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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Those 2009 resolutions and some SS&M goodies...
While I won't bore you (or embarrass me) by listing each of my resolutions out...I will tell you that I have some lofty goals for 2009.
One of my goals for 2009 is to send out more cards, more specifically to send out a birthday card to each of my family members acknowledging that I remembered their birthday. I know that's terrible that I am so bad at that...but I am resolving to change it :)
I realized that in ordered to get this done I would need to be on top of having a good supply of cards ready to go. Last year, Natalie did a challenge where she created several cards during the month of January. So, I have decided to "lift" her idea and create 1 new card each day for the month of January and post it here on my blog in order to keep myself on track.
With that being said...if any of you would like to join me...please do so! Leave me a message here for each day that you want to participate and I will put a link to your blog (or gallery, posting, etc.) at the end of each of my postings so everyone can check out your card that day too :)
Okay...so enough rambling, here's my card that I whipped out early this morning. (I needed 1 more thank you card for Christmas gifts...I need to get these out of the house first):
Also, I have been busy creating some fun things for Scrappin' Sports and More. They have some really neat things coming out at CHA. They will also be focusing on their custom papers...you can get papers from scrappin' sports that are personalized for you! How cool is that? I opted to get some school papers with my children's school names on them and also some basic paper that says celebrate. Here are 3 little projects that I have completed (I will be sharing more soon):
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Super challenge! I will cheer you on!
- January 1, 2009 at 2:47:00 PM PST
- Bella and Aidee Mom said...
Hey Friend...I love the colors of the card...And your little boy is so sweet eating that goodie...Cute stuff...Krista
- January 1, 2009 at 6:56:00 PM PST
- Renee' Morris-Dezember said...
Good goal!!! You can do it - LOL
I love that SS&M will personalize stuff :) It will make projects really fun!!! TFS
- January 1, 2009 at 7:11:00 PM PST
- Sharon Caudle said...
What a CUTE card Jen!!! I love that! Love the layout too! Best of luck with your resolutions! Can't wait to see all your fabulous card!! Hugs!
- January 1, 2009 at 7:36:00 PM PST
- Regina Easter said...
oh my word, these are awesome...
- January 1, 2009 at 8:26:00 PM PST
- DonnaMundinger said...
Well we'll see how this goes Jen. Here's my Jan 1 card. Don't know if I can keep this up but I'll try.
- January 2, 2009 at 8:12:00 AM PST
- DeeDee said...
Ooooh I love them all...great job girlie!!! HUGS!!!
- January 2, 2009 at 7:24:00 PM PST
- moknowsall said...
hello - just found your blog today. love your work - very much my style. keep it up.
- July 30, 2009 at 1:16:00 PM PDT


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Dr. Gore was a hunchbacked mad scientist who operated out of Skull Dungeon, where he was apparently trying to create a race of superhuman beings through reanimating dead bodies. His greatest creation was Smasher. When Max arrived to stop him, Dr. Gore quickly apprehended the Mighty One and locked him up in an upstairs cell. Max escaped however and Gore ended up chasing him around his laboratory in an effort to stop him. After Max tripped him down a flight of stairs, he used a ball and chain to smash the eyeball-shaped generator in the lab, causing the entire dungeon to blow up. Although Max teleported to safety using the Cosmic Cap, both Gore and Smasher perished in the explosion.

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I think I have officially decided that my new year isn't going to start until Feb. at this point lol. I just can't seem to get things going just yet for some reason. It is all good though. Taking time off of the internet when you WANT to is not neccessarily a bad thing. one of my main goals for this year was kind of a two part thing: Take more time for myself, and to take this site back to being PERSONAL and FUN like blogging used to be, and so far it is working out.
Thursday my mom came over and we went out and did some couponing 🙂 I am loving that she is coming over more frequently like she used to. I don't know why but she used to be over here at least once every 2 weeks if not every week and then bam she didn't come over for several months! I know when we first got marley I wasn't really able to go anywhere until we got the kennel, but still she could have came over!
Anyways, she brought a ton of stuff when she came over and then we went to walmart and harris teeter.
Then on Friday I needed my hair colored and David needed his cut so we went over there for lunch and to visit…I am some shade of blonde/red/orange that resembles Sam but just a bit darker. The only thing I Hate about blonde hair is it is so fly away and it seems to always look tabby! I didn't realize at the time that my hair needed cut as well so..next time i suppose.
Davids brother was over here yesterday and I swear I am lucky I have hair left. He gets on my nerves SO MUCH …I can't even explain it but all he did was drink our sodas and keep eating and eating! i was like OMG if he opens one more soda or eats one more thing I am going to FLIP. I am talking like.. MASSIVE popping open soda and eating. He ate at the chinese buffet, then finished off 2 bags of chips, a huge bowl of cereal, then a meal from mcdonalds and.. yeah 20 min after the mcd's he was in the pantry digging for chex mix! Also , we just bought 6 packs of soda on sale at CVS last week and he was popping my sprites right left and sideways. Hello, there were diet cokes, and water? UGH
Also, his brother FLICKED MY DOG IN THE HEAD THIS MORNING. Marley likes to bark or lick or what not and we might fuss at her but no big deal you know? she is a freaking DOG .. Anyways he had been trying to full forced hit her a couple of times but david was around and he backed off.. so when he did flick her as hard as he could right in the top of her head I was about to take him to the ground but he almost BROKE HIS FINGER doing it so i felt vindicated about it. He is just SO impatient! like just because his dog must be scared into submission doesn't mean ours needs to be! UGH. David said he hadn't noticed when I brought it up, but he said from now on he'd pay attention. (He was in the bathroom when the flicking event happened)
Well this turned into a longer post than planned and I should have maybe made it PW protected due to some things mentioned but OH WELL lol.
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Adventure Camp 2013
In our August edition of RealTime, we shared some highlights of our junior and teen camps for Jewish children ages 8-15. Now we're excited to tell some of what happened at our adventure camps for ages 16-18. This year's adventure camp Bible lessons were based on the book of 1 Peter and centered around the theme, "The Joy of Reaching the Goal."
In California, 39 campers (including four newcomers!) spent a week house boating on Lake Shasta. Right from the start it was clear that God was present and was actively working in their lives. Toward the end of camp, one of our staff shared part of her story and how the Lord has been with her through both the good and bad times. This resonated with many of our campers and their response showed how much of a family bond they had developed with each other. The week ended with a special worship time and campers sharing what God had done in their lives during camp. By the end of the week, two campers had surrendered their hearts to the Lord for the first time, and nine recommitted their lives to Him.
Meanwhile, our adventure camp programs on the East Coast and in the Midwest joined together for the first time on a wilderness canoe trip on the border of New York and Pennsylvania. We felt it was a great success. At the beginning of the week, all 16 campers (including three first-timers!) were intentional about giving the Lord the week and inviting Him to work in their hearts, regardless of where they were spiritually right then. One of our campers shared how he doesn't have any other friends who believe in Jesus and how much he looks forward to camp every year as an opportunity to be strengthened and restart in his walk with God. One night at the end of the week, everyone shared stories about what we had seen God do in the last year, and it was a rich time of transparency and acknowledging together who God is. By the end of camp, 12 campers made a clear choice to keep growing in their faith after camp.
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It's official:
Official Ohio Democratic Party Endorsements
U.S. Senate: Sherrod Brown
Governor/Lt. Governor: Ted Strickland/Lee Fisher
Attorney General: Marc Dann
Auditor: Barbara Sykes
Secretary of State: Jennifer Brunner
Treasurer: Richard Cordray
Supreme Court (O'Donnell Seat): A.J. Wagner
Supreme Court (Resnick Seat): Ben Espy
Around the horn:
Did John Reardon drop out of the race for State Auditor? If so, we lost a great candidate from the Mahoning Valley.
As far as I'm concerned, that's another good reason to vote for Chandra.
Chandra is from Cleveland. I like him, but that won't help democrats carry the Mahoning Valley in 2006.
Marc Dann represents part of the Mahoning Valley and will definitely help us turn out the vote in 2006.
I think both are highly qualified candidates, but because of the Noe Scandal, better known in the western portion of the state.
The real factor here should be fundraising. Any down the ticket race must have the finances to be competitive in the general election. Then again, we must focus on the Auditor and Secretary of State races to gain the apportionment board.
I'm pulling for A.J. Wagner. I knew him when I was a youth and he first got into politics, as he was a friend of my father.
That was also probably my first experience with "dirty pool". We had a yard sign for him that was repeatedly vandalized, destroyed, or stolen. In fact, this was a widespread problem for his campaign. He won the county auditor seat anyway.
That said, I'm not sure how it serves the ODP to make endorsements at this stage of the game unless one candidate is *vastly* more qualified than the other(s).
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According to the phone number listed as the day time contact for John Reardon, he is going to make a statement in the next few days.
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Yes were in contact many years back.I have since gone past the block I posted back in 07.I lost a great deal of the research I originally had (didn't do a back up or make paper copies).
I have noticed you posy on Ancestry.com as well but you don't have a tree that I can find.
I think I recall telling you that my Aunt Nita was the onen that inspred me to begin with and I finally got a copy of her research that she printed in 80 just 4 years before she passed.She is buried in the McCombs Cemetery in Irondale, AL.
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I was listening to the radio on my way to work today and heard an advertisement that piqued my interest. The spokesperson described how his company provides solutions to their client's problems before they are even aware of them. By being proactive to their needs, that service company has never had to actually "sell" anything to them. Wow, what a concept. I would imagine that any person involved in sales would love to have that type of relationship with their client. I would like to explain how targeted direct mail can help facilitate that sort of relationship between auto dealerships and their prospective clients.
It's no secret that the process of buying a vehicle can be very intimidating, with many variables to consider. It can be an overwhelming task for any consumer who does not live in that environment from day-to-day. Targeted direct mail can be a great vehicle (no pun intended) to help prospective car buyers visualize the process by putting personalized equations and scenarios in front of them. By doing the math for your prospects, you will be empowering that buyer and giving them confidence to start negotiations.
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These "trade-up" style direct mail solutions are ideal to send to your dealer database as well as those conquest prospects who meet the criteria of in-the-market buyers. A proven approach would be to hit those in your database with a handwritten or e-mail style letter that is coming from the desk of a General Manager. "Do the math" for your prospects with targeted direct mail and you will be setting your sales team up for success.
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PS only off by 1.5 months, not bad Baku
I found these and felt obliged to come back and post them
RIP Immortals, you live on in our hearts
See you all next year when I get bored at 3am again
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Tenda chicken fingas
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I've been pretty good. Haven't played League in a while though. How have you been, my #1 aussie friend?
Wow... that's pretty freakin' horrible. She should've been giving you the money over time or at least maybe saving it up for you instead of stealing it and spending it on herself. Is there anything you can do about it? I mean if you were supposed to get the money then can't you take it to court or something? And I was kind of in a similar situation with my mother taking a part of the child support that was supposed to go to me. Never really did anything about it though.
I think you did the right thing. It's not good staying in a household where you aren't welcome, and were you've been lied too for a long time. I'm glad that you found a place to live though, now you can start working on school like you have been. I wish you luck Kangaroo-man! Be strong :)
Oh my goodness. Well, I hope that everything is doing good besides that. Getting kicked out is no good... :( What caused it if I may ask?
HIGH FIVE IT WORK! That's what I'm majoring in :) Getting ready to graduate from a community college and head to a university. Pretty darn excited! Except for the fact that most of my hours I worked on in the community college doesn't transfer... but whatever haha.
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St. Andrews Running Tours is a small tourism business, based in St.Andrews, Scotland. They organise group running tours for tourists, students or anyone interested in getting to know the town's history in a slightly more fun way! For this website, I made the navigation very simple, allowing users to easily find out more information on the tour (prices, times, route etc). I also created a simple booking form which notifies the business owner via email as soon as a new booking is made.
Lastly, I designed physical fliers and t-shirts for this business, which are now distributed around the town and helping to generate offline business.
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Efficiency key to surviving £400m dairying losses
Efficiency key to surviving £400m dairying losses
By Philip Clarke
MILK price cuts are set to take over £400m from farmer incomes this season, leading to the biggest upheaval since the introduction of quotas.
"The ones that will survive will be the ones that are technically and financially efficient," Bibby head of marketing, Duncan Rose told milk producers meeting at Losely Park, Surrey, this week. "But many dairy farmers do not even know how much it costs them to produce a litre of milk." Using industry figures he showed that, on average, variable costs were expected to come to 9.4p/litre and fixed costs 10.6p/litre, giving a total of 20p/litre.
That left less than 2p/litre profit, assuming an average milk price of 22p/litre for the 1997/98 milk year. Even the top performing 25% would only make a margin of about 4p/litre.
"More than half the costs are overheads, so one of the keys to survival will be to lift yield and so reduce fixed costs per litre of milk produced," he said.
But just increasing concentrate use was not always a viable solution. Low yielding cows would certainly respond, but high yielders would need a lot more cake to get just a bit more milk. Much would depend on the relative values of milk, quota and concentrates.
Assuming a milk price of 22p/ litre and a leasing cost of 10p/litre, that suggested there was 12p/litre potential margin to go at. A low yielder might require 0.4kg of concentrate to produce one more litre of milk which, at £145/t, would cost 5.8p/litre, leaving over 6p/litre. But a high yielder would require 0.8kg more cake at an equivalent cost of 11.8p/litre. In this case it would be hard to justify feeding for extra yield.
"Taking a 6000-litre cow, increasing yield by 250 litres over the lactation would give an extra margin of £12, equivalent to an across-the-board increase of 0.2p/litre," said Mr Rose.
Lower feed prices were already helping offset the slump in milk prices, he added. The £25 to £30/t fall seen so far this year was worth 0.7p/litre to the farmer. Further gains could be achieved by manipulating milk constituents.
For those on flat rate milk contracts, it may be worth lowering butterfats. A 0.5% drop would release an extra 9% of butterfat adjusted quota, effectively allowing another 593 litres to be produced from a 6000 litre cow. After allowing for higher feed costs, this could increase margins by 1.37p/litre. "Producers on constituent based contracts should also consider dropping butterfats, though the economic benefits depend on the individual farmers contract and quota position."
• Improving milk quality is fundamental to the survival of dairy farmers, Andy Marshall, Losely Park farms manager told the conference. But achieving that needed a total farm approach, with attention paid to every detail, from buildings and cow comfort, to staff morale and personal ambition. *
Table 1: Milk production costs 1997/98
Variable costs
Purchased feeds4.0
Quota leasing1.5
Vet and med0.6
AI and recording0.6
Other costs1.0
Total variable9.4
Fixed costs
Property charges1.5
Total overheads10.6
Total costs20.0
Table 2: Cost of producing an extra litre
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The Great Comic Book Cover Homage Streak: Week 14
It occurs to me that it seems like many comic book covers are homages. Which is fine with me. I have no problem with it. It just made me think, though, how long could I go before I hit a week where NO new comic book was released that had a cover that was an homage to something? Let's find out! Here is an archive of all the cover homages featured in the streak so far! I initially planned on skipping last week's Diamond's Christmas "skip week," since only a handful of titles were released, but was there still an homage cover in those handful of comics?
Yep, as it turns out, one of the many covers for Deathmatch #1 from Boom! Studios was an homage! Trevor Hairsine homaged Mike Zeck's classic cover to the first issue of Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars.
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Guy Davenport Studio: Architectural Design by Keith Plymale
Guy Davenport approached Keith Plymale, principle architect of Volume 21 Architecture, early in Plymale's career. The architectural concepts that drive the unique designs by Volume 21 Architecture were originally developed in Kentucky, while Plymale was a key faculty member at the University of Kentucky College of Architecture. Plymale later became the head of the undergraduate program at the UK College of Architecture.
Guy Davenport Style Considerations
Guy Davenport (November 23, 1927 – January 4 2005) was a renowned writer, artist, and philosopher who lived in Lexington, KY at the time. When Keith Plymale was approached to design an ideal writing studio for Guy, he was honored. The architectural drawings, and the built studio that Plymale envisioned, were a blend of Davenport's writings and personal style together with Plymale's design principles.
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Engagement sessions are the best! I absolutely love them because they are always different and unique to each couple. They show off your personalities, your style, and quite simply your love for each other. Aside from an engagement party, these photos are typically the first start to your official wedding festivities after "she said yes"-- so enjoy it to the fullest! Here are a few helpful tips for making the most of your engagement session:
This is so incredibly important for any photo session. Just have fun with it! Sure, wedding planning can seem stressful at times, but it all goes by so quickly you should simply enjoy yourselves every step of the process (especially during your engagement pics)! Goof around with each other, dance it out, whisper in each other's ears, crack a joke, ladies--jump onto his back, guys--pick her up and spin her around, LAUGH! I strive to capture natural moments not stiff cheesy poses. I'll get you started in a basic position but don't be afraid to move a little on your own! Yes, there will be times that I'll ask you to do something a specific way, but if you can relax into that pose it will look way more natural. Don't be afraid of doing something that doesn't work. If you do, I'll just tell you to put it back the way you had it or try something different-- it's no big deal and as I said before, just have FUN!
It's totally normal to be anxious or nervous for your photos, but it's important to not let that feeling take over. Just keep in mind-- you can't mess it up! This is most likely our first time working together so the first few minutes are just as much a warm-up for me as it is for you! I'm learning what makes you guys comfortable, what makes you click, and what makes you look good, and you're learning how I work. About 10 minutes in, any hesitations you may have initially had should start to fade. And fella's this tip is especially important for you-- Don't worry about what your friends are "going to say." You're about to marry the woman of your dreams (so show her some lovin')! I guarantee that you will look way worse if you try to play it "cool" and don't want to crack a smile. Again, you cant mess up and I pinky-swear I will make it as painless as possible! Many guys actually admit that it wasn't so bad or that they even had a good time once the session is over… so keep an open mind!
It's no secret that when you look good, you feel good. I like to have several different looks mixed into an engagement session for a couple reasons… It not only adds variety to your photos, but most people don't typically dress to the nines on a day-to-day basis. Start with a more casual look (I'm talking jeans and a nice top, sundresses for the ladies, plaid and cowboy boots, etc.). This allows you to feel good yet comfortable at the start of the session when we are both warming up to the shoot! By the time we are ready for an outfit change, you guys will be loosened up and ready to step things up a notch in the wardrobe department. When you dress up for a night on the town you tend to stand a little straighter, walk with some swagger, check yourself out in any reflection you can find… you immediately have more confidence. Wear something that makes you feel HOT and you will without a doubt see that confidence and attitude shine in your images. With the variety in outfits you are able to explore and show off the different sides of you!
This should be pretty easy-- I mean, you are getting married right?! I understand that some people are more private with their affections than others. My husband for instance was not interested in having a bunch of "kissy" photos during our engagement session, which is totally fine! One of the first things I always ask my couples is how comfortable they are with that and then we go from there. Being "lovey-dovey" goes way beyond kissing anyways (and let's be real, you can do a few small kisses without it becoming a make out session). Hugging, holding hands, looking each other in the eye, touching foreheads or noses, and simply laughing together are all beautiful ways of showing affection!
Incorporate elements that have special meaning to you! Photos are naturally sentimental, but when you take it a step further and think outside of the box, they become even more unique and special to you! Your engagement ring is a given, but what about other jewelry from your fiancé, parents, or a grandparent? Does the groom-to-be have a signature look-- bowties or an awesome pair of shoes? The couple above had matching jerseys with their last name on them back from Todd's soccer career! The meaningful element could also be a location-- the place where you were engaged, or perhaps a favorite hang out spot. We have up to 2 hours for our engagement session so we have time to travel around a bit if desired! I also often get asked about dogs-- I LOVE dogs, they are always more than welcome to any HKPhoto session. Consider some hobbies that could be incorporated, or perhaps you are interested in doing a completely stylized shoot (which are always welcome and so much fun!). There are so many wonderful options!!!
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The main aim of the HTP-GlycoMet proposal is to develop technologies, which will enable high-throughput analysis of glycosylation of individual proteins from body fluids and cell membranes and apply them to understand some key processes in immunity and infections. Glycan anal...
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I chose this pic today because I don't like posting without a pic for you all to enjoy. It also reminds me of myself in that I've always been more comfortable staying at home in the safety of this house which means I miss out on doing so many things with my friends but it is time for me to transition into a butterfly and get out and enjoy life with my friends so for the next two weeks I am going to go on a vaca to Des Moines, IA to spend some time with a very dear friend,,,,my friend I've had the longest on my journey. Patti and I went to 1st grade together and all the rest of our elementary years as well and we have remained friends through all the adventures in our journeys. We didn't see each other during our teen years but later as adults we reconnected and found out we still like all the same things, quilting, beading,,,,just being creative so these next two weeks will be spent creating magic. I'll post pics when I return.
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SAGES emerged from several years of deliberation about curricular design and course requirements for CWRU undergraduates. The faculty who worked on the task force that designed SAGES articulated a vision that has guided the program since it was first piloted in 2003:
"As the CWRU undergraduate develops into a learned member of society, he or she should be able to conduct scholarly research or pursue other creative endeavors, first under the mentorship of our faculty, then as independent scholars and ultimately as mentors to those who follow. … Achieving this ambition requires that the student master essential skills while a member of our community. Ultimately a CWRU student should, well before graduation, be able to define a problem, critically research background material, and communicate an effective argument or response to that problem. The response could involve written or oral presentations or any number of artistic endeavors that seek to affect the thinking of other people."
Fundamental to this vision was a belief in the importance of seminar instruction, inspired in part by the Boyer Commission's 1998 report, "Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities":
"The focal point of the first year should be a small seminar taught by experienced faculty. The seminar should deal with topics that will stimulate and open intellectual horizons and allow opportunities for learning by inquiry in a collaborative environment. Working in small groups will give students not only direct intellectual contact with faculty and with one another but also give those new to their situations opportunities to find friends and to learn how to be students. Most of all, it should enable a professor to imbue new students with a sense of the excitement of discovery and the opportunities for intellectual growth inherent in the university experience."
In the same spirit, the Boyer Commission declared that research must be integrated into the undergraduate experience—that students, under the guidance of faculty mentors, must create knowledge, not merely absorb it. Such research activity would culminate in a senior Capstone project, in which students demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind they had acquired throughout their college experience.
The commitment to this vision has produced an undergraduate learning experience that distinguishes CWRU from most other research universities:
By these means, SAGES fulfills the educational mission of the research university as described so powerfully in the Boyer Commission's report:
"The research university owes every student an integrated educational experience in which the totality is deeper and more comprehensive than can be measured by earned credits. The research university's ability to create such an integrated education will produce a particular kind of individual, one equipped with a spirit of inquiry and a zest for problem solving; one possessed of the skill in communication that is the hallmark of clear thinking as well as mastery of language; one informed by a rich and diverse experience. It is that kind of individual that will provide the scientific, technological, academic, political, and creative leadership for the next century."


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Old Spann House Trail is a 2.4 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Winchester, Tennessee that features a lake. The trail is rated as moderate and primarily used for hiking and trail running. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Old Spann House Trail is an easy to moderate trail. Just a little over 4 miles, the easy sections are flat or rolling and the moderate sections have inclines with exposed roots and rock. It has a few minor stream crossings. It is an out and back trail with a loop at the end
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GAFCON is a way of "reclaiming Anglicanism the way we received it." --- Benjamin Nzimbi, Archbishop of Kenya.
GAFCON is "the beginning of a second reformation." --- Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda
The conscience of fallen human beings is often mistaken (it needs to be educated by the Word of God) and often sleepy (it needs to be awakened by the Spirit of God). True also, some people deny that they have any sense of sin, insisting at the same time that everything is relative now, for there are no moral absolutes anymore. Do not believe them. For by creation God still endows all human beings with a moral sense, which our inherited fallenness has distorted but not destroyed. Unless and until people so violate and smother their conscience as to 'cauterize' it (a word Paul uses in 1 Tim. 4:2) or render it insensitive, it continues to trouble them. They know they are sinful and guilty, however much they may protest to the contrary. --- From The Messenger and God: Studies in Romans 1-5 John R.W. Stott
Prisoners of a corrupt nature. It is when we see ourselves as we are, on the one hand rebels against God and under the judgment of God, and on the other prisoners of a corrupt nature, that we come, like David in Psalm 51, to despair of ourselves and to cry to God for mercy. --- From "Favourite Psalms" by Milton Keynes
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
It all began here in the Holy Land. Now, 2,000 years later, it is happening all over again. The faith is being declared in clear apostolic terms, no compromise, no fudging, and no redaction. 1200 Anglican pilgrims committed themselves this week to restating what the first apostles believed. They have done it with resounding clarity and conviction.
The faith once for all delivered to the saints got its highest and most resounding affirmation from bishops and archbishops, clergy and laity who came from the four corners of the earth. Black and white mixed easily and comfortably. There was no contradiction or uneasiness. Everyone is on the same page with regard to the Gospel, God's true mission for the church - The Great Commission.They listened to lectures on church and society, evangelism, theological education, culture, intertwined with Bible studies.All the while, they were singing hymns of praise, studying the Word of God, and reclaiming the faith they were taught by missionaries who brought the gospel to them, eschewing the innovations and moral marauding that characterizes much of Western Anglicanism.
As Evangelical sociologist Dr. Os Guinness observed, when atheists and agnostics convert to Christ, it is to Biblical and Evangelical faith that they are converted, and not to liberal/revisionist versions of Christianity. One is converted FROM Spong's Gnosticism to a living faith one is not converted to his brand of Christianity, if indeed one can call it that.
From this writers' perspective, it was probably the greatest single gathering of international Anglicans that I have ever experienced in my life. It has been a privilege to be here. The people, place and content of this conference are picture perfect.
Before it is over, I will have written some 20 stories, and posted a dozen top columnists reflections on it. I will undoubtedly reflect on what happened here for weeks to come.
History is being made here. The turmoil in the Anglican Communion, brought about by years of doctrinal and moral degradation, denigration and desecration culminating in the consecration of Gene Robinson, is the reason these pilgrims are here. Had the Anglican Communion, its Instruments of Unity and its leadership not gone astray, this conference would not have been necessary. The innovators and modernizers started it all. These pilgrims finally said enough is enough. They want the Anglican Communion to go back to its roots. That is why they are demanding accountability from those who have moved away from the gospel.
It was no surprise then that in his opening speech Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola referred to the innovators as "apostates" and went on to say, "We cannot, in the developing world, allow ourselves to be kept in a spiritual dungeon". Tough talk, but then the Nigerian Primate can never be accused of shyness. He is blunt and plain spoken. When it has gotten him into trouble, from time to time, he shrugs his shoulders and carries on. He won't be bullied by the media or dumbed down by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He has accepted his fate as the Anglican Communion's lightning rod for orthodoxy. His minder keeps a wary eye on him at all times. During Holy Communion, I happened to be sitting near him. During the 'peace" he warmly shook my hand.
Akinola will retire shortly as leader of the Nigerian Province. I am told that whoever follows in his footsteps will make no change in the church's direction. If anything, the next person may be even tougher and more outspoken. That is hard to imagine, but then the Nigerians are on a separate page from the rest of Africa. This was dutifully noted in a humorous moment with a Ugandan bishop observing that when East African bishops pray, they get down on their knees. Nigerians, on the other hand, raise holy hands to heaven. The pilgrims roared with laughter.
So what happened here? When you break through all the media spin and hype, here is the bottom line.
There will be no rival or alternative Anglican Communion, at least for the moment. What has been set in motion is a structure that will flesh out over the coming months, resulting in, perhaps, a new communion, a year or two down the road.
The final communiqué coming out of GAFCON on Saturday will be presented in two weeks to the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lambeth. It will reaffirm what orthodox Anglicans believe. It will be a statement that goes back to the future. We are told that this is not a "moment" but a "movement", but in truth it is more than that. The Rt. Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, an AMiA bishop, theologian, Seminary Dean and author, sees it is as the genesis of a new Anglicanism arising out of the ashes of a communion that has gone theologically and wildly astray.
In a paper he delivered here, he said, "we are in a period of testing and reception." He wrote that if Lambeth fails to adopt GAFCON, then the Global South, the orthodox body that has led the way during all this time of turmoil should, at its 4th meeting in January of 2009, initiate steps leading to a council in two years which would "affirm the marks of faithful Anglicanism...and begin the reformed Global Anglican Family comprise of all those provinces, dioceses and congregations...to align with it."
Naysayers will wring their hands and say it was a flop or it "fizzled", as TIME magazine reported, because no declaration of a split occurred. That is to underestimate and downplay all the hard work and necessary pre-theological and ecclesiological ground work that needed to be done for this conference even to occur.
One thing is certain. GAFCON has given the green light for a new North American Province to form. That is good news.
It is the secular media that have been most mischievous and misleading with screaming headlines about gay-bashing and homophobia, and with alleged attacks by GAFCON folk at the Gay Pride Parade. It is all lies and fiction. It never happened. The parade came nowhere near the hotel. The one LGBT representative here at GAFCON, a Mr. Ian Baxter, spoke at the "gay" rally and never once mentioned GAFCON. In truth, their parade flopped. There were no incidents and 99% of the pilgrims did not even know it was going on. It got brief mention in the "Jerusalem Post". I will write more at length about the venality of the secular media's attempt to spin this conference.
I have posted some 20 stories about GAFCON and at least 20 more with hyper links to VOL's website. Read some of the brilliant analysis by others of this meeting. I have attempted, wherever possible, to provide primary source documents on this conference. While VOL believes that News Analysis is important, we believe that you should have access, as much as possible to original documents, so you can draw your own conclusions.
When the final draft of the communique is released on Saturday, VOL will put out a special digest with commentary for you all.
A CHURCH OF ENGLAND bishop will defect to Rome, soon after the Lambeth Conference, according to Damian Thompson, editor in chief of the "Catholic Herald." He wouldn't name names, but he says there could be more to follow. "I can't tell you much more than that at the moment, because the negotiations with Rome are so sensitive - and the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, who distrust Anglican traditionalists, are quite capable of throwing a spanner in the works," he writes. "Fortunately, Pope Benedict XVI is more open to experiment than Pope John Paul II. He is taking a close interest in the progress of the rebel Traditional Anglican Communion towards reunion - a process which is under the control of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, not the Vatican's woolly-minded ecumenists." Stay tuned.
In other news this week, in the DIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Bishop Charles E. Bennison managed to walk away from Presentment charges that he misused diocesan funds.48 hours later, word came down from the judges at the ecclesiastical court that Bennison was found guilty on the two charges that he covered up his brother's sexual assault of a minor.
The court found 9-0 against Charles Bennison on count 1, was for failing to stop the sexual abuse and failing to act with respect to his brother and 6-3 against him on count 2 for the cover up. No word on the penalty. Word has it that Bennison will appeal, which comes as no surprise, but he has only one shot at it. As I am out of the county, I have posted David O'Reilly's story from the Philadelphia INQUIRER. I spoke to a couple of Episcopal bishops here. They said Bennison is finished. They also indicated that he would get something more than a "wrist slap". Bennison is still not out of the woods. In early September, he faces a civil court trial. There he will find out the meaning of public humiliation during cross examination by John H. Lewis Jr., Bennison's humiliation is far from over. He is reaping what he has sown. He has virtually destroyed orthodoxy in the diocese and it is payback time. His own Standing Committee wants to see him gone, a humiliating end at the hands of his own fellow liberals. As one observer noted, the moral stench at diocesan headquarters will take time to dissipate, however. A Bennison clone will surely succeed the unbecoming bishop.
Just when you think things couldn't get any better, the 11 CANA churches in Virginia learned that had won their case on Constitutional grounds. The VA. Court upheld the constitutionality of the Virginia Division Statute to end an Episcopal attempt by the DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA to seize control over their church property. The Fairfax County Circuit Court ruling confirms the constitutionality of Virginia Division Statute (Virginia Code § 57-9). The 11 churches named in the lawsuit are members of the Anglican District of Virginia (ADV). "We are pleased with Judge Bellows' ruling," said a CANA spokesman. After meticulous examination, the judge ruled to uphold the constitutionality of the Virginia Division Statute against all of the Free Exercise of Religion. You can read the full story in today's digest.
In the DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO, it was reported in the "San Diego Union Tribune", "Family" section that Episcopal Bishop James Mathes ordained a partnered homosexual man for his diocese. Mathes supports gay marriage - ordination, open communion, and every heretical statement that comes out of the month of Jefferts Schori. One observer noted that he is deliberately driving the conservatives out, but in a very covert and cowardly way. As more is revealed, we will let you know.
In the DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA, it was reported in a local newspaper that a Lewis H. Kerman and the Rev. Dr. Clark Gregory Wright Trafton, a retired Episcopal priest, were married Friday morning at the Riverside County Clerk's Office in Indio, California. Kerman is 55 and the retired as dean of the undergraduate business program of Rutgers in Newark. Trafton, 73, is a retired Episcopal priest and psychoanalyst who was interim rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Jackson Heights, Queens, from 2002 to 2005. He held the same post from 1995 to 1999 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in Manhattan. He was also on the staff of the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute in Manhattan.
Sadly, we note the passing this week of HENRY CHADWICK, scholar of Early Christianity. He was 87. The Very Rev. Henry Chadwick was an Anglican priest, professor, editor, translator and author, whose historical voyages into early Christianity won praise for depth, insight and evenhandedness helping to shed light on modern religious problems. His death was announced by Cambridge University, where Professor Chadwick taught and held administrative positions. In an obituary written for "The Guardian", Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, called Professor Chadwick, who was knighted in 1989, an "aristocrat among Anglican scholars." "The Anglican Church may not have a pope, but it does have Henry Chadwick," Archbishop Williams said, suggesting that that this is a common view. Chadwick was an evangelical. His most quoted line, spoken during a debate at the Anglicans' General Synod in 1988, summarizes his own life's work of finding answers in history. Professor Chadwick said, "Nothing is sadder than someone who has lost his memory, and the church, which has lost its memory, is in the same state of senility."
A volunteer is sought for a medical missionary post in Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya. Canon Percia Hutcherson, a longtime missionary of the Diocese of Los Angeles, established and operated a medical mission 20 years ago in the Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya, Africa, which works with crippled children and adults. Now 86, she is retiring from that ministry, and the diocese is seeking a volunteer missionary to succeed her. The new missionary will work under the auspices of The Rt. Rev. Thomas Kogo, bishop of Eldoret. The diocese is located in the Eastern Africa nation of Kenya, in the western portion of the country. For further information about the Eldoret missionary opening, contact the Bishop's Office at 213.482.2040, ext. 236.
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Yelmo Cines the First to Go 100% Digital in Spain
The 400-screen conversion cost $160,000 per screen and began last November.
MADRID - Spain's leading national exhibitor Yelmo Cines announced Monday that it has completed the digitalization of all 400 screens in its circuit.
"It's been a huge effort both economically and logistically," Yelmo director Fernando Evole told the Spanish financial daily Cinco Dias. "An effort in development to try to continue to offer our clients the best movie experience possible. We're all used to enjoying digital quality with televisions, telephones or iPads, which are systems that offer continuous quality without lines or vibrations, without normal deterioration with the passing of time."
The digitalization process, which makes Yelmo Spain's first fully digital exhibitor, cost €120,000 ($160,000) per screen and began last November. Of the 400 digitalized screens, 192 boast 3D capability.


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Piccolo New York was one of 38 vendors that came together for a special holiday pop-up at a beautiful SoHo loft. The venue was transformed into a winter oasis filled with handmade jewelry, homemade candles, velvety sweets & treats, and our cozy cashmere. What made this event really special was the unique opportunity to mingle with some talented designers and artists, while picking up the perfect holiday gift. We had a blast and loved meeting new and old friends!


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The 2017 Idaho high school boys basketball state tournaments tip off Thursday, March 2 at various sites throughout the Treasure Valley. Follow the links below to get all the latest matchups, scores and updated brackets from all six classifications.
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Puzzles, Word Games, Printables, Miscellaneous!
Test your knowledge of written Spanish with these puzzles and word games!
Try your hand at these challenge jigsaw puzzles! Click on the Latin America puzzle and the South America Puzzle.
This link will take you to a crossword puzzle that you can complete online. You can alter how the clues are given from English sentence clues, to letter scramble, to even clues in Spanish. They state that this is level one, but some of the answers might be a little into early intermediate.
This website also has a lot of other online games to explore. If you wanted to use it for a couple weeks, they have pronunciation exercises, listening exercises, flash cards and many other options.
This site has short online lessons that might work well in conjunction with some Homeschool Spanish chapters. They also have some interactive games like crossword puzzles and word match. There are also listening games. I noticed they also included a dictionary. I typed in a verb and found out the english definition as well as useful expressions in Spanish using that verb. From their website:
1) Listen to countless Spanish sound examples.
2) Use our many different and interactive vocabulary trainers to improve your listening, spelling and memorizing skills.
3) Fill out exercises and exams, submit them, and have them checked immediately by our website.
4) Enjoy the beautiful design of our websites with lots of pictures and interactive features to make learning Spanish with us a fun experience.
Matching, Crossword puzzles and word find. Pictures appear to be geared to smaller children, although the vocabulary used in the exercises can be for older or younger learners. The puzzles are grouped by themes (colors, kitchen, weather, etc.)
This site is chalk full of options. Everything from classroom posters and lessons for teachers, to printables, "quizlets", a blog that informs you when there are new items downloaded to the website, word games, interactive games, and even a you tube channel that focuses on specific lessons. This is a UK site and the pronunciation used is that of Spain.
The link above will take you to a list of games. There are a variety of types of games. I noticed a scrabble game, a color sudoku, and the variety of regular types of word games on websites like crosswords and matching.
All kinds of games and printable exercises. The website has a search bar that you can use so you can focus on specific vocabulary. For example, want some games / exercises to work on colors? Just type in colors in the search bar.
Check out this fantastic website from Enchanted Learning on World Geography. Many activities for different age groups. Pick something appropriate for the age of your child.
Need printables for supplemental Spanish work for your child? This is an amazing site with an amazingly long page full of tons of activities related to Spanish language learning, organized by theme!! Many activities could be used to complement the Units in the Homeschool Spanish program.


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JURASSIC WORLD is almost upon us. The latest dino adventure comes out in less than two weeks and to help get your juices flowing we've got a brand new featurette for you below. This behind-the-scenes look at the Colin Trevorrow film takes us inside the park and details the brand new vision for the JURASSIC franchise.
I'm still not 100% sold on this flick, but obviously I'll give it a chance with some cautious optimism. They had better not let me down again...
Starring�Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D�Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, BD Wong�and Irrfan Khan, JURASSIC WORLD was written by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly & Trevorrow. Steven Spielberg�Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley produced.�
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BY: Marjorie Galas, Editor
Salvador Perez felt a little uneasy walking the red carpet at the 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards. The president of the guild and active costume designer (he builds and creates the fashions worn by Mindy Kalig and the cast on the Fox show "The Mindy Project") always gets taken by surprise when the cameras are pointed his way.
"For someone who is usually behind the camera making sure everybody looks good, it's very disconcerting to be in front of the camera," said Perez.
While many of the press who gathered at the CDG where clamoring for the attention of the evening's special recipients Judd Apatow (Distinguished Collaborator) and Amy Adams (LaCoste Spotlight Award), Perez was happy for the ever growing attendance of the event and the recognition of the nominees, and a show he felt would be exciting to attendees who've experienced it in the past.
"By it's nature it's fresh because there is a new batch of nominees each year. As costume designers we are so often a forgotten department. People thing it is all shopping and how hard can that be, but we are story tellers and we bring the characters to life," said Perez.
Backstage, Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Mini Series winner Ellen Mirojnick shared the fact that the costumes she designed for "Behind the Candelabra" have been included in the Liberace Foundation's collection. "What an honor that is, I can't even begin to tell you," said Mirojnick. Tom Broecker, winner of Outstanding Contemporary Television Series for "House of Cards" (a category in which he was a double nominee; his second nomination was for Saturday Night Live) will be gathering a number of the pieces he created for the first season of the series in his personal collection. Contracted only for the first season, Broecker was excited to have set the blueprint for the series.
"I look at it like raising a child, and now the child is ready to go to college and you just hope that you did your best job and it's up to someone else to take it forward," said Broecker.
Caroline McCall, winner for Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series picked up the reigns of previous award winning costume designer Susannah Buxton as "Downton Abby" was approaching the third season. While she recognized the challenge of stepping into a position that had previously won an Emmy and CDG Award, she worked to not let her fear take hold.
It was very intimidating, especially knowing the first costumes I would be designing would be for Mary's wedding. But you kind of have to put all that pressure behind you. You have to put aside all the thoughts of what a massive success it has been or else you would just be paralyzed. I really got to stay true to the actors and the characters."
The evening's highlight was when Career Achievement recipient April Ferry took the stage. Her career began in 1968 and her credits include "The Big Chill" "The Edge of Love," "Donnie Darko" and the HBO series "Rome." Backstage Ferry stated she had no problem embracing new technologies and the challenges they've placed upon costume designers. While reluctant to be negative on a joyous occasion, she did express her concern for patterns affecting the production community in California over the last century.
"I miss the resources that we used to have that we don't have any more because the business is not here," said Ferry. "I am working here for the first time in ten years. I've been all over, and I love traveling and I love working in other places, but it is really nice to be home."
For a complete list of the evening's winners, please visit the Costume Designers Guild website by clicking the link below:


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The final table for MPC 2018, Red Dragon Event is now set. After three days of grueling competition between all the participating poker pros, now there are only 9 players, awaiting for the chance to fight their way out to become the Champion. The Macau LIVE poker room would be set on fire as the competitors indulge in a cut throat competition with an intention to win the title, the prestigious trophy, the HK$3,055,000 first prize and the PokerStars Players NL Hold'em Championship (PSPC) Platinum Pass worth US$30,000.
China's Junhao Hong has entered the final table with a significant chip lead of 4,610,000.
Unfortunately, the two Indian Poker players, Kunal Punjwani (24th position) and Rajesh Rajpopat (43rd position), even after playing on Day 3, couldn't survive the felt till the final table and were eliminated after shipping prize money of HK$75,900 and HK$52,500, respectively.
Red Dragon Main Event – Day 3
Junhao Hong is leading the chip stack at the final table. Female poker player Ying Tang started Dy 3 with chip lead but couldn't but unfortunately got busted at the 12th place, unable to secure her seat for the final table .
Other notables who fell on Day 3 include UK's Matt Moss, Hong Kong's Raiden Kan and MPC26 High Roller champion Juicy Sixao Li.
India lost its representation at the final table after Agarwal and Rajpopat were busted. Punjwani was eliminated by Jiang Ho Huang.
Final Table Chip Counts
1. Junhao Hong – 4,610,000
2. Jiang Ho Huang – 3,985,000
3. Zhou Tong – 2,965,000
4. Alvan Yifan Zheng – 2,830,000
5. Minho Lee – 2,655,000
6. Aleksei Opalikhin – 2,200,000
7. Dongqi Lin – 1,680,000
8. Zhenhua Lu – 995,000
9. Jiming Chen – 535,000


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It's hard to be black when you're ethnically ambiguous. But what's not is to hear the questions "What are you?" or "Where are you from" a lot. For me, the answer's kind of complicated. It goes a little something like this: So, my dad's from Cape Verde, that's a country in Africa. But he grew up in Cape Cod, that's in Massachusetts. My mom is Jewish, she's from New Jersey. She didn't like being a Jew from New Jersey so she moved to Boston, met my dad, had me and my sister. We're all Baha'is. I know that's a little confusing because I just said I was Jewish. Culturally I'm Jewish, religiously I'm a Baha'i. It's a faith about unity. You should look it up sometime. But I am black.
Growing up, I didn't always love being black because all my friends were white and I didn't like being different. Let me give you an example. In seventh grade I wasn't invited to Amy McCarthy's birthday party. So what do you do when you're in middle school and you're not invited to a birthday party but all your friends are? You cry in the bathroom, which is where my dad found me.
"PJ, why ya cryin?"
"I'm not crying."
"PJ, why ya cryin"
"I wasn't invited to a birthday party."
"Who's birthday party?"
"Amy McCarthy's."
"Who's that?"
"You don't care."
"You're right. I don't. But, ah, who was invited?"
I told him.
"Huh. There's no black kids on that list. Jane, get the school directory. We're calling this Amy McCarthy's parents and getting PJ invited to this <em "mso-bidi-font-style:="" normal"="">racist birthday party."
Now, first of all, I didn't know that being black was a reason that you could not be invited to something. This was hard to hear as a young kid. But I had to stop my dad right there because I wasn't about to be the first kid invited to a birthday party via affirmative action.
But the lesson was clear: race matters and being black can have real negative implications on your life.
At the same time I really wanted to be black because my dad loves being black. He loves his black friends and I always knew when they would call.
"Hello, this is Kevin Andrews. Nasif? Man, I looked at a piece of dog shit today and thought of you. Whatchyou calling me fo?"
And he loves black culture so, Saturday morning clean ups, long car rides, we were listening to Quincy Jones, Luther Vandross, Anita Baker. And I think we owned every single book with the word "black" in the title.
And he loved seeing black people succeed. So he opened a charter school in Dorchester, which is an inner city neighborhood in Boston, with the express purpose of bringing a quality education to the kids in that neighborhood who wouldn't necessarily otherwise have access to one. And the slogan of the school is "Succeed Anywhere."
So I really wanted to be black, but I didn't know how to be because, like I said, all my friends were white. When I got to high school there were a lot more black kids around but they were all bussed in from Boston and they didn't really intermingle with my white friends. So I had this sort of awkward tension where on the one hand I didn't want to alienate my white friends by reaching out to the black crowd but, on the other hand I couldn't reach out to the black crowd because I didn't know how to be black. In hindsight I probably could have just tried "Hi. My name is PJ." But that's another story.
When I got to college, I came to a new realization; that I was Indian. I found this out because I was talking to one of my friends and he was like:
"Yeah so I was talking to this girl and she was like 'Hey, that PJ guy, is he Indian?'"
"That's funny. Why would she ask that?"
"Dude. Everyone thinks you're Indian."
Turns out, I look really Indian. Growing up, everyone knew my dad so they knew that I was black. But in college people didn't have this information so I was just some Indian kid walking around campus.
So as I'm dealing with my newly found Indian identity, I am, for the first time, embracing my blackness. So what does it look like when you embrace your blackness in college? You enroll in all the race studies courses, you move into the Africana Center, and you start doing spoken word poetry. I did all three of those things … And I went to Africa. What?!
I did my study abroad in Ghana and when I got there I found out that not only was I not black, I wasn't even Indian. I was white. My childhood self would have been so happy but, my college self was trying really hard to be black so this wasn't welcome news.
I found this out because I was walking across the quad one day when I heard a guy call out:
"Hey. White man."
I looked around for the white man and realized he's looking right at me. He said it again like I was an idiot.
"Hey. White man. Come here I have some toilette paper and peanuts for you."
I got mad. I was like "Dude, look at my skin. I am black."
Unfortunately I chose to pick this battle with a guy that makes Wesley Snipes look pale. He came up to me with a dumbfounded look on his face. He put my arm next to his arm, just like this, then pointed to his arm and said "Black." Then he pointed to my arm and said "White." And at this point I was just like dude, fine. I give up. I'm white.
Every year my dad goes to something called the black men's gathering. The Black Men's Gathering takes place in Maine, of all places, over the course of a week in July. And it's a space for men of African descent to learn how to be spiritual beings in a world that's not so kind to black men.
My dad had wanted me to go to the Black Men's Gathering for many years but, it was't my dad that convinced me to go but, his very close friend, Patrick.
Now Patrick is black. He's from Detroit. And he's seen it all. Just to give you a sense of what I mean by seen it all. One time, my dad said "PJ, ask Patrick if he's ever been shot."
So I did. And he told me about the time he was stuck up at an ATM.
"This fool came up behind me and said 'gimme your money.' I said, 'muthafucka, you gon have to shoot me to get my money. And the muthafucka shot me. And he took my money. Now you know.'"
The first time I met Patrick he took me out to lunch and I was expressing to him why I was hesitant to attend the Black Men's Gathering.
"You know, I don't feel black enough, I don't feel spiritual and I look at my dad and uncle Gene and uncle Billy and I just can't live up to all that."
"Boy, fuck your father, fuck Gene, and muthafucka fuck Billy too."
Turns out, that's exactly what I needed to hear because I went to the Black Men's Gathering.
Over the course of the week I was literally and figuratively embraced by a sea of black men whose tranquility, confidence and assurance shone like the sun.
Some people were black like Patrick, some were black like me, some weren't like either of us. But that didn't matter. What mattered was that we loved each other, and we supported each other to become the best human beings we could be, whoever that was.
During one of our sessions, I looked around at these radiant black men, these powerful souls, all different, all unique, but all untied and I recalled Patrick's eloquent words and realized that I had finally broken free from the need to learn how to "be black." And for the first time I just was.


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http://www.bustle.com/articles/136320-i-used-cleansing-cleansing-conditioner-on-my-fine-hair-heres-what-happened for the original article. Based on the findings of Emily McClure. Emily wanted to see if the Amazon available product lived up to all the hype surrounding it. So she decided to try it out on herself, so she documented her use of the product over a seven day period.
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Day 1, Wanting to see if Wen would help her she started her trail. Claiming her hair to be greasy, frizzy, and unruly. As she washed her hair, she says it felt thicker and did not notice any hair falling out into the tub while she washed it as she usually does.
As day two began, she reported her hair was a little more greasy than usual.
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Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) - Three members of the Morgan State University football team were hospitalized with stab wounds following an altercation Tuesday outside a campus dining hall, the Baltimore Police Department confirmed.
All three players sustained life-threatening injuries, according to Baltimore police, though the Baltimore Sun reported that one victim is in serious condition after being stabbed in the chest.
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at a gathering sponsored by the Morgan State student government and several fraternities and sororities. A university spokesman said a suspect was observed swinging a knife outside the cafeteria.
No arrests have yet been made, though the Baltimore police issued a statement saying that the department is in the process of speaking to several persons of interest.
Tuesday was the first day of spring practice for the Morgan State football team, which earned a spot in the 2014 FCS Playoffs as the champion of the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference.


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