“The sacraments are celebrated every day in the Catholic church. The sacraments give us the grace we need to put us in right relationship with God – nourishing and strengthening us for our discipleship walk. But for some, the ceremony of the sacramental life of the Church is what they do instead of growing and becoming a disciple.”
I was fooling around with Pokemon Go and ended up getting a very rare shiny Magikarp. I also wanted to know how hard it was to record the iPhone screen and the sound. There are lots of different ways from both PC and Mac, but I used my Mac Mini and it was very easy:
So, I recorded the evolution from the rare shiny Magikarp to the rare shiny Gyarados. Results were very good:
YOLO is a real-time object detection system. On a Titan X it processes images at 40-90 FPS, and it has a pretty nifty demo reel too. 🙂
Portland is ill-prepared for the very likely 9.0Â magnitude earthquake from the Cascadia subduction zone. In fact, we’re very badly/not at all prepared. It’s predicted all the city’s bridges (save one brand new one) would likely collapse. That on top the fact major regions of the city would be leveled due to being on fill dirt that would liquefy during such a quake.
This, however, is a good animation of what it would look like based on projections and engineering analysis of such earthquakes. Skip along to 1:37 for the animation.
THIS is compelling. No bulky headsets/goggles/etc.
Using projection mapping and a mix of tracking systems, creative studio THÉORIZ shows off a slick prototype which projects 3D images that dynamically adapt to movements. Everything you see was captured live, with no post-production.
During the Obama presidency, there were many that were angered by the number of executive orders he issued to work around the gridlocked of Congress.  One notable one was not enforcing deportation laws. Today, many on the other side of the political spectrum are angry at the executive orders that Trump are issuing. Here in Oregon, there is currently a lawsuit against the Trump administration for pulling funding for ‘sanctuary’ cities.
Executive orders are a strange beast. They can be easily passed by the president (without the approval of Congress) but have the full force of law, based on the authority derived from statute or the Constitution itself. Recent presidents have issued in the 100-300 range, which is nowhere near the 1000’s that were passed by some previous presidents (usually during war/Great Depression).
But they set a bad precedent – not for Republicans vs Democrats – but for citizens. Instead of forcing our politicians to follow the rule of law, we seemingly let them violate the checks and balances in our government to ‘get what we want’. It’s important not to let our politicians break the rule of law. The rule of law protects CITIZENS from POLITICIANS. It makes our politicians do their jobs – which is to make, pass, enforce, and abide by the rules of law. When we give them a free pass to violate the very laws/checks and balances, then we as citizens lose the ability to control our own government. We only hurt ourselves. Just like giving a kid scissors to run around the house just to shut them up, we will end up paying a much worse price later for short-term gains.
I plan on holding my politicians to a higher standard. Do what we hired you to do – the hard work of working out our laws and getting them passed. I for one will sacrifice getting something now vs later in order to preserve the important safety guards to hold our government accountable.
London to Venice – the old Orient Express
The Royal Scotsman
https://www.belmond.com/royal-scotsman-train/journeys/4_177834?date=16%20Oct%202017&cabinsAdults=1
Amazing travel links:
Airport tools:
Finding something to do:
Maps/tools:
Twitter account to follow for blooper fares and flash sales
12. @airfarewatchdog
13. @TheFlightDeal
14. @Cheapflights
15. @JetBlueCheeps
16. @Hopper_Deals
17. @ExitFares
D. Instagram Accounts From Sexy Pilots
18. Pilot Maria
19. Fly Malin
20. EchoSierra85
Apparently, you can now play those infamous Japanese claw games online. If you look around on Twitch, you can sometimes even see people playing them.
You get a webcam view of the front/side, control the arm, and if you win, it is dropped in a box and mailed to you. How crazy is that!
Based on watching them play, however, it would likely be much cheaper if they just bought the do-dad they were going for online for much cheaper. Still, there is that thrill of victory.
Here’s a few others I saw people playing
Akiba Catcher:Â https://netch-jpn.com/
Toreba:Â http://en.play.toreba.net/
Tis the summertime again – and the homeless situation appears to be even more out of control than usual.
If you need to report illegal campsites, campers, and public nuisance, turns out there is a handy website for the city. This will help the city track what’s going on in the neighborhoods. If they are on public land, then you report them as a campsite. If they have squeezed themselves onto a business front/private property – then report a ‘Neighborhood Nuisance Complaint’ or ‘Neighborhood Housing Complaint’. If in doubt, file them as multiple and they will sort it out.
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/27447
Here’s where you can report illegal AirBnB’s:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/34180