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The Ministry of Motherhood
Happy Mother's Day! My wonderful husband made my day with helping me get a straight 5 hours of sleep, making us a delicious breakfast, and chatting with me for a while on the couch while our little man slept in his arms. All real luxuries these days! I'm so grateful for him and for baby Nolan who gives me this new, humbling role of being a mom. Still hasn't really sunk in!
It seems fitting today to share a little bit about what new mommyhood has been like at our house. With a baby who only sleeps while being held, on the surface my days have been comprised of a lot of sitting on the couch with him in my arms. Some days I'm lucky if I get a shower before 2pm or can fix my lunch with two hands. I have become increasingly adept at doing things one-handed and typing long things with a few fingers on my iPad (like this!). And having my mom visit for a few weeks and give so generously of her time, sleep, and energy to help out proved to be one more reason I am incredibly grateful for my own mother as well! Here's one of my very favorite photos from her time with us.
This has been a big and not always easy transition from being a full time counselor at school to being a full time stay-at-home mom, at least while I'm on maternity leave for the next few months. I have gone from caring for complex heart and soul needs of multiple kids of all ages and thinking through days critically and clinically to caring for the very basic needs of one very small human. This can seem quite mundane at some moments and like a monumental responsibility during others. Yes, life right now definitely revolves around feeding, sleeping and diapers. But having had a time during college when I poured over attachment theory and child development I know it's also about a whole lot more. It's about helping Nolan learn the fundamentals of love and human relationships that will lay the foundation for his ability to function well and to develop his own healthy relationships for the rest of his life. To let God use him to bless and serve people and to grow into the person he was created to be. That's an entire human life that depends upon the ministry of two parents. Ministry that right now means hours of sitting, holding, feeding, and praying, and later will mean hosting sleepovers, talking about girls, helping with homework, and more praying. My incredible mom did it for me (and still does!) and it continues to make all the difference in my world. (Here she is looking amazingly put together after baby me turned her whole life upside down!)
Some days when I get to hear how kids at school are doing, a part of me wants to go running down the hill to see and support them, especially when I hear how they're struggling. And while it will be hard to be away from Nolan for short times, I'm thankful I'll still get to work with the students at school part time next year. But right now is for our baby. And even when I'm able to return to serving in the community more again, from now on I will also have this other unparalleled ministry of being a mom with all it's joys, quirks, and challenges. One where sometimes seeing your baby's first real smiles are enough to suddenly make it all feel worth it.
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I finished the spring covers and installed them in the car. Above is the paper template used for cutting out the 20 gauge steel sheet. One side has a cut-out for the battery cable.Continue reading
I finished the spring covers and installed them in the car. Above is the paper template used for cutting out the 20 gauge steel sheet. One side has a cut-out for the battery cable.Continue reading
I bent a cover for the nose of the rear spring…it might keep the larger arachnids and rodents out of the car. Just need to bend the other one and splatter some paint on them.Continue reading
Better now. I have some rust and other stains on the otherwise nice condition top and side-curtains, so need to tackle that at some point…
I've fitted the side curtain frames to the doors, after much fooling around. They have yet to be painted, as you can see, and they also need to be mangled to the proper shape top to bottom. Here they don't look too bad!
Here's the panel on the car. There should be a piece of rubber beading above it, which is contiguous from both rear fenders. When I do the final beading, I'll add it. The panel should also be flush with the edge of the rear center panel, but I didn't care for the look, so recessed it a bit.
As you might have come to expect as a faithful reader of this blog, I had to try again after messing up my first attempt at the license plate panel. What you see above is the sorta-finished second item.
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I got the panel for below the rear bumper cut out and the wire bead bent to shape. 3/16″ steel doesn't really want to bend that easily and I'm guessing symmetry isn't going to be this panel's strong suit…
Sorry for the lack of activity here at Rusty Heaps, but it's been One of Those Years. In any case, I did finally get the second door skinned, so I'm running out of excuses for not tackling the front fender on the passenger side. Aside from a lack of funds, anyway.
Many many moons ago, my buddy Paul gave me this gearbox in exchange for some help on his Mark II (to be clear, he's an innocent party here). That's a genuine XJ6 gearbox, and I was going to use it as the centerpiece to convert my own car to a manual. But, and this is what life is now like for me (alas, alack, etc.), BAC Rusty (who sold it to Paul) had created a special lightweight version which might just be too hot for this car.
I have one door done! I am excite, as the kids say, mainly because it's another thing actually done. Note if you're really going to do door skins, go read Ron Garner's Mad About Morgans posts on the subject–he has genuine wisdom to pass along, unlike yrs trly. I'd guess the metal part of the door took about 20 hours of my time; it will be interesting to see if the other door goes quicker. I doubt it.
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The Sac Bee has the story here:
The Bee Article Continues
Responding to forecasts of devastating job losses, top state officials said Wednesday that California's historic global-warming law will do minimal harm to the state's economy and will result in modest job growth.The California Air Resources Board released a long-awaited analysis that says AB 32, which requires substantial reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, won't inhibit economic growth and will even add 10,000 jobs when the law fully takes effect in 2020.
The ARB's own study is itself a rewrite of an analysis that had been deemed by some as half-baked.
The agency's first analysis, released a year and a half ago, said the law would boost economic output 0.3 percent in 2020, when most of its provisions fully kick in and greenhouse-gas emissions are supposed to fall 15 percent. That study was criticized in some quarters for being too rosy; the Legislative Analyst's Office called it "inconsistent and incomplete."
Here is what the study group had to say about the study in an Appendix. My comments are in brackets [ ]
The new study is somewhat less optimistic, but not by much. It says economic output will fall 0.2 percent in 2020, yet the state will actually create 10,000 more jobs than it would have without AB 32.
- First, considerable uncertainties surround any projection of future economic costs (or benefits). [ Admission by CARB and the Study Group they really do not know what they are doing. ]
- Second, while the analysis considered a range of scenarios, a general result emerging from the ARB's analysis is that the impact of AB 32 on the California economy will be modest relative to the overall California economy. [ The results depend on the input assumptions and there assumptions produced a positive result, other assumptions could different results.]
- Third, as the report indicates, the impacts on individual sectors can differ significantly. Some sectors likely will experience increases in economic activity levels, while others might experience declines in economic activity relative to the reference case. [ Some business will be hurt, especially those that rely on automobile travel.]
- Fourth, we appreciate the report's serious attempt to make use of available data and the detail with which it considers various energy technologies. [ All the data need to do a robust analysis was not available. ]
- Fifth, we would point out some general limitations in the ARB's analysis.
- The ARB's analysis does not capture some important elements related to the overall impact of AB 32. [ They did a lot of guessing. ]
- The ARB report (as well as some similar analyses) focuses on the economic impacts of AB 32 within California. It does not address the important question of the environmental and economic impacts outside of California. ....as indicated in Section 3 below, some specific impacts of AB 32 are highly sensitive to input and modeling assumptions. [Garbage in -- Garbage out]
- The ARB study of economic impacts focuses on the year 2020. This is therefore not necessarily reflective of the impacts for 2015, let alone 2012. [ They really have no idea what the real impacts are.]
- The ARB's modeling does not consider alternative ways of allocating emissions allowances or the potential implications of alternative ways to return allowance value. [ Yea, as they point out these alternative "can have very significant impacts on the overall cost of AB 32 as well as the distribution of this cost across various households and businesses." In other words if they did not use CARB's rosy numbers the cost could be much greater.]
Plus this admission:
Each of the models employed by the ARB was only partly suited to addressing the economic impacts of AB 32. [ As the Legislative Analysis Office pointed out these model are not suited for forecasting job loss or growth.]Suggested changes to the models:
- Updating the forecast to reflect recent economic trends and forecasts. [ California economy is in a hole and the go go growth rates in the CARB numbers distorted the analysis.]
- Re-examining the transportation demand forecasts. [ The transportation demand forecast was based on a real increase in personal income of 2.9% per year to 2030. Highly unrealistic given the economic hole California is currently in.]
- Integrating expected age structure changes into the forecast methodologies. [Boomer's will be retiring and older folks drive less. This should be taken into account.]
Call me at 273-8085 if you would like to sign the AB32 California Jobs Initiative Petition. Here is link to the Appendix: Download 2010-03-23_EAAC_REPORT_Appendix.


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Home / viral news / Human Ken Doll Has Spent $25K On Hair Transplant for His Transformation Into Barbie
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Human Ken Doll Has Spent $25K On Hair Transplant for His Transformation Into Barbie
Regardless of claiming remaining month that he was now not going to get any extra plastic surgery, the Human Ken Doll has started his alleged transformation into barbie. He isn't transitioning right into a lady due to the fact he has gender dysphoria, but due to the fact his "bits have began to fall off".
Thirty-four-year-old Rodrigo Alves said that another motivation behind his sex change is that he would rather be a "sexy old lady" like Caitlyn Jenner, rather than a "saggy old man". Now his transformation into the world's most famous plastic fantastic doll has begun.
On Friday of last week, the Human Ken Doll had his 59th cosmetic procedure – a hair transplant. The procedure took a gruelling eight hours, and it's safe to say that it was completely unnecessary as Alves already had a good hairline for a man his age.
However, Alves has said that since he begun to bleach his hair blond, his hairline has receded. To put himself into the best possible position for becoming Barbie later in life, he decided to make sure that he had a suitable hairline with the $25K procedure.
In an interview with the MailOnline, Alves said that his main aim from having the surgery was to "look younger" and a more feminine looking hairline would help him to achieve this.
"I don't think that I look like a masculine guy, and once my new hair grows I will be more delicate looking," he said.
"There is a saying which states that blonds have more fun," Alves said in his interview with the MailOnline. "Since going blond I have got lots of attention from guys and girls, but after bleaching my hair I started to lose it from my hairline.
"I guess that it happens with most people when they bleach their hair but being myself, I always try to find a quick fix."
Explaining how the painful procedure worked, Alves said, "I flew to Los Angeles to have 3000 grafts of implants alongside a high dose of stem cells and PRP injections. I asked Dr Kahen and his team to lower my hair line, as it will make me look younger."
"Once the hair grows fully it will look like a female hairline. Men of my age [don't] have a teenage hairline anymore."
"I have always done what makes me happy, and I would never follow a beauty trend set by society," Alves added. "I am unique, and I will remain this way for as long as I live."
To date, Alves has spent over $500K on cosmetic procedures which include 10 nose jobs, silicone chest implants, and eight-pack abs. But this is the first surgery Alves has had in a bid to feminise himself in preparation for a future sex change.
"I'm continuing to feminise my appearance slowly rather than doing everything at once like Caitlyn Jenner," Alves said, according to the Mirror.
"I tell my close friend Marcela Iglesias from the Plastics of Hollywood that we will both go to Argentina as females in beautiful gowns and play poker."
The Mirror reported Alves saying that he is already being mistaken for a woman:
"I am an exotic looking man, I have a mixture of male and female features already. Quite often in public I do get mistaken for being a woman, I have very delicate features and look different.
Even in the toilets, while washing my hands guys see me and think they are in the wrong bathroom."
Dr John Kahen has said Alves will begin to see the results of the hair transplant within a few months.
Alves has said that he expects to complete his transition into a woman when he is in his 50s.
Transforming into a Barbie Doll may sound like a bizarre thing to do, but it's actually more common than you may think. Here are seven people who have dedicated their lives (and wallets) to becoming a "human Barbie".
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Lowell, AR – Yesterday, United Way of Northwest Arkansas celebrated the re-opening of 2-1-1 service for our community in Northwest Arkansas! An Open House & Celebration was held at the new United Way of Northwest Arkansas office in Lowell, with a special announcement about 2-1-1 at 2:30.
When 2-1-1, the easy-to-remember, three-digit, Arkansas-wide information and referral system ceased operations in October 2009 due to lack of state funding, it left a gap in services for Northwest Arkansas residents dependent on the system to obtain and provide help to meet their health and human service needs. Guided by the 2008 Community Indicators Report, which showed that access to health and human service programs is important to our area, United Way of Northwest Arkansas (UWNWA) felt that re-starting 2-1-1 was a top priority.
The call center is located in the UWNWA office in Lowell, has one full-time, and two part-time, staff answering calls. Hours of operations are Monday through Friday, 8am – 5 pm. Official start date of the service receiving calls was July 8th, and since that date, the number of calls has increased daily, with an average number of calls per day above 30. If for any reason an individual cannot reach United Way NWA 2-1-1 from a home or cell, he or she can also dial 866.489.6983.
"United Way is providing funding to start the service again here for Northwest Arkansas, but will continue to look for grants and private donations to help sustain the operation over the long-term. United Way will also maintain the existing state-wide social services database, which will be accessible through the internet by all Arkansas residents at www.arkansas211.org," explained long-time 2-1-1 advocate and United Way volunteer David Bean. "This is an important service for our community," said Perry Johnson, another long-time 2-1-1 advocate and United Way volunteer. "You can imagine what it feels like to be at the end of your rope, making this phone call to a place that can tell you where to turn for help."
The database will be kept up-to-date for a possible expansion of 2-1-1 to other parts of the state in the future. Jill Darling, President of United Way of Northwest Arkansas, explained the importance of the service not just for Northwest Arkansas, but for the whole state: "When we first flipped the switch, before the filter system was in place to only receive calls in Northwest Arkansas, we received calls from every part of state. In one night, we had over 80 messages from people in need. One message was from a woman in a domestic violence situation. We were able to call her back and connect her to help she desperately needed."
Other remarks during the special announcement were also made by Roger Holroyd, (current President of the United Way of Northwest Arkansas Board), David Bean, Tim Summers (Arkansas State Representative & director of Decision Point), and Jill Darling (president of United Way of Northwest Arkansas).
About United Way of Northwest Arkansas
United Way is dedicated to helping advance the good of all in our community through focusing on key issue areas such as education, income and health to create lasting changes in our community. By engaging individuals and companies around giving, advocating and volunteering for these types of issues we can all work to Live United in Northwest Arkansas. For more information about how to Live United, please visit our website at www.unitedwaynwa.org.


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After an up-or-down vote, the Violence Against Women Act passed out of the House by a margin of 286-138, with 199 Democrats and 87 Republicans voting in favor of it. The bill had already passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote several weeks ago, meaning that it now heads to President Obama's desk to be signed into law.
VAWA was allowed to expire in September, 2011, and then stalled for all of 2012 over expanded protections for LGBT women, Native Americans and undocumented immigrants. House Republicans objected to these additional protections, and repeatedly blocked the bill.
On Thursday, after pressure from Democrats and from within the GOP itself, House Republican leadership allowed the bill to go for an up-or-down vote, after first voting on a Republican version of the bill that did not include the additional protections. That bill was expected to, and did, fail by a vote of 166-257.
In a statement, President Obama said that "Renewing this bill is an important step towards making sure no one in America is forced to live in fear." [...]
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., [also released a] sentiment:
There is absolutely no reason that it should have taken this long for the House leadership to come around on a bill that had overwhelming bipartisan support. But passage today is a validation of what we've been saying since this bill expired in 2011 –VAWA has never been, and should never be, a partisan bill. That is why I applaud moderate Republican voices in the House who stood up to their leadership to demand a vote on the Senate bill.
For the last 18 months, the House G-O-TEA let VAWA die and did nothing to actually bring the bill back to life. Only after feeling intense pressure from women's advocacy groups and a string of high-profile election losses did House Republican leadership finally agree to real VAWA renewal.
Yet even today, a majority of House Republicans voted AGAINST full VAWA renewal. And on top of that, 27 House Republicans voted against both the watered down VAWA that House Republican leadership preferred and the bipartisan Senate version that ultimately passed. Yes, that really happened.
But to their credit, both Reps. Joe Heck (R-Henderson) & Mark Amodei (R-Carson City) ultimately voted for the full VAWA. Heck had originally opposed full VAWA renewal last year. But this year, he finally changed his tune.
It's appalling that it's taken so long to pass a bill that had never been considered "controversial" before. But at least now, it's finally happened. And it provides a glimmer of hope that an end to the "tea party" "War on Women" may finally be within reach.


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Space Opera is one of those things that's easily recognizable but difficult to articulate. On social media, such as the Space Opera forum on Facebook, it's not uncommon for a new person to come along and innocently ask for a definition, little knowing the firestorm of posts and arguments that will be unleashed. Basically it is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, as well as chivalric romance, and often risk-taking. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities, futuristic weapons, and other sophisticated technology. The term has no relation to music, but is instead a play on the terms "soap opera" and "horse opera", the latter of which was coined during the 1930s to indicate clichéd and formulaic Western movies. Space operas emerged in the 1930s and they continue to be produced in literature, film, comics, and video games.
In the space opera worldbuilding narrative, certain tropes and themes so frequently re-occur in epic science fiction that you could draw up a list describing the "standard SF universe", as has been done on the TV Tropes website. Here we find mentioned themes such as a star-spanning or galactic Federation or equivalent, made possible by easy faster than light travel (jump gates,warp drive, jump-drive, hyperspace, etc); the peace enforced by space navies based on the Battle of Jutland (capital ships only) or alternatively the War in the Pacific (carriers and fighters), peopled by space marines and ship crews; the galaxy peopled by humans (terrans) sometimes assisted by android helpers, co-existing with various alien factions such as the proud warrior race, wise spiritual race, erotic blue or green-skinned space babes, and mysterious precursors or elder race; explorers seeking out new worlds, prospectors hoping to strike it lucky with an asteroid claim, with rebels and smugglers under the noses of the authorities, hostile governments and space pirates as ever-present threats, a sinister or genocidal enemy alien from beyond known space, and epic space battles where the future hangs in the balance.
In terms of realism, Space Opera ranges the whole gamut from Science Fantasy to Hard SF, depending on the author and the setting.


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A Heavenly Citizenship in the Third Day
by Joanne Panettieri
Hosea 6:2, "After two days will He REVIVE us: in the THIRD DAY He will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."
According to Watchman Nee in his classic book "Sit, Walk, Stand", we can not even begin walking our Christian walk until we are first seated with Christ. The command of the book of Ephesians is to SIT DOWN and rest by grace in the completed work of Christ, far above all rulers, authorities, powers, dominions and even titles!
I will never forget the day that the Lord made this a reality to me. I was at a prayer meeting in the spring of 2004 happily lost in worship. The Lord spoke to me very clearly and said, "From this day forward you will no longer pray from the earth realm up through the second heaven to reach my throne. After today you will pray from the position of being seated with me in heavenly places, far above, with the earth as my footstool."
The Lord then caught me up in a vision where I saw myself IN HIM and when I looked down my feet were in his feet and they were resting on the earth. All of my spiritual striving was then released in the total victory of the completed work of Jesus Christ ……I don't have to fight the devil because he's already defeated!! And he's UNDER MY FEET.
I must be SEATED in order to TAKE MY STAND, and maintain it!
I spent many hours pondering and praying and really trying to GET this and to make it a living reality. If I'm seated with Christ and as the Bible says, "Hidden with Christ in God", then I'm in HIM and He's in me AND WE ARE ONE. That means I don't pray TO HIM but His Spirit PRAYS THOUGH ME! The prayer of faith becomes the prophetic declaration that is the two edged sword that changes my circumstances!
"For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" (Heb. 4:12).
Now the Greek word for "two-edged" literally means having two mouths as a river or two edges as the blade of a sword. The mouth of the river is where it empties into the sea and "seas" in scripture represent the multitudes of people. When we prophetically declare the Word of God it flows from God's mouth through our mouth and effects those around us! We have the power to cut through and divide with the Word of God.
Adam must rest before he can work!
Watchman Nee went on to explain that God's last day was Adam's first day. God works before he rests, while Adam begins his life with the Sabbath and first must enter God's rest before he can begin to work! (Isa. 58)
"It was because God's work of creation was truly complete that Adam's life could begin with rest. In the Gospel, God has gone one step further and has completed the work in redemption. Christianity means that God has done EVERYTHING in Christ and we step into that by faith"[1].
The book of Hebrews confirms this when it says in Hebrews 2:8 that there is NOTHING that is not in subjection to our Messiah, we just don't yet see everything in subjection to him.
In being seated with Christ we are therefore raised up into the throne ministry! We are the Royal Priesthood and Overcoming Sons of God who inherit all that our Father has and we rule with Christ from his throne. We have an unlimited ministry beyond the veil, as we walk in the completed work of the Cross and all that that encompasses.
When we are sitting we are at rest, and we are not striving. We are sitting with Christ in the completed work of His resurrection. Jesus is raised from the dead and all things are put under his feet. (Eph. 1: 20-22). Positionally we are co-regents with Christ over all the demonic rulers and authorities which oppose Christ and us, that are located in the second heaven. The 2nd heaven correlates to the 2nd day, when Christ was buried and in the tomb. This is the death realm. Christians who are living in this realm are like Lazarus, wrapped in burial clothes and trying to fight off death and the demonic. But praise God, the Lord is saying in this hour, "Lazarus, COME FORTH. Shake off the grave clothes and be raised with Christ and seated with him in paradise in the 3rd heaven. Lazarus' name means "whom God helps" and he lived in Bethany which means "house of dates" or "house of misery". But Jesus said to Martha, "I am the RESURRECTION and the life". Jesus is the one who raises us up! The next time we see Lazarus he is feasting with Jesus. This is the realm of the Third Day or the day of the resurrection.
God has RAISED US
Eph. 2:6 "God has raised us with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus"
The word raised here is: sunegeivrw (Strongs 4891) and means:
to raise together, to cause to raise together
to raise up together from mortal death to a new and blessed life dedicated to God
The root world means to rouse from sleep, inactivity, disease or death, or figuratively from obscurity, inactivity, ruin or non-existence.
The fact that God has raised us is in the present perfect tense. The present perfect tense is used to describe an action which started in the past but is still relevant now. It is not an action which was started in the past and is finished, but it continues to be true to this present day.
COL 3:1 "If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. [3] For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. [4] When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory."
"If we can clearly see that we are here on earth, how is it that we can say that we have been raised up and seated with Christ in heavenly places. Do we have disappear from here in order to be there? Certainly not! Why? Because the only thing that separates us from that other realm is a thin veil. Both realms are in the same location
" My thesis is this: There is a realm in which we now live, just beyond the physical, in which we may "see" eternal things. This is not a matter of God "taking us some other place" to show us this realm but this "realm" is all around us now. For example; If we were with Paul when he was caught up to the Third Heaven when He "saw" unspeakable things, would we be aware that he left and went some other place? No! His body was on earth. In fact Paul couldn't even tell if he was in the body or not." 2
"For you have come to Mount Zion the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem."
This is where we, as saints, actually live…… on the Mount of Assembly and like Abraham we are looking for a city not of this world, but whose builder and maker is God. Our citizenship is in Heaven with the Lord while we live as strangers here on the earth……. pilgrims and aliens, because we are just passing through the natural realm.
We are the church on the earth and in the heavenlies declaring the manifold wisdom of God to the principalities and powers in the 2nd heaven. When God raised Jesus from the dead and raised him to his exalted position at the Father's right hand, God shifted the focus of life from the earth realm to the throne realm in heaven. Jesus is now the Lord of heaven and earth, as he has conquered death, hell and the grave. Jesus ascended far above all the heavens so that he could fill the whole world and now he is the HEAD OVER ALL THINGS. (Eph 1:22).
"Seated with the cosmic Christ, sharing his throne, is the cosmic Christian. As the cosmic Christ, He is Lord, He is God. As the cosmic Christian in Christ, I am a person of cosmic power. It is His power which operates within me.
As the cosmic Christ, His sphere of operations is the entire universe. From the perspective of Scripture, however, He is seen operating exclusively with reference to humanity. Thus His operations in the heavenlies and on earth all relate to salvation history – His love for humanity.
As a cosmic Christian my sphere of operations is the same as His, that is, in the heavenlies AND on earth. I am seated with Him in the heavenlies; I am also indwelt by him on earth". 3
You may ask how this translates into real life. We are to be the representation of and expression of Christ in the earth! We are to be the manifestation of HIS presence to all those around us. "As He is so are we in the world." 1 John 4: 17, one body, with many parts. God is not in the business of playing "church" with us. He is in the business of building HIS KINGDOM. We must be about our Father's business and be Kingdom builders! As we listen to the sound of his voice and obey what he commands us to do we enter his rest. It is only then that we will walk into our destiny, and BE the sound of HIS voice to this lost world.
Joanne Panettieri
[1] "Sit, Walk, Stand" by Watchman Nee
2 "The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare" by Dr. Ed Murphy
2. #13ATabernacle_ The Veils Between Realms – Leo Fenton http://eternalvisionministries.com/id447.htm
3 "The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare" by Dr. Ed Murphy


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Dr. Walberg has written and edited more than 60 books and 350 articles on such topics as the causes and effects of learning, teaching and instructional effectiveness, national comparisons of achievement, and educational measurement and evaluation, which have appeared in widely circulated journals, including Daedalus, Educational Leadership, Kappan, and Nature and in such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
Dr. Walberg is coauthor of several books published by or in association with The Heartland Institute, including We Can Rescue Our Children (1988), Education & Capitalism (2003), and Let's Put Parents Back in Charge! (2004, 2005).
Dr. Walberg was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Statistical Society (London), the American Psychological Association, the Australian Association for Educational Research, and most recently appointed by President George W. Bush to the twelve-member National Board for Education Sciences. Additionally, he serves as the vice president of the International Academy of Education.
Dr. Walberg has held research posts at the Educational Testing Service and the University of Wisconsin and has taught at Harvard University. He was an adviser to former U.S. secretary of education William Bennett. He has been frequently called to testify before U.S. congressional committees and federal courts on educational matters.
Dr. Walberg earned his Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Chicago.
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- Stop the War Against Standardized Tests - August 4, 2011
President Obama and the leaders of the teachers unions disagree with the view of citizens that schools, educators, and students should be held accountable for their performance on standardized tests. Despite strong public support for testing programs, influential educators have defined standardized tests as beasts that should be removed from schools. To quote one prominent critic, Gerald Bracey, they are "infernal machines of social destruction."
Political leaders have also revealed a deep misunderstanding about the purpose and use of standardized testing when they claim tests are too simple or too biased to measure up to the subjective judgments of educators themselves. Such claims are naïve or deliberately misleading.
Research and experience show that standardized tests are generally good at measuring students' knowledge, skills, and understandings because they are objective, fair, efficient, and comprehensive. For these reasons, they are used for decisions about admission to colleges, graduate programs, and professional schools as well as qualification and licensing for many skilled occupations and demanding professions such as law and medicine.
Given the misleading information and expressed views of some politicians and union leaders, it is worthwhile to review here the more specific reasons for using standardized tests.
Crucial Information
Student performance is a crucial element of a metaphorical three-legged stool that also includes standards and learning. When one leg is weak or missing, educational programs may be faulty, but if all three are strong, the programs can be strong. Standardized tests are used to measure the student performance leg of this stool.
If standardized tests are misused, of course, the program and student learning may be defective. When standardized tests are used appropriately, a great deal can be learned about how well schools function. That information allows educators and policymakers to make better-informed conclusions about how much students are learning, which in turn allows them to make better-informed decisions about improving programs.
Students benefit directly when they take tests that offer information on how well they have mastered the material intended for learning. School reading and mathematics skills, for example, can be precisely specified, and as students learn the skills, they benefit from ongoing information tailored to their specific, individual progress. Computers streamline this process by providing immediate feedback about correct and incorrect responses far more quickly and with much greater patience than teachers and tutors can provide.
Student Benefits
Educators can better help students when they know how a student's objective performance compares with others, and standardized tests can provide such information at low costs and very little class time. Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University's Department of Economics and the Hoover Institution has estimated that that the costs of tests are less than 0.1 percent of total spending on K-12 education and amount to an average of less than $6 per student.
Comparative studies by John Bishop of Cornell University found that countries requiring students to take nationally standardized tests showed higher scores on international tests than those in countries not requiring such tests.
In a second study, Bishop found that U.S. students who anticipated having to pass a standardized test for high school graduation learned more science and math, were more likely to complete homework and talk with their parents about schoolwork, and watched less television than peers who were not required to pass such exams.
Economic Benefits
Those who argue against standardized tests say that holding educators and students accountable for only mathematics and reading encourages them to neglect history and science. But this is an argument for comprehensive and systematic testing across the entire curriculum, not an argument against standardized tests themselves.
Those who oppose standardized tests also argue that the tests can only measure simple facts students can memorize. But tests assessing advanced understanding and judgment do exist. They may, for instance, require respondents to select the best idea from a group of different and compelling positions. They may require respondents to identify the best reason for action, the best interpretation of a set of ideas, or the best application of important principles.
Another complaint against standardized tests is that they cause stress among educators and students. But the world outside of school is demanding. The knowledge economy increasingly demands more knowledge and better skills from workers, which require larger amounts of intense study of difficult subjects. Yet American students spend only about half the total study time that Asian students do in regular schools, in tutoring, and in homework, a major reason for their poor performance in international surveys. Thus, reasonable pressure and objective performance measurements are advisable for the future welfare of the students and the nation.
Source of Pride
Finally, some critics of testing complain that tests cause malaise among educators. But good schools focus on student learning, not on the satisfaction of the professional staff. If the data shows that testing benefits students, it should be pursued even if there isn't unanimous teacher support.
Good student performance on tests should be a source of satisfaction among successful educators. The appropriate tests can reveal strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum and instruction. Our nation's poor achievement progress shows that substantial improvements in teaching and learning are needed—and progress on those two fronts can and should be measured by standardized tests.
This essay is based on Walberg's new book: Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform (Hoover Press), and is reprinted with permission.


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An intimate Greek Revival-Style home in the South Carolina.
Frances Schultz
Oct 2, 2014
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Airy rooms, elegant antiques, and sumptuous textures take full advantage of this intimate Greek Revival-Style home in South Carolina.
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A Welcome Grace
as the farm is called, is just the sort of place you might have found in the early 19th century on Wadmalaw Island, just south of Charleston, South Carolina. The classic Greek Revival–style house is at first glance modest and unpretentious, with gracious proportions and handsome features. A lovely porch looks over the water and invites the sea breeze. Triple-hung windows filter the golden Low Country light. A passerby might nod appreciatively and carry on her way. If invited in, however, she might swoon. One arrives at a country house and enters a palace.
The front facade.
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Architectural Gem
Well, maybe not a palace, but Birdsong is an architectural gem. It is also newly constructed and felicitous proof that, yes, they do make them like they used to—and sometimes better. Designed by the Charleston preservationist architect Glenn Keyes, the main house is a cruciform structure shaped by two intersecting hallways that are 12 feet wide, creating four square rooms with 13-foot-high ceilings.
Twelve-foot-wide halls join at the center, creating a grand, open space for entertaining. 19th-century Italian chandelier, Robuck. Decorative wall treatment, Scott Waterman.
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No Wasted Space
There is a sitting room, library, kitchen, and guest room. Added at the back are a master bedroom and screened porch. There is no dining room. Meals are taken informally in the kitchen, more formally at the round table in the central hall, or, for larger groups, at a long, narrow table running the length of the space. Says Charleston-based designer Amelia T. Handegan, "It isn't a huge house, but the scale makes it feel grand." With the hallways themselves functioning as living areas, she says, "the owners live all over the house. There is no wasted space."
A jute rug lightens the formality of period details in the living room. Sofas in a Savel velvet, Coup d'Etat. Armchairs in a
Scalamandré damask, Rose Tarlow Melrose House. Antique armchairs in an Old World Weavers fabric. Curtains in a Sabina Fay Braxton linen. Walls in Print Room Yellow, Farrow & Ball. Rug, Stark.
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Inspired Solutions
Such expansive hallways, however, create challenging spans of wall. Handegan's inspired solution is murals of surrounding scenes in the style of the 1920s Charleston watercolorist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. San Francisco artist Scott Waterman deftly emulated Smith's paintings, and the mural in each place in the house depicts the scene outside it. Says the owner, "It's what you'd see if the walls weren't there."
Tall bookcases delineate cozy nooks in the same room. Barrel-back armchairs, Soane.
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Soft, Watery Palette
Elsewhere, Handegan's soft, watery palette and light touch with materials and textures enliven Regency antiques and classical fixtures and art. Heavy silks and damasks are eschewed for cottons and linens. Oriental rugs share floor space with sea grass and jute, and period pieces are interspersed with contemporary ones.
In the library, curtain in a Sabina Fay Braxton fabric match the tone of the walls to make swags feel subtle. Chandelier, David Duncan Antiques. Walls in London Stone, Farrow & Ball.
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Refined Simplicity
The designer's sense of refined simplicity creates an atmosphere of elegance and ease that's suitable to the rural setting and to the owners' low-key lifestyle.
Antique four-poster with Leontine Linens bedding. Armoire, William Word Fine Antiques. Custom armchairs in a Calvin Fabrics linen. Curtains in a Rose Tarlow Melrose House fabric.
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Atmosphere of Elegance
The couple, who lived in the Midwest before moving to the South, divide their winter months between Wadmalaw and Charleston, where they are active in civic causes and conservation. Having worked with Keyes and Handegan in their Charleston house, the couple played to their team's strengths—and their own.
Crystal light fixtures and gleaming wallpaper dress up the master bath. Tub and fittings, Waterworks.
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Indeed, the husband prompted the house's design. Among his many interests—books, maps, art, and history—is the Civil War. A Florida native whose ancestors served in that war, he came upon a particular house in south Georgia while in the course of family research—one that he never forgot. With a floor plan of wide cross halls and corner rooms, he says, "it stuck in my mind for quite a long time." Heritage and history, like Birdsong's grand halls, intersect today in a place called home.
A palette of warm yellows and watery blues infuses the master bedroom. Tester bed, Niermann Weeks.
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And the winner is... Gary Buchanan!
The Susquehanna Folk Music Society congratulates the most outrageous liars in the Susquehanna Folk Festival Liars Contest!
FIRST PLACE: Gary Buchanan — Gary lives in Creston, West Virginia. He has participated in Liars Contests not only in West Virginia, but Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia. Gary often receives "Top Liar" when he competes, with occasional second or third place finishes. He has received a People's Choice Award.
SECOND PLACE: Robin Moore — Robin lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Since 1981 Robin has made his living as an author and storyteller, specializing in Pennsylvania folklore and oral traditions. He has written more than a dozen books, presented over 5,000 storytelling programs and claims over one million listeners. Robin serves on the faculty of The Graduate Institute.
THIRD PLACE: Sandy Schuman — Sandy lives in Albany, New York. He considers himself a storyteller, musician, and educator. Sandy chooses stories about songs and songwriters, personal adventures, historical sagas, folk tales, and stories in the Jewish storytelling tradition.
SFMS also thanks the other finalists who shared their stories with us.
Jane Dorfman lives in Bethesda, Maryland. She has recently started lying and says that she finds it "very freeing." Jane likes to tell traditional, personal, and Celtic stories. Jane performs at festivals and libraries, anywhere she is invited, including once at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission!
Gary Lloyd lives in Ashburn, Virginia. He figures that over the last 21 years he has told stories to more than 1.2 million listeners in hundreds of venues. Gary loves to mix fact and fiction so his audiences are both educated and entertained. Gary says, "Mom and Dad tried to teach me not to lie... but they failed."
Robin Reichert lives in Erwinna, Pennsylvania. She is a lifelong storyteller, writer, speaker, and lover of tall tales. Robin enjoys performing her captivating folktales and personal stories with the Lehigh Valley (PA) Storytelling Guild. She has published two books and a storytelling CD. Robin is a featured teller on public radio WDIY's "In the Tradition".
Jessica Robinson lives in Fairfax, Virginia. She began performing for audiences in 2007. Jessica now leads storytelling workshops for individuals and groups. She is co-author of the anthology "Roar: True Tales or Women Warriors," and writes under the pen name "J.P. Robinson". She performs her one-woman show at assorted venues.
Carl Rohr lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania. With three sisters and a love of fishing, he learned at an early age that good stories and lying go hand-in-hand. He enjoys both listening to and telling stories. Having lived in several states and traveled around the country, Carl has learned that a good story will bring the teller good returns. He wishes us all: May a good story always be with you!
Spike Spilker lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. He discovered storytelling in 1991 and got in on the ground floor in the new Susquehanna Storytellers Guild. He has told in the Untitled Harrisburg story slams several times. A habitual truth-teller, Spike will be going out of his comfort zone for this show.
Debra Takach lives in Duncannon, Pennsylvania. A retired teacher, she volunteers her time for various events and community activities. She is a member of the Susquehanna Story Telling Guild and has been telling stories for 20 years.


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On September 27, 2017, Pope Francis launched a global campaign to support migrants and refugees around the world. In collaboration with the annual celebration of Respect Life Month in October, the bishops in the U.S. are asking Catholics around the country to help kick off the campaign by taking part in a week of prayer and action for migrants and refugees from October 7-13.
Catholic leaders across parishes, schools, and universities can animate their communities to participate in the week of prayer and action:
At Masses (October 7–8)
- Distribute prayer and commitment sheets (in English and Spanish) in the pews, and say the prayer together at the end of Mass.
- Use the "Share the Journey" parish toolkit (with resources in English and Spanish) to:
- Pray for migrants and refugees in the Prayer of the Faithful.
- Highlight our commitment to our brothers and sisters who have fled their homes, placing it within the context of our commitment to protecting all human life during the homily.
- Mention the campaign from the pulpit and include an announcement in your bulletin.
- Ask a representative from a local Catholic Charities office (immigration legal services or refugee resettlement) to say a few words at the end of Mass.
In Schools and Religious Education
- Kick off the week with a special Mass praying for migrants and refugees.
- Start morning announcements or religious education classes each day with a different prayer intention for migrants and refugees.
- Showcase stories and pictures in newsletters and on bulletin boards from migrants and refugees who live both around the world and in the United States.
- Use lesson plans (elementary and high school) to articulate the reasons people leave their home countries, common myths about the issue, and what the Church teaches about it.
- Learn how one Catholic school is serving as a bridge for students on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Lourdes Catholic School, a Platinum level CRS Global High School, integrates social justice, service and advocacy into the school's curriculum.
- Read a brief reflection by the daughter of Mexican immigrants: "Bridging Borders for a Culture of Life."
- Share stories of migrants and reflect on those stories as you pray the rosary.
- Find other suggestions for educators at education.crs.org/migration or the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.
On Campus
- Spread awareness about the campaign online by using the hashtag #sharejourney.
- Host an event or table in a high-traffic area where people can sign up to join the campaign and/or sign advocacy letters asking Congress to support refugees.
- Plan a solidarity prayer vigil.
- Hold a simulation experience that helps people explore why migrants and refugees feel forced to leave their homes using this exercise from CRS, a guide from the Catholic Charities of Louisville, or the Refugees Seeking Safety tool from Cabrini University.
- Incorporate curricular resources about global migration into classes that week.
- Organize a speaking event. Contact your local Catholic Charities or another local agency serving migrants and refugees to identify people who would be comfortable meeting and sharing their stories.
- Learn how one campus is engaging the entire campus community in solidarity with refugees, and find other campus suggestions at university.crs.org/migration or the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.
And at Community-Wide Events
Rally your community to contact your elected officials.
During the Week of Prayer and Action, parishioners can speak out in support of migrants and refugees by contacting the Administration and Congress and letting them know that as a person of faith, you care about refugees and insist that our nation welcome these vulnerable families to our shores.
Join an organization in your community that is advocating for and with immigrants.
Check out action alerts about national and global legislation concerning refugees and immigrants from Catholic Charities USA, Justice for Immigrants (USCCB) and Catholics Confront Global Poverty (from the USCCB and CRS). Create personalized postcards or letters for people to sign during the week of prayer and action. Schedule a meeting with the offices of your Congressional members in advance of the week of prayer and action and hand deliver these letters or postcards at the meeting. Here are some tips for how to get started.
Host a community-wide prayer for migrants and refugees.
Invite people to participate in communal prayer like a prayer vigil, rosary, posadas, Holy Hour, or Stations of the Cross for the intention of migrants and refugees. Consider incorporating a walk into these prayer options to symbolize migrants and refugees on the move, with whom we share this earthly pilgrimage. See how one diocese engaged Catholics in prayer for migrants.
Provide opportunities for people to get to know migrants and refugees.
Host a potluck gathering including members from your community and migrants and refugees. Organize a speaking event or school assembly in your community. Contact your local Catholic Charities, CLINIC affiliate or another local agency, such as PCMRT Ethnic and People on the Move Communities serving migrants and refugees to identify people who would be comfortable meeting and sharing their stories. If you can't arrange an in-person gathering, encourage members of your community to get to know migrants and refugees by reading their stories.
Help people put themselves in our brothers' and sisters' shoes.
Hold a simulation experience that helps people explore why migrants and refugees feel forced to leave their homes using this exercise from CRS, a guide from the Catholic Charities of Louisville, or the Refugees Seeking Safety tool from Cabrini University.
Organize local community service.
Contact your local Catholic Charities, CLINIC affiliate or another local agency serving migrants or refugees to help determine the needs. Then, organize a day of service or a collection of the necessary items. Assistance is often needed in tutoring, language skills development, shelter, basic resource allocation, legal services, tutoring, job training, and transportation, and companionship. Even children can serve by collecting items or designing welcome cards for migrants and refugee families who are arriving in your community. If not already involved, your parish can also become part of the local Parishes Organized to Welcome Refugees Program, to organize ongoing program of welcome and support for newly arriving refugees. Contact USCCB Migration and Refugees for more information at email@example.com.
Offer a public sign that your community is in solidarity with migrants and refugees.
Consider a symbolic gesture to help create awareness, such as pitching a tent on the parish lawn with a sign about standing in solidarity during the week of prayer and action. Display posters or pictures in the gathering space with stories and ways to help.
Encourage education.
Challenge your community to learn about the issue. Invite classes and groups that are already meeting in your community throughout the week to spend some time learning about why people leave their home countries, common myths about the issue, and what the Church teaches about it.
Facilitate a USCCB training on Building Intercultural Competence for Minister (BICM) through the Subcommittee on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees and Travelers to empower seminarians, religious and lay leaders to serve migrants and refugees in the United States.
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Supermarket | Right | February 3, 2011
(I'm an employee stocking the shelf at one end of an aisle. A customer enters at the far end by the milk and is coughing constantly.)
Customer: *coughs*
(I briefly glance over. She's staring at the milk.)
Customer: *coughs again*
(There's a long pause. She's still staring at the milk.)
Customer: *loud coughing*
(I turn to see if she is covering her mouth, but instead see her charging down the aisle at me.)
Customer: "What is wrong with you?! I've been coughing to get your attention down there for five minutes! "
Me: "Ma'am, I glanced over at you several times. You never looked at me."
Customer: "Oh, yes I did! What does a person have to do here, fall on the floor and have a seizure to get some milk?!"


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Four-time Formula 1 champion Alain Prost and his Dacia Duster took first place at the Andros Trophy season finale held in Paris on the Stade de France this past weekend. Although the competition did not count for the championship, it attracted more than 50,000 spectators at France's largest stadium that was transformed into an ice-covered oval track. What they witnessed was a superb ice-skating contest for cars and bikes. Follow the break for the videos.
The former F1 ace drove the race-spec Dacia Duster Ice to victory after eliminating all of his opponents, including Olivier Panis (Skoda Fabia) and Jean Philippe Dayraut (BMW 1-Series), the latter being none other than the Andros Trophy champion and the man who will drive the Duster hill climb car at Pikes Peak in June.
"I would like to dedicate my win to Dacia and to the public who gave me such a warm welcome," said Alain Prost. "We really wanted to perform well today, and we did," he added.
All cars that participate in the Andros Trophy must look like their production counterparts on the outside while complying with certain regulations including four-wheel drive system, four-wheel steering, a three-liter six-cylinder engine with 340HP, a six-speed gearbox and special studded ice tires.
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Svatos signs with Blues
Well, well, our old friend Marek Svatos has resurfaced in the NHL. The St. Louis Blues have taken a flyer on Svats, signing him to a two-way, one-year contract this morning. He still needs to clear waivers first before playing with the Blues, but he did practice with the team this morning.
Svatos played this year in the KHL, but wanted out. Now he has a new home in St. Louis or its minor-league affiliate, whichever one.
Svatos' signing with the Blues guarantees he'll get at least one goal for them at least, whenever he plays against the Avs next.
Svatos lost all his confidence with the Avs last season and was just brutally awful much of the time, but there's always hope he can regain that old form that saw him get 32 goals his rookie year with Colorado.


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This past weekend my daughter and I went to the Metrolina Expo– which is like a small compressed version of the 127 sale and I LOVED it!! So many good finds to uncover!! (honestly, I could do an entire post on that. We took so many pictures and had a blast!!)
Throughout the sea of vendors I kept finding the old vintage ornaments like these.
This photo collage courtesy of Home Tools. (amazing right!)
To say, I love this style ornament is an understatement! They remind me of my childhood and the colors remind me of candy!! So, I am using these shapes and colors as my inspiration.
Now, on to the challenge!!
This project is for all ages and is PERFECT for the kiddos!
Skill Level- 1 Button
- cardboard (think cereal box)
- paint
- Mod Podge
- ultra fine glitter
- ribbon
- Draw your shape onto cardboard. Cut out.
- Punch a hole in the top center for ribbon to be added later.
- Paint shape. (*Since the cardboard is reclaimed, I like to paint it in a similar color to the glitter.)
- Cover one side at a time with Mod Podge and sprinkle glitter. **Tip: Sprinkle glitter over a paper plate for easy clean up.**
- Once dry, shake off glitter and repeat on other side.
- Loop ribbon through hole and tie in knot.
These are super simple I know. But the ultra fine glitter makes them look wonderful!! They are the perfect project to do with your kids. Even if they are very young, you can cut out the shapes and let them do the rest!
Click here for more of the No Ugly Ornaments Challenge. A new ornament will be posted every weekday during the month of November.
**Remember, I would love to see your creations. Be sure to share photos on my facebook page!


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The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that 5.4 million international visitors traveled to the United States in March 2012, a 14 percent increase over March 2011. March 2012 registered the 12th straight month of increases in total U.S. visits.
In March 2012, the top inbound markets continued to be Canada and Mexico. Visits from Canada increased six percent while arrivals from Mexico grew 17 percent. All nine top inbound overseas regional markets posted increases in visits in March 2012.
For the first three months of 2012, visitation (14.1 million) was up 10 percent compared to the same period in 2011.
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In the aftermath of his unanimous decision victory over Carlos Takam, a fight which took him to new depths in almost every way, Joseph Parker announced he was ready to take on Anthony Joshua for the IBF world heavyweight title.
Read more: Parker passes toughest test
Now that Parker is mandatory challenger, the fight will happen in London and probably early next year - providing Joshua retains his title, as expected - and this hard-earned victory over Takam in Manukau last night will have proved to most that Parker is up to it.
Takam was easily the toughest man he has ever fought, with only two losses in a 36-fight professional career. In fact, Joshua has never fought anyone of Takam's ability.
Parker has also never gone beyond 10 rounds before. But, most significantly of all, he has never had to soak up the punishment he did during this 12-round war, and particularly in the fifth round, when he was wobbled but recovered superbly.
"I back myself against any fighter that I fight in the ring with... Joshua is the IBF champion of the world," Parker said, sweat still rolling down his face in the dressing room. "When the opportunity comes we'll take it and I feel like it's our time."
To get to this point, Parker was put through the toughest of tests by the 35-year-old Cameroon fighter.
However, he said he felt he wasn't in as much trouble in the fifth as many thought. "I didn't feel I was in trouble. A lot of the punches that he threw missed. There were stages that he caught me ... but I refocused."
Parker regrouped and launched an incredible assault in the eighth round, one that Takam somehow withstood.
Asked what it felt like hitting Takam, Parker said: "It felt like he had a very solid head. He's been in the ring with some big names. You can tell he trained hard. It was 12 rounds of war, really. I learned a lot from this fight.
"He has heart and he was prepared. I felt like I had him in the eighth round, I hit him with some good shots to the head. But the only thing I forgot to do was go to the body... when I got excited I went to the head."
Trainer Kevin Barry, sitting alongside Parker, said: "We've been taking little steps over the last three years but I've got to say, this was not a little step. This was a real guy. I tried to prepare everybody and tell you that Joe was going to have to dig deeper than he ever had before - he dug deeper than he ever has before.
"Joe would learn more from this fight than in his previous 18 fights. I'm very proud of him because he had to weather some storms, some very vicious rounds for him.
"The great thing for me was hearing that all three judges voted for Joe. There was no controversy, even the French judge... we sort of thought he would vote for Takam, but even he had Joe winning by four points."
Like many of his supporters at the seething Vodafone Events Centre, Barry was worried at times. "I said at the end of the ninth round that 'this is real heavyweight boxing'," Barry told Parker. "This is the big-time stuff. I said 'you belong here, I need these next three rounds. You're going to win these next three rounds and you're going to start by winning round 10', which I thought he won. He won round 11, the 12th was pretty close.
"It showed me that Joseph Parker does belong with the top heavyweights in the world. But Joe is only 24 years old. We've got a long way to go and he's got a lot to learn. We've got a very, very exciting fighter in New Zealand at the moment who is ranked No1 by the IBF."
Shortly after the fight, Parker was given the chocolate cake in his changing room. He dug into the cake with his hand, using his signature hook move.
He invited all of those in the changing room after the fight to grab a handful of cake.
Asked about Parker weathering Takam's storm, Barry replied: "That was another of the questions that was answered today. Everybody was asking what's Joe going to be like when he's hit on the chin - not once or twice, but plenty of times. I think you can see there's nothing wrong with the chin of Joseph Parker."
Promoter Dean Lonergan refused to rule out suggestions that Parker could fight on a Joshua undercard in London in November, adding: "I'm not elated, I'm just relieved.
"Joseph has made a statement tonight that he's one of the best heavyweights in the world."


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Most 3D movies were made as 2D movies, then just have 3D effects added later. Not Resident Evil: Afterlife!
"I wrote things into this script that I knew would work well in 3D like lots of sets with depth-like tunnels, elevator shafts, and big wide landscapes," says Paul W.S. Anderson, the movie's writer, producer and director. He's not kidding around; the film was shot using the same 3D camera technology as James Cameron's Avatar.
"It's the reason why (actress) Milla (Jovovich) has an airplane in this movie — so I could shoot over these fantastic glaciers in Alaska with a tiny plane over a huge white landscape."
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Ramakrishna is regarded as a great spiritual teacher by millions of people across religious frontiers. Born on 18 February 1836 in Kamarpukur, a village about 120 kilometres to the northwest of Kolkata, Ramakrishna had only the rudiments of school education. At a young age, he was escorted to Kolkata by his elder brother Ramakumara under whose tutelage he used to live. Ramakumara became the priest of the Kali temple at Dakshineswar, newly built by Rani Rashmani. Due to his sudden death, Ramakrishna had to accept this priesthood at the temple, but could not continue his priestly duties for long, as he became absorbed in intense spiritual disciplines. After attaining the realization of God as the Divine Mother of the Universe, Kali, he followed the spiritual paths of different branches of Hinduism and the spiritual paths of other religions like Islam and Christianity, and realized the Ultimate Reality through them all. His spotless holiness, utter simplicity, extraordinary spiritual wisdom and love of God drew people to him like a magnet, and a number of sincere seekers gathered around him as his disciples.
Ramakrishna was married in 1859 to a young girl called Sarada, the marriage being practically a betrothal. He lived with this girl, when she became adult, without maritalement. Under his guidance, Sarada blossomed into a towering saintly figure. She became the greatest among her husbands disciples to whom, after Ramakrishnas passing away on 16 August 1886, she became both the spiritual mother and the tangible guide.
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God realization is the ultimate goal of human life as that alone can bring man supreme happiness and peace.
God is one, and is known by different names in different religions and sects.
God can be realized through various paths taught in world religions.
All religions are true in so far as they lead to the realization of the Ultimate Truth.
God dwells in all people and so everyone, without the distinction of caste, creed or race, should be treated with respect and served with love.
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"You see many stars at night in the sky, but find them not when the sun rises; can you say that there are no stars in the heaven of day? So, O man, because you do not behold God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
On Gods nature:
"It is the nature of the lamp to give light. With its help some may cook food, some may forge deeds, and some may read the Bhagavata (scriptures). Is it the fault of the light? So, is it the fault of God that some try to attain salvation with the help of His holy name, while others use His name for success in attempted theft?
On Egotism:
" the idea of self is the Maya of the soul. It is our egotism that shuts out the light. When this I is gone, all difficulty will have vanished. If by Gods grace the thought that I am not the doer is firmly established in the heart, a man becomes free even in this life. For him there is no more fear.
Advice to the worldly-minded:
"If you desire to live in the world unattached, you should first practice devotion in solitude for some time say a year, or six months, or a month, or at least twelve days. During this period of retirement you should meditate constantly upon God, and pray to Him for Divine Love; you should revolve in your mind the thought that there is nothing in the world that you may call your own that those whom you think your own will pass away in no time. God is really your own. He is your All in All. How to obtain Him should be your only concern.
On how to harmonize the world and God:
"As a man standing on the brink of a deep well is always watchful and afraid lest he should fall into it, so should a man living in the world be always on his guard against temptation. He who has once fallen into that well can hardly come out of it pure and stainless.
On how to perform ones duties:
"As a maid in a rich family brings up the child of her master, loving the baby as if it were her own, yet knowing well that she has no claim upon it; so also should you think that you are but trustees and guardians of your children, whose real father is the Lord Himself.
On the practice of non-attachment:
"The maid-servant says with reference to the masters house, This is our house. All the while she knows that the house is not her own, for hers is far away in some distant village of Burdwan or Nadia. Her own thoughts are all sent forth to her village home. Again referring to her masters child in her arms she will say My Hari (that being the name of the child) has grown very naughty or, My Hari likes to eat this or that and so on. But all the while she knows certainly that this Hari is not her own. I tell those, that come to me, to lead a life unattached like this maid-servant. I tell them to live unattached to this world to be in the world, but not of it- and at the same time to keep their minds directed to God the heavenly Home from where all come. I tell them thus to pray for Bhakti, and found their lives on it.
On spiritual practice:
"The human mind is like a pack of mustard seeds. As it is very difficult to gather the seeds that escape out of a torn package and are scattered in all directions, so when the human mind runs in diverse directions and is occupied with many worldly things, it is not a very easy task to collect and concentrate it. The mind of a youth, not running in diverse directions, can be easily fixed on anything, but the mind of an old man being totally occupied with worldly things, it is very hard for him to draw it away from them and fix it on God.
Books/References on Sri Ramakrishna
The Life of Ramakrishna (Romain Rolland)
Chennai Math
Life of Sri Ramakrishna (Foreword By M. Gandhi)
Chennai Math
A Short Life of Sri Ramakrishna By Swami Tejasananda
Advaita Ashrama
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Chennai Math
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The Liberty Counsel and the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) are both asking the court to overturn an appeals court decision in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, declaring a New Hampshire law that requires parental notification prior to an abortion performed on a minor unconstitutional.
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Monday we saw the urologist. Can I just say WHO in the world wants to become a urologist? Anyway, he has to have his testicles brought down, but if the vessels connected to them are not long enough, they will have to take them out. That totally freaks us out so we pray, pray, pray they can just be brought down. If they do have to take them out he obviously would need testosterone replacement his whole life. The thing about the testicles is since he was born with them in his tummy (undescended) he has a 1 in 100 chance of getting cancer in them as an adult. A normal male has a 1 in 3,000 chance, so we have to watch him really closely.
Tuesday we saw the Pulmonologist and everything checked out well. Since his main problem right now is the breathing issue, she is sort of our main point of contact. Nothing too exciting there, we are just keeping him on all the same settings.
Wednesday we saw the general surgeon. We had to go to a new surgeon because the one who has done his two previous surgeries has left Cooks... have no idea why. We went to talk about the problem with his rectal sphincter. The GI doc wanted a second opinion so we went to him. What I gathered from that appointment is he doesn't really think it is abnormal (I disagree) but he wants to repeat the test that was done a couple of weeks ago where he stimulates it with electricity to see exactly where it is. Then he kept talking about a colostomy bag and he sort of lost me there. He was talking about in the future if he is always going to be incontinent and have this terrible skin break down he has that a colostomy bag is something we might want to think about. Seriously, yes, that's all we need, a bag attached to his stomach that he "goes" in. No thanks.
And finally Thursday we went to the Retina Foundation in Dallas. He had a test called a ERG where they put these really thick contacts on the eye then cover them with this wand that flashes red lights in the eye. There is another electrode on the forehead that picks up any signals the brain is receiving from the retina. This test came back normal. The PhD that was performing it (this is in her research lab) said this test is comprable to looking at a city from an airplane. It can see the whole city as a unit but you would not be able to see problems individual houses had. So, in general his large scope retina is normal, but this test doesn;t tell us how much vision he has, just that the signals are getting from the retina to the brain. What I am concerned about is what the brain is doing with the signals once it gets there.
OK, so that's out week in review. See, aren't you glad that I didn't give you daily updates? We only have 1 doctor appt this week, and that is today at the Pediatrician for his vaccines. I hope you have a good rest of the week!
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