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Vraisemblablement la mère et sa fille. Au 1er rang pour assister aux festivités annuelles du monastère de Korzok.
1- Você tem um crush?
Tenho sim, o Pancada ❤️
2- Seu sobrenome?
Frozenheart.
3- Sua altura?
1,63
4- Quanto você calça?
36
5- Cor dos olhos?
Cinzas.
6- Última vez que chorou?
Assistindo UP - Altas Aventuras. O Pancada sempre rí de mim e diz que eu sou muito chorona, mas ele também chorou que eu ví! Ele acha que me engana com aquela história de coceira no olho... ¬_¬"
7- Maior medo?
Eu tenho medo do escuro T^T Sempre tenho que dormir com alguma luzinha acesa. É no escuro que os espíritos aparecem @_@"
8- Última música que ouviu?
Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey
9- Última pessoa que você mandou mensagem?
Pancada. Eu mando selfies pra ele o dia inteiro, algumas não tão comportadas XD
10- Status de relacionamento?
Namorando.
11- Cor favorita?
Azul Marinho.
12- Melhor amigo?
Sukita!
13- Celebridade preferida?
Taissa Farmiga.
14- Tem uma cicatriz?
Não.
15- Última pessoa que beijou?
Pancada. Um beijinho de despedida antes dele sair pro trabalho ❤️
16- Você fuma/bebe/usa drogas?
Não.
17- Qual é sua cor de cabelo atual?
Louro acinzentado.
18- Qual a última coisa que comprou?
Eu não comprei uma coisa especificamente... eu fui no salão de beleza fazer o cabelo. Enjoei dos cachinhos...
19- Última coisa que você comeu?
Cheesecake de Frutas Vermelhas 💕
20- Agora é dia ou noite?
Fim da tarde. A melhor parte do dia, quando o Pancada volta e faz o jantar! Eu gosto de ficar olhando ele cozinhar.
21- Como se sente no momento?
Feliz.
22- Letra de música favorita?
(...) I'm not a girl
Not yet a woman
All I need is time
A moment that is mine
While I'm in between
I'm not a girl (...)
Britney Spears - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlV7RhT6zHs
23- Você dá segundas chances?
Hmmm... não. Eu sou malvada >:D
24- Fato aleatório sobre você:
Eu sou muito dorminhoca, adoro dormir! O Pancada sempre me chama de bicho-preguiça XD
25- Qual último livro que leu?
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov.
26- Você é do tipo ciumento?
Sim!!! Eu não gosto que ninguém chegue perto do Pancada ou do Oreo!
27- Obsessão atual:
Eu quero ser logo uma mulher independente! Agora que eu sou maior de idade, o Oreo está me ensinando a administrar o meu dinheiro. Nunca imaginei que seria tão difícil! Era tão mais fácil quando ele fazia tudo pra mim T^T
"Vc precisa aprender a caminhar com as suas próprias pernas, Chanti! Eu não vou estar aqui pra sempre. Vc é uma mulher forte e inteligente, só precisa aprender a tomar as decisões certas!" - O Oreo sempre me diz isso quando eu reclamo.
28- Tem bicho de estimação?
Não, mas eu queria um gatinho!
29- O nome de alguém que você confia:
Oreo ❤️
30- Quem foi a última pessoa que te fez rir?
O Pancada! Hoje de manhã ele estava bravo e falou um palavrão tão feio, que até o próprio Yue ficou chocado! Depois ele ficou bem sem graça quando percebeu que eu estava por perto e ficou todo vermelho XD Eu gosto de ver esse lado "bruto" do Pancada. É sexy! ❤️
To assist in retardation, a helper remains on the rear of an eastbound Conrail manifest as it drops downgrade east of Bennington, PA on Oct. 10, 1982.
Assisted by me Marziya took this shot on my Nikon D80 of her favorite Uncle Assad..
She makes him run around the bend , pushing him under the dining table and she never tires though her Uncle Assad is panting participating in her adventure house sports.
. . pepper. No, only salt.
Taken in the salt flats and evaporation ponds area of Samut Sakhon, Petchburi.
Thailand is the 26th largest producer of the world's salt, mostly from these evaporation ponds, shallow man-made ponds that assist the production of salt from sea water. Seawater is fed into the ponds and the water is naturally evaporated allowing salt to be harvested. These ponds and the area as a whole provide a resting and feeding ground for many species of waterbirds, including endangered species.
Seawater contains about 3.5% (by weight) dissolved minerals. Sodium chloride is 77% of that amount, or about 2.7% of seawater. The other 0.8% consists chiefly of calcium, magnesium and sulfate ions. As seawater evaporates, its volume decreases and the concentration of sodium chloride in the resulting brine increases. Thus, saltworks generally extract as sodium chloride a little over 2% of the weight of the influent seawater. This means that solar saltworks [salt production by the action of sun and wind on seawater] are often quite extensive in area.
Sea salt production in Thailand is a small-scale industry with several hundred independent producers.
Gyeongbokgung Palace - Gangnyeongjeon (6).
È un edificio utilizzato come principale alloggio e residenza del re.
L'edificio contiene la camera da letto del re e fu costruito per la prima volta nel 1395, il quarto anno di re Taejo.
Distrutto durante le invasioni giapponesi della Corea nel 1592, l'edificio fu ricostruito quando Gyeongbokgung fu ricostruito nel 1867, ma fu nuovamente bruciato da un grande incendio nel novembre 1876 e dovette essere restaurato nel 1888 per ordine del re Gojong.
Tuttavia, quando Huijeongdang del palazzo Changdeokgung fu bruciato da un incendio nel 1917, il governo giapponese smembrò l'edificio e ne utilizzò i materiali di costruzione per restaurare Huijeongdang nel 1920.
L'edificio attuale fu ricostruito nel 1994, restaurando meticolosamente Gangnyeongjeon secondo le sue specifiche e il suo design originali. Gangnyeongjeon è costituito da quattordici camere rettangolari, divise in due settori di sette camere.
Il re utilizzava la camera centrale mentre gli attendenti di corte occupavano le altre camere laterali per proteggere, assistere e ricevere ordini.
L'edificio poggia su un'alta fondazione in pietra e un ponte in pietra o veranda si trova di fronte all'edificio.
Gyeongbokgung Palace - Gangnyeongjeon (6).
It is a building used as the main living quarters and residence of the king.
The building contains the king's bedroom and was first built in 1395, the fourth year of King Taejo.
Destroyed during the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592, the building was rebuilt when Gyeongbokgung was rebuilt in 1867, but it was burned down again in a great fire in November 1876 and had to be restored in 1888 by order of King Gojong.
However, when Huijeongdang of Changdeokgung Palace burned down in 1917, the Japanese government dismantled the building and used its building materials to restore Huijeongdang in 1920.
The current building was rebuilt in 1994, meticulously restoring Gangnyeongjeon to its original specifications and design. Gangnyeongjeon consists of fourteen rectangular chambers, divided into two sectors of seven chambers.
The king used the central chamber while the court attendants occupied the other side chambers to protect, assist and receive orders.
The building rests on a high stone foundation and a stone bridge or veranda is located in front of the building.
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There were many occasions when a driver might need a ticket roll or a ticket machine exchange or some kind of light maintenace issue, and I recall a spare driver woudl be dispatched with an RH and would often come down from Nugent Indiustrial Estate (OB) to assist the R3 at the stand. Here is my Dad standing in a recreation pose of that memory. RH1 "Kestrel" C501DYM and OV2 ""Hurricane" C526DYT are at Station Square, Petts Wood.
Photo (c) TomG.2016.
The vessel ASSISTER (IMO: 9193783, MMSI: 219699000) is a Anchor Handling Vessel that was built in 2000 ( 20 years old ). It's sailing under the flag of [DK] Denmark.
A quirky composition of a very unusual mobile cafe situated in Canary Wharf, London, with it's fan shaped sides, complete with someone having a cigarette break.
Female assisted off road moving towards breeding wetland, MS
Sony A7III w/ Sony 90mm G OSS Macro
1/200, f9, ISO 200, diffused flash
1999 Volvo FH12 420 tractor unit with the Globetrotter cab operated by MHS Crane Assisted Transport of Wymondham.
Last taxed in April 2012 with an export marker showing.
Irvine Police escort a handcuffed woman detained after a felony stop on a green Honda CR-V carrying 3 passangers on 2700 -block of Grand Ave. at the 22-freeway in Santa Ana. Two men and one woman were arrested..
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///ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: felonystop – 11/10/11 – LEONARD ORTIZ, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER – Three people were detained by the Irvine Police department, with assist by the Orange Police department after a felony stop in Santa Ana on the 2700 -block of Grand Ave. at the 22-freeway.
Tugboat Fairplay XI assisting the Merete Maersk with mooring.
details:
IMO: 9725108
MMSI: 211684020
Call Sign: DJIV2
Flag: Germany [DE]
AIS Type: Tug
Gross Tonnage: 494
Deadweight: -
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 29.67m × 14m
Year Built: 2015
Status: Active
Read more at www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:3450929/mm...
37091 assists 47702 Saint Cuthbert with the 08:17 Holyhead - Newcastle at Miles Platting Junction on 7th February 1987.
246'8711
Oi Oi...
Fui assistir "Procurando Dory" ontem... Ah gente morri de amor, sou apaixonada por esses peixinhos faz 13 anos, desde quando lançaram Nemo 😍😍😍
Escolhi essa combinação pra ir ao cinema a caráter kkkkkkk... Unhas azuis com detalhes amarelos e pretos que me fazem lembrar a Dory hehehehe
2x É Mara! - Impala
Gêmeas
Esponjei formando um ombre com os glitters Bah - Nã - Nah - Dany Vianna e Uninhibited - LA Girl
Finalizei com top coat AH (adorei esse top coat)
Eu amei a combo... Pena que já estão com umas lasquinhas 😕
Espero que gostem também...
Beijos e até a próxima 💙💙💙
I am going to talk about a topic most would consider to be very sensitive and that is pornography. So if you don’t feel comfortable reading about it please stop whenever you like to. Of course I will talk about it from my personal experience. I will try not to focus on porn or talk about it in details, as my goal is not to assist others to indulge in sin but to glorify God for the freedom He has given me. I will start by talking about the photo first.
First of all I want to say that talking about being addicted to porn is not easy. I had considered talking about for some time but didn’t really want to do so. So I decided, like I do often, is to lie down and talk to God and think about why I didn’t want to write about it. The reason was simple: I didn’t want people to have a bad idea about me. The final point was: I wanted to keep my image “clean” like so many of us Christians like to do. However, after some thought I came to this conclusion:
1) I was born a sinner and I am as sinful in my nature as anybody else ever lived on earth, so there is no point in acting like I am better than anybody else.
2) I am who I am because of who I am in Christ, and that’s because of His perfect and finished work on the Cross: His death for my sins. Not because of anything good in me or about me.
3) When I accepted Jesus I basically gave Him ownership over me. In other words, there is no more “my reputation”, “my name”, “my this” and “my that”. Everything belongs to Him now. Of course I thought that I could simply avoid talking about this topic and “act” as if there is something special about me. But the truth is that He is special and I am special only because the Holy Spirit, who is special, lives in me.
4) For Christ to be lifted through me I must be lowered. For Him to be glorified I must tell the world about who I was before Christ.
5) I didn’t want to be a hypocrite! Of course, as we all know, being a hypocrite is much easier than a lot of things in life. (And believe me it is much easier to be a hypocrite than to live the Christian life, but only through living the Christian life we can find true fulfillment in Jesus.) But if I claim that I belong to Christ and that my identity is wrapped up in who I am in Him, a prince and a child of the living and holy One, then I have to act upon this claim. Otherwise I am simply being a hypocrite. I cannot say that my value and worth are in Him, when I value myself in how others see me.
So I will start my story now…
When I was in my teens back home, and I would be taking the bus in the evening sometimes I would look at my hand and be completely amazed by the orange sun light reflecting off of it, especially the amount of details God has put in the skin! And because I like to draw, shadows have always amazed me. Until now I try to emphasize shadows and contrast in my photos. So a couple of days ago I was studying when it was sunset and I looked at my hand and again I loved the amount of details in the skin. So I took few photos and after some editing, I realized this photo can be very fitting to talk about Jesus Christ’s favour in setting us free from sin. So here is my final product. I hope you like it. (Special thanks to Gimp!)
I didn’t soak the hand with orange colour and dark shadows because I want to talk about a light that’s brighter than the sun’s: the light of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. That’s why I kept the light white.
I was not familiar with pornography until I came to Canada, and especially after I bought my first computer. Like so many others I started watching porn because of curiosity. I accepted Jesus in my life before I came to Canada though. Being still an immature Christian, spiritually like a few days old infant, I was an easy prey to Satan’s lies.
Then porn turned to more than just curiosity—it became a habit. Then from a habit it became an addiction. It pretty much consumed hours of my daily life, and all my energy. It cost me a lot in school as my marks dropped dramatically. My relationship with God was reduced to “hi” and “bye”!
I tried to quit many times but I couldn’t. I knew it was wrong but by then it was too strong of an addiction to break free from. I hated it and loved it at the same time. I hated it because it ruined every aspect of my life. I loved it because I was emotionally dependent on it: it was my idol. (For more on Idols you might be interested in reading: www.flickr.com/photos/001fj/2334638980/
Pornography was a very strange affair. I mean, when I went out I tried not to lust after women but when I came home I entertained the worst thoughts for hours! One of the worst things about porn is that it gets worse overtime. You never start at a low level and stay there; you stoop to lower levels because after a while those materials are not satisfying anymore. Can you imagine the helplessness people who are addicted to porn feel? Can you imagine the feeling of entrapment? Can you imagine not only seeing yourself in a very bad situation but also seeing yourself heading toward a worse situation and you are going by your own will simply because you couldn’t resist doing the thing that is hurting you and eventually will destroy you!
It is like standing in a hole and digging it to make it deeper and deeper and deeper.
One summer break I spent it pretty much editing photos using Photoshop and listening to Dr. Charles Stanley. In one sermon he was talking about how God sets us free and the bottom line was that we have to:
1) Realize and admit our situation and helplessness
2) Trust that God can free us
3) Surrender ourselves, lives and hearts to Him
So I tried it. I went to pray and told God all those three points and I meant them—I truly believed and knew that I couldn’t free myself from this sin, and I knew that God was a good God who loved me and cared about me….but, I didn’t know how to surrender! I mean if I was in a war then I could take a piece of white cloth and put it on a stick, raise it up and walk toward the enemy. They would see the white piece of cloth and would know that I am surrendering, but how do you do that spiritually? I mean, it is more than words just as in the scenario of the battlefield above: I have to raise (action word) the stick, and walk (another action word) toward the enemy. But how do you surrender spiritually?
Needless to say after that prayer I went back to pornography as if I had not even prayed it! I knew Dr. Stanley is a godly man so I knew he wouldn’t teach something false, but I simply didn’t know how to apply it. So I kept trying to break free from pornography using all methods I knew from self-control (emphasis on the word “self”; I am not talking about the self-control we have by focusing on Christ and putting Him first in our lives), to using filters to always keeping the windows and door open, etc…nothing worked.
God wasn’t completely silent in those couple of years when I was addicted to porn. I can recall some other time when God completely cut all communication with me until I obeyed Him in a certain matter (thank God He did that!), but that was not the case in those two years. I think God knew that I was helpless against breaking free from porn. He knew I was too young spiritually to abandon me completely to my weakness and leave me completely at Satan’s mercy (as if he has any!)
A particular scary moment was when one night after indulging in sin for hours I stood and planned to go carry out a sinful act. After a couple steps it was as if God slapped me so hard that He woke me up from a nightmare; the only thing is that I was not dreaming--it was real life! I had so foolishly bought Satan’s lies to the degree that I was going to carry them out! I froze and couldn’t move for few seconds because it was as if God had blocked my way. Then I realized that I was basically a slave of Satan if I kept believing what he told me. I was like a zombie having all sense sucked out of me and so dead in my sins.
Nothing can explain God's intervention in that moment better than this song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_SjhKJgqGg
I also realized that I was not so different from Ted Bundy or any other serial killer and rapist. I was a step away from going that road if it wasn’t for God mercy, grace, love and compassion. I can never be thankful enough for Him for intervening in that moment. We were all born sinners, and according to God holiness that demands divine justice we all deserve the death penalty. That’s why our Lord had to die for our sins to be forgiven. So please, next time you hear about a criminal so “evil” ask yourself those two questions: 1) Can Jesus’ blood forgive all his sin? Yes, or no? 2) Can God change him? Yes, or no? The answer is yes to both questions. (Check this man’s testimony if you like to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIfQ-aBham4
One time I managed to stay away from pornography for 18 days! I was so happy but when I fell to sin again I was more miserable than ever before! I knew that I couldn’t do better than that. That was about half a year after listening to Dr. Stanley’s message.
So sometime in March of 2003 I went to pray at night. And I basically told God that I had enough and that I wasn’t going to pray anymore. I was ending my relationship with Him! I didn’t know better at the time that He paid a high price to adopt me into His family and He wasn’t just going to let me go! I was so tired of pretending that my religion works when it didn’t! I became a Christian not looking for a religion, but because the God of the Bible was so real I wanted to know Him…I wanted to experience what He did and said He would do. But it was not working! It was also so repulsive to me to come pray to God when I had so disgustingly disobeyed Him! It was like lusting after women all day long then going home and kissing my wife and pretending that everything is “fine”, (by the way, it is NOT “fine” with God and His opinion is the only opinion that matters if not now then later!). I simply couldn’t carry a relationship with a Holy God when I was so steeped into sin. I was crying when I told Him “good-by” because I had really wanted Christianity to work since it was the only faith that held its own claims and its God was so real that it would require more faith for me not to believe in Him than to believe in Him! (How much faith does it take to believe in gravity? None, because we know it exists! That’s the same case with our God.) So I told Him that I don’t care anymore. I give up. I can’t break free from pornography’s hold on me, and He isn’t helping me. So I give up and won’t try to resist porn anymore. I was too tired to try to please a God who wasn’t willing to help me with my burdens.
I don’t remember exactly what day it was that I prayed that prayer but I know it was in the last 10 days of March, 2003. So I stood up and thought that was the end…that all those prayers I had prayed and He answered, the peace He has given me, the joy, and the awesome awareness of His presence I had experienced before…were all things I had imagined.
Next day I didn’t watch porn, and I thought because I was busy with school work. The day after I didn’t watch porn either and I thought because the whole week was a busy week with school work! After a week I realized that I didn’t watch porn for the last week nor did I think about it or desired to watch it! That’s when it hit me: I was free! Hallelujah, Jesus set me free! Christianity works! My wonderful God is real! Everything He did before was real! So I went to pray again, and asked Him what I should do now! He put on my heart to go to www.settingcaptivesfree.com/home/our_courses.php and register! So I did, and went through the online program for 2 months. And I have been free from pornography since that March night until today. I had a friend in high school was struggling with pornography too. He was from Pakistan and when I told him that I was free he didn’t understand how. I couldn’t explain it more to my friend than the blind man, whom our Lord Jesus healed, answered in John 9:25:
He replied, "…One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!"
It took me a while to realize that the Biblical principle in Dr. Stanley’s sermon works! What I did in that prayer is simply I gave up: surrendered. I stopped trying to do it in my own strength. I stopped trying to fight God’s war for Him. I stopped trying to earn His favour. I stopped trying to win my way according to my timing. I ceased striving.
If you read Gideon’s story, the story Dr. Stanley based his sermon outlines on, you will realize God did the same thing with Gideon and His army. I truly encourage you to read it. You can find it in the book of Judges.
Why did God free me this way? Well there are many reasons, here are some:
1) He wants to bring Himself the glory. If we do it on our own and succeed what does that tell the world about Him? Nothing. Then I could’ve written this whole story without a mention of Him. But the fact is I couldn’t break free from pornography on my own in a million years. It was all His work.
2) He desires to grow our faith. My faith wouldn’t have grown in a God that stands idle while I did everything myself. But now I know He is more than able to do everything He said will do.
3) God wants us to trust Him and know that He can handle His own affairs and wars. It is good to defend God and fight for Him, but we must let Him fight His own battles so the world to know that He is a mighty and powerful God, and that He is real.
Let me ask you some questions: if you are always fighting for your god, protecting it, speaking on its behave, defending it, what makes you think it is a real god? If your god can’t speak, what makes you so convinced it could create your mouth? If your god can’t fight its own battles against evil, what makes you think it can give you victory? If your god can’t defend itself, what makes you think it can protect you?
4) For others to see, hear, believe and come to know Him. If I was able to free myself from porn by myself, how would that draw people to Him?
You can say whatever you want about God. You can say that you don’t like Him. That you don’t believe in Him. You can say that you would rather live your life without Him, and spend eternity in Hell than in Heaven with Him. But you can’t tell me that I was not addicted beyond human hope to pornography and He freed me from it. You can’t tell me that my God isn’t real or that He is dead. You can’t tell me that my God is not powerful, or that He doesn’t love me and cares about me.
I remember a couple of years ago I was waiting for the bus (isn’t it strange how I realize a lot of things while waiting for the bus!), and thought to myself, “What is so horrible about pornography anyway?” (That was a couple of years after God freed me from it!) Then suddenly I had this very empty feeling in my chest when I remembered how spiritually thirsty I was when I was addicted to porn. I remember how horrible it felt to chase after something that does not satisfy and that it leads to more chasing…but it still does not satisfy! Ever since then until now, I would like to think that I have a healthy fear of pornography, and sin in general. (Remember, God created fear to protect us, just like pain. But how we view fear and respond to is what makes the difference between a protective fear and an enslaving fear.) Of course, porn’s destruction is much more than the chasing after something that does not satisfy. But I won’t go into how much it has actually ruined countless lives, because many websites and statistics are available for those who are truly seeking to know the truth about porn’s destructive power.
1 John 4:4 says:
“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
It is sad how many Christians have opinions about sin that are not based on God Word. I read things such as, “It is my motives that count…so even though I do this and that, I do them without lusting…” Really? Where does the Bible teaches that? When our Lord talked about motives he was talking about fasting, praying, and giving to the poor not about sin! You can’t sin with pure motives! It doesn’t make sense! You can fool me, and you can fool your church congregation! But how can you live with yourself knowing that you are lying to yourself! And how are you going to fool God? Rather, how are you going to face Him?
And some Christians even say “it is natural to do so and so”. Yes, you are correct, but since when does the Bible talk about our nature as if it is holy! Our nature is corrupt and sinful, so why do we say “natural” as if it is a good thing! It is natural to get angry and want to get revenge; it is natural to lie when accused of something; it is natural to cheat when we want to get our way…but what does the Bible teach about all those examples of “natural behaviour”? They are all sin and do not fit us as sons and daughters of the living God!
No, I am not talking about people who are addicted to drugs, porn, alcohol, and so on. I am not even talking to the unbelieving world here. I am talking to us, Christians. I truly believe that there is a huge difference between someone who is sinning—because he or she are addicted to a certain sin, regardless of how they got themselves into this mess—but they absolutely hate that sin and want to be free from it, and between someone who knows he is sinning but has no problem with it--welcomes sin in his life.
I am going to say something here that I think will make a lot of people dislike me, but I am going to say it anyway and hope that you take it with an attitude knowing that I am not judging anybody here:
If you are a woman who has Christ in her life, please re-consider the way you dress. Not according to my standards, or the church you attend. Certainly not according to the standards of the latest fashion or to “that is the only thing available in stores nowadays”. Don’t go to someone else asking their opinion or read an article about it. Go directly to God’s Word and ask God directly, and if you are honestly seeking to follow Him He will show you His way. But I must warn you: once He makes His will clear you won’t have peace until you obey Him.
You might be wondering why I am talking about women’s dressing in a topic about porn! Well, men are very visual so they sin by lusting (even women do that, but I am not sure they do so as much as men do) and so porn is a naturally attractive sin to them. Women desire to feel beautiful, desired, wanted and so she tries to meet those need by dressing in a way that attracts men’s attention. And that’s how she gets her momentarily (short-lived: like all the promises Satan makes in regard to sin) emotional high by noticing a man looking at her. But what I want to ask you is this: if you go home and you are all by yourself and have nothing to do, how do you feel: empty, far from your heavenly Father; or peaceful and your heart is flowing with love and adoration for Him?
Causing to Sin, Mark 9:42-50:
"And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where
" 'their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.' Everyone will be salted with fire.
"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
If you are a man who has Christ in his life, please take some time, be quiet with God, and think about where you were yesterday spiritually, where you are today, and where you are heading tomorrow! Evaluate your life. Evaluate your ways. Seek to know God better. Make decisions, daily decisions, to live for Him. Live a pure life starting with your heart and mind. Think about your future wife (or present wife), think about your kids. You are going to be the leader of the house who represents Christ to the whole household! Will they see Him through you? Or will your daughters grow up thinking that they have to look beautiful, sexy, and act in certain ways to get a man’s attention and love? Think about God’s awesome and wonderful purpose that He desires to accomplish through you. Think about God’s reputation among the people who know you. Please don’t settle for less. We are not going to be given another chance after this life!
“Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” (Hebrews 9:27)
If you realize you are sinning against God while you are on your way home then repent right away and seek to follow Him! It is never too late to make a decision to live for Him, even if you just realized that at the end of the day. Daily surrender yourself to Him if that’s what it takes for you to live a pure and blameless life.
I will stop here. All I ask is that if you claim to believe something about God put it into practice. Whether in regard to your identity in Him, your personal agendas vs. His plans and purposes, or if you claim to believe that Christ died for someone else’s sin then why not forgive them? Remember, John 13:17:
“Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”
What things? The things that are written in God’s Word, and the Holy Spirit reveals to you.
And don't ever lose focus of this fact: all things are done through His goodness, grace and mercy—it, life here on earth and eternal life, is all about Him. However, for Him: it is all about you. It is the "Lord's favour" and not our own works whether in being saved or the power to live for Him: it is all about His grace.
Nothing But the Blood
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(Toronot, ON; winter 2008.)
The church of Negrentino, originally dedicated to S. Ambrogio Vecchio (today in S. Carlo), is one of the most remarkable ones in Ticino. The blissful location, the Romanesque architecture and rich artistic decorations are what make it so unique. Surrounded by fields at an altitude of 850 meters, isolated and facing a cliff that opens onto a vast panorama, this example of Ticino's Romanesque and Lombard architecture preserves a timeless charm. Visiting Negrentino also offers the occasion for a first introduction to the Blenio Valley, nicknamed the valle del sole (Valley of the Sun).
The visit
The gracious church is accessible on foot in a few minutes from Leontica by crossing a modern gangway (recently installed to ease access to this important monument). The keys to access this place of worship are available at the village's tavern (osteria).
The building, built in the 11th century and mentioned for the first time in 1224, is located on the ancient transit route of the Nara Pass which connects two valleys: Blenio and Leventina. The bell tower, detached from the main body of the church, is probably from the following century.
The pictorial decorations cover most of the internal walls and can be attributed to three different eras. The extraordinary fresco located in the counter-facade of the main apses should be original to the church: it represents the Christ in the centre of a game of concentric circles symbolizing the universe that offers him a crown of thorns. Behind him, the tools of the Passion (spear and stick). On either side, the Apostles. Above, a Greek fret interrupted by two lambs and a marine animal. Below, a shoot. A very singular composition that is interpreted as either the Resurrection, the Ascension or the Universal Judgment. The color tones are delicate. The prevailing ones are aqua, okra and brick red. As a whole, it is considered an outstanding fresco with apparent Byzantine influence. The date of work is uncertain (1010-1100) but it is most certainly one of Ticino's most ancient and is often studied by researchers of the great Romanesque paintings of Northern Italy.
The other paintings in the oldest part of the church are works of the Seregnesi, active fresco painters in Ticino and in the Grisons after mid-1400s. Depicted in the main apse are classic themes of medieval churches: Christ in ‘vesica piscis’, the Four Evangelists, the Apostles. In the lower part, curtains conceal the original decoration evoked by the emerging dragon's head. On both sides, Santo Stefano and Santa Caterina. Illustrated below the arch are the King and the Prophets and in the triumphal arch, the Annunciation. Votive paintings decorate the Northern walls including Sant'Ambrogio, a Virgin Mary in a throne, a second Virgin Mary between Saint Anthony the Abbot and San Bernardino and a Crucifixion.
Another prolific workshop worked in Negrentino: around 1510 Antonio da Tradate and his aides frescoed the minor apse and the walls of the second aisle. The main thread of the apse paintings is the Life of the Virgin, developed around the central fresco depicting "Mary's Coronation". In the dividing arches, the "Assumption of the Virgin" assisted by the Apostles and musician angels. Under the arches, Prophets and Saint Anthony the Abbot.
Painted on the counter-facade is a scene of Miracle of Parabiagio: Sant'Ambrogio on a horse appears to the Milanese during the battle (1339) to support them. On the sides are illustrated Saints Gervasio and Protasio, two martyr brothers from the first centuries of Christianity.
On the Southern wall, other votive paintings can be admired.
assisting a friend photographing female models in men's clothes in my studio, I got to shoot a bit myself -
infrared with a bit of colour manipulation, full spectrum modified camera, 720nm lens filter
Many people such as this young lady help people to park their cars and more importantly guide drivers when they reverse into traffic; in return for some small change. Bacolod City, Philippines.
Amtrak Silver Star northbound is stopped at the station platform with employee Jeanette Patterson a ticket clerk assisting passengers along with the car attendant at Clearwater, Florida, 3-27-1977, Fred Clark, Jr. Just as a sleeping car has a porter to provide services for the sleeping car passengers, the coaches had car attendants to assist passenger while on their trip in a long distance coach. Jeanette Paterson would load the passengers baggage and also them help along with the car attendant board the train. On this day there were other passengers boarding the train from what you can see along the platform. This station was originally built by the Seaboard Air Line Railway in the 1920's, then it became the property of the SCL, and they then closed the old ACL station and used this station as did Amtrak. The train after departing Clearwater will head to Tampa passing through Safety Harbor and then over the Oldsmar Trestle that goes across upper Tampa Bay. The station that is being used is the former and original 1920 station for the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
This photo is from the Fred Clark Jr. photo collection, courtesy of Mark Zelinski. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Fred Clark Jr.
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Here's my D40 set up for night shooting using a small LED light to assist in focusing. Mounted on the camera is a 105mm f/2.5 AI-S lens fitted with a home-made adapter for reverse mounting certain enlarger lenses for high magnification shooting. Inside the red ring adapter is a 90mm Laminex enlarging lens, reverse mounted, with the aperture set wide open (f/4.5) to minimize vignetting. The 105mm lens is left set at infinity, the camera moved forward and backward to focus.
Below the lens is a cheap LED "ball cap" light used to illuminate the subject when shooting in total darkness. It's bright enough to light your way for walking. Its fold out support, minus a small strap, is held against the shade of the 105mm with a plastic / rubber kitchen jar lid remover. The shade and light rotates so the angle can be changed for working around foliage that might block light coming from a certain direction. The field width with the 90mm Laminex is 3/4", with a working distance of 2 3/8". Lighting is provided by the pop up flash shot through a diffuser made from a dish that comes in a frozen dinner.... left off for this photo. I use the camera's native 1/500 sec flash sync speed, but can shoot at much higher speeds if using an external flash... up to 1/4000 second.
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Modèle / Model : Fiat Ducato III
Affectation / Assignment : Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU) de Paris, Structure Mobile d'Urgence et de Réanimation (SMUR) Hôtel-Dieu / Emergency Medical Service of Paris, Mobile Emergency and Intensive Care Service Hôtel-Dieu
Groupe hospitalier / Hospital Group : Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) / Public Assistance - Hospitals of Paris
Fonction / Function : Unité Mobile Hospitalière (UMH), Ambulance de Réanimation (AR) / Hospitable Mobile Unit, Ambulance of Resuscitation
Mise en service / Commissioning : Février 2017 / February 2017
Équipementier / Maker : TIB (Tolerie Industrielle de Brezolles) / TIB (Industrial Sheet Metal Workshop of Brezolles)
Indicatif / Indicative : 1990