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If you stick around the blog long enough—especially in the summer months—you'll hear me talk about "my happy place."
Although I like to complain (a lot) about the winters in Minnesota, I have to say it does have one definite redeeming quality.
Lakes. And summer sunsets.
When we first moved here in 1997, I was astounded by how many people had "cabins" (quotes because the image that the word cabin brought to my mind was far different than the houses they were referring to).
What I think of as a cabin –
What most people in Minnesota with cabins think of as cabins –
And also, constantly hearing about how much time these people spent "at the lake" during the summer was honestly kind of nauseating.
Flash forward 15 years.
That person is now me.
About six and half years ago we bought a cabin (or a 45 year old little house that just happens to be lakeside) two hours away on our favorite little lake in central Minnesota – a lake we'd been vacationing at for four years and had made wonderful memories on. We'd spend only one week there a year, but if you asked the girls where their favorite place to be was, "the lake" was always their answer.
And now that we literally have spent more than half of the past six summers there it's still (thankfully) their answer.
It is—far and away—our happy place.
It's small, but we don't mind. It's cozy and comfortable.
We have the best of times out on the lake.
We have lots of wild neighbors –
(And I'm not talking about the darling 80-something year old couple who live next door.)
The dock is a quiet place for morning coffee…
…and the best place for Happy Hour.
Going for a cruise every night with a glass of wine to watch the sun set is my very favorite thing to do with my family.
And the sunsets are spectacular.
It is where out-of-state family and friends gather every summer to spend a fun weekend living the lake life.
It's a place where we relax and recharge during the school year when schedules are crazy. Finding a weekend to get up there often proves challenging, but when we can, it is a great escape.
And even in the winter, it's fun to run around on the frozen lake…
…or build a hula dancing snowgirl.
It's where you can ride for hundreds of miles on a trail that runs right by our cabin…
…or walk the 1.5 miles into the darling town for ice-cream and candy…
…and the World's Best Pizza (we can agree to disagree – but I'm right).
It's a place you'll certainly hear me talk about — a lot— on this blog, because it's my happiest place to be.
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68 Little Collins St
Melbourne, VIC
03 9662 1026
What used to be Pony, is now called Boney. I am not too sure whether the rhyming was deliberate and I must confessed I have never been to Pony before cos it looked a bit grungy.
I stumbled upon Boney on Twitter and having to uphold my reputation as the girl who find weird places to eat I decided to give Boney a try.
The signage outside wasn't huge and I was a bit worried that some of my colleague would walk past it. Indeed, one of them strayed past Boney and have to be captured by another colleague coming from another direction. For the record my instructions were Little Collins St (and Exhibition st) behind European Beer Cafe 🙂
The first impression was good. I love the cavernous dining hall and the front of house team were lovely. The menu consists of a selection of sharable dishes and for those who doesn't like to share, there are individual mains.
JW and I shared the buttermilk fried chicken $16.5 and mushroom melts $11.5.
The buttermilk fried chicken didn't look that great, the batter looked a bit like the ones they use in Chinese takeaway for lemon chicken. But you simply can't judge the book by its cover cos the batter was crispy and flavoursome. The harrisa and lemon mayo gave it a hint of spiciness while cutting the richness of the dish. My two small complaints was that 1) the chicken wasn't as moist and succulent as I would have liked (but very minor and it was definitely better than the one I had at Trunk diner!) and 2) that it would have made it easier to share if we had say, 4 drumsticks instead of 3, especially when we see that the others got a rather hearty meal, ours looked tiny in comparison.
The mushroom melts are fantastic. Melted with taleggio cheese, it tasted slightly tangy and earthy, with some tasty garlicky toast at the bottom to absorb all the flavours.
I really like the vibe of this place and will not hesistate to recommend this lunch spot to everyone. Even though I haven't tried other people's dishes, the others seemed to really like their snapper burger and their Thursday special of Barley risotto too. I can't wait to go back and try other things! 8/10

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Often I hear from my Brides that they are told Silk Flowers or Artificial Flowers are Cheaper than Fresh Flowers. Well yes and no. Silk Flowers come in so many qualities. From the Dollar Store variety to High End Botanically Correct Flowers that will fool many. I once had a Cymbidium Orchid in my shop the went out of bloom. An Orchid Wholesaler who frequented my shop came in and was amazed at the beauty of the orchids flowers. I had to take him over to it to prove that it was an artificial Cymbidium Orchid stem I had added to the plant.
Hew was in amazement at how real it looked.
If I can fool an Orchid Grower I can fool anyone with Botanically Correct Artificial Flowers.
Today on Facebook I posted these beautiful Peonies.
People were in love with them.
They are not real. These are some of the finest and they retail for $4.99ea.
A fraction of the price of the real this time of year.
Today I priced Fresh Peonies at a retail price between 12-18 dollars each depending on the color.
That's a big difference in cost, and would have no hesitation to use these in a bouquet with fresh flowers.
I'm looking forward to creating a Peony Bridal Bouquet with these for a sample in my shop.
Silk and Artificial flowers range greatly depending on the detail and the manufacture.
If you choose wisely and Botanically Correct Artificial Flowers you can truly full anyone and possibly save money.
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When Prophet Walker was an infant, his birth mother succumbed to a heroin addiction, and at the age of seven, he went to live with his father in South Central Los Angeles. At 16, Prophet was sentenced to six years in prison for assault, stemming from a fight with other teenagers. He was on the verge of becoming another sad but predictable statistic.
What happened next was anything but predictable. While in prison, Prophet said to himself, "I am not a criminal. This is not going to be my life." And against all odds, vowed to turn his life around.
From that point forward, Prophet began a remarkable journey as a leader, role model, and community activist. While still in prison, he helped start a program that gives incarcerated youths the ability to earn a two-year college degree, and became the program's first graduate. To date, more than 100 of its graduates have left jail and enrolled in four-year college programs – including Prophet, who graduated with a degree in engineering from Loyola Marymount University.
But Prophet's commitment to serving his community extends far beyond that. He co-founded the "Watts United Weekend," which brings together young residents of local public housing projects before they turn into gang rivals. He serves on the Board of Directors of InsideOUT Writers, which works with juvenile offenders, teaching them to express their emotions through writing. He is a founding member of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, which advocates for prison and sentencing reform and helps young people get a fresh start after incarceration. And, he was recently appointed to the Board of Kids Progress Inc. (KPI), which supports at-risk young people living in and around public housing projects in Los Angeles.
Prophet is a friend to charter schools. Says Walker, "Promoting education reform and parental choice in schools will be two of my top objectives in the Assembly, and the charter schools community is at the forefront of these issues."
Continues Walker, "Charter public schools are proving that they can close the achievement gap and reinvent our public school system by fostering innovation and creativity. My daughter went to Marquez Charter School in Pacific Palisades and I've testified before the Los Angeles Unified School Board in support of parental choice."
Gary Borden, Executive Director of CCSA Advocates, praised Walker: "CCSA Advocates is incredibly proud to be supporting Prophet Walker in the race for Assembly District 64. Prophet is an outstanding leader who will stand up for children in charter public schools as well as traditional public schools."
Prophet's leadership and commitment have earned admiration from hundreds of people from all walks of life, including the young people he has supported, education and foundation leaders, and even his former prison guards and probation officer.
Prophet is currently a Project Engineer for Morley Builders, one of the largest construction companies in Southern California. Previously, he served as a Project Engineer for Nautilus Group Inc., a development and construction firm. While at Nautilus, Prophet helped lead implementation of the first fully robotic parking structure in the United States.
Prophet is running for State Assembly in California's 64th district, which represents Carson, Compton, Watts, Wilmington, and North South Los Angeles. Driven by his personal experience, Prophet's goal is to serve as an advocate for children, and living proof that every young person can be a productive member of society.
Prophet's commitment to children stems directly from his unwavering love for his eight-year-old daughter, Priya. "My Princess is my inspiration, and a constant reminder that every child is precious. Her love is etched in my heart."


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How a Natural Disaster Affects Digital Industries
It's passé to say that the digital work world never stops, but it is true…even in a hurricane. In all likelihood, for a digital workforce, such as a design and marketing firm like ours, it is even more critical to keep going, keep working and communicating through a disaster. With hurricane season just behind us, we felt the need to share what we learned. Read More


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Come home, America.
Now would be the time.
Al Qaeda has been decapitated. The seven dwarves of wannabe Bin Ladens are hopeless.
The Cold War is over in Europe. As over as leisure suits.
We get most of our oil from the Western Hemisphere. No real reason to import it from the psycho-political Middle East.
Libya is not our problem. The chaos in Mexico is.
Time to come home, America.
We are a New World nation.
We started dabbling in Old World politics in McKinley's administration with the "White Man's Burden" and the Philippines. It was a slippery slope. 110 years of adventure with a ton of heartache.
Now is the time to realize the great promise of the New World.
The founding fathers warned us against "entangling alliances" in the Old World.
We ignored them.
And we have paid.
And paid.
And paid.
In gold and blood.
We had no business in World War One. None. No one is even sure what the war was about, almost a century later. Why send our young men into that meat grinder?
And had we never messed around in the Philippines and taken over Hawaii in a sleazy way there would have been no Pearl Harbor. Russia would have eventually defeated the Nazis without us (do the math). There may not have ever been Nazis in the first place if we had not tipped the scales of WW1 so that Germany was crushed.
It is time for America to come home.
If Europe cannot defend itself without our help, then that's their problem. Why did they need us to straighten out Kosovo?
If Korea is hopeless without us, then Asia has to band together to subdue the nut case pariah nation of North Korea.
We are obsessed with the Middle East. As Dr. Phil would say: How's it workin' for you now? Israel is plenty able to kick the pooey out of anyone who messes with them. And last time someone fired scuds at them it was because our soldiers were shooting up Mesopotamia. We get the Israelis in more trouble than anything else.
These fights are not our fight.
Our natural GNP level is 20% of the global total (with 4% of the population), this has held steady for a century. We had a short percentage spike in the 1950's while the rest of the world rebuilt after the disaster of WW2. It's time to go back to our "natural" sphere of influence of 1/5 of the globe. Right now, we are acting like we own the whole enchilada. Imperial over-reach has killed more empires than anything else.
It is time to:
- Pull our troops out of Europe.
- Pull our troops out of Korea.
- Leave the Eastern Hemisphere, militarily. 100% withdrawal.
- Help Mexico fix Mexico.
- Establish a free trade zone in the Western Hemisphere, the New World.
- Stop worrying about trade with India and China. If they won't play nice (which they will), then transfer those jobs to North and Latin America.
- We won't even start with the schizophrenic nation of Pakistan, our worst ally…ever.
- Build a world-class freight railroad system from Alaska to the tip of Chile.
- Re-align the military to protect the Western Hemisphere. Seamlessly. With big oceans on both sides and no natural enemies, we are easy, and cheap, to defend.
- Develop a joint Western Hemisphere Navy (like NATO was) to which we would supply 3, not 12, carrier groups.
- Thus save trillions in military expenditures and foreign aid, all the while enhancing our security. Oh, by the way, this would balance the budget.
- Be on good terms with the Old World, but stay out of their un-solvable feuds.
- Have every student in our hemisphere learn English and Spanish in addition to his/her native tongue. No exceptions.
- Create a national volunteer service throughout the hemisphere to build the infrastructure. Mandatory two years after high school. Get our young people out from in front of screens with video games and Simpsons reruns and out doing some good.
- Eliminate drug cartels.
To resurrect a term, it is our manifest destiny to be the leading nation (with great partners) in the New World.
Come home, America.
This vision made it into the epilogue of The Blackberry Bush, my 2011 novel.
Please pass a link to this article to everyone you know. Thanks.
PS: Just was reminded by a friend that McGovern's acceptance speech in 1972 was entitled, "Come home, America." 8-track, flashback! Here are the closing lines:
So join with me in this campaign. Lend me your strength and your support, and together we will call America home to the ideals that nourished us from the beginning.
From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America
From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America.
From the entrenchment of special privileges in tax favoritism; from the waste of idle lands to the joy of useful labor; from the prejudice based on race and sex; from the loneliness of the aging poor and the despair of the neglected sick — come home, America.
Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward.
Come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world, and let us be joyful in that homecoming, for this "is your land, this land is my land — from California to New York island, from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters — this land was made for you and me."
So let us close on this note: May God grant each one of us the wisdom to cherish this good land and to meet the great challenge that beckons us home.
And now is the time to meet that challenge.
Good night, and Godspeed to you all.
-George McGovern, 1972, who lost to Nixon, who resigned in disgrace shortly thereafter…
Our institutions are rusting out.
Let me say from the beginning that I am an optimist for the human race and for the Creation in general. God will have his way with Creation and people are amazingly resilient and adaptable.
But I am a pessimist about the ability of our major institutions to survive this century.
The rust has gone beyond cosmetic. The core of our institutions are rusting
Sure you want to read this?
The church, the government, education, the military, and the economy are in terminal trouble.
Not that some form of church, government, education, military, and economy won't survive. All of these functions are going to survive; but the institutions which carry these functions now may not.
Arguably the most resilient of all institutions (outliving languages and nations, and ALL ideologies), the Church has gone 'sideline' in the space of one generation.
The Church was the only major institution to survive the fall of the Roman Empire.
Irrelevant and ignored are the two adjectives that come to mind when I think of the 21st Century church.
Virtually no explicit Christian leaders, for the first time in 2 millennia, are first-team varsity culture shapers on our planet. We don't even have an Oprah, let alone a Churchill.
Today's 15-30 year-olds are ignoring the Church in unprecidented droves.
Most denominational organizations are ripped apart by political issues and are reaching terminal blood loss levels. Christianity is fragmented like never before.
I live in California.
California, more or less first to try out everything, became ungovernable a few years ago. The USA is not far behind.
Our current form of 'democracy' is based on British parliamentary and American constitutional decision making. Also on the idea of the sovereign "nation state."
More Americans seem to believe in the sacred inerrancy of our constitution than believe in the veracity of the Bible. But its days are numbered because the institution it calls forth is no longer able to solve problems. It can't do its job.
The truth is, the folks in Sacramento and Washington DC are no longer at the helm of our culture. They are not calling the shots.
The models they follow are based on pre-industrial and pre-information-age interaction. They are more and more unable to solve the challenges we all face together.
The European Union is facing increasing opposition from client states and their citizens. It is a faux-empire with no mass appeal or loyalty (from the citizenry). It lacks patriotism.
The Romans were unable to adapt to changing situations. Patriotism and effort is not enough.
Sometimes you just have to think differently.
We all know that there are great educators out there.
Most of us were influenced by outstanding teachers.
But there is a nagging consensus that the way we do school and university is not working as it should.
We have been unable, in the USA, to figure out how to include all of the major lifestyle ideologies in our official education process. Abraham Kuyper of Holland was the last one to pull this off (about 100 years ago). So we settle for lowest-common-denominator secular humanism as our official education vibe.
And pencils and classrooms? In the 21st century? Our current elementary education model doesn't even assume the presence of electricity. It would work almost as well with a pot belly stove and a chalkboard.
We are unable to create safety for productive citizens. Our USA military was designed to beat the Germans (tanks) and the Japanese (aircraft carriers).
The military of other countries is more or less totally impotent and unable to project power anywhere. Europe couldn't even take care of Kosovo without our help.
The real threats are politically and psychologically (sometimes both) fringe people. Especially when they congregate and organize.
Call it extremism or whatever.
They want to blow up airplanes (from their underwear) over Detroit.
They form camps to train angry young men to hate and kill.
They are notoriously flexible and hard to locate. The most powerful military on Earth can't find Bin Laden.
They generally hate Israel, America, or the UK–not necessarily in that order.
They, as strongmen, take over failed states and provide "stability" and pride for their followers.
As a result, harmless grandmas have to take off their shoes at airport security, getting their water bottles confiscated, and honest people have governments limiting how much money they can move around. I have an 827 credit rating and the bank has to put holds on my checks because of the "Patriot Act."
New "nuclear powers" are added every few years. An obsolete form of national security, but it continues to spread. Who will be the first to pull the trigger? Pakistan? North Korea?
We, and other nations, spend bazillions on 'military' but most of it is still focused on a WW2 that is not going to return. Or on a Cold War that is just plain over.
And Bin Laden and North Korea continue to do whatever they want.
The economy has been fragile for quite some time. "Recovery" seems to be an elusive thing. It may not arrive; at least in the sense of returning to the way things are.
People may well prosper in the future. I believe they will. But the Reagan and Clinton prosperity patterns are not coming back. We are moving forward into something new.
The big time bomb is China. They have huge problems. 300 million Chinese (the entire population of the USA) are seasonal itinerant migrant workers. Their environmental issues are like gathering national mudslides. Their core industries are rusting out, and only 8-10 percent annual GNP growth "keeps the doctor away." The day that expansion slips below that level…
The effect of this on the global economy will be staggering.
Money, also, is making no sense. What is it anyway? We are constantly measuring something that is an abstraction at best. Money is a very old school way of value storage; kind of a reel-to-reel tape in an iPod financial era. Money is simply not keeping up–obviously.
And our global banking system can't exist without huge infusions which the governments paying them can't afford to make.
Archaeology shows us that institutions calcify and end up in layers of 'digs.'
We may be facing revolutionary changes in our institutions. Many of us alive today may see these institutions (peacefully or otherwise) make way for new forms of completing the same tasks.
Even our cities may not survive.
Cities (bigger and bigger) have to get their food from farther and farther away.
They have to 'trade' something in return for being fed. Cities cannot feed themselves.
It used to be that cities, by concentrating people, could create innovation that they could sell to people who would feed them.
With technological and communication breakthroughs, people can live in Northern Alberta and create innovation in conversation with the whole world via technology. We don't have to live in cities anymore.
De-urbanization (along with other things) killed the Roman Empire. Rome could no longer add value to the rural areas who were feeding the great city. People moved to the countryside and reorganized as local fiefdoms.
The 21st Century is going to be the most revolutionary since the 6th century.
Are you ready for it?
What are you doing to position yourself to prevail?


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A Night Nanny will do any of the following:
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c. Qualified Employee Discounts
i. An employee discount is defined as "the amount by which:
1. the price of the property or services are provided to the employee by the employer is less than
2. the price at which such property or service are being offered by the employer to customers" 132(c)(3)
ii. 132(c)(4): the exclusion is not available for discounts on real property or on any personal property of investment kind, such as securities and gold coins.
iii. 132(c)(1)(B): a discount cannot exceed 20% of the price of the employers customers
iv. 132(c)(2): the discount percentage on goods may not exceed the employer's "profit percentage" determined by reference to the sales price to customers compared w. the employer's cost for the merchandise
v. Also subject to the:
1. non-discrimination
2. line of business
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Just outside of Juneau, Mendenhall Glacier is one of the more accessible Alaskan glaciers. Somewhat dirty at the face, it's still impressive, a frozen flow into a lake dotted with icebergs, surrounded by rugged mountains and greenery.
|Mendenhall Glacier
Hikes of various difficulties span the park. For an easy walk, take the boardwalk trail around Steep Creek, where you might see salmon spawning in July or August, or the flat walk out to Nugget Falls, which crashes into the lake and dwarves the spectators. Information on various longer hikes can be found at the visitor center or online.
|Kayaking on the Mendenhall Lake
|Nugget Falls at Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau
|Steep Creek Trail, Mendenhall Glacier
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Graham Capital Advisors is a local asset management company that offers a diversified investment platform and an impressive portfolio of services that includes the services of an estate planner, a retirement planner and a wealth manager, all of whom are unmatched by personnel at other area investment firms.
Graham Capital Advisors is also led by renowned "Retirement Guy" David Graham. He has earned an exceptional reputation in the financial industry with achievements and qualifications such as the following and more:
An asset management company is charged with securing, growing and managing client's cash and other financial holdings with security and investment opportunities such as private funds investments that are often not open to individual investors, and Graham Capital Advisors has built our company on the principles of integrity and providing unsurpassed personalized service. Unlike many other investment firms Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, Sarasota and the surrounding areas, our estate planner and other financial planning professionals are supported by our legal staff to ensure all legal documents are in order. We offer complimentary consultations to explain our services and learn about your financial needs and goals, so contact us today to schedule an appointment with an asset manager or other financial planner at Graham Capital Advisors.


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I've got a friend who is in the midst of changing her life around. LJ Rose has worked for many years as a corporate change facilitator and leadership consultant. And now she's had enough of that stuff and wants to do her own thing. And not quite sure what her own thing is. But we all feel this way, right? Well, most of us. We're doing something for work that we like well enough, but we always have that feeling deep inside (or not so deep inside) that keeps asking the question, "But don't you want to do something of your own?" It's that urge to create something that no one else would create; to make something you can point at and say, "I did that" and be proud to say that. My friend has done that. She's working through things. She wants to do something with images and music and so she's taking pictures and taking video and just messing around with stuff. And she's thrown out a ton of stuff in her apartment to make way for her new life. Pretty exciting stuff I think. And below is a small bit of video she put together. I think it's from Amsterdam. It's an example of what many of us do, particularly now that we have video capabilities in our digital cameras. And she's taken the next step of editing it somewhat and then sharing it with people, in this case me. And I've decided to post it here.
And the subject of the video is a brand you, too. They're everywhere.


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PCL have developed the reputation for producing accurate and reliable equipment due to the quality of its product, as these are built with reliability and durability in mind.
Below is a selection of the PCL products that we keep in stock at Search Workshop Supplies:
An unique feature of PCL products is the speed they offer at getting a job done, whilst still focusing on quality and efficiency.


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The Poets in Print Reading Series at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Welcomes poets Hadara Bar-Nadav and L.S. Klatt on Saturday, March 12, 7 to 9 p.m.
Hadara Bart-Nadav and L.S. Klatt present readings from their work on Saturday, March 12. Broadsides featuring their work created by KBAC artists Ryan Serafin and Beverly Fitzpatrick will be for sale and signing along with other works by the poets. This reading is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served. Doors open at 6:30. The reading begins at 7 p.m.
Hadara Bar-Nadav's first book of poetry A Glass of Milk to Kiss Goodnight (Margie/Intuit House, 2007) won the Margie Book Prize. Her second book The Frame Called Ruin is due out from New Issues in 2012. Her chapbook Show Me Yours (Laurel Review/Green Tower Press, 2010) won the Midwest Poets Series Award. Recent publications appear in American Poetry Review, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, and other journals. She is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
L. S. Klatt's poetry has appeared recently in the Cincinnati Review, Boston Review, and Drunken Boat. His new collection, Cloud of Ink, was awarded the Iowa Poetry Prize and will be published by the University of Iowa Press this coming March. His first book, Interloper, won the 2008 Juniper Prize.
MLive: Interview: Poet L.S. Klatt discusses his work, crossing the 'frontiers of consciousness'
Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
New Issues Poet Khaled Mattawa Interviewed on PBS NewsHour
Khaled Mattawa, author of Tocqueville (New Issues, 2010), and professor of the University of Michigan, was interviewed by Jeffrey Brown for PBS NewsHour.
Mattawa, speaking from the University of Michigan:
Mattawa, speaking from the University of Michigan:
... to tell you the truth, this country, Libya, is being created anew. People are having a national moment, the moment of themselves as being Libyan, neither western nor eastern.
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The latest episode of ThillerCast (Episode #61) features a discussion centering on the challenges of writing an ongoing series of novels. For all of the fun the books might be for the reader, that running story arc presents some significant challenges for the author. Particularly when the writer is working on other content between books. David and Alan discuss how difficult it can be to pick up a previous project and continue a year later. Aspiring writers in particular will want to consider their comments and suggested workarounds.
The episode also features an interview with Chuck Wendig, novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. Chuck had written books such as Blackbirds, Hunter: The Vigil, Double Dead, and Mockingbird.
Subscribe to ThrillerCast via iTunes, or download episode #61 directly.


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* Not everyone is aware of the fact that when the Sun is just about to conjoin Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn, those superior planets (superior = slower than the Sun) are considered to be symbolically "old," as they near the end of their cycles. Sometimes they are also thought of as sick, due to being under the beams of the Sun, invisible to us. Once the Sun conjoins Jupiter in the next week the cycle begins again and Jupiter is newly born!
* Many people are also not aware that Mercury just separating from a conjunction with the Sun, in direct motion, is considered "young." It is at the very first stages of its cycle, which is equated with spring and youth (similar to the early waxing Moon).
* When we take into account the phasal symbolism of these planets what do we get? We get a young Mercury moving through a conjunction with an old Jupiter.
* What might this mean? Well, first remember that Mercury and Jupiter are planetary contraries. Mercury is the master of argumentation and debate, and Jupiter likes to make larger wholes, confirm, and say "yes." Sometimes we think of the two as representing growing something bigger or taking something apart, other times faith and skepticism, synthesis vs. analysis. There are many other ways of comparing the symbolism of these two planets, but this should put us in the ballpark.
* Once we have this established, then we can see that we have a young, inquisitive Mercury and maybe an old wise sage, traveling together in the sky right now. Or, we have a wise sage speaking with youthful vigor. Or we have a young upstart Mercury questioning or maybe goading an old Jupiter. Or we have the marriage of a young perspective with an old perspective. We might also see the attraction or marriage between the old and the young, or between rational skepticism and faith and dogma. We could see the invitation of youthful exuberance, ideas, and criticism into a traditional or older model, or we might see the wise elder offering simple guidance to the eager but skeptical young apprentice.
* Play with the young Mercury and the old Jupiter and see what you come up with. Notice, too, that this old Jupiter is becoming acute. The old professor is near the end of her legacy. The old sage is on his deathbed. A new star is about to be born. Meanwhile, this young Mercury is emerging after an intimate connection with this old Jupiter or some kind of close contact with whatever Jupiter represents.
* If you've had an experience like this lately or see something like this developing in any area of your life, share your story. I'd love to see how the symbolism is showing up in the lives of my readers!!
Prayer: Bring the old and the young together, bring the careful question and the wise answer into a union. Teach us to listen before we ask and to listen after we ask so that we might really understand.


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I am using EAP-TLS auth policy and using machine and user authorization policies. The machine authorization works fine but user authorization does not work as describe below.
I have user and machines in the same security group. I have different vlan and assigning vlan as per security group memeberhship. Like HR users and computers are part of HR security group.
My machine auth is working fine but when users login then its not switching to User auth policy as the reason is that both are part of same security group. How can I make this working so that it should switch to user auth policy as I need it for Admin users so that when they login they will get Vlan that is for Administrators.
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I beleive its not possible to use the common name but its possible to use policy with other attributes like certifcate issuer name contains xyz.
You should create an additional authorization rule positioned above the existing rule, matching the admin users group. Assign your permissions (vlan) as you require. When an admin user now connects they should match this rule and not your existing rule. Computers and non-admin users would still match the existing rule
What if management vlan user connects to computer authorized in HR vlan?
I want to have a rule that performs dynamic reauthorization.
I don't have access to ISE to hand, to confirm...but I imagine you could select VLAN ID as a condition for your authorization rule. Eg. "Admin Group" AND "HR vlan id".
The vlan assignment is not the issue. My issue is that my machine authentication works but my user authentication doesnt work because both are in same security group. I need some radius value for authorization that differentiates that user is loggin on now machine authorization policy should be switched to User authorization policy.
You need something for ISE to be able to distinguish the difference between a user and a computer, if they are in the same group that isn't going to work.
The obvious thing to do would be to create another group and add either the users or computer. Or you could just rely on the default AD groups, for example all domain join computers are members of "Domain Computers". Therefore create an AuthZ rule If "Domain Computers" AND "whatever group you've created", then the other AuthZ rule should only match for users.
One more thought came to my mind and I guess it should work.
I have a computer policy that is authorizing HR users to vlan 100 based on security group of HR from AD and only HR users and computers are part of that.
Now I have another authorizing policy for Admin and Admins users and their computer is part of that.
When HR computer boots up it gets Vlan IP from HR Vlan but when Admin login to it then it should change the vlan and get the IP address from Admin vlan.
I am trying this scanrio but its not working. I am using EAP-TLS for Authentication
Yes, you can use the host/ AND group name for the computer AuthZ rule. You shouldn't need to do anything special for the users AuthZ rule if the computer rule is placed above the user AuthZ rule.
One of thing I found out is that my username and certifcate used to username is different. The username is generic number like 24456 and certicate is issued to first name and last name so I can see the error
Identity resolution failed - ERROR_NO_SUCH_USER error as ISE is checking my first name and last name which is not in AD rather is 24456.
My UPN name is different than sAMaccountname.
I beleive its not possible to use the common name but its possible to use policy with other attributes like certifcate issuer name contains xyz.


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CARMEL, Ind. » A steady Amanda Blumenherst made short work of defending champion Kimberly Kim.
The two-time college player of the year at NCAA champion Duke beat the 15-year-old Kim 5 and 3 yesterday in the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur golf tournament.
Blumenherst advanced to today's 36-hole final round at Crooked Stick Golf Club against Maria Jose Uribe of Colombia, who beat Ha Na Jang of South Korea 2 and 1 in the other semifinal.
"It was really fun," Blumenherst said. "I played really solid, hit the ball well and the putts were falling."
Kim, a former Big Island resident now living in Arizona, had to go 21 holes to pull out a quarterfinal victory on Friday, but she fell apart early against Blumenherst and never recovered, even with a late run of four straight birdies.
"At least you can't say I gave up," she said.
Blumenherst, who grew up in Fort Wayne, Ind., and lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., went 3-up after Kim hit behind a hazard on the sixth hole and 4-up two holes later after Kim's second shot went into the water. The 20-year-old Blumenherst, who has had only one bogey in her past three rounds, birdied No. 10 after the backspin on her second shot brought her ball within a foot of the pin, and she birdied the par-5 No. 11 after a near-perfect pitch from the sand.
She knew she had the match after that.
"I was playing too well," Blumenherst said. "I knew I was hitting the ball so well that I was going to par at worst."
Kim, the youngest champion in the tournament's 107-year history, was trying to become the first repeat winner since Kelli Kuehne in 1995-96.
"I can't believe she played that good," Kim said. "I knew I was out of it. She just kept birdieing. I tried to take it as far as I could, but ... oh, well."
Maria Jose Uribe, Colombia, def. Ha Na Jang, South Korea, 2 and 1.
Amanda Blumenherst, Scottsdale, Ariz., def. Kimberly Kim, Hilo, Hawaii, 5 and 3.


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I'd like to join my colleagues at FolkScene in welcoming you. We have many great features planned for the future that we know will keep you coming back regularly to stay informed about the music, the musicians, their recordings, performances, and much more!
Over the years of my association with FolkScene, I am often asked how I came to be involved with the program and why I have been here for the last forty years. For me, it started back in 1973 when I was still in high school. I had always been interested in both music (especially acoustic music) and radio. I started playing guitar at the age of seven and even then could play a pretty mean version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." By the age of twelve, I was hosting my own pretend radio shows out of my bedroom. The family cat was my somewhat indifferent audience. At thirteen, I was taken down to KPFK-FM for the first time and immediately fell in love with all the dials, microphones, and blinking lights. Even then I had a strong desire to learn how to run it all! At fifteen I was on the air with a Sunday "board shift" which just happened to put me right in the path of Howard and Roz Larman and FolkScene, which ran on Sunday evenings. My earliest memory of FolkScene was watching Howard interview folk music legend Rosalie Sorrels and from that point forward I was HOOKED. Soon, I was running the board for FolkScene, playing the records (you remember those, right?) and hitting the switch which put FolkScene on the air to listeners all over Southern California. I was in heaven!
Soon, I became involved in the live music portion of the program, helping engineer Alan Kanter set up microphones in the studio for such '70s legends as Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Maria Muldaur, Janis Ian, Kate Wolf and many more. Once a year, we would all journey down to San Diego State University to record the San Diego Folk Festival, live to 2-track tape. (No "fixing it in the mix" for us!) We had a "portable" Scully tape machine the size of a Buick, a bunch of cables and microphones, and an unending supply of enthusiasm and energy. We didn't sleep for four solid days and we always had a fantastic time! Ah, youth.
Eventually, I took over the live segment, doing all the setup and mixing myself. I've been at this for over thirty years now, learning as I go, trying many techniques and new pieces of recording gear along the way. When I listen to tapes of the show from 1970 to the present it is an amazing journey, traveling through the history of recording for the last forty-three years. Though equipment and techniques changed a lot over the years, the standard had been set very early on by Alan Kanter, who taught me how to "bring it back alive," meaning to retain the natural "woody" sound to the music and to flatter instruments and voices, not merely reproduce them. Alan taught me that the engineer is very much a part of the creative process in the studio, not simply a "knob twister." Credit also should go to our good friend, the late Steve Barker of BBAT productions, who used to provide much of the equipment needed to make Folkscene happen each week from the late 1980's until 2007 when we lost him. I am still using a lot of this wonderful gear! In addition to supplying equipment, Steve mentored me for many years in the art of live music recording, building on top of the solid foundation that Alan Kanter laid in earlier years.
Forty years later, I am still sitting behind the board, just as enthusiastic and energetic as ever. Ask anyone who has watched me work … I am an unstoppable force of kinetic energy. Better keep out of my flight path or you're liable to get mowed down! I have absolute tunnel vision when I am working. My hands and ears are synchronized as I step INSIDE the music that pours out of my headphones and speakers. I have never even considered NOT doing this program. It is as much a part of my life as breathing.
For many years, we did the program live. What happened in the studio spilled out into people's homes at that moment. This was completely terrifying but ultimately very satisfying. A lot of great mixes were made this way, believe me! Working "without a net" really teaches you what is important, musically and aesthetically. You have to make split-second decisions that can render the program either a wonderful success , a tragic failure or something in between. All of the recordings on our three volumes of "The Folkscene Collection" on Red House records were done this way. Listen to those albums closely and you will undoubtedly hear small mix corrections happening throughout each song. The pursuit of audio perfection! Nowadays, we still do the show in real time, as if we were live, but we have the luxury of pre-recording at The Long House Studio, owned by our great friend and benefactor, Wendy Waldman. The musicians love this because, on the off chance that they should break a string or forget a lyric, it is now possible to stop and do another take. This doesn't happen very often but when it's necessary, it is a Godsend. And we now record the show in multitrack form into a computer workstation. The live mix that Roz hears in her headphones during the session is never heard on the air. I get to take the tracks back to my studio in Tehachapi, Ca and remix and master them to my satisfaction. I can't begin to express how much I LOVE THIS!! Much of the time, I am not as familiar with the music being played in the studio as I would like to be. I don't always know who is going to play the next solo in the tune, the dynamics of the tune, the microphone techniques of the performers, the sounds of their individual instruments etc. A song or two into the show and I've pretty much figured it out but, still, I rarely get the sound I am looking for in the moment. Now, I get as close to that elusive perfection as possible while still capturing a live performance in the moment.Certainly, this is the best of both the worlds of live performance and studio recording.
The truth is, really, that I love the music, the people who make the music, the challenge of capturing it all live and, of course, Roz Larman, herself. I have never seen anyone work as hard or be as dedicated to anything as Roz. Her knowledge of the music, and the folks who perform it, is immense. She is unique as a radio programmer and folk music historian; as a human being, she will never be equaled.
Howard Larman passed in 2007 and we still feel his loss greatly with every program we do. What would Howard ask of this guest? What song would he want to hear them do? What wonderful insights would he add to the interview? Speaking for myself, I feel both his and Steve Barker's presence keenly as I record every show. They are both sorely missed.
I am very excited about the new FolkScene.com and all the opportunities and challenges before us. I will be contributing to it often by posting audio clips of recent programs here under the "audio" menu. If you have any comments or questions about the recording and production of the program or would like to request that I post a particular artist or song, please write me at firstname.lastname@example.com I promise to respond as soon as possible and will do my best to answer your questions and post your requests.
I look forward to hearing from and getting to know you, our listeners and supporters.
"The Music Continues" 1970-?
Peter Cutler
Folkscene Engineer
May, 2013


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Congratulations to the participants and winners of the SkillsUSA AZ Craft Championship!
ABA Electrical Apprentices competed in the SkillsUSA AZ Championships at the Phoenix Convention Center on April 15. Contestants included:
- Nathan Akins of Gaylor Electric
- Jason Hansen
- Brian Hart of Corbins Electric
- Simeon Higbee of Wilson Electric
- Kris Hill of Wilson Electric
- Geoffary Mullins of Jenco
- Matt Rice of DP Electric
- Michael Visvydas of Corbins Electric
- Justin Weber of Corbins Electric
Contestants represents students in the ABA's Electrical Apprenticeship program who are in the their last year and a half of the program. They won the right to participate in the event by scoring among the Top 10 individuals on an entrance exam.
Contestants participated over a 7-hour period to construct an intricate system of motor controls. The winner of the event will attend SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City June 23-27 and will compete in the Industrial Motor Controls contest against first place winners from across the country.
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Excellent article from the ever-excellent Quietus:
Released in May 1982, Junkyard's uncompromising contents signalled both the oncoming demise of the band responsible for them and rock & roll's logical conclusion. Harnessing the power of The Stooges' Funhouse with the limitless possibilities offered by Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, The Birthday Party were a product of the uncertain times that created them. With Thatcher and Reagan only just getting into the stride that would alter society, culture and economics beyond recognition, the tumultuous and apocalyptic music of The Birthday Party – though never making any reference to the outside world that existed beyond their own universe – was the unwitting soundtrack to a time of death, darkness and decay.
via The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | 30 Years On: We Return To The Birthday Party's Junkyard.


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Lola could hear
it, but she had not spotted it yet and she would not be satisfied until its blood was on her hands.
She leaned on the edge of her seat, poised and ready to attack. The mosquito flew into her line of vision and she
it between her palms. clapped looked at her, amused. Temi
"Can we eat now?" he said. She smiled at his sarcastic tone and met his gaze with a bold one of her
"Be my guest," she said.
He dug in, but she hesitated. It was the first time he was eating a meal of hers and he seemed such a traditional sort of guy.
She suspected it would matter to him if she was not able to cook. Normally, she would not have cared what anyone thought of her cooking; after all, she fed herself and she had not died yet. But she wanted to please
"Do you like it?" He glanced up at her.
"You haven't touched your food," he
"I wanted to know if you liked it."
He smiled at her and his dimples lit up his face.
"I do." She returned the smile.
"Now will you eat?" he said.
She picked up her fork and scooped a few grains of rice and stew. She felt his eyes on her as she put it in her mouth.
They ate in silence and her thoughts vibrated inside her head until she felt a headache coming. How she wished he would talk!
They ate in silence and her thoughts vibrated inside her head until she felt a headache coming. How she wished he would talk!
They sat on the porch of her home. A home given to her by her grandmother in her will. She had dragged the table
the porch with the help of Ada, to give it a romantic feel but to was yet to comment on it. Temi
He had not commented on the candle either, perhaps he suspected there was no light. He had told her she looked pretty; she had circled her eyes with kohl eyeliner and her lips were blood red, she wore the quintessential black mini dress and she knew 'pretty' didn't begin to describe how she looked.
The wind blew her hair into her face. It was a lovely night, she couldn't have hoped for a better one; and the estate was quiet as though there had been an estate meeting and they had conspired to stay out of her way.
"I've got to go. I have a meeting this evening," he said. Her hope died. "Should I help you clear up?"
"No. It's fine. It won't take me long," she said, kissing him on the cheek and waving him off.
As she watched him disappear into the
darkness she thought about how she fluttered about him like a butterfly, hoping that he would anchor her, suspecting that he could not.
He didn't even realise that she wanted him to save her; so oblivious was he to her needs and her desires. She had drawn him a clear map to her heart and he still lost his way.
She was beginning to realise that sheer longing to reach a destination did not preclude the arrival at the destination. She was beginning to believe that he would never find his way.
Her phone rang and she picked it up breaking out of her reverie. Ada's name flashed on the screen
"Dayo is back in town!" her heart skipped a beat and she felt her mouth go dry. Words, images, sounds, smells crowded her mind and she felt herself swoon. "Did you hear me?"
"I think so."
"What will you do?" What would she do indeed? She could leave the city, the state, the country but unless she left the planet, she would merely be exerting useless energy. "Lola! Snap out of it! What will you do?"
"I don't know."
"Does Temi know about him?" she asked.
"Let's keep it that way," Ordinarily, Lola was an advocate for full disclosure, but as the years had passed, she had found herself speaking less and less about Dayo.
What was there to say? It must have been at least a year since she had spoken his name at all. She wondered what he would look like now, if he had changed.
She recalled the last time she had seen him. They had been sitting across the table from each other; his eyes had been sad and grateful.
They spoke as though they were alone, even as guards milled around. She had promised him she would return. She had not. "Earth to Lola!"
They spoke as though they were alone, even as guards milled around. She had promised him she would return. She had not. "Earth to Lola!"
"I really hate it when you blank out on me. I was saying, if you see him, just cross the road or whatever. Do not talk to him under any circumstance. He should get the message. Understand?" Lola smiled at her friend's protectiveness.
"I understand."
Dayo stood before her, bearing down on her and as she looked behind, she saw there was nowhere to run to.
"Where were you when I needed you?" his words echoed in the room. Her heart tripled in pace and she clutched her breast.
"Dayo please…" he struck her and she fell to the ground.
"Every day I waited." She tried to crawl away and she felt a sharp pain in her back. He had stabbed her. He took the dagger out and stabbed her again. And again...
Lola woke up with tears in her eyes and her heart going so fast, she thought she would faint. But the dream was familiar to her now.
Ever since Ada had told her of Dayo's arrival in Lagos, she had not had a restful night. Every night he judged her; and executed her.
Ever since Ada had told her of Dayo's arrival in Lagos, she had not had a restful night. Every night he judged her; and executed her.
She kicked the duvet off and strode purposefully to the bathroom. When she turned the tap, it groaned, spat out brown water and then nothing. She sighed and picked up the bucket.
She would be late to work again. Fortunately she was her own boss; otherwise she would long since have found herself without a job.
She would be late to work again. Fortunately she was her own boss; otherwise she would long since have found herself without a job.
Lose It Love It Live It (LLLit) was a concept that had materialised in her mind and Ada and her husband had provided capital for.
She had been a little unsure at first. She wasn't cut out to be a business woman but Ada had run with the idea and she found herself catching her friend's enthusiasm.
Thanks to Ada, she owned (or at least partly owned) a building that held a gym, a dance hall, a health/medical clinic, a swimming pool, a spa, a tennis court, and a basketball court. LLLit was her dream and she often taught dance and acted as a personal trainer to a few of her clients.
She had also starred in and produced a few workout videos.
"Good morning," Lanre, her neigbour greeted her. He was washing his car as she locked her front door.
She could time herself by him. He washed his car 9am each morning, left for his office at 10am, was back for 7pm, mowed his lawn on Mondays and Wednesdays, visited his mother on Sundays, and so on.
She smiled at him and told him good morning.
She looked at her own neglected car guiltily, as she usually did when she bumped into Lanre in the morning; yet another reason to leave the house on time.
He followed her glance and laughed.
He wore one of his three – wash the car- outfits. Today's was a pair of faded grey shorts and a black tee with 'I belong to her' on it.
She had teased him non-stop about the t-shirt but now she was used to seeing it. She had begun to imagine the girl who had given it and perhaps she had then run off with another guy.
"Did you sleep well?" he asked. She did not feel up to chatting, but Lanre was not just her neighbour, he was her friend.
"So, so."
"I ask because you look a little tired." She touched her face subconsciously. She had put on more make up than usual to mask the bags under her eyes but Lanre was staring at her with a concerned expression...
To be continued...
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Veteran musician Pandith W. D. Amaradeva has passed away at 88.
He was admitted to the Sri Jayawardenepura Teaching Hospital this morning due to a sudden illness and was treated at the Intensive Care Unit. He succumbed to his illness there.
Amaradeva, formally known as Wannakuwatta Waduge Don Albert Perera was born on 5th December 1927 in Moratuwa.
Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, Amaradeva incorporated Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work.
Many considered Pandit Amaradeva's contribution to the development of Sinhala music as unmatched.
Amaradeva created a uniquely Sinhalese music style that stayed true to folk tradition while incorporating outside influences.
Pandit Amaradeva has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Philippine Ramon Magsaysay Award, Indian Padma Sri Award and Sri Lankan "President's Award of Kala Keerthi" and the Deshamanya Award.
In 1972, Pandit Amaradeva composed the music for the Maldivian National Anthem at the request of Maldivian Government.
Veteran actor Jackson Anthony shared his touching tribute to late Pandith Amaradeva...


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I spoke recently at my cousin's church youth service on a Sunday night. Being of the Uniting Church persuasion, they operate under the Common Lectionary so I found myself with the story of Jesus and the Canaanite Woman (Matt 15:21-28) to have a look at (last time I ended up with the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man! I think it might be a set up).
Do you recall the story? Jesus is out in the pagan regions and this Canaanite woman finds him and starts begging him to heal her demon possessed daughter. Jesus ignores her but this woman just won't leave it alone and eventually the Disciples come to Jesus to complain that she is really ruining their feng shui and would Jesus just deal with her?! So Jesus tells her that he's been sent to the lost sheep of Israel, imply here, "You're not one of them so just go away" (that could be my occasional lack of tolerance for annoying people being imported there?). Yet she continues to beg and cry out, finally eliciting from Jesus "It's not good to waste the children's bread on dogs!" to which she replies seamlessly "Yes Lord; but even the dogs feed from the crumbs that fall from the Masters table."
Now rather than get distracted by Jesus calling this woman a dog, I am completely amazed at what this woman is prepared to give up for her faith in Jesus.
Acknowledging Jesus as "Lord" she is taking the massive cultural leap of leaving behind her cultural and social security to align herself with this clearly Jewish Messiah. In you and your kingdom Jesus, I place my trust.
When I think about how comfortable I am to step outside my culture and social security and name myself as one of Jesus' followers and part of His kingdom, it makes me wonder how much I'm willing to pay to follow Jesus. What am I prepared to turn away from to embrace Jesus as "Lord"? What am I prepared to stand for to embrace his Kingdom? A kingdom of the broken hearted, blind and former captives. A community of those who mourn and are persecuted, poor in spirit and meek. Are these the ones that I'm prepared to become one of?
But wait there's more! The woman then goes on to pay a further cost, sacrificing her dignity, pride and ego by making herself into an absolute nuisance by constantly pestering Jesus and his followers. Like a dog with a bone she just keeps going until she finally gets his attention. And then with his full attention, he none too subtly calls her a dog not worthy of what he has. But rather than getting offended and fighting back, this woman completely divests herself of any ego and embraces the slur. "Even if I am a dog Jesus, is there not a crumb that falls from the table that I might have?" To be honest, I don't know how I would react if I found myself in this conversation. Ignored and insulted, I'm not sure if I would have persisted with the faith in Jesus that this woman demonstrates.
Adversity is a funny thing when it comes to faith. When I think of faith, I don't usually think of it as hard work, wrestling with silence and then experiencing belittlement. I wonder whether this might be one of the reasons that in the West people "try" faith in Jesus and then give it up "because it just didn't work". We cling to a faith of convenience which when confronted by seeming nothingness we abandon as unreal or unhelpful.
The final cost that I see this woman prepared to pay is her willingness to abandon any sense of control in this situation. Maybe this is why she persists in the silence and embraces the abuse? There is nothing I can do but let it all go. Divest myself of everything.
And at this point mercy, transformation and healing are released. Here I think we see the complete cost of faith: complete decline into restoration and life.
Maybe faith isn't about keeping it all together, saying and doing all of the right things and creating a nice community of people who are all doing the same thing.
Maybe faith is about falling fully into the chaos and mess of life, relinquishing control and ego and crying to the silence for mercy that comes in sometimes unexpected ways?
I wonder if I am prepared to pay the price of faith?
I wonder if I'm half the person that this woman was?


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Sam's Club plans to announce a new credit card on Wednesday that will make it the first major American retailer to switch to a more secure payment card technology that has been widely discussed since a customer-data breach at Target late last year.
The new Sam's Club MasterCard will use EMV chip technology, which makes a card much more difficult to duplicate than those that use only a magnetic strip.
Chip cards are widely used in other parts of the world, like Europe, and have long been considered more secure, but few United States merchants are set up to process them. Walmart, Sam's Club's parent company, started installing chip-enabled terminals eight years ago, according to a spokeswoman, and today all Sam's Clubs and most Walmart locations can accept chip cards.
"This is all part of our road map to get to more secure transactions," said Mike Cook, assistant treasurer at Walmart.
The other major security technology widely used on credit cards elsewhere is PIN codes, which are more difficult to fake than a scribbled signature. The Sam's Club cards will be PIN enabled but will primarily verify users by signature. The next generation of the cards, however, will primarily require PIN verification when they are issued next year.
The Sam's Club MasterCard, issued by GE Capital Retail Bank, will be available June 23, and Walmart cards with chip technology will be issued this summer.
Target announced in April that it would speed its transition to chip-and-PIN technology in its stores and on its branded debit and credit cards. The company plans to be finished with the transition by early next year. That would have made it the first major retailer to make the transition, according to David Robertson, publisher of the Nilson Report, a payment card trade publication. But by beating Target to the punch, Mr. Robertson said Sam's Club would now be first.
The Sam's Club MasterCard has been in the works since before the Target breach, a spokeswoman said.
Customers must be Sam's Club members to apply for the card, but it can be used anywhere MasterCard is accepted.
In addition to increased security, the card's other main feature is a cash-back program. Cardholders will get 5 percent cash back on certain fuel purchases, for example, and 3 percent back on restaurant spending.


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Did a couple of small ceremonies in couple's homes over the weekend. Congratulations Melissa & Dale and Shannon & Joshua!
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Two Home CeremoniesApril 28, 2014
Russ & MaryApril 7, 2014
Was at Fratello's in Manchester on Saturday, and wed Russ & Mary in the Jefferson-Stark Room. Worked along side my good friend, photographer Ernie Osborne, along with DJ Ken Dion from Main Event Entertainment, who played the ceremony music. The bride's ring was already on her finger, and she couldn't get it off, so we […]
Theresa & RobertApril 4, 2014
Did a very private elopement in our ceremony room yesterday. Well, it was private until the couple asked to see my two canine companions! And they were more than happy to serve as the witnesses! Best wishes, Theresa & Robert!
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Kevin & AndreaApril 2, 2014
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I had hopes for him. One of the true Missouri conservatives didn't fail us. Bill's got it on the STLTP site:
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One night a year, a loud and melodious tradition comes calling—not once, but twice—during dinner service at Michael R. McCarty's.
When the annual occurrence happens next week amid a packed house, it'll mark the 15th consecutive year of the rousing shakeup at McCarty's, 50 Cocoanut Row.
After all, St. Patrick's Day is nigh and that can only mean one thing, at least if you're a McCarty's fan: The Palm Beach Pipes & Drums are coming.
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Nearly every Sun Belt Conference coach has left New Orleans after Media Days concluded on Tuesday afternoon, but every coach wants to make a return trip to the Big Easy on Dec. 21 as the league champ in the New Orleans Bowl.
Here's a few notes after two days of listening to way too much coach-speak.
Both players went to Glades Central High School, in fact Sincere was a center in youth football and used to snap the ball to Haugabook back in the day.
The Trojans and the Owls meet in the last week of the season and, FAU's pick of finishing sixth in the conference notwithstanding, that game could possibly be for the trip to the New Orleans Bowl.
"We'll be ready for you," Sincere told Haugabook. "And we'll be pumped up because we're going to beat one of the non-conference teams before then."
That will be a positive step. The Sun Belt has put two teams in bowls in the last three years, but those teams were shipped out to distant locations , making it difficult for fans. Troy went the Silicon Valley Bowl in 2005 and Middle Tennessee played in the Motor City Bowl in Detroit last season, but the Sun Belt's second bowl game will be in the Southeast, making it easier for fans to attend.
Curry, who was at Kentucky for a few years when Schnellenberger was at Louisville, is now an ESPN analyst and was the speaker on Tuesday.
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The Chronicle reports that Ishmael Mohammed Jr., aka "Junior the Wendy's Guy," was found unconscious at an Austin bus stop Friday. An examination later showed severe bleeding in his brain, and despite surgery, he died early this week, according to the paper.
Mohammed was the toast of the University of Texas at Austin's student union for more than a decade, nimbly taking orders for burgers and fries at unbelievable speed. He was "the Rachmaninoff of the register, holding the record for taking the most orders and sales within a 30-minute span, 246 orders for $1,035 — or one order every 7.3 seconds," according to a 2014 American-Statesman story. Mohammed was the subject of short documentary in 2006.
In 2014, Benjamin McPhaul, a 2011 UT graduate, was approached by Mohammed and found out that the former Wendy's employee had become homeless after leaving Austin for New York City in 2012 and later returning. McPhaul set up an online fundraising page for Mohammed, smashing the original goal and spreading the word about "Junior" across social media.
Mohammed's daughter, Kimberly Guerin, told the Daily Texan that the family took her 61-year-old father off life support Sunday morning. From the Texan:
"I know he had been mugged before and that he has had stitches before," Guerin said. "There have been altercations with people on the street, so they think it was probably a fall, but no one really knows because no one was there."
Guerin initially set up a GoFundMe page to pay for her father's funeral, but updates to the campaign indicate that the expenses have since been covered. She wrote on the fundraising page that "We are now going to use the donations to come up with a celebration of his life."


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