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When Superman Was Half a Swastika
C.T. May
The box of catalogues sat atop a box that held a toaster. The toaster box sat atop a box full of paperbacks. This last box was the broadest and largest by far, but I'd put too much in it. It bulged, and one of the fattest books shoved its spine into the air. This spine was a wide green thing, white letters for the title, and the book was The Rise and the Fall of the Third Reich. Above the title sat a white circle with a swastika.
Let's say you're standing at the kitchen sink, hoping to somehow rinse and gut a green pepper, and meanwhile trying to find room for your feet next to this tower of soon-to-be discards. Glance down and the swastika, down there in the lowest box, is a good distance below the topmost catalogue in the pile of catalogues. Even so, the two manage to be alongside each other. You see one picture and you see the other, in a pair. The catalogue cover features a reproduction of Action Comics from December 1938, when Superman was something new. World War II was about to happen, but it hadn't yet. Superman kept busy with criminals in badly chosen suits and ties. In fact the cover of Action 7 shows him dangling one such loser above midtown Metropolis.
Joe Shuster, the fellow who drew Superman in those days, had a clumsy touch. The outline of Superman's head is solid enough, but much of his face never showed up. There's a definite something where the jaw should be, and a forceful pair of eyebrows above his slit eyes, but that's about it. Worse, Superman appears to be stationary. That's a drawback for a character bounding through the air. Shuster put in speed lines, but they're drawn like he was hoping nobody would see them. The floating ginger bread man with a cape gains force from his muscles—again, not much fleshed out but present in outline—and from his cocked knee and out-flung left arm. They point where he's going to go, and they do so with pronounced body tension.
Catch the outlines of the drawing—let's say you just stepped around the boxes because the refrigerator didn't close—and you see an awkward, woodcut rendition of a swastika, pretty much. The resemblance holds along Superman's right edge, from the arm to the knee. The hind side is iffier; there the swastika elements look like they're drooping. His arm points down because he's holding on to the thug by the thug's shoe. Superman's leg points down because that's the only way a leg can point unless the knee is doubled up. Even so. We have a caped man, there in the middle of the comic book cover, who is mutating into a swastika.
Shuster was a Jew. Did he like swastikas? I doubt it. But people had them on their minds. Just to think of an emblem, even a fancy S, was to walk on ground staked out by Hitler and Stalin. In the decades since, emblems have become stock properties of superheroes. Back then the fancy S was a spin-off of the hammer and sickle, not to mention the ugly black spider of Nazism.
Standing by the sink and letting the water run, it's easy to believe—or to suspect—that the match-up of the book spine and catalogue cover has to reveal something. History is fumbling its way to revealing a truth, letting it slip. At the dawn of the superhero, when the first pair of minds (I mean Shuster and Superman's writer, Jerry Siegel) were making something of the concept, the fellow who had to churn out the panels and covers found himself drawing half a swastika when he meant to draw Superman.
The terrible thing is, I could swear the above counts as a thought. I suppose it isn't, really. After all, if swastikas and superheroes have that much in common, why didn't more superheroes look like swastikas? But only that consideration, that lone barrier, holds me back. Otherwise I'd be ready to believe it all. I'd think I'd picked up on history's subconscious rumblings. I'd think that history had spilled its secret to me while I was standing next to my boxes. There I was, about to rinse my pepper, and I glimpsed the nub of what other people fumble to represent with their clichés about superheroes as fascists. Superman looked like a swastika because a swastika looks like a body. Swastika and Superman were fascism's and freedom's different but similar attempts—both unconscious—to make an icon out of the simple experience of being a person in a body, an experience that remained fundamental to human life while being redefined and infringed on by the modern age of machines and organizations.
I'd have seen all this because the refrigerator door opened and I had the contents of my storage closet dumped in my apartment's kitchen. But no, most drawings of superheroes don't look like swastikas. They don't now, they didn't back in the 1930s and 40s, when swastikas were really on people's minds. All I have is my boxes. My boxes and my pepper.
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$20 million bond proposal for Farwell Schools improvements wins the votes
By Sarah Wright swright@medianewsgroup.com
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Farwell school voters on Tuesday approved $20 million bond proposal to fund a new preschool and daycare facility along with improvements at all of the district's buildings.
Around 1,953 people voted on the bond proposal with 55% of the vote in favor of it and 45% opposed to the proposal.
"We'd like to thank the voters for supporting our schools," Farwell Area Schools Superintendent, Steven Scoville, said. "Now begins the hard work to create the funds to deliver what we promised."
The intended use for the bond is to maintain critical components in projects related to the school. This includes elementary school renovations, a new preschool and daycare center, upgrading the 32-year-old boiler systems and the middle and high school roofing systems, installing security and fire safety system enhancements, a new elementary school parking area for student safety, replacing the elementary school gym floor, and resurfacing the high school gym floor and track.
"The heating and ventilation will be the first priority and the necessary upgrade process will begin in the spring after winter months are done," Scoville said.
The bond proposal was originally going to be around $24.5 million and would last 25 years, but was defeated in May. After a community forum in May, the Board of Education was able to make compromises to proposal.
The new proposal that passed, shows the cost of improvements is down to $20.1 million and the term of the bond down to 19 years and 3 months.
Since the project is being reduced and scaled back by $4.4 million and 6 years, the tax rate was cut by .37 mills and gives $8 million dollars in interest savings for tax payers. This means an additional $3 a month from the average homeowners can help with critical upgrades to FAS.
A sinking fund optioned was explored but it was determined that that option wouldn't generate enough revenue for the immediate needs of the district. Some community members were interested in the option but 71% of the participants supported the bond.
The sinking fund maybe considered later after the bond is used to address problems within the district that currently need to be addressed.
Since the bond proposal has passed, Farwell Schools intends to start the process of selling bonds to create the funds, which could approximately take a couple months.
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Noir Game is a black-and-white 2D stealth-action shooter, with red blood where are the dead ones.
You play as a thief, trying to steal a rich man's money and killing his guards, as you fulfill you evilness.
Launcher.bat to open the game.
- Directional arrows move player left and right.
- Z shoots (only in the spotlight).
- Esc quits the game.
Make sure to read the README.txt for useful information.
Linux version coming soon, stay tuned!
Edit: Music removed due compo rules infringement. I'm terrible sorry, it wasn't my intention.
I like the concept of a shooter that is based on paying attention instead of just pure reflexes. The difficulty was just right.
Really fun and interesting mechanic, certainly added a nice touch to a relatively simple (though fun!) game.
I felt like a large part of the game was spent waiting on random chances to occur. Not my style of twitch gameplay.
Really challengine game, but one of the more innovative mechanics I''ve seen thus far. Played to the end and enjoyed it.
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Nice mechanic, but I felt I was waiting too much for a lucky sequence of rand() calls to run. Good setting with appropriate music and using minimal gfx effectively to create atmosphere.
Black-and-white art style worked well here.
I can't open the ZIP file. Tried downloading twice, but not working for me.
Cool! I liked it. The end was interesting. I probably got the "bad" ending though just because I wanted to see what would happen.
He only shoots in the light.
The README.txt have useful information about history and gameplay, so check it out! If you have any additional problem, post it here.
Sorry, I had to rush the game so I put further information there.
I liked your idea that you can only shoot if you are in a light area. Stylish graphics, too.
A decent game with a cool mechanic.
One thing though. Unless I misread, it says in the README that the music was composed by a friend. I think that means this should have been in the jam, not the competition, since the latter is solo only.
Yes, you're right. I didn't thought this at first and I read the rules. Really sorry for this, I can remove the music, even that so many days had passed.
The mechanic here is a bit weak. Requires split second timing and lots of patience once you start dealing with multiple victims. Frustrating in that you have to be very precise and lucky in order to prevail, and it doesn't seem to depend very much on your skill, or strategy.


This is a good post that explains the pre-revolution revolutionaries. I really liked the link the Socialist Revolutionaries beliefs and objectives. I think this post hints at a problem with many revolutionary movement's failures: when does violence become too much violence? I think it would have been good to explore this idea a little more. Also, a bit of explanation, even if it is just a link to an article, about what the Duma is, who the Bolsheviks were, and who the Mensheviks were would make this a stronger post. Overall, good job!
I hope everyone has a look at this post and keeps it in mind as we move toward the 1917 revolution. Understanding how critical the SRs were to the revolutionary movement is essential for making sense of 1905 and 19017. Nicely done!


Ten years ago, China kidnapped six-year-old Tibetan Buddhist Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family just after his recognition as Panchen Lama (they have not been seen since) and imposed a new puppet Panchen Lama. This is a dramatic example, Forum 18 News Service notes, of continuing Chinese efforts to control religious communities. Also, small numbers of Communist Party sympathisers, who may even be secret Party members, have been placed in the officially-recognised Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Muslim and Daoist leaderships. But these control attempts are increasingly ineffective for reasons such as the reluctance of ethnic minority religious leaderships, such as of the Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims, to associate with the state; the continuing strong growth of communities such as unofficial Protestants and Vatican-loyal Catholics; and a generally greater willingness to resist state control. Lower-level leaders have told Forum 18 that the Party might be able to slow and sometimes repress religious zeal, but it can no longer stop it.
Ten years ago last month, on 17 May 1995, the Chinese authorities kidnapped Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. Just three days earlier the six-year-old boy had been recognised by the Dalai Lama as the true reincarnation of Panchen Rinpoche, who had died six years before. His parents and other members of his immediate family were also seized. Now aged 16 – if he is still alive - the Panchen Lama's and his family's whereabouts are unknown. Half a year after the young boy's kidnapping, the Chinese government imposed their own puppet Panchen Lama on a reluctant Tibetan Buddhist community at a meeting they convened in Beijing. One monk chose suicide rather than denounce the real Panchen Lama.
"It is unfortunate that the Chinese government has chosen to politicise this issue," the Dalai Lama commented in 1995 of the recognition of the Panchen Lama. One obvious reason for its crude interference is that traditionally the Panchen Lama plays a crucial role in recognising the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. The current Dalai Lama, the fourteenth, turns 70 this July. When he dies, Beijing would love to seize the opportunity to neutralise an office they regard as crucial to the Tibetans' sense of identity as a religious and ethnic community.
Beijing's kidnapping of a helpless boy - called by many the "world's youngest political prisoner" - is perhaps the most blatant Chinese case of state meddling in religious affairs. But other evidence is emerging which shows that none of the five recognised religious communities - the Buddhists, Daoists, Patriotic Catholics, Protestants and Muslims - can escape similar interference and subversion. Indeed, the infiltration and manipulation of religion by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can be traced back over half a century.
According to the internal version of the CCP Central Committee circular "Concerning Our Country's Basic Standpoint and Policy on Religious Questions During the Socialist Period" or Document 19 - issued in 1982 and still one of the key policy statements on control of religious affairs - "Party committees at all levels must powerfully direct and organise all relevant departments" to ensure that religious affairs are properly controlled.
These "relevant departments" are not only the overt organs of CCP control, such as the Religious Affairs Bureau (since renamed the State Administration for Religious Affairs) and the United Front Work Department. They also include the supposedly independent trade unions and "people's organisations" – among them all the "patriotic" religious organisations, the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA), the Protestant Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), and the Buddhist, Islamic and Daoist Associations. Despite the insistence of leaders of these religious organisations that they act independently, they are silent about the clear evidence of Document 19 that they are directed by the CCP at every level.
CCP religious policy was first forged in the crucible of 1950s Maoism, when China was allied with Stalin. Despite the genuine progress since Mao's death in 1976 - not least the opening of tens of thousands of temples, churches and mosques across China - the shadow of Maoism and Stalinism still falls across religious affairs. Varying degrees of persecution and repression over 56 years have honed the CCP's skills, though the lack of open government ensures that most documentary evidence is hidden from public view.
Despite this, many internal CCP documents have leaked out over the years showing conclusively that religious affairs are closely controlled. Recent examples are included in the 2002 collection "Religion and National Security in China: Secret Documents from China's security sector", edited by Shixiong Li and Xiqiu (Bob) Fu, Voice of the Martyrs (USA) and Jubilee Campaign (UK).
"Systematic training and education of a young generation of patriotic religious professional workers has real significance for the future face of religious organisations," Document 19 declares in section 8. The explosive growth of religion in China from 1979 made the CCP conclude that it must control this by placing key party sympathisers in top positions. The vast majority of priests, pastors, imams and other religious leaders in China are conscientiously seeking to do their best for their faiths in a difficult position under state control. However, there is evidence that a small number of CCP sympathisers, who may even be secret party members, have been infiltrated into top positions to control religious communities.
Disillusioned CCP functionaries from the 1950s onwards have left little room for doubt about the consistency of party attempts to control religious communities. "Xiao Feng", the pseudonym of a CCP official who set up the Guangzhou Religious Affairs Bureau, described how the TSPM - which still controls all official Protestant activities - "was initiated in 1950 by a group of leftist Christian leaders doing the bidding of the Party". The TSPM's leading initiator was Wu Yaozong and Xiao Feng claimed that both Wu and Zhao Puchu (until his death in 1990, the Chairman of the China Buddhist Association) were both secret members of the CCP assigned to infiltrate and control their respective religions.
Zhao Puchu sought to radically re-interpret Buddhism in line with the demands of the CCP, going so far as to claim that "the first Five Year Plan is the initial blue-print of the Western Paradise here on earth". Further, the ancient Buddhist ideal of compassion for all living creatures is to be directed only towards "good people" - certainly not to class enemies of the Party. "Not only is it wrong to be compassionate to bad people," he maintained, "but it is also wrong for bad people to be compassionate to anybody at all, because that might make them appear less bad."
Zhao's stress on Buddhism being re-directed to socialist reconstruction in the here and now has a parallel with the "theological construction" campaign set out by the then TSPM leader Bishop Ding Guangxun. This radically alters traditional Protestant theology in the interests of "making religion compatible with socialism". If it is true that both these "patriotic" leaders have for fifty years been serving the ultimate interests of the CCP, much about their behaviour is explained.
Wu Yaozong has become almost the "patron saint" of the Protestant TSPM and its top leadership. The TSPM and the China Christian Council (CCC) have published a steady stream of adulatory books, booklets and articles about him. Bishop Ding, Wu's successor as head of the TSPM until recently, has quoted Wu as saying that he [Ding] "had listened to too many foreign rumours that religion was persecuted in the [CCP] liberated zones". Ding quoted Wu as declaring: "As the Motherland is beautiful, even if religion is attacked I will still love the Motherland."
Careful scrutiny of provincial TSPM/CCC leadership lists well into the 1990s reveals that many of the top leaders (often holding the key post of secretary) came from this politicised background. Both Catholics and Protestants - priests, pastors and lay people - worshipping in the officially registered churches have often privately expressed to Forum 18 their concern that people who betrayed Christians in the past should be allowed to continue to hold leadership positions in the church.
Further illuminating evidence emerged during the brief political thaw prior to the massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in June 1989. At that time, religious believers seemed on the brink of far more freedom from CCP control, with much greater openness than at any time since to discuss openly the relationship between the CCP and religious communities. This also opened a window onto the structures that the party still imposes to control religious communities.
Taking advantage of the liberal climate created at that time by Premier Zhao Ziyang, a few leaders in both the TSPM and the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) called for the abolition of the entire system of religious control the CCP exerted through the "patriotic" religious associations.
Bishop Ma Ji, appointed in March 1988 to lead the Patriotic Catholic diocese of Pingliang in Gansu in north-western China, wrote an open letter "My Statement" on 14 August 1988, soundly berating the CPA as a puppet of the government. Four Chinese Catholic bishops publicly supported the letter.
Some high-ranking members of the CPA, the China Catholic Religious Administrative Commission and the Episcopal Conference of China have abandoned "the most important and fundamental commandments and teaching of the Catholic church", Bishop Ma complained, despite oaths of celibacy at their consecrations and vows to remain in the service of the church till death. "Now some high-ranking members of the three organisations have openly rejected this teaching of the church; they have committed a breach of faith and broken their vows," he pointed out. "They married, became parents and still don the priest's vestments, celebrate mass, pray for the faithful and grant absolution, swaggering like real gentlemen."
The bishop lamented that "because of the threat of left-wing elements", Catholics had to "bear their anger" in silence. "However, now is the time for reform and openness." Yet he complained that "the banner of the 'Patriotic Associations' is left hanging high over the heads of the faithful, too sacred to be touched". He said that the Patriotic Catholics were the last to see that reform was needed. "We have the guts to take our stand and we resolutely say 'no'."
An elderly Protestant Christian Zhang Shengcai, a member of the National People's Congress, went even further, fiercely denouncing the TSPM and the Religious Affairs Bureau. In a letter to Bishop Ding on 3 April 1988, Zhang stated bluntly "at the National People's Congress I accused the RAB and the TSPM of having persecuted the church of Jesus Christ for over 30 years and asked for their response. I am sending you a copy of this letter of indictment and I welcome you as a spokesman for the TSPM to make a defence of this criminal organisation." And he told Ding: "I can no longer patiently bear your conduct in trampling underfoot the Lord's Holy Church." The original Chinese letter was published in the Hong Kong magazine Pai Hsing on 1 August 1988, together with Ding's low-key response.
In a follow-up letter to Ding of 9 April 1988, Zhang further outlined what he believed should be the limits of party control. "We can uphold the leadership of the CCP in politics. In the great affairs of the nation we should walk in step with the Party. But in regard to spiritual questions, questions of faith, this is holy ground which cannot be intruded upon. We cannot just obey the Party in everything. We are theists, they are atheists. To allow them to interfere in our religious life without principles and uncontrolled is to surrender to atheism." Zhang complained that the TSPM and the CCC behaved just like government organs. "They often give orders to us Christians, saying if we disobey this it is disobedience to the Party. Their threats, equating themselves with the Party are unacceptable to those of us who are not members of the TSPM or CCC!"
In August 1988 a Protestant pastor who preached in TSPM churches but was sympathetic to the unregistered house churches wrote a long letter to a house church friend. He reported that "there are Party committees within the Protestant and Catholic churches as well as in Buddhism and Islam" and specifically quoted Zhang Paiming, deputy-head of the Fujian Provincial Religious Affairs Bureau, as telling a reliable and informed friend that "every religious sect has underground Party workers and a Party committee within it".
Zhang Paiming also said at this time that Bishop Ding, then head of the TSPM, "is the secretary of the Party Committee within Protestantism and is also the Secretary of the overall Party Committee controlling the major religions at the national level (Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam, Daoism). Ding is a veteran Party member. In the Party his position is higher than that of the Section Heads of the Religious Affairs Bureau or even the Head of the Religious Affairs Bureau."
Even today, 26 years later, the CCP system for control of religion still follows the pattern forged in the 1950s through the "patriotic" associations. In 1999 students at Nanjing Seminary - the flagship of TSPM political orthodoxy - issued a statement condemning the TSPM as having "betrayed the trust of believers and driven Christians underground… because of the corruption and alienation of the Three Self movement we urge the government to stop relying on it to lead Christians." Three graduate students were removed from the seminary (see the 2001 Forum 18 report at http://www.forum18.org/Hearing20010305.html).
In May 2002 new leaders were appointed for both the TSPM and the CCC. The appointment of Cao Shengjie as CCC head and Ji Jianhong as chairman of the TSPM was greeted with dismay both inside and outside of China, as a re-affirmation of political control of the hierarchy of both bodies. Cao had worked in the 1960s with Bishop Ding's mentor Wu Yaozong and she is an eager propagator of Bishop Ding's "theological reconstruction" which aims to, in Bishop Ding's words, "weaken all those aspects within Christian faith which do not conform with the socialist society". Ji, who comes from a conservative background in the Little Flock (one of China's largest indigenous churches), is an equally enthusiastic advocate of "theological reconstruction". He has described it as "the special vision that God has bestowed on the Chinese Church, and it is God's significant commission to us".
In April 2004, according to the Amity News Service, Ji "praised the Party and the central government for their success in implementing China's religious policy." This led a respected Hong Kong Chinese observer to comment that "all the new senior leaders as well as the new chief executive officers of the TSPM and CCC are known for their political loyalty to the Party rather than their pastoral competency."
As these illustrations suggest, since the establishment of the Communist regime in 1949 many senior leaders in Chinese Christian organisations have willingly sacrificed the interests of their religious communities to further the objectives of the Communist state (and in the process their own careers). However, the same cannot be said with a similar degree of precision when it comes to religious communities that are closely identified with "nationalities" (those with state-designated ethnic minority status), such as Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims. Even the state-recognised Panchen Lama cannot be said to be a "willing" participant in the Chinese state's repressive apparatus. In fact, no known religious leader from the Tibetan Buddhist and Uighur Muslim communities has demonstrated similar political and ideological loyalty to the state as Ding Guangxun, Ji Jianhong or Cao Shengjie.
One possible reason is that the religious leaders of these communities do not share the same ethnic Han Chinese identification as their Christian counterparts. Their respective religious affiliations form core components of their ethnic identities. In other words, not only do they have spiritual allegiances, they also have temporal allegiances that conflict with the Chinese state. This is particularly the case for Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns and Uighur Muslim imams, many of whom believe that Tibet and Xinjiang should be permitted greater political autonomy if not outright independence from China. Their strong ethnic identity means that most religious leaders in the Uighur Muslim and Tibetan Buddhist communities are unwilling to be seen as closely associated with the Chinese state, particularly one that has treated these communities so harshly.
One implication is that when it comes to the Tibetan Buddhists and the Uighur Muslims, the Communist regime must not only suppress the religious component of their identities, it must also make sure that their ethnic identities do not destroy the Chinese state. This "political" reason has been the primary motivation for the Communist regime's efforts to control these religious communities. For the regime, religious practices in these communities are perceived to be indistinguishable from their political desires. Armed with this perception, the Communist regime has in recent years expended considerable resources to tighten and expand its control over the Uighur Muslim communities in China as a part of the campaign against alleged Uighur separatism. According to Human Rights Watch, since 2001, the Chinese government has stepped up its political "re-education" of all imams in Xinjiang.
Indeed, more than ever, political loyalty seems to have become the prerequisite for Uighur Muslim imams who wish to obtain and maintain state recognition. These re-education efforts are administered by the Party-appointed democratic management committees (which also supervise the operation of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries) that oversee the operation of the mosques (see F18News 28 September 2004 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=421). Despite these efforts on the part of the Chinese state, evidence suggests that these draconian measures have not only failed to win the hearts of these nationalities, they have actually contributed to rising discontent, including among religious leaders.
There is no doubt that religious affairs are still tightly controlled and many of the top leadership in the "patriotic" associations still come from a highly politicised background forged in the 1950s or 1960s, which is increasingly out of touch with Chinese society's race towards modernity. It is equally clear that state policy has made a significant impact on these religious communities. For example, there is no question that the state's effort has created "distortions" – religious teachings and activities that are contrary to mainstream practices – among religious communities in China (see F18News 24 November 2004 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=462).
State policy has not only hindered the development of religious communities in China, in some cases, by preventing religious communities in China access to their co-religionists outside the country, it has facilitated the growth of groups, such as the Eastern Lightning sect, that are harmful to the welfare of the Chinese people and contrary to the interests of the state in social and political stability.
Yet, evidence also demonstrates the limited effectiveness of the state's policy of infiltrating and subverting the officially-sanctioned religious communities. The strongest evidence for this is that since the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s, large numbers of Chinese have joined one of the many faith communities in China. Even by the government's conservative (and imprecise) estimate, approximately 200 million religious adherents (accounting for more than 10 percent of the population) were worshipping in state-authorised venues by the turn of the 21st century. Contrary to the Communist state's expectation, religion in China is far from dying out, forcing former Chinese President Jiang Zemin to acknowledge that religion will be in China for a long time to come. Yet, the fact that religion is thriving contributes to the view in some Party circles that it presents a threat to political and social stability – or at least, the continued dominance of the CCP.
In addition, even as the state commits more resources to ensure its control over religious affairs, religious communities have also begun to respond with greater willingness to resist state encroachment. The enormous growth of unauthorised religious communities - particularly the Protestant communities concentrated in the provinces of Henan and Anhwei but also underground Catholic communities loyal to the Vatican, which are concentrated in the province of Hebei - has demonstrated the strength of resistance against state measures. Ironically, other groups and individuals, particularly the Falun Gong, have displayed a willingness to challenge state policy directly by employing one of the Communist regime's newest instruments of repression - laws - against the state.


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Questa voce raccoglie le informazioni riguardanti il Modena Volley nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 2019-2020.

Stagione

Organigramma societario

Area direttiva
Presidente: Catia Pedrini
Vicepresidente: Giulia Gabana
Direttore generale: Andrea Sartoretti
Segreteria generale: Luca Rigolon
Team manager: Fabio Donadio
Responsabile palasport: Filippo Consorti
Direttore operativo: Elisa Bergonzini

Area tecnica
Allenatore: Andrea Giani
Allenatore in seconda: Luca Cantagalli
Assistente allenatore: Sebastian Carotti
Scout man: Roberto Ciamarra
Responsabile settore giovanile: Giulio Salvioli
Area comunicazione
Addetto stampa: Gian Paolo Maini
Responsabile comunicazione: Pietro Barone
Responsabile digital: Enrico Bertoni
Assistente digital: Stefania Putzu

Area marketing
Area commerciale: Giuseppe Goldoni, Andrea Parenti
Responsabile rapporti sponsor e eventi: Elisa Peia, Elisa Patrizzoli
Area sanitaria
Staff medico: Michel Sabbagh, Lorenzo Segre, Fabio Serafini
Preparatore atletico: Oscar Berti
Fisioterapista: Francesco Bettalico, Antonio Brogneri

Rosa

Mercato

Risultati

Superlega

Girone di andata

Girone di ritorno

Coppa Italia

Fase a eliminazione diretta

Supercoppa italiana

Fase a eliminazione diretta

Coppa CEV

Fase a eliminazione diretta

Statistiche

Statistiche di squadra

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Statistiche dei giocatori

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Dragon Quest V : Tenkuu no Hanayome
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Orthodox Church of Latvia seceded from Moscow – It was a matter of national security, says the President
in FrontPage, Patriarchate of Moscow
The Latvian parliament, Saeima, approved the full independence of the Orthodox Church of Latvia, from the Patriarchate of Moscow, in a vote that took place on Thursday.
According to a statement from the Parliament, "the Saeima adopted urgent amendments to the Law on the Latvian Orthodox Church affirming the full independence of the Latvian Orthodox Church with all its dioceses, parishes, and institutions from any church authority outside Latvia (autocephalous church)".
Specifically, Artuss Kaimiņš, Chair of the Human Rights and Public Affairs Committee, after the draft bill passed from the Parliament, stressed that "With the adoption of the Law, the historically existing autonomy and independence of the Latvian Orthodox Church is strengthened, preventing the Russian Orthodox Church from having influence or power over our Orthodox Church".
He even added that "such a decision is in the interests of Latvian Orthodox Christians, society as a whole, and national security."
In addition, the Law establishes the procedure for informing Latvian state institutions and private individuals "about the accession to and removal from office of the Head of the Church, metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops."
According to the explanatory note to the Draft Law, the definition of the scope of legal status in the Law does not affect or interfere with the Church's doctrine of faith and canon law.
The Law stresses that, by 31 October, the Church will have to align its statutes with the amendments made to the Law on the status of the church.
By 1 October, the Chancery of the President must be notified of the appointment of the Head of the church, metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
This decision by the Latvian parliament, comes a few days after the country's President, Egils Levits, tabled the bill saying that "this bill restores the historical status of the Orthodox Church of Latvia", stressing that the independence of the Church established "by the 6(19) July 1921 Tomos issued by Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Tikhon to Archbishop Jānis Pommers and the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 8 October 1926 on the Status of the Orthodox Church".
The main goal is, as described in the bill, "to preclude any influence or power over our orthodox church by the Patriarch of Moscow. Rejecting any link with the Patriarch of Moscow is a crucial matter for our orthodox community, the whole society of Latvia and national security."
The President of Latvia says actually that "on an independent and democratic state of Latvia based on the rule of law the orthodox community needs its own autonomous and independent church. That has been, is and will always be the position of the state of Latvia. Under Archibishop Jānis Pommers, this was already achieved shortly after the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia."
He also informed that he has discussed the law with the Speaker of the Parliament and the chairpersons of all parliamentary groups of the Saeima, who fully supported this initiative.
The Latvian President added that the Church had also been informed, and he confirmed that "the Latvian Orthodox Church and Metropolitan Alexander can count on full support from the state of Latvia as an autocephalous church henceforth also recognised in law".
What the Orthodox Church of Latvia says
The Church of Latvia, after the presidential and parliamentary announcements, informs the faithful that this decision is of a legal nature and that the adopted changes concern the legal status of the Church.
It clarifies that: "The state established the status of our Church as autocephalous. The state has determined that the Latvian Orthodox Church is legally independent from any ecclesiastical center located outside of Latvia, maintaining spiritual, prayerful and liturgical communion with all canonical Orthodox churches of the world.
The change of status does not change the Orthodox faith, the doctrines, the liturgical life of the Church, the calendar, the sacred liturgical language, the rituals, the traditions and the inner church life".
Finally, it calls on clergy and laity to maintain the unity of the Church, "strictly observing the laws of our state, Latvia.
Living spiritually and prayerfully in unspoken unity with the entire Orthodox world, let us preserve the purity of our faith and strengthen Holy Orthodoxy in the land of Latvia."
The reaction of the Church of Russia
The Russian Orthodox Church reacted immediately – as expected – to the decision of the Latvian state to pass a law on the separation of the country's Church from the Moscow Patriarchate.
Archpriest Nikolai Balasov, former vice-president of the department of external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and current adviser to Patriarch Kirill, told the Interfax news agency that "obviously, they firmly believe in political expediency and state security, and they are not afraid of God to declare autocephaly."
According to him, such a decision by the state authorities regarding the status of the Church, fits perfectly "in the general logic of decision-making in many European countries".
"Did anyone doubt? This is how Europe is now", he pointed out characteristically, wondering how it is possible in a secular state where the Church has been separated from the state by the Constitution, to have a say in the affairs of the Church. "They have overcome the Middle Ages", he pointed out characteristically.
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Alessandra loves to draw and finds the new painter attractive and mysterious. With the French on the doorstep of Florence, Alessandra is given a choice of being sent to a convent or marrying quickly. Her married life is a disaster but Alessandra is allowed the freedom to pursue her art.
Like many of Dunant's books, this is a very sexual book and has a few twists and turns. I did find it quite unrealistic that a child like Alessandra would be so worldly and knowledgeable sexually. That aside, I did find the book interesting in the historical area and a different turn on possible events.
Andie Miller is thinking about accepting a proposal of marriage but before she does that she must deal with her excess baggage, namely her ex, North Archer. Andie stops by North's office to drop off all his uncashed alimony cheques but Northnorth to makes one last request. A cousin of his has died and left the guardianship of two young children to his care. The children have run off all the nannies he has hired to care for them and they refuse to move north to move in with him. The house they live in is in a remote area of Ohio. The house which was moved piece by piece from England is reputed to be haunted. North will pay Andie ten thousand for one month while Andie figures out what is going on and moves the children north to North.
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First Line: "Andie Miller sat in the reception room of her ex-husband's law office, holding on to ten years of uncashed alimony checks and a lot of unresolved rage."
Jennifer Traig grew up in the 80s, as Jewish kid in a neighbourhood with very few Jewish families. As she learns more about her religion, she starts to exhibit strange behaviours. She is obsessive-compulsive with her OCD centering on her religion. Unfortunately, in the 80s obsessive-complusive disorder was rarely diagnosed. Traig has troubles determining what is kosher and what isn't, which affects her diet. She obsessively prays, scrubs her hands, and feeds her stuffed animals before feeding herself. Traig doesn't understand what she has or why she is different and neither does her family.
The book is written in a fairly light tone, to the point where Traig makes fun of herself and her parents have some funny one-liners that do the same. I can't help but wonder why Traig's parents would put up with her bizarre behaviour for so long without doing something for her and trying to figure out what her problem was.
The entire book felt like it was the same pace, the same emotion, and the same message. The steady nature of the book made it a bit dull in points. I almost gave up on the book about 1/2 way through but it did get a bit better. I had higher expectations for this one so I don't think I would recommend it.
First Line: "My father and I were in the laundry room and we were having a crisis."
Chase Calder is shot in Texas and his kinfolk at the Calder ranch in Montana are mourning his death. Laredo Smith saved Chase but Chase is suffering from amnesia. Laredo has taken Chase to be taken care of by his mother Hattie, a registered nurse. Laredo learns who Chase is and packs up Chase and Hattie and takes them to Montana in time for Chase's 'funeral'.
Chase still doesn't remember who shot him but feels he can only trust Jessy, his daughter-in-law. Laredo and Chase decide to 'keep' Chase dead while they investigate who wants him gone. By keeping Jessy in the loop but not his daughter Cat, there are a number of arguments and fights between the two with Tara, Jessy's dead husband's first wife always getting a few licks in.
There are some definite sparks between Jessy and Laredo which I hope are developed in latter books and of course another major character is killed off. This was a good book but there is certainly a lot of murder around Calder ranch and I would hope to see more than one reach old age.
First Line: "A blackness roared around him."


Days are getting longer and sun is stronger. We are looking forward to Spring and to welcoming new friends.
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We have a simple but modern homestead in the beautiful wooded hills of central PEI.
We can use help with household chores, small organic vegetable and flower gardens, cutting and splitting firewood, wood trail maintenance, home construction and renovation projects, home maintenance, wood lot maintenance, organizing nails and screws and other hardware, painting, staining and many other small tasks.
We have 'out the back door' access to great hiking and skiing trails and canoeing. And we're close to the South Shore beaches and lovely villages (everything's pretty close on PEI). We love and sometimes organize singalongs and community dances.
Featuring fresh local lobster, steaks, home grown vegetables and herbs and brews. Tourist apartments and restaurant, seasonal, June- Sept.
We are a small family farm nestled in the rolling hills of Queens county 5 minutes from Cavendish PEI. Our quiet and secluded property has its own creek/trout pond for fishing or swimming on hot days. The closest local beach is an easy bike ride away. We raise sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, and rabbits. We operate a CSA, an on-farm meat store and offer tours of the farm during the summer. We would love some help with the daily farm and household duties. A second floor bedroom and private bath await your arrival and there are bicycles for exploring the surrounding countryside and a canoe for exploring the local rivers. We look forward to meeting you.
Hi there . I live in a very beautiful location in P.E.I. It is a rural waterfront property close to many wonderful beaches and summertime attractions and 10 min drive to Cavendish .My home offers your own very clean private bedroom and bathroom .I can accommodate up to two people.I need someone to help clean one cottage maybe 2 to 3 times a week , cutting grass using a ride on mower and a push mower.Also to weed and water flower gardens and small organic vegetable garden.Some painting and other odd jobs.The time frame starting June 1st till the end of August maybe into September.


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"Truly an insightful and inspiring poem"
This wonderful Lepanto poem was written by G.K. Chesterton, the greatest thinker and writer in modern times, inspired by military victories through the Rosary. His inspiration came from the battle of Lepanto in 1571 and chronicles one of the greatest events in the history of the Rosary. Actually this battle was a key turning point in history. Lepanto illuminates the fact that the odds are greatly stacked against Christendom in this monumental standoff.
This Lepanto poem will inspire you to place your hope in the power of the Rosary and to confront all your problems with confident trust in the Rosary prayer.
And the Lord upon the Golden Horn is laughing in the sun.
His turban that is woven of the sunsets and the seas.
Black Azrael and Ariel and Ammon on the wing.
They gather and they wonder and give worship to Mahound.
For that which was our trouble comes again out of the west.
Of knowledge and of sorrow and endurance of things done.
It is Richard, it is Raymond, it is Godfrey at the gate!
Put down your feet upon him, that our peace be on the earth."
And the sea-folk labour and the red sails lift.
But Don John of Austria is riding to the sea.
Is shouting to the ships.
And little dwarfs creep out of it and little dwarfs creep in.
But Don John of Austria has fired upon the Turk.
Booms away past Italy the rumour of his raid.
Gun upon gun, ha! ha!
The secret window whence the world looks small and very dear.
Like a race in sunken cities, like a nation in the mines.
The stair-ways of the tallest gods when tyranny was young.
Before the high Kings' horses in the granite of Babylon.
White for bliss and blind for sun and stunned for liberty.
The Catholic faith has inspired a culture steeped in the development and expression of the arts. These arts include architecture, painting, literature and the performing arts.
G.K. Chesterton is no exception for he contributed greatly to this Catholic culture in modern times. No body said it better in the last century for Chesterton was truly the greatest thinker and writer in our time.
Purchase a copy of this poem that has been acclaimed as one of the best poems in the English language. The book contains not only the famous poem, but background information, explanations and commentary.
You can also listen to the story of Lepanto in the brand new CD set Lepanto: Battle That Saved The West. Christopher Check tells the exhilarating story of Lepanto, first in his own words and then through the poem of G.K. Chesterton.


For the best memory care for your loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia in the Suwanee, Georgia, area, consider Autumn Leaves of Sugarloaf assisted living community. We focus exclusively on memory care, providing care that's based on the most up-to-date research, for our residents with Alzheimer's or dementia.
Every moment matters at Autumn Leaves of Sugarloaf assisted living community. With our 'So Much More...' programming, we learn about each resident's interests, history, and preferences, and design personalized experiences that promote cognition, calm, and moments of joy.
Every employee at every Autumn Leaves assisted living community is trained in dementia care, because caring for those with dementia is the core of our business. This includes both the team who works with our residents every day, as well as the corporate office staff.
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If you're fishing in Europe, it may not be possible to find your favourite Make Your Own Boilies and groundbaits, and that's why we created Euro Mix, a highly-effective seed and cereal based carp fishing bait. It's aimed at session anglers who need to maintain a heavy bait carpet while fishing without the need for boiling. The result is a wet, sloppy groundbait that can be introduced from a boat, which forms a thick cloud of attraction on the lakebed that draws all kinds of coarse fish like a magnet. The carp may not be the first to arrive but, once they muscle in on the bait there's no stopping them!
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It does exactly what it says on the tin!!


Ideal duration for flute practice?
Welcome to Podcast 4 from the new Season of the 'Talking Flutes' Series developed for this channel by the acclaimed International Flute Player, Professor and author Clare Southworth.
In Podcast 4, Jean-Paul talks to Clare about practice and if there is an 'ideal' minumum and maximum length.


The African Studies Program and the Office of Outreach and Engagement invite you to attend a talk from Ohio University Professor Steve Howard entitled "My Daughters are My Writings: the Republican Brotherhood in Sudan and Iowa City." This event will take place on Friday, February 15, 2019 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.
The University of Iowa is proud to announce that it has been selected as an Institute Partner for the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
Before you leave for any study abroad program, you'll be told continually about this thing called "Culture Shock". Personally, I don't like that phrase. It sounds like you are going to wake up suddenly in a foreign country and be "shocked" into a panic attack. But, that's not really how it happens. It's gradual.
We're excited to announce our Study Abroad Correspondents for the spring 2019 semester! These unique individuals were selected from a competitive pool of writers to tell the story of their destination and represent the voice of University of Iowa students while abroad. Throughout the semester, these students will share their experiences through writing and photography to be published weekly here on International Accents.


Tobias Gantner is a restless resident of different worlds: A medical doctor by training, a health economist and jurist by education, a philosophy aficionado by academic passion and curious by default.
He has worked in a number of leading positions in hospital patient care in transplant surgery and major industry companies such as Siemens (Consulting), Novartis (Strategy and Health Economy/ Health Policy), Bayer Healthcare (Head Market Access) and Johnson&Johnson (Director Market Access and Health Economics) where he had the opportunity to gain industry insights and leadership experience.
Tobias is the founder and CEO of the HealthCare Futurists GmbH.
The HealthCare Futurists is an international and independent network, think tank, make tank, incubator and catalyst for innovation in health-care, life sciences and medicine. The HCFs consist of renowned experts and thriving professionals of diverse disciplines with a persistent passion for patients.
The HCFs have successfully completed innovation labs with major health-care industry companies and health-care providers alike. They provide guidance to startups and are engaged in medical enlightenment to the public. The HCFs are initiators and home to the innovate.healthcare hackathons.


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U. of I. Symphony Orchestra concert to celebrate Mozart's birthday
Jan 18, 2018 9:45 am by Jodi Heckel | Arts and Humanities Editor | 217-300-2751ArtsCampus
The University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra will perform in Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 27.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fans of the music of Mozart will hear some of his best-known works as well as less familiar pieces at a Mozart birthday celebration by the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra.
The orchestra's conductor, Donald Schleicher, scheduled the concert for Jan. 27, Mozart's birthday, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Mozart birthday bashes featuring the composer's music are common around the world, he said.
Schleicher wanted to include not just the standards but also some more unusual pieces to show the wide range of Mozart's work. He also wanted to include as many faculty members from the U. of I. School of Music as possible.
"It's a unique chance to hear so many School of Music faculty members on the same evening," he said.
The University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra will perform some of Mozart's best-loved works and less well-known compositions in celebration of the composer's Jan. 27 birthday.
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The concert will open with one of Mozart's most famous works, the overture to "The Marriage of Figaro." The first half also will include guest soloists Yvonne Redman and Nathan Gunn singing arias and duets from "Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute."
An unusual component of the concert will feature a small wind ensemble directed by director of bands Stephen Peterson playing excerpts from "Don Giovanni" written for a wind octet. An arrangement of opera music for a wind ensemble was used to promote an opera at the time Mozart was composing.
The performance will provide a preview for the Lyric Theatre @ Illinois performance of "Don Giovanni" in late February, with Gunn both singing and making his directorial debut. Julie Gunn, the director of Lyric Theatre Studies, will provide commentary about "Don Giovanni" during the wind ensemble performance.
The second half of the concert will feature three pianists from the music faculty – Rochelle Sennet, William Heiles and Timothy Ehlen – performing Concerto No. 7 for Three Pianos in F Major, K.242. The composition is rarely performed because of the difficulty of positioning three grand pianos together in a performance space, Schleicher said. The concert gives the three pianists the uncommon opportunity to perform together as a trio.
"Mozart is so famous as a writer of piano concertos. He wrote so many, and this one is the least-performed," Schleicher said.
Editor's notes: Tickets for the U. of I. Symphony Orchestra's Mozart's Birthday Celebration are available at the Krannert Center box office, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, by calling 217-333-6280 or online at krannertcenter.com. To reach Donald Schleicher, email schlchr@illinois.edu.


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Grainton is an unincorporated community in Perkins County, Nebraska, United States.

History
A post office was established at Grainton in 1918, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1981.

Grainton was a shipping point of grain on the railroad.

References

Unincorporated communities in Perkins County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska


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https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Police-reports-12644792.php
Published 12:00 am CDT, Wednesday, September 3, 2014
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
• William J. Jacinto, 25, of 236 Carrollton St., White Hall, was booked into the Morgan County Jail about 6:35 a.m. Wednesday on warrants accusing him of failing to appear in court on charges of driving while license revoked or suspended and following too closely.
BURGLARIES, THEFTS
• A billfold containing about $300, a debit card and a driver's license was taken from a residence on Dunmire Road near Meredosia, according to a report filed about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Jacksonville Police
• Kevin A. Credit, 31, of 602 E. Douglas Ave. was cited on a charge of operating an uninsured motor vehicle after a two-vehicle accident about 6:20 a.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of South Clay Avenue.
No injuries were reported.
• Wilma Detrick, 84, of 342 Marion St. was cited on a charge of disobeying a traffic control device after a two-vehicle accident at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday at South Church Street and West Morton Avenue.
• Justin R. Horrighs, 24, and Keaton D. Boehler, 21, both of 1033 E. Morton Ave. No. 13, were arrested about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday on domestic battery charges.
• Justin R. Dilks, 22, of Jerseyville was arrested about 8:05 p.m. Tuesday on charges of driving while license suspended and improper signal.
• David A. VanHyning, 32, of 1506 W. State St. was arrested about 2:20 a.m. Wednesday on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, expired registration and improper lane use.
• Angel L. Anders, 33, of Decatur was booked into the Morgan County Jail about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday on a warrant accusing her of failing to appear in court on a charge of driving under the influence.
• Dennis R. Rattler, 39, of 818 Doolin Ave. was arrested about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday on a charge of driving while license suspended.
• Thomas E. Perry, 37, of 720 N. Diamond St. was arrested about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday on two counts of domestic battery.
• Tobacco and rolling papers were stolen from a residence in the 400 block of South Mauvaisterre Street between 5 p.m. Saturday and about 9:35 p.m. Tuesday.
• An unknown amount of money was withdrawn from a debit card without permission, according to a report filed about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday.
— Compiled by Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree and Greg Olson


Let's revisit a fun technique this week, shall we? One of the "scariest" new things for me to learn was heat embossing. I often admired the heat-embossed works of others, only to shy away from the tools and beautiful powders at the craft store, for fear of not knowing how to use them. If only I had been able to see this video! I would have tried it much sooner!
Please allow me to introduce our guest tutor, Ted Mattos who hails from sunny California and his blog, Happily Ever Crafter. Watch as Ted demonstrates heat embossing and uses tools like the ani-static pillow and the clear embossing powder for tone-on-tone images. I think that what I love best is his mastery of the zoom-in views that show how beautiful a heat-embossed image can be!
Here is a recent card that Ted made using a beautiful copper powder on a dark colored cardstock. Look how masculine that metallic lion is! Thanks for sharing, Ted! Enjoy the video and please stop by Ted's blog to give him some love for tutoring us today. -Nancy K.
You can also click to go to the original blog post by Ted, that includes this video, for even more tips and tricks and a few good giggles too. Ted's blog is so much fun!
Thanks for watching! And now heat embossers, show us your skills! Post any card that includes a heat embossed image or sentiment.
Great tutorial! It's been a while since I've done heat embossing but now I want to get my supplies out and I will probably be totally hooked all over again. I love the copper!
Great tutorial. Ted's tutorial took the mystery out of embossing for me. Now I will go and try it out for myself. Thanks Ted!
Great tutorial! Very clear & the close-ups really show the magic moment with the heat tool. Ted, thank you!