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Dearest Katie,
About two years ago I read Loving What Is and began my Work journey, this never ending internal life. After listening to the audio of the book, and subsequent audios, I sent you a letter, which ended up on the Parlor. I had quoted a section of the book, which I just could not at all understand at the time. That part about "When you get it, they'll get it. That's the law! It must be so" "They will follow." (paraphrasing). I wrote you asking for clarification, as I just couldn't get it. I am starting to now. I have lived this question on and off since your response back then in the Parlor. I am seeing more and more, what starts to shift around me when I do my part, my Work. And I see it's nothing personal. I see when my own mind begins to clear, it clears everywhere, and in some cases it just blows my mind. My whole world shifts. One of my sisters who had been very angry at me for a year and a half, approached me recently and said, "I just want you to know that I am ending being mad at you. I can't stand it anymore. I see it is not hurting you and it is killing me. I love you. I always have. And spending more time around you these last three weeks has shown me this so clearly. And besides that I don't just love you, I like you! So I am ending all this silly business with you. I am back on with you. I miss you so much." This blew my mind. And I understood.
My son K, who is twenty-three years old, affectionately sometimes calls me Guddha – a cross between Grant and Buddha. And I know it cuts both ways. He does think I am wise sometimes, as he rubs my head affectionately. And I am sure sometimes he says it when he thinks that I think I am wise. Guddha sounds different in my head at those times! Like "Oh Mr. Know-it-All". Thank you K. Now maybe I will call him Kuddha! He decided a few months ago to do The School. He is doing the March School. Now how wise is that? Finding his way to his own freedom. I'm loving it. So, please study up on the curriculum a little extra, as I am wanting the universe for him, which I really know he already has! "When you get it, they'll follow!" Thank you for your doing and undoing, dearest Katie. Hugs and gushy kisses as always.
Love, Grant
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Dearest Grant,
Thank you for your letter. One of my grandsons says that he is attending the School for The Work this summer in Los Angeles. I would love that he gets what your son received at the School, and that is his own truest mind back, awake and responsible for his own life and best interest. We all adore your son! Let him know that he is cleared to staff a School if he wants to. I love watching even six- and seven-year-olds work with people who are sixty, seventy, twenty and every age in between at the events I get to facilitate as well.
For those of you asking about your children coming to the School during the upcoming summer break, the answer is, of course, "yes." Both my grandsons are fourteen, and I think of the fourteen-year-old daughter of one of the women at the last School (just a few days ago). This young lady wouldn't let anyone—not even her mother—get away, skate away, shift away, shrink away from the authentic self she could see in us. This darling and ruthless fourteen-year-old facilitator used her skills (the most ruthless skills always are our kindness, gentleness, caring, and the most unmoving integrity in the face of the one in denial, the facilitated) to tear open a lot of stuck minds and lives. As I am not traveling out of the country this summer (thank you all for supporting my visit to London and Copenhagen in January) and many of you are wanting your children to come to the School during summer break, and of course I am very happy about that, I will be there as usual, from early morning to late at night, all day, every day, watching awareness shift from the fear-based self into another paradigm, the new one, the kinder one, yours. I hope to see not only my grandson but who knows?—maybe both my grandsons as well as your children and grandchildren at the summer School for The Work in Los Angeles.
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A part of being with family at Christmas is traditions, I love traditions and we have several. One is that we always have lasagna at Christmas. It started when we lived near family and we had a couple of days of very rich, delicious traditional food. We wanted something different so lasagna it was. Since that time, no matter what day our family celebrates Christmas, lasagna is always served at some point.
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- 3/4-1 cup shaved Parmesan cheeseFill a large baking dish with hot tap water and add noodles.Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, onion, Italian seasoning and red pepper. Cook, stirring often until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add sausage and cook, stirring to break up meat until cooked through. Add both cans of crushed tomatoes in puree. Bring to a boil and simmer about 20 minutes until slightly thickened.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drain noodles and dry baking dish. Spoon approximately one cup of sauce on bottom of dish. Layer noodles, 1/2 of sauce and 1/2 of both cheeses then repeat. Cover dish tightly with foil and bake 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove foil and bake an additional 20 minutes until top is brown and bubbly. Remove from oven and let cool 15 minutes before cutting.
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UnNews:Sightings increase: Cows may be coming home
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21 April 2007
BUTTE, MONTANA, April 17-- It started as a few scattered reports of roaming cows. But, soon local ranchers found they had more than a few broken fences to mend. In a desolate part of the U.S. often referred to as "big sky country" the night is typically disturbed only by a coyote's call or an alien cattle mutilation. "It started last Saturday," said Sheriff Porcine Flatus of Butte, Montana. "At first we thought some cows had just got out over at the McDurdle place, but then we noticed they was out at the Fritterdon's and the Wankers', too. They was all meetin' up and marchin' on down the road - I never seen such athing." Sheriff Flatus received missing cattle calls all day, through the night and into the next day. "I had to take some of the meth we had in evidence just to get through the night," he said, clinching his jaw periodically and sucking his upper lip. "Them cows, them cows is up to no good." Similar reports from around theglobe have led investigators to agree that something often spoken about may indeed be happening - the cows are coming home.
ROTTENMANN, AUSTRIA April 16-- Hans Burglar was going out to tend to his herd of rare Austrian dancing cows when he noticed something peculiar - they weren't there. He called local authorities, and they had an answer for him right away. "The police told me that they had seen 'em walking in a straight line out of town. What was strange was other cows along the way were breakin' down the fence and goin' along! There was no stoppin' them!" Other towns and villages in this remote part of the world where nothing much happens, save every now and then when you might get a juicy tid-bit about the schoolteacher or the bank teller, were reporting the same thing. Cows were gone. Cows were moving. Cows were going home.
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA April 18-- Altus is the kind of town where the local folks meet at Flo's diner to discuss other people'sbusiness, a place where the butcher at the Hogly Wogly is doing your old lady while you are at work, middle America in the middle of a growing mystery. "I heard what sounded like a rumble," said Owen Yamunny, town drunk. "There was a rumble an' a dust cloud down by Smelly Creek. I figgered I was just hallucinatin' 'cause I couldn't get a drink." But he wasn't. "They was all bellerin' like there was no tomorrow! And the smell, I'll never forget that smell. Say, ya cain't spare a couple a' bucks, can ya?" he asked, wiping dried spittle from his chin. "It sounded horrible!! Just horrible!" said Edna Phunkworth, local prostitute and librarian. "It woke me straight up outta bed - I thought the Lord had come with a heavenly army of cows! I just grabbed some clothes and ran! These pants don't make my ass look fat, do they?" Yes, and no, Edna, it wasn't the Lord, but all of the cows in Altus were an awesome sight. Most have never seen such organization and determination amongst these bovine soujourners. Truly, it looks as if the cows are coming home.
HAIFA, ISRAEL April 19-- Professor Hymie "Ish" Ruebenonrye of Haifa University Studies of the Unknown has a theory. "Vee vreed it in old texts, eets not in dee Bible, but der vas an olt story I heerd years ago, about de cows goink home." He points to a microfilm of an ancient document found among the Dead Sea scrolls. "Eets all een derr!" he emphasizes by pounding his pointed finger on his desk. "Eet sez eet right heyer," he reads, "an der cowz'll come home ven der time ees right. Oye." The time seems to be right now. Many are watching for other signs as well, but other ancient manuscripts seem devoid of any mention of restless or weary homesick cows. "Der jeest isn't very much wreeten about eet. But I tell you, you must be vatching your ass." Many believe it is spoken of in this cryptic, hard to decipher quatrain of Nostradamus: "When the second of two bushes is in the white house, a dick with chains starts world war three, signs and smoke and wonders, mooing cattle returning home."
BOSTON, MASS April 19-- "It could be an interesting time if this is true," says Dr. I. Nowittal of Boston City University Cultural Studies. "The economic impact could be devastating. The food supplies could be decimated. But, that's just the beginning. Pigs could fly, pigs could fly out of people's asses. Hell could freeze over. Stars could fall from the sky and mountains fall into the sea. These are just a few of the things to watch for if the cows really are headed home, and no one knows where that is." And, as well, nobody knows why. Are they angry for being bred to be brutally slaughtered and eaten? Are they tired of having their genitals mutilated by alleged "gray aliens?" Are they responding to a cattle call from a higher rancher somewhere? Meanwhile people around the world watch and wait as hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of cows are marching in unison with what appears to be a common purpose. What are they doing? Where are they going? "If they really are coming home, we will know soon," Nowittal adds, "There was a report of a man in Holland with a pig in his ass, but it turns out he was the one who put it there. To be sure, just watch for flying pigs, and watch your ass. You can watch it 'til the cows come home!"
- Dewey Kerr "Cows on the march?". Cow Watch, April 20, 2007
- Sue Dohnymm "Watch yer ass!". End Times, April 19, 2007
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Voice UI, tweeking a bit
From: Cristian (cguiducci_at_gostec.net)
Date: 2004-03-22
Recap... from a blind "point of view"
>I just spoke to a friend of mine, yes, having the items in a list,be it
> Maybe I should reconsider, introduce a
what is technically the problem? that you have to enlarge the .voice file?
>Maybe it should be on by default, but no voicefile present? So once you add
OK, 2 birds with one stone!
> Does it make sens to set the time? It's nowhere read, only the
It would make sense for 2 reasons to me:
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... what about the bookmarks, they would be fantastic for us who reed
... just a comment: to me the encoding quality of the voice is even to good,
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Aruch haShulchan on gerama vs. being goreim gerama
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In your example there is another factor: Adam bahul al mamono. Perhaps Chazal felt that it would be better not to extend their gorem gerama decree to such a situation because the alternative would lead to chilul Shabbos.ReplyDelete
Psik Reisha d'nicha lei.ReplyDelete
Note that the Aruch Hashulchan apparently has forbidden
all grama switches.
MGI -- it's not a gezeira, it's a din d'orasya.ReplyDelete
Pesik reisha is where there is a secondary consequence of your action. Gerama = it's not your action. Why mix them together?
Besides gerama switches I was thinking about moving pins on a timer -- the issue doesn't even get started according to this Ah"S.
What gU was referring to was that the person being toveil is motivated by a need to be toveil, and the gram mechika is a PR. The AH is talking about a person that goes into the water davka in order to effectuate the gram mechika.ReplyDelete
And you're right. The AH would asser all gramas. And he's not the only one. There's also the Chasam Sofer and the Rogotchover who asser beRachel Bitcha Haktana. And Reb Moshe. I've heard it called the black box theory- if the purpose is to yield a desired result, then the fact that the box contains fifty gramas is irrelevant. You press a button, the result is a melacha, you're chayav.
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So what do you do with the gemara in Shabbos - you can't assur what the gemara itself is matir?ReplyDelete
(this is chaim)
See Chazon Ish Bava Kamma 14:12, http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14332&st=&pgnum=185 , where he suggests that kibui is different. Also see Chasam Sofer EH 20, http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=793&st=&pgnum=34 , where he says it's a machlokes l'halacha whether gram is muttar or assur on Shabbos. And best of all, the Rogotchover in Ki Sisa 31:15, http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=22177&st=&pgnum=394&hilite= , says clearly that kibui is the exception to the rule.ReplyDelete
You can't asser what the Gemara is mattir, but you can limit it to the specific facts of that case.
I like the mareh mekomos, but I'm still not a happy camper.ReplyDelete
The gemara Shabbos 120b asks a stirah between halachos: R' Yosi is matir going to mikveh even if you have the shem Hashem written on your skin, but prohibits putting out barrels of water in the way of the fire. If gerama is mutar, then both cases should be OK; if gerama is asur, then both cases should be assur. The Chachamim hold the reverse of R' Yosi in both cases, and the gemara asks the same stirah.
Isn't the gemara comparing apples and oranges? If you are telling me the that kibuy is a unique din, then why should there be consistancy between the two cases?
I can see how you might answer this point, but I think it gets into dichukim.
Each of them is interesting. I especially liked the Chazon Ish's lineReplyDelete
אבל שבת לא המלאכה שנואה בשבת אלא טורח האדם במלאכה שנאוי, (which he later limits drastically) and the Rogotchover and the Chasam Sofer focusing on יֲעֲשֶה and יֵעָשֶה
Alternative the two cases aren't the same thing. In the mikveh case I'm directly putting my hand in the water. In the fire case I'm putting the barrels outside the fire and waiting for the first to reach them. A more analogous case would either be putting my hand on the ground near an approaching stream of water and waiting or throwing the barrels into the fire.ReplyDelete
Based on the footnote in the Rogotchover source that Barzilai brought, it seems the Rogotchover held that Kivui is different because nothing is there after the issur is accomplished, so it must be the action itself which is the problem. This same reasoning should apply by Mechikat Hashem.ReplyDelete
Thank you, DBS, I simply didn't look at the footnote. Now it's even better.ReplyDelete
Welcome. Also, just curious: In your profile you have The Myth of Sisyphus as your favorite book. It caught me off guard at first. I'm guessing you like it because it shows how bizarre atheism is?ReplyDelete
I wish. Unfortunately, it is important to me for other reasons. Sort of, lehavdil elef havdalos, like Koheles, but from a different perspective.ReplyDelete
Give that man a cigar. There's an intended duality related to hevel pihem shel tashbar and divrei torah being the yesod of the briah and a desire to drive away people that don't have the seichel to appreciate quality without being told to appreciate it but that one is definitely first tier.ReplyDelete


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(Book 2 Bonus) Bonus 1 – First act in the Kanzaki residence
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Tetsuya, Diethelm, and Elena were at Tetsuya's house…… Rather than a castle, it gave of the feeling that it was a godly residence.『Reirou no Yakata』had become the center of attention. 1)Reirou no Yakata mean Bright mansion.
(Sebastiano)「Welcome home, Tetsuya.」
(Tetsuya)「I'm home, Sebastiano. 2)セバス should mean Sebastiano but I'm not sure.Is there enough food even though the number of people have increased?」
(Sebastiano)「There are no problems.」
(Tetsuya)「Can you take into calculations that a lot of them are injured and prepare adequate treatments for them?
Besides that, could you make something easy to eat for the wounded?…… When that is done, call for those two and ask them a few minutes of their time and escort them inside the staff room.
How long will you take to prepare the meals?」
(Sebastiano)「Certainly. Dinner will be available in approximately two hours. I will have Maria and Reshia guide them.」
(Tetsuya)「OK, go for it. Then congratulate them for their help」
When Tetsuya entered his house, he instructed the butler Sebastiano. He informed this man, that was something close to his right arm, of the arrival of Diethelm and his companions. After that, Tetsuya went back to his room.
(King Diethelm)「Oh!This bed is better than the one in our Royal Palace!! Moreover, I can't believe that we are inside a magic item. And this cup was actually made of top notch glass. Furthermore, these clothes (The ones which Tetsuya usually wear) a Polo and a pair of trousers ) are very comfortable. Seriously, who is he? He can even bring a house and a country wherever he goes. It's awesome. Well, if it's that guy, nothing is impossible…」
Diethelm was laying on his bed inside 『Reirou no Yakata』, still surprised by Tetsuya.
And in the next room, Elena did the same as him.
(Princess Elena)「What kind of person is Tetsuya-san? Tetsuya-san has great magic tools and an excellent house. He looks so handsome… I want to marry him…. Wait what did I just say !?? But……」
However, she was thinking something entirely different about Tetsuya from her Father. I would like to say "Do your best" because she already had at least three rivals.
(King Diethelm)「So good!!!」
(Princess Elena)「Delicious!」
(King Diethelm)「Oh, wow, it's true.」
Diethelm and Elena were eating the bouillabaisse used as the hors d'oeuvre
(Princess Elena)「So good!!!」
(King Diethelm)「Truly delicious」
(Princess Elena)「W, wow」
After that, the two people were overjoyed from eating the onion soup. Are you two only going to say that!? Tetsuya cried on the inside.
After this, the two people ate the flounder meuniere3)flounder meuniere : http://chattavore.com/flounder-meuniere/, the baked Dragon pie and desserts (Diethelm and Tetsuya ate the Gateau au chocolat4)Gateau au chocolat : http://dishdish.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gateau-au-chocolat-PH3.jpegwhereas Elena ate a Compote of peach5) Compote : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compote ) Diethelm said the following with teary eyes.6)French foods are often famous amongst foreigners and the foods' names are often used by them, the author here used Higarana to explain them
(King Diethelm)「What is this! It's too delicious! Tetsuya, do you eat this every day!? Just now, did you call it a Gateau au chocolat? Whatever, it's so good! But I feel heavier.」
When Diethelm returned to his room, he utterly shouted.
(Princess Elena)「It was tasty. If I marry Tetsuya-san…… Everyday…. And together with him…」
Elena had found yet another benefit of marrying Tetsuya.
Later on, when the two people ate an ice cream, they immediately said.
(Princess Elena)「This is too much!!!」
(King Diethelm)「This is beyond delicious!!」
Afterword7)I was a bit lazy to translate the words, but basically he said the name of the book used as a reference for the meals and did a short introduction of the three people. One as a butler, one as unknown origin and one with no particularity
References [ + ]
|Reirou no Yakata mean Bright mansion
|セバス should mean Sebastiano but I'm not sure.
|flounder meuniere : http://chattavore.com/flounder-meuniere/
|Gateau au chocolat : http://dishdish.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gateau-au-chocolat-PH3.jpeg
|Compote : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compote
|French foods are often famous amongst foreigners and the foods' names are often used by them, the author here used Higarana to explain them
|I was a bit lazy to translate the words, but basically he said the name of the book used as a reference for the meals and did a short introduction of the three people. One as a butler, one as unknown origin and one with no particularity


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Eilish Cassidy never thought she'd be a mother at nineteen or still in college at twenty-four. Cut off from every member of her family except her favorite cousin, she's finally managed to put her life back together. Stronger and wiser, Eilish enters her last semester of university determined to stand on her own. Now she just needs to find an internship.
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For Garry Ridge, CEO of WD-40 Company, it's all about the people. Ask him about corporate initiatives, profits, or day-to-day operations and he will immediately make the link between people and success. For more than 10 years, Garry and his team—referred to as tribe members—have worked hard to create a trusting, purposeful work environment where everyone can thrive.
WD-40 Company is a global marketing organization headquartered in San Diego, California, where the original WD-40® Multi-Use Product was invented over 60 years ago. Probably best known for the signature blue and yellow can that is instantly recognized worldwide, WD-40 Company encompasses a group of brands featuring a full range of maintenance, specialty, and cleaning products for all corners of the industrial realm, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and home. The brands represent truly trusted and valued products that reflect a corporate environment based on trusting relationships.
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Two training programs from The Ken Blanchard Companies, Building Trust and Situational Leadership® II, play key roles in helping WD-40 establish this invigorating, empowered work environment. These two programs provide a common language individuals can use to improve the level of trust in relationships and the quality of conversations about performance. The programs also support the tribal mentality that is such an important part of the WD-40 culture.
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When Garry started the journey of creating the culture at WD-40, he knew he needed a way to communicate just how significant relationships would be in the new culture. The term team member failed to capture his desired level of trust and commitment, so he chose the term tribe member. He understood that a team is something you play on once in awhile but a tribe represents a place you belong. A tribal culture is built on open communication where tribe leaders share knowledge with younger tribe members.
"The number one responsibility of the WD-40 tribe is to share knowledge and encourage ongoing learning," Garry explains. "As leaders, we should get up every day with the pure desire to help people step into the best possible version of themselves."
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For example, people don't make mistakes at WD-40. They have learning moments, which are the positive or negative outcomes of any situation. These outcomes are shared freely because positive results need to be celebrated and negative results provide an opportunity to learn what changes should be made in the future. "Having a clear purpose, a set of values that provide a safe working environment, and a common language of leadership makes learning moments something to cherish—not something to fear. Some of our most powerful learnings have come from negative situations. Our tribe members understand the importance of sharing information for the greater good," says Garry.
What about Results?
One thing Garry wants other leaders to understand is that a learning initiative like this doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. "This isn't a bargain deal. You don't buy leadership on sale. You have to take the time and make the investment," says Garry.
The investment certainly has paid off for WD-40. The company's employee engagement scores are at a high of 93 percent globally and 97 percent of tribe members say they love—not like, love—to tell people where they work. What's more, 96 percent are excited about the future and 99 percent say their values are totally aligned with the company's values. On the financial side of things, the WD-40 stock price has increased 41 percent in the last year. In the last 10 years the company has had a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in total shareholder return of 16 percent per year.
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Garry's learning journey brought him a few aha moments he hadn't expected. "I knew micro-management as a leadership style was not effective and not scalable. I've always believed the main job of a leader is to be a coach." Garry understood that leaders who were promoted into their roles because they were high individual achievers seldom had leadership skills needed to be effective in their new position. He realized he needed to offer training to give these people the tools to be effective leaders.
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Garry wants leaders at WD-40 to operate with the understanding that they are there not to protect their own positions, but to develop the people around them to be the best they can be. This is servant leadership in its purest form. Tribe leaders know that if they serve their people, their people will serve their customers, and that will keep shareholders happy—which completes the circle of success at WD-40 Company.


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It's not like it was the situation in which he was caught crossdressing. Once we started getting sexually involved, he slowly find out what my sexual preferences were and just how adventurous i was, and if I was ready to at least see him in a different light. Once he knew he was safe, he brought out his alter ego, Vanessa, who was so exciting and so different than my boyfriend. I was almost dating two people, and the best part was I could have both in bed. I learned that he was more fun as Vanessa than as himself and that alter egos do exist and they are exciting!
Crossdressing does not have to be scary. Even though I was at first intimidated about what that could mean about his gender, crossdressing does not mean a man is gay or is not interested in women. Watching him transform into a woman in front of my eyes was not only fascinating but in a strange way erotic.
Crossdressing for teens is something very new, and starts off as experimentation and a performance. He is learning more about himself as he performs his alter ego, which does not have an impact on his sexuality. So he can be dressed as a woman, but still be a man having sex with me. It's a very dramatic performance, and emphasizes what they like about being feminine or the female sex. The shape of one's genitals should not determine everything they do in life, from career choices to cognitive abilities.
He realy knows how to crossdress and it's really sexy. It's hard to explain but when you see someone you are sexually aroused by normally and then you see him in sexy panties, it's hard to describe but it heightens their masculinity. The foil is so dramatic your eyes don't know how to pair the two things together and that dissonance is arousing if not totally exciting.
Crossdressers are vulnerable and are putting it all out there by living out their alter ego. Even though we are a heterosexual couple, just walking around town at night, not knowing who might recognize him and get angry and attack is scary. So, being caring and understanding and be smart about where you go out as a couple is important.
I've learned so much from my teen crossdresser boyfriend and he has enlightened me so much about my own gender and sexuality and how artificial 'norms' are. So, if you get the chance to date a crossdresser, don't pass it up. It will change your (sex) life for the better.


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It's said that all good things must come to an end.
For Chris Holly's Golden Eagles, making their first-ever State appearance, that happened Friday afternoon as Big Walnut (22-10) , making its first-ever State tourney appearance, came up short by an 8-1 count against the Defiance Bulldogs (27-5) in a Division II OHSAA State Semifinals game played at Huntington Park in Columbus.
Defiance, coached by Tom Held, which came in as a two-time State champion, having won title titles in 1992 and 2013, took an early 2-0 lead with solo runs in the first and third innings. Senior third baseman Garrett Sierra walked and senior right fielder Wes Detter beat out a well-placed bunt back to the mound to put Bulldogs at first and second. After Big Walnut starter junior Tommy Fleser retired the next two batters, putting runners at second and third, Sierra stole third and scored on junior catcher Nick Green's throwing error.
In the third, with one out, Bulldog junior pitcher Shay Smiddy lined double down the right field line, advanced to third on an error by senior right fielder Brandon Daniel's error and senior second baseman Ty Castillo, who reached on an error, scampered home on senior catcher Gage Cordray's single through the left side of the infield for the 2-0 Bulldog lead. Defiance, which came into the game riding a 10-game winning streak, made that lead stand up through the first six innings.Big Walnut, which came into the State riding a 12-game win streak, managed three hits off Smiddy through the first three innings. threatened in the fourth with singles by Green and junior third baseman Jakob Evans, and a walk to senior shortstop Matt Tarney, but Green and Evans were left stranded at first and second as Smiddy quelled the threat.
"You could tell that we were a little shaky to start the game," Holly said. "we made a couple of mental errors and Defiance made us pay for those errors. At one point, I think we had more errors than hits."
Defiance closed out the Golden Eagles with three-run rallies in the sixth and seventh inning to open up an 8-0 lead. In the sixth, senior first baseman Jimmy Bauer laced a triple to the 365-foot mark in right-center field and came home on Castillo's single to center. With Castillo at third and sophomore left fielder Bryce Borton, who had walked at second, both came home on Sierra's controversial sacrifice fly for a 5-0 Bulldog lead.
In the seventh, Defiance put the game out of reach with three more runs as Castillo was hit by a pitch, senior Alec Rivers reached on an error as Castillo stole home and Rivers stole second. Sophomore Braden Frederick singled to right, plating Rivers, and Sierra doubled Frederick home for the 8-1 final.
Big Walnut, backed by the urging of a large contingent of Big Walnut fans behind the Golden Eagle dugout,tried to tally late. After sophomore third baseman Parker Imertreijs was erased by a third-to-second-to-first double play in the in the sixth inning, the Golden Eagles finally pushed across a run in the seventh. Tarney and Evans opened the frame with back-to-back singles. Senior Chad Little pinch-hit for sophomore Henry von Hollen and forced Evans at second as Tarney scored. After junior Andrew Klamfoth pinch-hit for Daniels and singled to left, Davis came on to run for Klamfoth, senior Michael Blackburn flied out and Moser forced Davis at second to end the threat and the game.
Defiance pounded out a dozen hits in the victory, led by Detter, who was three-for-four with a walk and thee runs batted in; Smiddy, who was two-for-four with a run and a walk; Bauer, who was two-for-four with a run; Frederick, who was two-for-three with a run batted in. Evans led BW's six-hit attack, going two-for-two with a walk.
On the mound, Smiddy went the distance for Defiance to record the victory, giving up one earned run on six hits and four walks. He struck out four Golden Eagles. Fleser made the start for the Golden Eagles, allowing two runs, none earned, on six hits and two bases on balls while fanning four. Freshman Austin Becker threw the final three innings for BW, giving up six runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks.
Holly is counting on Big Walnut's first-ever State appearance to be a stepping stone for more postseason appearances in the future.
"This team is going to be remembered for a long time at Big Walnut," he said. "This group has accomplished something that no other Big Walnut baseball team has ever done before. A lot of our success this season was because of our five seniors — Michael, Matt, Brandon, Chad and Brayden. They played hard and will be difficult to replace, but we are a young team and will have a lot of experience coming back for next season."
Defiance completed its bid for its second State championship by defeating Poland Seminary (28-3) by a 5-3 score for the DII State crown Saturday at Huntington Park. Poland Seminary won Friday's other DII semifinal matchup with a 2-0 vict0ry over Bishop Watterson (24-9).


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Aloe Vera Can It Help Treat or Prevent Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Aloe Vera can help the body in so many ways, from a simple body moisturiser to a possible treatment for Irritable Bowel syndrome.
- Why not plant your own Aloe Vera
- Take a 30 mil drink each morning
- It has no side effects
- Give your inside a treat
Why not plant your own Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera is used in an amazing array of products including soaps, bubble bath, hand soap, toilet tissue and shampoo.
If you use a tissue impregnated with Aloe Vera the next time you contract a cold it could help to stop the nose soreness that is often associated with it, Aloe Vera has amazing properties if you have a plant at home you can cut its leaves and rub the juice on your hands as a moisturiser. Or can be used to wounds and cuts.
Aloe Vera can be used in the treatment and promote healing to wounds and burns, there are many (Unproven although much research is being carried out) other incredible claims, one is to help in the treatment of Diabetes and Blood Lipids, its also used for the dilution of semen to help artificial fertilization in sheep.
Take a 30 mil drink each morning
But I want to talk about taking it by mouth; Aloe Vera can help with heartburn liver disease and may also be effective for genital herpes but most importantly Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder characterized most commonly by cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhoea. If you have any of these symptoms see your doctor.
So far there is no actual proof, but drinking Aloe Vera has no side effect so if you do suffer from IBS it certainly looks as though it is worth trying, trials are still being carried out and we should get a paper on it very soon.
It has no side effects
Even without the proof I would say it is certainly with trying aloe Vera as it seems to have few side effects its not even fattening, however if you have never tried it, go a little slow to start with as it is a laxative
One in three people in the UK suffer from IBS and in the US it is one in five, for a bad sufferer it is recommended around 1 to 2 tablespoons and hour but for less severe sufferers 6 tablespoons a day should be enough, to help ward off any risk you can limit it to two tablespoons a day
Give your inside a treat
In the Caribbean it is sold on the beach for sunburn because of its anti-inflammatory properties, by drinking it you do the same good to the inside your body.
Aloe Vera has a natural healing and detoxifying power and works to help break down impacted food residues in the bowel.
As with all alternative medicines or health food supplements is it best to consult with your doctor first especially if you are young, pregnant or lactating.
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The Town of Hampton is committed to providing the highest level of customer service possible. In the Building Department, it is our goal to make your experience with the town pleasant and help you to find the most effective and convenient way to attain a building permit and then assist you throughout your project and help you to a successful completion. To serve you better the town recently began "on-line" permitting through citizenserve. You may click on the link and go directly to the "Citizens Access Portal" (CAP) then select "building permits" to begin the permit application process.
The purpose of the Business Licensing division is to assist and inform the business community of all requirements regarding operating a business within the Town. The Town of Hampton welcomes your business and is dedicated to providing the business community with the highest quality customer service. It is the Town's responsibility to track and regulate all business activity that occurs, or is transacted, within the Town's limits. It is unlawful for any person to carry on any trade, calling, profession, occupation, or business without having procured a license from the Town.
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With the unveiling of iOS 7 and OS X 10.9, Apple needed to provide developers with new tools. This meant a new release of Xcode with lots of features to improve developer productivity and support for the new operating systems. Here are some highlights from the new Xcode 5:
- Asset Catalogs.
You no longer have to outfit filenames with @2x or iPhone/iPad. Asset Catalogs provide the developer with a visual way of managing graphics assets for your application.
- Image Slicing.
If you need graphics that can stretch across content vertically, horizontally or both, Xcode will now slice up the graphics asset for you automatically.
- Preview landscape portrait layouts directly within Storyboard.
The preview function in Storyboard will take into account constraint settings so you will be able to debug constraints without deploying to a simulator or device.
- Better debugging support.
You can now quicklook variables! Have a reference to a UIImage? Hit the quicklook button to see the image. Have a really long NSString? Quicklook it and see a fixed-width, scrollable window of all the content. UIWebview reference? Quicklook will show you the page that it's rendering. Awesome.
- Vastly improved testing support.
You can now execute individual test methods or test methods for the whole class. When looking at a broken test, Xcode can easily bring up the code related to the test. And testing can now be easily run directly from the command line.
- Automatic Project Configuration.
Need to setup push notifications? Go into the project configuration and turn it on. Xcode will automatically setup your project to support push notifications. It will even generate any and all necessary certificates for specific features.
Overall, there are a number of general performance improvements throughout Xcode 5 and, as one might assume, it integrates with Apple's new Continuous Integration Server called Bots. Bots will also provide users with the ability to download and install pre-built applications and comes built-in to the next OS X Server.
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That's right. The world's No. 2 and No. 3 ranked golfers will wear Nike's Zonal Cooling MM Fly Blade all week at Erin Hills.
This polo, which is designed to provide ultimate breathability in areas where the body produces the most heat, comes in six colors, all of which McIlroy and Day will show off this week. And these colors, which range from neutrals like "wolf grey" and black to bright hues like "sport fuschia" and "electro green," are designed to pop against Erin Hills' earthy backdrop.
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Rory McIlroy
McIlroy will wear a white Nike Classic 99 hat, the Zonal Cooling MM Fly blade polo in Electro Green, Chlorine Blue, Wolf Grey and Deep Night, the Nike Flex Pant and Lunar Control Vapor shoes.
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Day will wear the Nike Classic 99 hat in black and white, the Zonal Cooling MM Fly Blade polo in Sport Fuschia, Wolf Grey, Black and Chlorine Blue, the Flex pant and the Nike Lunar Command shoes.


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A new "Tweens and Allowance" survey released today by leading tween research, consulting and marketing company, AK Tweens, shows the trickle-down effects of the current economic downturn have reached even the youngest marketing demographic.
The survey, conducted by AK Tweens, through AllyKatzz.com, the country's largest safe social networking site exclusively for tween girls, surveyed AllyKatzz.com members, ages 8-15, from around the country on issues related to tween allowance, tween spending and family spending.
Most notably, results show a 16% decrease in the number of tweens who receive an allowance from their parents, as compared to 2008. Of those who continue to receive an allowance, more than half -- 59% -- plan to save some or all of their allowance for a rainy day, a 13% increase from 2008 when only 46% planned to save some of their allowance.
Additionally, what they plan to spend their allowance on has also changed -- not insignificant when you consider that there are 28.5 million tweens in the US today who independently spend $51 billion annually and have considerable "sway" over another $170 billion spent on them by parents and family. In 2008, tweens planned to save for clothes, the future and iPods, in that order. Now, the future is what they plan on saving for the most, followed by clothes, and cell phones taking the place of iPods in the third slot.
Unlike teens, tweens are too young to get jobs and
make their own money so they remain dependant on their parents, who are
feeling the crunch as well. In fact, 63% of tweens surveyed said their
parents have cut back on overall spending since this time last year,
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When it comes to building credit, the numerous options in the lending marketplace can make the path to getting a good score a little confusing. Recently, a Credit.com reader wrote in with a question on what kind of accounts are the best for building credit.
Reader Question: I'm trying to strengthen my credit and I wonder if a gas card like Phillips66 or ExxonMobil card is a good idea? I don't have any revolving credit cards in my credit file just Visa and Mastercard.
One immensely critical piece of the credit scoring puzzle that continues to baffle consumers, whether they have good credit or bad, is knowing what actions will either help maintain a good credit score or contribute toward rebuilding a poor one.
First, you may be surprised to know that you already have two revolving accounts: your VISA and Mastercard. "Revolving" credit simply refers to any account where you are given a line of credit to use with the option of either paying your balance in full or making smaller payments each month, as long as a minimum monthly amount is paid. Other types of credit include:
- Installment loans, such as mortgage, auto and student loans, where the amount borrowed is paid back with fixed monthly payments over a set period of time
- Open (charge card) accounts, that don't have an established credit limit and require the balance to be paid in full each month
While it's not necessary to have more than one or two accounts to have a good credit score, it's also true that a "healthy mix" of different types of credit demonstrates a wider range of credit experience, which can help your score.
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With that in mind, instead of applying for another revolving account, you may want to consider financing your next car, buying or refinancing a home, taking out a student loan, or obtaining a personal loan from your bank or credit union to strengthen your credit score. But don't expect a huge increase, as the evaluation of your credit mix by the scoring formula only makes up about 10% of your score.
Of course, when it comes to credit scoring there is often a downside to even the most financially sound strategies. In this case, while the addition of an installment loan could help your credit score in the long run, you should also be aware that the immediate impact to your score from opening this or any new account is likely to be negative. That is, expect to see at least a slight drop in your score initially, as research into consumer credit behavior has found an increased level of risk among those who have recently taken on new credit. The good news, though, is that any such lost points can usually be regained within about six months of paying all obligations on time, keeping credit card balances low and not applying for any additional new credit.
What all of this means is that if you want to help your score in the long run, and are considering a major purchase, an installment loan could do the trick by improving your credit mix. Or if you're reasonably happy with your two credit cards and are not overly concerned with maximizing your score, simply continue paying them on time each month, while keeping the balances down and holding off on any new credit applications. Either way, by managing your credit responsibly, you can achieve a good credit score based on whichever type of credit you use.
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I'm going to let you in on a secret…I'm turning 40 (yes, FORTY!) in just a few months. How do I feel about it? To be honest, I'm excited about what I know is going to be the next amazing chapter of life. I feel super lucky to have a beautiful family, our health, and more blessings in life than I can count. However, if you are like me and in a similar age range, you may also be experiencing some of the {ahem} side effects of aging: graying hair. I have been coloring my hair since the grays began to appear more than ten years ago, but I know many friends who color their hair for reasons other than graying – they just prefer a slightly lighter or darker shade. Either way, one thing is universal if you color your hair: ROOTS! My hair grows fast and the difference between my naturally brownish-black hair and my sprigs of gray is, well, like black and white! {insert laughing & crying emoji}.
When your hair is in-between color and your roots are showing, it's easy to feel not "put together". But don't fret! I have a great (and easy! and chic!) hair style and a fabulous product that you can find in your local Target store that instantly erases roots by John Frieda. I recently purchased the Root Blur™ Colour Blending Concealer Chestnut to Espresso For Medium to Dark Brunette for my hair and it's a total game changer for those of us in the world of hair color.
Root Blur™ Colour Blending Concealer is a temporary root cover-up powder that makes it easy to disguise your roots in a totally natural-looking way. You can find it at your local Target store in beauty section right by the hair color and hair accessories. There's an easy to find endcap display available 12/27 – 3/5, so you can't miss it. Have you been through the beauty section at Target lately? If you ever can't reach me, I'm likely to be found in those aisles at Target. I feel like I can wander through the section for hours looking at all of the beautiful displays and interesting products they are carrying. AND I can get the lunch bags, shower cleaner and greeting cards on my to-do list all in the same visit!
This is me when I look in the mirror and about 30% of my roots are sparkling like bright white diamonds! But don't worry – as promised, this look is easy as pie! This low side bun typically takes about five minutes for me to do, from start to finish. One of the keys to this style is to not over think it OR try to make it too perfect. A little bit of mess or imperfection actually makes this style look more effortless and stylish. This side bun looks best with a simple color and neckline, so adding a pop of color is just the ticket. Nothing takes your eyes off your ROOTS like a cute hairstyle and a statement necklace. Between the Root Blur, the side bun and the necklace, no one would ever guess that you're in-between color applications!
Here's what you're going to need for a simple, chic and EASY hair style that is anything but boring: 1. John Freida Root Blur™ Colour Blending Concealer in the shade nearest your hair color. They have four color options, from platinum to espresso, and each compact comes with two shades side by side. You can simply blend the two colors together to customize and blend into your perfect match. 2. A hair colored rubber band. Again, my hair is the darkest shade of brown, nearly black, so I use black hair ties. 3. A handful of bobby pins and 4. A fun necklace and a simple outfit such as a black dress.
Step One: Smooth your hair into a low side pony and secure with a rubber band. I put my pony on the opposite side of my natural hair part. It's best to use second day hair, but if your hair must be washed, use some volumizing or texturizing hair product and blow dry your hair with a round brush for volume at the roots. We want the hair to look smooth but have some volume.
Step Two: Now comes the real magic – the John Frieda Root Blur™ Colour Blending Concealer. I like to apply the Root Blur™ once my hair is already in the pony because I can apply the concealer directly to the gray hairs that are popping out at me! The Root Blur™ stays in place right where I apply it with the brush that's included in the compact. It does not rub off and lasts until my next shampoo. One of the reasons why I like this side bun when my roots are showing is that I only have to really focus on the area around my part and hairline – not the whole head!
Step Three: I adjust the shape of the hair by gently pulling sections loose near the rubber band. I don't like my pony to look too tight or stuck to my head! I like a little shape and even a little bit of messiness. Once my pony is in the shape I like it, I use a little lightweight hairspray to smooth out any fly-aways.
Step Four: Twist the the pony tail around your finger and curl into a round bun shape and secure with bobby pins. If you have especially thick hair, you may want to secure with another rubber band first and then tuck the ends in with bobby pins. This last part requires a little trial and error to get right, but in my experience, the first bun is the best bun! Give your head a little shake to make sure it's going to stay in place, and mist with a lightweight hair spray.
Here I am! So simple, yet so cute and versatile. This is the exact look I wore twice this weekend (shhhh!), once to the symphony, and the next morning to church. I get tons of compliments on this hairstyle because it's a little different than a standard pony or top knot, but it's just as easy, and with the Root Blur™ Colour Blending Concealer I'm looking fresh out of the salon. Head to your local Target to find the Root Blur™ in your shade on a special promo of Buy 3 Products get a $5 Target Gift Card.
Now tell me, what is one of your easy yet chic hairstyles?
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6 am or so. Snow is falling and the neighbor is texting to say she hopes the trailer doesn't cave in. I go out into the white with my pajamas still on under my coat, boots and gloves. With a huge groan, I wrestle the ladder around to the back of our makeshift shed that is topped by only tarps that are sagging under the load. I don't want a cave in.
I climb up the ladder with a shovel and start to scoop and push snow off the side. At least the plastic is slippery and I can move some of the snow to the edge and off. One shovel at a time. I figure each push is a little less weight on the "roof". The snow is heavy and the shovel is cumbersome to manipulate from the top of the ladder. I'm bummed. Very little money and little means to live comfortably at this time in our lives. The snow is oppressive to me right now. Not fun. Like it used to be.
I feel resentful that I agreed to sell our home in the burbs to come out here and experience this. I did agree to it though. Maybe a reward is somehow coming down the pike for all this. I often burst out in tears at this point, wanting to live somewhere else.
Deep down, I know this will pass, that there is meaning in everything. That I'm learning and experiencing things in life that will be worth telling a story about sometime in the future but it sucks. I'm breathing hard and I'm cold and miserable. I'm angry. I'm depressed. Once again, for the hundredth time, I feel resentment that I'm even here.
When I say last winter sucked for us, I mean it really did. Writing this blog, I tend to skip past a lot of the emotional upheaval that truthfully underlies our story. We've argued and cried (mostly me) time and time again about our circumstances. I want to blame but I know I have no one to hold accountable but myself. I understand we have made our decisions to come out here together but this is really, really really hard.
But I wouldn't trade it for the world.
A hundred, not even a hundred years ago this is how people lived but they were used to it dammit. We went in with a certain amount of naivety. I actually hate the term newbie but it fits. You learn as you go or from watching Youtube.
Ultimately, we discussed it and me and my son went to live at an emergency shelter in town for three months while my husband stayed on the property with the cat. I didn't even care about admitting defeat by that point. I was glad to be able to get away from the cold and I had a bigger responsibility to our son to provide a warm place for him.
When I think back on all of that last winter, the feeling that I'm going into overkill on winterizing dissolves.
Every day we do a little more to prepare. We finally got Bridgette the truck out of the shop so we can bring up supplies to put a real roof on the shed. We have the tools now that we need to do the jobs. We have the means we didn't have last year and that's liberating. I have an all too good understanding now of what's in store and I'm taking this all very seriously.
We're looking for a more efficient heating system for the fifth wheel that accounts for keeping the basement area warm enough to prevent freezing of the water pipes and drains. We laid down insulation, if haphazardly, in the basement and added insulated sheeting to the access panels, along with doors, windows, etc.
Today we bought a 350 gallon water tank for storage outside our trailer. We're exploring ideas on how to keep it from freezing. I found a heat hose that came with the RV. I gotta figure out how it's used or if it will apply to this situation. We're talking about heat blankets or some other means of keeping the water in the tank from freezing.
I bought a full body Ted (the movie) sleep suit to keep me warm in the mornings. It has a hat with ears and a logo from the movie (which I've never seen, thank God), which I'm going to remove before I puke, but the suit looks soft and warm. That's for the cold mornings inside when I first get up to blog. 🙂
Although I grew up in Utah where the climate is very similar to that here, I've lived most of my adult life out of the snow belt. Western Washington, the Puget Sound region is where I've spent a majority of that time. It's the rain belt; a place of moderate temperatures year round and lots of rain.
I used to pray and pray for snow every winter because I missed my childhood days of sledding, snowball fights; the usual stuff. After we moved from Utah, snow became the little bit of cake mix left in the bowl you got to lick. There was never quite enough and you were always left wanting more.
Now I've had the whole bowl full of cake mix and I don't want to eat anymore. It's not so fun anymore. As a matter of fact, it'll soon be the only thing I get to eat every day.
When it snows only sporadically, it melts pretty quickly and you get to go back to what you were doing until next time. But in the snow belt, it's here to stay for months at a time. You can't get away from it.
That first 15 minutes of play time is soon over and you have 172,800 more minutes to try to get it out of your boots, car, carport, half mile of driveway, off your windshield, off of the top of your trailer, off the top of your shed, off your solar panels, off of your sidewalk (if you have one), and out of your life in general.
The reality of snow is that it slows you down, gets dirty, is heavy, is cold, is wet, and rules your life for months at a time. But snow is also transforming. It muffles sound and brings soft silence. It is fun to play in and it's just beautiful. That's why I missed it so much all of those adult years.
I think our biggest problem last winter is that we couldn't get out of it and get comfortable. We had to trek back and forth up and down our half mile long driveway to and from our truck. The road was completely impassible from the first deep snow on.
We wore ruts in it with our feet that became the last portion to melt come spring because of the compaction. We had good truck tires and four wheel drive initially but we didn't put weight into the back and we had transmission problems later in the season.
Now that we have neighbors moving into the upper lot next to us, we're hoping they'll have the equipment to do the plowing. We'd be happy to take turns, we just don't have the plow.
Ultimately, I have no regrets about moving. This is a dream come true for me and I wouldn't trade it for anything. The same for snow. I just want to be comfortable and be able to function during the worst of the winter months. I can now take my favorite hot baths when I get too cold. We've made sure things are in place for those types of comforts. We're even considering the possibility of putting in a wood stove which I dismissed at first but am now reconsidering.
I want to enjoy winter days and nights all tucked in safe, warm and cozy while we watch the snow fall outside.
Next winter, I want to be watching the snow fall from the window of a log cabin.


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Simple Home Security Systems Tips That Will Actually Work
Home security systems could be a big priority for yourself, specially if you live on your own or maybe you're just one parent. Don't be scared! Take these simple actions to feel significantly better. This information has great security alarms advice.
Protect your spare key by making use of your puppy. If your dog lives outside or can appear and disappear through a dog door, this really is a viable idea. Put a key about the dog's collar which means you get access to it when necessary!
Home security systems are more than simply an alarm. Many systems enables you to go off whenever anyone enters your house. Parents riding herd on small children will be thankful just for this feature making it more difficult for kids to sneak outside without supervision.
Talk to people you know for referrals when choosing home security systems systems. Familiarity with first-hand experiences are often very important to you in relation to making this important decision. Check around to enable you to get the advice that you have to make a good solution.
You ought to mute your land line phone if you are going on a vacation. A constantly ringing phone lets thieves know that you will be not home and may increase the probability of you getting robbed.
Don't let strangers enter your house. Be skeptical of people who visit your door selling products, asking for help, or telling sob stories. Some individuals want to enter your property just to ascertain if you will discover a home security system in place. They may be scoping the place to come back when you're gone.
In case you have an attached garage, make sure it is secure. Lots of garage owners fret over burglars entering using this method, but you will find answers. A C-clamp put on the garage door track will stop it from opening when you don't want it to.
Consider switching your locks as an element of your property security program. Perhaps your roommate left town or you have gone by way of a messy divorce, and you need to believe that the home is safe. You may alter the locks within a day, along with the hardware is not extremely expensive.
If you've got skylights, don't neglect them when ensuring your home's security. Although a skylight will bring light into one's home and check good, it's yet another common entrance method for burglars. Ensure that the skylights for your house are durable and reliable.
Avoid placing spare keys under door mats or in plant boxes. While it may look such as a convenient way to provide you with access to your house, intruders understand this practice. Burglars are well aware of such hiding places. Ask a dependable neighbor or perhaps a friend to help keep your spare key.
Securing your house doesn't mean you've got to go through pricey installs and waiting on slow companies to have the work done efficiently. There are less costly options that are very effective in deterring criminals. Apply these pointers making your property a safer location for your family..


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Potholes are hard for church planters to see. They can do a great deal of damage to the young and emerging church plant. Here are a few common potholes that come from running too far too fast in a church start without proper assimilation:
1. Imitation of other successful planters over allowing God to create a unique you!
Plant the church that God called you to plant not someone else's church plant. Stop copying and start calling on God's sufficiency in your planting effort.
2. Remember your strength, as an entrepreneur can also be your weakness.
This mentality bodes well in starting a church, but it also can hinder you willingness to hear from God. Remember what Jesus said, "Without Me, you can do nothing."
3. Remind yourself just whose Kingdom you are building.
It is critical to understand that even while you are out front leading you are to follow the example of the John the Baptist when he declared, "He must become greater; I must become less" John 3:30 NIV. If you are not careful your individual goals will point out to others that your objectives are more important than God's Interruptions.
4. If you confuse passion with planning you are daydreaming.
Your passion as a church planter will motivate people, but your planning, as a church planter will mobilize them. You need both. When you have motivation but lack the ability to mobilize others you are left with a daydream. When you have mobilization but lack the ability to motivate others you are left with a nightmare. But if you have the ability to motivate and to mobilize others you will see your passion become a reality and your dream fulfilled.
5. When you lead alone without bringing others aboard.
The ability to build a team as a church planter is crucial. Planters must learn to think team over leading alone. Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. Church Planters need to have within themselves, a vision for their community and a picture of their team.
6. Becoming desperate due to lack of people development.
This pothole can be devastating! You so desire to rally people to your cause that you lessen the requirements for your leaders. Never get so desperate for leaders that you neglect the developmental process. Watch out for those who come along side of you but show signs of drifting from the start. They will leave you at first light often when the going get tough. Watch out for people who always want to be out front. Be careful with those who seek to lead but repel from accountability. Those who are insecure will never be able to be complemented enough. Those who are insensitive will cause you to always be cleaning up after them. Seek those who are servants not the celebrities.
7. Choosing to be steady when it is transformation that is needed.
Steady is the hallmark of a stuck church. Transformation is an ingrained value of church planting. If you are not comfortable with fluctuation you may not have heard the call clearly to plant a church. But do not change just for the sake of change. Planters do this far too often because they are under-developed leaders. It is agreed that transformation is built into planting situations, so do not needlessly add to it with frivolous abrupt changes. Many church plants have failed because the church planter was erratic and changed just because he could call for change. Even those wanting to do something new are not sold on a regular diet of change.
You can connect with Dr. Tom Cheyney and the RENOVATE Church Revitalization Coaching Network additionally via Facebook at RENOVATE Conference. Tom is the co-author of Spin-Off Churches (B&H Publishers), a conference speaker and a frequent writer on church planting, new church health, and church revitalization. Be looking for The Biblical Foundations for Church Revitalization by Tom Cheyney and Terry Rials later this year. If you or your church would like more information about how to be considered for the next series of RENOVATE Church Revitalization Applicants you may contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com, or email@example.com.
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