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kuroko-no-cuties · 5 months ago

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GOM + Kagami Headcanons: Nicknames for you 💝

AKASHI ✂️

Elegant nicknames. Will call you things like

My love, darling, beloved, empress, my queen,, cherry blossom.

Man makes sure you feel as if you’re being treated like royalty because you are nothing less in his eyes.

“Good afternoon, my empress. How has your day been? My my, what’s with the red face? Don’t tell me your nicknames still get you flustered after all the times we’ve been together. Well I suppose I’ll just have to use them more often so you can get use to it..”

MIDORIMA 🍀

Can definitely see him going for more traditional nicknames

Dear, love, darling, sweetheart, my pet, when he’s feeling especially dominant help

Uses them rather sparingly because he knows how much you like them and he loves to tease you freaking tsundere and he also got flustered the first few times he said them to you bless him.

Takao once overheard him calling you darling while all three of you were out together. Midorima didn’t hear the end of it for a week. Every once in a while Takao will bring it up to see Midorima blush. It’s totally worth the bombastic side eye and occasional head smack he gets afterwards

“Going to spend the afternoon with your Darling, Shin-chan~ 😘”

“Shut your mouth, Takao!”

AOMINE 🧢

Ofc he gives you very flirty and sexy nicknames.

Babe, hottie, baby girl, sexy, kitty, mama, cutie, babydoll ok I’ll stop😮‍💨

Will call you them often either in public or in private he doesn’t care. But he’ll live for how flustered you get when he uses them especially if he uses them in front of his teammates.

Speaking of which he’ll make sure to lay it on thick if he sees one of them being a little too friendly with you

“Hey there babydoll~” a deep voice purrs into your ear as you’re in the middle of a conversation with Sakurai. You tilt your head up to see dark blue eyes boring hungrily into you. “I’m getting bored so, why don’t you meet me up on the roof so I can finally get some excitement?…” his suggestive tone immediately sends a fiery blush along your cheeks. You begin to quickly dismiss yourself from the brown headed boy in front of you only to find that you have no need.

Aomine wasn’t even trying to be subtle when he spoke with you, and the apologetic mushroom had already sped off while stammering a muddled apology for taking up too much of your time.

MURASAKIBARA 🍇

Doesn’t really bother too much with cutesy nicknames, but when he does decide to call you by a cute nickname it’s usually teasing you about your height because ofc.

Yeah unless your literally built like Shaq, he’s most likely gonna tower over you, even if you are taller than the average gal you’re still a squirt to him

His nicknames will include the following: chibi-chin, tiny, shortie, peanut, munchkin, little girl, baby-chin

“Mmm~ chibi-chin, give me some of your chips~” “No way you just ate a whole family bag you glutton!”“Hah? Peanut’s being greedy. How rude…~”

KUROKO🩵

Rarely ever uses nicknames. Even when you two become a couple he’ll still address you by your last name with the specific honorific.

You literally have to beg him to finally address you by your first name

But when he is a feeling a little flirty, he’ll address you by: a shorten version of your first name, dear, honey, and maybe if you really get his gears going: vanilla

He’s a sweet simple boy in everything he does.

“Here’s your milkshake Tetsu”~ you chirp happily as you slide beside him in the Maji Burger booth. “Thank you, Vanilla”

“Of course it’s vanilla, silly. I know you’re not fond of the other flavors.” You smile as you nudge him gently with your shoulder.

“Oh well, thank you, but I was calling you vanilla, Vanilla.”

“Oh… I see ☺️ Well your welcome, my fuzzy blueberry.” You gush as you ruffle his heart causing your Blueberry’s face to adopt the hue of a strawberry.

KISE✨

Every nickname in existence and then some

honey, baby, babe, sweetie, sweetheart, snookums, muffin, honey bunny, doll face, Snoopy, cutie

He’ll also make up some of the most ridiculous ones you’ve ever heard

shmoopy, cutie patootie, boo boo keys, shtunky, star eyes, shmooshy, peewee, foofoo , momo, kitten whiskers- you get the idea

A lot of times to two of you just battle to see who can come up with the stupidest nickname and make the other one laugh first

“How are you today, cutie?” “I’m fabulous, legally blonde bombshell!”

“Love that for you, kitten whiskers!” “Thank you very much, smoopy poo!”

“Would you like to walk to the convenience store with me, boo boo keys?” “Of course shmooshy-“

KASAMATSU: “WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP ALREADY?!”

KAGAMI❤️‍🔥

similar to aomine with the hot nicknames

mainly uses babe, baby, doll/dollface Rarely uses your actually name - 9/10 if he wants your attention he’ll uses either babe and baby

but occasionally you’ll get momma, hot stuff, cutie, missy, or little girl out of him - mainly when he’s trying to fluster you 🫣

The two of you were spending the afternoon at the basketball court. Kagami using this time to practice, while you chose to sit on the bench and observe your hot boyfriend work up a sweat.

While gawking at Kagami was certainly an enjoyably pass time, you decide this was also a good time to break out the new over ear headphones you had purchased that morning. Choosing your current favorite tune from your library, you get lost in your world of music.

Meanwhile Kagami had decided to call it a day after sinking one last free throw. He quickly went through his mental checklist and proudly found that he was able to go over all the things Riko told him to focus on.

His thoughts were soon halted when his stomach growled loudly, reminding him that the two of you still hadn’t decided on what to eat for dinner. He uses the bottom of his t-shirt to wipe the sweat from his face as he tilts his head in your direction to ask,

“What’re you in the mood to eat, babe?” After a few moments of silence, he raises an eyebrow and walks closer to you

“Babe?” He questions again. After closing a bit of the distance between the two of you, he sees why you’re leaving him on unanswered. You’re too busy dancing in your seat - eyes shut, head bopping - completely oblivious to the world. A short laugh leaves him as he makes the executive decision to have some fun with you while you are distracted. He quickly makes his way behind you and gently lifts your earphones off your head.

“Having a fun concert by yourself, doll?” He bites back a snort as you jump violently, almost it falling off your seat, as you whirl around to face him.

“Oh…ha..s-sorry..” you stutter, getting shy at your boyfriend’s intense gaze boring into you. Kagami chuckles and, now feeling cocky at the reaction he got from you, leans in closer to press a passionate kiss against your lips.

“You’re adorable mama…” he mutters against your mouth - the nickname sending a delicious shiver to trek through your spine. You can’t help but melt into the red-head’s passionate kiss.

Unfortunately, the moment was cut short when another loud growl emanated from his belly. He pulls back with an embarrassed groan as you giggle at the light blush that spreads across his cheeks. “Alright, fine.” he relents as he give a harsh pat to his toned abdomen.

“To be continued. Let’s go eat babe. I’m freaking starving,” he leans forward gives a short kiss to your lips, pulling back with the similar playful glint from earlier sparking in his fiery red eyes.

“And I can’t wait to have you for dessert”.

Bro I went so try hard on Kagami’s part idk what came over me 🫣kinda proofread kinda not I just wanted to get this posted

#gom #🍷hcs #midorima shintarou #midorima x reader #aomine daiki #aomine x reader #akashi seijirou #akashi x reader #knb scenarios #kuroko no basket headcanons #kuroko no basket #kuroko no basuke x reader #kagami x reader #kuroko x reader #kise x reader #murasakibara x reader

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hauntedhopeghost · 4 months ago

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Could you perhaps tell a bit about your ocs? They sound cool <33

Oh! Hi! I wasn't expecting anyone to ask about them but alright ^-^ /pos

There's a lot of triggering subjects and things that have happened with them (heh trauma) but I'll keep the bulletpoints lighthearted, just some random facts about them :3 (if you want to hear something else about them feel free to ask)

Lauren and Lina have been really close friends since childhood

The Main OCs from oldest to youngest (where the main events take place, they age up older than that): Elita (18) -> Jaz/Lina (17) -> Lauren/Mitsaki (16) -> Kira/Cassie (15)

However, as stated above they do age older than that, that was my first thought while creating them.

Lina's full first name is actually Carolina, but nobody calls her that. She doesn't even refer to herself that way. The only one who does is her mother.

(Speaking of shortened names, Jaz's full first name is Jasmine and Cassie's full first name is Cassandra)

Cassandra was actually based on a persona in seventh grade I came up with to cope with severe mental health issues. Almost my imaginary therapist/friend, in a way XD

So she has a lot of similar issues that I suffer with, but everyone else has trauma too. (trauma :3)

Jaz has a tattoo on their right shoulder that they got the moment they were old enough (a pair of wings)

Kira's cousin (and their guardian) calls them Liz, in reference to their middle name Elizabeth

Cassie would not shut up about potato chips. Especially sour cream flavor.

Lauren goes overboard when it comes to gifts on any holiday.

Mitsaki is the type of person to tease someone for doing something and then be caught doing that exact action himself.

Lina adores coffee. Mainly iced coffee/cold brews. She likes caramel the most, followed by hazelnut.

The song "labour" applies to a lot of these OCs. Especially Cassie, Jaz, and Kira.

Everyone here has a dysfunctional found-family dynamic, though few stand out. (specifically best friends/enemies/couples, I'll make a chart detailing their exact relationship with each other when I have time)

Lauren has two brothers, both older than her.

Elita is your burnt-out perfectionist in deep denial about being a burnt-out perfectionist. Cassie is also that but if your burnt-out perfectionist gets thrown into responsibilities and used as a free therapist to trauma-dump.

Kira can be considered a pacifist and constantly breaks up fights between Mitsaki and Jaz.

The latter two were former friends-turned-enemies. Due to an incident and both of them being jerks specifically towards each other.

There are two versions of the OCs: one with powers, one without. As much as I love the one with powers there are some that have to be expanded upon <3

Cassandra lies about her age to everyone when they first meet. Not because of any exterior reason but so they'd feel more mature about herself.

Kira lets Mitsaki rant about life. The latter used to be homeless and the former would sometimes bring him food, but Mitsaki often disappears after those rants. For months Kira didn't even know his name. Which bothered her a lot.

Almost all of them are neurodivergent and/or queer

There was a side plot with Lauren's older brother and Kira's cousin where it's your love triangle with one other girl, who happens to be Cassie's tutor.

But the girl is aroace. And the two guys were actually crushing on each other the whole time. (Nadia, who is the aroace girl is completely supportive of their relationship)

I never planned to write it XD. but I thought it was interesting to add.

All of them are WIP, and most were made earlier this year <3. So a lot of things will change.

There are more triggering subjects that were left out :3 but angsty character lore will be tagged as such if I expand on them.

#ghost's smol ask box #indigo’s ocs #i'm very tired as of right now (with a stomachache) but i'll expand more on them #thank you <3

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allons-y-to-hogwarts-713 · 5 years ago

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Hey there! Sorry for the silence for the past few days! I had quite the hectic week. I'll get started on your present veerrryy soon, so if there is anything that is on top of your wishlist for a fic, please do tell me! :) You should definitely go with them if they ever go back to Amsterdam! Though there a lot of nice places outside the city as well :) Those are some wonderful things you mentioned about CS, I love those too. I just googled the outer banks and they are gorgeous!! [1/?]

What are some of your favourite foods? I love to try different foods when I'm travelling! I've only ever been to the westcoast of the US, but I'd love to see more! New York is very high on my wishlist. Some of my favourite places I've been are Edinburgh and Napoli! I old cities, it's almost like you can feel the history. I always try to imagine what it must have looked like hundreds of years ago [2/?]

Some of my favourite things about CS is how they fight for each other, and defend eachother. They can be so soft and sweet to eachother, and then in the next moment call the other out on their BS. Also the loving and stupid smiles, the leather jackets, the 'making eyes'. Basically everything! Did you make any more Christmas cookies? I'll hop by again later to talk about Christmas and to tell how you my prep of you gift is going [3/3]

Hi, Santa!

sorry, I saw the parallel when I added the Snow Miser gif and I had to

No problem, I totally understand, and I apologize too for the very late response.

Surprise me! Whatever you like to write. :)

I love a lot of food lol. It would probably be easier to name foods I don’t like. XD Honestly though, I could eat good ol’ mac ’n’ cheese any time. If it involves potato and/or dough and/or is fried, I probably like it too lol, especially potato pancakes, pierogi, and pizza. I also love Chinese food, though I guess I’ve mostly had Americanized versions of it. There’s one place around here that my sister-in-law said is a little more authentic than others for the most part though and their food is delicious, and her mom traveled here once and we made hotpot and dumplings together, which was great. What are some of your favorite foods?

I’ve never been to the west coast, but I’d like to see it eventually if I ever get the chance. One of my friends went to Edinburgh once or twice and loved it there. Old cities are cool. Even places that aren’t really that old but aren’t what they used to be are interesting to me. Like the main street in the town where I used to live, a lot of the stores and little restaurants were closed even when I was a kid and nothing ever reopened there, and it’s only gotten more empty since then. I always wonder what it was like when the buildings and businesses were new and the paint was fresh and the street felt alive just a few decades ago.

Yes yes all those CS things are great!

I did, I made sugar cookies, which I have to finish icing at some point. My mom made snickerdoodles, ginger snaps, and “monster cookies” which use oatmeal, peanut butter, and M&Ms. I want to make chocolate chip cookies and more butter cookies, and my mom wants to make pecan cookie balls, anise cookies, and Oreo cheesecake cookie ball things, but we’re almost out of some main ingredients (including butter) and we haven’t gotten to pick up more yet. I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that uses shortening, but I like the butter one better if I can make it. Do you like to bake? Have you made any cookies?

Are you ready for Christmas? I’m definitely not, and it’s so close!

#csss2k19 #my santa #anon #anonymous #kayla answers

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dailyofficereadings · 4 years ago

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Daily Office Readings October 02, 2020

Psalm 102

Prayer to the Eternal King for Help

A prayer of one afflicted, when faint and pleading before the Lord.

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you. 2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call.

3 For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. 4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread. 5 Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my skin. 6 I am like an owl of the wilderness, like a little owl of the waste places. 7 I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on the housetop. 8 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse. 9 For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle tears with my drink, 10 because of your indignation and anger; for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside. 11 My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

12 But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever; your name endures to all generations. 13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to favor it; the appointed time has come. 14 For your servants hold its stones dear, and have pity on its dust. 15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth your glory. 16 For the Lord will build up Zion; he will appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord: 19 that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the Lord looked at the earth, 20 to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die; 21 so that the name of the Lord may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, 22 when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days. 24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away at the midpoint of my life, you whose years endure throughout all generations.”

25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you endure; they will all wear out like a garment. You change them like clothing, and they pass away; 27 but you are the same, and your years have no end. 28 The children of your servants shall live secure; their offspring shall be established in your presence.

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm 107:1-32

BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles

1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble 3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.[a]

4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town; 5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. 6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress; 7 he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town. 8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 9 For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in misery and in irons, 11 for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. 12 Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with no one to help. 13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress; 14 he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder. 15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 16 For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17 Some were sick[b] through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities endured affliction; 18 they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. 19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress; 20 he sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction. 21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 22 And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.

23 Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the mighty waters; 24 they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep. 25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. 26 They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their calamity; 27 they reeled and staggered like drunkards, and were at their wits’ end. 28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out from their distress; 29 he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. 30 Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven. 31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

Footnotes:

Psalm 107:3 Cn: Heb sea

Psalm 107:17 Cn: Heb fools

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Hosea 10

Israel’s Sin and Captivity

10 Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars. 2 Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord[a] will break down their altars, and destroy their pillars.

3 For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord, and a king—what could he do for us?” 4 They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so litigation springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. 5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf[b] of Beth-aven. Its people shall mourn for it, and its idolatrous priests shall wail[c] over it, over its glory that has departed from it. 6 The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king.[d] Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.[e]

7 Samaria’s king shall perish like a chip on the face of the waters. 8 The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars. They shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

9 Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not war overtake them in Gibeah? 10 I will come[f] against the wayward people to punish them; and nations shall be gathered against them when they are punished[g] for their double iniquity.

11 Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will make Ephraim break the ground; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself. 12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your power and in the multitude of your warriors, 14 therefore the tumult of war shall rise against your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle when mothers were dashed in pieces with their children. 15 Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.

Footnotes:

Hosea 10:2 Heb he

Hosea 10:5 Gk Syr: Heb calves

Hosea 10:5 Cn: Heb exult

Hosea 10:6 Cn: Heb to a king who will contend

Hosea 10:6 Cn: Heb counsel

Hosea 10:10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb In my desire

Hosea 10:10 Gk: Heb bound

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Acts 21:37-22:16

Paul Defends Himself

37 Just as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” The tribune[a] replied, “Do you know Greek? 38 Then you are not the Egyptian who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?” 39 Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city; I beg you, let me speak to the people.” 40 When he had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people for silence; and when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew[b] language, saying:

22 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense that I now make before you.”

2 When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew,[c] they became even more quiet. Then he said:

3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to our ancestral law, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today. 4 I persecuted this Way up to the point of death by binding both men and women and putting them in prison, 5 as the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I went there in order to bind those who were there and to bring them back to Jerusalem for punishment.

Paul Tells of His Conversion

6 “While I was on my way and approaching Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone about me. 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ 8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ Then he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth[d] whom you are persecuting.’ 9 Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me. 10 I asked, ‘What am I to do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told everything that has been assigned to you to do.’ 11 Since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, those who were with me took my hand and led me to Damascus.

12 “A certain Ananias, who was a devout man according to the law and well spoken of by all the Jews living there, 13 came to me; and standing beside me, he said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ In that very hour I regained my sight and saw him. 14 Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear his own voice; 15 for you will be his witness to all the world of what you have seen and heard. 16 And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

Footnotes:

Acts 21:37 Gk He

Acts 21:40 That is, Aramaic

Acts 22:2 That is, Aramaic

Acts 22:8 Gk the Nazorean

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Luke 6:12-26

Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

12 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Jesus Teaches and Heals

17 He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. 18 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.

Blessings and Woes

20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you[a] on account of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.

24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25 “Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.

26 “Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.

Footnotes:

Luke 6:22 Gk cast out your name as evil

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

#October 02 #2020

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lovingrot · 8 years ago

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A- Age: Liddle Baby

B- Biggest fear: Yea

C- Current time: 10:58

D- Drink you last had: piss 👌👌👌

E- Everyday starts with: Bad

F- Favourite song: uhhh it changes a lot but i think my favourite for most of the time is “Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues either the Extended Version or the Shortened Version bc theyre both good lol the extended version just has like a poem or smth at the end

G- Ghosts, are they real: duh

H- Hometown: nowhere

I- In love with: Yea

J- Jealous of: Nothin lol maybe envious of sumthin tho

K- Killed someone: yea

L- Last time you cried: im never not crying wym

M- Middle name: which one

N- Number of siblings: zero but also a million ya feel me?

O- One wish: Love

P- Person you last called/texted: ???????

Q- Questions you’re always asked: “you high?” “you smoke weed?” you do acid?” “wanna suck my dick?” “bitch can i copy ur homework lol” “wanna go steal sum chips frum the dollar store and hang at the lake tonite?”

R- Reasons to smile: when he say he lov u n calls u babie boi

S- Song last sang: Moonchild - King Crimson

T- Time you woke up: dibmt sleab...

U- Underwear colour: black, blue-grey satin, lace

V- Vacation destination: idk but: dark lake, foggy, night time forever, bag of bbq chips, horchata, thin sheet, Boyfirend

W- Worst habit: literally any number of my self destructive habits, lookin at pics of my friemds havin fun w/o me LOL , thinkin abt how much my friends hate me, A BUNCH OF STUFF LOL

X- X-rays you’ve had: nNo

Y- Your favourite food: sushi amd , , , melon ramune . .

Z- Zodiac sign: libra scorpio cusp, virgo moon, cap rising (still,, domt kno wht tht means....)

i tag @wembleyfraggle @vizroy @raspberry-piss amd anyone else whom wanna do It

#casper.txt

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demonologist-in-denim · 4 years ago

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About “At The Crossroads”

I didn’t want to post a whole long author’s note on AO3 for this fic, and I didn’t want to muddle the fic by posting a second chapter. So instead, here are just some random ramblings I wrote up as I was working on At The Crossroads.

Another Long-Ass Author’s Note (That You Should Not Feel Obliged To Read)

How The Hell Did We Get Here?

I don’t actually know where this fic diverged from the canon, what events transpired that Crowley opens a pub, of all things. It feels like whatever happened, happened in late-season 10, and this fic picks up in season 13-14? Here’s what I do know for sure: Something very bad happened.

While he’s grateful for it after the fact, Crowley likely didn’t consent to the cure the second time any more than he did to the first. I’m not sure what circumstances would arise that the Winchesters forced the cure on Crowley a second time, and then unkindly prodded him along in his humanity. “You bloody well beat it into me, didn’t you?” Likely Crowley wasn’t very far along in his new life, still struggling with the crushing weight of his actions, but beginning to find purchase in a friendship with Dean, when they lost Dean to whatever happened. Dean somehow became a demon, and abandoned the others to wreak havoc in the world. He’s been gone for some time, and their failing to save Dean did some serious damage to the others. Dark days all around, is all I can imagine. And that’s all I have for you.

The Besotted Wandered & The Resigned Enabler

It was unintentional, but Cas’ and Crowley’s relationship became the heart of this fic.

I originally just kind of wrote Cas in as slumped across the end of the bar, occasionally visiting, being this emotionally distant connection Crowley has to his past with the Winchesters and demonhood. But in the initial draft, I typed out that the cure would take some time, and the only thing Gus needed was to keep everyone else – the pub regulars, hunters, the extended Winchester network – from complicating things by learning he’s captured the demonic Dean. And then the next sentence just had Cas stumbling into the pub. So there they were, the two of them, and suddenly a fic that had been about Crowley getting to be some other version of himself became about Crowley making due as some other version of himself, and all of them leaning on one another, stumbling their way towards their shared humanity.

And as I wrote it, I loved the new dynamic between Cas and Crowley. “…their previous roles as divine retribution and smarmy toad” when they were an angel and a demon, their more recent roles, not so much reversed as juxtaposed, as “besotted wandered and resigned enabler.” Just that image of Crowley as the resigned enabler defined everything about his relationships and his identity in this fic.

And ultimately, Crowley would not really have succeeded alone. He would have cured Dean, eventually, but I’m not sure Crowley alone could really pull Dean out of the darkness that would have lingered even after his humanity had been fully restored. I don’t think Cas could have done it on his own either, too forgiving, too loving to deal out the necessary “tough love” that comes from Crowley’s own experience. In this fic, Crowley is the one who does not need saving – it’s Cas and Dean that need to be saved, but they had to do it together.

And Don’t Call Me “Gus”

At the Crossroads is one of those fics that germinates from a small concept into something much larger. I was thinking about whether or not Crowley, after completing the cure and joining the Winchesters, would need to go by a maligned alias when around the demon-hunting portion of the supernatural community.

We know from canon that Crowley hates the name Fergus, and Rowena’s mocking use of the name certainly didn’t help endear it to him again three hundred years later. But the matter remains that had Crowley closed the Gates of Hell, completed the cure, or in any other way joined the Winchesters, being known by the name “Crowley” could have put him in a bit of hot water in the supernatural community. There might have been hunters or witches or whoever who heard the name and recognized it from when he was doing dark, demonic deeds. For his own safety, as well as to earn the trust of others, he might have needed to go by a different name.

Do I want him to go by another name? Absolutely not. Do I think he would have actually chosen to go by Gus? Absolutely not. I imagine he started going by Fergus MacLeod again – when around other hunters and working in the supernatural community – and being Americans, they shortened it to Gus, and it stuck. To his annoyance, and eventual resignation.

But that is just for this fic. I honestly think that if Crowley had become one of the boys, he would have kept on using his chosen name, and dealt with the consequences. Because that’s one of the many things spn is (supposed to be) all about, isn’t it? Self-determination and consequences? Crowley chose that name for himself, it’s who he is now, not Fergus. And yes, he is still responsible for all the “horrible, evil, messy things” he did. And when encountering someone who recognizes that name as belonging to the King of Hell or a demon they had dealings with, Crowley would have needed to deal with the emotional and relationship consequences of that.

For this fic, I just enjoyed the thought experiment of him going by a nickname, having grown into it over the years. With the Winchesters gone from his life, and Cas only an occasional visitor, it would have allowed him to explore who he is now entirely removed from his past. (I also wrote a little ficlet here about how he comes by that nickname through Eileen in my other works, and hates it, but puts up with it for her sake. He doesn’t so much grow fond of it as sees it the same way as Dean and Sam eventually accept “Moose” and “Squirrel” as terms of endearment.)

Why Didn’t The Cure Just Work?

For this fic to really work, the cure needed to take time. And because I really enjoyed the idea that neither Crowley nor Castiel’s blood is human enough or “pure” enough to cure a demon. In the show, it’s never made clear how the process of repentance “purifies” someone enough to make their blood suitable for the cure. The show writers just cobbled it together from more obscure Judeo-Christian conceptions about prayer and forgiveness and omnipotent moral judgement. How much penance is enough? What if the “greatest sin” you confess isn’t what that obscure, divine moral judge (ugh) believes or knows to be your greatest sin? So forth and so on in the questions and uncertainties.

So I really like the idea that Crowley, even being human, with everything he’s done can never quite be pure enough to just perform the cure in one 8-hour session. He’s got to keep delving back into the black pit of his own atrocities that he had thought he’d left behind him, face what he’s done, bear the weight of that, repent it, and then is clean enough to administer another dose. Really dragging out the whole process for both him and demon!Dean. And Cas? I just really liked the idea that whoever he is now, whatever he’s become after losing Dean and becoming human, it hasn’t been good. He’s got a lot to make up for as well. None of them are clean, none of them are innocent, and all of them – even the two that are currently human – are all on this road towards humanity together.

Chekhov’s Gun Never Went Off

I broke a cardinal rule of storytelling in this fic, and I’ll be honest, it’s not sitting well with me. The principle of Chekhov’s Gun, if you’re not familiar with it, is that if there is a gun present in the first act of a play, it must go off by the third act. In essence, a good storyteller does not make false promises. In At The Crossroads, I present and never fire the gun that is the British Men of Letters and their unwelcome dominion over American hunters. Making as many references to that situation as I did, the reader would be right to expect that the British Men of Letters would play at least some part in the later events of the story. And the fact that they do not is something of a narrative let down.

I intended to write the British Men of Letters into the story, I really did. They became relevant through a smaller story arc of one of three pub regulars, each one a fully developed character who served to demonstrate to the reader the ways Gus was involved in the supernatural community, and how his and Cas’ broadening partnership in the later half of the fic changed the atmosphere of the pub. But those smaller arcs cluttered up the story, so I sadly felt like it was necessary to cut them out. (Maybe I can write a separate little fic based off this one, where we get to meet them? After all, they’re not actually OCs.) The references to the British Men of Letters stayed, because they are very much a part of the background of the world in which Gus was living and in which this story takes place. So while it doesn’t sit well with me that this particular Chekhov’s gun never went off, I hope it’s understandable why that happened.

Where Are The Chips/Steak Fries To Go With This Pint?

Recently, I’ve written a lot of fics about Crowley making food in some form or another. And since The Crossroads is a pub, and pubs (unlike most bars) typically serve some food, why didn’t I write Crowley making and serving food in this fic?

Because the Crowley in At The Crossroads is not a happy Crowley. He is making the best of a bad situation. The people he cares for are either lost to him, or are in a mad spiral of self-destruction and do not want to be saved from it. As much as The Crossroads is a communal space for the supernatural community, it is not communal for Crowley in the way that the bunker is in my other fics. In this fic, he’s found other, less personally demanding ways to care for people. He’s emotionally drained, and doesn’t have it in him. And that’s why there is very little mention of “cooking with Crowley” in this fic, other than towards the end as things begin to improve.

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thegloober · 6 years ago

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Dog Treats: Buddy Delights from Buddy Valastro Pets: “The Cake Boss” is also the “Dog Treat Boss”! (Give-Away!)

Hi my furiends!!! It’s Dakota barking out today and I am spinning with Sheltie excitement over brand new treats that I was sent by my new furiends at Buddy Valastro Pets.

They are called Buddy Delights and they are DELIGHTFUL!!

For those of you who are Food Network junkies like my Mom the name Buddy Valastro should be quite familiar to you! Buddy is the world-famous “Cake Boss”!!!!! Buddy Valastro is a celebrity chef, New York Times bestselling author, television personality and now, the creator of Buddy Valastro Foods and Buddy Valastro Pets.

When I was contacted to see if I would be interested in trying Buddy Delights from Buddy Valastro Pets, based on his “pedigree” I JUMPED at the chance!

Look at all of the bags of treats they sent to me! I couldn’t wait to try them!

Buddy Valastro Pets

“After noticing the family dog, Baci, watching intently as Buddy Valastro whipped up goodies for his wife and kids in their home, the eagerness to share traditional Valastro recipes in a way that would be both safe and delicious for his furry friend grew.”

“Buddy’s treats are hand-baked in the USA, Buddy Valastro Pets provides dog lovers with the opportunity to provide the ultimate reward to their four-legged friends in a truly unique way: in the form of Buddy Valastro’s most celebrated goodies. While featuring the look and feel of these indulgent goodies, the pet products are reinvented to contain ingredients safe for dogs sure to keep them begging for more. The collection of 100% natural dog treats, free of corn or soy is comprised of signature bakery treats such as crumb cake and peanut butter and carob cookies and savory Italian-inspired recipes like meatballs and pizza bites.”

There were sooo many treats I didn’t know where to begin! I was so excited! Wait til you hear the assortment that I received! Buddy Delights comes in a variety of DELIGHTFUL flavors!!

Pork & Chicken Meatball Recipe

Ingredients: Pork, barley, rolled oats, coconut glycerin, chicken, brown rice syrup, palm shortening, flaxseed, whole eggs, coconut oil, parsley.

Peanut Butter Recipe

Ingredients: Oat flour, rolled oats, peanut butter, canola oil, peanut flour.

Pizza Bite Recipe

Who doesn’t love Pizza?

Ingredients: Barley, pork, rolled oats, palm shortening, brown rice syrup, parmesan, flaxseed, coconut glycerin, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, coconut oil, basil, parsley, oregano.

Chicken Parmesan Recipe

Buddy is also known for his Classic Italian dishes and now we woofies can enjoy them too!

Ingredients: Barley flour, chicken, oats, coconut glycerin, parmesan, palm shortening, tomatoes, coconut oil, basil, parsley, oregano.

Peanut Butter & Carob Recipe

We woofies can’t have chocolate so carob is a safe version!

“Peanut butter and chocolate are a classic duo. Since dogs can’t have chocolate, carob is the next best thing. Carob is healthy and safe for dogs and gives them the sweet taste that everybody loves so much.”

Ingredients: Barley flour, oats, palm shortening, peanut butter, honey, canola oil, carob chips (carob powder, nonfat milk powder, whey powder, fractionated palm kernel oil, lecithin), whey, dried eggs, vanilla.

Crumb Cake Recipe

Woofies can eat these while watching Cake Boss!

Ingredients: Barley, rolled oats, palm shortening, pumpkin, canola oil, dried eggs, whey, vanilla, cinnamon

Today happens to also be World Smile Day , a day where you are supposed to “do an act of kindness and help one person smile”

and receiving these treats made me flash my famous Sheltie smile!! You know the treats that I mentioned above weren’t the only flavors that I received! Yep there are MORE!! I also received:

Chicken and Veggie Recipe

Ingredients: Chickpea flour, potato flour, chicken, tapioca, canola oil, carrots, peas.

Oh my Dog were they ever delicious!!

But, there is a package of treats that I received that is extra special. You see, my Mom is born in October and the day I joined my family is also in October and there are special treats to commemorate these special days! They are the:

Party Cake Recipe

This treat is inspired from Buddy’s very own recipes but are made healthier for dogs! The treats even have party sprinkles in them!!! They are perfect to celebrate “Bark Days”, “Gotcha Days” and even if you want a treat while your human is celebrating their birthday!!

Ingredients: barley flour, rolled oats, palm shortening, honey, coconut glycerin, eggs, vanilla, sprinkles (sugar, vegetable oil, corn starch, soy lecithin, confectioner’s glaze, dextrin, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, carnauba wax).

These are so much fun!!! I give Buddy Delights 4 PAWS UP AND A BUNCH OF SHELTIE SPINS THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE!!!

Woofies you have to be dying to try these after reading this post and seeing the photos of these delicious treats and you are in luck! You can Shop online today. !!

And….we have a GIVE-AWAY!!!

Our new furiends at Buddy Valastro Pets is allowing us to have a give-away!! ONE READER who lives in the U.S. and who is 18 and over will receive ALL EIGHT BAGS OF BUDDY DELIGHTS like I did!!! (They are $9.99 per bag so that is an approximate $80 VALUE!!) That is extremely generous!

Entering is super easy, just enter on the Rafflecopter below, good luck and Happy World Smile Day!!!

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FTC DISCLOSURE: We received eight packages of Buddy Delights Treats in exchange for our honest review. We received no financial compensation. Buddy Valastro Pets is not responsible for the content of this post.

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smoothshift · 7 years ago

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The truth about Chip-Tuning (VERY long read!) via /r/cars

The truth about Chip-Tuning (VERY long read!)

First off, this is an article from a austrian blog (MotorBlock).

I just took some time to translate it to englisch (as good as i could)

All credit goes to Philipp Stalzer from MotorBlock (article is in german!) Source article

I think many people on here might want to read this, it contains a ton of interesting information on why chiptuning is more bad than good.

I had the thought of tuning my future car as well, but after reading this i think i'll skip that and just let it be stock, since i plan to drive it several years.

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The truth about chip-tuning, by Philipp Stalzer

An often discussed Topic, with almost no real technical background or tangible details to make a decision if you want to mess around with your Engine electronics or not. A text that popped up in the internet and with my understanding of Engines it tells us: Stay away from manipulating your ECU! Unfortunately this knowledge does not come around enough, and this is very important for a specific industry. A lot of money is paid for "chiptuning" that would be better invested in getting the bigger engine right from the start.

Truth about Chip-Tuning: in almost all cases, don't do it!

Of course, this text does not apply to all engines out there. There are some Manufacturers that assume that their clients want to get quite more power out of their engines, for example many japanese brands. In a time where cost-reducing was not such a big topic, engineers sometimes used "over-sized" parts in the process. This changed with "Computer Aided Manufacturing" and the growing interest to safe more money in the production of cars/engines.

Infos from a BMW Engine-Technican

Although Manufacturers keep it low when it comes to this topics, a reader of this blog took some time to gather quite some statements of a BWM-Engineer posted in various forums etc. and sum it up. A shortened, but technical very informative and detailed version of this text regarding negative effects of chiptuning (based on BMW diesel-engines) is worth reading for everybody who is planning to chip his engine:

(This part contains some very deep technical info and very specific names wich i can't really translate that well so i simplified this part, some words might sound weird since i could not find proper translations, sorry for that)

I've been working for about 20 years in the engineering of BWM Diesel-engines. The engines of the model series M47/M57 as well as their successors N47/M57 are a bit like my "kids", about 3 patents of those are on my name.

In former times it was possible to engineer an own engine for each car, sometimes even whole lineups for a single car. Today this is not possible anymore. Nowadays you are reliant on so called "equal-parts" - this is the only way to produce engines at a reasonable cost. BMW only produces 6 cylinder engines with 3 liter. To sum up that all of these engines are the same, solely because they have the same displacement, is narrow-thinking and sadly the thinking of the "tuners".

In 1993 the development of modern, direct-injection Diesel-engines began. For this you did not build whole engines, rather there was a so called "master cylinder". For all BMW Common-rail-diesels it was 84mm drilling and a 90mm stroke. Four of those become a 2L Diesel, six get a 3L and eight of them - you guessed it - gets you a V8, that was used for example in a series 7 BMW.

Today there are 3 versions of this cylinder: UL, OL and TOP.

UL stands for lower-performance, the piston is made out of a simple aluminum-alloy, the crankshaft is simple-forged and uses a sintered connecting rod. It can cover up to 25kw/75nm per cylinder and is used in models like the x16d, x18d and x25d (exept the f10 model after 2011)

OL stands for upper-perfomance, the cylinder path is honed several times, it has forged connecting rods and the bearings of the rods and crankshaft are sputtered bearing. It can cover up to 35kw/100nm and is used in models like x20d, x30d.

TOP is for high performance, including a special treated crankshaft as well as laser-treated cylinder-paths. With this it is possible to increase injection-pressure and rated speed. This cylinders are used in models like x23d, 525d (after 2011) and x35d/x40d.

The engines have exact mechanical measuremants, but are different in materials.

For example the OL piston has a higher amount of copper and chrome. The higher amount of copper dissipates heat better out of the chamber into the piston floor cooling. Chrome makes the piston more stable at higher combustion-pressure inside an OL-engine.

Since the pistons are exactly the same sizes, you can however use a OL or TOP piston in an UL engine when doing repairs. This helps saving costs even more by reducing stocks and the prices regarding spare parts are more secondary.

It is correct that manufacturers limit the power output via the ECU (for example in an 25d), but they have to, since the used components are not made for higher hp/nm outputs. Almost every turbocharged diesel-engine is capable of generating more thermal energy than it can handle mechanically, and this is what chiptuning is relying on.

Now here come the tuners with their chips, because they can fetch data/part numbers from After-Sales-Programs (at BMW you can access it without any further requirements) and think all 3L engines are the same. It is true in terms of repairs, but not with newly shipped cars. You can use a piston of a 535d in a 316d and it will fit and work perfectly (same size) but is indeed "overpowered" in terms of materials. In this particular case it will be no problem since a 316d puts out less power than a 535d.

To get a sense of how much money can be saved by using a master cylinder for a complete engine lineup: if a piston "148" for the upper performance costs 12€, an M124 only 8€ that this makes about 24€ per car. For a production capacity of 200.000 cars 525's with 6 cylinder you're looking at a whopping 4.8 Million Euro. And the piston isn't the only thing where money is saved. Because of this, the customer pays less for a 116d as for a 123d, even though they both have a 2L engine wich are basically built the same way. The 116 just has less heat resistant and cheaper materials built in.

No manufacturer limits the power only by electronics. It is the media and especially the tuning-scene that spread this rumor. The differences nowadays not only come down to engine size, it also goes as far as material and single production processes. Same-Part strategy does not mean that the parts are exactly the same, only that the measurements and weights are the same. Also the thermal characteristics are different.

Interesting from a different area: Bosch does the same thing with their machines. You have the green series (for the little handyman at home) and blue series (professional). Products look the same (expept housing color) but here we also have different materiels used. A drilling machine from the blue series has a better hardened transmission, switches are built for far more cycles, overload protection is higher, thicker cables.

Regulating the power output via electronic serves the purpose that the engine with it's simple materials doesn't get overused. Through supercharging you can give any amount of power to a engine, but it will not be able to handle it. So when you think your 118i with its 170hp could do way more, but the stupid people at BMW are just to lazy to get more power out of that engine let me tell you: a 118i is capable of over 300hp, even keeping all emissions in the green zone, but he won't make that for long.

Basically in the automotive industry you can say:

not everything is at it seems

wenn there is a way to save €, it will be done

espacially in the automovie industry many facts from media or magazines/books are incorrect

The statement "how long does my engine last when I chip it" can't be said in miles/km, because a engine does not know the term miles/km. If a M124 operates on the potential of a 30d, but you never or only rarely request the full power, the life expectancy won't change at all. If you floor it a lot and request the full power often, it will come to slight structural changes. Depending on further circumstances your engine can fail after a few minutes, or maybe 1.000 operating hours.

The combustion inside the engine can reach up to 2000°C, aluminum melts at 660°, so it should totally melt, right? Not really, since the peak temperature only last for a very short time and then the piston has an about 10 times longer period to cool off. Above 400°C aluminum looses a lot of its strenght, so the piston temp should be under 400°C at all times. How much it heats up depends on the intensity of the combustion. It peaks at full load and maximum torque, and with chiptuning this only gets much higher. To compensate this you do the following: you increase the amount of copper and chrome in the piston, this gives it better strenght at 420°C. So you can say, that in stock motors with more power there are better alloys used. A quick "tune" via ecu or plugging in a "race chip" can't do that. The thermal capacity of the engine is exhausted, the piston gets weaker the more power you give it in overload range. Worst case is that the top land breaks, and your engine is complete toast.

Regarding damage, these mostly occure long time after the tuning. Usually after 50k-80k km the problems start. Many people do not own the cars anymore by that time, and the subsequent owner doesn't know about the bad suprise that might happen. If a damage is found in the repair shop, they often just change the part and thats it. Often nobody suspects a tuning chip as the main reason (you know.. tuners say "its all good man!)

Also many tuners (and others) love to say the damage comes from weared parts, for example a turbocharger. But that's not it!. Turbos do get damaged by tuning and wrong handling.

I can understand the side of the customer. There comes somebody and puts a little thingy in your car, not even that expensive and suddenly you have a lot more power and more fun. You don't see it, but you feel it. With the thought in the head, that all engines are the same, you think that nothing could go wrong. The tuners do their part to the story... why should they report any damage caused by their tuning, that would ruin their business.

Chiptuning has somewhat in common with smoking. Cigarette-Manufacturers won't tell you that smoking causes lung-cancer. Smokers argue that they know people that smoked for long time and got 80 years old. Is that the evidence that smoking is unhealthy? Also here: Business with curing diseases related to smoking is huge.

All this statements should be valid for almost all Car-manufacturers, i personally don't know any brand that does not use the same-part strategy. Better safe than sorry.

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Hope you enjoyed this, and sorry if there are mistakes in translation or grammar.

Drive safe!

#reddit #autonews #auto #cars

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thecoroutfitters · 8 years ago

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One of the challenges that regularly comes up when we talk about bug-outs is food for our bug out packs, and even food to stash in caches along the way. Food preservation can be a complicated issue, comparing water needs, calories and nutrients, camping meals or supermarket granola bars, and even if we actually need trail food for a journey of 3-5 days.

Then it expands past a bug-out or initial evac kit, to ways to make or stock foods that can be used for overnight and three-day trips after a disaster has struck. In some cases that proposed trip is following a 3-6-12-18 month shelter-in-place scenario, waiting for a die-off or for calmer times. In other cases, it’s looking at the fact that humanity has always made trips – to the coast, to hunting grounds, to and from winter and summer camps, away from danger, for fishing, for trading, even to visit family.

Happily, those journeys of the past, in peacetime and in war, can help us solve our travel food challenges. In some cases, they’re also methods we can use to just preserve foods, and let us preserve the convenience of dropping something in water to create a meal.

Pemmican

Pemmican is a great travel food that will store well for months in just paper, a full year if kept cool.

Pemmican is one of those well-known long-storage travel foods. The proteins and fats, and the precious calories from those fats, were hugely important to people who were in some ways very nomadic, and to those who might be largely sedentary, but whose opportunities for fats and meats came in very short bursts through the year.

By first separating very lean meats from fats, then processing those into the separate entities of dry beef and suet, they can be recombined into a travel food that will store well for months in just paper, a full year if kept cool. That food can then be eaten as-is, or used to make a soup.

Many, many modern pemmican recipes include “wet” dry fruits like raisins, craisins and currants – that’s going to significantly shorten the shelf life. A lot of the recipes I see floating around also include a lot of dried fruit, even though some of it is the dry-dry “leather” or “plastic” level of fruits. In some, there’s almost equal ratio of fruit to meat or fats.

That’s not actually how I learned to make it. What I learned is a bit more like this.

My only ties to natives are from the upper East Coast and the Deep South Cherokees who were moved west. So maybe there are tribes out there that really do use as much fruit as meat, and it’s distinctly possible that something got lost in translation in Oklahoma and Wyoming or as tribes merged and disappeared.

I learned to make it at a ratio of about 3-4 parts dried meat, 1-2 parts suet or rendered fat, and at most 0.5-1 part dried vegetation – dried to the point when they, too, can be pounded into a powder.

Undoubtedly, the inclusion of a little bearberry or strawberry leaves would have boosted the Vitamin C, which would have been a huge aid to staying healthy in deep cold and deep snows, and while on the move. There’s also probably to-taste twitches that were used by individuals and groups to improve the palatability.

Some tribes and individuals probably used fruits, or a higher ratio of fruit.

However, once mixed into pemmican, the application of dried fruits, leaves, and roots would have become limited: to food, and to a specific type of food. It no longer would have been possible to doctor them into the drinks, sweets, and herbal remedies that natives regularly used.

So I’m inclined to think that probably the truth from history lies somewhere in the middle (where it usually does), if not leaning just a little towards the “less fruit” side of the house. Some tribes and individuals probably used fruits, or a higher ratio of fruit. Some tribes and individuals probably used a minimum of fruit or none at all, packing more of the preserved harvest of spring and summer separately.

Natives wouldn’t be the last to separate their meat and vegetables for long trips and long storage, if so.

Instant Soup in the Old Days

Portable soup tends to vary from a veggie-based medley to a meat version

Also called pocket soup, portable soup was made back in the days of the colonists and explorers of old. It was the equivalent of the broth base we can get in cubes and powders today – fast and easy, and with the potential to be not only flavorful, but to boost nutrients the way a bone broth can.

The descriptions given for pocket or portable soup tends to vary from a veggie-based medley to a meat version, such as the one demonstrated by James Townsend.

Lewis and Clark’s expedition wasn’t overly fond of theirs, which to me sounds similar to desiccated vegetables, but during the American Revolution, others took a more kindly view.

Either recipe gives us a way to produce our own instant soups and broths for convenience at home, and have something hearty in our pockets to dissolve into a warming drink or meal, now and in a potential future where supply chains are disrupted.

Desiccated Vegetables

Mmm, sounds yummy, right? We’re not just talking dehydrated/dried veggies here. Desiccated vegetables are a combination of starchy veg and leafy root veggies, either minced and mixed up or layered, that are pressed under high pressure to remove moisture.

Most of the references to its use are from the Civil War here in the U.S. , with citation back to the Crimean War about fifty years earlier. It was highly recommended by the author of “Prairie Traveler” in the 1940s. There are sometimes mentions of it or similar-sounding ship’s food in naval journals from the same general pre-Antebellum period, where the cakes or planks of desiccated vegetables served the same purpose – providing much-needed vegetables to prevent scurvy in forces that were largely eating hardtack or similar foods for long periods of time.

Some recipes list the inclusion of beans or peas, most likely lentils and the starchier peas once grown far more widely. In all likelihood, these were collected green or were pre-soaked or cooked to soften, as opposed to pressed in as hard and dry legumes. It’s possible, though, that they were pre-ground separately.

The mash that resulted was indented or separated into disks before drying, to allow for apportioning either on an individual basis, or by some accounts, into servings for four or five or eight souls. It wasn’t always a preferred food, but it definitely did its job of keeping folks healthier.

Long Live Desiccated Veggies!

You can make leather or chips or thin cakes out of darn near anything.

We might not go for a monster press to create a handful of cakes for our backpacks or caches, but we can apply some of the ease of a full-meal drop-in if we want, cooking and then dehydrating molds of mixed veggies made using our ice-cube trays.

Some of us already dehydrate mini black bean patties and cooked slices of sweet potato to make serving-sized portions. There’s also a common backpacking trick of dehydrating everything http://www.backpackingchef.com/dehydrating-food.html from fat-free refried beans to spaghetti sauce, applesauce to mashed potatoes, turning it into thin, flexible leathers or hard chips.

Spin it through a blender (with some water if necessary) and spread it thin on waxed paper or butcher’s paper, and you can make leather or chips or thin cakes out of darn near anything. They typically don’t store as long as those 1800’s lumps, though. For many, we’re looking at a handful of months, especially if we aren’t super careful about the inclusion of fats.

There are commercial alternatives, if we’re not interested in making our own.

Pocket Soup Still Going Strong

Erbswurst is compact rolls of five or six disks that dissolve into a pretty tasty and surprisingly textured lentil soup

I ran into Erbswurst while deployed in a multi-national force. They’re compact rolls of five or six disks that dissolve into a pretty tasty and surprisingly textured lentil soup (never add as much water as a soup manufacturer calls for). It does better if you bash it a couple of times to increase surface area, or you can stick it in some water and over a fire, and usually about the same time it starts simmering, it’s started to dissolve.

It’s tougher to find in the U.S. but as the internet shrinks our world, we can pay the shipping for it, or, we can look at similar soup options.

It might not be quite as compact, but we can absolutely portion out things like Bear Creek’s split pea soup when we’re ready to roll or from the get-go. Dr. McDougall has some of those instant cups and packets of split pea and barley that we can store for a good while or repackage for longer shelf life.

So, why am I name dropping those specifically, and sticking to split pea and lentil soups?

Because they have no dairy or meats in them to go rancid early in storage or due to temperature fluctuations. Lentils aren’t calorie powerhouses, but compare a lentil or pea soup to the same serving size of non-dairy instant veggie-based soups. You’ll find that there’s a pretty significant difference there. There’s a whole lot more calorie – and nutrients – than ramen, and it’s in a far more compact form than noodles. They cook faster than the just-add-water offerings that have beans and lentils in them, and even rice in a lot of cases. Those particular options are also satisfying; textured, as opposed to others that are just broth or some of the other pureed and creamed soups on the market.

We can absolutely make our own dry mixes, and we have ways of making especially flaked beans cook faster, or we can prepare something, blitz it in the blender, and dehydrate it in cubes or patties. If we’re going to buy, though, we might as well make sure we’re buying something that checks as many blocks as possible.

Calories, protein, vitamins, fiber, and lasting satiety from food is something I tend to consider, whether I’m sticking it in a backpack for a fun weekend, packing it away so there’s something available on a trail later, or sticking it in my pantries to make fast and easy meals, now or later.

Trail Foods from History

Whoa, whoa, whoa, cowboy; you can’t sum up yet, you missed hardtack. – I skipped hardtack. I gave my opinion about hardtack in an article about bread options for disaster cooking. I don’t really consider fully dried hardtack much of a trail food (although we could carry peanut butter jars to soak it in daily).

And that’s what we’re talking: Trail food.

There are a lot of reasons we might hit the trail and live out of a bag or off caches in the coming years. Pleasure packing, exploration, intelligence gathering, evacuations, hunting trips, relocation, travel for family reunions – they were done in all of the preceding centuries of recorded history, and they’ll continue to be done for the foreseeable future, no matter what it’s course. Happily, history provides a number of to keep us well-fed during our travels, things we can make at home now or later, and in some cases, readily available commercial options for the less DIY crowd.

In some cases, foods that were traditionally for the trail can also just give us a faster, easier meals – as we’re accustomed to – compared to preparing everything from scratch.

Historic trail foods also have another major benefit: They largely use heat at some point, but otherwise, there are few or no preservatives, and there is no need for fresh canning jar lids. That means if we’re running short of salt, sugar, vinegar, or pectin, or a pressure canner goes down, we still have viable means to get our foods from one harvest season to the next, just as some native tribes and northern explorers once did.

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Daily Office Readings October 05, 2018

Psalm 102

Prayer to the Eternal King for Help

A prayer of one afflicted, when faint and pleading before the Lord.

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you. 2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days. 24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away at the midpoint of my life, you whose years endure throughout all generations.”

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Psalm 107:1-32

BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles

Footnotes:

Psalm 107:3 Cn: Heb sea

Psalm 107:17 Cn: Heb fools

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Hosea 10

Israel’s Sin and Captivity

Footnotes:

Hosea 10:2 Heb he

Hosea 10:5 Gk Syr: Heb calves

Hosea 10:5 Cn: Heb exult

Hosea 10:6 Cn: Heb to a king who will contend

Hosea 10:6 Cn: Heb counsel

Hosea 10:10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb In my desire

Hosea 10:10 Gk: Heb bound

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Acts 21:37-22:16

Paul Defends Himself

22 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense that I now make before you.”

2 When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew,[c] they became even more quiet. Then he said:

Paul Tells of His Conversion

Footnotes:

Acts 21:37 Gk He

Acts 21:40 That is, Aramaic

Acts 22:2 That is, Aramaic

Acts 22:8 Gk the Nazorean

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Luke 6:12-26

Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

Jesus Teaches and Heals

Blessings and Woes

20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25 “Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.

26 “Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.

Footnotes:

Luke 6:22 Gk cast out your name as evil

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

#October 05 #2018

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seasonsofreckoningrp-blog · 8 years ago

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Congratulations, Sophie! You’ve been accepted for the role of Sinclair Meas. Please make sure to check our checklist, and you have twenty-four hours to send us your character’s blog. We’re really happy to have you in our family!

We could feel your connection with Sinclair not only through your sample app but through the headcanons you had for her. “Having one truth revealed, only for it to be entwined with another lie would have been a twist of the knife that had already found itself in Sinclair’s heart,” was the sentence that really got both of us. The buildup of anger and resentment throughout the sample touched on all parts of her personality without going into a character study, and the very last sentence came full circle and tied everything together perfectly!

Introduction

Sophie, 19, GMT (UK), She/Her

Activity level:

Over the summer, after 1st June, I can be pretty active (8/10), but I do have exams from 19th May to 1st June, so I’m only free to be active after those have passed. After summer, I’m either continuing with university, or taking a year out to get some work experience, so I’m unsure of how active I can be once one of those two things have started. Probably 6/10 if I continue my course.

Further contact:

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How did you find the roleplay?

I searched supernaturalrpg in the tumblr search and it popped up!

Roleplay experience:

I’ve had minimal experience roleplaying on tumblr, but roleplayed for a few years on quotev.com, with most of it revolving around characters and concepts from the Shadowhuters Chronicles by Cassandra Clare. I did use harrylloydisnotblond.tumblr.com to roleplay with a group on tumblr last year, but I didn’t really gel with the group, or my muse, so remained fairly inactive. The old posts are still there though, buried underneath all the gifs and stuff I’ve recently reblogged.

Triggers:

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Anything else?

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IC INFORMATION

Desired character:

Sinclair Meas

Faceclaim:

N/A

Why did you choose this character?

Sinclair seems like a woman who can hold her own in the world, whether that world be it mundane or supernatural. Her tough skin developed through the years could make it interesting when it comes to Sinclair making friends on Moon Island, although I feel like she’d be the kind of person to keep everyone at arm’s length, or abide by the motto ‘keep your friends close, but your enemies closer’.

The discovery that she was never her parent’s child was one blow, but one that she could have recovered from had she never found those journals. Having one truth revealed, only for it to be entwined with another lie would have been a twist of the knife that had already found itself in Sinclair’s heart. The betrayal she experienced would scar her forever, and guilt would consume her for loving the people that killed her birth parents. The baggage that she carries is something I’d love to explore, and discover how it impacts on her now, despite the years since that fateful day she left.

I want to watch her build that courage to finally undertake that task she’s been aching to complete for years, to rid her of shackles that the shame has bound her in. Would she put down her hunting gear if she did ever kill them? That’s another avenue I’d love to explore.

I want to see if anyone does get through that toughened exterior of hers, if she’ll ever tell anyone her story. I can imagine it’ll take some work to chip away at her, but I’d love to see her forge a true friendship with someone, the kind that could last for years, no matter how frequently they spoke.

Para sample:

Heat, insufferable heat. That is what she felt. But there was only darkness. Darkness pushing down on her. Shadows. She tried to look around, but there was nothing to be seen. She inhaled, and drew smoke into her lungs, coughs exploding from her lungs as she curled into a tight ball. The heat was getting closer now, a glimmer of light illuminating what appeared to be a doorway.

A scream in her mother-tongue resounded through the room, in her head, the voice so familiar, yet there was no face to it. She tried to remember, but her fingers slipped through the fog of her mind, lost in the labyrinth of her memories. Then her name, Sinclair, pulsing through her head in that voice again.

Flames licked beneath the door now, tasting the floor, the edges of the door, crackling with their victory as the ceiling groaned with defeat. This was it, she thought as the wicked, beautiful fire consumed the door, the wood flaking into ash that drifted towards her like snow, just as the ceiling surrendered and fell.

Sinclair woke with a start, her hand instantly going to the knife she kept beneath her pillow, just in case. She was drenched in sweat, her chest rising and falling with each gasp of air she took. There was no smoke. There was no fire. The door was unharmed, and light slipped between her curtains, daylight not firelight. It was just another nightmare, one that had not haunted her dreams for a long time now. The room had been just like her bedroom in Paris, but it wasn’t that witch screaming her name. That voice… She worried that it was not how her mother had truly sounded, but it was all she could gather from the vague fog of her memories as a baby.

With a deep breath, she swung her legs from her bed, both feet thudding on the cool hardwood floor. There wasn’t a fire, she thought, not yet. But there would be another fire, she hoped. One where those damned witches burned, and finally went to hell, where they belonged.

EXTRA

Personality traits:

+ FOCUSED – Sinclair is focused on her job, or whatever the task at hand might be. If there is a supernatural who is striking her as suspicious, she will put all of her energy into finding out what’s going on, and build up to the eventual kill.

+ OBSERVANT - Knowing what’s going on around you is part of being a hunter. Sinclair is observant, which stemmed from her great discipline. She’s aware of everyone around her, and what they are. If there’s a supernatural being on the street, Sinclair is the first person to realise this.

+ GRATEFUL – Having come from the poverty of Cambodia, Sinclair is grateful for everything that the Western world has offered her, even if the beginnings weren’t as sweet as she’d initially come to believe. She appreciates the little things in life: being able to go grab a coffee, visit the bakery and suchlike.

- DISTRUSTING - After what happened with her ‘parents’ killing her true parents and lying to her for almost two decades, Sinclair trusts few people in the world, if any. Now surrounded by new people, Sinclair trusts no one on Moon Island, and won’t unless they truly prove themselves to be worthy of her trust.

- STUBBORN – As Sinclair grew into adulthood, and became more certain of her views on the world, she became more and more stubborn. She will listen to people, but rarely will she change what she thinks on a matter. If she believes something, she believes it with her whole heart and will never let that belief go.

- IMPULSIVE – Despite her discipline, Sinclair finds that she goes into things too hastily at times. She knows she’d be better off with a plan, but sometimes the urge to make the kill takes over, which has created some rather sticky situations for her. She’s also impulsive with regards to travelling, and going to places also. No matter the time of day, sometimes she just wants to go out for a walk somewhere, or go to a certain shop or place, and she follows that impulse, rather than quashing it.

Headcanons:

Asexual – Sinclair realised during university in Paris that she didn’t care in the least about sex. Her small circle of friends might talk about a lover they’d taken, and how amazing last night with some guy or girl was. They’d tried hooking her up with some mutual friends, but Sinclair hadn’t wanted anyone to touch her like her friends had described. Those feelings were only amplified when she discovered the lies her so called ‘parents’ had told her. She doubts she would ever trust anyone to be that intimate with her, even if she wanted to be.

Hates nicknames/pet names – What could be more stupid? Sinclair wonders as she hears a variety of shortened versions of all sorts of names. Deep down, Sinclair hates nicknames and pet names because her ‘parents’ used to use them all the time, especially when she was younger. ‘Clair’, they used to call her and it stuck with everyone, including her friends at school, through to university. She stopped using the nickname the day she ran away.

Doesn’t drink alcohol or smoke – Sinclair doesn’t want to be dependent on anything, including alcohol and cigarettes. She had a cigarette once, back in Paris when she was 18, but hated the smell, how it clung to her clothes and claimed her breath. So she never touched one again, never let the addiction take hold as it had some of her old friends. She also doesn’t drink because she doesn’t want alcohol clouding her head, especially in a town full of supernaturals that she doesn’t trust in the slightest.

MOCK BLOG https://meas-sinclair.tumblr.com/

#accepted

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