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S: Dorothy Jane Cook Guy - Celebrating 90 Years
BC: Dorothy | Mind | Body | Spirit
FC: Dorothy Jane Cook Guy Celebrating 90 Years
1: age 4 in Trinidad, CO | Dorothy Jane Cook Guy- Celebrating 90 Years Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Caretaker, Speaker, Organizer, Writer, Community Builder...
2: In Trinidad, CO at about age 4 with Don
3: There's Dorothy in the middle of the class, first grade?
5: In Montreal
7: Born in Bridgeport, CT March 22, 1922
8: Parents Nelle Reed Cook and Paul James Cook | Dorothy and brother David | Dorothy and brother Don
9: Dorothy, Don, David and Donna Jean with their grandmother Laura Frances Williams Cook | With David on the beach in St. Petersburg, Florida
10: To Dorothy on your 90th Birthday When I think of you, Dorothy, here are some of the adjectives that come to mind: courageous, funny, determined, reliable, generous, intelligent, witty, creative. When our children were all little, my three were always pestering to go to stay with you. Once I asked the boys why they liked to go to your house so much and one of them said, "Aunt Dorothy is fun and she plays with us." You are, of course, ten years older than I am and I have always felt that you walked the path of life ahead of me carrying a torch to light my way. From my first memories I was watching you and noticing what you did. As you began to hit the vicissitudes of life, I took note of how you approached problems and solved them. I learned from your successes and triumphs, but I also learned from the struggles and mistakes that you acknowledged as you shared with me your feelings and your prayerful search for answers. My memories began the most vividly when you were a teenager, tall and beautiful. Don, David and Mother all teased me, but you and Daddy did not. Sometimes you even told Don to leave me alone. You also explained things to me patiently, especially when Mother was sick or things were difficult or tense at home. It must have been hard for you when we moved into the apartment and you had to share a bedroom with me. In those years you were having dates with boys and going out with girl friends to do fun things. I thought you were so glamorous, like a movie star. That feeling was deepened the few times I saw you perform. I felt the closest to you during the years that we both had children at home. If I had a childrearing problem, I knew you had already dealt with it and called you for advice. I had some different views about childrearing and also a very different style because we do not have the same temperament. No wonder my three loved to go to your house where you played board games and got down on the floor and joined in with whatever they were doing. I did craft projects, taught them to cook, did lots of things out doors and read to them. But I really never played with them like you did. I am grateful that you trusted me with your wonderful children because having them in my various homes enriched my life and sealed the bonds among the cousins. I feel close to all of them and think they are amazing.
11: The role of big sister was thrust upon you, but you fulfilled it well and in your own style. I sometimes benefited from your privations as a child of the Depression, because some of your gifts to me were motivated by things you had not had yourself. I especially remember a fake alligator purse you gave me one Christmas, you told me the color was called dubonnet and I loved that word. You also said, "When I was your age, we couldn't afford pretty things like this." The year I started High School, you told me you were going to give me a $1.00 a month for spending money so I could go have a coke with friends sometimes. Cokes were five cents in those days. I had never had an allowance, although I did do babysitting and earned a bit now and then. But having that spending money to rely on was so important to my self-esteem and happiness. Your steadfast faith in God and the spiritual framework of your life was an example to me as well. If I was worried about one of my children or Bill because of illness or accidents, I often called you and asked you to pray for them. I often thought to myself, "No matter what goes wrong, Dorth has probably already faced it." We also shared our joys and successes, of course, but it was sharing the struggles that meant the most to me. You called the hospital room about an hour before Bill died and told me you were praying for me, that you knew how hard it would be, but you also knew that I was strong and would be all right. Then you said you'd hang up so I could get back to Bill. You were faithful and generous in your care of our parents in the later years. By reason of geography and mothers' expectations, you carried a heavier load. I am grateful that you have had so many years of life since you laid those burdens down, and that your own children have in turn been faithful and generous with you. You, my dear big sister, are part of the fabric of my life, how I lived it and who I am. I thank and love you. Nonny
12: To My Sister Dorothy on the Occasion of Her 90th Birthday from "Kid Brother" David I think it is fair to say that I had a reputation in my youth for being, shall we say, rather self-centered. Alas, though in my "mature 80's", I still bear the stain of this sin. In any case, this condition of my personality and character rendered my childhood memories fleeting at best. My dear younger sister, Donna Jean, has a prodigious memory from childhood and her tribute to you, Dorothy, is filled with great memories. I know by history that you spent a good deal of your own precious time helping to take care of me on Jenkintown Rd. and Menlo Ave. and Tyson Ave. And then took on the added burden of Nonny three years after me. But my personal memories of your direct involvement in my childhood are nil. I do remember our exciting trip on the train together to Florida to meet up with Don and Grandma Cook. I think I was around 12. We have a picture together on the beach in St. Petersburg that I love. It was the drive home in Don's 1929 Buick that was most memorable because you and Don played some sort of prank on me which I believe had something to do with leaving me without any pants on in the back seat of the car. I hope I was fun to tease as I vaguely remember being a target of such teasing from you and Don. But it is really in my early and single adulthood where you became singularly important in my life by making me into a "favorite uncle". It really began in Washington, D.C., I think on "T Street", when I visited many weekends while stationed in Quantico, Virginia. There I delighted in playing with Tom, Greg, and Steve. You and Emory were always warm and loving on every subsequent visit throughout my life to date, and I especially coveted the delicious meals you fixed.
13: Since the time you settled on Carpenter Lane this grand house became intimately familiar to me over the years of visiting with both Ann the first and Anne the second. Along the way you added those three fabulous daughters, Cynthia, Rachel, and Shannon. I hope you understand how significant you are for me in the family you gave to me with your six children, and even their children. You and Emory and your children have enriched my life beyond understanding. So over the 50 some years (I think) that you have lived on Carpenter lane I have visited you there more times than I can count. And there was always good food and good conversation. Over these years I have also had the joy of visiting in every one of your children's households (with the exception of Tom's – sorry Tom). I've been with Greg in California, Toronto, and New York City. I've been with the whole clan at Ocean City a couple of times. In short, my life is awash in the joy and vitality of the Dorothy Guy family (and yes, of course Emory Guy, as well), without which I would be a much poorer person. These visits with you and the friendship of your children are the lifelong memories I cherish, however indistinct they may be. Never doubt the glory and richness of your life, Dorth, from the beginning to the now. A few more of those years will make us all happy. I love you, David
15: Dorothy speaks at an IBM conference. She received special acknowledgment from IBM's president.
16: Dorothy Cook is on the editorial staff of this paper for the YMCA. Her lead article about the camera club mentions the picture on the left of the YMCA taken by none other than Emory Guy, it is titled "Home Sweet Home"
17: Another issue of the paper Youthadelphia from the YMCA in 1947 features an Honor Role of individuals who did volunteer work, and guess who is featured among the honorees! | Dorothy and Emory met in 1945 at the YMCA in Philadelphia when they were both living there. They joined the Y's Outing Club together and enjoyed ,many excursions while their courtship grew stronger.
19: Dorothy Cook with the comic lead in this play at the "Y"
20: Posing for pictures outside of her family home in Glenside, PA. The wedding took place at the Glenside Methodist Church. | Dorothy and Emory Wedding Day April 19, 1947 | ~ with mother and mother-in-law
21: ~ with a family friend and her father in attendance. | "I love my Sweetie." | Emory Hutton Guy b. May 18, 1913 in Glade Springs, VA | Dorothy Jane Cook b. March 22, 1922 in Bridgeport, CT
22: James Thomas Guy & Julia Ann Riordan Guy Paul James Cook & Nelle Reed Cook | James Frederick Guy John Ansley Guy Henry Aston Guy Emory Hutton Guy Miriam Denny Guy- Jopling Donald Paul Cook Dorothy Jane Cook -Guy David Reed Cook Donna Jean Cook- Dreyer | Emory Dorothy
23: Thomas Emory Guy Fredricka Holland Gregory Riordan Guy (Arlene Herman) Paula Schwartz Stephen Reed Guy Ruth Frank Cynthia Ansley Guy Potter ("Corky" Gerald Potter) Greg Williams Rachel Anne Guy Stanley Bevet Shannon Howe Guy Andy Mozenter | April Franklin Jesse Ian Benjamin Zachary Chelsea Joshua -- Sarah Emily -- Chris Samuel Sarah Hannah Jordan Noah | -- Ellory & Lucy -- Lincoln Santini
24: 1955, Mufreesboro, TN with Cynthia | 1953 Washington, D.C | 1959 Philadelphia, PA | With Tom and mother, Nelle
25: the boys with David McMillan at Logan Circle, Phila.
27: Dorothy, Emory and baby Tom with Dorothy's family and a friend.
28: For Mom -- In Celebration of your 90th birthday! With love from Rachel Dorothy Guy, my dear mother, you have always been a woman of your time and ahead of your time. I look at the span of your life and the changes in the world you have lived through in 90 years and I see how you not only kept pace with the world but brought creative deep thinking to the way you lived it. This big beautiful family you and Daddy engendered surrounds you now. We are all carrying you forward into the future. We carry all we learned from you, all your stories, all the heritage of the love you have for all of us and for your community. We are in an age of exploding technology. In the 40's you were fixing machines for IBM. In the 50's and 60's you were a master of the mimeograph machine and typing. You foresaw the need for typing skills way before the rest of us did (and I wish I'd been more attentive in those typing classes in high school!). We are in an age of community activism and people buying local and cooperatively. You helped start Weaver's Way Coop over 30 years ago, and in your 70's you helped to grow vegetables in WW Co-op's community garden. You read Adele Davis and Diet For a Small Planet and got us to drink brewer's yeast and take Vitamin C and drink raw milk long before vegans were fashionable.
29: You hung your wash on the line to dry and read Small is Beautiful (and Dad kept the thermostat LOW) long before global warming was a household term. You raised a large family and baked your own bread, had natural childbirth and breast fed your babies, a decade before the 60's when hippies made all of that seem like something new. You encouraged your daughters to think for themselves, attend college and have careers, but I'm not sure you ever called yourself a feminist. You and Dad sought out an integrated neighborhood to live in and sent us to an interracial school but I don't know if you thought of yourselves as civil rights activists, or as a political activist for all the years you worked at the local polls on election day. You once biked the length of Cape Cod, which today would be called an extreme sport. And even on the eve of turning 90 you have not been afraid to dance. You have enriched the world with your skills as a writer, an actress, an incisive thinker. You fearlessly raised six children and advocated for all of us; believing in us no matter how often we made a mistake; full of pride when we succeeded. You have been a friend to many in this community. The neighborhood and Summit Church are that much richer for having you as a member. And we, this beautiful family of yours spin out into the darkness, into the future like sparks from a candle. We light the way forward by carrying the brilliance of the past. We learn to live by seeing how you lived a full, expressive, devoted, compassionate life of service. A beautiful life. I love you! We all love you so! Happy Birthday!!!!
31: Charles W. Henry School | An issue of the "Henry Herald", by Dorothy Guy
32: Dorothy Jane Cook Guy on her 90th Birthday Dorothy! We sing of thee, The mother of our family; You are why we came to be! And why we gather on this date To raise our hands and celebrate This glorious anniversary! We come to celebrate your life As daughter, mother, sister, wife, As worker, writer, deacon too, All the many things you do – Musician, actor, children's preacher Organizer, public speaker. Election judge, piano player Your life has had so many layers! When you were barely past your teens You were fixing IBM's machines You knew the keypunch's internal plumbing Throughout the War you kept them humming. Philly businessmen were fools If they turned away Dotty and her tools! Later in life you joined the Co-op, Worked many years to help it grow-up... | ...When you were President of the Co-op board, Sales and member numbers soared; New buildings bought, the place expanded, You did way more than the job demanded. A credit union you added, too! Weaver's Way owes much to you. Then, there's your work for Summit Church. You served on every pulpit search, You were Elder, Deacon, Session member Every job I can remember! You played for years in the handbell choir Magic music that inspired. And when you preached the children's sermon The kids were rapt, there'd be no squirmin'! Every role to play, you've done it You've spent five decades sustaining Summit. Another point that must be heard— You've got your family's way with words! Though some may say it's a trait of nerds, It surely is a trait of Cooks, They've written papers, poems, books, And you wrote too, all kinds of ways: The Herald for the Henry PTA, The Shuttle of the Weaver's Way, ...
33: ...Essays, letters; Every day, It makes me very proud to say, What writing skills I have, I owe 'em To you – that's how I wrote this poem! (But if you think this poem's not fit, then Forgive me, I know I'm not Walt Whitman!) Finally, I praise your role as mother, For us six kids, there's been no other. How did you ever get through raising Six like us with all our crazes? In my life, I've raised only two And that was nearly more than I could do, So how'd you ever manage six? And do so great, with such a mix? Every moment of our lives You've been there to help us thrive Through broken bones and operations; Homeworks, tests, and graduations; Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, summer camps, From buying bikes to buying lamps, Dating, proms, and planning weddings— You supported us in every setting... | ...So though I don't know how you did it, I'm deeply thankful you persisted. The best things you gave me, as my mother Are these great sisters and great brothers. In short, in Dorothy we find A tireless body, a sparkling mind A spirit that has always shined A mother who left no child behind, A pillar of the neighborhood, A worker for the common good A winner of awards we savor Like the plaque from West Mt. Airy Neighbors! So, here together, on this day For me, and my siblings, let me say For Steve, Shannon, Cynthia, Rachel, Tom, You're our shining star, we love you Mom! Love, Greg
34: Emory and Henry's 75th Birthday 1988 Dorothy & Anna, sister-in-laws | Dorothy and Emory with Bill and Mary McMillan | Dorothy, David and Donna Jean
35: Dorothy with Anne, David, Donna Jean, and Bill on the cruise to Panama. 2003 | ... we love the chicken, and dad is looking good in his flight suit. | Australia! 1982-83
36: Weavers Way Co-op | How many Shuttle's did she publish? This is one from 1979 with Dorothy's President's Report
37: Dorothy hard at work at the Co-op working on another Shuttle. The heat was off and she had to wear her coat while she was working. | Outside of the Co-op.
40: A Sonnet to Dorothy in her ninetieth year The house that held my family oh so dear From Goeckler's real estate at our request A school and woods and church ah! All so near Providing family with all that's best Now six offspring raised up through Henry School With principal for many years so stern While Mom providing lunches warm for many And after school with homework help to learn Respected yet by all in neighborhood Our mother helped to bring attention nigh Informing witty prose did she create School newspaper from her creative mind
41: Children done - attention turned to Co-op's Swanks Pharmacy converted just for food Lending money, gardens green developed For family - then all of neighbor's brood Throughout contributing to Summit Church The choir with voice and bells to ring by hand A sermon monthly for the children's ear Welcoming all no matter which their land Let all reflect on grand a life well spent A bold creative spirit from heaven sent Philadelphia, PA Stephen Guy 3-24-12
42: Rachel, Cynthia and Shannon with Tommy Casby
44: Shannon and Andy's Wedding
45: Greg & Arlene's Wedding | Stephen's Medical School Graduation
48: Many people in Mt. Airy know Dorothy because she greeted them on election day as Minority Inspector at the polls. Usually providing a smile and peanuts and possibly other snacks.
49: Dorothy was recognized for her "Community Building" in 2001 by the West Mount Airy Neighbors in their 40th year at a celebration honoring "40 Good Neighbors" . This ran in the book that was produced for this event
50: Summit Church Elder, Deacon, Choir member, Leader of womens groups, Lay minister, Childrens' sermons, Handbell ringer, Wise spiritual counselor, Dear friend to many.
51: Handbells
52: July 2011 | Chris and Emily's Wedding
55: Josh & Emily at Josh's Wedding | Jesse, Maya and Emily at Shannon's Wedding | 3 Generations of Guy Gals | Chelsea and Emily at Chelsea's Bat Mitzvah | Guy girl cousins | Dorothy, Nelle and Emily | Emily and Dorothy | Emory and Baby Emily | Shannon, Rachel, Cynthia and Emily on 616 Carpenter porch
56: Grandmother! | with baby Jesse in Australia | with baby Emily at Rachel's wedding | with Hannah | with Josh
57: with Sam at Valley Green | Ocean City NJ | With Frankie at April's Graduation
58: An Ode To Grandma By Sarah Bevet It started out at a YMCA dance The same spot in line Started their romance Emory Guy and Dorothy Cook They knew it was something special, from the first look An IBM meeting almost stood in the way But luckily fate came and saved the day As Emory came down the elevator Dorothy was waiting to go up I would have to say, it was more than just luck In 1947 the two were wed With love in their hearts and dreams in their heads They took in a boy with a twinkle in his eye His first smile was at Dorothy She said, "You are my child" And that is how we got Thomas Guy Next came Gregory A master of words and Scrabble You could almost make out several languages In his small baby babble Along came Stephen ... All happy and quick With his surgeons hands He could work some great tricks Cynthia was the first of the Guy girls A leader at heart. She would travel the world Then there was Rachel With her eyes so kind Little Shannon was not far behind Sweet as a cupcake, but feisty too Otto entered the family soon The youngest Guy and Otto entered his dog house It was too small a fit They fought and they struggled both wanting to be the first out While Dorothy and Rachel laughed uncontrollably On the steps of the house
59: The years came and went as the Guy children grew Walking across the street every day to attend Henry School They aged with boats never built And Peanuts cartoons Sitting on the porch during lazy afternoons Then the family started expanding Grandchildren were on their way Josh, Emily, Jesse, Ian, April, Zach, Sam, Chelsea, Sarah, Hannah, Jordan, Noah, Frankie And then their own families grew Josh married Sarah on a beautiful October day A few years later precious Ellory was on his way "'Bird'"was the first word he said Lucy followed with hair so red In the summer of 2011 Chris entered the family Em's gift from Heaven Now the first Santinino is on its way We're all sure he or she Will wear Penn State colors someday We've grown up together "Cousins became a magic word Christmases and weeks at The Shore Monopoly games can go on forever Or so we have learned And through everything Grandma has been there Watching, supporting, comforting, loving She brought us all here together And we celebrate her today 90 wonderful years We love you so much Thank you, Grandma, for everything you've done
60: Great-Grandmother!


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The holidays are such a magical time. Parties and get-togethers with family and friends are abundant. Holiday cheer is around every corner. With the many opportunities for dinners and parties comes the need for some crowd-worthy recipes to enjoy together.
Today, I have one of my favorite holiday main courses, Garlic Herb Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Onions and Mustard Sauce. It's a long name, but this recipe is amazing and it offers opportunities for the cook to experiment and adjust the flavors to suit their own personal taste. I love a recipe that allows me to make it my own!
Since my kitchen renovation this summer, I have had a renewed sense of wonder while cooking. The beautiful space has made me feel alive again and ready to settle in and enjoy my time in the kitchen. One of my favorite features of our new kitchen renovation is the KitchenAid® Black Stainless 30-Inch 5-Burner Gas Slide-In Convection Range. Not only is the look of the Black Stainless finish gorgeous with its matte finish, the range itself is an absolute joy to cook with.
This recipe, Garlic Herb Pork Tenderloin, uses the stovetop to create a golden brown crust and the spacious oven to roast the tenderloin to perfection.
Start by patting your pork tenderloins dry and tying them with kitchen twine every 2 inches. This helps ensure even cooking of the meat and keeps all of the juices together.
The garlic herb rub is made simply by mixing together olive oil, herbs, minced garlic, salt, and black pepper. This is where you can let your imagination run wild! If you have a garlic loving crowd, increase the garlic by a couple of cloves. Experiment with switching out the herbs for your favorite combination or adding an additional spice like cumin or crushed red pepper for some kick.
Rub the mixture evenly over the pork tenderloins.
Now it's time to sear the tenderloins. Heat some olive oil in a large KitchenAid® 3.5 QT Tri-Ply Sauté pan. The interlocking grates on the top of the range are incredibly sturdy. I never have to worry about wobbles when I'm sliding or moving a pan around. Sear the pork for about 4 minutes per side until pork has an even golden brown crust.
Add peeled onions to the pan and nestle them around the pork tenderloins. I used a combination of shallots and cipollini onions but you can use pearl onions, or even small red onions cut into quarters.
The uniquely designed oven racks are easy to adjust and allow for ample room between levels. This makes transferring an already hot pan to the oven a breeze.
Transfer the pan to a 425°F oven and roast for about 15-18 minutes or until an instant read thermometer reads 145° at the thickest part of the pork. The pork will have a nice blush pink color and be perfectly cooked!
One of my favorite unexpected features of the KitchenAid® Black Stainless 30-Inch 5-Burner Gas Slide-In Convection Range is the bright oven light and clear front window. When that light is on, I can see my food so clearly and keep an eye on its doneness without opening and closing the oven every couple of minutes. As a result, the food cooks more evenly and the oven holds a steady temperature, which is so important!
Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the pork to a platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
To make the pan sauce, be sure you have at least a couple of tablespoons of fat still in the pan. If you have less than 2 tablespoons, add a little more olive oil to get started. Add wine and use a wooden spoon to scrape up any brown tasty bits from the bottom of the pan. That's where all of the flavor is! Add broth and allow sauce to reduce by about half. Stir in coarse grain mustard and a pat of butter to give the sauce a lovely texture. A sprinkle of pepper finishes off this amazingly flavorful sauce.
Serve the pork and onions with the wine sauce and just about any of your favorite holiday side dishes. This Garlic Herb Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Onions and Mustard Wine Sauce is a perfect main course for any holiday get-together you have planned.
Garlic Herb Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Onions and Mustard Wine Sauce
Makes 8-10 servings
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
1/4 cup fresh herbs, chopped (rosemary, thyme, or oregano)
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
2 boneless pork tenderloins, trimmed and tied with kitchen twine
3 cups small onions (shallots, cipollini, or pearl), peeled (see notes)
1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup good quality red wine
1 cup chicken broth (or pork if you have it)
2 Tablespoons coarse grain mustard
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
Kosher Salt
Cracked Black Pepper
Preheat oven to 425°F.
In a small bowl, mix together 2 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, fresh herbs, kosher salt, and black pepper. Pat tenderloins dry with paper towel and tie with kitchen twine.
Rub herb mixture evenly over both pork tenderloins. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat in KitchenAid 3.5 QT Tri-Ply Sauté pan. Sear the pork tenderloins for about 4 minutes per side until golden brown. Add the peeled onions to the pan around the pork tenderloins and transfer to the preheated oven.
Roast the pork tenderloins and onions for about 15-18 minutes or until an instant read thermometer registers 145°F at the thickest part of the tenderloin. Remove pan from oven and place pork on a platter. Do not rinse out your pan.
Return pan with onions to the stovetop and place over medium high heat. Add enough olive oil to the pan to have about 2 Tablespoons of fat total. This could be 1-2 tablespoons. Add wine to the pan and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan.
Add broth to the pan and stir. Bring sauce to a simmer and allow liquids to reduce by half. Stir in the coarse grain mustard and butter until sauce is glossy. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper as needed. Serve the mustard wine sauce over the sliced pork and onions.
For easy peeling of onions, place onions in a pot of boiling water for 60 seconds. Then strain and transfer onions to an ice bath. Use a sharp knife to carefully remove the root end of the onions and peel of the outer skin layer, being careful not to remove too many layers of the onion itself.
*The Contributor of this post has been compensated by KitchenAid for this post, but this post represents the Contributor's own opinion.*

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Never miss to visit this tourist spot while staying in Rome, Italy – Piazza del Popolo is a sizable downtown block in Rome. The name in contemporary Italian actually means "People's Square", but traditionally it gets in the poplars (populus in Latin) and the chapel of Santa Maria del Popolo run by Augustinian, within the northeast part of the piazza, got its name.
The piazza now called the Porta del Popolo, and lies within the upper entrance within the Aurelian Walls, when the Porta Flaminia of ancient Rome. It was the starting place of the Via Flaminia, the street to Rimini as well as the most significant path to the north. In the same time, upon arrival, it had been the guest first view of Rome prior to the age of railroads. For many people, the Piazza del Popolo was a location for public executions in 1826.
Valadier Piazza del Popolo was built by Italian architect and designer Giuseppe that hold down two edges of his composition and provide a-frame for that scenography of the twin churches. He matched a reduced framework testing the flank of Santa Maria del Popolo, using its good Early Renaissance façade holding down both upper edges and placed a third palazzo to manage these. Valadier defined this newly identified square forecourt with similar sweeps of wall towards the town of Rome, developing curving exedra-like areas.


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It is America's first fully interactive national tragedy of the social media age.
The Boston Marathon bombings quickly turned into an Internet mystery that sent a horde of amateur sleuths surging onto the Web in a search for clues to the suspects' identity. And once the search focused on Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the brothers' social media postings provided a rich vein of material to mine and sift.
There are more than a thousand messages on Dzhokhar's Twitter account in addition to a profile page on VKontakte, a popular Russian social networking site, and in Tamerlan's case, a list of favorite videos on YouTube and what appears to be an Amazon wish list belonging to him (Amazon would not confirm whose list it was, citing its privacy policy.)
These posts instantly became dots that people began trying to connect. Some details ratified the views of those former friends and neighbors who said they were utterly shocked at the brothers' possible involvement in such a horrifying crime. Other posts pointed to Tamerlan Tsarnaev's growing interest in Islamic radicalism and possibly a dark subtext to the friendly, boy-next-door affect of Dzhokhar.
At the same time, they were reminders of the complexities of online identity — of the ways in which people strike poses and don masks on the Web (which can sometimes turn into self-fulfilling prophecies), and the ways in which the Web can magnify or accelerate users' interests and preoccupations.
The younger brother, Dzhokhar, in particular, seemed utterly immersed in American pop culture, and concerned with the sorts of things that preoccupy many young men — girls ("miss u.s.a. is so sexy") and good times ("I am the best beer pong player in Cambridge. I am the #truth"). In fact, much of his Twitter feed is distinctive only in its ordinariness — ordinariness that stands in such startling contrast to the horror of what happened last week in Boston.
There are lots of references to musicians like Chris Brown, Jay-Z and Michael Jackson; television shows like "Breaking Bad" and "Game of Thrones," and movies like "Spider-Man" and "Finding Nemo." He prattles away about Nutella and Frosted Flakes, complains about typos and losing his remote. "Pop-up adds are the worst, on par with mosquitoes," he tweets on June 17, 2012.
Given the layers of irony, sarcasm and joking often employed on Twitter, it can be difficult to parse the messages of a stranger. Yet some of them can seem menacing or portentous, given what we now suspect: "a decade in america already, I want out," "Never underestimate the rebel with a cause" or, drawing from lyrics from a Kendrick Lamar song, "No one is really violent until they're with the homies." But others suggest a more Holden Caulfield-like adolescent alienation: "some people are just misunderstood by the world thus the increase of suicide rates." Sometimes, Dzhokhar sounds downright sentimental (unless, of course, he is being ironic): "There are enough worms for all the birds stop killing each other for 'em."
Parts of Dzhokhar's VKontakte page are harsher and more serious. Under personal priority, it says "Career and money." Under worldview, it says "Islam." There is a link to a video indicating outrage at the violence in Syria, and a link to an Islamic Web site that says "And do good, for Allah loves those who do good." Another video features a blind boy talking to an older man, saying he believes his blindness will be absolved on Judgment Day; the man starts to cry, and wonders how many people who have their sight are as committed to the study of the Koran as the boy.
Other posts on Dzhokhar's page have a more sardonic edge. There is a link to a self-described "journal of sarcasm" called "Evil Corporation" (featuring a logo reminiscent of Angry Birds) and also a joke that goes like this: "A car goes by with a Chechen, a Dagestani and an Ingush inside. Question: Who is driving?" Answer: The police.
The videos linked to on Tamerlan's YouTube page — created in August 2012, shortly after a trip to Russia — are far more militant, and hint at a growing radicalization. About seven months ago, he posted a couple of videos of Timur Mucuraev, whom The Washington Post has called "the bard of Chechen separatism." Five months ago, he posted a video (subsequently deleted) under the subheading "Terrorists." The video featured a militant named Abu Dujana (a k a Gadzhimurad Dolgatov), who was killed by Russian security services. The video shows the leader in sunglasses, flanked by two others, their faces hidden by balaclavas, brandishing automatic weapons.
Four months ago, a link went up on Tamerlan's YouTube page to a video called "The Emergence of Prophecy: The Black Flags from Khorasan." The black flags refer to a kind of Armageddon-like prophecy reportedly embraced by Al Qaeda — about jihadis rising up from Central Asia to defeat the infidels. A video link featuring the radical Islamic preacher Feiz Muhammad has been removed in the past several days; it included a denunciation of the Harry Potter books and movies as glorifying "paganism and evil" and teaching "children the drinking of unicorn blood and magic."
As for what appears to be Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Amazon wish list page, it is a weird jumble of self-help books (Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People"), covert-operations-style manuals ("The I.D. Forger: Homemade Birth Certificates and Other Documents Explained"), Chechen history books ("Allah's Mountains: The Battle for Chechnya, New Edition"), Mafia books (Nicholas Pileggi's "Wiseguy") and books about the Roman Empire ("The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"). There is Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy" — a staple of college curriculums that addresses ideas of good and evil and free will — and "Snatch," the "inside story of the making of the smash-hit movie starring Brad Pitt."
Did Tamerlan harbor macho dreams of being an action hero, or a Mafia operative? Did he want to read Boethius to grapple with deep existential doubts he was having, or was he assigned it in school? (The books all appear to have been added to the Amazon list in 2006 and 2007.) Did his interest in the Roman Empire have something to do with a conviction that the West was decadent and in decline?
For that matter, does this Amazon wish list really belong to him? Or does our fascination with the list simply reflect our own desire to gain insight into his thinking, our hunger for more dots to try to connect? Indeed, online and off-line conversations around the nation last week were filled with hypotheses, theories and deconstructions as to why the Tsarnaev brothers might have committed the terrible acts they are suspected of. There were shrewd Nancy Drew-like insights, dangerous red herrings (which hurt some innocent people and underscored the dark side of crowd-sourcing and the mob mentality that can infect the Web) and silly speculation.
People drew analogies between the Tsarnaevs and such varied siblings as the twins in the David Cronenberg film "Dead Ringers," the title characters in Dostoyevsky's "Brothers Karamazov," and the Corleones in "The Godfather." A Twitter message posted by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hours after the marathon bombings ("Ain't no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people"), prompted some amateur detectives to wonder if that reference to Jay-Z's song "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" is a direct allusion to 9/11, since the album containing that song was released on Sept. 11, 2001.
America has processed the Boston Marathon bombings in different ways from the terror attacks of 9/11 — in part because the level of digital sophistication has grown so exponentially since then (in 2001, there was no YouTube, no Facebook, no Twitter).
The social media droppings the Tsarnaev brothers left behind not only attest to their own immersion in the interactive, electronic world, but they have also provided everyone else with plenty of digital data from which to try to extract patterns and possible meaning — fulfilling that very human need to try to make narrative sense of the tragic and the overwhelming.


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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Choral (1823-24)
Amanda Roocroft (soprano); Fiona Janes (mezzo); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Neal Davies (bass)
The New Company; Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras
rec. live, 26 August 1994, Usher Hall, Edinburgh. DDD
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Every year the reviewers at MusicWeb International are asked to select their Recordings of the Year. In 2008 I could have kicked myself because I failed to nominate the superb Hyperion Beethoven symphony cycle recorded live by Sir Charles Mackerras at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival (review). How I could have overlooked one of the finest Beethoven cycles to appear for years is beyond me; the only excuse I can make was that Id forgotten the set because it had not come to me for review.
That Mackerras cycle was given using orchestras playing on modern instruments. For the first eight symphonies Sir Charles used the Scottish Chamber Orchestra but for the Ninth the larger forces of the Philharmonia were engaged. I presume this was done because the Edinburgh Festival Chorus was singing and it was felt that the orchestra should be in scale. However, for those wondering what a Mackerras reading of the Ninth using smaller forces might sound like we now have the answer thanks to Signum. They have issued this 1994 Edinburgh performance which employed the period forces of the Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment. The choral contribution is in scale because the chamber choir, The New Company, was on hand for the finale.
The sound of this performance is bracing from the outset. The lean, spare textures ensure that the playing of the OAE comes across with great clarity. In particular, the woodwind lines are easily audible. The period timpani, played with hard sticks make their presence felt at climaxes. Mackerras directs a vigorous reading of I, impelling the music forward with consistent and impressive energy. The overall impression that I had was that this is a very dynamic performance.
The scherzo is lithe and crisp. The performance has great rhythmic drive, as is essential. In the trio the woodwind playing is deft but, in case anyone should think that this is a hair shirt stuff it most certainly is not. The warmth of the strings in the trio should provide reassurance. Once or twice the principal horn displays little moments of fallibility but these are very much the exception; the general standard of playing in this performance is high indeed. One thing did surprise me: the well-articulated timpani sound almost modern but Im sure thats just because my ears had adjusted to the sound produced.
In III Mackerras and his players bring out the profundity of the music extremely well. However, the profundity is not achieved through being ponderous. On the contrary, the music is kept on the move at all times. Indeed, from 7:47 onwards the string decorations around the slower-moving theme (wind and horns) sounds almost jaunty at Mackerrass fluent tempo. The string and woodwind playing is very fine in this movement and the horn playing is completely back on form.
At the start of IV I like the way that the cello and bass recitative passages are dispatched briskly; their rhetoric is almost conversational the passage is delivered in a similar fashion on Sir Charless later Hyperion disc. When the Big Tune arrives it unfolds easily at first and when the full orchestra gives out the melody (4:33) the theme sounds properly jubilant. Neal Daviess opening solo (5:58) is impressive and clearly articulated. When the choir enters they make a very favourable impression and everything is pleasingly in proportion: the choir doesnt swamp the orchestra when singing full out. The New Company is a professional ensemble and it shows. Sample the way they sing the passage beginning Seid umschlungen Millionen, especially once all four parts are involved, and note the attention to detail sforzandi, for example. I suspect there are some male singers in the alto section, which has an excellent cutting edge. When the full choir proclaims Freude, schöner Götterfunken (12:54) the singing is excellent and really clear. The passage is as exultant as it should be and I relish the fact that this full sound is not massive. One has the impression of joyful eagerness.
The soloists make a good and well-balanced quartet. Mackerras adopts a brisk pace for the tenors martial solo (from 9:12). I like that. Its a similar approach to that of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, though Gardiner takes it faster on his recording. I prefer the Mackerras speed, which is similar to the one he adopts in his Hyperion recording. I also like John Mark Ainsleys agile and accurate delivery of this difficult solo. Ive already mentioned the excellent Neal Davies. The ladies dont have such prominent solos as their male colleagues but they sing very well indeed in the quartets. The final passage for the soloists their intertwining quartet at the poco adagio, Alle Menchen werden Brüder- is expertly blended and eloquently delivered.
The orchestras busy contrapuntal section that follows the tenor solo (10:40 - 11: 54) is vigorous but Mackerras and his players make every strand clear no mean accomplishment. Indeed, the orchestral playing throughout the finale is alert, responsive and expertly articulated. The last few minutes of the movement the piccolo a telling presence - are exultant, the music sweeping all before it; small wonder the Edinburgh audience responds enthusiastically.
The sound for this performance originates, I think, from BBC radio engineering. Its good and lots of detail registers though occasionally one is conscious of the big Usher Hall acoustic. This is an excellent account of the Ninth and forms an invaluable supplement to Sir Charless superb cycle of the symphonies on Hyperion.
John Quinn
An excellent account of the Ninth, which forms an invaluable supplement to Sir Charless superb cycle of the symphonies on Hyperion.


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Latin Jazz: This Saturday night nestle up with your honey at the Painted Bride and enjoy the sounds of Latin jazz great, Miguel Zenon. The saxophonist and composer incorporates his Afro-Puerto Rican heritage and a variety of jazz techniques into beautiful music called plena. Zenon's his latest album, Esta Plena, was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Latin Jazz category. Catch all the action this weekend not once, but twice in one night. Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19106, $25, 7 p.m., 9 p.m.
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Valentine's Dinner: Celebrate life, love and good food this Valentine's Day at Positano Coast. The cozy Italian restaurant is offering a scrumptious menu fit for any food lover. Dine in the romantic Sopra Lounge as you try their prime N.Y. strip, salmon limoncello and wild boar ragu. The restaurant is a BYOB so feel free to bring your sweetheart's favorite bottle of wine to dinner. Positano Coast, 212 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19106.


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Another Usage-Based Insurance Option Hits the Shelves
Surely by now you've heard of the usage-based insurance programs that are hitting the market lately.
If not, we'll have to have a long hard talk with our pal, Flo.
Usage-based insurance programs, or Pay-As-You-Drive programs, reward good driving habits with a permanent discount on the participating vehicle, usually up to 30% of that vehicle's premium for as long as that vehicle stays on the policy.
The technology that allows this is a small device inserted into your car's OBD-II port (the port mechanics use when you take your car in for work) for several months, which records your engine activity taking notice of events like hard stops, rapid acceleration, total number of miles driven and the time of day driven. Vehicles driven a lot between midnight and 4am, as well as vehicles in a lot of stop-and-go traffic may not land the best available discount.
The newest company to jump on the usage-based insurance bandwagon is Safeco, with their RightTrack program. Check out their FAQ for more information.
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You'll find few colours as divisive as pink. A colour first given fashion credentials by Comme des Garçons in the late Nineties (and since then by Jil Sander, Stella McCartney, Simone Rocha and, more recently for AW16, Chanel and Gucci), it's loathed as much as it is loved.
And yet I sit somewhere in the middle. There's definitely a place in my wardrobe for the paler shades, such as a dusty rose, soft ballet pink or blush. But you won't find me dressed in fuchsia – it's just not my colour.Preen's candyfloss pink, ruched velvet dress was a London Fashion Week highlight for me in all its finger-licking sugary sweetness. Sounds awful? It should be, but it's not.
Although typically girly, there are plenty of pink offerings out there that don't feel sickly sweet and, crucially, come in grown-up silhouettes. Marks &Spencer has done a 1920s-style velvet trouser suit in a muted shade that would suit all ages, while River Island, Boden and Urban Outfitters all have pink coats that are boyish in shape. Or for the ultimate cool-girl pink, head to Marina London for her delicious bubblegum-coloured silk Ines jumpsuit.
I didn't hold back and went for a head-to-toe paint pot of different pinks, but you could tone down saccharine shades with camel, navy or khaki. I also love pink when worn with punches of poppy red or emerald green. Love it or loath it, there will be no escaping its powdery finish this season.


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Current favorite food- chocolate smoothie, hey at least it has kale and coconut milk in it 🙂
Been working on many projects this week around the house. Thankful for my favorite person and all his hard work to take care of our home.
Took the boys to the zoo with thier cousin and sweet friend and Grandma and the favorite thing was the turtles.
Almost impossible to get a good picture but one of our favorite persons came to visit us this week. My precious Grandma! What a treasure it is to be with her and hear her wisdom. She raised 10 kids, is 80 and is sharp as a whip! I hope I'm like her when I'm older. Oh yeah and she still has awesome hair too! My favorite thing we talked about was hearing the love story of her and my Grandpa, so sweet!
And this man, he is just always my favorite and is a super dad!
Favorite song this week with the boys is "a sun beam a sun beam, Jesus wants me for a sun beam…."
Favorite book is -that's not my brother, a book about a duckling trying to find her brothers.
This week has been the hardest week I've ever had as a parent in this teachable twos stage. The Lord is teaching me lots through exhausting days. Grateful for grace and the Lords truth He gives us in this journey of parenthood.
What are some of your favorite things from this week that you want to remember? Would love to hear from you 🙂


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You know those work weeks that just seem to suck every last bit of energy, enthusiasm and creative impulse out of you? Yeah, I had one of those weeks. After 5 days of navigating corporate politics and an unnecessary game of pointing fingers, I felt completely burnt out. Yesterday I left the office at 8pm, made a sad attempt at a run around Lake Calhoun and ultimately plopped myself in front of the TV with an embarrassing spread of Chinese takeout. I'm even more embarrassed to admit that I was in bed and sound asleep by 9:30pm.
Thanks to my early bed time, I found myself wide awake at 6am checking work emails. As I obsessed over one stressful project in particular, I flipped to Instagram and stumbled onto the below post from one of my work mentors –
Being successful rarely feels like it. Tonight as i'm being recognized as a member of the "40 under 40" class in MPLS it will be the end cap to a few weeks of feeling pulled too thin, of feeling wildly unsuccessful, of a few tears, of losses, of certainties of not being enough. It will also be a night in a larger story that includes wild successes, of watching the talents of others grow, of smiling so wide with pride it hurts, of giggling with coworkers, of reaping the benefits of a lot of work and trust and belief and confidence.
It's a real shitty thing to not feel enough. It's a shittier thing to wallow in that feeling and not embrace the good that comes your way, and the good you create. So, tonight I'm going to celebrate with those close to me, and thank them for the unending support and the reminder to keep getting better. To work hard, to stay humble. This is success, this is what it feels like.
Within a few minutes, Erinn reminded me that these bad weeks, the weeks when you don't feel enough, happen to everybody. And they don't subtract from the overall good you bring to the table. In that light-bulb moment, I closed out my inbox, jumped out of bed, picked up The New York Times, made a kick-ass cup of aeropress coffee and turned on my favorite Beatles album. I realized that for me, these burn outs come from a complete investment in the needs of those around me without stopping to ground myself in the things that make me happy and make me, me. And I can tell you – sitting here, soaking in a few of my favorite simple pleasures is absolute bliss. Work will have to wait until Monday.


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For the first time in three years, there was a new winner crowned in the Smith Point Races.
Denise and Deb Dalmasse unseated Rob Dudley and Jim Ewing on Sunday to win the races that include the SS Class of antique, wooden, local, gaff rigged sailboats. The Dalmasse sisters had tied Dudley and Ewing last season for first, but this is the first time since 2015 that Dudley and Ewing didn't win a least a portion of the trophy. They tied for second place with Ian Holzmacher and Chris Demarco. Bod Hadden and George Sandberg finished fourth while Abby and Ian Connett finished fifth.
Rob Dudley, commodore of the SS Class Association, said the weather turned out to be beautiful following what had been ominous weather reports in the morning of rain and high gusts. But the sun came out and challenging shifting northeast to east winds made for a pair of competitive races.
The Smith Point Races originally got its name due to the fact that the race would end under the Smith Point Bridge in Shirley. The course was changed more than 20 years ago due to the high volume of boat traffic and different tide formations in that area. The boats now follow a unique course setup that could be likened to a sports car rally, having to navigate through shallow waters and sometimes tricky sandbars. The rules of more common sailing are modified so that crews can exit their boat and enter the water in case they are grounded by a sandbar.
The first race on Sunday went up into Seatuck Cove, exploring north into the reaches of Seatuck Creek. The second race was shorter, out in the open Moriches Bay and was a windward/leeward race where the boats stayed closely competitive from start to finish. All races started and ended in Moriches Bay out in front of Westhampton Yacht Squadron in Remsenburg.
"After the races there was some storytelling about past boats, sailing adventures and boatbuilders with veteran sailors and boatbuilders present, and tales of the Smith's Point Trophy Races which have been run since 1925," Dudley said. "Also there was admiration, photographing and discussion about the newly restored boats that showed up for the races."


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|New Testament Principles on Giving
|Thursday, 02 June 2011 00:43
The beauty of simple church is - it's simple! We enjoy the simplicity of sharing our lives with each other, growing in our walk with God, and reaching out to the lost with the gospel. However, one area that can be neglected is giving. Some people even got involved in a simple church due to the troubling focus of some bigger churches on budgets and money. Perhaps they were in a situation that was even legalistic or manipulative. However, it is really important that we not neglect this area of service to the Lord, for the welfare of others, as well as for our own spiritual growth.
I have noticed two extremes when it comes to finances and giving. The first is where leaders demand that the members give. They may not come out brazenly and say it that way, but through manipulation, guilt, or the promise of financial blessings from God, they will get your money out of your hands and into "the work of God." Some leaders are experts at this, to such an extent that those who give are unaware they have been taken advantage of.
The other extreme is to ignore the public discussion of money, as if it were evil even to speak about it. This extreme practice may have occurred because some of those hurt by leaders, like those mentioned in the first paragraph, had an awakening and realized they had been abused. They thought they were protecting themselves by avoiding any discussion of finances whenever possible.
I remember some Christians in Russia telling me they did not support their pastor because they thought paying him would corrupt him; it would become a problem instead of a blessing. They did not trust him, and thought he would become greedy if they paid him for his service. Another Ukrainian friend of mine told me recently that he had never been paid by the ministry he worked for. He tirelessly gave his time and energy to this ministry, but they never paid him. I asked him why. He told me he thought the leaders believed he would become greedy and expect money from them every week. It turned out they had never even had a discussion about it! What a crime. We who are involved in house churches often err in this manner too. There is a better way to handle our money…
Examples to Follow
The first thing we need to do is remember what The Greatest Giver did - "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich." (II Corinthians 8:9) The Lord Jesus chose to leave the glory of heaven and the close fellowship with the Father to die on the cross for our sins! His great love for the Father and for us compelled Him to "become poor," to "become sin" so we might become righteous. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Paul held up the Macedonian Christians as role models - they were extremely poor, but they gave sacrificially and actually begged to give to other Christians in need! (II Corinthians 8:3-4) What was their motivation? Verse 5 gives us a clue - "They first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God." This wasn't a rule they had to follow, but a response to Jesus' love for them. They loved others sacrificially after they gave themselves to the Lord - they knew that everything they had was from God, and that He would take care of their needs as they imitated His love by giving to others!
How can we give cheerfully? Paul wrote, "Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver." (II Corinthians 9:7) The word cheerful in the Greek is "hilaros" - which is the root of the English word "hilarious," which means extremely funny, very amusing. Therefore, God wants us to give wholeheartedly, or cheerfully, not reluctantly. We can give hilariously- motivated by generosity and joy, because the Spirit of God will give us the grace, "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything you may have an abundance for every good deed." (2 Corinthians 8:8) When we give ourselves to the Lord, He gives us all the grace we need to be generous. Paul also warns us about giving little or reluctantly, "Now this I say he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully." (2 Corinthians 8:6) Imitate God and be a cheerful giver!
We have seen that our greatest desire in giving is to please God. "Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce; so your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine." (Proverbs 3:9-10). Now we will look at some practical ways to live this out as a church.
Three Practical Applications
First, are there Christians in your church who have needs? Seek God and the advice of others as to whether you should help them or not. Sometimes there are legitimate needs, and sometimes you might get in the way of what God is trying to do in a person's life by giving them money. Their need could be the result of their own negligence, laziness, or wastefulness. Therefore, seek God's wisdom and the counsel of your leaders before you give. They may know something that you were unaware of. Recently I wanted to help someone with their doctor bills, only to find out from one of the leaders that another brother had already met that need. Praise God for that brother's generosity and the leader's knowledge! Now I could help someone else.
Second, are there opportunities for reaching the lost through your giving? Are there needy neighbors, people you work with, or poor people who have a physical need that you can meet with the hope of sharing Christ with them as a result? Are there Christians you know who want to participate in an outreach to unbelievers, but don't have the money to go? The church leaders asked Paul to give to the poor, "They only asked us to remember the poor-- the very thing I also was eager to do." (Galatians 2:10) We often think of the poor as those who don't know Jesus Christ. But, many of the poor in the first century were followers of Jesus.
Finally, are there Christian leaders in your churches who are working hard to spread the gospel, and making disciples in many churches that you could support? Paul said he gave spiritually to the believers in Corinth by preaching the gospel, teaching, praying, and being a role model. Therefore, he had the right to receive material things (food, housing, clothing, and/or money) from them in return. "If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?" (1 Corinthians 9:11) Although Paul had the right to be taken care of by the Corinthians, he did not insist upon this right. He did not send them a bill every week! Instead, he taught them their responsibility to provide for his needs. "So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel." (1 Corinthians 9:14) They had failed to be faithful in their support of the apostle. He did not ignore this, but addressed it openly. He told the Philippians that he wanted them to give faithfully because it was good for them, "I don't seek the gift itself, but the profit which increases to your account." Paul said, "For even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God." (Philippians 4:16-18)
Give For Current And Future Needs
The temptation is to wait until there is a need and then give money. Paul taught the believers to set aside money each week based on their income, "Now about the collection for the Lord's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made." (I Corinthians 16:1-2). There is much value in giving to the Lord weekly, it reminds us that He has first place in everything in our lives, including our money. And it allows us to have money readily available to meet present, as well as future, needs. If we wait for an emergency to give, we will have likely spent the money on something else. We need to learn to give consistently, just like paying our rent or the electric bill.
While tithing is not in the New Testament, I believe it is a good place to start. If that is too much for you to begin with, consider starting with 5%, and seek to increase during the months ahead. Ask God for the grace to give much more than 10% in the years ahead! These ideas are simply guidelines for you to consider, and you need to have your own convictions about these matters. When we cheerfully give our money to build God's kingdom, it is also an opportunity to trust God to meet our needs as well.
Around the world, simple churches are making a huge difference in giving to the work of expanding God's kingdom. Simple churches usually are not concerned about finances for church buildings and paid staff members, but as they commit to be faithful and generous in giving they are able to significantly support missionaries and those that are involved in planting new churches. I pray that you will reread these passages and ask the Holy Spirit to help you act on the truth. It would also be healthy to openly discuss these issues with the brothers and sisters in your church.
By Stephen S. Nelson
Questions to Consider (please share your comments and ideas here, so that we can learn from one another)


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It's late at night. You walk by your spouse's laptop and notice an unfamiliar website on the screen. The tagline says "life is short. Have an affair." You're not entirely surprised. Your marriage hasn't been happy for a long time. However, when you confront your spouse, they fumble and claim they're "just checking it out" because they heard about the site from a friend. Clearly catching them in a lie, you think, "well, if he can do it, so can I."
This is the scenario Carrie from Toronto found herself in when she was married to her ex-husband. After discovering he had an account on Ashley Madison – the notorious dating site designed for people who are already in relationships – she opened her own account, took the tagline to heart and decided to have some fun.
While there's a common misconception that cheating is traditionally a man's game, Carrie is one of thousands of Canadian women who are members on the site. According Ashley Madison, they have 1.13 active women for every one paid male globally – meaning there are in fact more women than men currently online seeking affairs.
Their top reason for cheating on their spouses? Sex.
This news is neither earth shattering or even mildly surprising. In a recent study, Ashley Madison found that 61% of their members sought an affair to fulfill unmet sexual needs. Other reasons listed include exploring new desires (45%), emotional reassurance and affection (44%), friendship (42%) and the feeling of butterflies again (30%).
However, is it still "cheating" if everyone involved is in the know? After being on Ashley Madison for several years, Carrie met an affair partner who was also unhappily married. They both had kids. They ended up falling in love and leaving their partners for each other. Around seven years into their marriage they mutually decided to open up the marriage and now they are both on Ashley Madison.
While it's easy to view their situation as two people simply enjoying the best of both worlds, Carrie says, "there's nothing simple about this. Because we met on Ashley Madison, we always knew we had the potential to wander and we didn't want to do that to each other. Through years of talking about it, we came to the conclusion that while we were completely committed to each other, we still wanted to have some physical experiences outside of the marriage."
"We're not in this to find love elsewhere," says Carrie. For Carrie and her husband it's all about finding new physical experiences with other people. They were both in sexless marriages from their early 20's to their early 40's. By keeping their marriage open and continuing to date other people, they're able to explore different sexual experiences that they missed out on during those years, while still staying committed to each other.
When asked what makes their relationship work, Carrie says, "we identified that communication and trust are the most important factors in our relationship, regardless of anyone else." This also means putting yourselves as a couple first. "We're always focused on us and how we're doing together. That's mainly the most important thing," says Carrie.
Opening a relationship isn't going to fix what's already broken.
Carrie and her partner have been successful with opening their marriage, many people I know haven't been. In the past two years I've seen a handful of friends attempt an open relationship only to have it end in divorce, heartbreak and messy custody battles. Opening a relationship isn't going to fix what's already broken. The problems are still going to be there. In fact, it might make things worse.
The same can be said about having an affair. When I cheated on my ex-partner I was looking to fulfill a void, but the fallout (the hurt, the guilt and how it changed my self-image) wasn't worth it in the long run. If I was ever to seek extramarital fun, I know it would have to be in a situation similar to Carrie's where everything is out in the open — and even then, I'm not sure I'm cut out for it.
If anything, I've learned to be more open-minded when it comes to other people's relationship choices. It's so easy to judge, but no one knows what feels right, except the two people in the relationship. As Carrie reminds me at the end of our phone call, "there are all kinds of alternate relationships that can be beneficial. I think a lot of people get stuck in what the relationship is supposed to be and not what's going to be best for you as a couple."


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You wake up with a sweet tooth feeling like, "Damn….I could probably shove 3 donuts to the face right now" but then you realize that you would likely hate yourself for doing so. Thus, instead, you decide to whip up a whopping stack of Chocolate Mocha Protein Pancakes because the fact that "protein" is in the title clearly makes you feel better about yourself. But in all seriousness, these pancakes are pretty good for you! Take a look!
Chocolate Mocha Protein Pancakes
- 1 banana, mashed
- 2 egg whites
- 1.4 cup Chobani Plain Greek Yogurt
- 2/3 cup Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp. ground cardamom
- 1 scoop Lean Body for Her Chocolate Protein Powder
- 2/3 cup oats
- 1/4 cup cafe mocha m&ms
- Walden Farms Calorie Free Caramel Syrup (optional)
Mash banana slices and then combine all ingredients until mixed well. Cook slowly on low-medium heat.
Meanwhile heat the syrup over low heat until pancakes are done. Drizzle over pancakes and bon appetit!


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Beta Citrix Utility: Farm Monitor
Not a bad beta release from the guys at Gourami.
When starting Farm Monitor finds out these key elements of your Citrix farm:
-License Server
-Data Collector(s)
-License Server
-Data Collector(s)
After this, Farm Monitors scans every XenApp/Presentation server in the farm. When all elements of the farm are gathered, Farm Monitor pings these servers to see if they are online/reachable. You can also choose to monitor to see if specified services are running on the XenApp/Presentation server. By default Farm Monitor checks the 'imaservice','netlogon' and 'spooler' service. Finally Farm Monitor can send an email if an alert has been raised.


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In this guide you will learn how to use the mobile theme that's included in Jetpack, enable excerpts or full posts on the home page and archive pages, and show a promo for the WordPress mobile apps in the footer of the mobile theme. You'll also learn how to create custom menus, headers, and backgrounds for your mobile theme and what you can do with sidebars and widgets.
Note: If you are using a theme that was released or updated within the last few years (as of 2019) you probably do not need to enable Jetpack's Mobile theme.
Jetpack's Mobile Theme offers a way to make your site mobile-friendly if your current theme is not responsive or hasn't been updated in a while.
Our Mobile Theme displays your content in a clean, uncluttered interface, making it easy for mobile visitors to scan your site. Furthermore, we took special care to make the mobile theme as lightweight as possible to ensure faster loading times.
Enabling the Mobile Theme
To use the Mobile Theme, go to Jetpack -> Settings -> Writing tab and scroll down to the Theme Enhancements and the "Enable the Jetpack Mobile theme" option and turn that on.
How do I see the Mobile Theme in action on my site?
The Mobile theme will only display on a mobile operating system, so to see it in action, you'll need to visit your site from a smartphone.
Mobile Theme Options
The Mobile Theme gives you different options:
- Display either excerpts or the full post content on the home page and archive pages.
- Display or hide featured images.
- Show a promo for the WordPress mobile apps in the footer of the mobile theme.
To access the Mobile theme options:
- Visit Jetpack -> Settings -> Writing tab and scroll down to the Theme Enhancements section in your Dashboard.
- Find the "Enable the Jetpack Mobile theme" option and toggle it on.
- Toggle your desired options, then click Save Settings.
Custom Menus
The Mobile Theme searches through the custom menu locations for your current desktop theme and displays the menu assigned to the primary position. If you have no custom menus assigned, it will default to the standard page menu.
If you'd like to use a specific menu, and not the one assigned to the primary position, you can use the `jetpack_mobile_theme_menu` to force the Jetpack mobile theme to use a menu that you specify. To do so, you'll need to install a functionality plugin first.
Then, you would need to find the ID of the custom menu you've created. If you go to Appearance > Menus in your dashboard and choose to edit your custom menu, that menu's ID will be the number at the end of the URL. For example, in this URL:
The number
75 is the menu ID.
Then, you would add this code to the functionality plugin you'd previously installed:
function jetpackme_mobile_theme_menu() { return 75; } add_filter( 'jetpack_mobile_theme_menu', 'jetpackme_mobile_theme_menu' );
Custom Header and Background
The Mobile Theme respects the following custom header and background settings from your current desktop theme:
- Custom header image
- Custom background image or color
- Custom background image repeat and position settings
- Whether or not to display the header text (applies to site title and description)
- Site title text color (if you have enabled the custom header text color in the mobile theme options)
Sidebars and Widgets
You'll notice that the Mobile Theme uses a one-column layout. This ensures that your content has as much room as possible on smaller screens. Widgets appear below the content, just before the footer.
Currently, the Mobile Theme displays one sidebar below the main content area, just above the footer. In order for widgets to appear, this sidebar must have a sidebar id of "sidebar-1". If you are unfamiliar with sidebar ids, you can read more about it on the WordPress.org Codex.
If your widgets are missing on the Mobile Theme, the likely culprit is that your desktop theme does not have a sidebar with a sidebar id of "sidebar-1" (the id must be exactly "sidebar-1"). To verify this, open your theme files and locate the register_sidebar() function (usually in functions.php). If you'd like widgets to appear, you can change the ID of the sidebar to "sidebar-1". Here is an example:
register_sidebar( array( 'id' => 'sidebar-1', 'name' => __( 'Right Sidebar', 'theme-text-domain' ), 'description' => __( 'This sidebar is located in the right column', 'theme-text-domain' ), ) );
Please note: If you have multiple sidebars, only one sidebar can have a sidebar id of "sidebar-1". In this case, you would first decide which sidebar you want to appear on the Mobile Theme, and then change the id of that sidebar to "sidebar-1".
Switch to "Full Version"
Viewers have the option to switch to the desktop version of your site by tapping the "View Full Site" link at the bottom of each page.
Tips and Tricks
IF you'd like to exclude a category from the mobile theme, or remove Jetpack's Sharing Buttons, then have a look at our tips and tricks!
Privacy Information
This feature is deactivated by default. If you ever need to deactivate this feature, you can toggle the Enable the Jetpack Mobile theme setting in the Theme enhancements section from Jetpack — Settings — Writing in your dashboard.
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I was lucky enough to photograph a Chinese wedding in the heart of London recently which was hugely enjoyable as I absolutely love experiencing and capturing the rich tapestry of other cultures.
The theme for the day was the colour red in keeping with tradition – and this gave the entire wedding a vibrant and colourful look. One of my favourite parts of the whole day was photographing the bride and groom eating noodles (which symbolise longevity) that had been prepared by their families. It was such a fun and touching tradition that added to the warmth of the day. Obviously the gorgeous bride had to be very careful not to drop any noodles on her wedding dress!
After getting some lovely photographs of the happy couple at Chelsea Town Hall we moved on to the reception which took place at the stunning Kensington Roof Gardens. What a perfect venue for a small intimate wedding! Standing there in the peaceful Moroccan inspired gardens, it's hard to believe we were metres away from the hustle and bustle of London's busy streets.
Another wonderful wedding of two lovely people – I'm hoping I get to photograph more Chinese weddings in 2014!
Getting married this year? Contact us to discuss your wedding photography requirements.


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Are Your Stove Burners in Desperate Need of Cleaning? Here's a Tip That Might Help.
We all know how dreadful it can be to keep a house clean, the best way to tackle a mess is to avoid making one in the first place, but of course it's not always easy to do. It would be lovely if everything could just stay perfectly crisp without any maintenance, but that's obviously a fantasy world... so for all of us stuck in the daily grind of reality, here's a trick that teaches you how to clean electric stove burners. These elements get a lot of use, so it's important to make sure they're cleaned, otherwise when the gunk builds it becomes a monstrous task to undertake. The problem is that a lot of people are unsure about how they should approach cleaning them.
One thing is for certain, you want to make sure that whatever product you choose is non-toxic, because as soon as the burners get hot, they will heat up those chemicals which is a hazard to you and your families health. There are many great products on the market now that are eco-friendly, so do a bit of homework and try to use something safe and free of harmful chemicals.
This instructional tutorial shows you how to clean them using super safe non-toxic ingredients that you likely have in your home. Are you ready to be blown away by the sheer simplicity of this ingredients list? All you are going to need to get that stove nice and shiny again are dish soap, some baking soda, and finally water. That's it. I'm not kidding, 3 ingredients that you have on hand are better than half of those expensive products you might find at the store.
Now I know it's a pretty obvious word of caution here, but please make sure the elements are no longer hot. They need to be completely cool, to avoid nasty burns and such. Once they're cooled down, you can go ahead and remove them carefully and proceed to give them a good cleaning. Using a washcloth, you can just gently rub the coils in circular movements until it's clean.
Then all that's left is scrubbing on the little baking soda mixture until all the grime comes off of your burners. You need to be cautious again while cleaning, since you want to make sure you don't get the electrical connection wet otherwise it might not work when you put them back in. That's essentially the gist of the matter. Make a paste from baking soda and water, scrub off the grime that's stuck to your burners, wipe clean, and put it all back together. The whole endeavor should take no more than 15 minutes (depending on how dirty they are of course!).
I know these are one of those tasks that kind of gets put on the back burner (haha get it??) but now there's no reason why you shouldn't keep those elements nice and gunk free. Now you won't have to worry about any smoky hazards resulting from caked on food that's lighting on fire. Is it just me or does that happen to everyone? Either way, it won't have to happen ever again in my household, thank goodness!
If you're interested in learning more and seeing the full tutorial for yourself, then all you have to do is click on one of the links in this article to get redirected to the "Apartment Therapy" website where they have tons of interesting links to keep you busy. They've got categories for home decor, techy stuff, family, kitchen, and so much more. It's a great place to gain inspiration for all things related to the home.
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The Sealife Family Resort Hotel is a family friendly hotel which is full of activities for all the family to enjoy. Its facilities range from water sports, canoeing, games room, kids clubs and much more. The resort is also close to one of the main beaches in Antalya; the Konyaalti Beach. The beach is a one minute walk from the resort, so it's the perfect place to visit if you're not looking to travel too far when outside the resort.
Out of the 230 hotels in Antalya, Sealife Family Resort Hotel is rated 17. Guests have been raving about the entertainment at the resort, which could be the reason why this resort is so popular in Antalya. You can find entertainment everyday, whether it's day or night and there's something for everyone, so you'll never find a moment where there's nothing to see or take part in. Guests who have stayed at the hotel have also been impressed with the variety of food and the quality of it.
See all available rooms and deals in Sealife Family Resort Hotel
General Information
Rating: 5 star
Check in: 2pm
Check out: 12pm
Photo ID and credit card required when checking in
Kids club in a dedicated area in the hotel
All rooms open to open air balconies with Mediterranean Sea views
Guests can choose food from Italian and Mexican specialities
When to go
April is the best time to go to Antalya if you really want to soak in the heat and make the most of the facilities of the resort.
How to get there
An airport shuttle service can be requested
Free private parking on the resort if you have your own vehicle
Plan your Trip
Flights to Antalya from £85
Book cheap car rental from £9
Book your travel insurance from £7
Private airport taxi from £30
Things to do
Not only is the hotel in the top 20 in Antalya, the hotel is located in an area where you really get to experience Turkish culture. You can see Hadrian's Gate which is the last remaining entrance gate in the walls that surround the city and harbor. It was founded in 1817 so there is a lot of history behind this gate!
There are also other things to do whilst here:
Konyaalti Beach – 1 minute walk
Antalya Old Town – 6 miles away
Shopping centre and Antalya Aquarium – less than 2 miles away
Antalya open air theatre – 2 miles away
Unique Selling Points
Facilities and activities for the whole family making it a very family friendly resort to stay in
Breakfast included with all rooms
Convenience store on site
Hair/beauty salon
Tennis courts
Traditional Turkish bath
Kids club
Water sport facilities
Ping pong
Games room
Halal Facilities
Halal friendly private beach area
Contact Details
Address: Konyaalti Sahil Seridi, 07070 Antalya, Turkey
Sealife Family Resort Hotel is the 6th most booked 5 star hotel on booking.com! So, if you're looking for a family friendly hotel that has everything you can possibly think of, as well as being close to Turkish culture, Sealife Family Resort Hotel may be for you.
We cover other cities in Turkey too so be sure to check them out and read up on our overview of halal holidays in Turkey.See all available rooms and deals in Sealife Family Resort Hotel
You've read all about this place and why it meets your halal needs, but if you want to continue with your search, there's many more to choose from that all cater to those who are after a truly unique halal holiday experience. We have halal hotels, halal resort hotels, halal thermal hotels and even halal villas to choose from!
So, whether you're looking for family holidays or all inclusive holidays (or both!) there are plenty of halal friendly holidays to choose from on Muslim Break.


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International Entrepreneur Scholarship
The Buckingham Enterprise and Innovation Unit (BEIU) is offering budding entrepreneurs from across the world the chance to win a scholarship to study on our unique BSc (Hons) Business Enterprise (BBE) Venture Creation Programme.
These scholarships have been made possible thanks to a generous gift from German entrepreneur, businesswoman and philanthropist, Susanne Klatten. Read more about Susanne's gift and our exciting plans.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate the following:
- A passion for entrepreneurship
- A creative and innovative approach to life
- A great mind for business
- Enthusiasm for learning
The scholarship is worth up to £17,800 for new applicants to the BSc Business Enterprise (BBE) Venture Creation Programme.
The Process
Step 1: Apply to study on the Business Enterprise Programme at the University of Buckingham either direct or through UCAS.
Step 2: Produce a Pitch Deck (set of presentation slides) explaining a new and exciting business idea you would like to start.
Step 3: Send your Pitch Deck by email to Business School.
Step 4: Do this before the deadline: 1 July 2020 for September 2020 start.
Step 5: Successful candidates will be shortlisted and invited to an interview within two weeks following the respective deadlines.
These scholarships are exclusively for non-UK students, learn more about scholarships available to UK students.