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BROOKFIELD -- Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road, is currently the exhibit space for Brookfield High School students, with every hallway in the two-story building covered with artwork.
It ranges from charcoal sketches to photographs, ceramic sculptures to every imaginable style of painting and drawing.
From 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, the Brookfield High School Art Department will have a reception at which ceramics -- from vases to animal sculptures -- will be sold to benefit the Brookfield Food Bank. Refreshments will be served.
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Posted: March 6, 2006 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
2005-06 has been another successful season for George Mason men's basketball.
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By Robin Herron
You know there's got to be a lot of drama in a sports season that starts with Midnight Madness and ends with March Madness. For the George Mason Patriots, this season has meant lots of madness – the good kind – for the players, the coaches and the fans. And while the Patriots didn't win their conference championship, they won a school-record 23 games this season.
As Head Coach Jim Larranaga told a packed Johnson Center Atrium crowd gathered for a pep rally last week to send the team off to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament, the Patriots "made history" when they were selected to the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll top 25. It was the first time in Mason history and only the second time for a CAA team.
Cracking the top 25 came after an exciting Patriots win over Wichita State University in the ESPN2 BracketBusters game on Feb. 18. Getting a spot in the BracketBusters game, televised nationally from Wichita in prime time, was itself a landmark for the Patriots.
Perhaps more than at any other time this season, the George Mason team showed its depth and strength in the game against Wichita, a team that had been 13-1 at home on the season before the game and entered the contest in first place in the well-respected Missouri Valley Conference. At the time, Mason also led in its conference, but Wichita was 21st in the ratings percentage index (RPI), compared to Mason's 27th RPI.
Showing Their Mettle
The Wichita game was arguably the biggest regular-season game in George Mason school history. However, you couldn't tell the Patriots were off campus and out of state by the way they played – they looked as comfortable as if they were home playing in the Patriot Center.
The Patriots led the Shockers for nearly the entire game, culminating with a 13-point lead in the second half. But then the Patriots and their fans got a scare when the Shockers rallied with the support of their home crowd and tied the game 67-67 with only 28.7 seconds to go. That's when Mason's seniors stepped up.
Forward Jai Lewis slipped out of a double team in the post and passed the ball to guard Tony Skinn, who was wide open. Making it look like it was the easiest thing in the world, Skinn took aim from behind the three-point line with 10.8 seconds to go and sank the shot that would win the game, 70-67, for the Patriots.
That was the defining moment of the season. But to get to that point, the Patriots had relied all season on a solid lineup that includes another outstanding senior, guard Lamar Butler; juniors Tim Burns, Makan Konate, Charles Makings, Gabe Norwood and Jesus Urbina; sophomores Folarin Campbell, Jordan Carter, Will Thomas and John Vaughan; as well as freshmen Chris Fleming and Sammy Hernandez.
The seniors, whom Larranaga called "the most successful senior class in the history of George Mason basketball," undeniably set the tone for the rest of the team. And at the end of the regular season, they were each recognized by the conference as well. Lewis was named First Team All-CAA, Skinn was named Second Team All-CAA and Thomas was named to the CAA All-Defensive Team.
"We made history," Men's basketball Head Coach Jim Larranaga told students gathered for a pep rally in the Johnson Center last week.
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Coach Larranaga long passed the Mason mark as its winningest coach, but he also met the conference milestone this season. With his 107th CAA win against the University of North Carolina Wilmington on Feb. 4, Larranaga passed Richmond's Dick Tarrant for first place on the league's career victories list, which includes regular-season and tournament play. Larranaga's CAA wins currently stand at 112.
In his 9th season at Mason and his 21st year as a head coach, Larranaga is used to winning. He has a career record of 337-266 as head coach. At the helm for Mason, Larranaga has seen the Patriots win two conference championships, and he's taken them to two NCAA Tournaments and two NIT appearances. During his coaching career, 55 of his players have been drafted or played professional basketball.
Larranaga has been named Coach of the Year by the CAA and the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 4, and he was selected state Coach of the Year by the Virginia Sports Information Directors and the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Originally from Bronx, N.Y., Larranaga is a 1971 graduate of Providence College with a degree in economics. A four-year letterman for the Friars, he was the team captain as a senior, leading Providence to a 20-8 record and an NIT appearance. He graduated as the school's fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,258 points and was selected in the sixth round of the draft by the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association.
Attendance at the Patriot Center at home games this season has been breaking records, too.
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The two schools recently announced a partnership in a "dual degree" program. Officials said ECC students who enroll in the program will be guaranteed acceptance to Roosevelt – which has Chicago and Schaumburg campuses – once they complete their associate's degree. Also as a part of the program, their major's requirements will be locked in for three years while still completing their associate's degree at ECC.


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The basics: A mix of old and new, this 1934 bungalow in Cordilleras Heights was rebuilt 11 years ago. Its features include double-pane windows, crown moldings and hardwood, and stone and tile floors.
A brick walkway leads to a columned entrance with double wooden and glass doors. Its center hall has stained wainscoting.
The living room boasts a stone fireplace, a beamed wooden ceiling and French doors that lead outside.
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this is strange...i wear it sometimes. i love lush solid perfumes, this one is unlike any other! it smells of banana. it's very sweet. i don't think it smells like rotting bananas, but it smells more like food than perfume. i like perfumes that smell natural, and this one makes me smell like i've just cooked a banoffee pie!! i can imagine this would be good on some men too...it depends how your skin takes to it. take a chance if you want - you may like it!
i don't like the name of it, i find it quite transphobic, it's quite problematic.
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this smelled like mildew/moldy clothing or towels or something, plus sweaty body parts. NOT good.
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Ladyboy is almost the exact same concept as Parfumerie Generale's Felanilla, which is a "feline vanilla" with banana wood. This is a straight up wacky perfume. The banana is quite sharp. I wear it when I'm in an Andy Warhol mood. I actually appreciate that a mass brand like Lush is doing something very high concept and weird like this. Like all of Lush's fragrances, the bottle design needs some work.
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I'm trying to decide what Ladyboy smells most like to me. Nail polish? Gasoline? Paint? Whatever it is, I can't imagine who thought this was a good idea for a perfume.
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When I first smelt this I had been warned to put onto skin not the smelling strip. I spritzed on my wrist and for a moment I thought ah, Ylang Ylang mainly because my skin always amplifies the banana aspect of YY. But no! I was actually smelling banana. LUSH lists the notes as: Main notes : Banana, seaweed, violet, chamomile, labdanum, oakmoss.
Well I love 5 out of 6 of these unfortunately all I can smell is banana, a black rotting banana at that. If Chinatown smells like banana fritters and syrup, which is does on me, Ladyboy smells like the fritters you threw in the bin the night before. It is possible to be too clever clever and be weird just for the sake of shocking. This is an interesting excercise but IMHO, unwearable. UGH!
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Sorry I've been M.I.A!! March was a busy month. Justin, my friend from college, visited me for a week and we spent three days in San Francisco. We rented a car and took Route 1/the PCH up the coast to get there. It took 10 hours to get there (instead of 6 or 7 hours via Route 5), but it was worth it!! I wasn't too impressed with Pebble Beach but the drive along Big Sur was amazing. We hit up all of the typical San Fran locales... went to Alcatraz; drove down Lombard Street; found the REAL Full House House (1709 Broderick Street); Visited Alamo Square/Painted Ladies; walked 1/4 way across the Golden Gate Bridge; took photos from the Marin Headlands; went to Fisherman's Wharf; ate Thai food. All and all, a fun trip!! I also introduced Justin to Pinkberry and now he is an addict. We ate Pinkberry (sometimes for breakfast!!) at least 4 times that week.
Also in March, my favorite boss Dave Nagel landed a HUGE job for Best Buy. It was a four-day shoot with 11 models and an excellent crew!! We shot at 5th and Sunset studios whose in-house chef spoiled us with breakfast and lunch every day. Breakfast burritos; bacon and eggs; French toast and fresh fruit for breakfast. Pork tenderloin on Monday; grilled chicken on Tuesday; salmon on Wednesday and skirt steak on Thursday--always accompanied by salad, sides and dessert!! Did I mention there's a coffee bar?! Best studio to work in!! During the four days, my boss shot an impressive 11,759 photos!! I shot a lot of production stills and videos that will available after the ad campaign debuts this October. I have to admit, I am impressed with the quality of Canon's 5D Mark II video setting... but the fact that it's manual focus is a drag. I had the opportunity and pleasure to work with Kirk Weddle, my boss's longtime friend, who produced the shoot. (For those of you who may not know, Kirk shot Nirvana's infamous baby underwater album cover for their album "Nevermind." You can read the whole story here). Watching Kirk and Dave interact and hearing all of their crazy college stories was a blast!! Can't wait to work with both of them again... which luckily will be soon!!
I've been drawing a lot of cutesy comics lately which I am hoping to display on a personal website. I just created an awesome summery comic but it's still spring so you'll have to wait to see it!! I'd love for a website or magazine to want to buy my comics for their publication. I should really look into it but I have to find the right market for them first.
And that pretty much sums up March, other than consuming lots of delicious Ice Pan, babysitting, going on an ebay spending spree and having my Polaroid camera break... luckily two replacements are on their way!!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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PARIS — A point from losing the first set of his French Open quarterfinal, Roger Federer shanked a routine forehand, sending the ball 10 feet beyond the opposite baseline.
PARIS — A point from losing the first set of his French Open quarterfinal, Roger Federer shanked a routine forehand, sending the ball 10 feet beyond the opposite baseline.
The Court Philippe Chatrier crowd roared with approval, then loudly chanted the last name of Federer's opponent, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
That shot was a clear indication that Federer was hardly Federesque on this day. There were plenty of others. He argued with the chair umpire about a call. He dumped overhead smashes into the net. And in a truly rare ungraceful moment, he failed to put a racket to — or get out of the way of — a backhand flip by a sliding Tsonga, instead getting hit on the back.
All in all, Federer looked lost out there Tuesday against the sixth-seeded Tsonga, who pounded his way to a 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 victory over the 17-time Grand Slam champion in a 1-hour, 51-minute mismatch remarkable for its lopsidedness and brevity.
"I struggled a little bit everywhere. To be honest, personally, I'm pretty sad about the match and the way I played. But that's how it goes. I tried to figure things out, but it was difficult. And Jo does a good job keeping the pressure on," Federer said.
"He was just ... better in all areas," continued Federer, whose lone French Open title, in 2009, allowed him to equal Pete Sampras' then-record of 14 major championships. "He returned better than I did. Served better than I did. I struggled to find my rhythm."
While Federer quickly faced a big deficit Tuesday and never recovered, Serena Williams was able to get out of a much smaller spot of trouble.
Like Federer, Williams is 31. Like Federer, she's won more than a dozen Grand Slam titles, 15. And like Federer, only one of those trophies came at Roland Garros, in 2002. Trailing in the third set against 2009 French Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova, the No. 1-seeded Williams won five games in a row en route to a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory that put her back in the semifinals at Paris after a decade's absence.
Williams had lost four consecutive quarterfinals at Roland Garros — in 2004, 2007, 2009 (to Kuznetsova), 2010 — and so when she was serving while down 2-0 in the final set Tuesday, "I thought, you know, 'Can't go out like this again.'"
That was a pivotal game, featuring 16 points and three break chances for Kuznetsova, who flubbed the last with a drop shot that floated wide. After finally holding in that game with an inside-out forehand winner as Kuznetsova stumbled to the clay, Williams broke right away with a backhand winner that had her yelling and shaking her fist.
"Unbelievable competitor," Kuznetsova said. "She turns on (her) game when she needs it."
Kuznetsova winced a few times after slow serves, and said afterward she strained an abdominal muscle earlier in the tournament.
"I did push her to the limit, I think, today, even without my serve," Kuznetsova said. "I was serving like, I don't know, a grandmother."
It was the first challenge of the tournament for Williams, who lost 10 games against Kuznetsova after dropping that same number across her first four rounds combined.
"When you don't have tough matches, once you have one, then you are a bit shocked, you know? You don't react well immediately all the time," said Williams' coach, Patrick Moratouglou. "But I'm very proud of her, because she was really, really in a bad situation."
Since a first-round exit at Roland Garros a year ago, Williams is 72-3, and she's currently on a career-long 29-match winning streak. In Thursday's semifinals, she'll face No. 5 Sara Errani, last year's runner-up to Maria Sharapova. Errani reached the semifinals for the third time in the last five major tournaments by beating No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Williams is 5-0 against Errani.
"She forces you to play at a very high level to have any chance of winning. I'll have to hit shots hard and deep and make her move," said Errani, who was 0-28 against women ranked in the top five before Tuesday. "As soon as you hit a short ball, Serena gets right on top of you, and she has enough power to end the point."
Next for Tsonga will be No. 4 David Ferrer, who stopped the wild ride of No. 32 Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in an all-Spanish quarterfinal. Robredo won each of his previous three matches despite dropping the first two sets, the first man since 1927 to do that a Grand Slam tournament.
Ferrer reached his sixth major semifinal; he has yet to win one.
Federer hadn't lost in straight sets before the semifinals at any Grand Slam tournament since a third-round defeat against Gustavo Kuerten in the 2004 French Open.
Starting a month later, when he won Wimbledon, Federer began a stretch of nearly eight full years in which he was unbeaten in Grand Slam quarterfinals, reaching the semifinals at a record 23 major tournaments in a row. Since that run ended, though, quarterfinal exits are becoming a regular occurrence: He has lost at that stage in five of the past 13 Slams, twice to Tsonga, who was the runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open and is trying to give France its first men's champion at Roland Garros since Yannick Noah 30 years ago.
"Everybody's expecting a lot from me," Tsonga said.
The other quarterfinal setback against Tsonga came at Wimbledon in 2011, when Federer lost for the first time in 179 matches after taking the opening two sets.
"He's got a big game. He takes time away from you," Federer said. "He can change defense to offense very quickly. Similar traits to what I have, I guess, really."


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Crepes Recipes
Banana and Fig Crepe Cake Recipe
Since I'm in Paris, I've been spoiling my little 2-year-old nephew Paul and 4-year-old niece Elise with sweets. It's a great way to bond with them in a short period of time. Crêpes are always fun, so I made a pile for all of us to share, along with various jams, Nutella, honey and powdered sugar. In addition to the individual crêpes, I made mini crêpe cakes, filled with fig and banana jam. To repeat the flavors in the dessert, I topped the cake with freeze-dried banana chips and roasted figs.
The most fun part of the assembly was watching Elise and Paul eating the crêpes as I was making them. Lucky me, I still had enough crêpe batter to finish the dessert. I absolutely adore them!
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Ficelle Picarde Recipe (Crepe Gratin)
Ficelle picarde, which literally translates to "Picard string" in French, sounds like a fancy dish, but really, it's just a savory crêpe gratin filled with sautéed chopped mushrooms (called duxelles). It's a specialty from the region of Picardy, located in the North of France. The authentic dish is made with ham but I replaced it with soy chorizo to make it vegetarian. First, mushroom stuffed crêpes are rolled, then placed in a casserole dish, covered with Mornay mushroom cream sauce and sprinkled with Gruyère cheese. The last step is 5 to 10 minutes in the oven until bubbly and golden.
Crêpes are a fairly frequent dish at our home. The batter can be prepared in advance and you could also store pre-cooked crêpes in the freezer for faster assembly time. Whether they are served as a savory dish or as a dessert (or both!), we always find a new way to pair them with interesting combinations of flavors.
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Blueberry Crepe Recipe
As I told you yesterday, I made crêpes as an experiment to see how well they keep in the freezer. Unfortunately, the crêpes haven't been able to make it to leftover status, and here's a big part of the reason why. After making savory crêpes filled with beets and goat cheese, we filled the remaining crêpes with blueberries, vanilla whipped cream and guava sauce. Needless to say, they went fast!
Crêpes are a quick and easy dessert if you can manage to store some in the freezer. If you are looking for a sweet way to end dinner, just pair crêpes with fresh fruits, chocolate sauce, other fruit preserves and whipped cream (or yogurt). You just can't go wrong.
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Beet and Goat Cheese Crepe Recipe
I love the combination of beets and goat cheese. They pair wonderfully, and I've used them in many recipes. I had both ingredients on hand today, so I mixed them together and stuffed them in crêpes.
Making crêpe batter is very basic. I first learned how to make crêpes in kindergarten back in France, and I haven't forgotten since then. The quantities go like so: 2 eggs, 250 grams of flour (1-3/4 cups) and ½ liter of milk (2 cups). Allow to rest for a few hours. I then adjust the quantities of liquid by eyeballing until the perfect consistency is reached (see tips).
Our friend Carole (she is by the way the editor of PhamFatale.com) always sends me wonderful cooking tips along with the corrections of my daily recipes. Carole and her husband David recently hosted a crêpe party at their home. She told me that leftover cooked crêpes store incredibly well in the freezer, which I immediately wanted to try. I've made several batches of crêpes since then, but even after my third attempt, no leftovers. What can I say, I live with wolves!
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Nutella Crepes with Kiwi
Chocolate and kiwi are two of my favorite flavors. When combined, they enhance one another, creating subtleties that cannot be found in either ingredient on its own. In the past I've used them in cakes and other desserts, and today I thought it would be fun to use the combo as a crepe filling.
The chocolate part of the equation is satisfied by the French mainstay Nutella. Nutella, in case you don't know, is a chocolate hazelnut spread. I wasn't sure at first how the hazelnuts would play with kiwi, but after tasting the finished product, I can't imagine it any other way!
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Baptized Into His Name Most Holy
Matthew 3:13 – 17
Today is the day we celebrate the Baptism of Jesus. Why would we want to celebrate his baptism? Do you celebrate your own baptism? I was baptized by Brother Milton Clem on March 21, 1962. It was the 4th night of our annual Spring Revival, and a dear brother came from Flint, Michigan to El Sobrante, California for a week to lead us. I saw my need for God and responded to the Gospel. I can still remember the thrill I felt when I realized that Jesus had died for me, in spite of the things I had done. Do you remember when you first realized how much God loved you? That is a pretty good thing to commemorate.
But did Jesus have different thoughts on his mind that day? He certainly had nothing that he needed to look back on with shame. His heart had always been turned toward his father and he needed no repentance. John saw that immediately. So the reason for his baptism had to lie somewhere other than in his own need for repentance.
If you look back through the writings of many of the church fathers, they make much of the fact that John is surprised that Jesus wanted to be baptized at all. Because they lived in a day when men were constantly looking for ways to deny one or the other of the natures of Jesus, they were understandably eager to look for ways to establish his preeminence in everything. Since Jesus himself had said that John was the greatest prophet ever born, it was certainly positive to have John acknowledge the superiority of Jesus. As we have discussed over the past two weeks, there are still those today who wish to lower Jesus' status, so this is a good lesson for us to draw. It is not the only lesson, so let's look more closely at the interchange between Jesus and John.
John understood his own position in life. He knew that he was sinful and that the sacrifice to cleanse his sin was beyond anything he could do. The sacrifice stood in front of him and asked to do the last thing that John expected. John's question makes perfect sense. It is Jesus' answer that raises eyebrows.
In verse 15 he tells John to, "Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Jesus and John had to do this together to fulfill all righteousness. Whatever "all righteousness" might be, this duty fell to them both. John, as the greatest prophet of God ever born, baptized the Messiah and thus together they fulfilled all righteousness. Certainly that righteousness was not a new concept, but rather fit into the Jewish history and tradition into which Jesus came. So let's think about that context.
1n 1st Peter 3:18 – 22, Peter tells us that the flood of Noah was type of baptism. In much the same way that Noah was saved in his arc, we are saved in our baptism. The arc is not magic, and neither is baptism. It is a sacrament of the church and a rite that has real effects. Think of a rite as being like a wedding. When we stand at the back of the church, we would be creepy to sneak out and find another girlfriend. But just creepy. However, if we walk down to the front of the church and exchange vows we become a husband and sneaking around is now adultery. A big difference for two little words – I do – to make.
In 1st Corinthians 10:1 – 4, Paul tells us that the Jews who left Egypt were baptized in the cloud (the glory of God that lead them by day) and in the sea. He plainly says that the baptism placed them into Moses and then explains that in reality they were eating and drinking Christ. You remember the times Jesus said he was the real manna from heaven. The manna and the water that the Jews ate in the wilderness were the precursors of the bread and drink that Jesus gives us in communion. In just the same way, their passage through the sea and following the cloud in the wilderness were a picture of our baptism.
There were a number of washings that also gave pictures of baptism. Touching unclean items would make you unable to participate in worship, and some of the cleansing rites involved washing in water.
The Pharisees were of course familiar with all of these concepts. They came out to John to be baptized because they understood that John's baptism was a cleansing rite that would accompany the arrival of the Messiah. This is what Zechariah was talking about in Zechariah 13:1 "In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness…"
So Jesus statement about baptism and righteousness makes perfect sense from a historically Jewish viewpoint. This is what Messiah was supposed to do. He came to bring the righteousness that comes from God. Jesus said that many times in his earthly ministry. The Jews trusted that their law-keeping would justify them before God, but Paul knew better. In Galatians 3:11 he told us, "But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."" Our righteousness cannot come from ourselves. No matter how well we do at law-keeping, we cannot be justified by our efforts.
But Jesus had to worry about none of these things. He was able to live sinlessly and to be justified in God's sight. At the end of his baptism, two things happened which help explain things. First, the Holy Spirit descends and lights upon him. This something that we should have expected from reading Isaiah 42:1. Isaiah 42 is all about the Messiah and his ministry in Israel and the Gentile world. The ministry starts with the coming of the Holy Spirit. Our epistle reading in Acts 10:38 confirms that. Peter confirmed that Jesus did what he did in the power of the Holy Spirit, because God was with him.
Then God spoke and said that he was pleased with his son. This is, I believe the point at which Psalm 2:7 – 9 was literally fulfilled. The Arians in the first centuries taught that Psalm 2 was proof that Jesus was a creature and not co-eternal with God. But Psalm 2 has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus as a creature of God. It has everything to do with the approval of the father for the son. It is all about the ministry that Jesus was about to embark upon.
So to Jesus, his baptism was about anointing with power for his ministry. That ministry is laid out in all of readings for today. Isaiah 42:5 – 7 tells us what Jesus would do, and worked exactly in that way. Peter realized when he was Cornelius's house what God's purpose was.
Why did God select baptism to do this? And why did Jesus have to go through baptism? I believe it was at this point that God established his New Covenant with men. Daniel foretold it in his vision of the 70 weeks. This takes place in the middle of the 70th week when Messiah establishes his covenant with many. This is the reason that Paul tells us that baptism places us in Christ. Our physical birth places us in Adam, and our spiritual birth in baptism places us in Christ.
In covenant with God through Jesus gives us the righteousness of God. We never need to worry that we are not being good enough to please God. God is always pleased with our efforts to obey him, but accepts in Jesus and not our own obedience.
So we celebrate Jesus' baptism because it is the foundation on which all of our lives are built. Without that baptism we have no covenant with God. When I look back at my baptism, I can hear the words of the Father echoing down to me through Jesus: This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.


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The permanence of ceramics lends itself to containment of many sorts, mine being the sweet melancholy of loss. Over time, images I use have become proxies, tangible reminders of plain joy and its bittersweet attendant – impermanence; an ice cream cone, a gift bow, an old stuffed toy or the temporary moment a bird alights upon a snowball. Each image embodies a quality I want to hold still for.
In poetry, relationships between things shift and coalesce in such a way that something fresh or exciting is felt; what once felt common suddenly feels uncommon, what initially appeared ordinary strangely moves us. If for a small moment, something I made can be held onto as memorable or meaningful in a similar way- my work has achieved its aim.
Michaelene/ Mikey Walsh received her BFA in Crafts from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and her MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, NY. She has held teaching positions at Massachusetts College of Art, the University of Georgia, the University of Washington, Virginia Commonwealth University and U-C-Davis in addition to instructing at numerous alternative-learning venues such as Haystack School of Crafts, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Arrowmont and Santa Fe Clay. Currently, Mikey is an Associate Professor of Art at Louisiana State University and she has been the recipient of two Louisiana Division of the Arts Individual Artist Grants. Her sculptural ceramic work is exhibited internationally and is also featured in the publications The Figure in Clay by Lark Books and more recently, The Human Figure in Clay by the American Ceramic Society. She lives in Baton Rouge with her husband and two children.


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Links to all of my websites and other online presences. I tend to spread my content widely, not to say thinly.
- richardcarter.com
My personal website, dedicated mainly to my writing, with the occasional photograph thrown in for good measure.
- Twitter account (@friendsofdarwin)
Insightful gems in 140-characters.
- Facebook Page
A Facebook page providing links to the more significant updates on my various websites.
- Flickr page
A large selection of my photos.
- Instagram page
A much smaller collection of photos (I've only recently started posting to Instagram).
- The Friends of Charles Darwin
For Darwin groupies the world over. You can join for free. Don't forget to check out the blog.
- The Friends of Charles Darwin on Facebook
The official Friends of Charles Darwin Facebook page.
- The Friends of Charles Darwin on Google+
For those who prefer Google+ to Facebook.
- Gruts
My original website, which has been online since 1995. Mostly nonsense.
- Google+ page
For when Google+ finally goes massive.
- Flipboard 'Nature Writing' e-zine
An online magazine of links to 'nature writing' articles found elsewhere on the web, curated by Yours Truly.
(These links are also available via my 'Nature Writing' Facebook page.)
- YouTube channel
- Vimeo channel.
More videos.
- The HMS Beagle Project blog
I am one of the bloggers for the HMS Beagle Project: a charity which aims to build a replica of the ship which took Darwin around the world.
- Goodreads
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- My Amazon UK Wish List
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Michael Lower is Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning). Michael Lower's main interests are in the fields of land law, legal education, corporate governance and social ethics. He currently teaches land law and is carrying out research projects looking at the ownership of the family home and at the creation of communities of inquiry in legal education. He has also conducted research looking at employee participation in corporate governance from the legal and social ethics perspectives. Michael was formerly Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies) and the LLB programme director in the Faculty of Law at CUHK. He has extensive teaching and research supervision experience. He is interested in blended learning approaches to legal education.
- LL.B. (Hons) University of Manchester
- M. Phil. University of Manchester
- Solicitor (non-practising) of England and Wales
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (United Kingdom)
- Ownership of the family home
- Communities of inquiry and blended learning
- Catholic Social Thought
- Employee participation in corporate governance. A legal and ethical analysis, (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
- Principles of Equity and Trusts Law in Hong Kong, with Lawrence Ma (LexisNexis, 2009)
Articles and chapters
- 'Marriage and the acquisition of a beneficial interest in the family home in Hong Kong', [2016] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 453 - 465
- 'The Pallant v Morgan equity' [2012] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 379 - 386
- 'The constructive trust: from common intention to relationship? Kerr v Baranow' [2011] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 515 - 521
- 'Bruton v London & Quadrant Housing Trust. Opening Pandora's Box', (2011) 22 King's Law Journal 403 - 413
- Landlord and Tenant' in Chitty on Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts (Hong Kong & London Sweet & Maxwell, 2010)
- "Using podcasts to support students in a land law class", (with Keith Thomas and Annisa Ho) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on e-learning
- "The Bruton tenancy", (2010) 1 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 38 - 56.
- "Christian anthropology and the theory of the firm", (2008) 5 Journal of Catholic Social Thought 413 - 435
- "John Paul II and Employee Participation in Corporate Governance", (2007) 21 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy 111 – 158
- "Subsidiarity and employee participation in Corporate Governance", (2005) 2 Journal of Catholic Social Thought 431 - 461
- "57 Channels and Nothing On", (2003) 12 Information & Communication Technology Law 147 - 162
- "The Modernising Company Law White Paper and SMEs", Sweet & Maxwell Special Report (2003)
- "The Regulation of Intra-Group Transactions" in The Reform of United Kingdom Company Law, J. de Lacy (ed), (Cavendish Publishing, London, 2002)
- "Limited liability for small, closely-held businesses", (2000) 22 Liverpool Law Review 1 - 12
- "Good faith and the partly-owned subsidiary", [2000] Journal of Business Law 232 - 253.
- "Joint Ventures" in Regulating Enterprise: Law and Business Organisations in the UK, D. Milman (ed). (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 1999)
- 'Student control of the means of knowledge production', The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Teaching and Learning Expo, 16th December 2016
- 'Learning in collaborative groups', Teaching and Learning seminar, Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 28th October 2016
- 'Blended learning: Using Blackboard to create a Community of Inquiry', School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13th June 2016
- 'Blended learning: Using Blackboard to create a Community of Inquiry', Directions in Legal Education. Conference on Teaching and Learning in Law. Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4th June 2016
- 'Ownership of the family home', Land Law Conversation, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, 29th April 2016 (organised by the Asian Institute of International Financial Law)
- 'The rights and duties of property owners under the BMO and DMC', Building Safety Symposium, 22nd April 2016 (organised by the Buildings Department)
- 'Ownership of the family home', Research Seminar, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20th March 2016
- 'Using Blackboard to create a Community of Inquiry', The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Teaching and Learning Expo, 16th December 2015
Book Reviews
- "National corporate law in a globalised market" by David Milman (2010) 2 Web Journal of Current Legal Issues
- "Working within two kinds of capitalism. Corporate governance and employee stakeholding. US and EC perspectives", by Irene Lynch Fannon, (2003) 3 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 435 - 438
Working Papers
- Natural Law and Agency Theory (29th March 2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=894040
- The Corporation: Reality or Fiction? (20th January 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1330303
- Employee participation in corporate governance: an ethical analysis (20th May 2009). Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1408360
- Some of these are available at http://works.bepress.com/michael_lower/
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Palm organizers can now help you lose weight with approved versions of the Atkins and Weight Watchers diet systems.
The Atkins program, published by Novii Lifestyles, is available at www.atkinscarbcounter.com for $35. Set up a profile that determines your goal for carbohydrate consumption, then log meals from a pull-down foods menu. The program will set off an alarm if you overindulge. It offers color performance charts, tips and recipes. The food list at the Atkins Web site (www.atkins.com) is more comprehensive, but Novii says a free update this month will correct that.
The Weight Watchers software, called Weight Watchers On-the-Go, is made to be used in conjunction with the company's Web site, www.weightwatchers.com. Weight Watchers members who pay dues to attend meetings are charged $12.95 for access to the Weight Watchers eTools Web site, which includes On-the-Go. Members who subscribe to the online program pay $29.95 a month plus $5 for On-the-Go.
The system tallies a points value for 20,000 foods, and factors in calories burned by activities ranging from ironing to dancing the Lambada. The black-and-white screens can be customized easily, but the software allows you to save only two weeks' worth of personal data.
Some users have posted complaints at the company's Web site about a synching glitch; Weight Watchers says it is addressing the problem. Roy Furchgott
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ANCHORAGE (AP) -- The state has approved a $30 million gold mine named True North for development near Fairbanks.
Approval came after addressing neighborhood concerns about traffic safety and lights from mining interfering with local aurora-viewing businesses, said Pat Pourchot, state commissioner of Natural Resources.
The developer, Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc., can start Jan. 20, Pourchot said. ''We are anxious to begin work,'' said Tom Irwin, general manager of Fairbanks Gold.
The company is owned by Kinross Gold Corp., a Toronto-based mining company that runs the nearby Fort Knox gold mine.
The company intends to produce about 180,000 ounces of gold per year over three years. That would make the mine one-half to one-third the size of Fort Knox.
Some 10,000 tons of ore would be trucked daily to Fort Knox, making the mill at that big Interior mine more efficient.
True North will support more than 100 jobs, state officials said.
Kinross hopes to develop other area deposits as satellite mines to its Fort Knox operation, similar to the way the oil industry has developed satellite fields near the huge Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk fields on the North Slope.
The development had been mired in controversy through the summer and fall. Residents testified at public hearings about safety hazards of ore trucks crossing the Steese Highway at an expected rate of one truck every four minutes, 24 hours a day.
Pourchot said Fairbanks Gold has agreed to build a $1 million underpass at the highway crossing. Only mine traffic will be able to use that road.
Two nearby aurora-viewing businesses expressed concern that lights and noise from the mine and trucks would cost them customers.
Fairbanks Gold moved the road away from the businesses, and the state is requiring that no direct lighting from the trucks can shine at the nearby residences, Pourchot said.
Fairbanks Gold also will install better mufflers and meet state noise standards, he said.
The open-pit mine will affect 313 acres, of which 68 already have been disturbed by mining, the commissioner said. The state and the state's Mental Health Trust own most of the True North land, Pourchot said.
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The visit of His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa to Karma Triyana Dharmachakra is a dream come true for so many of His Holiness' dharma students in America. They've read his books, placed his photos on their shrine, recited his mantra … and then finally were able to encounter him in reality.
During the April 17-20 portion of His Holiness' visit to KTD, students from all over the country – and the world – converged on the Catskill Mountains to see His Holiness. After receiving a warm welcome at his North American Seat on Friday April 17, His Holiness gave a public lecture on Refuge to a group of 1500 students at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston on Saturday, a Karma Pakshi Empowerment to 1300 at UPAC on Sunday night, and teachings on the Four Dharmas of Gampopa to donors and members at KTD on Sunday and Monday.
Among those visiting, we found some interesting stories and wanted to share them with you. May these small gems of devotion to the guru shine and inspire you!
Receiving Refuge: A Timeless Moment
In the giant hall at Ulster Performing Arts, His Holiness Karmapa bestowed the vow of refuge – for both the audience there, and by webcast, an audience of thousands more watching all over the globe.
Fifteen hundred people reciting the Refuge Prayer after His Holiness one line at a time in Sanskrit produced a thunder like the ocean's roll. All were together in the moment – transported by shared intention to a place of wisdom and compassion. "I thought of the story that Karmapa would in the future become the 6th Buddha, the Buddha Lion's Roar," one participant said. "It was as though we were building the auspicious connection to be reborn in that time with him – or maybe, it was happening now."
The Guru Seated in Her Heart
Seeing His Holiness on his beautifully gold-leafed throne is a thrill for anyone, but most especially for Leesa Chenoweth. The longtime dharma student and registered nurse from West Virginia is an artist who helped sand and pre-paint the carved wood decorations for the throne before they were gold-leafed by Mr. Li.
"I worked on the [panels] on the stairs [to the throne] – each piece, practically," she said. "We sanded each and every piece and then covered them with a red enamel paint so they could be gold-leafed."
The finished product is a majestic and radiant seat fit for a Buddha. But the work did not become real for her until today.
"I sat down and saw his picture wasn't there," she said, referring to the large portrait that generally sits on the throne when His Holiness is not in residence. "And I realized the throne was waiting for him, and …" she trails off, tears in her eyes. "To see him sit there – it felt like I was in a dream. I've been waiting years for this – I'm so happy."
A Faithful Beard: How One Student Showed His Devotion
Any way you look at it, Michael Heaton has a magnificent beard. It's a skirt of fine salt-and-pepper gray hair, with enough width and breadth to cover much more than just his chin.
"It definitely gets a reaction," he says. "Some people say it's great; other people say, 'give me a pair of scissors; I want to be the one to make the first cut!'"
But what some may not know is that he grew the beard for spiritual reasons – and not the reasons you might imagine.
Michael has served KTD in several capacities over the last few years. He's been a shrinekeeper and volunteer meditation instructor for the public; these days he works for the Namse Bangdzo Bookstore, KTD's bookshop and online dharma materials store.
At Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche's 90th birthday celebration, Michael – who had begun growing his beard – was teased by a disciple of the 17th Karmapa. "The devotee said His Holiness Karmapa would really like this sort of beard," Michael said. "So I decided I would let the beard grow until Karmapa returned to KTD."
That was in 2012. His Holiness had just visited in July 2011, so it seemed like not such a long time to wait.
However, circumstances made Michael wait until April 2015. In beard years, this produced quite an effect.
"It gets in the way sometimes," he admits. He even began putting it in a sort of a bun – braiding the hair in on itself – to help keep it out of harm's way.
With Karmapa's arrival at KTD this past weekend, it was the Moment of Truth for the beard.
"Did Karmapa see it?" he says. "Yes – while he was on a tour of the bookstore."
"He touched it, and said it was 'wonderful.'"
Now that it's spiritual function has been served, the beard could succumb to impermanence after His Holiness departs from KTD. Or not.
"I was looking at the [Tibetan Astrological] calendar for an auspicious hair-cutting day," Michael said. However, "Once Khenpo Tenkyong saw how much Karmapa liked it, he told me, 'you have to keep it, now.'"
Tiny Blessings: How a Mouse Taught a Dharma Student about Faith
Karmapa's blessings extend to all beings, and all creatures – from the largest to the smallest. None, it is said are beyond his compassion.
The truth of this was shown in a little miracle at KTD Monastery – when a little tragedy turned into a pretty big miracle.
Lama Choenyi is a frequent visitor to the torma room at KTD monastery. One of the graduates of Karme Ling monastery, she is an artist who's talent in painting and sculpture has been put to use to create the beautiful shrine offerings placed on Tibetan shrines. These tormas symbolize the offering of pure food, which is the cause for accumulation of virtuous mind.
Anywhere there is food, there are creatures who enjoy it. One such creature is the mouse. KTD's torma room has been troubled by visiting mice, and a set of live traps has been sent for them. The traps are actually quite spacious, about the size of a large book, and can contain food and water to sustain the captives until they can be safely released.
On the morning of April 18, Lama Choenyi saw a captive in the small steel box, and wondered if a maintenance person would come to rescue it.
She became busy, and didn't think about it again until three days later, when she looked into the box and saw that the mouse had died.
"I felt so badly about it," she said, "because I realized if I had freed the mouse it might have lived."
But when she looked closer, she saw an amazing sight – the mouse was in a seated position, sitting on its tail with its forelegs and backlegs stretched out in front of it.
"It looked as though the mouse had died in a state of meditation," she said. He looked peaceful and alive. The remarkable feature – called thukdam – is experienced by advanced meditators at the time of death, and is said to be an expression of spiritual attainment.
But a mouse? And one caught in a small steel cage?
Lama Choenyi gave the small steel box to Lama Karuna Tara to show the discovery to her teacher, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. He confirmed that yes, the mouse had died in a state of meditation, and was resting in thukdam. Rinpoche suggested to Lama Karuna Tara that she take the mouse to His Holiness Karmapa for his blessing and confirmation.
As Lama Karuna could not find His Holiness, as he was out for a time. When she heard his footsteps on the stairs, she took the box to go out into the hallway. Surprisingly, she saw His Holiness Karmapa, who was walking directly toward Khenpo Rinpoche's room. She met him at the doorway. She showed him the box-cage and the mouse, and asked whether the mouse was in thukdam. He agreed that the mouse was resting in thukdam and blessed the mouse. He then turned and went back toward his room – as though meeting Lama Karuna had accomplished his intended action.
It was a moment of awe for Lama Karuna. "You don't have to tell Karmapa; he knows," she said.
The mouse was left undisturbed for several hours. After a while, the eyes closed, and the sitting figure began to slump, signaling the end of the thukdam meditation.
Khenpo Rinpoche directed that the mouse be buried in a nice and peaceful place.
The amazing story sent a thrill through the volunteers, and Khenpo Rinpoche's comment was touching and sweet.
"If a KTD mouse can rest in thukdam [due to the blessing of His Holiness], then no need to mention the people."
Gently Falling Blessings
During His Holiness Karmapa's visit to KTD and its affiliated Three-Year Retreat Center at Karme Ling in Delhi, NY, the weather provided all four seasons: warm sun, blustery spring, chilly fall, and snowy winter.
A remarkable spring snow fell when His Holiness visited Karme Ling; before he arrived, the snow was falling in a spirited variety of shapes: flowers, dots, circles, and even 5- and 6-pointed stars.
The stars were especially striking; not only were one or two seen on the cloaks and coats of the waiting crowd, but star-shapes by the dozen. This is especially inspiring when one considers that the six-pointed star is sometimes associated with Vajrayana deity practice. All took the unusual snow-shapes as an auspicious reminder that even the Earth responds to the presence of a great spiritual master.
Trains, Planes, Automobiles, and Buses – A Pilgrim's Journey
While her dharma friends were planning their journeys to KTD to see His Holiness Karmapa, Amy Billman of the Hay River Wisconsin Karma Thegsum Choling Center had pretty much given up on the idea.
After all, she was going to be 7,000 miles away – in Himachal Pradesh, India, as Sherabling Monastery, receiving teachings on the "Sacred Dohas of the Enlightened Kagyu Masters" from His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche, a guru of His Holiness Karmapa.
"Last fall I made the plan to go to India, so I didn't think there was any way I could see His Holiness," she said. The three weeks she set aside for her trip to India was about the maximum she could take off work, and to try to do more, well, seemed impossible.
But then fate – in the form of a message from dharma friends Patrice and Patrick Woolridge – intervened.
"They wrote to me and asked if I could serve on the safety and security team for His Holiness at KTD," she said.
The offer was tempting, but she kept thinking of how jet-lagged she would be – and how she would miss the arrival of His Holiness and have to play "catch up" both with her security assignment and her sleep.
"And then the bodhisattva Metka from Slovenia came to me," she smiled, referring to another dharma friend who was attending the course with her at Sherabling. "She pretty much convinced me – she said, 'you really ought to get there.'"
Although Amy had seen His Holiness in India several times, Metka insisted that "it would be different to see His Holiness Karmapa on your home soil," Amy said.
So Amy checked with her family and with the airlines, and made a plan to get to KTD.
"I went from New Delhi to Vienna to Chicago to LaGuardia (New York City), and then took a shuttle to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York," she said. The bus let her off in Kingston at 1 a.m., and instead of calling a taxi, she walked the challenging Kingston traffic circle at night to get to her hotel.
The next thing she knew she was at KTD, trained in her work and standing guard on the monastery back hallway, helping usher students into interviews and assisting people from the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche to His Holiness himself.
She managed to get tickets to all the events, and was able to experience His Holiness as her friend Metka had said: on her own soil.
And how was it? "Incredible!" she said.


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Being single on Valentine's Day is no fun.
Being single on Valentine's Day is no fun. It's the one day of the year that you really can't - no matter how hard you try - avoid the fact that you have no man to love, no man who loves you and truly may be destined to be alone forever. The pain of past love lost and the disappointment of present loneliness can drive you to eat more than just one box of chocolates; to soothe the pain it may take two or three!
Even with self-soothing activities the uncomfortable, sad and stressful feeling that V-Day brings can cause you to question yourself, your choices, your past, present and even your future. For others this holiday can be the day of their dreams. What do you do if for you it is twenty-four hours of feeling lost, rejected, unloved and disconnected?
The key to rocking Valentine's Day as a single girl is to get out of the past and present and leap instead into planning your future. This year buck the trend and spend the national holiday with some important you time: Reclaim control over the woman you are and fill up the hours of love day creating the path to your future smokin' hot relationship with these five actions:
1- Believe in your ability to find the man you desire. Check in with yourself about what you believe you deserve in the love department, what you think you are worth and whether or not you are ready for the kind of relationship you wish for. Your beliefs drive 100% of your behavior. If your beliefs are not in alignment with your desires then you will never have what you want.
2 - Imagine what that relationship will be like. In order to achieve any of your goals you have to have a clear idea of what it is that you want. Check out the difference here: 1) Do you want to be in love? or, 2) Do you want to experience a deeply satisfying emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual bonding connection with a man you can be more naturally yourself than ever before? The difference in the specificity of those two questions is the difference between really knowing what you want - which allows you to better plan how to get it - and just drifting along waiting for something to happen.
3 - Clarify the type of man he is. Once you're specific on the type of relationship you want you have to get clear on the type of man who can help you create it. "I want a hot guy" is not exactly the same as, "I want a man who turns me on physically, excites me mentally, connects with me emotionally and is supportive of my journey to become my best self." Use this day to create the full picture of who Mr. Right really is.
4 - Verify why those traits and qualities are important to you. Finding your future soulmate is about more than just knowing what he looks like, sounds like and how he behaves. It's also about knowing why that kind of man is important to you. How many times in the past have you gotten in relationships with men you knew weren't right for you but you went along with it anyway? This year is going to be different because this year you are going to keep your eye focused on what's significant to you, which is more than just who happens to be available.
5 - Strategize how to find a man like that. Get out of the looking for love rut by looking for it in a whole new way. It's time for a new strategy: You will attract men who resonate with who you are, the energy you exude, the passion you live with and the person you are striving to be. Starting today make a commitment to become even more of your true self; focus on deepening your connection to her and let that lead you to situations that bring you in contact with new people, one of whom may be your mate, or can introduce you to him.
While on V-day you can swear off magazines, television, radio and the internet your own mind can still keep dragging you back to memories of that shocking breakup, or deeper down into the disturbing experience of all your fears about whether or not you are even lovable. The further down that rabbit hole you go the more powerless, hopeless and helpless you'll feel.
The key to surviving Valentine's Day unscathed lies in shifting yourself out of woe-is-me thinking and instead moving into go-is-me behaving. You are a gift, a prize, a woman to be cherished and adored. This holiday, start believing, living and loving yourself that way.


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we paid around $3000 all together for pics and video. i used stacey clarke. you should definitely do a trash the dress session, the pics come out beautiful
I am paying around $3,000 for my photos depending on my hours. I havent decided yet how many hours I am going to do. I am using Misha Earle!


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So I have a few men I am involved with, I like to look good for them when we go out or I go to one of their houses and all that. However, while 3 of my men always tell me I look amazing and blah blah blah one of them only says it when I send him pictures (decent ones). When I go to his house we go straight to sex which I am fine with, but is it even worth straightening my hair before I go and all that? It seems like he doesn't notice. What can I do to either make him notice or whatever?
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He's just for sex so why bother doing your hair for him? Unless you just Luke having your hair done always for you, but it makes no sense to do your hair specifically for him when it'll just get messed up soon.he doesn't care about your hair, he cares about that p**** lol.save the hairstyles for guys you actually go out on dates with11|00|0
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Under orders from Peter Stuyvesant the Dutch erected Fort At Hoorn Kil (Lewes Creek) 1659 but were soon dispossessed by the Marylanders. Here was also a communistic settlement established in 1662 by Mennonites from Holland under Peter Cornelis Plockhoy. Sir Robert Carr, 1664, "Destroyed quaking colony of Plockhoy to a Naile."
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LOCATION: Lewes. On Savannah Road, south side of railroad tracks intersection.