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Subud est une association spirituelle internationale, rassemblant des personnes de toutes religions, comme des personnes non affiliées à une religion particulière, autour d'une pratique spécifique : le Latihan Kejiwaan (termes indonésiens signifiant « exercice spirituel »).

Le mouvement Subud a été fondé dans les années 1920 par Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo (1901-1987), plus couramment appelé Bapak, le terme indonésien Pak ou Bapak (père) étant d'usage pour s'adresser à un homme âgé ou respecté. Depuis son introduction en Occident en 1954, Subud s'est répandu depuis dans 80 pays à travers le monde, avec actuellement environ 10 000 adhérents dans le monde. « Subud » est l'abréviation de trois mots javanais dérivés du sanskrit : Susila Budhi Dharma.

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La pratique fondamentale de Subud est le Latihan Kejiwaan (mot indonésien signifiant « exercice » ou « entraînement spirituel »). Dans cet exercice, le pratiquant est invité à se mettre dans un état de réception, hors de l'influence des pensées et des désirs et de ne pas attendre quelque chose en particulier. Il ne doit pas y avoir de concentration sur une image ni récitation d'un mantra, mais il s'agit seulement de ressentir une « vibration » intérieure que la plupart des membres Subud définissent comme un contact avec Dieu, la « Grande Force de Vie », ou encore le « Saint Esprit ». Même si le Latihan peut être pratiqué individuellement chez soi, les membres Subud sont encouragés à le pratiquer si possible en groupe, du moins les premiers temps. Dans tous les cas, les hommes et les femmes pratiquent le Latihan séparément. La plupart des membres Subud ont expérimenté que le mieux est de pratiquer le Latihan en groupe deux fois par semaine pour commencer.

Accueil critique
En France : lAssociation Subud de France - Susila Dharma France est classée comme secte dans le rapport parlementaire français n°2468 de 1995.

En Suisse : Bettina Bussinger, spécialiste des religions, a mené une enquête sur Subud pour l'association suisse d'information sur les dérives sectaires Infosekta. Elle relève qu'aucun prosélytisme n'est effectué, que rejoindre le groupe , que la hiérarchie est normale et démocratique, que le fondateur ne peut pas être vu comme un gourou, que les exigences financières , que la sortie est , qu'il n'y a pas eu de plainte portée auprès d'Infosekta sur le groupe depuis dix ans, et donc que celui-ci est loin de remplir les critères de sectarisme établis par l'association. Elle relève que le seul vrai problème de Subud réside dans ses promesses de salut exagérées car il présente sa pratique, qui relève de techniques psycho-religieuses, comme le remède à toutes les difficultés, si bien que l'individu porte une responsabilité s'il ne parvient pas à les résoudre.

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Geels, Antoon Subud and the Javanese mystical tradition Richmond, Surrey : Curzon Press, 1997 (about Sumohadiwidjojo, Muhammad-Subuh, 1901-1987)
 Mulder, Niels Mysticism & everyday life in contemporary Java : cultural persistence and change Singapore : Singapore University Press, c1978
 Matthew Barry Sullivan, Vivant dans les religions, Expériences et témoignages de Subud, Éditions Laurens, Paris, 1998, 206p.,

Liens externes

 Rapport de l'Assemblée nationale sur les sectes
 Site anglais officiel de l'Association Subud Monde
 Portail des principaux sites Subud (en anglais)
 Site officiel de l'Association Subud France
 Site officiel de la branche SICA France

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The last Amendment on the ballot seeks to end all wagering on dog racing in Florida once and for all.
The Ban on Wagering on Dog Races Amendment (Proposal 67) – Phases out commercial dog racing in connection with wagering by 2020. Other gaming activities are not affected.
If approved, Amendment 13 would end wagering on greyhound (or other breeds) at the state's 11 pari-mutuel greyhound racing parks by 2020. It's important to note this Amendment wouldn't actually stop dog racing, just the ability to lawfully gamble on the outcome of dog races.
Florida remains one of six states which has operating pari-mutuel dog racing tracks. It has about half of those tracks. According to a racing industry trade association, Grey2K USA Worldwide, paid attendance declined by 85 percent from 2007 to 2016. Wagering was down by 50 percent. So clearly, this choice is being decided by the market. As it should.
There are many examples of horrifying treatment of greyhounds involved with the racing industry. Injuries occurred during training and races. Outright mistreatment by breeders, owners and trainers are cited. In reaction, the public demands more local and state laws and regulation. Dogs are often tested for cocaine and other performance-enhancing drugs.
We abhor mistreatment of any animal for any reason. We join the public cry to expose offenses and make those responsible, answerable for those offenses. Yet mistreatment of animals is done by individual people, not by the industry itself, not by gamblers and not the spectators. Responsible individuals should be held accountable for their behaviour. Responsible business-people and the public should not be punished for the misdeeds of the few.
We also abhor state laws that prevent responsible adults from making choices on how to conduct business or spend their money – be it gambling or be it gardening. Such choices remain the choice of the individual and not the state. We recommend NO on Amendment 13.


I needed to do a little shopping so I went out to one of our local plazas recently. I was shocked at what I saw. This is a dead maple–a relatively young one.
Nearby was this strip with the dead river birches–admittedly a tree that needs a decent amount of water to thrive, but we have not had a drought here in several years.
In the plaza where I was, just about every tree was dead. I don't believe it was salt damage because the shrubs too should have been dead.
And it wasn't just young trees. There were some much older trees as well, dating back, I believe, to the time from when this land was farm land. They too were dead.
I cannot believe our severe winter did that. It was cold, but it wasn't that cold. Minus 9 is statistically in the same growing zone–to a plant–as the minus 4 we had two years ago. And we haven't been in true drought for a few years. We've had periods of dryness–but actual drought–no.
My only explanation for all of this is that the extreme fluctuations of the weather–I'm calling it drought & deluge–probably have put our plants under so much stress that they literally cannot cope. It's only a theory, but I know of nothing else to explain what I'm seeing.


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Q: From object to json How do I convert a list of objects in JSON ? I searched the internet but all the methods that I used I go wrong. I need to turn the object coll into a string json
Collections *current = _raccolte[_currentCell];
current.label = [[alertView textFieldAtIndex:0] text];
current.datetime_last_update = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:[[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]];

NSMutableArray *coll = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[coll addObject:current];
HttpClient *client = [[HttpClient alloc] init];
[client syncCollection:coll];

A: You use the NSJSONSerialization class to convert JSON to Foundation objects and convert Foundation objects to JSON.
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Collections *current = _raccolte[_currentCell];
current.label = [[alertView textFieldAtIndex:0] text];
current.datetime_last_update =
[NSNumber numberWithDouble:[[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]];

NSMutableArray *coll = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[coll addObject:current.label];
[coll addObject:current.datetime_last_update];

NSError *writeError = nil;
NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:coll
                                                   options:NSJSONWritingPrettyPrinted
                                                     error:&writeError];
NSString *jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData
                                             encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

NSLog(@"JSON Output: %@", jsonString);

A: There are a lot of questions about json serialization: iOS JSON serialization for NSObject-based classes
The main idea is to convert your object to NSDictionary and then convert it to jsonData and (if needed) to string.
In your case you need to create NSArray of NSDictionaries then pass it method like:
NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:array
                                                   options:NSJSONWritingPrettyPrinted
                                                     error:&writeError];

Then if you need string you need to make something like:
NSString* jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData
                                             encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

A: First, you have to be sure the objects of your collection are serializable. You can achieve this by making your Collections object compliant to the NSCoding protocol. This requires the implementation of two fundamental methods: (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder and void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aCoder.
Then you can simply use the following handler static method
- (NSString*)convertObjectToJson:(NSObject *)object {
    NSError *error = nil;

    NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:object
                                                       options:NSJSONWritingPrettyPrinted
                                                         error:&error];
    NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData
                                             encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    return result;
}

This applies for both your own Collections instances and the NSMutableArray, that is NSCoding-compliant by default.

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Borrowing its title from the first exhibition of women's art held in Australia in 1907, Women's Work celebrates artwork by Australian women artists held in the USC Art Collection.
Women have been artists for centuries, yet it wasn't until the 1960s and 1970s alongside the wider feminist movement that they began to gain professional recognition. However, this process has been slow and gender inequality is still a persistent issue in visual arts.
Bringing together a diverse range of practices, the exhibition acknowledges the dynamic and vital contribution women artists make to art in Australia and to the USC Art Collection.
Acquired 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by John Mainwaring.
Please note this event will be photographed. Photos taken may be reproduced by USC in print and online. Please speak with staff at the event if you do not wish to be photographed.


My older daughter started preschool when she was three.
That autumn, our lives changed — our healthy little family became a sick, exhausted mess.
Every three to four weeks for the next several years, at least one of us would be felled by some illness.
I remember commenting on it to the preschool director. She laughed and explained that it happened to every teacher and family new to preschool or daycare.
A perfectly healthy family or individual would, soon after their first exposure to school, dissolve into a puddle of sickly goo and stay that way for years.
It was due to the teeming mass of sneezing, coughing, nose-picking, walking petri dishes we called children, who cheerfully plastered germs on each other and on every surface in the building.
We were all immunized against the diseases for which there were vaccines. But, that didn't account for those germs running free with nothing to stop them but a pair of clean hands.
We had to up our hand cleaning game, big time.
And here's the thing about clean hands — one could almost say the conundrum of public health — when we use soap and water on our hands, we wash off most of the germs, but as soon as our clean hands touch an unsterilized surface (a.k.a. pretty much anything or anyone in the world outside of instruments in an operating room), germs hop right back on our hands.
The same is true with hand sanitizer. As soon as it's dry and our hands touch a germy surface, we're loaded for bear, as my grandma used to say.
One could ask, why bother to clean our hands?
It's a fair question. The answer is simple — by cleaning our hands numerous times a day, we continually get rid of the hitchhiker germs.
If we add cleanliness to the habit of keeping our hands away from our eyes, nose, and mouth, then we have a good shot at avoiding lots and lots of infections.
Cleaning our hands frequently throughout the day is not a guarantee of good health, but not cleaning them is a sure way to spend a lot of time feeling lousy.


A Kurdish official said the request was discussed during a Kurdish delegation's visit to Washington in early July, and U.S. officials said Washington was considering ways to bolster the Kurdish defenses.
The Kurds said U.S. help is critical to enable the Peshmerga, the Kurds' paramilitary force, to repel fighters from the Islamic State, an al-Qaida spinoff that seized a wide swath of Iraqi territory in a stunning advance in the last few months.
Kurdish officials said the Peshmerga need the weapons to guard the borders of the rugged mountainous region and to protect hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees sheltering there after fleeing the Islamist rebels' onslaught.
U.S. officials said they are considering ways to help the Kurds defend themselves, but direct provision of arms to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in the way Washington arms Iraq's central government in Baghdad, appears highly unlikely.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite Arab, has clashed repeatedly with Kurdish leaders over budgets, land and oil. U.S. weapons supplies could set a potentially troublesome precedent for circumventing an allied government to provide U.S. arms to a regional force.
The U.S. caution reflects Washington's delicate position as it seeks to help Iraq stave off collapse to a rag-tag, extremist army less than three years after the U.S. war there concluded.
In the weeks since the Islamist rebel assault exposed the Iraqi army's weakness and the effects of years of sectarian squabbles, U.S. officials have scrambled to bring Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds together to confront militants.
At the same time, the long-running Iraqi Kurdish ambition for independence has been strengthened by the Peshmerga's stronger showing against militants, by Kurdish territorial gains, and by the fact that Maliki has fallen out of favor in Washington.
The Peshmerga, whose name means 'those who face death,' gained a reputation for toughness during years of fighting former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and, in recent years, occasional standoffs with soldiers loyal to Maliki.
That new dynamic shaped U.S.-Kurdish talks in early July, when a delegation including President Masoud Barzani's chief of staff and his foreign relations chief visited Washington.
While Iraq's Kurds have long been a reliable U.S. ally, especially since U.S. air power helped them secure self-governance after the 1991 Gulf War, Washington has never thrown its support behind the notion of an independent state. Instead, the United States has urged Kurds to share power with Shi'ite and Sunni Arabs within a federal Iraq.
During the Kurdish officials' visit to Washington, Barzani asked the region's parliament to make preparations for a referendum on independence.
Since 2003, the United States has spent over $25 billion to train and outfit Iraq's national army. Very little U.S. training and equipment, most of which has been non-lethal assistance, went to the Peshmerga.
While the Kurds have long been a reliable U.S. ally as the above states, the USA has tended to ignore or minimize most Kurdish requests. The USA has decided how it wants Iraq to look and as recently as last month opposed the plans of the Kurds of Iraq to be independent of the Shi-ite Maliki government in Baghdad (see Kurds want to vote on independence, USA opposed). The USA has partially opposed Kurdish plans in Iraq, because the USA is an ally of Turkey, and the Turks are opposed to any Kurdish state as there are a number of Kurds in Turkey who also wish to be independent of Turkey.
Perhaps it should be brought up that the Shi-ite Maliki government in Baghdad has gone to Iran and Syria for assistance to fight the Islamic State (see Fierce fighting in Tikrit; Russia, Iran, and Syria try to help Iraq while the USA tries political advice and drones) as it has not always gotten along well with the USA, despite the receipt of massive USA aid. The USA itself is spending hundreds of millions to try to topple the government of Syria that the Shi-ite Maliki government is working with. The USA also has its issues with Iran.
That being said, there will be other changes coming to Iraq. Eventually, at least parts of its will support the coming King of the South of biblical prophecy (Daniel 11:40-43; Ezekiel 30:2-8).
The Kurds, which may also provide some support to that king, have long wanted independence and are getting more and more disappointed that the USA does not support them in their objective here. If the USA turns them away, they may possibly ask Russia.
The Halabja chemical attack (Kurdish: Kîmyabarana Helebce کیمیابارانی ھەڵەبجە), also known as the Halabja Massacre or Bloody Friday, was a genocidal massacre against the Kurdish people that took place on March 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War in the Kurdish city of Halabja in Southern Kurdistan. The attack was part of the Al-Anfal campaign in northern Iraq, as well as part of the Iraqi attempt to repel the Iranian Operation Zafar 7. It took place 48 hours after the fall of the town to Iranian army and Kurdish guerrillas. The attack killed between 3,200 and 5,000 people and injured 7,000 to 10,000 more, most of them civilians.Thousands more died of complications, diseases, and birth defects in the years after the attack.The incident, which has been officially defined as an act of genocide against the Kurdish people in Iraq, was and still remains the largest chemical weapons attack directed against a civilian-populated area in history.
Baghdad based leaders have tried to wipe the Kurds out, cut off supplies to that region, and have fought against the Kurds. It is little wonder that they do not wish to be part of a Baghdad Iraqi government. In my opinion, the Kurds much more abused than the American colonies were when they declared their independence from Britain on July 4, 1776.
Given more time and success, the Islamic State will cause terrorism in other parts of the world, including USA-related targets.
While I am not taking a position on whether the USA should supply the Kurds or anyone else with military arms, I will state that the Bible warns that destruction is coming to "an hypocritical nation" which it will end up being destroyed (Isaiah 10:5-11, KJV). While there are serious problems and conflicts in Iraq, those who think that the USA will not reap what it is sowing (cf. Galatians 6:7-8), are in error (Daniel 11:39).
This entry was posted on Friday, August 1st, 2014 at 6:04 am	and is filed under Prophecy.
After EU meets, Kurds ask Germany for weapons. Islamic State massacres 80.


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Ha un fratello più grande, José Fonte, anch'egli calciatore e suo compagno di squadra al Crystal Palace nella stagione 2008-2009 e al Lille nella stagione 2018-2019.

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Dal 1997 al 2006 gioca nelle giovanili dello . Successivamente firma un contratto triennale con l' giocando regolarmente con la squadra riserve. Fa il suo debutto ufficiale con la prima squadra l'11 novembre 2008 in coppa di lega sostituendo Carlos Vela durante la partita vinta 3-0 contro il . Il 30 gennaio 2009 passa in prestito al  in seconda divisione inglese scendendo in campo solamente per 498 minuti distribuiti in 10 partite.

Tornato allo  viene mandato in prestito al .

Dal 14 giugno 2011 al 29 gennaio 2013 gioca in prestito alla squadra spagnola dell'. Il 17 gennaio 2012 segna il suo primo gol con la nuova squadra nella vittoria per 3-2 contro il  in Copa del Rey. Il suo primo gol nella Liga arriva una settimana dopo contro il , nella quale segna il gol del definitivo 3-0.

Il 29 gennaio 2013 firma un contratto di 5 anni con il . Inizialmente aggregato alla squadra B, militante in seconda divisione, subisce un grave infortunio al ginocchio che lo terrà fuori fino a fine stagione. Completamente ristabilitosi inizia la stagione 2014/2015 giocando prevalentemente con la squadra B e finalmente può mostrare tutto il suo talento. In 26 presenze infatti mette a segno ben 18 reti diventando il capocannoniere della seconda divisione portoghese alla fine del girone di andata. Colleziona anche una presenza in prima squadra nella partita di coppa di lega contro , nella quale gioca 45' facendo un assist.

Il 2 febbraio 2015 passa in prestito al  fino al termine della stagione. Il 14 febbraio segna il suo primo gol in prima divisione portoghese con la nuova maglia, portando momentaneamente in vantaggio il  al 69' durante la partita pareggiata 1-1 contro lo .

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Virginia Tech researchers advancing fuel cell materials
Blacksburg, Va. -- Fuel cells are well recognized as having real potential to supply clean energy for cars, homes, and portable electronics, such as computers One of the limiting features of fuel cells involve the characteristics and stability of polymeric materials used in the proton exchange membrane (PEM) that allows hydrogen protons (H+ ions) to pass through to the oxygen side of the fuel cell, where it can release electrochemical energy by reaction with the oxygen to produce water.
Existing materials have a reasonable life at 80 degrees C, but experts at the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and others have suggested that operation at 120 degrees C or higher would be more efficient.
Virginia Tech researchers will present three approaches for the generation of new PEM materials at the 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting March 26-30 in San Francisco.
The materials being developed by faculty members and students at Virginia Tech have demonstrated better results than existing materials in terms of heat tolerance. The researchers' common approach is to develop PEM wholly aromatic polymers that incorporate the ion conductor sulfonic acid groups at the monomer level rather than during a post reaction, after the polymer has been formed.
"Direct polymerization, or introduction of the ion conductor during a direct reaction from the monomers, instead of a post reaction after polymerization, allows us to develop a better understanding of what the molecular structure is," explains James McGrath, professor of chemistry and director of the Materials Institute at Virginia Tech. "The polymer materials appear to be more stable and better defined when the ion conductor is incorporated during the polymerization, as part of one of the monomers."
The research will be presented at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26, in room 104 of the exhibit level of the Moscone Convention Center. Research on phenyl phosphine oxide -based PEM materials (POLY paper 121) is being presented by chemistry postdoctoral fellows H.K. Shobba and M Sankarapandian, former NSF summer undergraduate researcher Grace Smalley, and McGrath. Research on new polyimides as PEMs (POLY paper 122), which McGrath calls particularly promising, is being presented by chemistry graduate student Nazan Gunduz and McGrath. And research on polysulfones (POLY paper 151) is being presented by post doctoral associates Feng Wang and Qing Ji, Ph.D. students William Harrison and Jeff Mecham, and McGrath, all of Virginia Tech's chemistry department, and Rich Formato and Bob. Kovar of Foster-Miller of Waltham, Mass.
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Fuel cells can also be developed using diesel or regular gasoline, natural gas, or methanol as precursors for the proton exchange.

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Greybrook Realty Partners Inc. announced today the successful closing of an equity investment of $12,965,000 by its managed issuer. The equity will be used to acquire serviced lots located in Oshawa, Ontario, on standard builder's terms. Together with its developer partner, Treasure Hill, the firm will develop the land into a residential community consisting of 243 single-detached homes and 73 townhomes.
The largest municipality in Durham Region, the City of Oshawa has experienced accelerating housing demand in recent years. Robust residential growth in the city has largely been attributed to priced-out homebuyers searching for relatively affordable housing beyond the boundaries of Toronto with easy accessibility to transportation corridors and GO transit. Continued growth is expected with the expansion of the 407 Highway currently underway and increased government commitment to transit funding.
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Delight Restaurant Group acquires 44 Wendy's restaurants in New York, US
Delight Restaurant Group has bought 44 restaurants in the US from The Wendy's Company.
Delight Restaurant Group currently operates Wendy's and Taco Bell restaurants at 155 locations. Credit: Batu Gezer on Unsplash.
Delight Restaurant Group has acquired 44 Wendy's restaurants on Long Island, New York, US, from The Wendy's Company.
As part of the deal, the group intends to build several new Wendy's restaurants in the region. Under the brand's Image Activation initiative, it will also remodel some of the acquired restaurants.
The 44 restaurants included in the deal employ more than 1,200 team members.
Delight Restaurant Group managing partner Andrew Krumholz said: "We are excited to continue and build on the strong performance of the Wendy's restaurants in the Long Island market. We have an amazing team in place and look forward to making a positive difference in our communities."
The group further plans to strengthen its presence in the market through acquisitions and new unit development.
Delight Restaurant Group managing partner Richard Krumholz said: "We are thrilled to grow with this exceptional portfolio and couldn't be more excited about the future of the Wendy's brand."
The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
Established by Andrew and Richard Krumholz in 2016, Delight Restaurant Group currently operates 155 Wendy's and Taco Bell locations.
The acquisition in New York is the group's second deal this year after acquiring 54 Wendy's restaurants in Raleigh, North Carolina as part of the NPC International bankruptcy sale process.
Delight Restaurant Group acquired the locations in March, for an undisclosed sum, from a subsidiary of NPC International.
The acquired restaurants have more than 1,500 employees and produce revenue of more than $85m a year.
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Post by Painboy » 11 Jan 2020, 19:53
Despite what my forum name might imply this sounds wonderful whatever the downsides.
A World Without Pain
"I know the word 'pain,' and I know people are in pain, because you can see it," Joanne Cameron, a seventy-two-year-old retired teacher, told me, in the cluttered kitchen of her century-old stone cottage in the Scottish Highlands. Cameron has never experienced the extremes of rage, dread, grief, anxiety, or fear. She handed a cup of tea to Jim, her husband of twenty-five years, with whom she's never had a fight. "I see stress," she continued, "and I've seen pain, what it does, but I'm talking about an abstract thing."
Because of a combination of genetic quirks, Cameron's negative emotional range is limited to the kinds of bearable suffering one sees in a Nora Ephron movie. If someone tells Cameron a sad story, she cries—"easily! Oh, I'm such a softie." When she reads about the latest transgression by Boris Johnson or Donald Trump, she feels righteous indignation. "But then you just go to a protest march, don't you? And that's all you can do." When something bad happens, Cameron's brain immediately searches for a way to ameliorate the situation, but it does not dwell on unhappiness. She inadvertently follows the creed of the Stoics (and of every twelve-step recovery program): Accept the things you cannot change.
In sharp contrast to her near-inability to feel awful, Cameron has an expansive capacity for positive emotions. She is exceedingly loving and affectionate with her husband. When I first came to the door, she greeted me with an embrace, crying, "Ooh, I'm very huggy!" Her seventeen years as a special-education teacher required great reserves of compassion. "I had a Down-syndrome girl—who was actually quite high-functioning—and she would come in every morning and she'd walk up to me and spit in my face, and say, 'I hate you, Jo Cameron! I hate you!' And I'd stand there and say, 'I don't like being spat on, but I don't hate you!' " Cameron told me, smiling. "Oh, I've had some very difficult students. I've been bitten; I've been spat on; I've been kicked!" Over the years, the Camerons have provided short-term foster care for four children. One of them stole all their vacation money from the cookie jar. "She did take things for the sake of taking them," Cameron said pleasantly. "It took us years to catch up! When eight hundred pounds is gone from your vacation kitty, it takes a long time to recoup."
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Re: Feeling no Pain
Post by Warren » 11 Jan 2020, 20:04
I'm glad there are such people in the world. So very glad. But I don't want to be any part of their life.
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Post by Aresen » 11 Jan 2020, 20:18
I can see her point, but I am not her. I do experience wrath, envy, gluttony, pride, greed, lust, and more than my share of sloth.
TBS, I've learned that all of these have downsides, so I try to avoid them.
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Post by thoreau » 11 Jan 2020, 22:15
I think this woman would fit well with a very special thread that we established several years ago.
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Post by Jennifer » 11 Jan 2020, 22:27
I wonder how well, or badly, this sort of character trait plays out for people in truly horrible situations -- not dealing with "first world problems" but, like, "I live in North Korea" or "I'm a Jew in Germany and the Nazis just seized power"? In physical terms, pain is a warning sign that something is wrong, and living without pain is VERY bad -- I've read articles about people with the inability to feel physical pain and their lives are extremely dangerous. Things like, they'll burn their throat eating an entire overheated bowl of soup, where an ordinary person would think "Too hot!" after only a small sip, then drink a mouthful of something cool and wait for the soup to cool too. (If I felt no pain I likely would've died of my first kidney stone, because there would have been nothing to make me seek help at a hospital, and ultimately discover "Huh, I have NOT been consuming enough water to meet all of my basic biological needs, and things have got bad enough to cause some serious fuckups in the filtering systems.")
I suspect many forms of emotional pain and discomfort serve a similar function. Like, put this woman into a horror-movie situation, where ordinary audience members know "You all need to stay together, do NOT split up and wander off alone, and especially don't go down into that basement." Would this woman feel the same impulse to stay together and avoid the basement, or would she be more "Sure, I'm up for a solitary stroll! Say, I wonder what's down here?"
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Further thought: even in first world, liberal-democratic nations there are plenty of dangerous people and situations best avoided, and plenty of times unpleasant emotions inspire you to possibly avoid them. For example: "It's night in the city, this is kind of a bad neighborhood, and I must walk home alone. I choose to walk 500 yards on the well-lit streets, rather than save time and walk only 100 yards by cutting across the dark wooded vacant lot." Which route would this woman choose?
We're here because our ancestors were paranoid enough to stay alive and/or sneaky enough to steal resources from those who weren't sufficiently wary.
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Of course she walks through the dark wooded vacant lot where the axe-murderer's home used to be and legend says his spirit still stalks. How else is the horror franchise supposed to get started?
And how is she supposed to be resurrectified as 'Lady of Death' in her own sequel if she isn't horribly murdered in the first movie?
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Working around the threat of COVID-19
March 31, 2020 By B.C. Manion
The spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) — and efforts to stay out of harm's way — have sparked creativity and ingenuity across The Laker/Lutz News region.
Kynlee Kuberski, center, who lives in Connerton, reacts, after Pasco County Fire Rescue truck, drives by her Land O' Lakes home to wish her a happy 11th birthday on March 26. Kynlee's mother, Jessi, is on the left, and older sister Kalyn is on the right. (Christine Holtzman)
When plans to celebrate Kynlee Kuberski's 11th birthday at Universal Studios were canceled because of COVID-19, dozens of people came by her Connerton home, to wish her a happy birthday.
They came on foot, on bikes, in cars and even in a Pasco County Fire Rescue truck — to help her celebrate at a safe distance — in response to a request by her Kynlee's mom, Jessi, on her neighborhood Facebook page.
Kynlee's teacher, Macy Kendrick, from Connerton Elementary, was among the well-wishers, some of whom honked their horns as a birthday greeting.
Meanwhile, Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano found a way to serve customers — despite closing his offices to in-person lobby services. All five tax collector offices are handling limited transactions through drive-thru. They're processing automobile, boat and mobile home registration renewals, property tax payments, and handicapped permit applications.
Eleven-year-old Kynlee Kuberski, of Land O' Lakes, smiles, as family, friends and neighbors sing 'Happy Birthday' to her. No one could get closer because of social distancing, due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). (Christine Holtzman)
The Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center also has come up with a way to help adopters who are interested in having a self-isolation sidekick but can't physically come into the shelter. They're calling that program Curbside Cuddles.
There's another program for adopters who can't come to the center that they're calling Cuddles Shuttles. Find out more about these programs by calling (813) 744-5660.
On another front, Michele Northrup — former Lutz Guv'na — is using her entrepreneurial skills to help vendors — including her own business — that have watched their scheduled events evaporate.
"I've been doing markets for years, and helping run markets and shows. I have a group of maybe 200 to 250 vendors that I pull from to do these different shows and markets.
"Well, now these vendors have nothing. They have no income," she said.
Michele Northrup and Cynthia Cicala packing bags to be delivered to customers. (B.C. Manion)
"What do you do when your markets close?" she asked. "Find new markets," she responded.
Northrup put out the word that she'd like to create vendor boxes and, in essence, bring the Farmer's Market to people's doors.
The boxes sell for $60 and $100 each, and include such items as fresh produce, honey, artisan soaps, homemade disinfectant spray, sauces, spices and fresh Cuban bread.
Each week, the boxes will vary.
The first deliveries were made over the weekend.
Northrup hoped for at least 22 orders on the first shipment and wound up with 39.
Orders are being taken for the next shipment on SaucyQueen.com.
Many other businesses and shops also are changing the way they serve customers, including Hungry Harry's Bar-B-Que, on U.S. 41 in Land O' Lakes. It is also still smokin' — offering pit carryout, of its full menu.
A sign on both sides of the restaurant encourages people to call ahead for faster service.
Hungry Harry's Bar-B-Que, a community staple, is still serving up its barbecued meals through carryout, on the pit side. Patrons are encouraged to call ahead. (B.C. Manion)
Land O' Lakes resident Sandy Graves offered two examples of organizations adapting to limitations imposed by COVID-19.
For one, the Land O' Lakes Rotary Club held its first virtual meeting using Zoom.
She also noted: "Keystone Community Church did a drive-in worship service on Sunday. It was really good. We were honking horns, instead of clapping."
Many churches are adjusting to COVID-19 by live-streaming their services.
The Rev. Adrienne Hymes said Wesley Chapel Episcopal Church is using technology to keep the congregation connected, but also is using old-fashioned one-on-one telephone calls to keep in touch.
Atonement Lutheran Church, in Wesley Chapel, plans a drive-thru service, to hand out palms and a blessing on Palm Sunday.
Christine Holtzman contributed to this story.
Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Adrienne Hymes, Atonement Lutheran Church, Connerton Elementary, coronavirus disease-2019, COVID-19, Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, Hungry Harry's Bar-B-Que, Keystone Community Church, Kynlee Kuberski, Land O' Lakes Rotary Club, Macy Kendrick, Michele Northrup, Mike Fasano, Pasco County Fire Rescue, Sandy Graves, Saucy Queen, U.S. 41, Universal Studios, Wesley Chapel Episcopal Church
Wesley Chapel Episcopal Church makes 'house calls'
When the Rev. Adrienne Hymes was considering ways to reach out into the community surrounding the new Wesley Chapel Episcopal Church, she hit upon an idea that literally involves making house calls.
The Rev. Adrienne Hymes sprinkles holy water in Pete and Sharon Soto's Wesley Chapel home as part of a home blessing. (B.C. Manion)
She has made herself available, by appointment, to visit a house or apartment — or business or other gathering space, for that matter, to lead a ceremony to bless the space.
Recently, she visited the home of Pete and Sharon Soto, of Wesley Chapel, and read from scriptural text, as she and those gathered took part in a rite aimed at welcoming and acknowledging God's presence, and asking for blessing and protection.
The couple, their daughter, and some friends and neighbors joined in reading passages, at certain points in the rite.
Hymes used salt and a blessing, seeking to turn ordinary tap water into holy water — used to bless every room in the home.
Salt is used for purification, she explained.
And, near the home's front door, Hymes recited a pray, which said in part: "Almighty and everlasting God, grant to this home, the grace of your presence, that you may be known to be the inhabitant of this dwelling and a defender of this household."
As she and the others made their way throughout the home, she sought blessings for each room.
In the bedroom, for instance, Hymes prayed: "Guide us, waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping, that awake we may watch with Christ and asleep, we may rest in peace."
Family and friends gather to join in a sacramental ritual to bless Pete and Sharon Soto's home in Wesley Chapel.
Others attending the ceremony were Jeri Jeffries, Maggie Thomas, Christine O'Donnell, Karen Bauer and Michelle Flemming, the Sotos' daughter.
"As we go on our spiritual journey, and our deeper relationship with God, we started to realize that we need extra protection," Sharon Soto said.
"We lived 30 years in the other house and we didn't get it done, so when the opportunity came up for this house, we couldn't pass it up," Pete Soto said. "That was just like a God-sent message."
The Sotos moved to Wesley Chapel a couple of years ago.
"We were ready to downsize to a smaller home, and we have a daughter, a son-in-law and two grandsons that live in Wesley Chapel.
"It's not that we don't feel the presence of God here, we already do. It just is kind of an affirmation, I guess," Sharon Soto said.
Hymes said besides blessing homes, she's available — by appointment — to bless other spaces, too.
"More and more, as people are pushed into very determined sacred and secular spaces, I think it's important to remind people that showing up where they live, work and play, and saying, 'You know what, all of it is sacred,' " she said.
"Ritual is so important for us to memorialize different milestones in our lives. One of those would be that now, we have a new home, or we have a home that we now want to make sure that is adequately blessed, particularly if you're a religious person," Hymes said.
"It's one way for the church to say, 'We're new here,' but we also want to be able to bless you in whatever way that we can. Interacting with people, not just on the street corner, or the place where we're shopping — but to be able to go into their home, is a very intimate space. And, I think that connects with people on a very different level."
If you'd like to schedule an appointment, email Hymes at
New church begins Sunday services
What: Wesley Chapel Episcopal Church is beginning to offer a Sunday morning service
Where: 3758 Maryweather Lane, Wesley Chapel
When: Nov. 4 at 8 a.m. (This will be the new church's first Sunday service, which it plans to offer each week at 8 a.m.)
Details: Besides offering a Sunday service, the church also offers home blessings and other activities aimed at promoting spiritual development.
Info: Visit WCEpiscopalChurch.org, or call (813) 418-1281.
Filed Under: Local News, Wesley Chapel/New Tampa News Tagged With: Adrienne Hymes, Christine O' Donnell, Jeri Jeffries, Karen Bauer, Maggie Thomas, Michelle Flemming, Pete Soto, Sharon Soto, Wesley Chapel Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church has first Wesley Chapel home
While it's a long way from having the permanent worship space and congregation it intends to have, the Episcopal Church has found an initial home at a business park in Wesley Chapel.
The church, at 3758 Maryweather Lane in Wesley Chapel, is now having monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of the month, which begins with evening prayer at 6:30 p.m., and then is followed by a core group meeting.
The Rev. Adrienne Hymes is busy in the process of planting an Episcopal Church in Wesley Chapel. Core team members are working to prepare the way. A soft launch is expected in June, with the aim for an official launch in November. (B.C. Manion)
It currently has four core group members, but needs a dozen to create the various teams needed to launch the church, said the Rev. Adrienne Hymes, whose official title is Diocesan Missioner for Church Extension.
The core group is focusing on the areas of theological and spiritual formation; discipleship, evangelism and mission. Efforts continue to recruit additional core group members.
Members of that group need to be people with vision — who can see things that are not yet there, Hymes said.
While much work remains to be done, Hymes is encouraged by the progress so far.
"The Holy Spirt has really been active in this ministry," she said. "It (the church planting) is moving faster than the plan on paper."
The church is planning a soft launch in June, when it will transition to weekly Wednesday evening prayer meetings and core group meetings. It also will begin Sunday 9 a.m. services.
The hope is for an official launch of the church in November, Hymes said.
The church opened at its current location during the week of Ash Wednesday, allowing it to have its first Ash Wednesday service there. Fourteen people attended.
These milestones are important, Hymes said, noting they provide encouragement to the people who are working to help establish the Episcopal Church in Wesley Chapel.
Hymes said she knows there is a need for the church in the community.
"There are Episcopalians here. They don't want to drive. They want to go to church where they live," she said.
She also knows that having a church in Wesley Chapel makes it possible for people to be more involved in their community.
"Discipleship is determined by distance," she said. She said she's heard from Episcopalians, "'Yeah, we'd love Sunday service, but I'd also like to be able to do Bible Study during the week. I also want to be able to learn more about the Book of Common Prayer during the week,'" she said.
But, that's difficult to do, if your church is 20 miles away, she said.
When people reach out to her to let her know that they're interested in attending an Episcopal Church in Wesley Chapel, she makes it clear that this church is still in its formative stages.
She tells people when they come: "Don't have any expectations other than: 'We're here to be present for God's people.'"
Some things that need to be done before the church can have a formal launch include coming up with a name for the church, establishing child care provisions and setting up its music program, Hymes said.
While the church continues to plan and work toward its future, it continues moving forward.
For instance, it is hosting a six-week Lenten Series, which began on Feb. 21 and concludes on March 28.
The Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, which has 77 churches, has been wanting to establish a presence in Wesley Chapel for many years.
If you'd like to get involved or would like to know more, contact Hymes at (813) 418-1281 or
Lenten series
Here is the schedule for the rest of the Lenten Series being hosted by the Episcopal Church in Wesley Chapel.
The sessions begin with a simple supper at 6:30 p.m., followed by the program, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The next two sessions will be led by Brother Eric Mukasa, a former Benedictine Monk:
Feb. 28: Christian Charity
March 7: Ministering with Meaning
The last three sessions will be led by The Rev. Adrienne Hymes
March 14: Developing Your Spiritual Toolbox
March 21: Practicing Theological Reflection
March 28: Pastoral Care for the Faith Community
Filed Under: Local News, Wesley Chapel/New Tampa News Tagged With: Adrienne Hymes, Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, Maryweather Lane, Wesley Chapel
Episcopal church branching into Wesley Chapel
November 29, 2017 By B.C. Manion
Picture, if you will, a church that does not yet have walls, or established ministries — but is rooted in an ancient tradition.
While it's a blank canvas at the moment, a new Episcopal church in Wesley Chapel won't remain that way forever — and beginning in January, meetings will be held to begin organizing the church's first location in the community.
"We call it church planting. It's like the sower (in the Bible) who sows the seeds; it's planting," said the Rev. Adrienne Hymes, whose official title is Diocesan Missioner for Church Extension.
Rev. Adrienne Hymes is leading an effort to establish a new Episcopal church in Wesley Chapel. (B.C. Manion)
She has assembled a core group of five people to begin one-on-one conversations with people in the community to find out more about Wesley Chapel's needs.
The core group also will focus initially on the areas of theological and spiritual formation; discipleship, evangelism and mission.
Hymes expects to have a location by January and to begin holding monthly meetings.
"It will start out once a month on Wednesday nights, and then as we grow, we'll be looking at Sundays," she said.
The church currently is in talks for a possible location in a business park off of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.
As more members join, a launch team will develop.
After that, it's hard to predict how fast the move will be to a new location, how large the church will be, how many services and the exact shape of the ministries, Hymes said.
"With something like this, this really calls on us to lean heavily on the Holy Spirit movement — which can be a slow movement, or it can set on fire really quickly," she said.
One thing is clear; the Episcopal church wants to be a presence in Wesley Chapel.
"Wesley Chapel is growing exponentially, and there are no signs of it stopping," Hymes said.
The Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida has been wanting to establish a presence in the community for many years. The diocese has 77 churches.
The diocese perceives a need in Wesley Chapel, and funds from a three-year national grant are being used to help support the effort to establish a church in that community.
"We do know there are Episcopalians who have been waiting for a (local) church for a long time. If you grew up in the tradition, you want an Episcopal church," she said. Other Episcopal churches are miles away — in New Tampa, Zephyrhills and New Port Richey.
As the effort gets underway for a new church in Wesley Chapel, Hymes noted: "It just turns out that God sends servants and God sends resources, so that we are really able to focus on establishing a presence out there at this time."
She is looking for people who want to part of a ground-floor, grassroots effort.
"We're looking for entrepreneurial types. We're looking for people who are visionaries. People who can see things that aren't there yet," Hymes said. "We're going to need people who vision and dream," she added.
"Normally, when you walk into a church, you're worshipping — things are there," Hymes said.
Some people definitely prefer it that way, she said.
If, however, "you're comfortable with not knowing everything and the details, those are the people that we need.
"It's kingdom-building work," she said, and she's looking to attract people from all walks of life to play a role.
There may be architects and construction workers, business people and others, she said. Retired people, who have just wrapped up a long career, may want to get involved in beginning something new, she said.
"Maybe you've been a strategic planner your whole life," she said. "You're not done yet.
"Right now, we're in this wonderful dance of the Holy Spirit, wondering what is going to happen next," said Hymes, who is clearly excited by the prospect.
"How many people have a chance to get on the ground floor of a brand-new church that does not have a name yet?
"Every time we meet and every time a new person shows up, the DNA for this church is being created," Hymes added.
For those who do not know much about the Episcopal church, Hymes offered a brief overview.
"Our history and our roots run deep. The Episcopal church's roots are rooted in the church of England, which started in the 16th century. What we offer is an ever-ancient liturgy that people can tap into and hold onto," she said.
"If you're led to the doors of this church, we welcome you, and we invite you into the rich Anglican tradition," she said.
At the same time, the church's ministries adapt to meet the changing needs of the community it serves, she said.
Those helping to lay the groundwork for the church will be learning about the needs it is called to serve in Wesley Chapel area.
If you'd like to get involved or would like to know more, contact Hymes at (813) 418-1281 or by email at
Filed Under: Local News, Wesley Chapel/New Tampa News Tagged With: Adrienne Hymes, Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, Wesley Chapel


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Here is a quote from B.B. Warfield, from his essay "Augustine", which can be found in the book, Calvin and Augustine. It is a beautiful declaration of God's grace. To Warfield, Augustine's big contribution to the church is the recovery of the doctrine of God's grace.
It would be altogether a mistake to suppose that Augustine consciously discriminated between the theology of grace, which was his personal contribution to Christian thought, and the traditional Catholicism, which he gave his life to defend and propagate. In his own consciousness, the two were one: in his theology of grace he was in his own apprehension only giving voice to the Catholic faith in its purity. Nevertheless, however unconsciously, he worked with it a revolution both in Christian teaching and in Christian life, second in its depth and its far-reaching results to no revolution which has been wrought in Christian feeling and thought in the whole course of its history. A new Christian piety dates from him, in which, in place of the alternations of hope and fear which vex the lives of those who, in whatever degree, hang their hopes on their own merits, a mood of assured trust in the mercy of a gracious God is substituted as the spring of Christian life. And a new theology corresponding to this new type of piety dates from him; a theology which, recalling man from all dependence on his own powers or merits, casts him decisively on the grace of God alone for his salvation. Of course, this doctrine was not new in the sense that it was Augustine's invention; it was the doctrine of Paul, for example, before it was the doctrine of Augustine, and was only recovered for the Church by Augustine.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley (Roxbury (Massachusetts), 22 augustus 1834 – Aiken (South Carolina), 27 februari 1906) was een Amerikaans astronoom en natuurkundige. Hij is de uitvinder van de bolometer.

Zijn infrarood-waarnemingen van de maan werden door Svante Arrhenius gebruikt om het effect van kooldioxide op de temperatuur van de aarde te berekenen. In 1947 werd de niet SI-eenheid langley naar hem vernoemd.

Hij was van 1887 tot 1906 secretaris van het Smithsonian Institution en richtte voor dit instituut een sterrenwacht op.
Zijn laatste jaren hield hij zich bezig met vliegtuigen. Hij had vooral succes in 1896 met de Aerodrome no. 5, een reusachtig zweefvliegtuig, uitgerust met een motortje en propellers.

Literatuur
Samuel P. Langley,1890 , The Temperature of the Moon, Memoir of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. iv. 9th mem. 193pp .
Langley & Abbot, 1900, Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution, Volume I

Amerikaans astronoom
Amerikaans luchtvaartpionier
Amerikaans natuurkundige


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Cooked up a big batch of oatmeal/peach crisp combination for the boys — which was devoured before I got a single bite.
Fed a lost baby Robin a worm.
Surprisingly, after last year's mishap, The Martins have moved back into our boat lift for the summer. Mom and Dad are busy building a nest — and they dart around our heads whenever we get close to the boat. Reminds me of the movie, The Birds.
Trained all the boys on the proper use of the washer. Explained that I'm preparing them for college.
Have pulled out my camera, on demand, for shots of Charlie the Heron… the lake pet.
And more…. But frankly, I'd just like to sit down. So, maybe, now that the boys have moved the blue chairs to the end of the dock, I will just do that. After, I teach the boys how to handle that pile of dishes in the sink.
Oh, to be bored! What you are doing sounds wonderful. So far, our summer vacation has been consumed with a new babysitter…who will be fired this weekend…and the horrific quest to find a new one that is available and much more mature than the last one within the next week.
Have a wonderful summer! I'm sorry that we didn't get you the new fishing lure to take with you before you left! Someday, the boys will have to fish together!!