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Boston Pride Virtual Festival
This year, we can't be on the Boston Common together, but we can be together virtually!
Each year we normally gather at the Boston Pride Festival & Concert to experience the 100+ exhibitors from organizations and companies from all around the region. Since we can't do that this year because of the worldwide pandemic, we've decided to try the next best thing virtually.
AARP is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With nearly 38 million members nationwide and 775,000 members in Massachusetts, AARP works to strengthen communities and advocate for what matters most to families with a focus on health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment.
Achieve TMS East
At Achieve TMS East we treat Major Depression and OCD with deep TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation), and are committed to providing the best possible care to all our patients. Deep TMS utilizes a magnetic coil that is placed on the patient's head. The coil produces a magnetic field that pulses directly to the brain where mood is regulated. The stimulation activates the neurons in the brain to open up neural pathways in the brain. Deep TMS produces results with fewer side effects than medication. We have locations across MA and CT and we are the largest dTMS provider in New England.
Action Enterprises
All She Wrote Bookstore
All She Wrote Books is a feminist bookstore that prides itself in stocking new and used books featuring female, queer and non-binary authors of all genres.
A&V Art
Let's start your two virtual minutes of fun! Our mission has been to bring fun to our community for 5 years. And now more than ever we want to be with you. With merchandise full of humor and eroticism, we bring your favorite childhood character to another level, turning fantasy into reality. Please visit our website and social media and get the perfect design to make you laugh. We are here to celebrate pride and life. Help us to keep spreading fun! We can't be who we are without you.
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC)
Founded in 1973, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center's (BARCC) mission is to end sexual violence through healing and social change. BARCC provides free, confidential support and services to survivors of sexual violence ages 12 and up and their families and friends. We work with survivors of all genders, and our goal is to empower survivors to heal and seek justice in ways that are meaningful to them. Additionally, BARCC's education and prevention team provides workshops and trainings to schools, college campuses, police, businesses, community-based organizations, and other community groups.
Boston Area Trans Support (BATS)
BATS is a peer-run support group for trans and non-binary people who are 18+ and living around the Boston area. We can offer support in understanding your gender identity, help with coming out or transitioning, emotional support, a sense of community, or a space to meet relatable people. Anybody who identifies as trans or who is questioning their gender identity is welcome to join our meetings.
Bay State Stonewall Democrats
The Bay State Stonewall Democrats advocate for and represent the needs of the Massachusetts LGBTQ+ community to the Democratic Party. We recruit and encourage LGBTQ+ participation within the Democratic Party to ensure the issues of our community and allies are seen, valued, and addressed.
Bisexual Resource Center
Founded in 1985, the Bisexual Resource Center is a 501c3 national nonprofit that serves the bi+ community through resources, support, and celebration. Though we use the umbrella labels "bisexual" and "bi+", our community is comprised of anyone who is attracted to more than one gender, no matter the personal label(s) they may use (such as queer or pansexual).
BPHC – Ryan White Part A Planning Council
The Ryan White Planning Council is a group of committed volunteers that make critical priority setting and allocation decisions for a federal grant. The grant provides funding for more than 100 programs at 35 agencies across 7 counties in MA and 3 counties in NH. Each program offers medical and support services for people living with HIV, their caretakers and their families.
Boston IVF
For over 30 years, Boston IVF has recognized freedom in parenting – regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. With more than 90,000 babies born since 1986, Boston IVF is one of the most accomplished fertility centers in the world. Its groundbreaking LGBTQ Program has received numerous awards for reproductive advocacy and a history of reproductive "firsts" – including the first center in New England to assist a male couple have children. Our center offers a customized array of innovative treatments and a network of sperm banks and egg donor agencies that will help you to reach your goal of becoming a parent.
Boston Pride Merchandise
Even though we can't be on the Boston Common together as scheduled, we can still show our Pride with Official Boston Pride Merchandise! We have Boston Pride, Black Pride, and Latinx Pride for you, along with 50th Anniversary and #wickedproud items. From hoodies and hats, to tees and totes, to neck gaiters to onesies, you'll get everything you need in our one-stop-shop!
Coro Allegro
Happy Pride from Coro Allegro, Boston's award-winning LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus. Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Hodgkins, Coro Allegro is known for adventurous programming and critically acclaimed performances and recordings of powerful works by diverse classical and contemporary composers. Through our performances, collaborations, and community partnerships, Coro Allegro strengthens community, builds bridges, and enriches lives in the Boston area and beyond. We welcome singers and audiences alike of all races, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions. Join us. Come hear us, sing with us, celebrate with us, be a part of our Coro Family.
Crafty Queer Studio
Crafty Queer Studio is a local queer-owned and operated business that focuses exclusively on LGBTQ+ jewelry and accessories. These include necklaces, earrings, and bracelets, as well as buttons, magnets, and pins. Everything at Crafty Queer is individually handmade with love, even down to the buttons, with a wide selection for everyone under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella and their allies!
Disability Policy Consortium
Disability Policy Consortium is a civil rights advocacy and research organization run by and for people with disabilities. We strive to make our state and our country more accessible and inclusive. We also run the My Ombudsman program, which helps people enrolled in Masshealth managed care resolve issues with their care plans and get the services they need to thrive.
DOVE, Inc. (Domestic Violence Ended)
DOVE is an anti-domestic violence organization in Norfolk County serving the greater South Shore region. We partner with diverse communities impacted by partner and domestic violence to promote hope, healing, safety, and social change through a broad range of services, including a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, legal assistance, supportive counseling, and support groups. DOVE also conducts prevention work through workshops and trainings for high schools and middle schools, including GSAs. We understand partner violence to be a pattern of non-consensual power and control enacted over another person, and work to actively combat the disproportionate impact that this violence has on queer and trans people.
Ed Markey for Senate
Senator Ed Markey is a national leader in the fight for justice for the LGBTQ+ community, and has worked for decades to give a voice to LGBTQ+ individuals throughout Massachusetts, our country, and the world. Senator Markey's leadership goes back to 1996, when he was one of 67 House members to vote in opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage for federal purposes as the union between one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages granted by other states. Today, he continues to serve as a passionate advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, authoring and supporting legislation to ensure equal rights and protections for every person.
Frontrunners Boston
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Frontrunners Boston is Boston's first LGBTQ+ running club, founded in 1979. Pre-COVID, we met every Thursday evening and Saturday morning for a run along the Charles River. Afterward, we ate dinner or brunch together. Right now we're running solo, but we plan to resume our group runs once it's safe to do so. Please join us–runners and walkers of all abilities are welcome!
Foam Brain Games
Foam Brain Games travels across the country selling board games and dice at conventions and on the internet. We're proud of our support of the LGBTQIA+ community both within our own staff and through events like Pride and have produced a variety of products with pride flag designs including metal dice, stickers, pins and keychains.
Gender Traitor
Gender Traitor is a NYC based, LGBTQ clothing brand and active blog. At Gender Traitor we are dedicated to helping people "live life label free". Plus, 10% of our profits each quarter go to helping souls in need!
The History Project is a community-based independent archives focused exclusively on documenting and preserving the history of Boston's and New England's LGBTQ communities and sharing that history with LGBTQ individuals, organizations, allies, and the public. During the pandemic, we've made all our programming and research requests virtual, so if you'd like to learn more, or tune into a virtual Out of the Archives, please check out our website.
Improbable Players
Improbable Players is a company of actors in recovery from substance addiction who use theatre to educate about addiction, recovery, and prevention. Through our acting troupes in Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio we bring programs to schools and community centers across these regions annually.
Flavors of your Palate
Flavors of your Palate is a Certified LGBTBE® personal chef and catering business with an educational and awareness component. FoyP's mission is to change the world, one flavor at a time by nourishing minds, souls and tummies. Chef Jonil envisions a world where we can all sit at the table, break bread and have meaningful conversations, all while embracing one another's uniqueness.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. The company strives to transform and simplify care for people with life-threatening illnesses around the world. Gilead has operations in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.
The Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than 3 million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
Linked On Fantasy
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Live your truth! An LGBT + founded and run small business making chainmail jewelry and accessories, Pearler bead magnets and resin charms. Jewelry includes necklaces, bracelets, earrings, chokers. Accessories include bookmarks, dice bags, mini flags and banners. Customizable colors available! All LGBT representations available in all products. If you don't see it, leave a comment and we will make it. Check out our selection and add some fantasy into everyday life.
LGBTQ Senior Housing
Happy Pride from LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc, a non-profit with a mission to facilitate access to welcoming, safe and affordable housing for low-income LGBTQ seniors and to support community space to serve seniors in the Greater Boston community. Currently, along with our developer partner Pennrose, we are developing LGBTQ friendly senior housing in Hyde Park, the first such housing development in New England, with 74 units of mixed income housing and a vibrant, diverse and welcoming place where LGBTQ seniors in the community can congregate. We are so proud to be serving our LGBTQ senior community!
MGH Sexual Health Clinic
The Massachusetts General Hospital Sexual Health Clinic promotes sexual health by providing screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections as well as preventive services, including HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Services are provided in a confidential setting by professional staff members. Insurance is not required, and everyone is welcome.
New England Donor Services
New England Donor Services is the oldest independent non-profit Organ Procurement Organization in the U.S. that coordinates organ and tissue donation in the six New England states and Bermuda. Our mission is to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation. NEDS serves thousands of donor families each year who have generously made the decision to donate and honors the wishes of those who registered as donors and gave the gift of life. Through these donations NEDS saves and heals the lives of organ and tissue recipients in our region and across the country.
Female Sexual Orientation Genetics Research Study
The Female Sexual Orientation Genetics research study is an NIH-funded grant headquartered out of NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore), a not-for-profit organization. NorthShore is an integrated healthcare delivery system headquartered in Evanston, IL, including 5 hospitals and more than 140 outpatient locations in the Chicagoland area. As the principal teaching affiliate for the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, NorthShore is dedicated to excellence in medical education and research.
No Rhyme of Reason Art
 (NROR ART) – the home of funky or f*ck it! Handmade accessories inspired by unapologetic expression, 90s nostalgia, and being your true, authentic self.
Our Back Pockets
Our Back Pockets is a stationery brand dedicated to celebrating queer lives. I make cards, stickers, and pins that range from heartfelt to hilarious, and are often both. We get to create our own traditions, and I want to help you do that. Whether you're commemorating uniquely queer milestones like coming out or starting gender affirming hormones, reaching out to a friend dealing with a chronic condition, or simply trying to find a card about love that doesn't reek of heteronormativity – I got you.
Cape Cod Pride
Cape Cod Pride connects and supports the LGBTQ community on Cape Cod—building bridges of understanding from Bourne to Provincetown. Whether you're looking for ongoing activities or supportive friends, you're not alone—Cape Cod Pride is active all year long. Find your community at Cape Cod Pride.
Outer Peace Gear
Outer Peace Gear is an LGBTQ+ owned and operated queer apparel and accessories shop. We have exclusive items as well as mainstream pride gear. We pride ourselves on helping our community live their truth. We also work with a number of LGBTQ+ centers, providing them with merchandise to sell and use the profits to support their programs. Outer Peace Gear – Accessorize What's Inside!! Follow us on Instagram, Like us on Facebook, shop with us on Etsy or check out our website!
Greater Boston PFLAG
Since 1978, Greater Boston PFLAG has been dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community through support, education and advocacy. We proudly offer support services to family, friends, significant others and allies via 14 support groups (currently meeting virtually), a helpline, and a one-to-one program. We also provide LGBTQ+ educational trainings and workshops in a wide range of settings, including schools, places of worship, workplaces, and community organizations. Every day we work to achieve our vision of a world in which LGBTQ+ individuals are safe, supported, included, and equal in their families, in their communities, and in society.
Queerly Beloved Tees
Happy Pride, beloved! We are Queerly Beloved Tees, the premier clothing brand made by and for queer people of faith. Based in Belmont, MA, we offer stylish, comfortable shirts featuring bold, fun designs that celebrate queer spirituality. In a world where religion has far too often harmed LGBTQ people, we offer an alternative message: queer people are truly beloved by God. Plus, we're giving Virtual Boston Pride attendees 20% OFF when you shop through the included link (code will be automatically applied at checkout). So shop today, babe. Let's show the world just how beloved you are.
Samaritans, Inc.
Samaritans' mission is to reduce the incidence of suicide by alleviating despair, isolation, distress, and suicidal feelings among individuals in the community, 24 hours a day; to educate the public about suicide prevention; to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide; and to reduce the stigma associated with suicide. Samaritans provides life saving suicide prevention services throughout Greater Boston, MetroWest, and across Massachusetts. Our services are free, confidential, and nonjudgmental. 24/7 Crisis Services – You can call or text us at (877) 870-4673 anytime you feel isolated, desperate, suicidal, or concerned about someone else in your life. Grief Support Services – If you have lost a loved one to suicide, you can find support through events, meetings, and peer networks. Community Education & Outreach – Learn how to help someone in crisis by hosting a suicide prevention workshop at your school, workplace, or organization.
SGI Nichiren Buddhist Association
Soka Gakkai International-USA (SGI-USA) is the most diverse Buddhist community in the US. SGI members base their practice on the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Buddhism, which teaches that each person has within the courage, wisdom and compassion to face and surmount any of life's challenges. Based on core Buddhist principles such as respecting the dignity of human life and the interconnectedness of self and the environment, SGI engages in various peace activities, including human rights education, the movement to abolish nuclear weapons and efforts to promote sustainable development.
Sock it to Me Boston
Sock it to Me Boston is a local family business owned and operated at Faneuil Hall Marketplace for over 35 years by three siblings. We offer fun, comfy clothing like Boston sweatshirts and sweatpants, shorts, t-shirts and pajamas. Colorful, funky socks are a specialty as well as dog breed socks. We carry Snoozies Slippers that are lined in cozy Sherpa. Whimsical Foot Traffic Slipper Socks are also popular. Rainbow Pride Socks are festive and great any time of year to liven up your outfit. We wish we could wish you Happy Pride in person but are glad to have this opportunity, so…Happy Pride!
Success Rice
Thanks for joining us virtually at Boston Pride! With only a 10-minute cooking time, Success Quinoa is light and fluffy, with a nutty flavor. Pro Tip: Cooking the boil-in-bag in fruit juice, broth or milk will boost the flavor and create sweet and savory dishes for everyone to enjoy.
Triangle Manor
Triangle Manor is a Queer Furry art collective out of Medford, MA. Our goal is to promote small, local, LGBTQIA+ artists, and to have fun! There are currently five artists contributing to the collective. We create Empowering shirts/clothing, stickers, punk patches, psychedelic drip paintings, soap, and more! We design and screenprint everything by hand out of our home and are always open for bulk orders for clothing, patches, reusable tote bags, and design services. The psychedelic drip paintings are all painted by hand and are UV reactive! When in stock, the soaps are made with fresh ingredients, in small batches.
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has multiple approved medicines that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis and has a robust pipeline of investigational medicines for other serious diseases. In 2020, Vertex received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and was recognized as a LGBTQ Corporate Ally by the Boston Business Journal.
Valvoline Instant Oil Change is proud to be a sponsor of Boston Pride's Virtual Festival. Valvoline Instant Oil Change is committed to safety. We offer drive thru, stay-in-your-car service – no waiting rooms, no appointments and all employees are wearing face coverings. We have the convenience of Apple Pay and Samsung Pay for contactless payments and will email your invoice for your added comfort and safety. We hope to see you all at Boston Pride next year and, in the meantime, stay safe!
Webster Bank
Webster Bank is proud to participate in Boston Pride 2020. Like all of you we miss having a booth to visit with you one to one and participate in the March. One of the five guiding values of Webster Bank is "We respect the dignity of every individual." During this Pride month we will be spotlighting GLBTQIA Customers on our social media to show our support. In our 84-year history we have worked to make our company's policies, procedures, products and services accessible and equitable to all individuals regardless of gender, race or orientation. To learn more about Webster Bank and our commitment to diversity go to www.websterbank.com
Yankee Lambda LGBTQ Car Club
The Yankee Chapter is part of Lambda Car Club International. Founded in 1981, LCCI now boasts over 2,200 members in 31 local chapters from coast-to-coast in both the United States and Canada. All members share the same passion for all things automotive that you do! Lambda Car Club International started as the Gay Old Car Owners Society based in New York City. Since then, Lambda has kept expanding through local and invitational events with people like you. Ownership of a classic car is not required. You do not even have to own a vehicle, just the passion for anything automotive. If you are looking for a great way to be social within the LGBTQ community, this is the place for you and that passion for your automotive interests.


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Ring News 24Boxing NewsLewis Ritson: I Want The Brit Belt Outright This Year
Lewis Ritson: I Want The Brit Belt Outright This Year
The article that you're about to read is an official announcement issued to Ring News 24 to publish as a press release.
Lewis Ritson wants to make up for lost time when he makes the first defence of his British Lightweight title against Joe Murray in the latest installment of the JDNXTGEN series at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester tomorrow night (Sunday February 25), live on Sky Sports.
Ritson landed the crown with an impressive stoppage win over Robbie Barrett in Manchester in October and the talented 24 year old finally gets the chance to step into the ring as British champion in the same city against local fan favourite Murray.
Murray challenges for the British strap for the second time having faced Liam Walsh for the Super-Featherweight belt in 2015, and Newcastle man Ritson says he's eager to get the ball rolling in his quest to claim the belt for keeps.
"I'm counting down and really itching to go now," said Ritson, who scaled 9st 7lbs 9oz, lighter than Murray's 9st 8lbs 4oz. "I really can't wait to get in there and do the job.
"I've not really had any time off since the last fight, it's been a bit stop and start thinking we might get out before Christmas but shows and opponents fall through, it's boxing. I've remained professional and kept my head down.
"Joe might say it's short notice, but we're professional athletes. We should be in the gym and ready to go when required – It's our job.
"The fight has been brewing since last year, Joe said I'd knock Robbie Barrett out, but then he would knock me out – I like that part of Joe. He's passionate and it shows in his interviews. We'll see tomorrow if he can back up his words but I don't see it.
"My Dad (and trainer) assesses all my opponents. Joe does some things well, but there's also avenues we can exploit. We'll try and work that on our favour to get the first notch on the belt. My plan is to definitely win the belt outright. I want to get this out the way then maybe look at June and September. We've got to keep winning, I can't let complacency creep in now I've signed a deal with Matchroom.
"I text Eddie if I get through this, I want the winner of Masher and Coyle. It would be a great fight and the chance to add another belt to my collection – I fancy Dodd to get the win in a bit of a war but first things first I have to keep my eye on Joe and get the job done Sunday night."
A stacked bill of talent joins Ritson on the card, Jordan Gill meets Jason Cunningham in an eliminator for the British Featherweight title, Qais Ashfaq makes his debut under the Matchroom Boxing banner, Tasha Jonas continues her path to a World title shot and her Joe Gallagher gym mates Hosea Burton, Marcus Morrison and Sam Hyde tasting their first action of the year.
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South Africa: Nigerians, other foreigners asked to leave town in latest Xenophobic violence
by Damilola Ismail January 23, 2020, 6:42 pm
In a fresh Xenophobic attack in South Africa, Nigerians and othe foreigners are being asked to leave the towns by locals.
The renewed Xenophobic attack on Thursday, sees locals in Diepsloot area of Johannesburg demanding that Nigerians and other foreigners leave the communities as the attack their properties and protest.
According to reports, the attack on foreign nationals began on Wednesday evening but was curtailed by the police but it a renewed attack on properties and protest action on Thursday with locals demanding that all foreigners leave the community.
This comes two weeks after South Africans in Keimoes and Upington areas of Northern Cape vowed to eject Nigerians and other foreigners from their communities.
The President, Nigerian Union South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, confirmed the attack in a statement saying;
"Angry residents started burning tires and chanting that foreigners must leave the area.
"Police intervention brought calm but the violence erupted again this morning.
"The community members want undocumented foreigners to leave the area. They accused foreign nationals of criminal activities and killing of a senior police officer.
"Though there is heavy police presence in the area, the local residents are not backing down in there demand."
He also said that the area was still tensed and not safe for foreign nationals, advising Nigerians to stay away from the area until it was safe as the citizens have refused to back down on their protest and attacks.
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Lifestyle / Arts + Culture / 'Spider-Man: No Way Home': What we know so far
Arts + Culture, Lifestyle
'Spider-Man: No Way Home': What we know so far
Published November 17, 2021, 12:07 PM
by John Legaspi
Your Spidey senses are tingling!
We know, Mysterio revealing Peter Parker as New York's friendly neighborhood superhero in "Spider-Man: Far From Home" feels like eons ago after a rather uneventful 2020 for Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films. But things are about to get wild this time with the coming of the third, and probably the last, film of "Spider-Man" franchise headlined by actor Tom Holland.
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' poster
Last August, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures gave a first glimpse of the newest adventure of the young Avenger, and it featured many familiar faces from "Spider-Man" movies past. The latest installment follows the last events of "Far From Home," and presents Peter's life after his secret identity has been publicized. He now seeks Doctor Strange's help in changing the reality to keep Spider-Man's alter ego in the dark, but it comes with unintended consequences.
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Need more deets? Keep scrolling for more information about the upcoming "Spider-Man" movie.
Who's coming back?
"Spider-Man" stars Tom Holland (Peter Parker), Zendaya (MJ), Jacob Batalon (Ned), Marisa Tomei (Aunt May Parker), and Jon Favreau (Harold "Happy" Hogan) reprise their roles. J.K. Simmons, who starred in the 2002 Tobey Maguire "Spider-Man" film, portrays Jonah Jameson, the host of TheDailyBugle.net. Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice, and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. are also coming back as Midtown School of Science and Technology students with Hannibal Buress as their gym teacher.
Who's new in the cast?
Also appearing in the film are Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange and also "Spider-Man" movie alumni Alfred Molina and Jamie Foxx, stepping in again as supervillains Doctor Octopus and Electro, respectively. While there are talks about Willem Dafoe reprising his Green Goblin role for the movie, there are no confirmations about it yet.
Rumored castings
While the coming of Spider-Man's foes from past films tickled the minds of fans about actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, who had portrayed the masked hero, joining the film, Tom sets the record straight saying to Total Film, "People don't believe me when I say that [Maguire and Garfield] are not coming back… But people are going to have to believe me at some point." Andrew also told Entertainment Tonight that he "closed the book" about donning the blue-red costume.
What is the new movie about?
According to Sony Pictures, in the new movie, directed by Jon Watts and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, "for the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a superhero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man."
When will it come to the theaters?
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is set to premiere in theaters in the US and the UK on Dec. 17, 2021. In the Philippines, the film will be released on Jan. 8, 2022.
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Multiple time scale simulation of a flexible model of CO2
Mark Tuckerman, Walter Langel
The reference system propagator algorithm of Tuckerman et al. is applied to a simple model of fexible CO2. The forces are broken up according to three different time scales corresponding to the internal motion, short-range impulsive collisions, and long-range interactions, and three time steps are introduced to integrate the equations of motion. The use of this scheme allows a factor of 8 to 12 to be saved in CPU time over standard integration schemes.
The Journal of chemical physics
Equations of motion
Program processors
reference systems
Tuckerman, M., & Langel, W. (1994). Multiple time scale simulation of a flexible model of CO2 . The Journal of chemical physics, 100(9), 6368-6371.
Multiple time scale simulation of a flexible model of CO2 . / Tuckerman, Mark; Langel, Walter.
In: The Journal of chemical physics, Vol. 100, No. 9, 1994, p. 6368-6371.
Tuckerman, M & Langel, W 1994, 'Multiple time scale simulation of a flexible model of CO2 ', The Journal of chemical physics, vol. 100, no. 9, pp. 6368-6371.
Tuckerman M, Langel W. Multiple time scale simulation of a flexible model of CO2 . The Journal of chemical physics. 1994;100(9):6368-6371.
Tuckerman, Mark ; Langel, Walter. / Multiple time scale simulation of a flexible model of CO2 . In: The Journal of chemical physics. 1994 ; Vol. 100, No. 9. pp. 6368-6371.
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Advantage Toyota and Ford after eventful Q1 at Le Mans
Published by David on 12/06/2019 12/06/2019
The #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid of Kobayashi/López/Conway set the provisional pole time in the first qualifying session for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans. The #67 Ford GT went quickest in the GTE Pro class, while Porsche locked out GTE Am and DragonSpeed secured provisional pole in LMP2.
Kamui Kobayashi was once again the man who set the fastest time in Q1, after posting the quickest lap in Free Practice earlier on Wednesday afternoon. The 3:17.161 benchmark was set early on in the session and would not be beaten for the remaining two hours, giving Toyota provisional pole ahead of Thursday's four hours of qualifying. It was by no means plain sailing for Toyota in Q1, with the sister #8 TS050 only just able to dip into the 3:19s, which was only sufficient for fourth place on the grid.
There was also a major incident for the provisional pole-sitting #7 car around halfway through the session. Entering the Ford Chicane at the end of the lap, Mike Conway encountered a prone #31 DragonSpeed LMP2 car attempting to return to the pits. The collision vaulted the Toyota into the air, but both cars surprisingly did not appear to be too damaged. Indeed, both returned to the track before the end of the session in the search for faster lap times.
Second-fastest was the #17 SMP Racing BR1, just under half a second behind the leading Toyota. Stéphane Sarrazin's monster lap of 3:17.633 was, in fact, quicker than the fastest race lap recorded here last year, demonstrating how far the privateer LMP1 cars have progressed over the past twelve months. Third-fastest was the #3 Rebellion Racing R13 with a 3:19.603 set by French hotshoe Thomas Laurent.
First blood to Ford in GTE Pro
The #67 Ford GT was the fastest car in GTE Pro, but just half a second covered the top six at the end of the first qualifying session. Harry Tincknell's time of 3:49.530 was recorded just as the session came to a conclusion at midnight and pipped Nick Tandy's previous fastest of 3:49.558 for the #93 Porsche 911 RSR by just 0.028. Aston Martin Racing made it three manufacturers in the top three in GTE Pro, with the #97 car's fastest time of 3:50.037 just under half a second down on the provisional pole time.
It was an exciting conclusion to the session in GTE Pro, with a flurry of fast times catapulting the #93 car and then the #67 machine to the top of the timesheets. The #66 Ford GT, on the other hand, was involved in a significant accident at the exit of the Porsche Curves.
DragonSpeed fastest LMP2 after eventful Q1
The #31 DragonSpeed set the fastest time in LMP2 – a 3:26.804 – but also had some work to do in the garage after the collision with the Toyota at the Ford Chicane.
Second-fastest was the #36 Signatech Alpine Matmut car just 0.131 seconds behind, followed by the #22 United Autosports Oreca.
Porsche lock-out in GTE Am
The three fastest times in GTE Am all went to Porsche cars, with the #88 Dempsey-Proton Racing machine going quickest by just over three tenths of a second from the championship-leading #56 Team Project 1 crew. Third-fastest was the sister #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR.
Click here for a full list of Q1 times.
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Rita Raines (eigentlich Rita Babcock, * 22. Mai 1930 in Chicago; † 13. März 2014 in Redlands) war eine US-amerikanische Easy-Listening- und Jazzsängerin, die in den 1950er-Jahren aktiv war.

Leben und Wirken
Rita Raines trat 1955 in ihrer Heimatstadt auf dem Harvest Moon Festival auf; im November 1955 erschien auf dem lokalen Chicagoer Label Deed Records die Single "The Wedding Song (Until Death Do Us Apart)"/"Don't Touch Me" (Deed 1006), 1956 legte sie, ebenfalls bei Deed, die Single "Such a Day" vor; das Lied war die englischsprachige Version des deutschen Stimmungslieds "So ein Tag, so wunderschön wie heute" von Lotar Olias (Musik) und Walter Rothenburg (Text). Die B-Seite war der Jazzstandard "Ol' Devil Moon". "Such a Day" gelangte im Februar 1956 auf #89 der amerikanischen Billboard Hot 100, was ihr einziger Charterfolg bleiben sollte.

In der Musik-Tanz-Show American Bandstand des TV-Senders ABC wurde Raines als "Lieblingskünstlerin des Jahres 1956" (Favorite Artist of 1956) vorgestellt. Raines veröffentlichte noch für die Plattenlabel Jamie, Argo, Cadence und Arcy weitere Singles wie "Silence Is Golden"/"Something Else" (Jamie 1036), "Sleepy Sunday Afternoon"/"I Told a Stranger" (Cadence 1331) und noch 1958 "Laughing On the Outside"/"Cha-Cha Charlie" (Argo 5302); 1960 veröffentlichte sie noch eine Coverversion von "Vaya Con Dios", 1953 ein Nummer-eins-Hit für Les Paul/Mary Ford (mit der B-Seite "Silently", Arcy 1003). Raines konnte jedoch an den Charterfolg von "Such a Day" nicht mehr anknüpfen und zog sich aus der Musikszene zurück.

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Black Bird Bookstore sells only books that are recommended by the store's staff.
There probably aren't many independent bookstore owners who have graduated from Harvard Business School.
Kathryn Grantham is one of them.
Having moved from Cambridge, Mass., to San Francisco a year ago, Grantham is the city's newest bookseller, the owner of a shop that just opened in the Outer Sunset.
Located at 4033 Judah St., just a few blocks from Ocean Beach, Grantham's shop, Black Bird Bookstore, is the only bookstore in the neighborhood, a welcome addition to a sleepy, unassuming part of town. It's in a narrow 900-square-foot space that had been occupied by Small Talkers, a preschool, and its aesthetic is minimalist and tasteful.
Kathryn Grantham, the owner of Black Bird Bookstore.
And its business model represents a break from the past.
Unlike many stores that are lined floor to ceiling with thousands of books, Black Bird Bookstore has only roughly 250 books for sale. Grantham says she expects the stock to rise to 1,000 titles.
In the age of Amazon, Grantham noted, many readers now go online to buy specific titles.
"The model of 50,000 titles is just not current," she said. It's a belief that was reinforced by her time at Harvard Business School, which she attended after running a Manhattan feminist bookstore, Bluestockings, for five years. She founded the shop in 1999, and it's now a social justice, activist bookstore.
Half of the books in Black Bird Bookstore are for younger readers. The shop also has a tree house.
A 41-year-old native of New Orleans who moved to New York after college, Grantham says she has kept track of the book industry for the past two decades.
And so Black Bird will sell only books that are recommended by Grantham and her staff of six employees. All the books are displayed with their covers facing out, accompanied by handwritten notes from the staff.
Black Bird Bookstore is just a few blocks from Ocean Beach.
Another section is titled "Our country, our culture." Curating such a section, she said, "gives me the opportunity to pull together and highlight some of the terrific, diverse voices that are being published today, and hopefully help us all have a deeper understanding of who we are as a people.
Before moving to San Francisco, Grantham regularly visited the Bay Area to spend time with three younger siblings who live here. She and her husband, Oliver, an investor in forestry and an avid surfer, are building a house on a property they bought in the Sunset three years ago, initially drawn to the nearby surfing.
The couple have three sons, ages 6, 4 and 1. Grantham says theirs is one of the many young families in the neighborhood. She's passionate enough about children's literature that half of her store's books will be for younger readers. She even had a tree house built, including a small oak tree for children to climb. And the shop will host a children's story time every Saturday at 9 a.m.


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Artificial Intelligence Detects Troubled Swimmers
Artificial intelligence is now very much involved in our lives. Artificial intelligence, which helps us with many issues such as autonomous vehicles, recommender systems, robots and games, is now also appearing on smart beaches. According to the World Health Organization, drowning is the third most accidental death. Approximately 320,000 people drown each year. Sightbit, on the other hand, has started working on finding a solution to this problem. In this study, artificial intelligence predicts problem swimmers and potential drowning cases and gives the lifeguard the necessary warnings.
"We use deep learning algorithms and computer vision technology in the project, " Netanel Eliav, CEO of Sightbit, said in a statement. To go deeper, we use convolutional neural networks to detect objects and make predictions., " he said. He also explained that they used tens of thousands of data to train the Eliav model.
Sighbit works as a software that offers services on a monthly basis. Users can use this service for a certain fee on a monthly basis. In addition, Netanel Eliav said in a statement that they help their customers use cameras, but today, for security reasons, most beaches already use cameras.
How Exactly Does Artificial Intelligence Identify Problem Swimmers?
Sightbit rates the beach by its sections, taking into account the crowd situation and weather conditions. He then estimates how many lifeguards should be assigned to the departments. Thanks to the cameras, lifeguards can access live images, while Sightbit alerts lifeguards when it sees a distressed situation.
A single camera shows an area of approximately 300 meters, but ideally 3 cameras should monitor this area.
The System Will Not Replace Lifeguards
This artificial intelligence does the job of detecting problem swimmers very well. But he has not yet reached the stage to go and save them. With Sightbit, watchtowers and binoculars are replaced by cameras and monitors. But of course, this service does not replace lifeguards, it just helps them see things that they can't see.
"People are not optimized to sit in a tower and watch swimmers, " Eliav said in a statement. It's not people's fault, lifeguards can't watch all swimmers at the same time. But Sightbit can., " he said.
During the development process of the project, lifeguards were consulted and their recommendations were received. This program does not require any special training. The system, which functions as a security camera, is user-friendly enough.
Sightbit recently began its first commercial run on Palmachim Beach, which is located in Israel and allegedly receives almost 1 million visitors during the summer season. The 400-metre area will be checked in the first phase of the test, which was launched last month, while the area will be doubled in size next week.
It looks like this project will help us greatly in improving human safety on the beaches. In fact, its use in unprotected areas can prevent many deaths.
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Back Row: Coach Light, Thomas Gyddsen, Fred Davis, Mark Raymond, Bruce Lucas, Michael Johnson, Jerry Nyland, Coach Hurley
Middle Row: Bill Logan, Alfred Carson, James Johnson, Dennis Ruppert, Bruce Nix, Eric Jennings, Gale Wanstead, Douglas Peterson
Front Row: Nels Johnson, Dale Holmes, Mike Williams, Melvin Choponis, Fred Moore, Pat Wilson, Dennis Flynn, Dave Houle.
The lights came on in 1969, literally. The season opener vs. Roscommon was the first to be played on a traditional Friday night due to the installation of lighting at Pine River's stadium. The Bucks could only muster a 1-7 record in '69. However, the Bucks did manage to notch a win for the first time against the mighty Beal City Aggies. The Bucks rushed for 304 yards and shut out the Aggies by the score of 22-0. It would take 17 more years before the Bucks would defeat the Aggies again, and no Pine River team since then has been able to shut them out. Dave Houle, Pat Wilson, and Gale Wanstead scored touchdowns for the Bucks that day. The offense in 1969 was led by QB Nels Johnson who scored touchdowns on the ground and through the air, including passing from the shotgun formation. End Joe Johnson was a regular target and hauled in a 55 yard TD pass against Lake City and a 17 yard TD pass vs. Baldwin. Nels Johnson was named the team's most valuable offensive player while Melvin Choponis was named the team's most valuable defensive player. The 1969 squad was also the first Pine River team to go a whole season without letting a team score 40 or more points on them. The '69 squad was also the first Bucks team to go the entire season without being shutout.


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Portraits of Some American Founders: Back-to-School Basics, Part 3
Who were the American Founders? Learn more about some of the people who laid the groundwork for the country we live in today!
Who were the American Founders?
The Founders were the political leaders of the thirteen original colonies during the era of the American Revolution and its aftermath.
They were also key figures in the establishment of the United States of America and in framing and ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
George Washington was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and our first president.
George Mason was another Virginian and an influential Founder.
Mason was the primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, which had a great influence on Thomas Jefferson, who adopted many of Mason's ideas for the Declaration of Independence.
John Adams was a leader of the American Revolution. He served on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence.
He was also a man of principles, serving six years earlier as the lawyer for the defense of the British soldiers who stood trial for the Boston Massacre.
He would later become our country's second president.
Abigail Adams was her husband's closest confidant, advocating in particular for women's rights, writing to John that he should "Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors."
She continued, "Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."


Blows the bloody doors off with a full-on screwball caper.
This is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery analysis.
Last summer, Marvel Studios proved their capering credentials on the big screen with Ant-Man, a heist movie with a super-powered twist. As usual, Agent Carter doesn't have any superpowers to show off, but continues to deliver equally stellar results.
As the title suggests, The Atomic Job involves a heist. A stolen piece of evidence about the Jane Scott murder from Episode 1 gives Dr. Wilkes a brush with tangibility, but Whitney's already much further along, coming to the conclusion that she needs an atomic bomb, in order to recreate the original conditions that created zero matter, so that she can cement her power. The Roxxon Warehouse has a couple lying around and Peggy aims to disarm them, before they can be stolen for Whitney's nefarious ends.
It's as straightforward as that, but after a couple of weeks on the back-burner, the show really puts its foot down for this one and the result is the most entertaining episode of the season thus far. The heist tropes are duly wheeled out and either subverted or leant upon heavily – there's a riff on Reservoir Dogs' slow-mo walk set to Pistol Packin' Mama by Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters that leads to a predictable (but no less hilarious) punchline, once time catches up.
In addition to stalwarts Mr. Jarvis and Chief Sousa, there are expanded roles for Rose (Lesley Boone) and Samberley (Matt Braunger), both of whom have appeared sparingly as the SSR's front-of-house woman and obnoxious technician, but flourish when given field work. The wonder of the chemistry between Hayley Atwell and James D'Arcy is that it's not at all delicate and can seem to adapt to all-comers (most often Enver Gjokaj and/or Dominic Cooper), but you've seldom seen an ensemble run so smoothly, as the ramshackle crew that comes together here sports a generous comic rapport going between all of the co-stars.
It hasn't ever made sense that Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the show with Team Whedon behind it, when this show seems so much more like one of the Ginger One's brain-children, but The Atomic Job feels as if it comes from a very specific vintage. With the expanded cast, it's like an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer circa Season 2, with the SSR crew standing in for the Scoobies, as they form a plan and work together to stop the Big Bad's latest whim.
It seems as if the episode's going to peak early on – a superb comic sequence, which sees Peggy goes undercover at the office of Hugh Jones (Ray Wise) with a handy bit of mad tech, gives us a progressively funnier and funnier recurring joke – but writer Lindsey Allen and director Craig Zisk keep it going for the remainder of the hour. It's no slouch on plot, either; there's a lot to get through here and the somewhat wackier tone comes to a sharp point by the episode's end.
Tonally, The Atomic Job is a full-on screwball comedy caper that still makes its way through some more hefty plot development than we've seen in the last few weeks. The comedy has gotten a little more farcical overall in Season 2 and the broader tone might not appeal to everyone, but it's hard to begrudge anything in what is the funniest, fightiest and, frankly, the Buffiest episode of Agent Carter yet.
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– "You arrogant plonker." I would happily have watched another half hour of Peggy zapping Hugh Jones' memory over increasingly smaller intervals of time- the multiple recalls of his encounter with Peggy in the previous season, intercut with her searching his office and then braining him with the memory inhibitor was pure comedy gold.
– Also in the comedy stakes, we meet Ken Marino as Whitney's ex and mobster Joseph Manfredi, exhibiting a fearsome temper as he makes a chest-beating display of power to his old squeeze's new beau, Calvin Chadwick. He's in a more dramatic "De Niro in The Untouchables" mode here, but the casting of Marino is an unusual one that pays off; his screen presence makes him memorable even in just a short scene against type, and we're fascinated to see where they're going with him from here.
– Poor Chief Sousa proposes to his nurse girlfriend Violet (Sarah Bolger), only to lose her by the end of the episode, after his bedside manner gives away his feelings for Peggy. If this is the last we see of Violet, she's been given slightly short shrift – we never believed that Sousa had eyes for anyone other than our Peg anyways.
– Also reminiscent of Buffy in this episode, Peggy winds up on the business end of a loose rebar, a fate that befell Cordelia back in the day. As in that case, it's a non-fatal impalement, but it nevertheless packs a surprising wallop in an otherwise zany episode. The only letdown we see is that Peggy and the gang get away from the warehouse to the safety of Howard's mansion a little too easily right afterwards – it's not entirely unconvincing, but it might leave you asking why Whitney didn't just kill them then.
– "These adventures are only enjoyable if you return from them." Jarvis sets the tone for the decidedly darker ending of the episode – Peggy is gravely injured, Chadwick is gathering the Council of Nine for inevitable badness, and Jason brutally fades back into intangibility. Looks like a solid low-point in the middle of the season to me.


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Q: Теория по односвязному списку Здравствуйте.
Довольно часто на собеседованиях или же в тестовых заданиях (для прохождения на стажировку, например) задается вопрос об односвязных списках.
Например, дают задачу, в которой необходимо развернуть односвязный список за О(n) времени. Так вот, как это сделать? Можно ли просто переопределить ссылки? Т.е. сделать за 1 итерацию так, чтобы не A->B, а A<-B ?
Можете, пожалуйста, привести пример?
Заранее благодарю

A: Ну так становитесь на первый элемент, и идя по списку, у каждого разворачиваете указатель на предыдущий узел, из которого вы только что пришли. Понятно, что у самого первого указатель обнуляется, а заголовок списка теперь указывает на узел, который был последним. Вот и O(n).

A: Первая ссылка из гугла.
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    OneWayList.Node previous = null;
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        //swap items
        node.next = previous;
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A Painting Today: "100 Faces, No. 45"
The thing about this one ..... I try not to dominate skin with pink tones, I think it can look chalky and cold. Usually, if I've reached this point, I add in some greens, golds - warm it up. In this case, I stopped - and truthfully, I stared at it for a good while. It touched me.
I'm am having fun following these portraits. Each conveys a different personality/character/mood. This woman looks disappointed & careworn.
The first thing I noticed was the depth you created in this portrait. I can't take my eyes off this one...LOVE the skin tones!
I like the skin tones in this one. She looks vulnerable yet strong at the same time.


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2. In a medium saucepan, add mole and water over medium-high heat. Boil and stir occasionally until dissolved.
3. Meanwhile, combine sour cream, cream cheese and feta cheese.
4. On a frying pan, heat oil over medium-high heat and pan fried tortillas until slightly crunchy and still bendable.
5. Dip tortilla in mole.
6. Place tortilla on a plate and fill it with chicken and chopped onion. Fold it and top with cheese mix.
I like how it's covered in that delicious sauce! yum!


As Christians, we have the same power that raised Jesus Christ fom the dead living on the inside of us. Paul was praying that God would grant us understanding of this truth. God is all powerful but He has chosen to work that power through us.
I Have a Question, If Jesus needed miracles in His ministry, don't you think we need miracles in ours?
Let's look at something like a volcano eruption. This is sudden, powerful, uncontrollable but it nothing compared to the power of God.
When you look at pictures of the power of a volcano, hurricane, tornado and how devastating they are to the affected areas, please know, this is nothing compared to the power God has placed on the inside of you.
Why is there so much resistance in the church in operating in the power of God? I believe it is Satan inspired and here is why; Satan has no more power to stop the Holy Spirit than you have of stopping a volcano from erupting.
Since Satan can not stop the power of God, (See the book of Acts for examples) his only defense is to stop it before it can get started. He uses weapons like deception, division, pride etc. to decieve believers into thinking they do not have any power, or they are not worthy, can't be trusted or my personal favorite, the power ran out and is not needed anymore.
I love what Jesus did in Mark 2:5-12, He used the power of God (healing) to convince everyone listening to Him, He also had the power to forgive sins.
I am seeking the wisdom and the revelation of the power of God. I pray my understanding will be enlightened and when I see the power of nature, I will think, "that is nothing compared to the power of God on the inside of me".
One last question, "Are you His disciple?" Since Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever, don't you think something He told His disciples applies to you today? Jesus gave His disciples power Matthew 10:1, then told them to use this power in Matthew 10:7,8 and I believe He expects us to do the same thing today.
Are you Following Jesus or Watching from the Stands?
Where is the power in the church of the United States? Remember faith comes by hearing the word of God. Many in the USA go to church every week and hear the word of God but most of these believers walk around powerless.
Well, my opinion is, we Americans have too much going on all around us, we get so distracted by stuff. For example, my current distractions are between my March Madness brackets and my trying to understand Twitter and Facebook.
So, I am not hear to tell you I have my Bible open all the time, but I do meditate on the word of God daily to grow my faith. By doing this, my faith is growing and my relationship with Jesus is better today than it has ever been.
The verse I have been thinking about is John 14:12. I have been here for a long time now and what I am finding out, the longer I study, meditate, pray and even fast about this scripture the more uncomfortable I get with my own walk with Jesus.
I have taught and have been taught that I am a follower of Jesus. If I am to truly follow in my Lord and Savior's footsteps doesn't John 14:12 come into play?
Wow… Jesus is talking to me (I say to you), he who believes in Me (That's me again) here is were He is stretching my faith… the works that I do (Some of Jesus' works are: healing the sick, opening blind eyes, calming the sea, raising the dead etc…) he will do also.
Jesus is speaking directly to me, a believer, and is telling me I can do all the things He did. Why am I not doing the works that Jesus did? The short answer is because I don't really believe it.
If I truly believed John 14:12 wouldn't I start praying for more people, expecting the same results that Jesus got? For those of you who know me, you know that I have started doing that very thing.
Meditating on one scripture will get you enthusiastic, excited, expectant (I know I can find one more word that starts with "e") and empowered. You will get off of the pew and into the game of life where you belong.
I want to be a part of a growing church that measures its significance not by the size of its building, but by the size of its giving. I want to win the attention of people not by clever sermon series but by incarnate living. If the woman at the well had attempted to come to church (temple in her day), she would have been stoned. The closer someone wanted to get to the Holy of Holies, the more death was risked. So Jesus comes to tear down the temple and access to God is now incarnate. So what does God do? He goes TO the woman at the well. I don't want to be at the temple when my neighbors are at the well.
That is what I have been doing, taking Jesus to the people, praying for the sick and hurting, teaching what Jesus taught… forgiveness, love, salvation. I know the works will come if I just believe… I believe.
It is a humbling experience to ask for help. Have you ever had to admit you didn't know everything? Well… I have a confessing to make… I don't know much about Christian fundraisers. We want to create a fundraiser that will help youth groups and Christian organizations raise money.
This is what I am thinking… Our logo has no words or letters, it does not have a church name or message but what it does have is, incredible power to help proclaim the Good News in a non-threatening way.
Since we own the company and logo, we have no middlemen, which means, we can sell our clothes to organizations for wholesale prices. What does that have to do with your group you may ask? Let me answer that with an example.
Did you notice the profit on the T-shirts and Polos for the selling group? Your group will get more than our Company. Combine that with free shipping and tracts and we believe this can be the best Christian fundraiser available, but we would like some input.
Our question; When you select a fundraiser, are you interested only in raising money, or would you like to combine your fundraising efforts with spreading the "Good News" at the same time?
One Drop of Blood's main goal is to empower believers to share the Gospel. While our main goal is to spread the Good News, our secondary goal is to give back into the kingdom of God.
Fundraising seems like a perfect fit, but if the only motivation for starting a fundraiser is to make money, selling our products would be much more difficult than let's say… selling chocolate.
We have started researching and developing a plan, creating a fundraising kit that includes prizes/rewards for overachievers. We have some really exciting plans but we would like your input and suggestions before we unveil the final product.
Again, I know very little about fundraisers, but I am willing to learn. Your comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Who knows, maybe God will use your insight to expand His Kingdom.
Another way to handle your fear is to know how great is your God. Forget about yourself for a while and concentrate on your God. I hope this helps you. It is Louie Giglio in the first of a 4 part message. I was given the DVD and thought it was awesome.
Fear is being served up on a daily basis, what should you do with this fear? There are many opinions on this topic but what does the Bible have to say about fear?
OK, that sounds good, but what should you do with all the fear you have today? The Bible tells you in 1 Peter 5:7… casting all your care upon Him for He cares for you. In this verse the Greek word for care is merimna and it means; anxieties, distractions, burdens and worries.
This is clear instruction to give Jesus all your care now, give Him all your worry and fear. Don't pick it back up, read Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths. Leave it with Jesus.
This means you do not have to know all the answers or know how God is going to turn your situation around. You need to believe God's word is true and meditate on His promises. Concentrate on our title scripture; So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
If Faith comes by hearing the word of God, where does fear come from? Fear, like faith, comes from hearing, not hearing the word of God but hearing the word of man. How many times in one day do you hear people around you or the news, talk about how bad things are getting?
Why do you listen to all that negativity? I use to listen because I thought, "I need to keep up". Or maybe you think, "What if something bad happens and I don't know it"? Trust me, if it is bad enough, everyone around you will tell you about it.
One of my favorite scriptures is Revelation 12:11; "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life to the death." (We have built our Company around this scripture.) Let me give you my testimony, I watch very little TV and almost no news.
I still wake up every day and even though I am not as "informed" as I once was, I no longer walk around worrying about things I have no control over.
The problem I have found with watching the news is; they cover mostly bad news. I'll admit, there is an occasional "good news" story, but would you dig in the trash bin of a fancy restaurant looking for an occasional piece of "good food"?
Not me, so here is what I suggest, turn off the TV news for a week and instead of soaking up all that garbage, read what the Bible says about something your have been fearful of in the past. You will begin to be set free, and whom the Son sets free… is free indeed.
Many in the United States today are afraid. Some worry about their job, others their health, retirement, you name it, the first thing that usually comes to mind is fear. This is a natural reaction.
Look in your Bible, every time an angel appears to men or women one of the first things out of the angel's mouth is, "Fear not" or "Do not be afraid".
We know the natural reaction to changes in the world around us is fear, what is the unnatural or supernatural reaction? Is it not faith?
How do you go from the operating in the natural, to the operating in the supernatural? For starters, you need a basic understanding of how the natural and supernatural both work.
Satan uses the carnal (or your five senses) to trap or ensnare you into being fearful. God uses your faith to change the natural, supernaturally. Which one do you use most?
Look again at our title scripture, from 2 Timothy 1:7, God does not give us a spirit of fear, so where does fear come from? Fear is something you are born with, it comes natural to most people. Some fear is good and healthy, for examlpe these fears can help you avoid taking risks with out first counting the costs: fear of the unknown, fear of falling, etc.
The fear I am talking about is the one mentioned in 2 Timothy, "the Spirit of Fear". Yes, there is a spirit of fear and its' primary purpose is to take your eyes off of God and on your current situation.
What is it we as believers must learn to do, to combat this kind of fear? We need to learn how to walk by faith and not by sight. With faith you receive power, love and a sound mind. Now that is more like it.
I will elaborate more on this verse later, but for now, I wanted to encourage everyone reading this it is possible to learn to walk by faith and not by sight.
So, the $100,000 questions is, "How do you get faith"? Read this out loud, "So then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17) Believe it or not your faith just grew. "How", you might ask? Know this, the word of God is true, and if you did what I asked, you heard the word of God and your faith grew.
As you study and read the word of God, your eyes are on the things of God and not the things of this world. This will increase your faith which will, as a side benefit, decrease your fear.
When I start to fear I ask myself, "Would a child of the King be afraid in this situation?" I will almost always say "no"! This not only gives me strength, it eliminates my fear. Try this for yourself, instead of reacting in fear, do what the angels say, "Fear not." Remember God is not a respector of persons, if it works for me, it will work for you.
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Fun, Frank Ocean And The Black Keys Lead 2013 Grammy Nominations
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Grammy night looks set to be a lot of fun for pop act fun. next year (13) – the trio picked up nods in four of the main categories announced at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live event in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday night (05Dec12).
The hitmakers will compete with Frank Ocean, TheBlack Keys, Mumford & Sons and Jack White for the Album of the Year Grammy in February (13) and Kelly Clarkson, Florence + The MAChine, Maroon 5 and Pink for the coveted Pop VocalAlbum prize.
Their We Are Young anthem is up for Record of the Year alongside The Black Keys (Lonely Boy), Clarkson (Stronger), Gotye (Somebody That I Used to Know), Frank Ocean (Thinkin' 'Bout You) and nominations concert co-host and six-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift (We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together).
fun. were also nominated for the Best New Artist trophy with Alabama Shakes, The Lumineers, Ocean and Hunter Hayes, who earned a nod for Best Country Solo Performance for his hit Wanted. He'll be up against Dierks Bentley (Home), Eric Church (Springsteen), Ronnie Dunn (Cost of Livin'), Blake Shelton (Over) and Carrie Underwood (Blown Away).
All 81 categories were revealed after the Grammy Nominations Concert Live, with fun., The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Jay Z, Ocean, Mumford & Sons and Kanye West leading all artists with six nods each, while The Black Keys, Chick Corea and Miguel scored five and rapper Nas and producer Jeff Bhasker grabbed four apiece.
Swift and LL Cool J co-hosted the nominations ceremony at the Bridgestone Arena, where fun., Maroon 5 and Ne-Yo performed live. Rapper LL Cool J took a moment at the end of the celebration to pay tribute to jazz great Dave Brubeck, who died earlier on Wednesday.
The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be handed out in Los Angeles on 10 February (13).
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All that being said, Pastor Stanley is incredibly accessible (especially in light of the massive influence he wields), extremely gracious and humble, and quite willing to interact. I promised him that I would read his "Irresistible" book before making more detailed comments, and I have already sent him this article before posting.
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Seminary of Pr. Q.-L Han: Recent Advances in Fixed-Time Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems
The seminar of Prof. Q.-L Han will take place this Friday at 14h which will take place at the building St Exupéry in room 303-01-04 (ex-M1B). INSA, Saint-Exupéry, 1st floor, meeting room
Title : Recent Advances in Fixed-Time Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems
Recent Advances in Fixed-Time Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems
Fixed-time cooperative control of multi-agent systems has received considerable research interest since it can provide an estimated bound of settling time, which does not depend on initial conditions. Compared with asymptotic cooperative control algorithms, fixed-time cooperative control algorithms can provide better closed-loop performance and disturbance rejection properties. Different from finite-time control, fixed-time cooperative control can produce a faster convergence rate and provide an explicit estimate of settling time independent of initial conditions, which is desirable for multi-agent systems. In this talk, some fundamental concepts of fixed-time stability are introduced. Then, fixed-time cooperative control of multi-agent systems with various dynamics are elaborated in detail. An application of fixed-time consensus for distributed optimization is presented. Finally, a time base generator approach is introduced for practical fixed-time cooperative control.
Biography of Prof. Qing-Long Han
Qing-Long Han received Ph.D. degree in Control Engineering and Electrical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, in 1997. From September 1997 to December 1998, he was a Post-doctoral Researcher Fellow with the Laboratoire d'Auomatique et d'Informatique Industrielle (LAII) (currently, Laboratoire d'Informatique et d'Automatique pour les Systèmes, LIAS), École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Poitiers (ENSIP). From January 1999 to August 2001, he was a Research Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, USA. From September 2001 to December 2014, he was Laureate Professor, Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) with the Higher Education Division, and the Founding Director of the Centre for Intelligent and Networked Systems at Central Queensland University, Australia. From December 2014 to May 2016, he was Deputy Dean (Research), with the Griffith Sciences, and a Professor with the Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia. In May 2016, he joined Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, where he is currently Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Quality) and a Distinguished Professor. He is also the Director of Centre for Networked Control Systems with the School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, China. In March 2010, he was appointed Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) Scholar Chair Professor by Ministry of Education, China.
Professor Han has been conducting research in the field of Control Theory and Control Engineering. He has published has been conducting research in the field of networked control systems, multi-agent systems, time-delay systems and neural networks. Since 2001, he has published two hundred and fifty-two (252) fully-refereed high quality journal articles, of which thirty-one (31) articles are published in Automatica, and nineteen (19) articles are published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (the two best journals in the area of automatic control) and one hundred and twelve (112) articles are published in the most prestigious IEEE Transactions. He has also published one hundred and eighty (180) leading conference papers, four monographs, one research-based book chapter, and edited four conference proceedings and six special issues.
As of September 16, 2019, Professor Han's research work has been cited 21796 times with h-index of 80, i10-index of 228 according to Google Scholar. He has ranked at No. 5 in the arena of Computer Science and Electronics in Australia according to Guide2Research. This ranking is based on the h-index metric provided by Google Scholar and DBLP. His research work has been cited 17593 times with h-index of 73 according to SCOPUS, and 14666 times with h-index of 68 according to Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) Web of Science Core Collection. The Essential Science Indicator's (ESI) Report on September 11, 2019, which covers the period from January 2009 to May/June 2019, indicates that he has 55 Highly Cited Papers. Among these Highly Cited Papers, 35 Highly Cited Papers are in the field of Engineering ; 19 Highly Cited Papers are in the field of Computer Science ; and 1 Highly Cited Paper is in the field of Mathematics.
Professor Han is one of The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds : 2014-2016 and 2018. He is a Highly Cited Researcher according to Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters). He is a Fellow of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE) and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust). He is an Associate Editor of a number of international journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, and Information Sciences. His research interests include networked control systems, time-delay systems, multi-agent systems, neural networks and complex dynamical systems.
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Last RAF Search and Rescue mission
05/10/2015 16/02/2017 Brian Hartigan 3763 Views 0 Comments RAF, Sea King, search and rescue
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More than 74 years of continuous life-saving search-and-rescue operations by the Royal Air Force in the UK came to an end yesterday.
On Sunday 4 October at 1:00pm the RAF Base Chivenor duty search and rescue crew was formally relieved from its standby commitment by the United Kingdom Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre.
Chivenor is the last of the RAF's six SAR bases to hand over responsibility for helicopter search and rescue provision to civilian contractor Bristow Helicopters Ltd.
Official RAF SAR statistic record-keeping only began in 1983, but since then , these six RAF units have completed 34,025 callouts and rescued 26,853 persons in distress.
These figures do not include rescue sorties and persons assisted by some of the other RAF SAR helicopter bases which have closed or been relocated over this period.
Similarly, they do not reflect the numbers assisted between the early 1950s when helicopters came into use as a rescue platform by the RAF and 1982, but a significant, further number of people were rescued and sorties flown over this period.
The telephone call authorising the RAF to finally stand-down from SAR operations came moments after both of Chivenor's Sea King helicopters touched down.
The call was received by Wing Commander 'Sparky' Dunlop, Officer Commanding 22 Squadron.
Immediately after receiving the call, Wing Commander Dunlop walked a few paces from his office to pass on the news to his staff, taking the opportunity to thank them for their immense contribution and life-saving achievements.
The finale for RAF Search and Rescue in the UK was very much 'business as usual'.
Chivenor's final search and rescue operation took place in the early hours of Sunday, 4 October 2015. At 03:18 am, staff at the UK Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre received a request from Devon and Cornwall Police asking for a RAF SAR helicopter to take a 38-year-old male, found unconscious on Ilfracombe Beach, to hospital as getting a casualty on a stretcher away from the beach was described as 'challenging'.
Chivenor's crew was tasked at 03:21am and were on scene shortly before 4am. The casualty was flown to Swansea Morriston Hospital, after which the crew of "Rescue 169" flew to Cardiff Airport to refuel.
Dense fog there prevented their departure, so a second RAF SAR crew was brought to readiness at Chivenor and took over the commitment, providing the final few hours of RAF SAR standby duty in the UK.
The Sea King at Cardiff flew back to Chivenor, landing at 12:07pm.
The last operational SAR flying sortie in the UK was captained by Flight Lieutenant Christian 'Taff' Wilkins. He and his crew flew a routine training sortie on Sunday morning before touching down precisely at 12:30pm.
Both crews met in Chivenor's ready-room before Wing Commander Dunlop received the telephone call advising him that he and his crews were stood down from UK SAR operational commitments.
Group Captain Steve Bentley, RAF Search and Rescue Force Commander for the UK said it was with enormous pride that the RAF could reflect on the its life-saving achievements since rescue operations began in 1941.
"Thousands of lives have been saved and individuals reunited with their loved ones through rescue missions often flown in the most difficult and extreme conditions," Group Captain Bentley said.
"This continuous operational standby commitment has been delivered day-on-day across eight decades through the dedicate, selfless commitment and the determined pursuit of the highest professional standards of our aircrew, engineers and support staff.
"Today's crews reflect the ethos of the 'service first' established by their fore-bearers in the RAF Directorate of Air/Sea Rescue.
"They can take great pride in the contribution they have made in the service of the nation."
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