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Rev. Karl August inside his church in District Six, Cape Town
District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
The Rev. Karl August inside his church. The Moravian Chapel in Ashley Street was built in 1884. Its pastor, the Rev. Karl August hopes to build another chapel in Hanover Park. 'We can never replace the history of this chapel,' he says.
Map of the Queenstown and Indwe District, to accompany Mr. R.T. Hall's report
Queenstown (South Africa)- -Maps, Railroads--South Africa--Eastern Cape --Maps,
A map showing elevations, rivers, mountain ranges, roads, railway infrastructure, towns. Relief shown by shading. Scale 1 inch to 5 miles
Map of the District of Matatiela, sheet no. 1
Matatiele (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Matatiele (Eastern Cape),
Map of the District of Matatiela showing Ongeluks Nek, with surrounding areas, commonages, names of places, roads, rivers, district boundaries, and location reserves. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Woman hanging washing, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
A woman hangs up her washing in the backyard of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01, ,
District Six partly demolished, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Woman holding tea in a kitchen, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
A woman holds a cup of tea and poses for a picture in the kitchen of a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Group of young children eating ice-cream on the stairs, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
A group of young boys and girls sit and eat ice-cream on the steps leading up to adjacent homes in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city. Their mothers appear in the background holding babies.
Protesters against the development of District Six, Cape Town
Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Housing, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Picket line ... Protestors line the owner of Lower Burg and Riebeeck streets yesterday during a legal lunch-time protest against the development of District Six. The protesters later confronted Iico management, one of the companies proposing to build houses in the district.
South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Children--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01, ,
District Map of Tsomo, Transkei. Sheet no. 2
Transkei (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Homelands (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Map of Tsomo, Transkei, showing locations of Mfula, Mbulu, Gaba, Xolobe and Lutuli, location boundaries, building lots and plans, forests, trading stations, rivers, and roads. Relief shown by mountain peaks. Scale 300 Cape Roods = 1 Eng. Inch.
Boys watching destruction of District Six, South Africa, 1974
South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
The destruction of District Six was one of the worst insults inflicted upon the coloured people of the Cape by the National Party (NP). On a Sunday morning in 1974, three boys from a nearby shack strolled passed the demolition, sat on what used to be the pavement, and watched the destruction. Others also gathered, but no on said anything for a long time. When people have experienced too much pain, their senses become numb. The boys then got up and ran over the spaces of what used to be District Six
St Mark's Church, and its rector, District Six, Cape Town
Above: The rector of St Mark's, The Rev. Stanley Gray, stands before his church in this, the brick-strewn landscape of District Six.
Sketch map showing portion of Knysna District recently prospected for gold
Prospecting--South Africa--Knysna--Maps, Knysna (South Africa)--Maps,
A relief map with contours and shading of the Knysna District, with rivers. Place names are Berg Plaats, Hollywood Park and Rooi Kraal. Position of holes sunk and surface trials made are indicated in red. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 200 roods.
The remains of demolished buildings, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Lion's head overlooks the demolition of buildings in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's during the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Boys playing with cards on the pavement, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Three boys sit on the pavement and play a game of cards outside a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Map of the District of Umzimkulu, sheet no. 2
Umzimkhulu (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Umzimkhulu (KwaZulu-Natal),
Map of the District of Umzimkulu showing Indowana, with district boundaries, rivers, main and ordinary roads, forest reserves, location reserves, names of mountains and plots of land. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Woman standing in a doorway, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
A woman stands in the doorway of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Plaque about District Six, Cape Town
District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination, Christianity
Plaque at Cape Town Church
Young girl playing with stones, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
A young girl plays with stones on the ground outside her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Woman in the window of her home, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
A woman looks through a window in her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.


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To expand the use of copper; It is of great importance in the prevention of new epidemics, viruses and pandemics that we will encounter in the future.
During the cholera epidemic in Paris in 1852, Doctor Victor Burg, who visited the copper enterprises in the city, realized that 200 people working here were not affected by the epidemic and developed immunity against infectious diseases. Then he began to investigate the relationship between the diseases of people working in copper enterprises, both in Paris and in many cities around the world.
Unlike Doctor Burg, today; It is known in the scientific world that copper has antibacterial properties and kills bacteria such as norovirus, MRSA and staphylococcus. Bacteria and viruses that come into contact with copper die within minutes.
So how does this happen?
When a bacteria or virus comes into contact with the copper face, the copper releases ions, which are electrically charged particles. These ions, in turn, destroy the DNA and RNA in bacteria, preventing the survival of these microorganisms. Viruses and bacteria that have lost their DNA and RNA cannot mutate against copper and become more resistant. Therefore; While microorganisms that make people sick can live on surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel for days, they disappear within hours on copper surfaces.
In fact, the antibacterial properties of copper and its medicinal use date back to 2600 BC. According to the Edwin Smith Papyrus, which was written during this period and is known as the first medical book, copper was used to clean chest wounds and drinking water. For centuries in India, people drank water from copper vessels.
Why did we stop using copper?
Many objects we see around us today are made of stainless steel or plastic. These materials look cleaner and brighter than copper and are easier to clean. Objects made of copper also cause a dirty appearance, as copper easily tarnishes. It is quite costly to polish these objects periodically. But scientists say that copper continues to kill microbes on its surface, even if it turns color or even turns green.
The use of copper reduces germs by 83%.
In 2012, Michael Schmidt, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology working on copper at the University of South Carolina Medicine, and his colleagues conducted a study on the use of copper in three different health centers in the United States. First of all, they determined which objects patients and their relatives came into contact with most in these centers. These objects; bed borders, door handles, visitor seats, etc. were surfaces that everyone often touched. By coating them with copper, the researchers found that microbes were reduced by 83%.
In another study conducted in 2015, it was seen that the infection rate in three separate hospitals decreased by 58% after the use of copper.
Bill Keevil, Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Southampton in England, states that copper surfaces can be effective in reducing diseases such as SARS-CoV2, the new coronavirus, which are transmitted from person to person through respiratory tract. He emphasizes that the use of copper in places where people are together such as hospitals, buses, subways, airports and gyms is important in the fight against epidemics. Researchers working on SARS-CoV2 (Kovid-19) also reached results that would confirm Keevil's suggestion: The viruses that cause Kovid-19 can survive up to three days on plastic and stainless steel, while they live on copper surfaces for a maximum of four hours.
Copper; Aluminum is not preferred because it is more expensive than plastic and stainless steel. However, considering that infectious diseases cost the health system $45 billion annually in the United States alone and cause 90,000 deaths, we can say that the use of copper will both reduce the death rate and provide great savings.
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Television stations in Michigan, Daystar Affiliates, Channel 23,
Former The Box Affiliates
Former MTV2 affiliates
Former Univision affiliates
Word of God Fellowship
Other Michigan Stations
WUDT-LD
23.1: WUDT-LD
Call Letter Meaning(s)
W Univision DeTroit (after previous affiliation)
Former Affiliation
The Box (1989–2000)
MTV2 (2000–2004)
Univision (2004-2009)
Former Channel Number(s)
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1989-2001)
35 (UHF, 2001)
23 (UHF, 2001-2010)
Digital: 8 (2010-2012)
Former Call Letters
W05BN (January 4, 1989–September 1, 1995)
WBXD-LP (September 1, 1995–June 27, 2002)
WBXD-CA (June 27, 2002–November 18, 2004)
WUDT-CA (November 18, 2004–April 6, 2010)
WUDT-LD (April 6, 2010–May 10, 2012)
WUDT-CD (May 10, 2012–May 21, 2013)
WUDT-LD, in Detroit, Michigan, is a low-power affiliate of Daystar. It operates as a digital station on channel 23.1 (mapped to former analog position 23), owned and operated by Daystar.
The station took to the air on January 4, 1989, as low-power W05BN on channel 5. It then became WBXD-LP on September 1, 1995, reflecting its affiliation with, and ownership by, The Box, which was acquired by Viacom in 1999 and merged into its MTV2 in 2001. The sale to Viacom put WBXD under the same ownership as UPN station WKBD (channel 50) and, after Viacom's merger with CBS, WWJ-TV (channel 62).
On January 30, 2001, the station moved to channel 35 and then to channel 23 on July 12, 2001. Then on June 27, 2002, the station began operating at class A status, giving it the call sign WBXD-CA.
Viacom sold WBXD-CA to Equity Broadcasting in November 2004. The new owners renamed the station WUDT-CA, and made the station an affiliate of Univision. In 2007, Equity Broadcasting was renamed Equity Media Holdings Corporation. WUDT-CA was the first Spanish-language television station to take to the air in the state of Michigan since W66BV, Detroit's prior Univision affiliate, became a TBN translator in the early-1990s.
During its time with Univision, WUDT was also one of only three stations affiliated with the network (along with KUNS-TV in Seattle and Univision O&O WQHS-TV in Cleveland) in markets bordering Canada. Univision's over-the-air presence in Detroit made Detroit/Windsor the only market in the United States or Canada with terrestrial stations in English, Spanish and French—the French station was Radio-Canada owned-and-operated station CBEFT on channel 35, a former originating station which rebroadcast Toronto's CBLFT-DT before going dark in 2012.
WUDT's master control was remotely originated via satellite from Equity's headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. Equity maintained a local news and advertising sales office at 5600 King Street in Troy. The station had limited backup signal transmission arrangements; during several instances of bad weather, WUDT-CA often broadcast either a black screen or a "NO SIGNAL" message.
On March 28, 2007, Comcast added WUDT to its Detroit lineup on channel 65, replacing the network's national East Coast feed, which had been carried since the 1980s when Comcast in the Detroit area was split up between several companies (for example, it was known as Barden Cablevision in Detroit proper and Inkster; Cablevision Industries in Dearborn; Continental Cablevision in Southfield, Dearborn Heights, Madison Heights and Hazel Park; Harron Cable in Port Huron; Omnicom in far western Wayne County (including Canton Charter Township) and Hamtramck; Maclean Hunter in many Downriver communities; and Tele-Communications Inc. in several Oakland County suburbs and the Downriver communities of Lincoln Park, Riverview, Woodhaven, Trenton and Gibraltar), and when Univision was known as Spanish International Network (SIN). However, it was never available on WOW! Detroit, Bright House Livonia, Wyandotte Municipal Services or Cogeco Windsor; WOW continued to carry the national feed instead, while Bright House does not have the station or the network on any of its lineups in Livonia, Farmington, Novi or Redford, and Wyandotte Municipal Services also does not carry the station or the network on its lineup in the city of Wyandotte. Cogeco Windsor does not carry Univision in any form due to restrictions set by the CRTC. Comcast later moved the station to channel 18 in Detroit to make room for the Michigan feed of the Big Ten Network, which now occupies channel 65.
Due to the 2008 bankruptcy of Equity Broadcasting, WUDT was sold at auction to the Daystar Television Network on April 16, 2009; the sale closed in July 2009. In August 2009, the station began to show only a slide with the Univision logo and station identification. Comcast immediately removed WUDT from its lineup and reverted to carrying the national Univision feed. On August 26, at about 5PM, WUDT switched to Daystar. This left Detroit without a full-time Spanish-language outlet.
On April 6, 2010, WUDT switched off its analog signal and broadcast on digital channel 8. At some point in mid-June 2010 WUDT-LD went silent, returning to the air as of July 27, 2010.
Daystar reached a deal to sell WUDT-CD, along with WSVT-CD in Tampa, Florida, to LocusPoint Networks in December 2012. The deal will make it a sister station to two other Detroit stations, WDWO-CD (which LocusPoint acquired in March 2013) and W33BY (which LocusPoint acquired in April 2014). In the meantime, in May 2013, Daystar surrendered the class A status for WUDT and three other stations.
On December 15, 2014, Ion Media Networks, the owners of WPXD-TV, reached a deal to donate its translator station W48AV (channel 48) in St. Clair Shores to Daystar. As part of the transaction, Daystar requested a special temporary authority for it to relocate to UHF 23, the same channel as WUDT-LD; this was granted.
News[edit | edit source]
From about 2005 until June 2008, the station presented a nightly newscast, produced and anchored in Denver, Colorado, with stories produced in the Detroit area originating from the station's offices in Troy. On June 6, 2008, Equity discontinued local newscasts at its six Univision affiliates, including WUDT.
TV stations in Michigan
Detroit:
Grand Rapids–Kalamazoo–Battle Creek:
Mid-Michigan:
Berrien Springs:
WHNE-LD, Detroit WUHQ-LD, Grand Rapids W24DL-D, Saginaw WYGN-LD, Berrien Springs
WDWO-CD, Detroit WMKG-CD, Muskegon WAQP, Saginaw
WUDL-LD, Detroit WTLJ, Muskegon WUWB-LD, West Branch
WUDT-LD, Detroit WLLA, Kalamazoo
WHPS-CD, Detroit
WADL, Mount Clemens
WLPC-CD, Detroit
TV stations in Southeast Michigan, including Detroit
WJBK 2 (Fox)
WDIV 4 (NBC)
WXYZ 7 (ABC)
WHNE-LD 14 (LIGHT)
WDWO-CD 18 (AZA)
WUDL-LD 19 (Info)
WMYD 20 (MNTV)
WUDT-LD 23 (Daystar)
WPXD 31 (Ion)
WHPS-CD 33 (Ind)
WADL 38 (Ind)
WLPC-CD 40 (Impact)
WKBD 50 (CW)
WTVS 56 (PBS)
WWJ 62 (CBS)
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Television stations in Michigan
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I have grieved the loss of my daughter because I love her. And at times, this has tempted me to believe that my grief and love are coextensive. But actually, my love for my daughter goes far beyond my grief.
As the intensity and frequency of my grief experiences have lessened, love has continued to persist. In love, I am set on my daughter's good—and because of heavenly glory, I have the unshakeable hope she already has all good. Remaining here, because I do not equate grief and love, I now have no conflict of love when experiencing new joys in this life.
God has been faithful to lead me forward. For none of His guidance contradicts—no calling He puts on my life in one area causes conflict for how He has designed for me to live in another area. He has given my first daughter for me to love. As He has given me new breaths and days for me to move forward here. To live seamlessly between these two callings is a demonstration of the trustworthiness of His ways. I can love, and I can move forward.
Resolving the relationship within me between grief and love has been vital to gaining the peace to move forward in life. For I am called as God's redeemed to love well—especially love those so dear as my own family.
As this inner conflict has been resolved, God has shown me that receiving good gifts from Him after loss is part of loving and worshiping Him. To freely receive all of the goodness that God gives means I also have no conflict between my love for my daughter and my love for God.
If, conversely, I felt resistant toward new good gifts of God because they seemed to negate my love for my daughter, in what state would my love for God, my Maker, Creator, and Redeemer, exist? Instead, because I know that love for my daughter is not contingent upon experiencing sadness, I also know that I can joyfully receive new gifts that God does desire to give.
When all I have is considered, God gives countless good gifts to me. James 1:17 teaches, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." In grief, I once had difficulty remembering the beauty of God's goodness. Now, five years later, perceiving it without feelings of grief or sadness is overwhelming—evoking within praise that never did God change. Though my sight was shadowed, never was there a shift or shadow within God. How good He is—and how glad I am that I worked and waited for the day I could perceive so without the grief-veil before my eyes!
Now, as I receive the "yes" of new gifts from His hand, He helps me do exactly what I desire—love Him more in response.
I affirm God's goodness. In being willing to receive good gifts from God after my loss, I acknowledge that death came through sin—sin with which God cannot be tempted and cannot tempt. Instead, God is the Father of lights who cannot change. Receiving good gifts from His hand that He does decide to give—and receiving them with decided joy—is an affirmation of my trust in God's goodness.
I help keep myself from sin. The more I love what God loves, the more distasteful sins become to my desires. I was not born holy—I must continually learn the beauty of holiness and righteousness. Dismissing the goodness of God's Word, people, promises, and continued purposes in this life is no way to train my desires toward the goodness of His light. Being content with all of the good gifts He does decide to give reminds me of how kind He is, and makes me desire to reject sin.
I grow in humility. Insisting upon my own way for my life is only a legitimate aim if I am in charge of my life. But God is the Father above me. By His will I was created and reborn in Christ; I belong to Him. Receiving good gifts from His hand that He does decide to give in this life—and not only insisting upon the gift(s) I sought—brings me closer to Him through submission.
I love God's glory. As much as selfish thinking prompts me to live with myself as the center of my world—God and His glory is the center, the point. I have been created and redeemed to serve Him. God is glad to give me good gifts that I enjoy because He is a good God. He is honored when I receive with thanksgiving. So when I do welcome from the hand of God what He does decide to give, I promote His glory.
…that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
When God has not given me, presently, the life with my first daughter I desired, will I receive from Him what He does desire to give? Yes. In order to do so, I first worked to resolve the tension I felt between grief, love, and moving forward. That opened my heart toward fully receiving from the Lord.
Now, as life continues to move forward, I will continue to receive because God is unchangingly good, because by this I am kept further from sin and closer to Him, because my life is not my own, and because His glory is the very focal point of living. As I have done this receiving, I can also testify that God has been faithful to draw me near in the "yes" of new good gifts from His hand, even as He walked with me through the "no" of loss.
Today, I am sharing a trailer for Made for a Different Land composed of quotes from all of the book's writers. It was created by CRay Designs in partnership with Hope Mommies. It tells a joint story of the grief of baby loss and the faithfulness of God in our lives. We grieve with hope.
The kind people at my home church would have been able to tell you that I cried through nearly every service—that is, every service I had the physical strength to last through—for weeks after our daughter went to glory.
Grieving brothers and sisters, as you seek God's face in grief, see how he attends the mourner's prayer directly through sound assemblies of his own people. In these churches, be refreshed by the proclamation that though death is a shadow of darkness, a great light has dawned through the Lamb who was slain (Matthew 4:16).
For the first time this year, Hope Mommies—a 501(c)3 non-profit organization sharing the hope of Christ with women who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss—will offer a free gift for those who want to donate to the ministry through the annual Giving Tuesday campaign starting November 27. The gift is a book I have written, Made for a Different Land: Eternal Hope for Baby Loss; the book also includes chapters from several contributors.
Staring at a motionless image on an ultrasound machine's screen, my mind reverberated with a refrain I had been taught long before I was pregnant or married. A college systematic theology professor—Kevin Zuber—had delivered a lecture that powerfully set in my heart this theme (I am paraphrasing): "Do the work in advance to know that God is sovereign because when difficulties come, this is what you will need to know." Thanks to the Lord, this was the message I remembered with clarity those seven or so years later.
I beheld beautiful her while His sovereignty kept me alive. As I looked down to my lifeless newborn, there was no other answer—she was not made for this earth at all. While my eyes poured over her for the first time, the first sight I have hope she already beheld was of Christ. I said these words aloud, wanting to verbally etch a permanent memory into the blur of labor and delivery: "She was made for a different land." My surrounding family nodded in heartfelt agreement.
Weeks after her burial, still fixated—in my mind's eye—on the hole in the ground and the baby body far too beautiful for it, still, this question poured from my inward being:What more could I ask Him to do than He has already done? What more could I ask Him to do than He had already sacrificially done for me on the cross? What more could I ask Him to do than what I had not deserved: His part in the precious transaction of my salvation—a salvation to which I contributed only hell.
April was my daughter's month—the month she was born and the month she was buried; April awakens us with her spring, but buries us with her rain. The literal skies emptied on me the day she was lowered into the ground. Tears threatened to bury me too. But instead, through each torrent of grief, He caused me to know Him—to trust His sovereignty and see His goodness at the cross.
He birthed something new in me that April, which sprung from the soil of burial to become purpose. He birthed an intimate knowledge of Himself; a longing to unambiguously share His faithfulness in the deluge; and the unrivaled, undeserved comfort of His sacrifice. Because of His salvation, our April meant joy. These were not the gifts of birth and growth that I anticipated and longed for that April. But this, God sovereignly yielded.
By continually receiving of his sacrifice, the cross could regain more predominance in my view than earthly loss, and my life on this fallen ground could soldier forward with heavenly purposes.
With Hebrews 11:16 coming to mind, I uttered the following words in the hospital room after the stillbirth of my first child: "She was made for a different land." Soon, we announced online the death of our child instead of her birth, and the same words were written across the title of our blog post. As the years have gone by, this is the phrase I have written on balloons released in memory of my daughter. And most recently, "Made for a Different Land" is the title of a forthcoming collaborative book from Hope Mommies, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization sharing the hope of Christ with women who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss.* So, these have been significant, thematic words in my thoughts and life for the last five years—right up to the present day.
I think I have carried them so closely with me because of the hope they continue to communicate to my soul: First, "She was made"—she was! God made my daughter, and I thank Him that He did. Her existencewas an act of God, full of meaning because divine hands formed her. She grew within me—she would not breath outside of the womb or ever take steps on this earth. But she was made here—and I owe that joy and the treasure of calling her my daughter to the Lord, her Maker.
Second, "She was made for"—she was made to serve the purposes of an almighty God. The God who knew every one of her days, in utero, before even one came to be—she was made for Him. And her life, days, and existence—though not what I originally expected—were for a reason. They were to serve the plan God had set—purposes of His glory that I will see and deeply enjoy in the fullness of eternity.
And third, her purpose involves being made "for a different land." Specifically, there has been good reason for her not being made to stay on earth for very long, but made to go quickly to glory. And because I have the hope that God ordained her life to bypass much of what is here, I also have hope that He set this limit for her earthly days for a reason that will prove to serve Him best.
She was made; she is a treasure to me with indisputable value because of her divine Maker. She was made for a sovereign King, for reasons worthy because of who He is. And her purpose involves her having gone quickly to a different land in order to best fulfill His calling on her life.
So, every time I think or say these words—"Made for a Different Land"—I remember all over again that there is an intense, beautiful hope beyond the brevity of these earthly days that cannot be compressed into words. Though I do not know the full reasons for the brevity of her days, I am proud as her mother that she has fulfilled God's great calling in her earthly life. Though she has been spared much of the pain and sorrow of this life—especially spared the worst sorrow of choosing to sin against her Maker—I also do not think her calling was entirely easy. She was called to so helplessly pass away in the womb without her own mother being able to rescue her. My dear girl! How I would have helped if I could have! And yet, this has served the glorious purposes of an almighty God; this I know.
I am proud of her, thank God for her, and love her too dearly to express. I raise my arms in thanks to my great, beloved God that He has ordained for His people to have the honor of bringing glory to Him through their lives, and receive this heavenly purpose with a swell of hope for life beyond this place.
I love thinking of you, by God's mercy, in that place where you are alive—full and free.
For you were not made for this land at all.
You were made for a different land, a better land, a heavenly one.
And here, I have gained greater love for the Lord and His life through the gift of knowing you.
Sharing our beloved Lord Jesus unites us, in time and in eternity.
*For the first time this year, Hope Mommies will have a free gift for those who want to donate to the ministry through their annual Giving Tuesday campaign—the new book Made for a Different Land: Eternal Hope for Baby Loss. More details on the campaign are to come at Hope Mommies. The book will also be available for purchase at Amazon on January 1.
One commentator writes on this passage, love hopes "what is good of another."¹ Church father Augustine of Hippo also understood 1 Corinthians 13:7 in terms of "'believing the best' about all people."² When others have sought to comfort me about the loss of my daughter, whatever they have said, I have learned to hope all things about their intentions.
I have looked to their caring and questioning eyes as they wonder within themselves if what they have said would be accepted by me in grief. And I have noticed their care and willingness to abandon comfort for the sake of trying to help. Whatever their words, I have received all of their love.
Those who grieve often do want people to say something, to acknowledge the loss, the intensity, the gap, the pain. But if I am honest—could I not nearly always find what other people say lacking? Is there a perfect phrase? No human words or actions could bring my daughter back to me—this loss is not a problem others' words can solve. No merely human words can withstand the high pressure of grief. Only the God who called light into being from darkness could one day call relationships severed by death into wholeness.
Yes, there have been more-helpful-than-not words others have offered me. There are talks and phrases from the earliest days of grief that are still memorable for me—that I hold near. And I do see the value in, at times, relaying those helpful perspective to others who want to know—who want to grow in blessing the grieving people/communities they have in their lives.
And from the "inside" of being a griever, what I have personally always wished those on the "outside" knew—what I have wished that they would fully take to heart—is this: friends and family, if you have ever sought to comfort me, thank you. If you have ever sought to bless and encourage me, while having wondered if it was said or done correctly, thank you. You have helped; I have heard your words, and I have dearly appreciated that you spoke them. I saw your eyes, noted your tone. I saw your concern; I have fully received your care for me.
Friends and family, I noticed your promptness to reply right away after you heard the news—the promptness an acknowledgement of the shock of the loss. Or I saw that you waited months to send me anything or say anything because you were at a loss for words—the wait an acknowledge of the intensity of the loss. You have all been different, but I took all that I saw from you into my heart; I welcomed your love. And I thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
And now, to those who are grieving and reading these words, I encourage you to hope the best about those on the "outside" of your grieving circles too—to receive all of the concern that you can possibly decipher, even if it is between the lines of others' words. With that desire, do you think more people would approach you—taking that step outside of what is comfortable for them? And do you think you would be able to receive more comfort from a greater number of people in your life?
I do not wish to be misunderstood. I am not saying that it is wrong to rage against death, or that Paul is wrong to treat death as 'the last enemy' (1 Cor. 15). The Bible everywhere assumes that those who are bereaved will grieve, and their grief is never belittled. Job grieves unbearably at the loss of his ten children (Job 1:20; 2:13); so does the widow of Nain who lost her son (Luke 7:11-13), and she attracts Jesus' compassion. And to our grieving minds there seems an inequity when wicked men live out their seventy years while little children perish.
These resources are available to help those who are learning about IVF consider the facts surrounding this process.
Jonathan Edwards provides an illustration and explanation about how to think about God "permitting" evil and pain in this world. This subject can weigh heavily on our hearts and minds. So, if you wade through these words, I think they will bless your soul.
I understand, firsthand, that grief can stall a person—it can take a physical toll that might, especially at first, preclude the amount of activity in life that used to take no thought. Though this may seem disconcerting and endless, in my experience, it is an aspect of grief that time does change with time.
But even further, perhaps you have been sitting, for a while now, with a sense that little is worth doing anymore in this life. I have had these thoughts. But the apostle Paul has practical encouragement. In 1 Thessalonians 4:11, he instructs the believers: "…make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you" (1 Thessalonians 4:11). God assigns significance to seemingly little tasks of "a quiet life" by making them a means of directly pleasing Him.
Thinking about heaven has been essential in order for me to know what to pursue in this life versus what is less important for me to see fill my time. I know that the gospel lasts, the Word lasts, God lasts, and purity and truth and holiness and love last. And my brothers and sisters in Christ—including future brothers and sisters—will be coming to glory forever where we will live together with Christ.
But at one point in my grief, I also twisted the comfort of my future hope described in the passage above into a reason to care little about my daily tasks in this world. Instead of seeing my future hope as a reason and an incentive to engage in my day-to-day tasks, with the joy He had given me, I saw my hope as a reason to diminish the significance of what only seemed monotonous.
But the God who I have hope planned the precise moment my daughter would join Him in eternity is the God who planned that I have not yet joined Him there. I am still to be here—pursuing what He has told me this life looks like when it is lived in a godly way. And that includes simply honoring him with my days.
There is further spiritual reason to not be idle. The days are evil; as believers are not children of the darkness, but are surrounded by darkness. So, Paul gives instructions to be alert and sober. Grief tempts me to sleep, but I am to be awake as a child of light and day.
These verses above help me understand that if practical idleness becomes a habit and is given allowance in my life, spiritual idleness might not be too far behind.
Idleness might seem like a less-significant sin to strive to overcome, at first glance. But it is significant because my good God has given me a day-to-day way to live in the light of my hope. And I can appreciate the wisdom implicit in these verses about being alert: compromise that slides discretely into my life could slowly give way to more compromises.
Right after urging the idle to be admonished, Paul teaches that believers are to be patient with one another (1 Thessalonians 5:15). Not an excuse to be slow to obey, I think he is remembering, on his readers' behalf, that all live unique circumstances with unique reactions and responses to pain. What is simple obedience for one might be a massive display of devotion to the Lord for another. I think the sense of what he is saying is this: urge others to recognize that even in light of eternity, their daily lives' activities still matter to the Lord (and that He can be honored and pleased through each diligent step!), and recognize that the next step for someone grieving might not be the one you envision and might not be the one you once took in your grief.
Over four years after my daughter's home-going, I am still discovering new ways to come out of this fog of living behind an eternal hope. But, along with resting well and being wise with my energies, I am seeking to take Paul's unencumbering principle and pick up quiet, simple, employ-my-hands tasks—one step at a time. It has become an unexpected joy to serve God in these ways that are, perhaps, imperceivable to others. They are seen by Him.
Purgatory is the belief widely held by the Catholic church (but characteristically rejected by Protestants) that a Christian will first go to purgatory "after death [to] undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven." The Catholic church also encourages undertaking ways of helping those who have passed away: "The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead." The word "purgatory" simply means to have the quality of cleansing or purging—and it is never used in the Bible.
And he [the thief on the cross next to Jesus] said, "Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And He said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:42-43, emphasis added).
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better (Philippians 1:21-23, emphasis added).
The Bible teaches that for the born again Christian, all of God's wrath was spent on Jesus, and thus, no additional purification is needed beyond what Christ has already done. Christ's gracious salvation is to be received by faith alone—and not by works/penance/indulgences.
In Romans, Paul says that believers are free from condemnation: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1, emphasis added). The Apostle John writes of the same truth: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9, emphasis added).
The Letter to the Hebrews communicates that Jesus' sacrifice is not limited to some of the sins of believers, but for all of them for all time: "But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God" (Hebrews 10:12). Further, it is Jesus who has cleansed, once for all, those who are born again: "After making purification for sins, He [Jesus] sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Hebrews 1:3) and "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst." A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished," and He bowed His head and gave up His spirit (John 19:28-30).
With the single word in Greek, tetelestai, He spoke, "It is finished." According to The Bible Knowledge Commentary, this same word was used across receipts for taxes in Jesus' time—meaning, "paid in full." Jesus' sacrifice is sufficient for forgiveness and purity in order to usher believers directly and immediately into His glorious presence at the end of our earthly lives.
So how do we get into heaven? Trust (i.e. believe, have faith in) Jesus as the Lord and Savior of your life, who purchased your forgiveness through His death on the cross—bearing God's wrath on your behalf—and who clothes you with His righteousness. Repent of your sins and commit your life to God in obedience out of love and gratitude to the Creator and Redeemer.
Graduation ceremonies undo me now. At a graduation party recently, I watched pictures of a little baby grow to be a little girl, and then saw her step out onto the stage, a woman of God. I saw her—on a projector screen—suited in baby clothes, play in the sand, make friends, grow taller, and then, graduate.
My first daughter wasn't made for that; she was made for heaven. And this is beautiful; my daughter has been given the gift of Christ. What better gift could any of us have? In a different sense, this also is beautiful to me: Children make memories with their parents here on earth, and grow and go to college and get married and live. They mature, and learn, and fulfill the purposes that God has for them here on this earth.
Certain Facebook statuses undo me now too. Someone leaves this earth more quickly than expected. Tributes come. Hope is proclaimed. There will be a tomorrow. We will all gather together again who love God, closer than ever. Reading a status like this, I sat up in my bed one night at sunset to weep at the thought of it all coming near—while having a heart expectant and longing, yet, content.
But I don't bother to wipe away my tears; it's not the day for that yet.
My Christian faith plus my Christian grief—they mix and have their places in me. But they are not at odds. We know that death is not God's end-story; thankfully sin—from which death came—has been defeated at the cross. But we do grieve here and now. And we have faith. Those are not opposed to each other on this earth. Instead, my best understanding of them has grown from seeing how they go together.
Earlier this summer, I was fixated on the TV account of one more Olympic hopeful who has overcome the odds and, now, has a shot at Olympic victory for the second time. Later, I was fixated on yet another status of earthly loss coming through my news feed, feeling it with them. The place in me that feels utterly defenseless at the thought of someone making it to a milestone, when my daughter didn't make it through birth, or at the news of a family member's friend who unexpectedly died, like my sweet girl—this place yields its tears still, years later.
That place in me that gets hit over and over with these reminders—right there—I hear the sweetest refrains of eternity, experience the fiercest assurances of future hope, and am welcomed without fail by the unswerving understanding that my God is forever and his purposes can never fail. And because I know him, I stand for a meaning beyond myself—for his glory.
The longing place in me and the acutely bolstering reminders of the next world—they abide together. Frankly, I don't believe that they could possibly be separated on this earth. They are maintained together; and the maintenance is sustainable for me as a person who belongs to God. I experience this longing while simultaneously feeling the air of eternity within my soul; I am enabled to feel both, and still thrive with life in Christ.
There is a difference between this and self-pity, or between this and despair. For in this, grief takes me beyond myself to Christ. It does not increase any pressure in me because it all pours over into him. And, of course, he can be the basin for every wet stripe down my cheek that reminds me I am not home yet. He is the basin for these tears—wet and waiting, but even more, purposeful and preparing.
I appreciate that he has made us for life here and that life here is supposed to point us to life ahead. The tributes come at death, and the victory celebrations ring at milestones. They both tell us that he is the Life and is coming, that he wants to take us home when the time is right. For even our sweetest moments are fleeting, carrying our thoughts ahead to when all the best will be lasting and eternal—not to mention more than we can presently comprehend. The Overcomer is coming, victorious. There is a better place where, graciously, we belong.
Christ is the lofty Overcomer because he has been far lower on his cross than my lowest, so that his life can ring even in the death of those we love; in my lowest—that is where I have heard his victory songs most resonant and clear.
Do you hear his victory songs too? Let your grieving tears fall into him and your lowest point be where he abides with you. For grief and faith—they go so well together on this earth. They both will be wiped away when we don't need them anymore. Tears will be cleared and faith will be made sight.
All will be glorious in him at last; what we have trusted this day will not fail us.
A couple of years ago on October 15—National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day—I released a balloon in memory of my first daughter, Noelle, saying in my heart again, We are grateful to have known you, we are so glad for you to be experiencing heaven with Christ, we dearly miss you, and we will see you soon.
At our family event, we gathered at a local park. We prayed. We ate cupcakes. The decorations and balloons were white, silver, and pink—bright, pure, and full of joy; Noelle has given us such pure joy. Noelle's family members who live miles away in Kentucky even joined in the day too by doing their own balloon release event, wearing their Hope Mommies October 15 shirts. It was a little too cold to see ours (thankfully for this Illinoisan, Hope Mommies is offering hoodies this year in addition to T-shirts!).
We released the balloons. They faded into the skies—out of sight. Of course, I can no longer see my daughter either—my sight is limited. But God sees her; He knows her. His sight and knowledge have no limits. I wait for her, but she is lacking nothing—I have the hope she is completely satisfied, full, joyful, and glad with Him.
She [the daughter] hesitated, her eyes lingering on me as though I might disappear if she were to turn away.
She shook her head, making her curls, wild from the breeze and salt water, flounce.
Those were some of the refrains that passed through my mind as I watched those balloons disappear; she is just on the other side of the ocean. My Noelle is just on the other side of the skies, and though we cannot see the other side, that doesn't mean that it is not there. It is there. The other side is there and Jesus has taken my baby to the heavenly shore, just out of sight. Jesus will take all who are believers there too—right on the other side of this life.
Releasing balloons that fade out of sight reminds me that my life here does not depend upon what I can see; no, my life actually depends upon what I can't: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen," (Hebrews 11:1). Yet, I am called to live like I can see everything I hope for. I am called to live as if it wereall by sight, even though it's not—hope is the conviction, the assurance of things unseen.
To choose hope this October 15 together is to choose faith. It is to choose that the conviction God has given me through Christ—that my hope is real—superseding even the tremendous pain of having watched my child fade out of my earthly life. What I hope for—being together with my child, experiencing a forever-union with Christ—will be reality; and it is better than the best of this life. Hoping is to choosing to base my life on the assurance that the other side is there, as real as if I can see it.
I am thankful to my daughter over and over for how she makes heaven seem more real to me; I have seen a dear person who now lives there, so she reminds me it is a genuine place. Though she is gone now, this is her message of overflowing life and hope to me: You can't see the other side, but there is one. Do you believe me? Do you believe Jesus?
I have a hope that is at least as real as it is presently unseen to my eyes. I join under the "banner" of Hope Mommies this year again as we flood the skies with hope-filled conviction, assurance, and inexpressible and glorious joy!


The newest in a long line of very good animated feature from DC Universe Animated is Justice League: Doom. It should tell you how popular these films are getting, because I went to four different department stores to find it on Tuesday. Target was out of both the DVD and the Blu-ray (was on sale for $12.99 and $16.99, respectively), Wal-Mart was out of both, Meijer sold all of their Blu-ray copies, and finally finding it at FYE for $19.99 on Blu-ray. Honestly, it was well worth the twenty bucks.
The film is loosely based on the "Tower of Babel" story arc that ran in Justice League of America #43-46.
First off, I got the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack, which included a free Ultraviolet digital copy to download and play on my computer, iPod, etc. That way, no matter where I am, I can enjoy it anytime I want. That is a big bonus for me. Secondly, I got a bunch of good special features on the Blu-ray that you really don't get any more on DVDs. There is one on Cyborg's increased stature and raised presence in the Justice League, more than likely also tying into DC's decision to include him in the New 52 Justice League. There is a sneak peek into the next animated movie, Superman VS. The Elite. Then there is a documentary called "Guarding the Balance: Batman and the JLA" which delves into Batman's relationships with the other Leaguers. Also including a creative team commentary track and a digital copy of the comic book Justice League of America #43: Tower of Babel, this is a nice little set to give you a couple hours of nerdy goodness.
This feature film was adapted and written by the late Dwayne McDuffie, the famous creator of the superhero Static, the creator of Static Shock, writer for Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien, Justice League: The Animated Series/Unlimited, and several other DC Universe Original Animated Movies including All-Star Superman, which was released one day after his death.
The film itself was very, very good story-wise. While it is based on the "Tower of Babel" storyline from the Justice League comics in 2001, McDuffie does take a few liberties for the sake of the story being less muddled and more comprehensible. The film deals with what happens when Batman's contingency plans for taking care of the Justice League, should they go rogue, fall into the wrong hands. Things like changing the way certain heroes are incapacitated made more sense than it did in the comics, especially for Martian Manhunter and The Flash. Superman and Green Lantern's were completely different from the comic iterations. But I was happy with the changes, as they make more sense logically, and from a storytelling frame.
Part of the reason the story telling is so good is the voice acting. Led by Justice League Unlimited veterans Kevin Conroy (Batman), Tim Daly (Superman), and Michael Rosenbaum (The Flash), and also starring Nathan Fillion (Castle, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights) as Green Lantern and many other great voice actors, this film is not lacking in great vocal range. The dialogue sounds sincere and powerful, and lets you believe the gravity of what is going on. Some surprising voices also turn up here, such as comedian Carlos Alazraqui (known for voicing Rocko on Rocko's Modern Life, Deputy Garcia on Reno: 911, and as the voice of the Taco Bell Chihuahua) voicing Batman-villain Bane. Actor Phil Morris (Seinfeld, Justice League, Smallville) turns in a great performance as Vandal Savage, the main villain of the film. As always, Kevin Conroy continues to show why he is THE voice of Batman for this generation. Conroy and Morris steal the show, and I look forward to hearing them work together again.
The animation of this film is good, but not spectacular. The animation styles are the same used in the series Young Justice and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. While these are not bad, here it is not as impressive. I'd go as far to say that Young Justice looks better, as far as shadows and general fight scenes. The major fight near the end of the film is the exception, as it is spectacular. But, the animation is still very good, and I liked a lot better than the animation used for Superman: Doomsday and All-Star Superman.
Overall, Justice League: Doom is another great entry into the DC Universe Animated Original movie line. It is one of my favorites, second only to Batman: Under the Red Hood, which is still my favorite. The Blu-ray edition is great, especially with all the special features. The best featurette, Legion of One: The Dwayne McDuffie Story is an awesome little piece that shines light on the man who wrote this adaptation, the late Dwayne McDuffie. It is one of the best features I have seen in a long time. While there are some frustrating little tidbits and plot holes, and a very short runtime, Justice League: Doom is still a great addition to any film collection, animated or otherwise.


'our tidal playground' – that is so beautiful. The beach is a wonderful place for the mind, the body and the soul. It's enriching food!
For the ❤ of Dogs and Humans who ❤ them.
Thanks for introducing me to Whippet Wisdom.
Spring Equinox brings that which fades into Autumnal Equinox.
The Book of Moons remains unchanged.
I love haiku and this one is amazing!
Those dogs are so cute and I love the haiku. Also thanks for stopping by my blog!


Interior made using a bamboo-based process.
New double position of the ventilation.
Double anti-fog and anti-scratch screen by Carl Zeiss.
Aerodynamic shell: it was specially designed to fit closer to the shape of the skull.


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The patented technology that makes Pool Tiger so effective was originally developed for the oil business.
More than a decade ago, Randy Sellers, now President and CEO of Pool Tiger, was a partner in some oil leases located within an environmentally-sensitive area. Waste water from the drilling operation had begun to accumulate so rapidly that it had to be periodically trucked away to a disposal facility. Over time, the expense involved became so great that it jeopardized the viability of the operation itself.
Seeking a cost-effective solution, Randy turned to Gary Powell, a world-renowned water consultant and engineer. After much study, Gary devised a method to break down the organic compounds in petroleum as well as to eliminate the suspended minerals and other particles. He called the principle upon which his method was based, Hydrodynamic Cavitation. Then he set about designing a prototype to incorporate this principle.
The price tag for his one-of-a-kind unit was more than $20 million, but the results were fantastic. It worked so well that what had once been smelly, oil-and-salt-infused waste water was rendered into the equivalent of distilled water – like the kind you might buy in a grocery store.
After this success, Gary continued to tinker with his concept and eventually developed the first Pool Tiger prototype. This he installed on his own pool and achieved similarly remarkable results. Word spread and soon he began receiving requests to build more units for friends and neighbors. When they experienced the same kind of results that he had experienced on his pool, he knew the concept had been proven beyond any doubt.
A phone call was placed to his old associate Randy and in time a partnership was formed to market Pool Tiger to the public.
Another product, called Polar Vortex, was also developed. This unit utilizes essentially the same principle as Pool Tiger, only it was designed for snow-making and is now being sold to ski resorts all over the U.S. and Canada. Polar Vortex makes 75% more snow using the same amount of water as conventional snow makers.


A guide to the signed books by CAAPP event authors that are held in the University Library System collection.
Why Does Black Art Matter Now?
Founded in 2016, the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP) is a creative think tank for African American and African diasporic poetries and poetics. The mission is to highlight, promote, and share the poetry and poetic work of African American writers. Their programming aims to present exciting live poetry and conversation, contextualize the meaning of that work, and archive it for future generations. CAAPP is located on the Oakland campus of the University of Pittsburgh.


San Francisco by Bob Gundrum and Len Williams | Fire Apparatus Journal Inc.
The San Francisco Bay Area column reports on apparatus acquisitions in the major cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, as well as the many suburban cites in the area. Counties covered are San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Marin, and Contra Costa. The fire departments vary in size from two pieces of equipment to more than thirty, with a wide range of manufacturers and types.


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Oaklands Wolves show how far they have come this year after WBBL unbeaten run is broken by Sheffield Hatters
Oaklands Wolves get ready before the start of their WBBL match at home to Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters. Picture: LELLO AMETRANO - Credit: Archant
Oaklands Wolves' four-match unbeaten run in the WBBL came to an end as they fell to 73-65 defeat at home to Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters.
The second quarter was the key to Sheffield's victory as they established a 13-point lead but the Wolves fought back after half-time to narrow that advantage to just three going into the final quarter.
In the end the experience of the Hatters carried them through but Wolves head coach Lee Ryan said the result and performance is an indication of how the team now rate themselves.
He said: "We had some real high points in the game, but in truth also too many lows to beat a team of Sheffield's calibre.
"They are the epitome of consistent performance and we can learn a lot from them.
"The result would have seemed a good one at the start of the year but we know we missed an opportunity to cause an upset and continue our winning run."


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RALEIGH, N.C. – Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed forward Ville Koivunen to a three-year, entry-level contract. At the NHL level, the deal will pay Koivunen $750,000 in 2021-22 and 2022-23 and $775,000 in 2023-24. The deal will pay Koivunen $80,000 at the American Hockey League (AHL) level for all three seasons, and he will receive a signing bonus of $277,500.
"Ville is a skilled, competitive winger," said Waddell. "He continues to improve every year, and we are excited to watch him develop as a pro."
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Queer theory and comics nerds rejoice! This compelling collection of thought-provoking essays, compiled by editor Janine Utell, is a deep dive into the work of comics' most iconic lesbian creator.
Contributors explore themes of lesbian feminist politics and community, queer cultural representation, and gender performativity over the course of Alison Bechdel's 30-year career, including her legendary, long-running newspaper strip Dykes to Watch Out For and her canonic graphic novels Fun Home and Are You My Mother?
Whether you are a scholar or simply interested in queer theory, gender studies, psychoanalysis, and affect studies, there is much to intrigue here. Close readings of Are You My Mother? and Fun Home, immensely personal memoirs that explore Bechdel's complex relationships with her parents, delight in theoretical density. The general reader is likely to find the dense, jargon-laden, academic writing challenging or overly specific, especially in comparison to the accessible visual storytelling found within Bechdel's own work. However, even for those unfamiliar with Derrida and Lacan, there are still gems to be found. Essay highlights include: Alissa Bourbonnais' use of dance and performance theory to explore how Bechdel choreographs the reading experience and "dances" with memory in Fun Home; Margaret Galvan's discussion of Bechdel's Servants to the Cause, a short-lived, little known comic strip about staff working at a queer newspaper that ran in the Advocate from 1989-90 (how meta!); and Susan Van Dyne's fascinating glimpse into Bechdel's creative process through a review of six years of archival material amassed during the making of Fun Home such as illustration and layout drafts, polaroids of Bechdel modeling poses for later sketching, and daily work logs.
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Частная жизнь римлян существенно различается в трёх периодах: 1) до начала II века до н. э., представляющий древнеримский тип в его чистоте, 2) до конца Республики, характеризуемый проникновением в Рим эллинизма, и 3) императорский, для которого характерно слияние провинциальной культуры с римской.

По периодам

Первый период
В первую эпоху земледельцы-воины отличаются недостатком фантазии и равнодушием к отвлеченной мысли, но они деятельны, благочестивы, целомудренны, умеренны и высоко ставят собственное достоинство. Их занятия — земледелие, торговля с окрестными народцами, грубые ремесла; меновым средством был сначала скот, позже появляется медная монета, к концу периода — серебряная.

Семейные и родовые связи определяли положение каждого лица в государстве; во главе семьи стоял paterfamilias, глава дома, которому подчинялись кровные родственники, а также familiares — свободные клиенты — и рабы — vernae. Каждая семья имела свои семейные святилища, своих богов-хранителей.

Первоначально постройки были из грубых камней или глины, смешанной с соломой; беднейшие граждане жили в деревянных бараках или же многие семьи бедняков занимали одно, обыкновенно многоэтажное здание. В комнатах единственной обстановкой служили брачная кровать (lectus genialis), почетная скамейка для хозяйки и кресло для хозяина, прялка, денежный ящик, шкаф для провизии и у знатных — маски предков.

Торжественное принятие новорожденного в семью и избрание ему личного имени (кроме родового) совершалось на 7-й или 8-й день после рождения. Вся жизнь у римлян делилась на три стадии: младенчество (infantia, inpubertas), с 17 лет — «юность» (inventus), с 59 — «старость» (senectus); с наступлением «юности» наступала воинская повинность и возникало право вписаться в центурию, а с достижением «старости» гражданин освобождался от обязанности носить оружие.

Торжественное погребение было обязательно, под страхом наказаний для наследников; сюда относилось принесение особых жертв богам, произнесение похвальной речи о покойнике, поминальный обед (silicernium). Первоначальной формой погребения было зарытие трупа в землю, но уже в V веке появился обычай сжигания покойников.

До 7 лет, под присмотром матери или бабушки, ребенок занимался лишь игрушками, песнями или рассказами; от 7 лет до 17, под руководством отца, он занимался телесными упражнениями, учился чтению, письму и арифметике, изучал право и некоторые сакральные обряды.

С 17 лет юноша допускался к обедам со старшими, продолжал гимнастические военные упражнения, практически изучал земледелие. По окончании образования начиналась работа взрослого гражданина, которая состояла или в военной службе, или в непрерывных земледельческих занятиях, или в трудах по занимаемой должности, которым римляне отдавались с большим усердием: рабочий день начинался с восходом солнца и кончался с заходом его. Отдыхом служили беседы об авгуральной дисциплине и о юриспруденции, общественные игры и гулянья на площадях; танцы и песни считались неприличными.

Пища принималась трижды в день; только обед был общий для всей семьи. Еда состояла в хлебе и овощах; мясо употреблялось в пищу только на пиршествах; вино могли пить только мужчины.

Второй период
Во второй период уменьшается религиозность римлян: безнравственность, стремление к наслаждениям и к роскоши, корыстолюбие захватывают все большие круги римского общества. Мелкое землевладение исчезает, уступая место латифундиям. Вместе с тем исчезает и любовь к земледелию, и тот класс земледельцев-граждан, которым силен был Рим. Большое развитие принимают денежное хозяйство, откупа и банковые операции; торговля получает громадное значение, ввиду недостатка в Италии жизненных припасов и растущих потребностей роскоши.

В это время в Риме процветают разнообразнейшие ремесла: упоминаются ювелиры, красильщики, камнетесы, скорняки, портные, позументщики, кондитеры, вышивальщики и т. д.

В семейном быте замечается стремление к ослаблению прежней патриархальной зависимости от главы семьи, к эмансипации жен и сыновей. Число рабов увеличивается до громадного числа; у богатых набирается из рабов целый штат ремесленников, для приготовления всего необходимого для домашнего обихода. В домах замечается роскошь, увеличивается число комнат, применяются многие особенности греческой архитектуры.

В воспитании детей центр тяжести переносится на теоретическую подготовку — изучение риторики, греческого языка и т. п.; для усовершенствования в науках молодые люди часто отправляются в Грецию. Для высшего образования имелись центры в Карфагене, Афинах, Риме, Массилии и др. городах.

К способам препровождения времени присоединяются кровавые представления в цирках и театрах, пиры, при участии обоих полов, игры в мяч и кости, поездки на купанья. У богатых время теперь распределялось так: утром прием клиентов, в 11 часов — завтрак, полуденный сон, потом гимнастические упражнения и купанье, в 14 часов — обед, затем хождение в гости или игры, вечером попойка с друзьями. Горячие мясные кушанья в это время становятся обычными, а не только праздничными блюдами. У греков был заимствован обычай возлежания за столом и так называемые триклинии. Одежда существенному изменению не подверглась, но отчасти приблизилась к греческой.

Третий период
В третий, последний период наблюдается постепенное понижение культурного уровня, продолжающееся падение нравственности и проникновение варварства в слои, ранее культурные. В сакральные обычаи и во взгляды общества проникают восточные элементы.

Сельскохозяйственная и промышленная производительность падает, но торговля, особенно с отдаленными восточными странами, оживляется еще больше прежнего.

Семья получает более свободный, ближе подходящий к современному характер.

Положение рабов становится менее тяжелым. В постройке домов, особенно многоэтажных, сделаны были большие успехи; зато еще скученнее стало население городов и неудовлетворительнее условия жизни бедных горожан.

Обстановка комнат у богатых людей достигает большой роскоши: появляются стенные зеркала, позолота; многие дома строятся из мрамора, в окна вставляются стекла или слюда, двери завешиваются дорогими коврами. Триклинии заменяются круглыми столами. Входят в употребление скатерти и вилки. От варваров заимствовано было употребление в питье пива и в пищу коровьего масла. Одежда стала полнее, так как появилось стремление к закрытию всякой наготы; мужская одежда по покрою своему приблизилась к женской и послужила переходом к одеяниям византийского образца.

См. также

Кухня Древнего Рима
Косметика в Древнем Риме
Древнеримские причёски
Мода в Древнем Риме
Брак в Древнем Риме
Рабство в Древнем Риме
Древнеримская культура
Проституция в Древнем Риме
Гомосексуальность в Древнем Риме
Термы
Преступность в Древнем Риме
Инсула
Список крылатых латинских выражений
Библиотеки Древнего Рима
Древнеримская музыка
Римская литература
Домус
Римские оргии
Римские имена
Восковые маски предков
Клиентела

Литература

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Блаватский В. Д. Античная цивилизация / В. Д. Блаватский [и др.]; отв. ред. В. Д. Блаватский; АН СССР. Ин-т археологии. — М.: Наука, 1973.
Быт и история в античности / отв. ред. Г. С. Кнабе. — М.: Наука, 1988.
Велишский Ф.Ф. Быт греков и римлян / Пер. с чешского. — Прага: Типография И.Милиткий, 1878.
Вегнер В. Рим. История и культура римского народа. — Т. 2. — СПб.—М.: Центрполиграф, 2002.
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Гиро П. Быт и нравы древних римлян. — Смоленск: Русич, 2001.
Гиро П. Частная и общественная жизнь римлян. — Пер. с франц. / П. Гиро. — СПб.: Алетейя, 1995.
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Робер Ж.-Н. Рождение роскоши: Древний Рим в погоне за модой / Пер. с франц. — М.: Новое литературное обозрение,2004.
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We hope everyone will come out to our Subgun Sunday Match. Full auto is what it is all about but semi auto shooters are more than welcome, after all how else can we lure new shooters to the dark side. This match will give everyone some relief from Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The match will consist of 4 bays. Expect to shoot 100-150 rounds per bay.
We have requested there be less rain for this match then our first match. We will have more targets per bay this match since we have acquired a batch of steel targets and if it is dry we will be able to use paper targets. The steel targets we have acquired are much smaller than the 18"X24" steel plates we were shooting at the last match. We do want to thank the Volusia County Gun and Hunt Club for letting us use their Steel Challenge steel for our first match.
The bays will have some awesome layouts with lots of targets requiring accuracy, trigger control, and cunning. There is no telling what we might be shooting at, hanging steel plates (rounds, squares, and diamonds), falling plates, pepper poppers, Texas Star, plate racks, paper targets and whatever other devious things we can come up with. There will be no shoots and plenty of bonus/style points available. Make sure you have at least 4 -6 magazines. If you run out of ammo for your subgun you may transition to your pistol to finish the bay.
One of the bays will have a subgun staged in the bay with ten rounds in the magazine which can be used to neutralize the 1-3 designated targets. This is not a requirement, you can use the gun you brought to neutralize these targets but you are limited to a maximum of ten rounds in the magazine for these designated targets. This is so everyone has a chance to shoot a subgun.


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Q: Dockerizing an application whose build process depends on communication with another container I have a Ruby on Rails app I'm trying to containerize so that I can deploy it with Docker:
version: '3.4'
services:
  db:
    image: postgres
  web:
    container_name: my_rails_app
    build: .
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    depends_on:
      - db

As part of the existing build process for this application, there currently exists a script which starts up a test version of the application with a bunch of sample data and takes multiple screenshots of various features of the application to be used in help files. This script is integrated into Ruby on Rails' asset pipeline, so it runs as part of the normal asset precompile process (the Dockerfile below is somewhat simplified):
FROM ruby:2.2.10 AS build

COPY . /opt/my_rails_app
RUN bundle install

# Generates static assets, including screenshots
RUN bundle exec rake assets:precompile

RUN bundle install --deployment --without development test assets

FROM ruby:2.2.10 AS production

ENV RAILS_ENV=production

COPY . /opt/my_rails_app
COPY --from=build vendor/bundle vendor/bundle
COPY --from=build public/assets public/assets

CMD ["bundle", "exec", "rails", "server"]
EXPOSE 3000

Now here's my problem: because this build step starts the web server in order to take screenshots of the UI, it needs to be able to connect to the database during the build. (The web server can't run properly without a database connection.)
In the old environment this wasn't an issue, as the production database was installed on the same server the application was so I could just have it connect to localhost. With Docker though, the database is running in a separate container managed by docker-compose. And unfortunately, Docker doesn't seem to want to let me talk to that container during the build:
could not translate host name "db" to address: Name or service not known

I considered just delaying the precompile step until after the deploy; but that would slow down the deploy process for containers significantly and require me to include another 50-100 dependencies in my production container which aren't otherwise used.
I also considered installing a database on the build container, but that seems like it'd slow builds down a lot and might cause issues if the database on the build container doesn't exactly match the one the postgres image provides.
Is there a way to tell docker to start a container and set up the appropriate network connections during the build process? Or perhaps an alternative solution that doesn't have any of the downsides of the other solutions I already considered above?

A: This can be done, but it's not very well supported by Docker Compose at the moment.
What you want to do is use Docker's built-in networking features to set up a shared network containing the database container, then attach your application container to that network during the build process.
Without Docker Compose, this would be accomplished by starting the database container, using the docker network subcommands to connect it to a docker network, then building the application container with docker build --network $network_name_here ..
With Docker Compose, this can be accomplished by configuring a static name for your application's default network via its name attribute, then using the undocumented network option to the service build parameter to tell Compose to use that network for your application container during the build:
# Setting network names is only available in version 3.5+
version: '3.5'
services:
  db:
    image: postgres
  web:
    container_name: my_rails_app
    build:
      context: .
      # This isn't listed in the official Docker documentation, but it lets you
      # specify which network to connect the container to during the build
      # process.
      network: myapp_default
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    depends_on:
      - db

networks:
  default:
    # Set the name of the default network. If you don't do this the name could
    # change based on your app's ["project name"][1], which would break your
    # build.
    #
    # [1]: https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/envvars/#compose_project_name
    name: myapp_default

On its own though, even this isn't enough. That's because by default Docker Compose doesn't start your container's dependencies during the build. To fix this, you'll need to manually start the database container before you run the build:
docker-compose up --detach db # Start the database container
docker-compose build # Now run the build

This will allow the web service to connect to the db service while the web service is being built.

A: There is the —network flag, which I guess will let you run your build container in any of docker's network modes.
You could then create the Postgres container   and run the build container in that container's network.

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I have a business (www.woahveg.com) selling Vegan gift baskets and gift items. We are coming up on our one year anniversary and want to celebrate by giving a portion of our profits to a charity which promotes the Vegan diet. As a business you have to be careful picking a charity to appeal to as broad a base as possible. Candidates range from PETA to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
So any suggestions from the forum would be geratly appreciated.
Donate to the people who are saving the forest. With out all the rain forest and other forest of the world we wont be able to have very much food or life at all. They are the most important charities to give to. They are doing it on a much larger scale then I am able to do at the moment so every dollar counts for them and the people and animals, and plants and all the life that is connected to each square inch of the rain forest which includes every human being alive on earth. WCS.org, WWF.org, Nature.org. Please donate to them. They are the only charities that matter to life on Earth.
I think Peta is such a great organization to donate money too. I would do your donations to the peta group here. There is nothing better then this group.


I don't know a lot about her but my guess is that Brianna has spent a lot of time in the driveways and parks playing against older brothers as her game screams street ball! She's got good flow, great composure, can handle all day with both hands, possesses above avg 3-point shot and range, nice finishes when she beats her defender to the rack, and is not afraid to go at anyone with the ball in her hands. Defensively she anticipates very well and will be a league leader in steals.
Brianna has had THREE straight 20+ games including a 29 point performance vs East Valley and she scored 21 of her team's 47 vs 6-1 G Prep!
Bottom line, she's fun to watch.


RUN FOR LIFE: Regular exercise, the experts say, gives the body and the heart ample strength to face each day.
A. "When you are stressed, your brain thinks it's under attack and looks for anything that's bad. Gratitude encourages you to focus on the good stuff," says Shawn Achor, positive-psychology expert and coauthor of The Happiness Advantage. A sunnier mind-set raises levels of the feel-good hormone and lowers stress hormones that tax the heart. According to a Harvard University study, professionals with a demanding day job have up to 56 percent higher risk for heart disease than those with less strain. Achor recommends that you keep a gratitude journal to consult daily.
> NOTE THIS: Because the heart is a muscle, it grows stronger with exercise and is able to pump blood to all parts of the body more effectively. As a result, regular workouts: improves blood flow, improves cholesterol levels and aids in blood pressure control and include weight control as an additional benefit.
>> DID YOU KNOW? Violet fruits, such as grapes, may help ward off multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease, according to a study in the Archives of Toxicology. They supply iron chelators, molecules that help prevent the production of disease-causing toxins called hydroxyl radicals. That's why nutritionists recommend one or two servings of purple produce per day.


The structure designed in the 1700s to bring water to Livorno spans 18 kilometres through the woods.
The Acquedotto Leopoldino, also known as the Colognole Aqueduct, was designed to supply more water to the city of Livorno and its port. The arrival of ships and their crews required quantities of water that were well above what was used by the city's inhabitants.
Begun by Grand Duke Ferdinand III in the late-1700s, the aqueduct was completed by Leopold II. The job was initially given to the Florentine Giuseppe Salvetti, who designed a course through the hills that started in Colognole, where the springs were, and ended in Livorno. Following Salvetti's death, the architect Calocchieri took over. The building site was first led by Ranieri Zocchi and later Pasquale Poccianti. It was Poccianti who built the three large cisterns (the Pian di Rota Cistern, the Cisternone and the "city's cistern"), which served to filter and purify the water before reaching the city.
The Cisternone, which can contain 11,000 cubic metres of water, is still used and is a priceless example of Neoclassic architecture in Italy: its coffered dome is highly reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. The "city's cistern" was instead never used, but today, thanks to its renovation, it hosts cultural initiatives and events. The entire course of the aqueduct runs 18 kilometres long and includes majestic arcades, tunnels and niches that are harmoniously inserted into the greenery of the Livorno hills. Indeed, Poccianti thought of the layout as a sort of itinerary that was both functional and panoramic at the same time.


With the start of New York's medical marijuana program still months away, patents and caregivers of children with neurological conditions gathered outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office to demand early access to the drug.
About two dozen people gathered Tuesday morning in Manhattan, a year after the governor signed legislation that authorized medical marijuana in the state. They say more needs to be done now to grant access for those with the greatest need while state regulators finalize the details of the program.
"We don't want any more patients in New York state wondering what medical marijuana access could do to save their child's life," said Anna Saini with Vocal NY, one of the groups that organized the rally. "We don't want to wait another day wondering when we have the tools now. All we need is for the governor to take action."
Elaine Smith traveled more than 300 miles to join the gathering. Her 9-year-old daughter Emma was diagnosed before her first birthday with intractable epilepsy, a persistent seizure condition.
Smith said Emma has been put on nine different medications, but most had side effects and none has worked as well as marijuana. She took Emma to see a doctor in Colorado and was prescribed medical marijuana, which her mother said helped tame the illness.
"We are here today because my family and families like ours need the governor to grant emergency medical access," she said. "We tried it while we were up there, and it was amazing. ... It stopped her (seizures)."
She said she fears that if Cuomo does not act soon, she will be forced to relocate her family to Colorado.
Dr. Richard Carlton, of Long Island, said he has been treating children who have conditions similar to Emma's but live in New Jersey.
"They are required to see a psychologist and I sign a letter recommending they get the medical cannabis and when they do the seizures stop," he said. "This is lifesaving medication and the governor is dragging his heels on signing this into emergency access."
A spokeswoman for Cuomo did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
New York's medical marijuana program was authorized under a law signed last July. It grants patients with certain diseases the ability to obtain non-smokable versions of the drug.
Federal officials denied New York's request last year to import marijuana from another state to speed up access for critically ill patients.