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The UN Climate Change Goals Are a Cop Out—Here’s What We Should Do Instead

Is climate change an inevitability or an opportunity?

The 21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris, in progress now, aims to limit global warming to 2°C between now and 2100. But is that goal ambitious enough?

Amanda Ravenhill, co-founder of Project Drawdown, doesn’t think so. She believes the world needs to decrease its average temperature, not just keep increases in check. To that end, the nonprofit is developing a book, an open-source database, and a digital platform to describe solutions that, if deployed at scale, have the potential to alter the composition of our atmosphere—potentially reversing the trend toward higher temperatures.

I sat down with Ravenhill and Project Drawdown board chairwoman Shana Rappaport to talk about the ways in which energy sources — especially renewable energy — could enable a major turnaround in climate change and the business of energy and agriculture. The following conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity. You can find the entire interview on Inflection Point.

Fortune: Let’s start with the name, Project Drawdown. What is that all about?

Amanda Ravenhill: Drawdown is a point in the future in which concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will peak and then begin to decline on a year-to-year basis.

So much of the argument against addressing climate change is either, “It’s not real,” “It’s inevitable” or “It’s bad for business.” How does Drawdown refute those those ideas?

AR: Drawdown is all about reframing the climate conversation. Right now a lot of the conversation is about stabilizing at 2 degrees, and we still see this as a chaotic world—not as a goal that people actually want to strive for.

Looking at all of the solutions we have in front of us—not only decarbonizing our energy infrastructure but also recarbonizing our soils and developing regenerative agriculture—we think a temperature drawdown is possible within the lifetime of people who are alive today.

Why isn’t the UN Conference on Climate Change goal ambitious enough?

AR: Right now we haven’t even achieved one degree of warming, and we see all the extreme weather, the food insecurity, the conflict that’s arising right now. We’re bringing in a more aspirational goal to the conversation, and with it all of the data to back it up and say, “This is how we’re going to get there.”

I take it Drawdown doesn’t feel that climate change is inevitable.

Shana Rappaport: I think it’s really important to name explicitly that in the last few years we’ve made extraordinary progress with every single major scientific institution in the world [as far as] agreeing that climate change is real. It’s happening now and it’s being exacerbated by human activity. But putting that reality aside, the 120 solutions that we’re exploring with Drawdown, we often refer to them as “No regret solutions,” because these are things that are just smarter, better, cleaner ways of operating as a human civilization.

Utilizing the best of human evolution and all the tools and knowledge that we have created and developed over our existence, why wouldn’t we do things that are regenerative, and improve people’s lives and health? I think that’s such an important piece of this narrative and one that’s really truly inclusive.

Drawdown is an incredibly expansive project. Who is in the field collecting all this information?

AR: We have a fellowship program, and we have PhDs and post docs from all over the world who are experts in the field of the solutions that they’re looking at. They’re looking at the best, newest, and freshest information and literature that’s coming out from all over the world, and doing literature review and a model based on that information.

We’re looking at everything from population reduction and boosting reproductive rights to family planning and girls’ education and improvement of child health care. Those are all solutions about population. We’re also looking at the sharing economy and other ways of dematerializing our economy and also all the classic energy efficiency projects.

What do you think drives the mindset for a positive vs. a negative point of view about climate change?

SR: Much of what Amanda and I talk about is the extent to which there are two very real future possibilities. One is that we destroy our capacity to have a habitable biosphere, certainly for humans and with a lot of other species of life as we know it. The other is that things could be far more beautiful and regenerative and sustainable and socially just and in harmony than we can imagine.

I think that’s an important piece of not letting ourselves get so polarized in thinking that in this fight for climate change, we’re either going to win or we’re going to lose. We’re already losing a lot. We’re losing species every day, but the question is, how much and how quickly can we act to preserve and restore it?

I have to ask about a major topic that we see in the news almost every day: fracking. What’s your take?

AR: I think it’s really important to look at the big picture. Take California, for example, where we are in an extraordinary record-breaking drought. The idea that we would use precious fresh water to generate a source of energy that actually doesn’t have that great of a return given the amount of energy that we need to invest in its production, to then risk further contaminating our precious fresh water reserves.

Fresh water is going to be an issue everywhere in the world if it is not being tangibly felt already. Now is the time for us to begin moving away from dirty ways of getting to energy and into ones that don’t destroy precious finite natural resources and human communities along the way.

SR: If you look beyond just greenhouse gases and carbon, it just seems so obvious what makes sense—sea, wind, and solar are more cost-competitive than coal, oil, and gas in most states right now. Around the world we’re seeing records breaking. Costa Rica just had 75 days of their whole country powered by renewables. I think people will look back and see that we’ve already made a turn here now.

Intermittency, which has been the primary issue around renewable energy, “Well, the sun isn’t always shining and the wind isn’t always blowing,” is no longer as much of an issue. The more that we appreciate the possibility of these solutions and align our investments, and our business decisions, and our actions with that, the quicker we’re going to get there.

It’s incredibly refreshing to hear the positive take on what could happen, as opposed to the sort of inevitable take on what will happen.

AR: We’ll be releasing some of our data around December this year for the UN Climate Conference in Paris to inspire people to take on this different vision of the future, and hopefully [to] become a lot more empowered and excited to be part of the movement.

Lauren Schiller is the host of Inflection Point, where she interviews women changing the status quo. Inflection Point is broadcast on public radio stations from KALW in San Francisco, podcast on iTunes, and online at The above article is an edited and condensed version of the broadcast interview. Click here to listen to the full audio.


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  1. Thank you for your suggestion. But It is not clear to me, how to convert stl to solid geometry? STL file has very irregular and complicated shapes.
  2. I cannot select solids in boolean opeartion. STL parts are converted into 3D mesh
  3. yes, my 3D mesh is based on stl. I don't have solid geometry.
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  6. @Elimaes12 Thank you for your suggestion. I have two situations, one they should slide once they come in contact and for others, they should not slide but should remain glued to each other like single part. But there are initial small gaps between parts (very small like 1mm). so, how should I go for it?
  7. @Rahul Rajan Thank you for your reply. But once I set up freeze contact in hypermesh as OptiStruct Solver, I am not able to export the file suitable for Abaqus solver. because I will be using Abaqus for further simulations.
  8. hello, I want to give frictionless bonded contact between each part. The parts which are bonded together should move simultaneously and should not intersect each other or pass through others after contact begins. eg bones with the articulating surface. (one part is bone and other is articulating surface)
  9. I have 3d mesh file in hypermesh all c3d4 elements and I am not able to export the file into STL file format. I have edited the mesh and now I want to export the final file in STL format. the user profile is Abaqus. please help me. same part I was able to export before editing mesh. now it is showing error as 1250 elements are not defined in the template. I have updated the element type already still it is giving me the same error. thank you
  10. thanks for your quick reply.
  11. Hello, I have a model in the form of STL file format. I have imported STL file in HyperMesh. but there are components which are intersecting with each other. I cannot change the shape of the component and being STL file there is no geometry. Is there any way to remove intersecting parts? and convert stl to 3d mesh for FEA simulation?
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    I made folders with the courses’ slides; but because there are so general I also copy-pasted some relevant exercises in a blank document. Some people are already sharing the DataCamp exercises on their GitHub accounts.

    GitHub is a way to post some code you did and freely connect it with others. It is a social media for developers.

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show me your server.cfg file

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Do you think you could add a feature to enable/disable time and weather sync? It’s great to have a resource with so many features in one.

yeah I’m working on something like that. Next update should have those options.

It seems this breaks respawning for me. Whenever i add it in vanilla. Upon respawn, you cant drive cars, use weapon wheel, etc. Any idea why?

Strange, I can’t reproduce that myself, do you have force god mode enabled?

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vBasic is not a menu, please stay on topic or create a new thread if you want to go off topic :wink:

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ok srry like i sayed i am new but fk this site i already got modz for gta v and FiveM
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@cp_ta can you show me your server.cfg file? Maybe you’ve made an error while setting the convars. You can PM it to me if that’s what you prefer.

ok here you go

i bet i did it totally wrong xD

The convars look fine to me, but try setting them before starting the resource.

Edit: are you even starting the resource in the first place? I don’t see start vBasic anywhere actually.

its whitelistdb it works but when i put my ip in it whitelists everyone

You’re right. I know what the issue is, the way my code works is it checks all the user’s identifiers instead of the real user’s IP, meaning if the server is configured with sv_endpointPrivacy true your identifier ip will be set to meaning everyone can join…

I’ll have to fix this later, for now you’re probably best off using your license or your steam id.
I don’t know exactly when I’ll have the time to remake that but it’ll hopefully be some time next week.

alright thank you ill tell you if i get luck through steamid

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  1. Got one of this unit with the intention to make custom version of it --as it is missing the CPU board--, so i dug deeper in the HW: 1) LCD is a 480x272 @24bit HannStar HSD043I9W1-A 2) the USB Hub IC controls the Power to the devices downstream through some switches/w o.c. detection (TPS2062/TPS2042) 3) LEDs, buttons, potentiometers and encoder handled by a MCF51QE128 ColdFire MCU 4) Jogs are made from 2 types of sensors both connected to the ColdFire: -a high speed/low resolution optical mirror/stripes (led+photo detector) -a low speed high resolution optical mouse sensor (ADNS5050) 5) touch detection is by IDT LDS6201 chip (i2c connected to the ColdFire) 6) sound ADC and DAC through i2s interface DACs: AK4388 / ADC: AK5358 -- separate i2s data for all 7) there is an S35390A RTC 6) cpu-card and digital board-to-board connector has been mapped as attachments (interestingly the digital b2b connector has more pins to the ColdF than what actually connects to the CPU board) ------- So the plan is to use an Orange Pi One, connect the usb otg to the device-usb, one usb host to the Hub, convert the Pi's HDMI to TTL by a VS-TY2662-V2 board. Then config the DACs to one Left-justified and one Right-justified then drive them both from the same I2S (the H3 supports more packets on a single I2S bus -- as the 2nd port is not fully available /cannot sync up with the first/) Finally there would be need for the ColdFire communication --maybe reverseable from the system update firmware. Alternatively can be remade from scratch.. b2b_conn.txt module_pinout.txt
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    hugs Kate xo
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  3. I know that feeling Kate. I feel it too on a regular basis. Sometimes making an effort is like walking on an airport moving walkway - like magic. And sometimes it is like trying to walk through drying concrete. This is mindset. Meditate and allow yourself the space and time to make progress without desperation. Enjoy doing the right things and the results will catch up with you. Peace and Love to you Dear. xo
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    Starting over isn't so bad... I'm down quite a few pounds these days (a solid 205.8 from 214.8)... Cryotherapy is going very well...

    On a separate note..

    At work, they have body composition testing that I've been doing every 6 weeks for the hell of it.. They take my weight, circumferences, and pinch my fat with calipers... In the past year, I've gained over 15 lbs of lean muscle mass! My body fat is down to 29%. My body fat percentage was higher from when I weighed less a year ago... So.. that's cool with me..

    Question: do you believe that muscle weighs more than fat?? Or are people around me trying to make me feel better about myself? This is a question to feed my curiosity...

    Still waiting for a surgery date... until then, still chipping away at what I need to work on....
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    our anthem! Go Kate! xo
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    Hi all... It's been a while...

    Well, if you haven't heard the news... I started a new journey..

    A few weeks ago, I donated my kidney to my brother. My brother is doing very, very, very well. He is getting a new (day time- used to work midnights) job and really starting to take control- like sitting out in the sun in the mornings and early evenings! He's seriously considering moving closer to me which would get him out of the big city.. :) I can't believe how "alive" he looks again... This is nothing short of a miracle!

    Me... well.. I feel like hell.. and what do I expect after losing a major working organ and being under general anesthetic for 6 1/2 hours??!? I woke up to the surprise that they were able to do it laparoscopic with a hand assist (I was expecting an open surgery). In some ways, I feel like nothing happened at all.. I'm able to move around, bend, twist, whatever... In other ways, my brain is completely fried and my GI track is seriously fucked right now. Bowel spasms are seriously the worst.. Each day gets a little bit better.. I've lost a LOT of weight, so no complaints there.. Starting to eat again.. Drinking my water... Laying halfway naked in the sun... Can't soak in water for another 3-4 weeks... Can't drive yet... Definitely moving in the right direction as far as healing goes... :)

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    Beautiful gesture Kate. Now realize that the sun is real important for you. When you can you seriously need to get South.
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    It's in the works... :)
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    So... just for context reasons... Aug 10th- week prior to surgery, Aug 17th was surgery, blood draw was taken hours after surgery, Aug 18th took blood- had fever, etc, Aug 21 went home from hospital.. I will post yesterdays blood draw as soon as I get them.

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    Hugs Kate xoxo
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    It's been 7 weeks (tomorrow) since I've donated my kidney.

    My surgeon who took my kidney out says "These things are not typical things that happen from kidney donation. There's no way to bill your brothers insurance. Go see your primary care doctor and find the best Neurologist money can buy. Best wishes" and showed me the door. He hasn't return my phone calls. My primary care doctor said with her facial expressions but didn't say out loud: "WTF". Now, both of these doctors are having a pissing contest over tests that can be done now that I'm down to one kidney and which insurance is paying.

    Headache (non-stop) since surgery with pain behind my left eye
    My head feels heavy
    My brain literally felt like it was frying for the first two weeks of recovery, and I think I need to find a new word(s) for frying because the only thing that comes to my mind is a literal hot pan with hot oil- crack an egg to where it's spitting and steaming on the sides... that is what it feels like.. I don't have any other words for it.. but I don't think anyone is understanding that... does that make sense? that feeling of a fried egg for brains?
    ear pain in both ears
    I can't stand any blue lighting and is actually killing me to type this up (yes, I am that desperate)
    Dizzy/vertigo (gave me meclizine 25mg, which is helping with the vertigo, but nothing else, sending me to PT to help with the vertigo)

    Confusion- this one requires an explanation: In the past two weeks, I have remembered to pick up my kiddos from school TWICE.. All other times I have literally forgotten that I even had children. When the school asked if I was coming to pick the kids right now or if there was a different plan- I answered with- who am I picking up?
    In the middle of driving home from JCPenneys (a drive that I have made a trillion times in my life time), I didn't know where I was or where I was going.. I stopped and asked for directions back home.. got lost again and asked for more directions.. and then I realized where I was and got home.. A 9 minute drive took me 45 minutes. This has happened a few times to me, and luckily the other times, my kids were in the back seat and I just asked what we were up to and quickly got back on track.
    I have left burners on on the stove, luckily I didn't leave the house when the fire alarms went off.
    I live on a sticky note system for the most part.. I write down where I'm going and what I have to do for the day. Although, after the trip to the ER this past weekend (because my drive home from JCPenneys scared the shit out of me) I haven't been behind the wheel.

    I am BEYOND exhausted.
    Waves of nausea (haven't had bowel spasms in a few weeks and over all nausea has improved- no longer needing 24/7 of zofran)
    Abdominal pain- surgeon said that he understood the pain on the left side (they took the left kidney) but he doesn't understand my right side. ER trip determined it could be my gallbladder, but they are not 100% sure. I have a HIDA scan tomorrow to determine if/when I need surgery. I think I am going to tell them to fuck off because I want to keep my fucking gallbladder. I don't think that that is the problem.
    Pain in left shoulder that runs down my arm- sometimes this runs across the chest if I lay down on flat on my back- surgeon said I have no idea, that should have been gone within a few days of surgery from the gas used from surgery

    CT scan without contrast of head, abdomen, and pelvis - determined no tumor or stroke
    Blood work- "all within normal ranges"
    180-200 oz of H2O/day

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    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-dangers-of-going-under/ How long do you think it will take for those who study things like this to realize that when we synthetically lower electrical potentials on cell membranes that it might effect the endogenous coupled cycles in durinal biologic cycles? I wonder if they ever wonder if the time of the day and the lighting all this goes under has any role in these issues. We learn that death comes fast when electron chain transport stops. We also know that a slowed ECT is linked to illness. The dynamic nature of how drugs can effect ECT flow changes the border zone between the classical world we live in and the quantum world that makes us operate as we do. When we uncouple these two things in a synthetic fashion you'd think we expect some collateral repercussions. Quantum theory is the most successful and reproduced theory in science making it quite unique. The only “failure” of quantum theory is its inability to provide a natural framework for our prejudices about the workings of the Universe. States of quantum systems evolve according to the deterministic, linear Schroedinger equation. Life is called a macroscopic system in physics. Macroscopic systems, like life, are never isolated from their environments. Therefore they should not be expected to follow Schroedinger equation because it is only applicable only to a closed system. Life is not a closed system either. As a result, systems usually regarded as classical (reality) suffer or benefit from the "natural loss" of quantum coherence, which “leaks out” into the environment. Synthetic losses, no matter how short or long would lead to other possibilities........other outcomes in reality. This paper lays out some interesting facts that can teach us about the boundary zone between the quantum realm and reality we observe.
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    Take some exogenous "light"... like rhodiola: get the Life Extension one...

    Here's another article on the wonders of bypass surgery and what they do to your brain... it affects *many* people: of course, they are looking in the wrong places for the cause...
    "Bypass brain: how surgery may affect mental acuity:

    You might want to look into gingko biloba - but ask a doctor because it's a blood thinner -

    Maybe try some acupuncture for energy improvements?

    Improved Cognitive Function After Transcranial, Light-Emitting Diode Treatments in Chronic, Traumatic Brain Injury: Two Case Reports
    This page is full of links to cognitive improvements - written by Michael Hamblin - he's at Harvard photobiology school of medicine dept - using transcranial, light-emitting diodes -
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hamblin MR[Author]&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=21182447

    This is an interview with Steven Fowkes that Dave Asprey did with him - he is really hot with led therapies - this is part 1 - it is also in transcript form:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hamblin MR[Author]&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=21182447

    Here's part 2:

    He's a also big into DMAE and piracetam -

    Then there are all the phospholipids: I find great improvement using phosphatydilserine and phosphatydilcholine - of course these things are supposed to be made by your body, but since your redox sucks, you probably aren't making them -

    I would also look into getting a cryohelmet for your head - or even just face dunking - or making your head cold and adding IR lights...

    Eat oysters for the zinc/dha and brazil nuts for the selenium - both improve semiconduction -

    These all improve energy which will improve you... you were so brave Kate - take a bow:)
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    Kate anesthesia is devastating hit to the the redox mechanisms in the body which is why I shared that article with you..........I love the fact that you cared so much for your brother to do it but I would have told you that doing this carried some serious collateral damage for you because of your redox. Just think back to how you did after your last surgery........not bueno. When you lose a kidney you lose the power to make red cells which carry light energy to your mitochondria.......so I think sun become real important for you and considering you live in Michigan you are not going to get much now.........because it is falling off a cliff due to the seasonal change. Thsi means grounding and CT is all you can tap............That is what I am thinking off the top of my head.
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    thinking of you Kate..... I wish I could have persuaded you not too...........
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    persuaded me not to what? donate my kidney?? In all honesty, I wouldn't have listened... Out of everyone in my family, my brother I talk to 4-5 times a day.. I talk to my parents maybe 2-3 times a month- maybe... everyone else Thanksgiving and Christmas.. He is my family and my world.. It's probably one of the very few reasons left why I am still living in Michigan right now...
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  • I have trouble with values myself but the only suggestion I have is to darken the shadows to make the foreground pop out more.

    I had trouble seeing that the sitting bear was holding his paw as the leg and arm blended together. Same with the cat behind the small bear.

    The great thing with digital is you can duplicate and keep pushing the drawing and still go back to your original.

  • Thanks for that @jimsz I appreciate your comment. I did see that as soon as I sized it down to put in here! Good tool to remember..make the image smaller. I suppose that's a tick for doing those boring little thumbnails before you even begin.

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    I did a quick paint over (It might not look right sorry I'm on a laptop with horrible viewing angles and only a mouse to paint with)
    I took you darkest value and put it in the middle of this scale from black to white. You have tons of value range to play with yet. With just two small things you'll be able to make a huge difference first.

    occlusion shadows- Paint the cracks where the light can't get in under the arms and where the bear touches the ground. Just a thin little crack of your darkest value.

    Cast shadows The directional shadows the light is casting these will have harder edges.

    Just doing those two things and getting a few more darker and light values in there will help a bunch. 0_1519687453659_Svs-learn-help.jpg

  • My advice would be to make about 4 copies of your sketch and do some 5 minute quick studies on different light situations. It seems that you have worked with such a small range of values that you are limited in what effect you can achieve. Everyone goes about painting lights and shadows differently, but for myself, I like to cover everything with gray (dark or light depending on the piece) and then sculpt the objects by choosing my main light source and then slowly bring out the form by either adding lighter or darker grays. Your bounce lights and secondary lights should be added later when you have the first forms figured out.

    On this piece i'm guessing the light is coming from above due to a few irregular cast shadows, but there is no form shadow and the highlights are in awkward places. Think of everything in basic shapes and how they would react to light, the arm as a cylinder, the head as a sphere etc.

    I think they already talk a lot about it in the "painting with color and light" video where Jake Parker paints the bedroom scene, so that would be a great video to re-watch and practice again and again until you understand how light work.

    So try this:

    1. Create a few copies of the line work (zoom right out)
    2. put a 50% gray on everything (or lighter or darker)
    3. Choose where the main light is coming.
    4. add in your cast shadows with a darker gray (don't go too dark, but be confident in putting them down)
    5. start with a lighter gray to slowly build up your forms dependent on the direction of the light (be careful not to go too light)
    6. add in your darker form shadows and occlusion shadows.
    7. add in bounce lights

    All of this should only take 5-10 minutes. If it's taking longer then you are probably focusing too much on the details. Keep it fast and loose and if it looks terrible start on the next one. I use to waste so much time trying to work on a piece that was never going to get better because the initial layout was wrong to begin with.

  • @evilrobot Fantastic're right those helped immensely. Occlusion shadows are kind of magic aren't they! ...thank you for taking the time!

  • @gary-wilkinson why oh why does it always comes back to the grunt work? 🙂 Sound advice..Thanks Gary, I will watch Light and shadow again. I tend to just listen as I work and much is lost that way because you're not entirely focussed. Thanks again for such a detailed response..much appreciated!

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    @djlambson I think you could add some interest by making their clothes a different value. I don't know which bear you prefer as the focal point, but whichever it is, that bear could be wearing a much darker garment.

  • I too need to work on values, i now find myself asking the question "have i been brave enough with the values" when adding colour to a piece now. And by that i mean could i make the darks darker/lights lighter?? Whats great with digital is that you can play with that and not have to start from scratch like you do in Traditional lol
    Just be 'Brave' try things out and see what you like the looks of.... oh and take breaks! If you get to that point again where you stare at it too long, maybe its time for something else (in my case, its time for bed)

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  1. I have experiencie porting game to kirikiri engine, what I can say is: - You need a way to extract everything, image, sound, and scripts. - You need a way to get the script source if the engine use binary scripts then will be a much hard task port to other engine, There are 2 ways to you port the game, one is the automatically way, that is what I did. I wrote a tool to convert the script, and I need say, it's hard to do a automatically accurate conversion, Then basically after the conversion I spend a time searching and fixing bugs manually, with this with a 50h vn I did in 3 weeks a entire funtional port. and this is the result: The automatically port it's like magic, but this is possible only if your game have non compiled script, and this include scripts like the catsystem2 that is binary but isn't compiled in machine code, then it's easy to 'understand' the script and convert to a kirkiri equivalent. I allways want port to kirikiri because is a engine that support many languages, and is open source. If your game script is compiled and is impossible to get the source of the game script, then the way is do everything manually basically play the original game while writing a script to do the same thing of the game. We have a example of this method, what this spanish group did, https://vndb.org/r30006 but they don't know how to extract the game assets then used fucking screenshots in their game by what I know, then, don't do this! I think it's what I can say, if the script can be extracted to plain text it's better try do a conversion tool that do the port work to you, then what you will need do after tis is just convert the game image, sound and videos, and to finish, test it.
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    Under "KiriKiri Tool\KrKr2", the "Internal Package Tool.exe" https://drive.google.com/a/student.sbccd.edu/uc?id=1NuJTjsGx7pcdfeLR5J1zK6EkE3lr8Hp5
  3. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Try contact that guy just to ensure before, don't will be fun we lost a translation project for misunderstanding
  4. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Well, It's fast because I don't will translate it, i'm just restoring the content. Well of course, I plan to do a MTL patch anyway, but this will cost me, like 5 min only.
  5. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Well, I don't use chan, but will be good if he contact-me (that shit is anonymous), I already have like 95% of the work ready... In my case I just need modify the extra menu and fix some jump labels, then it's ready to test.
  6. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Ohh, I found the command to show the sprite ... isn't [stand], [sprite], or any other obvious shit, the macro to show the sprite is...!! ...Object.
  7. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    the effect? Isn't a issue at all, I just cut off the effect because i'm with lazy to understand the strange command of the old engine. But if are you asking about the issue that I said in the top of my post, I'm sure they are fixable... The problem is the Nora to Oujo major part of the .tjs script is compiled and the .ks is in the .scn format. I don't have many hints to discovery the right macro used in the nora to oujo to rewrite the script
  8. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Well, I tried... is basically working...? I just have 2 problem that need to be solved, first is the fucking sprite don't works, I'm feeling like an idiot because the [image] tag is not showing up shit, the BG/EV image work because I used the [ev] tag... The second problem is the speaker face in the textbox, the face don't hide when is the protagonist who speak... well... I don't liked much of the result, because the old engine have very, but very strange function names, like this Then I tried see the function code to try understand this shity, and I got With lazy to 'convert' this strange code I just commented out and I forgot about this shitty command, So, basically, Worked but i'm sure there are minnor effects like image roll that has 'ignored' by the conversion. After spend two days into this, fuck man, I want die.
  9. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Well, I don't have tool ready to use yet... For now I don't have way to repack the old engine .dat; I keep looking foward to the kirkiri yet... I'm doing some's test, I have just 2 bugs yet that I need solve to can port: 1 - The backlog don't register the dialogue voice 2 - I don't found the macro that make the multi-language support of this shit (thx psb)
  10. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    I can put a MTL in the spreadsheet if he think is usefull
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  12. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Someone have a full save of the old game? this will save me of spoiler.
  13. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Well, If I think will be hard port the h-scene to the kirikiri I can try at least port the english translation to the old engine, if they don't rewrited/revised the text of the japanese release, in other words, if they don't touched in the text I can do a port pretty easy in like one or two days, the trouble is just tools to repack they, if this tool don't work I can need spend a time into this too. But I'm not really too hyped in port the translation to the old engine...
  14. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    Hmm I'm mad with the cut of the +18 content, but the most sad part to know is the fact of how they changed the engine. To me port the old script to the kirkiri isn't impossible, but I will need give a time researching the Old engine script syntax and write a tool to 'convert', I already did this with a game before and worked fine But I need spend a time with this and I don't know japanese to translate it, If I do something again will be a shitty mtl patch. I'm not sure if I will do this, but at least I'm interessed in this game And is more 'easy' if I port the english release translation to the japanese engine, But to me this isn't the best way because to translate to my language that have special characters, the kirkiri engine is the best option.
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Wandering with the minimap enabled is a pleasure!!
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Hi there  ,
A few months ago i started playing this game again , after a break last year.
Now testing a 1v1 server , location The Netherlands , Europe. (still on LAN , get my butt kicked brutally by 16 yeo nephew Tongue )
Can i use pictures / logo´s etc for my website about Xonotic without copyright problems or whatever ?
Website will have info about server and things about this game.
And is there a **simple** way to incorporate a irc channel to my website ?
Have some basic knowledge about html but thats it.
And can somebody give more info on xpm?
Did read some players like some features from it in online play.
Found some .cfg files and little info about it , but still not clear what it is , or what is different to vanilla Xonotic.
Thx for the game Big Grin

Xonotic assets are GPL but there is also Fair Use.

XPM is Xonotic Pro Mode. You can read cfg to see what it changes.

Thx for the answers.

I have xpm also up and running now.  Big Grin
Only weird thing is this : it runs duel , you can ready up , and it counts down to zero.
But in the server list it still says DM instead of DUEL ?
Huh   Huh   Huh
The rest of the servers in that part of the list have all type : Duel
I typ ¨duel¨ in the console and then it changes gametype and to the map Fuse.
But it still says ¨DM¨ instead of ¨DUEL¨
However it plays like 1v1 duel pro-mode style.

How can i get rid of this error?

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City v United: Expert View

Ahead of the Manchester derby on Thursday, Club journalist Rob Pollard spoke to ESPN's United correspondent Rob Dawson to get the inside track on the Old Trafford side.

Manchester United will arrive at the Etihad on Thursday just one point below Manchester City in the race for a top-four place having beaten Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor at the weekend.

It could hardly be tighter, with Liverpool and Arsenal also in contention for the two other Champions League spots alongside Chelsea and Tottenham. A win against Jose Mourinho's side is vital.

Earlier this week, I caught up with ESPN's Rob Dawson, who follows United closely, to see what he has made of their season so far.

United are unbeaten in 23 Premier League games after their win over Burnley at the weekend. What have you made of their form this season and how much have they improved under Jose Mourinho?

They have become much harder to beat, which the long unbeaten run is proof of. They’re also a much more attacking team than last season, although you wouldn’t know it from looking at their goal return.

They’re balanced and organised - everything you would expect from a Mourinho team. It hasn’t quite happened this season but they don’t look that far away. Scoring goals has been the only issue.

Hi Rob, thanks for joining us. Let's start with the big selection issue. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is out, meaning Marcus Rashford is likely to start. He’s a really talented player who gives defenders a difficult time. What’s the best way to cope with him?

That’s a difficult one and lots of Premier League defenders haven’t had the answer, either. If defenders give him time to run at them, they’re in trouble.

He can run in behind or come short and turn. His movement in the penalty area is phenomenal for someone so young. He's very hard to stop.

Michael Carrick is seen by many as steadying influence in the big games. Do you think he should play?

I think so. It’s a big game away from home and his experience is vital. He’s not a blood and thunder midfielder but he’s good on the ball and calm, and that can spread to the rest of the team in a game that will be played at a high tempo.

Who do you think will partner Eric Bailly at centre-half?

It will probably be Daley Blind unless Chris Smalling or Phil Jones make miraculous recoveries. That might worry some United fans but he was very good against Sergio Aguero in the derby at the Etihad Stadium at the end of last season.

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How has Paul Pogba performed in the big games this season and do you think he can go on and fulfil his undoubted potential?

It’s almost impossible to properly judge a player that young who has been transferred for such an enormous fee.

He has had quiet games but he’s been terrific in others. He’s always looked to get on the ball, his passing has been fantastic and he’s been unlucky with the number of times he’s hit the post or bar. It’s been a positive season.

How big a blow is Rojo’s injury? He’s looked much better this season than last.

Big, because he was playing well. He has looked comfortable next to Bailly and it’s a shame he won’t play again this season. It’s been his best since he joined.

United have a few injuries at the moment. How well-equipped is their squad to cope?

They’ve come at the wrong time. Not only have they had a few injuries, they’ve been playing two games a week for months because of the Europa League.

The squad is shrinking and the players who have stayed fit have had a massive workload. They’re still managing to pull off big results, though, like the win over Chelsea.

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United sit one point below City in the league. This is a huge game now. How do you see the race for the top four ending?

The derby is a big game and the winner will be in the box seat for a top four finish. United’s run-in is complicated with the Europa League semi-finals but United will fancy their chances of getting into the top four in the form they’re in.

READ: Fernandinho on Gabriel Jesus

Predicted team?

De Gea, Valencia, Darmian, Bailly, Blind, Carrick, Herrera, Pogba, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Rashford.

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1-0 United.

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  1. 1. Teacher Feedback I have collected a range of different feedback throughout the project both on the media blog where we the teachers and other students can post comments about my work or posts. I have also received a lot of verbal feedback when I have shown my work to the teachers. This feedback has been extremely useful as when I have been designing my draft designs of my digi pack. MY teacher left me a comment on the blog which I found very useful (see figure 1). Figure 1 My teacher pointed out that I needed to edit some people out of the background of the image and also mentions that I needed to make the house style stronger. This is something which I 100% agree with and then went on to change this, as I felt that my house style could be improved and was pleased with the outcome as it looked more like a package rather than 3 separate media products. Figure 2
  2. 2. In addition, my teacher’s feedback has been extremely useful as she often left her feedback in the form of questions (See Figure 2) which made me think more about my work and then question what I have done. This is a lot better than being told exactly what you need to change as sometimes it can feel like their work then and not what you had imagined in your head. However I received verbal feedback like “Why don’t you try and change the layout so it makes it easier to read” or “why don’t you referee back to your research and planning in order to make sure you are making a product suitable to the design/task.” It was comments like this that helped me stay on track and follow what my teacher was saying alongside the target audience’s feedback. This is something which I am extremely pleased with. To conclude the teacher feedback I have revived in the project has been very useful. It has helped me streamline my media products in order to create something which resembles a real media product which you on television, in magazines and in the shops.


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Simultaneous interpretation equipment is essential for any international meeting's success – this check-list can help avoid major hiccups.

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The FAO Interpretation Group provides conference interpreters for a significant number of field meetings every year.

From Addis Ababa to Astana, from Tenerife to Tegucigalpa, each mission raises its own challenges in terms of identifying quality interpreters as close to the venue as possible and resolving logistical issues, such as visas, travel, accommodation and even cash, when other payment systems are non-operational.

One aspect essential to the success of an international meeting is the simultaneous interpretation equipment. Certain basic requirements which may seem obvious to those in the business are often not met, for example a sufficient number of booths for all languages, a clear view of the proceedings or even an adequate air supply. In over 20 years of missions, I have observed that such problems may occur regardless of the country or city where the meeting is held. They are difficult to resolve on the spot and can delay the start of the meeting.

Ten-point Interpretation Equipment Check-list

It is for this reason that I established a simple ten-point Interpretation Equipment Check-list (see below) which the Interpretation Group communicates systematically to all meeting organizers for verification with the equipment supplier before the meeting. The full technical requirements for built-in simultaneous interpretation booths are set out in ISO Standard 2603:2016 and for mobile booths in ISO Standard 4043:2016.

My experience shows however that the Check-list is usually sufficient to ensure no major hiccups:

  1. There must be one booth for each language used in the meeting, e.g. 6 languages = 6 booths.*
  2. The booths must have a clear view of the whole room. Mobile booths must be placed on a raised platform (25-30 cm high).
  3. The screen in the room must be easily legible from all the booths, otherwise monitors must be provided in each booth.
  4. Each interpreter must have an individual console (with microphone, headset, controls).
  5. Each booth must accommodate 2 interpreters seated comfortably.
  6. The Arabic and Chinese booths should be large enough to accommodate 3 interpreters. The consoles must allow other outgoing channels to be selected, i.e. so that an Arabic interpreter can interpret not only into Arabic but also from Arabic into English, French or Spanish and so that a Chinese interpreter can interpret into Chinese but also from Chinese into English or French.
  7. Table lamps must be provided to allow interpreters to read texts or take notes when the room lights are dimmed or off.
  8. Each booth must have adequate ventilation, as doors need to be kept closed during the meeting.
  9. The installation must be completed the day before the meeting to allow the team-leader to check the equipment and resolve any problems.
  10. The equipment supplier’s technician must be present in the vicinity of the booths throughout the conference.

* For two-language meetings where all interpreters are working into and from both languages e.g. English into French and French into English, a single booth is sufficient.

I am more than happy for any interpreter colleagues, recruiters or meeting organizers to make use of this Check-list, in the hope that it will contribute to the smooth provision of interpretation services and a successful meeting (also avoiding situations like those pictured below…).

Photos courtesy of FAO staff interpreter and AIIC member Blandine Jeanne

Jonathan Clements is Officer-in-Charge of the Interpretation Group at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The views expressed in this information product are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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The first Mass at St. Frances was held in the parlour of the home of Miss Maggie Gorman who resided at 56th St. and 13th Ave. celebrating the first Mass was the Very Rev. Theodore Wucher, Provincial of the Mercy Fathers in America. In attendance that day were 125 people.

Shortly thereafter, funds were raised and property for the church was purchased. The church was located at 13th Ave. and 57th Street; the cornerstone was laid on May 8, 1892 by the Vicar General, Monsignor Michael May. Over 500 people came from the local vicinity to witness the ceremony.

The church was still unfinished. Inside the small, framed-out and sheathed building, a cross was hung, where the new altar would eventually stand. Outside, a large American flag affixed to the building fluttered in the breeze. The parish’s first pastor was the Rev. Michael H. Malloy.

The church was beautiful. There were three altars and a Communion rail made of Italian marble. On the side altars were marble statues of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin. Throughout the church were statues of St. Theresa, St. Patrick, St. Francis, St. Anthony and the Sacred Heart. The church held about 1000 people, in rows of pews made of oak.

The Fathers of Mercy left the parish on June 24, 1960 to concentrate on missionary work. The priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn arrived in the parish to carry on the good works accomplished before them.

In October of 1998 the parish has been taken over by the Pallotines. Reverend Canon Andrew Kurowski became the pastor. Reverends Leszek Wiecaszek and Slawomir Siok became the parochial vicars. As of today there are three priests working in the parish: Rev. Canon Andrew Kurowski – pastor, Rev. Anthony Zemula and Rev. Lukasz Dutkiewicz- vicar.

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Defamation Charges Against Angolan Activist an Attack on Free Speech

Freedom House condemns the decision of Angolan courts and prosecutors to move forward with defamation changes against journalist and human rights advocate Rafael Marques de Morais. Their decision is a violation of the universally-recognized right to freedom of speech and a clear attempt to silence Angola’s independent civil society.

In January 2013, Marques was charged with filing a false complaint against a diamond mining company, private security company, and seven high-ranking generals, after he accused them of systematic human rights abuses in Angola’s diamond mining area, Lundas.  According to Marques, the groups were responsible for frequent violent abuses against artisanal miners, including torture and murder. Marques did not receive official details of the case until January 2014,  a year after the charges were filed.

During the year-long preliminary inquiry for the case, the court and prosecutors denied Marques access to the details of the defamation charges, including the names of the plaintiffs. Marques said officials refused to outline the formal charges even during formal questioning.

In 1999, Marques was jailed without charges for more than a month after publication of a magazine article in which he accused President Jose Eduardo dos Santos with promoting corruption and embezzlement. He was later formally charged in relation to the article, found guilty of defaming the president and sentenced to six months imprisonment, which was later suspended. He has continued to report on the country’s diamond mining and oil industries.

Freedom House urges Angola’s Attorney General to drop the charges against Marques, and end the use of criminal defamation laws to limit freedom of press and freedom of speech.

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  • Media freedom lost ground in 2008 as the sectarian fighting that broke out in May—leaving hundreds dead and injured—led to increased extralegal intimidation and physical violence against journalists and media outlets.
  • The constitution provides for freedom of the press, and although the media do not face direct interference from the government, political developments and violence in recent years have resulted in increased security risks and self-censorship among journalists. Journalists are prohibited from insulting the head of state or foreign leaders, and those charged with press offenses may be prosecuted in a special publications court.
  • Most court cases launched against journalists in previous years were not pursued during 2008, and there were no developments in the appeal filed by Al-Mustaqbal editor in chief Tawfiq Khattab and staff reporter Fares Khashan; authorities had fined them 50 million pounds (US$33,000) each for libel and damaging the reputation of then president Emile Lahoud in 2006. In a positive move in November, a criminal court in Beirut dismissed slander charges against Muhamad Mugraby, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist. The charges stemmed from a speech he gave in 2003, in which criticized the government and condemned the use of torture to coerce confessions from suspects.
  • The Directorate of General Security (SG) is authorized to censor all foreign magazines, books, and films before they are distributed, as well as pornography and political or religious material deemed a threat to the national security of either Lebanon or Syria. Throughout the year the SG banned or delayed the release of several films, including the Oscar-nominated Persepolis. The SG also tore two pages from the French newspaper Le Monde in October before allowing its distribution in Lebanon.
  • Political violence continued to threaten journalists’ safety, and impunity for past attacks contributed to intimidation and self-censorship among journalists. Particularly troubling were the events of May 2008, which included physical attacks on journalists and photographers, the forced cessation of both television and radio broadcasts, and the destruction of studio property. On May 9, for instance, fighters led by the Shiite Islamist group Hezbollah closed four media outlets affiliated with the Future Movement, part of the governing coalition. The radio station, daily newspaper, and two television stations were allowed to resume operations five days later.
  • Lebanon hosts hundreds of periodicals and nearly a dozen daily newspapers. All national daily newspapers are privately owned, as are most television and radio stations, including six television and satellite stations and nearly three dozen radio stations. Access to satellite television has grown substantially over the last decade.
  • Some 26.6 percent of the population regularly accesses the internet. The government did not restrict such access in 2008, and there were no reports of government monitoring of websites or e-mail. In January, four university students were jailed for one week without trial on charges of slander, libel, and public insult due to comments they posted on the social-networking site Facebook.


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Obama Invites Mentally Ill Sodomite Bishop & Pro-Abortion Nun to Meet Pope

There’s nothing like sticking the evils of our society in the face of Christians. Nevertheless, Barack Obama shamefully invited a sodomite bishop and pro-abortion nun to meet Francis during his visit next week.

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In a stunning show of political indecorum, Obama has invited a series of individuals who publicly flout Catholic teaching, including a pro-abortion religious sister, a transgender woman and the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, along with at least two Catholic gay activists.

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One of the invitees, retired Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson, made history by becoming the first openly gay episcopal bishop in 2003 and subsequently the first to divorce his gay partner in 2014, after having previously separated from his wife of 14 years. He has attended a number of religious events with the Obama administration, offering a prayer at President Obama’s inauguration in 2009 and taking part in the 2014 National Prayer Breakfast.

Mateo Williamson, a cross-dressing woman and former co-chairman of the Transgender Caucus for Dignity USA, has also received an invitation to the White House for Pope Francis’ visit. Williamson says that though she now thinks of herself as a man, she continues to be attracted to males. “Today I identify as a gay man and before that was difficult to understand because I thought that in order to be transgender, in order to be a transgender male that I had to be attracted to females but I never have throughout my entire life.”

While Roman Catholic teaching stands firmly against both sodomy and abortion, it appears that many in high positions, like Nancy Pelosi, not only supports abortion, but seek to fund it as well, with no church discipline exercised on them (Matt. 18). Additionally, the church has opposed sodomy, though many in their ranks, namely priests, have sodomized and sexually abused little girls.

The Vatican has toyed with the idea of sodomy. In October 2014, the Vatican bishops said that sodomites “have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community.” They didn’t endorses redefining marriage nor did they endorse sodomy openly, but in the very statement, they are ignoring God’s law, which didn’t speak of gifts and qualities to offer the Christian community, but rather defined sodomy as an abomination and a crime worthy of death.

Pope Francis has said that redefining marriage to include sodomy is the devil’s “attempt to destroy God’s plan.”

“The acceptance of our bodies as God’s gift,” Francis wrote in his encyclical letter on the environment, “is vital for welcoming and accepting the entire world as a gift from the Father and our common home, whereas thinking that we enjoy absolute power over our own bodies turns, often subtly, into thinking that we enjoy absolute power over creation.”

Of that there is no doubt.

Vivian Taylor, a 30-year-old male transvestite who acted as Executive Director of Integrity USA, told CNS, “I was told I could bring several friends with me” and was “glad we can bring some LGBT representation to the event.”

This is not a time for tolerance. It’s not a time for airing out America’s dirty laundry, and make no mistake all of this is dirty laundry. It’s a time for rebuke and correction. Soft spokenness about the criminal acts of abortion and sodomy will not win the day. It won’t win sinners to Christ either. They must be confronted with the truth of their state before a just and Holy God, who will judge them and instructed government to apply his wrath to evil doers. The command to these sinners is the same command to any of us, including Pope Francis, whose very title, Victus Christi, seeks to put himself in the place of Jesus Christ and who receives the homage of “holy father,” something Jesus commanded against (Matt. 23:9).

We’ll see what he does. I hope he proves me wrong, but I can’t imagine he will seeing as how he has attacked capitalism, embraced Islam and laid the foundations for a one world religion. Some believe he is attempting to change tradition and history.

Finally, this isn’t a bashing of Catholics. If you embrace the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ for your sins, apart from any of your works (Eph. 2:1-10), and have repented of them (Matt. 4:17), then I count you as my brother or sister. But for far too long, the papacy has engaged in all sorts of immorality and deception. We must be like our Reformed forefathers and expose the works of darkness.

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Ah, summer dresses. Whoever it was designed them must have had my particular surrender in mind, so precisely am I unpicked by the scent of skin and sway. By what is hidden and what is shown – and by the beautiful way you move.

I cannot look at you in that dress and be unmoved. Cannot look you in the eye. Utter a single word. The ache of my wanting is both exquisite and cruel. I am on the rack of its ardour. Sometimes your beauty is more than I can bear.

So I come back to the cool of my room, safe from your splendour, and all of my love becomes a song – and it is as though an angel has followed me home and sat down beside me to type this up. And I can feel the light right through me.

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Technology gives us so many ways to express ourselves, to carry around photos and songs that show who we are, cameras to capture our days, books to show our interest. But these pieces of ourselves have one flaw-they all look the same! Wrap your digital self in a unique Free Rose Studio hand made case and show the world your personality, even when the battery is dead.

Each pouch style case features 2 high quality printed cottons, a hidden water repellent cotton duck lining, and a soft minky lining to prevent scratches. Contrasting binding finishes the edge of the flap, and a professionally set resin snap secures your tablet inside. A small sleeve on the flap secures a stylus.

This item is available in 8 bold combinations!

This listing is for an iPad sized case. I am happy to make cases for other devices, such as Kindles, laptops, etc; please provide me the type and accurate dimensions of your device at checkout (length, width, depth), please measure twice as no returns will be accepted for custom items.

Add an embroidered name or appliqued monogram for an additional $10, please purchase the separate “Tablet Case Embroidery/Monogram Add On” in my shop, and specify what you would like added.

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Have a Plant: Fruits & Veggies for Better Health

About The Buzz: Cranberries Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

TheBUZZ Cranberries prevent urinary tract infections.

Drinking cranberry juice, eating cranberries, or taking cranberry supplements prevents urinary tract infections.

Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are a serious health problem that primarily affect women. One in five women will develop a UTI during her lifetime and many women suffer from frequent UTIs. Almost 20% of women who have one urinary tract infection will have another, and 30% of those will have a third. Urinary tract infections are treated with antibiotics. Cranberries can not be used to treat an existing infection, but, UTIs can be avoided by drinking plenty of water every day, urinating when you feel the need, and by consuming cranberries daily.

Urinary tract infections are caused by a bacterial infection in the urinary tract; most often that bacterium is E. coli which is normally found in the colon. If E. coli makes its way up the urinary tract to the bladder, it sticks to the lining of the bladder walls and begins multiplying, causing an infection on the surface of the urinary tract. Studies have shown that cranberry actually prevents bacteria from attaching to the walls of the urinary tract; phytochemicals in the cranberry bind to the bacteria and instead of sticking, they are just excreted.

Drinking cranberry juice, eating cranberries, or taking cranberry capsules may help prevent urinary tract infections. In order to reap the benefits and avoid urinary tract infections, it is recommended that women drink 10 ounces of cranberry juice, take 300 mg of cranberry capsules, or eat 1 ½ ounces fresh or frozen cranberry daily. Because most cranberry juice cocktails are loaded with added sugar, drinking unsweetened cranberry juice is a better option; the effects of regular and unsweetened juice on preventing UTIs are identical.

For women who experience frequent urinary tract infections, consuming cranberries is a delicious prevention method.

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Preparation Time: 15 minutes plus refrigeration time
  • 1 can (14oz.) apricots (juice-pak)
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoon apricot brandy
  • 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
  • 1 cup fresh apricot slices, kiwi or berries
  • Garnish: Yogurt, brown sugar or mint leaves
Drain apricots, pouring ¼ cup of the juice into saucepan or microwave-safe dish. Sprinkle gelatin over juice and let stand for 5 minutes to soften. Warm over LOW heat or microwave at MEDIUM (50%) power for 30 seconds or until gelatin has dissolved. In food processor or blender, puree canned apricots; add lemon juice, brandy, yogurt and gelatin mixture and process for 30 seconds or until combined. Pour into parfait or stemmed glasses or champagne flutes. Cover and refrigerate until set, at least 1 hour or overnight. Just before serving, arrange fruit on top. Garnish each with small spoonful of yogurt and sprinkling of brown sugar or mint leaf.
½ Cup of Fruits and Vegetables per Serving
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Nutrition Information per Serving:
Calories: 135
Total Fat: 1.1g
Saturated Fat: 0.6g
% of Calories from Fat: 8%
% of Calories from Saturated Fat: 4%
Protein: 6g
Carbohydrates: 24g
Cholesterol: 3mg
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sodium: 52mg
Each serving provides: An excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium and a good source of potassium.

Recipe courtesy of Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH). This recipe meets PBH and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nutrition standards that maintain fruits and vegetables as healthy foods.
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Looking for ways to sneak more vegetables into your meals? Spaghetti squash may be one of your solutions! This squash is a great alternative to many starches. It can be used in place of pasta, in a casserole, as a side dish with your choice of protein, and even as a pie crust for a quiche! Spaghetti squash provides a refreshingly mild taste and crunchy texture to meals that will be sure to please! Best of all, it’s healthy and tastes great!

Nutritional Highlights

  • Only 40 calories per cup compared to pasta’s 175 calories per cup!
  • A lower carbohydrate option with ? the carbs ofpotatoes and ¼ the carbs of pasta.
  • Provides 2 grams of fiber per cup, which promotes heart health helps keep us full.
  • Contains beta-carotene, an antioxidant that contributes to eye and skin health.

Selection and Storage

  • Look for spaghetti squash that is firm and free of cuts, punctures or spots.
  • The squash should be yellow in color, and heavy for its size.
  • Store the spaghetti squash in a cool, dry place for up to 1 month.
  • After cutting the squash, be sure to wrap in plastic, refrigerate and use within 5 days.

Fun Facts

  • Spaghetti squash is a variety of winter squash.
  • Although it can be available year-round, peak season for spaghetti squash is early fall through winter.
  • It is unlike any other squash variety because it creates a spaghetti-like structure when cooked.
  • Botanically considered a fruit, spaghetti squash is called a vegetable when cooking.

Spaghetti Squash and Marinara
Serves 6

    • 1 medium spaghetti squash
    • 1 pound extra lean ground beef or extra lean ground turkey breast
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • Water
    • 1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes (low-sodium or no salt added)
    • 3 cloves of garlic, fresh, minced
    • 1 ½ tablespoon Italian Seasoning

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Fill a glass baking dish with 1 inch of warm water. Wash the spaghetti squash before cutting in half length-wise. Place the squash, flesh side down, in the baking dish. Bake for 45-50 minutes.
In a rush? You can also microwave the squash halves in a dish with ¼ cup of water, flesh side down, for 10-15 minutes. Follow the same steps for cooling and scraping out the spaghetti.

In the meantime, prepare the beef/turkey and marinara sauce while the spaghetti squash is cooking.

        Pour 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Cook until browned, stirring occasionally.

Marinara Sauce: Mince 3 gloves of garlic. Pour 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Sauté garlic until it turns light brown. Add the crushed tomatoes and stir in Italian seasoning. Boil the sauce with medium-high heat for 15 minutes, stirring often! Turn heat down to low-medium heat and continue stirring occasionally for 35 minutes. Be sure to smash the tomatoes during this time to get your desired consistency.

When ready, remove the spaghetti squash from the oven and allow it to cool for 5-10 minutes. Scoop out and discard the seeds. To make the noodles, use a fork to scrape out the spaghetti squash into a serving bowl,. Pour the sauce over the squash and savor your slim supper!

Nutrition facts per 1 ½ cup serving: 211 calories; 8 g fat; 2 g saturated fat; 40 mg cholesterol; 20 g carbohydrate; 18 g protein; 5 g fiber; 246 mg sodium.

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A close up of Japanese potato salad with French beans and black and white sesame seeds.
Japanese Miso Potato Salad
Prep Time
9 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins

This Japanese-inspired miso potato salad is full of flavour, texture and crunch.

With steamed green beans and crunchy sesame seeds, this is the perfect no-mayo potato salad for summer!

Vegan, and gluten free if you make with gluten free miso and tamari.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Fusion, Gluten Free, Vegan
Keyword: Japanese potato salad, no mayonnaise potato salad, Potato Salad
Servings: 4
Calories: 112 kcal
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
For the salad
  • 450 g salad potatoes (Jersey Royals / new potatoes)
  • 200 g green beans
For the dressing
  • 1 tsp brown miso
  • 1 tsp tamari or soy sauce
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp mirim
To serve (optional)
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp seaweed sprinkles
  1. Cut larger Jersey Royals or new potatoes in half and put them in a saucepan. (There is no need to peel them, which is one of the joys of new potatoes.) Cover with water, bring to the boil and gently simmer for 10–12 minutes until nearly cooked.

    You don’t want the potatoes to start to break up, so the secret is not to boil them too quickly. Simmer them very gently with the water barely moving.

  2. While the potatoes are cooking, put all the ingredients for the dressing into a bowl. Mix to make a smooth dressing. Both miso and tamari are quite salty, so you don't need to add salt.

  3. When the potatoes are almost ready, throw in the topped and tailed green beans.

  4. Once the vegetables are cooked, drain them and leave the potatoes in the strainer to dry. Pick out the beans and plunge into cold water to crisp them up.

  5. Slice the potatoes about 1 cm (a third of an inch) thick, and add to the dressing. Mix well to coat while they are still warm. The easiest way to do this is to add a few at a time and gently turn them over with a silicone spatula. If you try to mix it all in at once, the potato is more likely to break up.

  6.  Add the beans and sprinkle over some sesame seeds and some flaked seaweed.

Recipe Notes

Serve hot, warm or cold. Leftovers make a good packed lunch.

Nutritional Information

Nutrition Facts
Japanese Miso Potato Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 112 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g 2%
Sodium 163mg 7%
Potassium 617mg 18%
Total Carbohydrates 22g 7%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Sugars 3g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 6.9%
Vitamin C 19.7%
Calcium 3.5%
Iron 7.8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.


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OnePlus & Google Issue Mysterious “Crackables” Challenge

Smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has taken to Twitter to promote a mysterious new challenge created with help of Google which is set to start on September 18. Neither company is offering detailed information on what the challenge is, or why the partnership was necessary to put it forward. However, some clues may be derived from the Tweet itself, and the associated website that’s now live. For example, the challenge is referred to with the hashtag “Crackables” and that term is also used both on the website and in its URL. The Twitter post charges followers to visit the website starting on the above-mentioned date at 8am Eastern Standard Time to “play” Crackables and “crack the code.”

A video shared via the website shows a maze-like UI with various circles and bright focal points that can be aligned by rotating the maze itself. That’s topped by a row of circles and colored lines that light up, which appear to be drawn between the in-maze elements and those circles. The lines appear to be drawn when matches are formed in the maze below and a series of empty boxes is included just above those unfilled circles, although each element could be related in a completely different way in the challenge itself. While none of that necessarily provides a clear insight into what the challenge will actually consist of, what is immediately discernible, taking into consideration the language used in the tweet itself, is that the six-second long clip does point to Crackables being some sort of code-based puzzle or logic game.

Google’s role in the creation of the game is much less obvious at the moment. Speculation and guesses on Twitter have ranged from predictions that OnePlus will be involved in the Google Pixel smartphones to suggestions that the shape of the maze shown point to an in-display fingerprint sensor. The latter of those predictions may not be far from the truth since the company has still not revealed its OnePlus 6T and an in-display scanner is one of the features expected to be announced with the phone. Which, conveniently, is also expected to be announced within a month of the challenge’s start date, on October 17.

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Released by Nintendo in 2012, the Wii U Premium package is an upgrade on the Wii U Basic package which hit the market simultaneously. With a selection of additional upgraded features, the Wii U Premium also boasts 32GB of storage compared to the Basic's 8GB. As well as increased storage available, the Premium also features Nintendo Land described as the 'Wii U's answer to Wii Sport'.

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American Airlines to cut jobs, work remaining force harder

Update: 3:33PM EST: American expects to lay off “400 pilots, 2,300 flight attendants, 1,400 management and support staff positions and 8,800 ground workers and mechanics.” source

American Airlines parent company AMR is expected to lay out the company’s plan for moving forward from bankruptcy today and the news is not good. American Airlines may cut between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs across the company, outsourcing aircraft maintenance in a bid to keep flying.

“The surprise is going to be big and it’s going to be bloody and it’s going to be nasty,” Vicki Bryan, a bond analyst at Gimme Credit LLC in New York, told Business Week adding 10,000 jobs “is not unreasonable.” The airline will have to cut as much as $2 billion to gain competitive labor costs, more than the $800 million AMR estimated, she said.

Reporting a $904 million loss in December, American employs about 74,000 full- and part-time workers plus 14,000 at regional carrier American Eagle.

In December, Gadling noted the bankruptcy made American “among the last of the legacy carriers to finally concede to ultra-competitive pricing and sky high oil prices. It’s a sad day for stockholders, but like many of the fallen giants they’ll pick themselves up, dust off and continue to operate — albeit a little bit leaner.”

In addition to job cuts, American probably will want employees to work more hours and pay more for healthcare, while compensation stays the same or increases slightly,William Swelbar, an aviation research engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told Business Week.
“It’s clear we have to be a more nimble, flexible and efficient airline in order to compete successfully and be consistently profitable,” said Bruce Hicks, an AMR spokesman. “Before discussing publicly any of our proposed changes, we will first meet with the leaders of the unions.”

Union representatives have called a 4 p.m. news conference to discuss AMR’s plans.

Bankruptcy for American Airlines

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