Perhaps the reason why her stories became so popular in 2015 is due to the surge of women’s voices in literature. It is perhaps also why her memoir might have less of a hold on readers.
At the same time, Berlin doesn’t justify or romanticize these women; her characters are cheats and addicts — her “cleaning women do steal.” She doesn’t tell you what to think, opting to show you what she sees: In one scene two women drink endlessly, bonding over a shared lover. A drug dealer who wins our affection in one story becomes the man who wrecks a family in the next. A low-life turns into a gardening instructor, and a woman scorns her houseguests from her perch on the roof.
Among this cast of characters, another figure emerges: death. In one story, she writes casually of two friends, “both Quena and Conchi died in the revolution, years before it was time to open the letter.” There are no theatrics; death intrudes on family picnics and quiet afternoons, it lurks in heroin needles and in the haunches of toros; in the middle of paradise, there are bloodstains in the sand.
In Berlin’s double publication, we see the difference between life catalogued, and the details of life shaped by craft; for what in “Welcome Home” feels particular to a person and time feels in “Evening in Paradise” allegorical, eternal. Lucia Berlin’s memoir may not endure, but her literature has just begun to breathe.
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I am obsessed with this woman, Leoma Lovegrove - an artist! She has a line of clothes and home decor that is exclusive at Beall's, here in Florida. My girlfriend and I stood in line to have our picture taken. She is comfortable in her skin and so willing to share her passion.
I can't wait to visit her artist studio and look forward to attending some of her classes, even though she is over three hours away from my house.
When you find an artist that brings creativity and passion together, you just gotta to support and infuse them in your life!
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“Absolution” was originally published in the Spring 2006 issue of Spinetingler Magazine.
Jen’s deference to the few teeth I have left.
My son named Jen after me. I looked that way once, graceful, sparkling of eye — long ago.
“Mind the fire, Haldi,” I told him. My little brother never listened. I snagged him before he caught a sleeve in the dancing flickers.
“They sing, Jen.” Haldi would sit for hours on the hearthstone, if I let him. “Can’t you hear them?
“Only a little.” I fed him and sent him to bed. Flames don’t sing. They cackle. They roar. They consume, destroy.
“A story?” Haldi hung on my skirt, cheeks flushed. Firelight reflected off hair darker and eyes brighter than my own. At five years old, Haldi was overdue for his first haircut, but I couldn’t bring myself to send those glossy curls into memory. During the day, I tied them back, the old-fashioned way, like some of the men still wore it. At bedtime, in his long shirt, without his trousers, he looked like a little girl.
“Only a short one.” I pulled the rocker away from the flame, close by his cot, separated from mine by an embroidered blanket hung where the ceiling lowered under the roof’s slope. That blanket was the one item I’d been able to save from my childhood home, aside from my little brother. I threw it over Haldi before I dragged him out the door. The blanket was my mother’s work, perhaps her absolution, for being upstairs, away from Haldi, not able to keep an eye.
Haldi snuggled into my lap. My stories were never short. I told him a special one, about animals who talked and trees that walked, until he fell asleep, his hair so soft against my cheek, I hated to break the contact when I tucked him in.
Jen knows about Haldi, knows he died, knows how. She knows enough. She doesn’t have to know it all. The spoon hovers before me. Jen takes opportunity of my open mouth to sneak it in.
“Will you have a story tonight, Grandmother?” Her eyes, so like Haldi’s, flicker in the flame.
I nod, though it’s long since I possessed ability to smell anything. Jen doesn’t know.
“Hmmm…watcha cooking, Jen?” Haldi demanded a week after his sixth birthday. He flung his cap on the table.
I pointed to the offending apparel. He grabbed it, aimed it at the hook by the door. He missed. He always missed. Even when he grew older, he always missed.
“Can I help the men with the forging?” He spooned up his stew. He always asked. I always denied him. He was small for his age. People called him scrawny. My father was tall. Haldi didn’t get his chance to see how he’d measure up.
“Boys go at my age.” Haldi threw his spoon back into the bowl. Wood handle clunked on the pottery.
He scowled, but didn’t fight. He went to watch later. He always did. He thought I didn’t know.
“Goodnight, Grandmother.” Always Jen kisses me, arranges my covers. Always she checks an hour later to make sure I sleep. Always I pretend. She’s not fooled.
She can’t be lonely, not with that Waldemar hanging about the place day in and day out.
“Do you have to get married?” Haldi planted his feet, puffed out his chest.
“Sleep, Grandmother. It’s late.” Jen gives my hand a final pat. She bends to extinguish the candle and I catch my breath to see the sheen of the curls and the curve of the brow. So like Haldi.
My husband agreed. Gunther he would be.
“Will you take me today?” Haldi stared into my husband’s face. My husband looked to me and I nodded.
“Obey him,” I ordered Haldi. “Be careful,” I mouthed to my husband.
Haldi blew me a kiss as he darted out the door. I caught it.
He always took great care, my husband. Always careful to bank the fire and secure the metals and other tools. Always careful to ask my permission before taking Haldi with him. I didn’t always grant it.
After my marriage, Haldi slept alone beside the embroidered blanket. My husband fashioned a private place for us, across the room, behind a wooden partition. I wouldn’t allow more than that, worried Haldi would get up in the night, worried he’d sit on the hearthstone, too close to the embers, worried I wouldn’t hear if he did.
“Not long.” Jen shoves her hair behind her ear. It tumbles forward, too thick to be constrained.
Jen’s lying. Waldemar is probably waiting for over an hour now. Waiting for Jen’s grandmother to sleep so he can have time with his sweetheart. Waiting for Jen to have a life of her own so he can marry her.
“The glass covers the lamp, Jen. Go on. I’ll be all right.” I shoo her out the door.
She’s Gunther’s daughter, yet Haldi is there, in the tilt of her head, the sparkle in her hair. He blows me a kiss and I catch it, reaching a hand one last time. Then, he’s Jen again as she leaves, skirts rustling in her wake. I hear the young man’s laughter and her giggles.
They’ll go to the forge. It’ll be warm, a good place for cuddling and kissing. They could do that here, but Jen worries. She thinks I’m old-fashioned, that I wasn’t young once.
When she marries, she’ll have a baby, maybe a little boy, maybe one who won’t always mind her, a boy more like Haldi than like Gunther. She won’t have time to watch the child and me.
“Haldi?” Panicked, I whipped around, clutched the baby to my shoulder. Then, as certain as I ever knew anything, I knew where he was. I dashed out of the house, grabbing only a blanket for the baby in my haste.
The men were not at the forge that day. The men were helping with the calving. Haldi didn’t know. He only knew he woke too late to accompany my husband. He sulked and stared into the flames of the fireplace when I handed him his porridge. I meant to tell him, but the pot boiled over, then the baby cried. When I turned back, he’d gone.
I take the lamp, unsteady in my palsied grasp. The glass globe crashes to the floor. No Jen comes flying. She’s stepped into the night, gone to find her future. Jen will never have to come flying. I stare into the flame. It speaks to me, dancing in its own steady way.
“Haldi!” I tried to keep my voice calm. I placed the baby safe inside a bucket.
“Sh…Jen. Listen. They’re talking to me.” Haldi’s eyes flickered in the glow. He leaned over, too close — the sheen of curls, the curve of a cheek.
I moved, but not deft enough, not quick enough. I snagged him, but not before the flames caught his sleeve, his hair, not before he fell.
He screamed a little, then cried for hours before he died. The embroidered blanket became his shroud.
It won’t take that long for me, I decide. I want more. It’s not right I should be spared the worst of it. But I’m old. This is the best I can manage. With prayers for forgiveness on my lips, I tip the lamp to the bedclothes to claim my absolution.
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welp I have a sneaky suspision that big e might be nursing some actual problems so I'm changing E to Cass and keep the Big.
Summer Slam, NXT Takeover, RAW, and SD Live update, we all might need to consider trading Balor as his injury apparently takes about 4 to 6 months to recover.
Quick question, how do the points break down, I see the Nakamura and Asuka picks only got 2, but both won/retained titles. As did Balor on your team. Is it only 2 points for a ppv title win?
To answer your question in a short way yes, but here is a full points breakdown I don't think I missed anything. The reason that non-ppv wins get no points is to increase difficulty and promote the use of the gambit and hopes that your wrestler will win and retain a title.
Neville did get a win at summerslam but sexton has no points for him also as banks is injured can i trade her ?
Yeah, sorted that's cleared it.
I feel my team is strong enough without trading Sasha, who will come back and whip everyone again, until Charlotte drops her again. Called that too btw. Spazzy woman. Genes and proven track record aside, when it comes down to it, she is a bit Miz like when it comes to the safety of other wrestlers.
There's about 6 or 7 in that. On Raw it's Sasha, Charlotte, Bayley a blonde jobber and a sloppy big lass doing the local talent destruction thing.
do we get one gambit now there are 2 ppvs one for raw and sd o are you letting us choose one for each PPV?
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Public Hearing for newly annexed property.
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I just picked up woodenware for two new colonies today and have been e-mailing someone about northern-raised nucs for a late May pick up date. I plan to expand to 4 colonies this year (up from 1), use more hygenic bees (no Italians!), implement some of Ross Conrad's "natural" techniques and go "foundationless" with half the colonies.
Trying not to increase! But yet another winery talked me into placing bees there. So add another 4 more to the apiary. That comes to about 25ish, help my family misses me.
Paulh thought of splitting your current hives for your increase? Just the cost of queen.
Yep! The one, strong colony (if it survives the winter, that is) will be split. I have spent the last few evenings assembling woodenware: 4 deeps and 6 honey supers with frames and two inner/outer covers.
I'm just planning on running with what I have this year, only have room and equipment for one more hive in my bee yard which is where a swarm will go if I catch one. I'm at 4 hives which gave me 45 gallons of honey last year and I didn't even push them for honey production. This year I'm hoping to pay a little more attention to the honey flows and get some different flavors out of the hives.
well I was out checking the hives today and they all look really strong. Looks like they wintered fine and are already growing fast. hoping for a little rain to get a honey flow going, it's been real dry the last two weeks or so and there isn't a lot of forage out there for the bees. Noticed some blooms starting on the orange and grapefruit trees but need some rain to kick the season off. My orignial hive which is 6 years old needs to supered up or it will swarm this year, it already has clumps of bees out on the landing board. Need to get back into the mind set that bees are my friend, I was a little intiminated by the hives today. They weren't agressive, just a whole lot of bees while I was only wearing gloves and a veil with a T shirt and jeans. It's a bit like jumping into cold water, once you get over the shock it really isn't that bad. Four hives with two deeps for brood per hive is still a lot of bees. The smoker is my friend, just keep it lit.
Could you add your location to your profile and to the Member Map? It's nice to know what's happening in what parts of the country. I'm glad to hear that your hives are thriving!
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There is a lot of talk out there about the end of the American Dream.
I looked up American Dream on Wickepedia and learned that the dream included two things: freedom and prosperity. That's why immigrants--your and my ancestors--sacrificed to come here. They came longing for religious and political freedom as well as the hope of accumulating more wealth.
The Recession has caused us to question the prosperity part of the dream. College graduates are not sure they will make as much as their parents, and people without a sheepskin despair of finding any job at all. Nine percent unemployment persists, and is probably a greater percentage than that.
In the days in which we had seemingly unlimited natural resources and when we were on top of the economic mountain, the dream was tenable. It was a myth you could tell your children, they would believe it and work hard, and sure enough the dream would come true. But now?
Rahm Emmanuel has been quoted as saying, "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste." Could this be less of a crisis and more of an opportunity for us. . . . .spiritually? Could this be a wonderful chance to go through the probably painful process of letting go of our unlimited hunger for consumption and reshape our American Dream by deleting the word "prosperity" and substituting the term "enough"--i.e. enough to live on comfortably. And then, with the rest of our energy, time and resources building a society focused on the common good rather than individual advancement?
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Using a stored procedure as the source in an OLE_DB Source for SSIS, the package can’t detect the output of the stored proc.
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The world let out a collective gasp of shock last night when the PBOC announced that in January, China had created an absolutely gargantuan CNY3.4 trillion in new total debt (Total Social Financing) – or about $520 billion – more than 50% higher than expected, of which CNY2.1 trillion was in the form of new loans.
January’s credit data was exceedingly strong. Part of the demand for new RMB loans is from demand to borrow RMB and pay down USD debt, though banks may have also started to behave differently amid profit pressures. The temporary suspension of local government bond issuance also directed more borrowing to bank loans and other channels. Strong mortgage loan growth also contributed (household medium to long term loans increased RMB 478.3bn in January, vs RMB 292.4bn in December). The window guidance meeting held by the central bank around mid-January to rein in rapid credit growth apparently did not have much effect on the behavior of commercial banks. (January loan supply tends to be very front-loaded; one would have expected there to be a more significant deceleration of credit supply if the central bank was sending a really tough message, hence market expectations were only RMB 1.9 tn even when they knew it was already RMB1.7 tn in the first half of the month.) The pace of January credit growth is likely above the comfort zone of the central bank. Should the lending continue to be as strong in February, we think it would likely invite more forceful administrative controls.
M2 growth was not quite as strong as credit growth and its sequential growth was just modestly faster than December at a sub-trend level. Fiscal deposit change was more favorable than last January, which was abnormally tight, but still significantly tighter than usual (implying a smaller amount of net spending). FX position changes which affect M2 growth were probably another drag. Judging from FX reserve data, this drag was likely not larger than it was in December though reserve change data is particularly noisy and we cannot be sure about this at the moment.
January broad credit and money data is positive news for domestic demand growth, but the effects on aggregate demand growth are likely to be at least partially cancelled out by very weak exports growth. We still expect sequential activity growth to slow down in Q1 after a meaningful but short rebound in November and December last year. Only after the signs of another round of slowdown become clear would we expect meaningful cyclical loosening measures to be rolled out.
Another hurdle to more policy loosening is the recent abnormally cold weather conditions. These have pushed up food prices to a very high level which means January and February CPI data would likely show a clear upward trend (February CPI is almost surely going to breach 2% and may be close to 3%). We expect this to be a short term phenomenon and CPI is likely to moderate again from March.
But so much for words. Here, courtesy of Simon Rabinovitch, is a chart which puts China’s credit creation just in January in its proper context. If China’s new debt in January were a country, it would be the world’s 27th-biggest economy.
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This special section of City and Society is dedicated to de-exceptionalizing the study of Middle Eastern cities. The introduction argues that the study of Middle Eastern cities has been constrained in its analytical and methodological focus by a genealogy shaped by a triad of regional exceptions-Islam, oil, and authoritarianism-and that the three pieces curated for this special section move beyond those constraints in important ways. Focusing on geographical places and time periods that have remained peripheral to the study of Middle Eastern cities, the three articles ethnographically historicize the planned and unplanned processes through which cities in the region transform to transcend a genealogy of exceptionalism and the constraints it has created. They highlight the global and local connections that shape these processes to offer new perspectives on the study of scale, verticality and sensoriums in the shaping of urban transformation around the globe. The section developed from a conference on Middle Eastern cities convened at Princeton University in May 2013.
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Want to know what the terms on your monthly statement mean? Curious about the difference between a credit report and credit score? The definitions below will help you be more informed around credit card terminology.
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A delinquent payment; a failure to make a loan or debt payment on or before the date agreed.
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, where , boundary of the cube , outward pointing normal.
How can I solve the integral with singularity at endpoint?
Is there a solution for this integral?
What have you tried so far? and where did you get stuck?
Because the cube has "edges" and is not smooth, do each of the six faces separately.
1) On the face x= 0, the unit normal is <-1, 0, 0>, on the face x= 3 the unit normal is <1, 0, 0>, and F has 0 x-component so those integrals are 0.
2) On the face y= 0, the unit normal is <0, -1, 0>, on the face y= 3 the unit normal is <0, 1, 0>, and F has 0 y-component so those integrals are 0.
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Non-bankers can learn to understand the mathematical models that have made the headlines so many times in recent years. A course for students of economics, business studies, mathematics, physics and computer science.
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"Monte Carlo Methods in Finance" will be offered on iversity from 20 January, 2014 until 16 April, 2014.
Chapters are divided into units. Each unit consists of a video followed by a quiz. At the end of each chapter you will solve and turn in some homework exercises. In these exercises you will explore additional material on your own and then respond to questions in multiple choice format.
Some of the explanations in the videos and the exercises make reference to short programs that you can download and execute in your own computer. You are encouraged to experiment with these programs (modify the values of parameters, complete or rewrite the code to alter the model or to implement related functionality) and run your own simulations. The code provided can be executed in either GNU Octave or MATLAB.
You will receive a certificate of participation after having completed at least 75% of the course learning activities (videos, quizzes and homework).
Why are random numbers needed in quantitative finance? And, if they are random, how can they be used to give precise, accurate answers to quantitative financial problems?
What is geometric brownian motion and how can it be used to simulate the evolution of asset prices in financial markets?
How are Monte Carlo methods used to determine the right price of a derivative product, such as a European call option?
What is the theory of copulas and how can it be used to model general dependencies among financial assets?
How is financial risk modeled, characterized and quantified?
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No knowledge of finance is required.
Basic knowledge of Calculus (integration and differentiation, Taylor series), Linear Algebra (matrices, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors) and Probability (random variables, probability density and cumulative distribution functions) at an introductory undergraduate level is strongly recommended.
Programming knowledge is recommended. We will be designing simulations that can be executed in either GNU Octave or in Matlab. The programs will be short, intuitive, fully documented and easy to follow. Yet they will be powerful tools under your control, and will allow you to explore, experiment and learn at your own initiative.
Special thanks to Profs. Jose Luis Fernández Pérez and Santiago Carrillo Menédez from the Mathematics department at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid for their input and advice.
Where can I find the software needed for the course?
The programs used in the course can be executed either in GNU Octave (version 3.6.4) or in MATLAB.
GNU Octave is freely redistributable software and can be downloaded from http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/. The version that should be used in Windows is Octave3.6.4_gcc4.6.2, which can be retreived at the URL Octave 3.6.4 for Windows MinGW. Please follow the instructions in that webpage to install the software.
MATLAB is commercial software and you need to have a valid license to install it in your computer. As a result of support from MathWorks, students will be granted a downloadable license to MATLAB and the recommended toolboxes (Statistics and Optimization) for the duration of the course.
Where can I find information on the iversity platform?
Please have a look at the iversity FAQ if you have any general questions regarding the platform.
After studying Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, he received a Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and held postdoctoral positions at Stanford University, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Other appointments at the International Computer Science Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, and MIT followed.
He has worked on relaxation theory in condensed media, stochastic and thermodynamic theories of nonequilibrium systems, lattice-gas automata, and automatic induction from data. His current research interests include machine learning, quantitative and computational finance, time series analysis and information processing in the presence of noise.
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In August of 2018 Luis Javier Hernandez the Mayor of Villalba Puerto Rico traveled to Hoboken NJ to meet with Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and City Council President Ruben Ramos Jr. Mayor Hernandez described the conditions of his city after Hurricane Maria and the challenges he is faced with. Mayor Bhalla decided to adopt Villalba, Puerto Rico as Hoboken’s sister city and committed to help them by donating 3 police cars and 360 bullet proof panels to be used with their bullet proof vests to help his police force. On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 the city council unanimously voted to donate 3 Hoboken police cars and 360 bullet proof vests to the city of Villalba, Puerto Rico to help rebuild their fleet.
In addition to the police equipment Director Leo Pellegrini, The Puerto Rican Culture Committee, Hoboken High school Hispanic club, More4amore, and Joe Branco decided to collect used kids soccer and baseball equipment to send to the boys and girls of Villalba Puerto Rico. With the help of the Hoboken Community we collected a lot of equipment.
The Rotary Club of Jersey City will be handling all the logistics to help ship and deliver all 3 police cars, vests, and kids sporting equipment we have been collecting over the last couple of months.
We are having a fundraiser on Monday, February 11th at Texas Arizona in Hoboken. We are having this event to bring awareness to our mission and to raise money to assist with some of the transportation costs associated with the donation of these items to Puerto Rico.
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Getting inspiration to write rib-tickling tales from a top British comedian.
Watch a filmed interview with author and comedian Julian Clary and hear about how he comes up with the characters and stories in his hilarious series, The Bolds. Then, use his inspiration to write your own comical tales.
Julian Clary is a British comedian with over 30 years of experience on TV and stage, all of which goes into his hilarious children’s book series The Bolds. During the 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival, our young reporters Angelina and Georgia got the chance to speak to Julian. Watch the interview below – then read on for our activities inspired by Julian and his family of hilarious hyenas!
In the interview, Julian says that he came up with the idea of The Bolds series as a child, and he based the characters around his family.
Imagine your family were animals. What kind of animals would they be? How would their character traits transfer to the animal kingdom?
Think about whether they would have to hide their true identity from friends and neighbours. How would they do this and what kind of trouble could they get into?
Once you’ve thought about the points above, start writing a funny story about the adventures your family would get up to. Don’t forget to channel David Roberts and illustrate your story too!
You can find more activities based around Julian’s The Bolds series on The Bolds website.
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See this article detailing that arctic sea ice right now is below the mean of ice extent for even the 2000’s, (not to mention previous decades), with 53 days to go before the minimum for the year will be reached. Another wake up call in a long series of them.
David Wallace-Well’s article on the danger of runaway climate change, (here I post the annotated edition because it fleshes out more of the scientific evidence Wells based his story on), has apparently become the most read article in New York magazine’s history. I found the piece insightful. I thought it was mainly on-track in terms of laying out what worst-case scenarios of climate change would look like, (from what I understand at least), if business as usual use of fossil fuels continues over the rest of the century.
Some climatologists and science journalists have criticized the article for being incorrect on some points of climate science, but mainly because it offers up a “doomsday scenario” that they think will do more harm than good when it comes to efforts to deal with climate change.
“”I have to say that I am not a fan of this sort of doomist framing…. It is important to be up front about the risks of unmitigated climate change, and I frequently criticize those who understate the risks. But there is also a danger in overstating the science in a way that presents the problem as unsolvable, and feeds a sense of doom, inevitability and hopelessness.”.
Read a fuller rebuttal by Mann here.
Mann points out scientific mistakes in the Wells piece related to the pace of methane release, what he calls a mischaracterization by Wells of a recent study updating satellite warming data sets, etc.
I’m not a climatologist. I take Mann at his word on the criticisms of the science. But to me his arguments, as well as those of others who I’ve read, are mainly not really refuting Wells scientific claims, as much as they are making a political argument that popularizing such extreme views of what could come to pass (Wells clearly says this could happen, not that it will happen), do more harm than good because they frighten people into inaction.
Other’s have commented well in mainly upholding the Wells piece and responding to these criticisms, for instance see this funny and provocative piece on Vox by David Roberts, and this piece by Susan Mathews of Slate.
I encourage everyone to read the pieces linked here, and others, and jump into the controversy!
I can’t go into depth right now on all of this, but to comment in basic terms. Either Wells piece is mainly representing scenarios that are possible based on the actual science of what we understand at this point, or it isn’t, first of all. And I think it is. If this is the case, a political argument that says the piece “isn’t helpful” in convincing people of the need for action on climate change is just that-a political argument. It shouldn’t be fuzzy that its criticism of the article is political mainly, and not on what is wrong with the piece scientifically.
Also, much of this political criticism comes from a certain view that itself I believe fails to understand the political situation and depth of the problem we face in dealing fundamentally with the climate crisis.
The views behind some of these criticisms, I believe at least, see the lack of action on climate change as largely coming from the right wing, denialists, skeptics and “authoritarian” types like Trump, combined with a lack of knowledge generally in society about science and climate change. And I believe they see much greater hope to deal with climate with the Obamas and Merkels of the world in power, as well as economic trends toward use of green energy in the world as it is, etc.
There are clearly real differences in strategy between the Obamas and Trumps, and I’m not arguing there is completely no difference between the two when it comes to combating climate change, or in terms of where things will end up for the planet. But I think the problem is not just climate denialism or Trumpism or even anti-science thinking. That is a huge problem we face, a very real threat right now that needs to be recognized and combated. In fact, Trump and Pence-the whole fascist cabal, needs to be driven out of power by us for many reasons, including because of the tremendous danger they represent to the planet’s environment.
But a deeper problem, and the basic source of the fascist anti-science Trumpian nonsense itself, is the system of capitalism itself. Anyone who wants to argue against the fact that the leading mainstream figures over the last decades of western civilization and “democracy”, (including Al Gore and Bill Clinton), have not brought us the climate and overall environmental crisis, has their head in the sand.
And more deeply, it’s not just a matter of what any of these leaders will personally want or not want to do, or what their “legacy” will compel their desires to do, but what the underlying dynamics of the capitalist system, driven by ruthless competition and ruled by profit-in command, will allow them to do. This is why despite Obama’s clear understanding that climate change is a great threat, he could only make goals to limit emissions in very modest amounts, and then these goals were not even met. This is also why the Paris accords don’t do nearly enough in taking the kinds of dramatic efforts needed to really save the planet. Even though it is completely monstrous that Trump pulled the U.S. out of these accords.
Again, I’m not arguing , “they’re all the same”. I am arguing, given the scope and pace of the climate crisis, (and adding to that, not just the climate crisis, but the overall environmental and biological crisis-including the advancing sixth extinction – or what a recent PNAS piece terms the “biological annihilation” taking place on earth-see next article on blog)-to base approaches on simply convincing this system and its representatives to do the right thing and save the planet, is complete folly. We actually need massive resistance by millions to force change, and in my thinking, a revolution and a new system that is not based on the competitive, expand or die drive that is inherent in capitalism.
So arguments criticizing Wells for “doomsday” thinking, I think are based on, and seriously misassess even what we are up against in truly dealing with the climate crisis, not to mention the overall environmental crisis. And beyond that, they don’t have a grasp that those in power will never, and fundamentally can never, deal with these crises from the viewpoint of the interests of all of humanity, and especially the poorest of humanity, who their whole rule rests on exploiting and oppressing.
This is the case even when there are real differences among them on how seriously to take climate change and what actions to take to combat it.
I can’t go further on this now, but those are some basic thoughts.
A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has come out authored by Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Erlich and Rodolfo Dirzo.
This is a really important piece of work investigating how the “sixth mass extinction” of species is proceeding and further raising the alarm about the great danger.
Further, the abstract states, “humanity needs to address anthropogenic population extirpation and decimation immediately”.
The study has been somewhat, at least, controversial, with some saying it overstates the danger, (other right-wing and fascist forces just attacking its supposed “alarmism”) but I think it makes a strong case that the danger is very real and lies not just in extinctions-(for example 200 species of vertebrates going extinct in last century)- but also the vast decline in numbers of individuals of species and populations of species, and their ranges, that is rapidly advancing today.
Actually “biological annihilation” I think is quite accurate and entirely appropriate to describe what’s happening. This is a very worrisome wake-up call about the need to address this, as well as understand and move against the causes of this-which I view as a capitalist system and resulting world culture unable to control continual expansion and annihilation of nature.
It’s up to us to save the planet, its species and its people.
Check out this riveting interview by Terry Gross on Fresh Air with nature photographer Paul Nicklen-on his amazing experiences with polar wildlife and commentary on polar ecosystems in peril. It very vividly brings home the stakes of climate change and habitat destruction, from a deeply personal angle.
originally published March 13, 2017, reposted here in light of Pruitt’s nonsense of the EPA hosting “debates” on climate change.
And second—really, Pruitt? We should believe you? You, who have absolutely zero knowledge and zero expertise to determine this? Instead of believing the thousands of climate scientists who have studied this issue from many angles, over decades, and found that human-caused climate change is real and evidence for it is overwhelming? Somehow you have authority or legitimacy to speak as an expert on this, when your whole career and position has been as a toady for fossil fuel conglomerates? When you have slavishly copied memos written by energy companies who stand to earn millions in profits, into your press releases, to brazenly cover efforts to eviscerate climate and clean water standards that would give some protection to people and nature?
The idea that anyone should believe you—or reality-denying lunatics like Trump, who claims climate change is a hoax—and the confusion and lies you’re spreading that production of greenhouse gases by capitalist energy production is not connected to global warming, would be laughable if it wasn’t so dangerous. You would have us disbelieve mountains of evidence, thousands of scientific studies, and glaring reality. The truth is, yes, human activity—and its production of greenhouse gases along with other practices—is warming the planet, changing the climate, and helping destroy the basis for much of Earth’s natural world, and the basis, too, for human beings to continue to exist on this planet.
That a man like Pruitt would be given authority to head a government agency that supposedly has as its whole reason-to-be the protection of nature and the safety and health of people makes this regime totally illegitimate. That the president of supposedly the “most advanced” country in the world would appoint such a man, and himself claim climate change is a hoax, demonstrates, as do many other things, the complete illegitimacy of this regime. And what does it say about this capitalist-imperialist system which, due to its inexorable drive for profit and its expand-or-die competitive dynamic, has now brought forward a “Trump” and is rushing headlong to make things worse?
This regime is moving to eliminate programs that research or monitor climate change. It’s planning to erode or eliminate whole programs and sections of government agencies that would limit climate change. It’s on a mission to eliminate protections and limits on plundering the environment by wiping out all manner of regulations and rules. An all-out savage war on the natural world is being launched by this regime, in the service of unfettering unlimited feasting and plunder by U.S. capitalist monopolies. If this is allowed to fully unfold, it will guarantee, and further intensify, the accelerating erosion of ecosystems. It will put humanity—especially the poorest and most oppressed of humanity who have done the least to cause this—in the crosshairs of eco-catastrophe.
The Trump/Pence cabal is not only denying climate change and its connection to human activity but is working to hamstring the ability of people to prevent such an engulfing catastrophe already swirling like floodwaters around our legs. This should scream out another sharp alarm—along with all the other outrages they are carrying out—that this fascist regime must be swept from power at the soonest possible time.
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28 May 2013 – The Crown Estate has announced today that it has established a joint venture that will see Canadian real estate company, Oxford Properties, take a 50 per cent stake in the £320 million commercial element of its landmark St James’s Market scheme.
The deal establishes a strategic partnership based on two 50:50 limited partnerships that will each own 150 year leasehold interests in two blocks located between London’s Regent Street and Haymarket. The Crown Estate will retain the freehold and take the lead role to develop and asset manage the scheme in line with its strategy for St James’s, where it owns nearly 50 per cent of the buildings. Oxford Properties will play an active role in bringing the strength of its global platform and relationships to complement The Crown Estate’s team.
Paul Brundage, Executive Vice President, Oxford Properties said: “St James’s Market represents a truly exciting opportunity for us to partner with one of London’s foremost property companies on a landmark project that will transform a historic corner of London. Our organisations are not only aligned financially but so too are our beliefs, values, approach and long-term view. We look forward to working with The Crown Estate and bringing our global and local development expertise to realise the vision for St James’s Market”.
The scheme forms part of The Crown Estate’s ten year investment strategy for St James’s and, once complete, will provide 210,000 sq ft of prime office and 50,000 sq ft of flagship retail and restaurant space. A run-down back street service yard and taxi ‘rat-run’ will be replaced by a fantastic new amenity for St James’s, revitalising half an acre of public realm and creating a new 10,000 sq ft pedestrian square for world-class business, shopping and dining.
The St James’s Market joint venture is the third major partnership that The Crown Estate has established for its central London holdings in recent years. The Regent Street Partnership, which includes Norges Bank Investment Management, continues to invest in London’s premier shopping destination. Next month it is set to complete the £100 million Gateway development, a 50:50 limited partnership with Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.
The deal with Oxford Properties builds on The Crown Estate’s strategy to provide working capital for investment in its core holdings, where it retains critical mass and benefits from specialist expertise: London’s West End, dominant regional retail schemes; offshore renewable energy; and strategic rural land.
The Crown Estate’s ownership in St James’s includes 4 million sq ft of retail, office and residential space with a value of over £1 billion. Its approach is guided by a clear investment strategy that aims to improve the cohesion of these assets and build on St James’s position both at the heart of the West End office market and as a destination for quality retail and dining.
CB Richard Ellis, Capital Real Estate and Hogan Lovells acted for The Crown Estate.
London – 16 January 2013 – The Crown Estate granted green light for St. James’s Market development Make’s plans to redevelop a flagship site for The Crown Estate have been given the go ahead by Westminster Council.
The Crown Estate’s £450million St. James’s Market development plans, which also include three associated residential developments, hinge around the creation of a new public square and two new buildings. One building sits on Regent Street and retains an historic facade while the other presents a completely new facade to Haymarket.
Bounded by Jermyn Street, Haymarket and Regent Street, the sympathetic new scheme will provide 50,000sq ft retail and amenity space at ground level with 210,000 sq ft BREEAM Excellent commercial space above, divided across the two buildings. Much of the newly configured site will be traffic-free.
The facade of the Regent Street block, which dates from 1929, will be retained and the development as a whole has been designed to echo the materials and scale of the neighbouring buildings using curved and inlaid stone, characteristic of the St. James’s Conservation area.
The Crown Estate’s investment in St. James’s builds on the area’s status by providing a first rate amenity space for those living, working and visiting the area.
A key area in central London will be reinvigorated if plans submitted by Make, on behalf of The Crown Estate, are approved. As one of The Crown Estate’s flagship sites, the St. James’s Market project entails the redevelopment of six buildings to the south of Piccadilly Circus bounded by Jermyn Street, Haymarket and Regent Street.
The site will be divided around significant public realm improvements that includes a new public square. Two urban blocks will be created containing 50,000sq ft of retail and amenity space at ground level with 211,000 sq ft BREEAM Excellent commercial space above. Much of the newly configured site will be ‘traffic free’.
The design is sympathetic with the surrounding architecture and will retain the heritage façade of the Regent Street block as well as echo the materials and scale of the neighbouring buildings using a mixture of solid and curved stone, characteristic of the St. James’s Conservation area.
As the name suggests, St. James’s Market was originally the provisions market serving the houses of St. James’s. Following the construction of Regent Street, the site has been somewhat forgotten, being neither St. James’s nor SoHo. The new development will return the site to its former identity, by serving the local population of St. James’s with amenity space and a public square.
The Crown Estate manages a highly diverse property business valued at more than £8 billion. The Crown Estate pay their surplus revenue (profit) to the Treasury for the benefit of the nation every year: in 2011/12 this was £240 million. Over the past ten years The Crown Estate has paid nearly £2 billion to the Treasury.
The objectives of the The Crown Estate, which are laid down by Parliament under the Crown Estate Act 1961, include enhancing the value of the estate and the revenue it produces.
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Happy new year, all! Let’s start the year off with a focus on social media content creation.
Thou shall not assume that social media content creation takes minutes to create and minutes to publish.
This is an assumption I’ve run into often. A prospective client may assume it only takes you 5 minutes to whip something up in Illustrator and post it. I wish it was that easy! Maybe this works sometimes for on-the-fly posts, but this doesn’t work as a long-term strategy.
Good social media content creation takes some time and planning. Content strategy is similar to writing a TV show in arcs (or themes). Take, for example, The Walking Dead. One season of The Walking Dead is 13 episodes. Within the long story arc, there are several mini arcs. Some characters take a backseat while others’ storylines are highlighted in an episode or two. If you invite new characters, they get some on-screen time, too. Each mini-arc serves a purpose to move the story forward, and these mini-arcs are tie in to the long arc.
If you can plan a long arc, you can fill in the mini arcs. If you happen to have on-the-fly updates or stories, that’s great.
The long arc can be planned per quarter. If you’re a restaurant, maybe you’d like to mix things up every season. You know your menu will change every 3 months, and you also have existing (and new) content you can repurpose for each mini-arc. If you’re a salon, you could theme your mini-arcs with the trends of that season. Maybe a mini-arc can be an homage to short cropped hair – a la Halle Berry, Michelle Williams, Kelly Rowland, and Emma Watson.
What’s your long story arc?
What do you want your mini-arcs to be?
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the next upcoming game from developer FromSoftware Games, made famous for their development of the Dark Souls Series. And, for those who have never heard of those titles, they are a punishingly difficult series of third-person character action titles that emphasize memorization, repetition, skillful play and slow progression.
When the first footage of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was revealed at the E3 2018 Sony Press Conference, it appeared to represent a wholly new direction for FromSoftware. The game bore a closer resemblance to titles such as the Batman: Arkham series, a third-person adventure series with a much lighter difficulty curve than the Souls games, and one that emphasizes high player mobility and stealth takedowns. In contrast, Dark Souls had used a restrictive stamina system and weighty movements to restrict player mobility to a bare minimum, which was one aspect the game used to push its high difficulty.
Long story short, the initial trailer led many fans to believe this new title would be much easier than those that came before it.
And long story shorter, the latest footage shows the opposite.
Two days ago, Gamescom footage of the game dropped, and since then many well-known reporters (aka not me) have gotten their hands on the title. All of them were allowed to record some of their own footage, so there are many videos showcasing this particular segment of the game.
And due to the footage being so widely available, I’m going to skim past talking about what we can see from the footage – No need to re-state what you can simply see for yourself. In short: The game gives the player a very high level of mobility, the movement is fairly quick, and the player does have access to death-from-above and death-from-behind style stealth finishers.
But during sword combat, the pace slows to a crawl, as the player duels against opponents in a tactical flurry of well-timed blocks and strikes. The yellow bars on the screen at this time are called “stance” bars – In Shekiro, you win battles less by depleting an enemy’s health and more by filling their stance (Done through perfect parries and landing hits). When their stance maxes, you’re given a high-damage attack that will either outright kill or critically wound your foe. But this forces you to keep up the pressure and manage the flow of combat, as opponents can not only whittle down your HP in the traditional way but also max your stance bar and do the same to you. Stance depletes very quickly when pressure is not being applied.
Now, onto the under-the-surface stuff: What makes this harder than Souls? Although you wouldn’t expect it, it’s actually due to all the freedom Sekiro gives the player. Normally, player freedom is given to add power, but here it gives the developers more power to take it away.
For example: The abovementioned stamina system from the Souls games is gone. Those familiar with the Souls games will see this as a crazy advantage: Rolling in Souls gave you a small period of invulnerability, and was one of the main ways to dodge attacks, balanced by a stamina bar that could run out and disable rolling for a short time.
Initially, you’d see this as an advantage, but the devs take it in the other direction. With no stamina bar, there’s no need for level designers to test and customize every combat encounter to make sure players have just enough stamina to make it through. Now, they can throw whatever they want in there, and leave it up to the player to find out how to deal with it. There’s no game mechanics protecting you anymore.
What’s more: The Souls games were RPG games. If you wanted more stamina, you could build around that. And, as in most RPGs, there were options that were generally more powerful than others, which could lead to players breezing through most of the game with minimal difficulty. Sekiro doesn’t have that. There’s no level ups, no power growth, there aren’t even multiple weapons – It’s the same Katana the whole way through. So now, the devs have a razor’s edge to balance the game around. They know EXACTLY how strong you’ll be at every moment, so they know EXACTLY how had to make it.
And they also know to make it just hard enough so that, if you’re good, you won’t die three times. Because the first two times you die, you have a revive option: Get right back up and keep going. These lives are refreshed every time the player hits a checkpoint.
Get it? Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice? Because you can die twice and keep going?
But the big thing that comes from this is it means cheap options – like traps and instant-kill strikes – are totally on the table. So long as they don’t fool me thrice, I can keep moving.
Honestly though, I don’t expect to keep moving for long. What we saw today was a demo, and demos are typically tailored to be pretty easy – A frustrating experience doesn’t give journalists a good look at the game. In other words, we aint’ seen nuthin yet. And I’m very excited to see more.
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The fact that the demo showcased gameplay which was more difficult than Dark Souls, combined with the fact that demos are usually built to be easier than finished games, is a bit worrying.
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