buuut ithas been an interesting summer. At least I was able to dedicate some time to a proyect i had in mind since some months ago and I was unabel to find time for it: Leather working!
Thank you for adding me to your devwatch! I'm super slow on keeping track of stuff on this website, so I'm sorry for the delay. I really do appreciate the watch, though, it means a lot to have your support!
Mary having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
the "Dormition of the Theotokos" (the falling asleep of the Mother of God) (Eastern & Oriental Orthodoxy).
The beliefs are shared by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism.
This particular deviant, has been a Catholic basher and a hater of the Blessed Virgin since way back when.
As our lady imitated Christ in all things on earth, she did as He did, upon her death, being assumed into heaven body and soul.
the Assumption truly is one of the Catholic Church's greats Holydays and it is also a holyday of obligation! attendance at mass is required unless one has a serious reason .
It's sad to say there is nothing really historical or canonical to support this doctrine...The early church fathers didn't even know what happened to her!
There are hymns recorded (written records, obviously) to the Virgin Mary as early as the first century so your research is a little off. This is all I'm going to say too, so really, don't expect a response to anything else you might post in regards to Our Lady. Believe or believe not. It's your choice.
“The belief in the corporeal assumption of Mary is founded on the apocryphal treatise De Obitu S. Dominae, bearing the name of St. John, which belongs however to the fourth or fifth century. It is also found in the book De Transitu Virginis, falsely ascribed to St. Melito of Sardis, and in a spurious letter attributed to St. Denis the Areopagite” (Catholic Encyclopaedia).
The first church author to speak on the assumption, Gregory of Tours, based his teaching on the Transitus, perhaps because he accepted it as genuine.4 However, in 459 A.D. Pope Gelasius issued a decree that officially condemned and rejected theTransitus along with several other heretical writings. Pope Hormisdas reaffirmed this decree in the sixth century.5 It is ironic that this heretical teaching was later promoted within the Catholic Church, until eventually it was proclaimed a dogma in the twentieth century.
Happy Jack This birthday doodle/ fan art was a gift to the super cool Ms. Courtenay Taylor a while back.
I love seeing a happy Jack. I can imagine her doing this for a romanced Shepard. Hopefully nothing prank-y inside that cake, but knowing Jack's dark humor, she'd probably do that
I love it. Great detail in the tattoos and the slightly tattered t-shirt, it is so Jack. The softer side that only Shepard gets to see is what I see here. Going in the favorites.
Love the piece. The cool thing is that I could totally see Jack like this after the war, still in your face but with a sweeter side that comes out.
You're welcome! I really enjoy seeing the process behind pieces I like. I appreciate that you took the time not only to document your progress, but also to arrange it and give some commentary on it.
Well yes she was born so technically she was 'born on a particular day', she herself may not have known it, but the Shadow Broker ship had a file that stated her birthday (and that she was taken from her mother on Eden Prime).
What I meant is does she have a day she views as her birthday to celebrate being older, or does she just count the next year?
It's always awesome to see a digital artist good enough to pull off a piece that looks traditional! To me, it shows great talent, though I know little of what's involved in digital art. This is a great piece of Jack, and I like how you chose the ME 3 look for Jack. I like it a lot better!
Prefer her look, though I didn't see it my first playthrough, because I didn't do that side quest before "the point of no return" in the main quest, and then I went through the original "endings," and I never played through it again because it made me so...mad! yw, btw! I will be playing them again sometime soon!
Oh lol! Well it's definitely worth a replay. And that side mission is quite early in the game, if I remember correctly...
Yeah. I know! At least they are up into the ending of 3, but did you play any of the "new endings?" If so, were they better?
There’s nothing like the energy of a live sporting event. The cheering fans, the flashing lights, and the screeching whistle all make for an adrenaline burst like few others. But for someone with autism or other sensory processing disorders, game-day overload can easily set off a sudden and frightening panic attack.
Jeff and Amy Belles know this scenario all too well. The two took their then 10-year-old autistic son to a Cleveland Cavaliers game in 2016 and things quickly went south. Carson, who is nonverbal, carries a speech-generating device to help him communicate. When he walked through the security gate at the team’s Quicken Loans Arena, his tech equipment set off an alarm, which triggered the anxious boy.
The security guard asked him to hand over the device, but Carson instead recoiled to his father. “There’s no way for someone to know that Carson has sensory disabilities,” Jeff says. “The guard just assumed he was a bad kid and kept escalating the situation.”
The incident was one of many that have come to the attention the National Basketball Association. Over the years, people with sensory disabilities, ranging from autism to PTSD to sensory processing disorder have become overwhelmed at games and reacted by screaming or flapping their arms in distress.
The Cavs connected the NBA to a nonprofit called KultureCity, which works to make public spaces friendlier for people like Carson. The sports league on Friday opened its fourth sensory-inclusive space at the home of the Utah Jazz. The Cavaliers and two other teams–the Sacramento Kings and the Oklahoma City Thunder–already have these rooms.
And today, in New York City, the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue announces that, with the help of KultureCity, it has outfitted its space to make it more inclusive for people with sensory disabilities.
While other retailers have held sensory-friendly shopping days, the NBA Store is believed to be the first store of its kind in the world make it a permanent part of its operations. “Our hope is that we will demonstrate how easy it is to make spaces more inclusive, and will inspire other stores to do the same,” says Todd Jacobson, SVP of social responsibility at the NBA. “It’s not just the right thing to do, it’s also good for business, since it means people with extra needs and their whole families will feel welcome.”
This is part of a broader effort by the NBA to make all its public spaces more sensory-inclusive. With KultureCity’s guidance, stadiums and arenas have been outfitted with quiet spaces for individuals and families that want to get away from the noises and lights. Staff members hand out “sensory bags” that are equipped with noise-cancelling headphones, fidget toys, and an iPad, among other things, that help someone with sensory issues cope with their super-charged environment.
“The most important thing we do is train employees” to prevent situations like that experienced by the Belles in Cleveland, says Julian Maha, KultureCity’s founder. “It has the biggest impact because it allows staff to spot someone who might have a sensory disability and respond to them with compassion and dignity, rather than making the situation worse.”
For Maha, an emergency room physician by training, the KultureCity mission is personal. His son is autistic, and the difficulty in finding spaces where the boy felt safe and happy kept the family at home, which seemed incredibly unfair to him. “How often have you gone out to a restaurant and noticed a person with a sensory disability?” Maha asks. “The very fact that you don’t see these people out shows you that they don’t feel welcome in these spaces.”
But through KultureCity, he says, small changes can go a long way to making a basketball game, restaurant, or store a place where a person with autism or PTSD can feel much more comfortable. KultureCity, which is funded by donors, works with businesses to provide them with the tools to become more inclusive.
At the NBA Store in Times Square, the staff will have sensory bags to distribute and should someone need to leave the store in a hurry, there will be special exits. But perhaps more importantly, retail associates will be on the lookout for signs that someone has special sensory needs. This could range from extreme fidgeting to compulsively touching everything in sight or repeating words.
“The thing about people with autism is that they don’t react in the same way each time they have an episode,” says Amy Belles. “It’s almost impossible to predict what they will do.” The Belles hope that the impact of this initiative at the NBA Store will inspire others.
“We’re not trying to change how companies do business,” says Jeff Belles. “It’s not very expensive to make a store more inclusive, but for families like ours, it makes a world of difference.”