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For You and Your Child, Parenting / November 5, 2019

How To Teach Your Kids Tolerance

Have you ever heard the saying, “you are not raising children, you are raising adults?” While this isn’t quite literally true, the sentiment does hint at preparing your kids to be upstanding members of society. Though there are about 10,000 ways to interpret what being a functioning adult means, we can all agree on one thing–tolerance for others, empathy, and kindness towards everyone including those who are different from us is high on that priority list.

This is why it is important to plant the seeds of acceptance and tolerance in kids at an early age, so that they may grow up to be kind adults and stand up to bullies.

If you are not sure where to begin, the videos below are a helpful guide. Also, try to incorporate children’s books about different kinds of people and experiences into their bedtime routine. That kind of representation matters.

This video explain intersectionality using colorful claymation

This video teaches kids to rethink gender roles and could be a nice exercise to repeat with your kids

Another exercise to try with your kids. Substituting stick figures is perfectly okay.

Because it is important to teach kids about disabilities

This is the updated Fairytale kids need to see

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The number one complaint my clients and students — self-employed professionals — bring me about their marketing is that they aren’t doing enough of it. You would think this would be easy to fix. I could just tell them to spend more time marketing and selling, and that would solve their problem. But like so many other challenges in life, knowing what needs to be done doesn’t necessarily make that thing occur.

Consider losing weight, for example. If it were as simple as being told to eat less or exercise more, we would all be as thin as we wished just by deciding to make it so. Since that doesn’t happen very often; it’s clear we humans need a bit more help.

My approach to helping my clients solve most “you know you need to, but you aren’t” issues is to begin by asking what is stopping you. Once you can identify the saboteur(s) getting in your way, you’ll have a much better chance of being able to get past it/them. With that goal in mind, here are six common obstacles to putting more effort into marketing, and suggestions for overcoming each one.

1. Fear – When you discover that something about marketing is provoking fear in you, probe a bit deeper to determine what you’re afraid of. Often, voicing a fear can reduce its power. Then, try one of these techniques to slay your marketing dragons: commit to do what you fear for five minutes, ask yourself what’s the worst thing that can happen, visualize the results you could achieve once you get past the fear, or discharge your worries by sharing them with a friend.

2. Resistance – If you find yourself resisting marketing with thoughts like “why should I have to,” “marketing is unprofessional,” or “selling is sleazy,” look for new motivators to help you take action. Seek out “carrots” that make it easier to move forward, like designing a reward you can collect when you’re done, or designing a path that involves less effort. Or, institute “sticks” that you’ll want to avoid, such as establishing a penalty you must pay if you don’t complete tasks.

3. Inner critic – The voice inside your head seems to have much to say about marketing and sales. “You don’t know what you’re doing,” for example. Or, “No one wants what you have to offer.” You can learn to better manage these negative thoughts by working to build the positive qualities in yourself that will counteract them. Qualities like courage, trust, persistence, consistency, and empathy. With more positives to draw on, negatives have less impact.

4. Perfectionism – A close cousin of the inner critic is perfectionism. When you believe that your marketing tools and tactics must be flawless before you can put them to use, you set a standard it will be impossible to meet. It’s essential to recognize that perfection is not a requirement for success. You don’t need to believe your marketing is the best there is. You simply need to believe that you, yourself, are capable, reliable, and deliver good value.

5. Overload – It’s a widespread problem among the self-employed to find yourself too busy to get clients. Perhaps your time is being consumed by other paying business (or maybe underpaying business), or second job/family/school/volunteer commitments. Get realistic about how much time you need to set aside for marketing, then make appointments with yourself to get it done. Don’t let anything interfere with your scheduled marketing dates. Your business depends on it.

6. Isolation – Independence can be one of the best aspects of being self-employed. But its counterpart — isolation — can have a high cost. Working alone, you have no one to hold you accountable for marketing and sales, nor to encourage you when marketing doesn’t go well. Consider working with a marketing buddy or joining a Get Clients Now! class to provide you with a structure for accountability, perspective on your efforts, and a built-in cheering section.

No matter what is preventing you from marketing your business as energetically as you would like, solutions exist. Make a commitment to pinpoint your marketing saboteurs, and develop a plan to overcome them. You have the power to stop being stopped!

Corey Stanford is a licensed facilitator for Get Clients Now!, delivering this road-tested program to professional coaches globally. To learn more about how Corey can support you with your coaching business, email

C.J. Hayden is the author of Get Clients Now! ™: A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants and Coaches.

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Corey serves coaches pursuing mastery in their coaching and their business. He is the founder of the thriving coaching consultancy, Stanford Consulting, LLC. Corey knows what it takes to make a coaching business successful. With over twenty years in business and an Executive MBA, he has mastered the art and science of business. In his journey as Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Corey noticed disturbing trends in the world of professional coaching….read more

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Join us April 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Saguaro Room, Cottonwood Country Club. Celebrity Cruises will be hosting a cruise night. Scott Horn, Business Manager for Celebrity, will join us for this meeting. Updates on all things Celebrity including the new Expedition ship in the Galapagos. The new Celebrity Edge has already won awards for design. Amazing restaurants. Come join us for refreshments, door prizes and lots of brochures.

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September/October – Fall Foliage tour out of Boston 8 Days – Caravan Tours

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Do you want to give children the confidence to deliver first aid & help save someone's life? We're building a national network of instructors.

Super Medics®  is a collection First Aid training courses and teaching materials designed for children in Key Stage 2 and 3 (Ages 7 – 14). The course covers all the key information that children need to know from the basics of first aid and reacting in a difficult situation through to how to get help, understanding more about the body and treating the different types of injuries. Would you know what to do & when you need to call 999?

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Christine Marinoni – Cynthia Nixon’s Wife
Quick Info
Birth Name: Christine Marinoni
Birth Place: United States of America
Spouse: Cynthia Nixon
Ethnicity: White
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Ginger
Nationality: American
Net Worth: $1 million
College: Columbia University
Children: Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni

Christine Marinoni is an American Education activist and supporter of  LGBT activists. She is also a former director for the New York’s  Alliance for Quality Education, a non-profit organization. Christine Marinoni’s net worth is to be at $1 million.

Marinoni is famous for being the wife of Cynitha Nixon. Nixon is an actress known for her role in the American drama TV series, Sex & the City. The couple is also the proud parent of a son born in 2011.

Early Life and Education

Christine Marinoni was born in 1967 at Washington, United States of America. Cythia Nixon’s wife Christine Marinono is of American nationality having a white ethnic background. Marinoni was born in an American middle-class family.

The details about Christine Marinoni’s family and their background haven’t been disclosed. Furthermore, her educational background has not been disclosed. But according to several sources, she has been a graduate from the prestigious Columbia University.

Net worth and Earning

Christine Marinoni’s net worth is estimated at $1 million. She has earned the majority of her fortune from her job as an educational activist.  Similarly, her wife, Cynitha Nixon’s net worth is $60 million. Nixon obtained such a fortune from her career as a successful actress. Christine Marinoni’s wife, Cynthia has worked in several noteworthy TV series that includes ER, House, Hannibal, Law & Order etc and appeared in several movies such as The Babysitters, Sex and the City, Little Manhattan, A Quiet Passion etc.

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Christine Marinoni, an American Education activist and supporter of  LGBT activists. Image Source: AFTHQ/ YouTube.

With working in above-mentioned TV shows and movies has helped her to earn a tremendous sum of fortune over the course of Nixon’s professional acting career. With her accumulated earning as well as her wife massive net worth, both the couple are enjoying their life lavishly with no signs of discomforts

Personal Life, Partner, Children

Moving towards her personal life, Christine Marinoni is a married woman.  She is married to her wife, Cynitha Nixon.  Nixon is famed for her roles in the American TV show, Sex & City. The couple tied their wedding knot on 27 May 2012 at New York, USA after the legalization of gay marriage in New York. The couple is also blessed with a child, Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni born in 2011.

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The cute couple of Christine and Cynthia while attending an award ceremony. Image Source: Pop Sugar.

Cynthia first met her partner in an educational fair held by Christine Marinoni herself in May 2002. They later fell in love with each other before getting married in 2012. Interestingly, when Christine Marinoni and Cynthia Nixon started dating, Cynthia was married to her ex-husband, Danny Mozes in 2001. She has two children, Samuel Joseph Mozes born November 1996 and Charles Ezekiel Mozes born on 16 December 2002.

Besides, Cynthia Nixon’s children also adore her stepmother, Christine Marinoni very much.  Marinoni is often referred by Cynthia’s kids as mommy. Together, the family of Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni is living blissfully happy with each other at their residence at Manhattan, New York.

As for the cute couple of Christine and Cynthia, they are enjoying a happy marital life with no signs of divorce and separation as the pair’s love and the relationship is only growing formidable with the flow of time.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Samsung Galaxy S5 Available for Pre-Order at RM2,249

The long waited Samsung Galaxy S5 is now available for Pre-order from Superbuy at RM2,249 only and its estimated delivery period will start from somewhere around 12th April 2014 1st of May 2014 due to delay in shipment from Samsung distributors.

Let us brief you some highlights in the new Galaxy S5, just like its competitors Samsung Galaxy S5 is now built with water & dust proof with a rating of IP67 certification which means the phone is capable to dive underwater for 1 Meter depth for 30 minutes with the condition of all flaps are closed tightly.

The camera also found to be different with a higher 16MP that uses ISOCELL Sensor that Samsung claimed it takes better shot under bad lightning condition while for its front it is featured with a 2MP front facing camera that supports dual video call.

Samsung also introduces the first ever heart rate sensor in its Samsung Galaxy S5 which was the world's first Smartphone that feature such function. With the heart rate sensors and its water proof body combined, it seems like the S5 is also ready for some harsh adventures .

Talks about its core the Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by a high performance Quad Core 2.5Ghz Kraits 400 processor that paired with a Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM which should be able to run all kinds of hardcore game with ease and multitasking will be a breeze.

Here are some brief specifications for this device:
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  • Quad Core 2.5Ghz Kraits 400 processor
  • Android 4.4 (Kitkat) OS
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  • 16MP Rear Camera, 2MP Front Facing Camera supports dual video call
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@LilKim & @BigFendi (Nicki’s Ex Manager) Call out Safari & Nicki #WheresNicki

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I wished she’d set a better example for young ladies today, but she is the one Iggy, Nicki and other females MC’s reference or compare themselves to.  Nobody can do it like Lil Kim done it. So check out the Breakfast Club interview it gets really Juicy round the 27:00 min mark and super juicy towards the 36 min mark..oooohh

She starts of by addressing the fact she hasn’t bullied Nicki Minaj.  She just addressed her, she was being a “True Blue” Cancer and got straight to the point.  Believe me when I say, I understand where she coming from.  I don’t beat around the bush.  I’m not about to play the guessing game with you.(starts at 36:00 Mark-He really starts breaking down the past).
So she addresses where the beef comes from.  Has to do with Lil Kim’s Manager Fendi, who decided to blast how he own Nicki Minaj Name and how he own her domain name NickiMinaj.Com he  decides to expose Nicki Minaj’s “Fiance” as being gay (45:34min).   Which I can totally believe.  I mean cause she’s really gay.  I don’t believe that she’s bi-sexual.
I believe she use’s it to her advantage, having a vagina from time to time.  Let Little Wayne and 95% of Cash Money Tell you.  Don’t get froggy on here Nicki Minaj Fan’s cause I’ll start pulling up video clips of Lil Wayne talking bout he knocked that down, tweets all kinds of things that’ll have you in your feelings.  Now I’ll jam some Minaj.  But uhh I’m not in love with the Bish.
Outside of Safaree what other ex-boyfriend do we know of?  Not even so much of a highschool crush.  You trying tell me she don’t have any ex-boyfriends that can come out the blue and be like I was with Nicki MInaj that’s my ex gf or we use to talk, or we held hands once.  Not one and you aint gone find him, if he hasn’t appeared as of yet;  This overly sexualized woman who presents herself as though she can get any man, cause she know herself so well sexually.
 Cause she’s so experienced has only been with women and Safari?! Lol that’s a joke right.  He’s aight but I’ve always felt there was something off about him and this role he plays.  It’s like he switches titles.  I thought he was her manager.  Then one website said assistant.   I was watching that reality short series she did and he was a music producer;  Then out the freaking blue one day
In the interview she addresses rumors of K. Michelle claiming to be her child’s God Mother.  Calling her a “Bag of pecans”,  “The black Jelly Bean Nobody wants”.  Claims she only met her one time and aid they spoke on the phone a few times, but never had a conversation about her child’s God mom”.
States K.  Michelle I bitter & sour about not being able to perform with her last year at the Power 105 show because of some technical difficulties.

She touched on reckless internet postings and bullying;  Its refreshing to hear her touch on such topics,  I love getting to know her.  I hope that Diddy does help put her back on.  Set her up with a reality show on his Revolt network.  I ready to see her do some good.

Dare I say there’s nothing wrong with being gay its just all this is in the closet mess got to stop.  It’s not a cute look for anybody.  I mean Ricky Martin took a chance and kept his Women.  He got men who wanted to be like Ricky Martin to get the ladies before;  Those who wanted to be “Liked ” by Ricky Martin.

Oh yea I;m thinking he purposefully said all this stuff on radio.  They ready for her to refute some shit, he been trying to get ahold of her for that money, for years.  The one thing Nicki Minaj would have to do for me to do a re-traction is to take him to court.

So I say to help promote other women artist who are doing there thing in the game, we hash tag there video’s and music #WheresNicki to her she got some competition out here in these streets.

I’m ready for nicki to pull a Kendrick Lamar and start calling out Chicks.  Let it be known who you going at.  Cause it sound like she coming for all women and you don’t want to side step to the North Side of Dallas and see me..Aight .

That’s why I cant listen to that Flawless remix, they messed it up when they put you on there.  It’d of been just perfect with just Beyoncé on there or like Andre 3000.  Hell Solange could of had me sold, she’s actually talented.  Checkout Her singing live with BB King, she tore that stage up Had us rewinding it over and over.

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Sunday, 13 October 2013

The Wounds of Love

Many Catholics forget that Christ in glory bears the wounds of His Passion.

His Glorified Body is Perfect, but with the holes in His Hands, Feet, His open Side...

Are these merely a proof of His Passion and Resurrection?

Are these the physical medals of spiritual warfare?

Are these the signs of Christ's victory over Death?

Yes, but more....

I think these are the wounds of love.

What do I mean?

When one loves another person, one allows oneself to become open and vulnerable. The only way to truly love is through sacrifice and dying to self. Most of these wounds of love are invisible.

Married couples go through times of unrequited love, even in their covenant state. The ebb and flow of emotions and the moving of romantic love into love of the will require heroic decisions in times of dryness.

These times cause wounds, like the wounds one may feel when one loves someone who does not return that love.

The saints who had the stigmata loved Christ so much they shared in His Passion.

The stigmata for some was invisible. Some people today bear invisible wounds of love.

Christ has loved all humans, each person ever created. Not all return His Love. Yet, He loves.

His Passion is the absorption of rejection.

Perfect Love is daily rejected. But, like the patient and long-suffering lover who continues to love despite hurt and rejection, Christ loves each one of us forever.

Perfect Love wears the wounds of love.

All Is Gift

From my children's Bible

Everything is his gift. If we can realise that everything is God’s gift, how happy will our hearts be! Everything is his gift. He is our strength! Saying “thank you” is such an easy thing, and yet so hard! How often do we say “thank you” to one another in our families? These are essential words for our life in common. “Excuse me”, “sorry”, “thank you”. If families can say these three things, they will be fine. “Excuse me”, “sorry”, “thank you”.

from the Pope's Sermon today

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of the Vatican Radio website

from None Today And from The Pope's Sermon

Love is strong as death,
jealousy as relentless as Sheol.
The flash of it is a flash of fire,
a flame of the Lord himself.
Love no floods can quench,
no torrents drown.

I will love you, Lord, my strength:
– my protector, my sign of salvation.

Ze’ev Raban [1890-1970] was a leading exponent of the Bezalel school style in painting, sculpture and the decorative arts. He was born Wolf Rawicki in Poland. Under the influence of Boris Schatz, the founder of the Bezalel Academy, Raban moved to the land of Israel in 1912, and joined the facility of the academy. Raban designed the decorative elements of such important Jerusalem buildings as the King David Hotel, the Jerusalem YMCA, and Bikkur-Cholim Hospital. He also designed a wide range of day-to-day objects, including playing cards, commercial packaging, bank notes, tourism posters, jewelry, and insignia for Zionist institutions. Raban also designed a wide range of Jewish objects including menorahs, temple windows and Torah arks.

from here

This was the experience of the Virgin Mary. At the message of the angel, she does not hide her surprise. It is the astonishment of realizing that God, to become man, had chosen her, a simple maid of Nazareth. Not someone who lived in a palace amid power and riches, or one who had done extraordinary things, but simply someone who was open to God and put her trust in him, even without understanding everything: “Here I am, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). That was her answer. God constantly surprises us, he bursts our categories, he wreaks havoc with our plans. And he tells us: trust me, do not be afraid, let yourself be surprised, leave yourself behind and follow me!

Today let us all ask ourselves whether we are afraid of what God might ask, or of what he does ask. Do I let myself be surprised by God, as Mary was, or do I remain caught up in my own safety zone: in forms of material, intellectual or ideological security, taking refuge in my own projects and plans? Do I truly let God into my life? How do I answer him?

Mary said her “yes” to God: a “yes” which threw her simple life in Nazareth into turmoil, and not only once. Any number of times she had to utter a heartfelt “yes” at moments of joy and sorrow, culminating in the “yes” she spoke at the foot of the Cross. Here today there are many mothers present; think of the full extent of Mary’s faithfulness to God: seeing her only Son hanging on the Cross. The faithful woman, still standing, utterly heartbroken, yet faithful and strong.

And I ask myself: am I a Christian by fits and starts, or am I a Christian full-time? Our culture of the ephemeral, the relative, also takes its toll on the way we live our faith. God asks us to be faithful to him, daily, in our everyday life. He goes on to say that, even if we are sometimes unfaithful to him, he remains faithful. In his mercy, he never tires of stretching out his hand to lift us up, to encourage us to continue our journey, to come back and tell him of our weakness, so that he can grant us his strength. This is the real journey: to walk with the Lord always, even at moments of weakness, even in our sins. Never to prefer a makeshift path of our own. That kills us. Faith is ultimate fidelity, like that of Mary.

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Christ, Bringing Division and Reconciliation

Having discussions with a friend who does not believe in institutional religion provides an interesting background for the discussion of tolerance. St. Paul brought Christianity to Malta through a miracle, and right now, I think I need a miracle to help me. The spiritual person of the day may not be able to make the distinction between true and false religions. He may not be able to accept a group of people who claim to have The Truth. But, that is what the Catholic Church claims. We have the Fullness of Truth. To compromise or pretend this is not the case would be lying. The love affair with tolerance stops some people from taking that step into the Catholic Church.

I would like to quote Venerable Fulton J. Sheen twice from one of his talks.

First he notes this: There is no other subject on which the average mind is so much confused as the subject of tolerance and intolerance. Tolerance is always supposed to be desirable because it is taken to be synonymous with broadmindedness. Intolerance is always supposed to be undesirable, because it is taken to be synonymous with narrow-mindedness. This is not true, for tolerance and intolerance apply to two totally different things. Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to principles. Intolerance applies only to principles, but never to persons. We must be tolerant to persons because they are human; we must be intolerant about principles because they are divine. We must be tolerant to the erring, because ignorance may have led them astray; but we must be intolerant to the error, because Truth is not our making, but God's. And hence the Church in her history, due reparation made, has always welcomed the heretic back into the treasury of her souls, but never his heresy into the treasury of her wisdom.

and then, this....

Now this is precisely the attitude of the Church on the subject of the world conferences on religion. She holds that just as the truth is one in geography, in chemistry, and mathematics, so too there is one truth in religion, and if we are intolerant about the truth that two times two equals four, then we should also be intolerant about those principles on which is hinged the only really important thing in the world, namely, the salvation of our immortal soul. If the assumption is that there is no Divinity, no oneness about truth, but only opinion, probability, and compromise, then the Church must refrain from participation. Any conference on religion, therefore, which starts with the assumption that there is no such thing as truth, and that contrary and contradictory sects may be united in a federation of broad¬mindedness, must never expect the Church to join or cooperate.

As we grew from childhood to adolescence, the one thing that probably did most to wreck our faith in Santa Claus-I know it did mine -was to find a Santa Claus in every department-store window. If there were only one Santa Claus, and he was at the North Pole, how could there be one in every shop window and at every street corner? That same mentality which led us to seek truth in unity should lead us in religious matters to identically the same conclusion.

The world may charge the Church with intolerance, and the world is right. The Church is intolerant-intolerant about Truth, intolerant about principles, intolerant about Divinity, just as Our Blessed Lord was intolerant about His Divinity. The other religions may change their principles, and they do change them, because their principles are man-made. The Church cannot change, because her principles are God-made. Religion is not a sure of beliefs that we would like, but the sum of beliefs God has given. The world may disagree with the Church, but the world knows very definitely with what it is disagreeing. In the future as in the past, the Church will be intolerant about the sanctity of marriage, for what God has joined together no man shall put asunder; she will be intolerant about her creed, and be ready to die for it, for she fears not those who kill the body, but rather those who have the power to cast body and soul into hell. She will be intolerant about her infallibility, for "Lo," says Christ, "I am with you all the days even unto the end of the world." And while she is intolerant even to blood, in adhering to the truths given her by her Divine Founder, she will be tolerant to those who say she is intolerant, for the same Divine Founder has taught her to say: "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."

My friend is a wonderful, loving person, but she cannot understand or accept a religion which claims to have the Fullness of Truth. I can only agree with her great spiritual quest to find the Truth and listen to her profound understanding of human nature and the need for the purification of the soul.

But, in the end, faith is a gift. So, pray for her. We Catholics take so much for granted. Those who have grown up with no philosophical framework or metaphysical perspective may be searching and may have may opportunities for grace. But, a time comes for decision.

In the end, the dividing line is Christ Himself. Either one accepts Him as God and Man and Saviour, or one does not. One then must be open to accepting His Church as the place which He established on earth to help us with our salvation.

Pray for a miracle, please.

St. Paul's Bay

Today, I went to St. Paul's Bay where St. Paul traditionally was shipwrecked and came onto the island of Malta as reported in Acts. Here is a snippet from this website below. I went to the small church seen in the photo, which is supposedly the site of the bonfire where the snake bit St. Paul, but it was locked up. The same was true for the larger church. Sadly, that church was locked at well.

I said a prayer on the porch.

The welcome given to the survivors is described in the Acts of the Apostles (XXVIII) by St. Luke:
"And later we learned that the island was called Malta.
And the people who lived there showed us great kindness,
and they made a fire and called us all to warm ourselves... "
As the fire was lit, Paul was bitten by a poisonous snake but he suffered no ill effects. The islanders took this as a sign that he was a special man. This scene is depicted in many religious works of art on the Islands.
According to tradition, the Apostle took refuge in a cave, now known as St. Paul's Grotto in Rabat, Malta.
During his winter stay, he was invited to the house of Publius, the Romans' chief man on the Islands. It was here, according to tradition, that Paul cured Publius' father of a serious fever. Publius is then said to have converted to Christianity and was made the first Bishop of Malta. The Cathedral of Mdina is said to stand on the site of Publius' house.


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Letters to the People of the Dioceses of San Francisco

and New York, Washington D.C., Germany, and elsewhere, from today's Office of Readings.

Revelation 3:1-22

The Message to Sardis

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:
“I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are deadWake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. Remember then what you received and heard; obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. Yet you have still a few persons in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

The Message to Philadelphia

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
    who has the key of David,
    who opens and no one will shut,
        who shuts and no one opens:
“I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 13 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

The Message to Laodicea

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin[a] of God’s creation:
15 I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 1Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich; and white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. 20 Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.21 To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”

St. David on Perfection

From today's Sext:

Psalm 118

67 Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
69 The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
71 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.

From A Reader

Write to the Nuncio, write to the Pope. Say fifteen decades of the rosary for this cause.

We need to be the Church Militant.

Here is the Nuncio's address.

The Most Reverend Carlo Maria Vigano
Apostolic Nuncio to the United States
3339 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington DC, 20008-3687

From The Apostle John

Bullet points from today's Gospel in the NO.

  • Those who believe in Christ, have life everlasting-which is the promise of salvation and eternal life with God in heaven;
  • Those who do not believe, will not get to heaven; all people are given sufficient grace for salvation, remember.
  • Not only do those who do not believe in Christ not see eternal life in heaven, but they are punished. The wrath of God, rather than the Trinity, dwells within.
  • From Romans 1:18 on the wrath of God:
  • Romans 1:18Douay-Rheims

    18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those men that detain the truth of God in injustice.
  • Ungodliness is sin, which stops the truth from being seen; an injustice against God and man.
  • Hard but true words from the beloved apostle.

John 3:36 Douay-Rheims

36 He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Spe Salvi Seven

The Pope Emeritus has much to say about suffering and hope. Perhaps to some, suffering and hope seem contradictory, but suffering actually leads to real hope, not false optimism or fantasy.

36. Like action, suffering is a part of our human existence. Suffering stems partly from our finitude, and partly from the mass of sin which has accumulated over the course of history, and continues to grow unabated today.

Suffering comes from our humanity, Original Sin, and personal sins. We cannot avoid it and still be authentic human beings. Justice demands that we try and help those who are suffering either physically, or spiritually-hence the corporal and spiritual works of mercy all are called to do.

Sadly, Catholics are less likely to be really involved in either. Why this is, can only be sin, the sin of complacency.

Certainly we must do whatever we can to reduce suffering: to avoid as far as possible the suffering of the innocent; to soothe pain; to give assistance in overcoming mental suffering. These are obligations both in justice and in love, and they are included among the fundamental requirements of the Christian life and every truly human life. Great progress has been made in the battle against physical pain; yet the sufferings of the innocent and mental suffering have, if anything, increased in recent decades. Indeed, we must do all we can to overcome suffering, but to banish it from the world altogether is not in our power. This is simply because we are unable to shake off our finitude and because none of us is capable of eliminating the power of evil, of sin which, as we plainly see, is a constant source of suffering.

The age-old question of why suffering has been answered-we all have free will. Many people choose evil, as I see daily, even in this small neighborhood.  Only God has the ability to end suffering by ending sin. But, to Him, our free wills are sacred. And, we do make daily choices for good or for evil.

Only God is able to do this: only a God who personally enters history by making himself man and suffering within history. We know that this God exists, and hence that this power to “take away the sin of the world” (Jn 1:29) is present in the world. Through faith in the existence of this power, hope for the world's healing has emerged in history. It is, however, hope—not yet fulfilment; hope that gives us the courage to place ourselves on the side of good even in seemingly hopeless situations, aware that, as far as the external course of history is concerned, the power of sin will continue to be a terrible presence.

Keeping our eyes on Christ, especially on the Passion and Resurrection, give us hope. But, we hope in eternal life, not merely comfort zones on earth. We hope for salvation.

37. Let us return to our topic. We can try to limit suffering, to fight against it, but we cannot eliminate it. It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and pain of pursuing truth, love, and goodness, that we drift into a life of emptiness, in which there may be almost no pain, but the dark sensation of meaninglessness and abandonment is all the greater.

To me, it is frightening how many people just drift, just follow the paths of least resistance to sin instead of embracing suffering. Life is hard, period, and for those of us who suffer willingly, graces follow.

 It is not by sidestepping or fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our capacity for accepting it, maturing through it and finding meaning through union with Christ, who suffered with infinite love.

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman wrote that a man knows how to suffer and accepts suffering. One can see the problem of too many "boys" who refuse to accept and take on suffering-not wanting to move out in courage and take responsibility for life.

In this context, I would like to quote a passage from a letter written by the Vietnamese martyr Paul Le-Bao-Tinh († 1857) which illustrates this transformation of suffering through the power of hope springing from faith. “I, Paul, in chains for the name of Christ, wish to relate to you the trials besetting me daily, in order that you may be inflamed with love for God and join with me in his praises, for his mercy is for ever (Ps 136 [135]). The prison here is a true image of everlasting Hell: to cruel tortures of every kind—shackles, iron chains, manacles—are added hatred, vengeance, calumnies, obscene speech, quarrels, evil acts, swearing, curses, as well as anguish and grief. But the God who once freed the three children from the fiery furnace is with me always; he has delivered me from these tribulations and made them sweet, for his mercy is for ever. In the midst of these torments, which usually terrify others, I am, by the grace of God, full of joy and gladness, because I am not alone —Christ is with me ...

I asked a priest to pray for me a few days ago as I have to move again and do not know where. I have four weeks here. The priest wrote to me and said, "You are not alone.." No, I am not, although I have no persons helping me with permanency which is also freedom.

Christ is with me, but the suffering Christ, the Christ Who sees my desires and needs and suffers with me, in me, around me. The Cross becomes my focus. I can only pray to rest in God, even if my rest is at the foot of the Cross.

How am I to bear with the spectacle, as each day I see emperors, mandarins, and their retinue blaspheming your holy name, O Lord, who are enthroned above the Cherubim and Seraphim? (cf. Ps 80:1 [79:2]). Behold, the pagans have trodden your Cross underfoot! Where is your glory? As I see all this, I would, in the ardent love I have for you, prefer to be torn limb from limb and to die as a witness to your love. O Lord, show your power, save me, sustain me, that in my infirmity your power may be shown and may be glorified before the nations ...

The martyrs give us courage. If they could endure out of love, would not God help me endure out of love?

Beloved brothers, as you hear all these things may you give endless thanks in joy to God, from whom every good proceeds; bless the Lord with me, for his mercy is for ever ... I write these things to you in order that your faith and mine may be united. In the midst of this storm I cast my anchor towards the throne of God, the anchor that is the lively hope in my heart”

God never asks the impossible. Therefore, if He puts us in tremendous suffering, He wills us grace as well. This martyr shares his grace with us.

[28]. This is a letter from “Hell”. It lays bare all the horror of a concentration camp, where to the torments inflicted by tyrants upon their victims is added the outbreak of evil in the victims themselves, such that they in turn become further instruments of their persecutors' cruelty. This is indeed a letter from Hell, but it also reveals the truth of the Psalm text: “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I sink to the nether world, you are present there ... If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light' —for you darkness itself is not dark, and night shines as the day; darkness and light are the same” (Ps 139 [138]:8-12; cf. also Ps 23 [22]:4). Christ descended into “Hell” and is therefore close to those cast into it, transforming their darkness into light. Suffering and torment is still terrible and well- nigh unbearable.

The Harrowing of Hell is a credal belief-"He descended into hell". Hell did not all of the sudden become clean and bright, joyful and glorious for Christ's descent.  No, He went down to lead those who had waited for His Redemptive Action on the Cross to free them.

So, too, we wait and hope, wait and hope.

Yet the star of hope has risen—the anchor of the heart reaches the very throne of God. Instead of evil being unleashed within man, the light shines victorious: suffering—without ceasing to be suffering—becomes, despite everything, a hymn of praise.

A grateful and generous heart finds praise amidst suffering. Sometimes this praise is merely being with Christ on Golgotha, just being, silent, watching, waiting.

38. The true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to suffering and to the sufferer. This holds true both for the individual and for society. A society unable to accept its suffering members and incapable of helping to share their suffering and to bear it inwardly through “com-passion” is a cruel and inhuman society.

Our own nation lets women and men kill their Down's Syndrome children in the womb, in order to avoid suffering. Our own nation is moving towards euthanasia, in order to avoid taking care of the suffering. The poor are ignored and the homeless made illegal in order for people to avoid seeing and responding to suffering.

Many nations have become cruel. Another name for this approach is utilitarianism. If a person seems useless, kill them, says the utilitarian. Society only wants the strong, the rich, the beautiful. But, this attitude creates a false paradise.

Yet society cannot accept its suffering members and support them in their trials unless individuals are capable of doing so themselves; moreover, the individual cannot accept another's suffering unless he personally is able to find meaning in suffering, a path of purification and growth in maturity, a journey of hope.

Here it is..the great theme of this blog...purification and maturity only come through suffering.
Why are there so many Peter Pans and Peter Pams? Because these people run away from suffering. Women know that if a man cannot suffer when they are dating, that man is not marriage material. Waiting is love.

Why are there so many men and women who refuse to get married, make commitments, have children, endure illness in others and so on? Because they refuse to take on suffering. To choose to really love is to choose to die to self.

Indeed, to accept the “other” who suffers, means that I take up his suffering in such a way that it becomes mine also. Because it has now become a shared suffering, though, in which another person is present, this suffering is penetrated by the light of love.

In America, suffering isolates people, because most people do not want to reach out of their comfort zones in order to share with someone else's suffering.

This is why so many of us who suffer find ourselves alone. We become invisible.

The Latin word con-solatio, “consolation”, expresses this beautifully. It suggests being with the other in his solitude, so that it ceases to be solitude. Furthermore, the capacity to accept suffering for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my own well-being and safety are ultimately more important than truth and justice, then the power of the stronger prevails, then violence and untruth reign supreme.

Why do those who refuse to stand up for Truth hate those who do? Because deep down inside, they know they are avoiding suffering and they do not want to be reminded of this. Solitude becomes the life of too many people who suffer because there are no consolers.

Truth and justice--first. Seeking security and safety leads to great sin-deceit, lust, fear, avarice...then a nation loses its soul.

Truth and justice must stand above my comfort and physical well-being, or else my life itself becomes a lie.

Daily I see and meet people living lies. Their entire lifestyle is one of deceit. They lie because they refuse to face justice and truth.

Deceit leads to greater sins of addiction to porn, fantasy, lust, and most obviously here in the States, avarice. If one cannot ever be uncomfortable, one will lose one's soul.

In the end, even the “yes” to love is a source of suffering, because love always requires expropriations of my “I”, in which I allow myself to be pruned and wounded. Love simply cannot exist without this painful renunciation of myself, for otherwise it becomes pure selfishness and thereby ceases to be love.

Benedict has just summarizes the entire perfection series in one paragraph.

"Love simply cannot exist without this painful renunciation of myself, for otherwise it become pure selfishness and thereby ceases to be love."

Adultery, sodomy, graft, abortion, contraception, and all mortal sins come from pure selfishness.

To love is to be wounded, to be open to pain. If one is not, one will never experience real love. Never...and never is a long time.

to be continued...

Spe Salvi Six

Hope grows out of the realization of one's own sin and God's love for each one of us.

Hope must be based on reality-the reality of sin and redemption.

Here are words from the encyclical again, and more later. My comments in blue, as usual.

Certainly we cannot “build” the Kingdom of God by our own efforts—what we build will always be the kingdom of man with all the limitations proper to our human nature. The Kingdom of God is a gift, and precisely because of this, it is great and beautiful, and constitutes the response to our hope. And we cannot—to use the classical expression—”merit”

Those who think they are building the Kingdom of God have not been purified of egotism. Only God builds through a person, if that person is pure in heart.  Self-knowledge, as the great saints tell us, is key.

Heaven through our works. Heaven is always more than we could merit, just as being loved is never something “merited”, but always a gift. However, even when we are fully aware that Heaven far exceeds what we can merit, it will always be true that our behaviour is not indifferent before God and therefore is not indifferent for the unfolding of history.

The right use of creation grows out of prudence, temperance, justice and courage.

Also, the goal of eternal life cannot be set aside or lost.

We can open ourselves and the world and allow God to enter: we can open ourselves to truth, to love, to what is good. This is what the saints did, those who, as “God's fellow workers”, contributed to the world's salvation (cf. 1 Cor 3:9; 1 Th 3:2). We can free our life and the world from the poisons and contaminations that could destroy the present and the future. We can uncover the sources of creation and keep them unsullied, and in this way we can make a right use of creation, which comes to us as a gift, according to its intrinsic requirements and ultimate purpose. This makes sense even if outwardly we achieve nothing or seem powerless in the face of overwhelming hostile forces. So on the one hand, our actions engender hope for us and for others; but at the same time, it is the great hope based upon God's promises that gives us courage and directs our action in good times and bad.

The very proud and the very self-deceived think that they can live without God. Our hope is in God alone, working through the Church, through the saints.  If our actions are good and true, these "engender" hope in ourselves and others.

to be continued...

How, Again, To Prepare for Persecution

I have several posts from the last four years floating around this blog on how to prepare and live in persecution.

However, with the days becoming darker, here are, again, a few hints.

  • Learn to trust in Divine Providence-read the posts on Providence
  • Cultivate the virtue of hope, which is needed in dark times...I shall get back to Spe Salvi later today.
  • Understand that the graces given in baptism and confirmation give one great power and strength.
  • Stay in sanctifying grace.
  • Learn humility, which is self-knowledge, so that you can know your limitations and beg God for help.
  • Find strong Catholics to live close to and with. One cannot endure great suffering in isolation without particular graces from God.
  • Memorize Scripture, You may not be allowed Bibles or books at some time.
  • Learn to love suffering as a gift of purification and intercession for others.
  • Learn patience, which is a sub-virtue of humility. Impatience comes directly from the great sin of pride.
  • Learn how to pray anywhere and everywhere-in cars, waiting for trains, walking--Pray always
  • Teach your children to be saints.
  • Learn to listen to discerning thoughts from your guardian angel. Mine remind me to pray or do something which God wants done.
  • Beg God for everything you need and learn to go without if He withholds certain comforts.
  • Stop wasting time....wasted time leads to a lack of readiness, a lack of zeal.
  • Know that God made you for this time and, therefore, your salvation is connected to these times
  • Pray for those who are far away from God. Many people will be lost when things get really tough.
  • Cooperate with grace-do not turn down opportunities for prayer, Mass, adoration.
  • Again, do not waste time...time is very short.

Yeah Pope Francis!


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KB01606 - Accessing the Web Interface of your AT-UHD-CLSO-824 Matrix Switcher

Summary: Accessing the Web Interface of your CLSO-824 Matrix Switcher—This article provides instructions for accessing the web interface and IP configuration details for the CLSO-824.

Discovering Your CLSO-824 on a Network

Your CLSO-824 ships with DHCP enabled.

If your network has a DHCP server, you will need to find the IP address assigned to your CLSO-824 to connect to its web interface. Or you may find the IP address using the CLSO-824 front panel or an IP scanner.

Finding the IP Address Using The Front Panel

  • Press MENU
  • /\ to select the "Info" page
  • Press ENTER
  • Press \/ until you reach the "IP" page

The IP address of the unit will display on the front panel screen.

Switching to Default Static IP Mode

(Feature as of FW 1.0.28, Dec. 1, 2016)

Switching to static IP mode will set a default static IP address

  To switch to this static IP,

  • Press MENU
  • Press /\ twice to select the "IP Settings" option
  • Press ENTER twice to select "IP DHCP"
  • /\ will now toggle between DHCP and static IP mode
  • Press ENTER to save your desired setting
  • Power cycle the CLSO-824

Finding the IP Address Using an IP Scanner

You can use an IP scanner to find Atlona devices on your network, including your CLSO-824 series. Please see this article for more information. If the bottom of your unit is accessible, you can find a sticker there which lists the unit's MAC address.

Finding / Setting the IP Address Using an RS-232 Cable

Your CLSO-824 has terminal block RS-232 connections. You can make a cable for this connection by following the instructions here.

  • You will need to use a USB-serial adapter to connect to your CLSO-824.
  • After your cable is made and connected, you can use Hterm to send commands.
    • Please see this article for more information on using Hterm.
    • Ensure the "Send on Enter" field in the Hterm "Input control" window is set to "CR."

Use the following RS-232 command to obtain the current CLSO-824 network configuration:

Set a static IP address using RS-232:

  • IPDHCP off
  • IPStatic address netmask gateway *

* Ex: IPStatic

Logging In

The web interface of your CLSO-824 Matrix Switcher can be accessed by entering the unit's IP address into a browser URL bar. The default credentials are as follows:

USER: root
Password: Atlona

Article ID: KB01606

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How do I add and configure a Custom Pick?

Custom Picks are used for privately tracking real bets you may have placed with a sportsbook, or picks that you just want to keep private. You can add a Custom Pick for most bet types, including Against the Spread, Over/Under, Moneyline, Props, and Futures.

With Custom Picks, you also have the ability to customize the risk amount, line, and odds whenever and however you want, but Custom Picks are not eligible for the accuracy competition. You must add a Quick Pick to be eligible for the accuracy competition and leaderboards.

1. Add a Custom Pick by tapping on any line or bet type from the various Odds, Events, and Matchups screens, and selecting “Add Custom Pick”.

2. Set your risk/wager amount from the predefined options (defined in your Pick Settings) or manually enter a different amount.

If you want to customize the line, odds, or other options, tap on the Customize toggle to reveal additional inputs. Here you can edit the line and odds using the +/- buttons or by manually entering the values with the numeric keyboard.

You also have the ability to switch to Units from this screen, which will automatically display your Units to Dollar conversion, based on your Pick Settings.

3. Once the games have been completed, we grade and display the results for each Custom Pick in the My Picks > Custom Picks > Complete tab. You can adjust the time range and various filters to view your Win/Loss record (including pushes), Win %s and Units won/lost.

Please Note: All BettingPros Picks are for tracking and informational purposes only, and do not include real money wagers, payouts, or prizes.

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Mnemonica Gate is our file transfer manager for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It's finely integrated with the whole Mnemonica environment to make file transfer quicker and system-failure-proof.

IMPORTANT: Mnemonica Gate should be kept updated. Any new available update will be prompted every time the application is launched. To manually check the availability of a new version click on the options menu and choose Preferences. Click then on the Check for updates link.

If installed and correctly paired, the Gate replaces your browser in file transfer activity.

Mnemonica Gate is warmly recommended:

  • when transferring huge archives
  • when transferring nested file structures
  • when relying on unstable networks
  • on everyday use.

Mnemonica Gate runs in the background and can be maximized by clicking on the Mnemonica icon in the Finder bar (Mac), in the system tray (Windows) or in the top-bar on the Mnemonica web application. By default Mnemonica Gate automatically starts with the system boot.

Triggering the transfers

Once the Gate is installed, launched, and paired, it can be used both in the Screening Rooms and the Delivery Boxes to upload and download files.

Mnemonica Gate doesn't require any particular user interaction to be used. When the browser triggers the transfers, the Gate window automatically pops-up. Nonetheless, once a transfer is taken in charge by the Gate, you can safely close the browser window.

Uploading files

Delivery Boxes support nested archives meaning you can upload as many folders, subfolders, and files you want, and the archive structure will be preserved in the Box.

Screening Rooms instead, don't support any folders structure. If you upload nested folders into a Screening Room, the folder structure will be lost, and all the files will be placed in the position you chose inside your Room.

Drag&drop supports 2000 files at a time.

Downloading files from the Screening Rooms

In the Screening Rooms environment, Mnemonica Gate can be called into action by using the download commands in the options menu on any media and on the Media Pool toolbar.

IMPORTANT: when the Gate is paired, it will take care of all the file transfers.

Downloading a received Delivery Box

The received Delivery Boxes can be downloaded with one-click by using the Gate. Find the command on the Delivery Box card or the header of the relative detail panel. The Box folder structure, if present, will be rebuilt inside the destination folder you choose on your local drive.

At your convenience, in the detail panel, you may also download single files by clicking on the direct download button (arrow down icon), of each file in the Box.

NOTE: when the Gate is not running, no multiple downloads are allowed, and single files only can be downloaded via the browser.

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Note: This feature is included for Premium users, and available as an add-on on for Pro and Pro+ users as a part of the security package.

When the password feature is implemented on your stream, your viewer will be required to enter in a username and password, or a password only before they are able to see the stream. In order to add a password, go to the item that you would like to add the policy to, and click on the Security Tab inside the edit screen. Scroll down to Passwords, and hit the Manage button.

Select the option to Create Access Credential. You can name this credential (this will be something that only you can see). Then you have the option of adding a username and password, or just a password. This is what your viewer will have to type in before they are allowed to access your stream. When you are finished, hit Create.

From now on, anytime you would like to add this password credential onto a stream, you'll click on the drop down and select it. You can also add multiple credentials to your stream. A viewer could enter any password you have applied to view the stream.

Passwords are reusable, so once you create this one, any time you go to the Security tab, it will show up as an option to apply to that particular piece of media. They also can be removed or edited.

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Yes, you can.

Each item should have its own SKU and stock quantity so that the item's stock level can be automatically reduced upon sales.

You can create a separate SKU and product quantity for every product variation in your store. Learn how to create product variations 🚀

Let’s say you're selling shoes and offer two different colors (black and red) and 5 different sizes (7, 8, 9, 10, 11). It's important for you to be able to track the inventory level of every variation of the product to know when to restock.

To do this, add options Color and Size to your shoe product and create Color + Size variations (black 7, red 10, and so on).

Once you're done, assign a unique SKU to each new variation and specify the stock quantity.

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The bond states that the bondholder, its officers, agents, and employees shall faithfully comply with the provisions of Title 32B-5-204, Utah Code, and the rules and directives of the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The amount set by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is set at $5,000.

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This is the time of year when everyone sets goals and tries to correct past habits or acquire new behaviors. While you are thinking about 2012 resolutions, please consider two suggestions: communication within your family and helping other families. A majority of problems occur within the home because people either do not communicate at all or they do not communicate well. Set a time each day to catch up with your family members. Having dinner or breakfast with all members of the family is a wonderful way to keep in touch. At least once a day for an hour, parents need to discuss the highs and lows with their children. Include them in topical conversations about world events and stay in touch with their world. Children that are typical and non-typical must feel supported and included in their home environment. It is also important for the health of the family unit for parents to have alone time to reconnect and catch up. A date night is great way to stay connected, and the children see their parents still enjoying each other. The more healthy the communication the happier the family. Children will feel safe talking to you about topics important to them since you have established healthy communication with them on a daily basis.

Secondly, consider making it a goal to help other families. There are MANY families in your area that need respite care, a warm meal, a play-date with a typical peer, adult conversation, help with carpool etc…Families with multiple children, single parents, or families with children with disabilities need people to lend a hand. Please communicate with your community, church, neighborhood and find out the families that need your support. If you do not have time but would like to help financially, please consider buying our products or making a donation. Susie Bean gives 30% of profit from products and 100% of donations to families with autistic or mentally ill children needing expensive services. Please make it a habit to help others in 2012.


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    Legacy feature (Overleaf V1 only): Please note that the techniques described below are no longer compatible with Overleaf (V2).

    If you use multiple monitors, it's helpful to be able to edit your source code on one monitor, and display the preview on another. There's an easy trick that allows you to do this!

    First, open the same project in two different browser windows. Hide the preview in one, and hide the source in the other. The preview in the second window will still update as you make edits. Full instructions are located here. Once you have your project open in two separate browser windows, you can move one window to your primary monitor, and one to your secondary monitor. Give it a try!

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Elliott Colla's "Baghdad Central"

I read my friend Elliott Colla's police procedural set in post-Saddam Baghdad in manuscript. I thought it was great. He hunted for publishers, and Bitter Lemon Press decided it was a fine read too.

It has only just been published, but has already received two smoking reviews, one from The Independent, the other, from The Daily Star.

Here's an introduction to what it's all about, which I've sort of cribbed from the review in The Independent. The protagonist, Inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji, is a deserter from the Iraqi police who the US forces wrongly identify as a high-ranking official under Saddam. He is tortured at Abu Ghrayb and then cuts a deal with the American occupiers to train new recruits. In return, al-Khafaji will get medical relief for his daughter, suffering from kidney failure, and unable to obtain proper treatment due to UN sanctions imposed on Saddam's Iraq.

The novel even has a youtube trailer, if you will:

And Colla has a personal webpage.

You must read this now. If you like policiers. If you are interested in Iraq. If you like books.

And please buy it from your local bookstore. Not Amazon.

Monday, February 10, 2014

Yasmine Hamdan in Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive"

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Can't wait to see the new Jim Jarmusch film, about vampires, taking place in Tangier and Detroit, starring, among others, Tilda Swinton and John Hurt.

A review in Huffington Post (from May, but I've only just seen the review) has this to say about Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan's role in it:

what gives the movie its force is the soundtrack, which culminates in a stunning performance in a Tangier bar by the Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. The vampires, on a hunt for blood, stop to peep at this beautiful singer as she dances and sings, waving her highly-toned arms and wearing a sparkling spangled belt, a surprise image in the misty Moroccan night.

The film is now starting to open in Europe. The US, who knows? (I've blogged about Yasmine in the past.)

Monday, February 03, 2014

Samira Tawfiq sings to Jordan's red kufiya

The famous Lebanese singer Samira Tawfiq (given name: Samira Ghastin Karimona) was born in the village of Umm Hartin, in Suwayda province, Syria in 1935. Her father Ghastin worked at the Beirut harbor. She made her career in Jordan, reportedly due to all the competition from other big names like Fairouz and Sabah and Wadi' al-Safi, and she became known especially for her songs done in Bedouin dialect. Here she is singing about the red(-and-white) kufiya, which is closely associated with Jordanian national identity, particularly due to the fact that it is worn by members of the armed forces. This patriotic song dates from the 1970s, and is no doubt somehow in response to Jordan's expulsion of the Palestinian resistance movement in 1970-71. (The iconic Palestinian kufiya is the black-and-white one.)

You can download a great Samira Tawfia (Taoufik) LP here, and frankly, its songs are better than the red kufiya one.


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