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Hogmanay Memory Lane (Part 2)
I have made a gallery of the most evocative photographs of 2013 for me. It was Pup's year and so he features quite a bit. I had a life changing experience over the summer – represented by two images not previously shared here – the misty morning view of Kirrie Hill was taken the morning I launched the Steps Tay Health walks; I shared that picture with a special person. The following week I saw this strange start to a rainbow which went on to be a rare double rainbow; I did not find out for a few days but that was the day that special person died – totally unexpectedly. Three days later there was what I can only describe as a Rainbow storm (15 rainbows in 3 hours many of them double and/or supernumerary). Finally organising the Christmas Market is represented by the tree and finishing with my boys curled up with the Cairn over the Christmas break.
It has been quite a year all in all. I am still not in work so financially life remains tough; including having to fight to keep my home and the bank complaint is still not resolved. The boys have been fantastic company and I wouldn't have found it as easy to keep going without them both.
I started some studies using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and have met people worldwide which has been both amazing and scary. One of those people was that special person. I am sad that he has gone but happy that in a few short months we had a friendship filled with sharing, laughter and open communication – we both knew that we chatted because we each wanted to and there were no taboo topics of conversation. I finally succeeded in not placing any conditions on another person and I have never missed someone so greatly when we were not actually chatting.
After he died some friends seem to have faded away – not sure whether they cannot cope with my feelings or they don't know how to respond. I always miss friends when this happens but I am not chasing after them so if they are choosing to walk a different path I wish them well and hope they will be happy.
Overall I have a lot to be thankful for and this song has really stuck out for me these past few days …
There are two people I would love to share this with … but one of them I no longer can and the other, having shared the journey through life and grief for a few weeks has now struck out on his own path … I will let my thankful heart sing out the song in the hope that he might hear it and know it is from me.
"Thankful"Somedays we forget
To look around us
Somedays we can't see
The joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give.
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be.
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see.
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.
Look beyond ourselves
There's so much sorrow
It's way too late to say
I'll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It's so long overdue
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And every day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.
Even with our differences
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each other's light
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though this world needs so much more
There's so much to be thankful for
Part of the reason I am able to be thankful despite the struggles is because I set out to find and learn from Serenity. It has helped immensely and I have aboard on Pinterest to keep reminding me of this. For 2014 my OLW is "Successful" and I already have a board to represent this. My dreams and plans of starting the hostel are still there but so are the challenges to overcome in getting started – including someone else considering purchasing the building. I have to focus on getting some income and then hope I can still proceed with the hostel but if that building goes I can at least adapt my plan to another community, although that will feel sad after I have fought so hard to stay in this community.
So farewell 2013 … and bring it on 2014. And to each of you (as they say hereabout) Lang may your lum reek …
Seasonal Cutbacks …
… with a Ho Ho Ho here and a Ho Ho Ho there … as we approach the end of 2013 my financial situation is what might be termed static and so I am resorting to e-Cards and messages on my Social Media to spread my seasonal good wishes to all. However the e-Card is still a bespoke handmade one featuring a wire wrapped seaglass ornament. I have only made one gift this year and it is a set of five different seaglass Christmas trees – so I made it do twice the work and featured it for my card too.
However breaking news tells me that I am not the only one making cutbacks … in a shock revelation it turns out that Santa has had to make the reindeer redundant. A spokesperson at the North Pole attributed the cutbacks to the appallingly wet and windy weather and the ice storms which are causing a global transport slow down for Christmas. Fortunately some replacements have been found.
We caught up with these compact reindeer imposters as they rested before their global mission and as we can see they are hopeful of being rewarded with socks full of biscuits!
To all my friends wishing you the warmest Christmas filled with the love of friends and family and peace for our battered world.
Cathy x
Catch Up
It has been a horrid week in many ways – the weather has been all over the place and I have had a migraine hanging on in the background – possibly related to the pressure of the thundery weather. Yesterday I just reached the overload point and I just could not sit long enough to do the blog post.
Today has brought violent thunderstorms including some right over the house which made the front porch shake – I have things crossed that that is it resolved.
I didn't think to make a picture of it but I posted a card that I made today – my Mum and Dad are celebrating their Golden wedding anniversary tomorrow – well done and congratulations to them.
Then I had the nightmare of having to make a good photo of me – I'll tell you more about why over the weekend.
Now I am about to fold up for the night and try and finally sleep off the migraine …
We're Off to Find Kangaroos … or Pup Gets Ruby Slippers!
So it has been a better puter day today and mostly it has kept working. We have had another day of dreichness – but no more storms and it has started to get very stuffy again! I have several strategically placed insect bites which are driving my batty and then I have Pup!
Pup has just been caught digging his way down under – the Roos disappeared as I went out with the camera and I just managed to hauled Pup back before he set off on his very own yellow brick road to see the Wizard of Oz!! You'll be telling me flying monkeys really exist in a minute? So I have refilled the crater and admonished the little black furball and at least today there has been nothing alive for him to pick up and take away!
Yesterday I managed to get some nice pictures – which I then couldn't upload with my technical glitches so here they are:
I had better go and check on the digger – he has disappeared back outside again …
It was a Bad Computer Day …
… and it is already tomorrow and I am tired and grumpy and there is lightning outside … so I am going to quit and tidy this up tomorrow. The red dangly things are no more – the birds have eaten them and Pup has picked up a decent size toad and is now fixated on finding it again … and why? well do you think having 666 drafts in my gmail might have been a factor … arrrrghhh!
One Man's Waste …
As the moon rose above the horizon wreathed in the sunset pinked clouds I was just coming in from a stint at the bottom of the jungle. After a very hot sunny day – which I spent indoors working on some things – I needed some physical exercise and fresh air – so I went to dig a trench. I am going to but a herringbone of bricks against the fence at the end to make a zig zag edge which is compacted enough to stand pots on.
In digging in the really nice soil I have I found a tonne more glass – in small sheets and big chunks – why anyone buries their windows at the bottom of the garden I really don't know! Then I found more slate to go on the slate bed and finally I found two huge local stones buried, So a shallow bit of digging ended up needing a health and safety risk assessment and some strong muscles to get the stones out and moved – more hard landscaping to complete the partial rockery I already have.
Next I wrestled with the network of nettle roots … ladies seriously do not waste money on a fancy gym – find some one with a nettle patch that needs uprooting; it works the core as well as all the arm and leg muscles … and it is very satisfying when you get a big network out in one


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Why Canada needs a digital office
Bringing tech into the heart of government
By Kent Aitken, Prime Ministers Fellow, Public Policy Forum. @kentdaitken
The thing about trojan horses is that you're not supposed to talk about what's inside, but I think we should in this case.
When I say "a digital office," I mean a central technology organization within governments dedicated to some combination of internal consulting, project work, prototyping, standards, procurement reform and expenditure control. The common comparisons are the UK Government Digital Service, the Australian Digital Transformation Agency, the U.S. 18F and the U.S. Digital Service. The 2017 federal budget teased at something that would be "informed by [these] initiatives," but was mum on details.
It almost seems as though the time for breathless hope about these models is over. The above organizations are facing scrutiny and, in some cases, existential challenges. And digital teams are one possible solution among many to the core problem: governments are — systematically, predictably — struggling with technology.
Canada needs a digital office precisely because Canada needs far more than a digital office. This is the thin end of the wedge.
The primary goal is that such an organization will help build or improve high-impact digital services for citizens, working with program and service areas across government and building capacity. Which seems abstract, so let's put it in real terms.
We know that small changes to websites — language, layout, functionality — can change success rates for users by astonishing degrees. Changing just the wording on a subscribe button can double subscription rates, and the same principle applies to people applying for programs or benefits (or finding those programs in the first place). A 10 percent increase is a metric; it's also a mother using a computer in a public library who doesn't give up on a tax credit because poorly worded, legalistic web writing made her think she was ineligible.
Forget about cost savings. There's a moral imperative to make sure that digital services for citizens are effective and continuously optimized, and that we maximize the number of Canadians who can and do use them — across demographic, regional and cultural lines.
So why a central office? There's a legion of talented technologists in government. The problem is that they work in a context of legacies that don't work for technology, including accountabilities, structures, policies and hiring practices. We need to change the surrounding system, and those second-order decisions about governance are important and far-reaching. We need to bring a deep understanding of digital services much closer to the center of government.
(And a deep understanding of how people use technology, and those people themselves, once called "users.")
That's what's inside the trojan horse. Beyond the projects it undertakes, a digital office adds the landscape view of the challenges and experiences of technologists across government. It adds a capacity to architect for data collection about how an ecosystem of services is working for Canadians. And it adds a point of insertion into not just technology decisions, but governance decisions.
No volume of indicators, surveys and reports can adequately convey that perspective. You can't understand it from a boardroom.
Is it the solution? Not by itself. We'll need changes to training, policy, hiring practices, organizational design, procurement and more. But a digital office is a start, and more importantly, a platform that makes it more likely that the government will make the right decisions about every other part of the solution.
Kent Aitken is the 2016–2017 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow at Canada's Public Policy Forum, studying and advising on governance in the digital age.

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The metallic tang of silver filled my nose.
Silver bullets would kill me.
My heart pounded and a scream rose in my throat. I trembled, and my bladder nearly let go. A normal gun was no threat to me, but this gun was filled with silver. I'd been shot with a silver bullet once.
My throat closed, choking off the scream, and I wasn't sure I could even speak.
Andrew didn't pull the trigger. His hands shook. He wasn't a violent man, and he didn't want to hurt me. But the command planted in his brain overrode his usual thoughts and conscience.
"Andrew, put it down." The words came from me in a voice I barely recognized. A voice which barely shook. I would have been proud of myself if I'd been able to spare the brain power. "You don't want to do this."
I put compulsion into the words, and ran into the same block I had with the wolf. Someone else had planted compulsion, or perhaps even a full geas, in Andrew's mind.
"Put it down," I said again, increasing the compulsion.
Kyle stood beside me, appearing to have no reaction at all to the presence of a silver-loaded gun pointed at his mate. But appearances could be deceiving. He trembled too, and his body was tensed and ready. He was waiting to see if I persuaded Andrew to lose the gun. If not, Kyle would act.
That would endanger him. Silver bullets would do just as much, if not more, damage to my lover than to me. But if I tried to physically disarm Andrew, I would definitely be shot. At point-blank range.
"Andrew, listen to me." I lowered my voice to the calm, soothing tone which in the past had persuaded humans and werewolves alike to follow my commands. "You do not want to shoot me. You do not want to hurt me."
His hands shook more and his gaze darted around the room. "Shut up."
"Put down the gun," I said.
His shaking stopped and he leveled the gun directly at my heart.
Kyle leapt.
Andrew landed on the floor with a loud crack as his head hit the side of the desk. Kyle was on top of him, snarling.
I stood, and for a frantic moment I couldn't find my voice.
Andrew raised the gun and pressed it to the side of Kyle's head. Kyle slammed Andrew's arm to the floor and knelt on it. Andrew screamed.
"Stop!" I shouted, and somehow made it to the floor beside Kyle, who had Andrew's head in his hands. Squeezing. The man's screams grew louder.
"Kyle, no!" I poured all the compulsion I could manage into the words.
But compulsion didn't work on Kyle. Another crack filled the room as Kyle broke Andrew's neck.


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About CBME
Held annually in Shanghai, CBME is the world's largest trade fair for child, baby and maternity products & services. This is the perfect venue for you to meet buyers, manufacturers, distributors and suppliers in the industry from all over the world.
Event Date: 15-17 July 2020
Opening Hours: 15-16 July (Wed. - Thurs.) 9:00-17:00
17 July (Fri.) 9:00-15:00
Admission: FREE to trade buyers.
Venue: National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC)
168 Yinggang E Rd, Qingpu, Shanghai
Here's a quick guide on how to get to the venue
» World's largest child, baby and maternity products & services marketplace:
Over 110,000 trade buyers and 3,600 suppliers, 4,900 brands, come together under one roof for three days.
» Strong participation of world class brands:
Exhibitors at CBME include the top brands from all over the world.
» Widest range of products from 4,900 brands:
Find the latest products from healthcare items to food, strollers and toys, clothing and accessories and services.
» A showcase of new brands and suppliers at International Pavilions:
More suppliers and brands from Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and more will introduce their latest products at the International Pavilions.
» Recognizing the latest innovation in children baby and maternity products:
CBME Innovative Product Gallery will display the short-listed products that highlight design excellence, product safety and creativity.
» Highly-efficient business matching experience:
Volume buyers meet with pre-qualified suppliers in private setting to discuss product specifications and facilitate sourcing experience.
» Delivering education and industry know-how:
Industry experts from all around the world will impart their knowledge and experience at CBME's industry summits and seminars.
Come join us and see for yourself why CBME is the world's
number one event in child, baby and maternity products industry.
Come join us and see for yourself why CBME China is the world's
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text: I was looking at Avon's campaign 15 book and saw an adorable turquoise convertible dress. The book showed seven different styles/looks for one dress. With budgets being tight for many households, I thought this is a great way for women who wear misses sizes to update their wardrobes for approximately $25. What do you think lovelies?


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Zoolander 2 Facing Backlash Over Benedict Cumberbatch's Character
The trailer for Zoolander 2 only arrived last week, but the film is already facing backlash over the portrayal of a gender fluid character. Benedict Cumberbatch's character All is billed as "the biggest supermodel in the world" and is asked if he "has a hot dog or a bun?"
If you haven't seen it yet, check out the Zoolander 2 trailer:
The petition on Care2 Petitions reads:
"In the Zoolander 2 trailer, an androgynous character played by Benedict Cumberbatch is asked by Zoolander and Hansel if he is a 'male or female model', and if they 'have a hot dog or a bun'. Additionally, Cumberbatch's character is clearly portrayed as an over-the-top, cartoonish mockery of androgyne/trans/non-binary individuals. This is the modern equivalent of using blackface to represent a minority.
"If the producers and screenwriters of Zoolander wanted to provide social commentary on the presence of trans/androgyne individuals in the fashion industry, they could have approached models like Andreja Pejic to be in the film. By hiring a cis actor to play a non-binary individual in a clearly negative way, they film endorses harmful and dangerous perceptions of the queer community at large.
"Tell Paramount Pictures, Ben Stiller, and Benedict Cumberbatch that mocking transgender/androgyne/gender fluid individuals is not okay – sign this petition to pledge to boycott the film!"
Angry people took to Twitter to attack the transphobic joke:
TFW you excitedly pull up the "Zoolander 2" trailer only to find a transphobic joke 20 seconds into it… pic.twitter.com/vADoWYWSjP
— Julie Rei Goldstein (@JulieRei) November 18, 2015
like really – cumberbatch's role in zoolander 2 looks SUPER transphobic??? i'm really bummed out now
— a literal bunny (@lyingkitten) November 18, 2015
Warning: Transphobia in The Zoolander 2 trailer. Basically Benedict Cumberbatch's character is a transphobic joke. pic.twitter.com/pCXst8PjX7
— Fangirl Jeanne (@fangirlJeanne) November 18, 2015
Nice to see zoolander 2 will throw some transphobic jokes, very cool, thanks hollywood
— smug Hazama (@valkyrienoboken) November 18, 2015


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Bipartisan legislation strongly supporting the strengthening of US-Taiwan relations has been introduced into the US Congress.
US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the former chairwoman of the US House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee, proposed the Taiwan policy act of 2013 on Friday.
"Taiwan is a vital ally of the US and should be treated as such," Ros-Lehtinen said as she introduced the bill.
Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican, introduced an earlier version of the bill in the last Congress, but election-year politics stopped it from coming to a vote.
The new bill seeks to "further diplomatic relations with Taiwan" and allow Taiwanese leaders to meet with US officials of all executive government branches.
Current US laws severely restrict who Taiwanese politicians can see and what they are allowed to do when on US soil.
The new bill also calls for the signing of a comprehensive extradition agreement with Taiwan and authorizes the sale of F-16C/D aircraft to the Taiwanese military.
In addition, it calls for the transfer of decommissioned guided missile frigates to Taiwan.
Congressional Taiwan Caucus co-chairs Albio Sires, Mario Diaz-Balart, Gerald Connolly and John Carter are co-sponsoring the bill.
"With the growing antagonism of the Kim [Jong-un] regime in North Korea and the ever-expanding territorial ambitions of China, our alliance with the democratic nation of Taiwan is even more important," Ros-Lehtinen said. "Taiwanese leaders must be allowed to meet with US officials in all executive branches and have full access and recognition just like any other ally, no exceptions."
Alongside the Taiwan bill, Ros-Lehtinen also introduced the Egypt accountability and democracy promotion act to crack down on extremist groups in Egypt and support human rights and freedoms in that country.
"The challenges facing our nation and allies around the world are growing," she said. "In order to meet these challenges head on, concrete action must be taken."
She said that the bills were aimed at meeting new challenges facing US interests throughout the world.
"From supporting our vital ally, Taiwan, to confronting the [President Mohamed] Morsi regime in Egypt, we must act responsibly and prioritize our foreign policy objectives," she said.
The Taiwan policy act of 2013 would not amend or supersede the Taiwan Relations Act.


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Which part of a tree is the most important – the roots, trunk, branches, twigs or leaves? The fastest way from the roots to the top of the tree is directly upwards via the trunk, but does that make the trunk the most important part?
Is there a most important note in a musical symphony? If we play the piece faster, we'll get to the final note quicker, but is the point of the music to get to the end in the most efficient manner possible?
In both cases, there is no single component more important than any other, and enjoyment of the journey is just as important as arriving at the destination.
It is the same with education. Education is not a means to an end. It is something we should commit to for a lifetime, for the pleasure of the journey, even though the destination may be uncertain, changeable or never reached.
Continue to read Benjamin's post on education on his blog Things Behind the Sun
In February we are featuring a weekly original contribution on topical issues in education such as funding, teacher employment, system changes in your jurisdiction. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your article.


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Organizational Design
The organizational design is the derivation of the strategy in a structural framework. There are often substantial decisions of the company, changing the requirements for the organizational structure:
- Your company is in a massive growth and want to promote entrepreneurial thinking?
- You want to integrate a purchased company and consider whether the growing organizational structures are still suitable for this?
- You have significantly expanded your product portfolio and want to reflect this development in your structures?
- You want to integrate the foreign branches in the corporate structures sufficiently?
I can advise you in developing your organization design with determining the dimensions, hierarchy levels, types of organization, group sizes, roles, job title, responsibilities and interfaces.
Reorganization and Post Merger Integration
A reorganization is a special project with many challenges and pitfalls. The project has to consider different interests and project architecture should involve stakeholders at the appropriate level.
A good post-merger integration begins before the acquisition of the company. In addition to the conventional analysis in the due diligence and the "organizational fit" should be considered.
When it comes to creating new, then I will gladly advise you throughout the entire change process with the following topics:
- Creation of the process model and project architecture involving all stakeholders
- Analysis of the company with focus on organizational structure
- Definition of a formulated corporate strategy
- Development of a common organizational structure
- Development of the Corporate Process Map
- Creation of an Integrated Management System
- Determination of new information and communication channels
- Consulting for Change Communication
You want professional assistance for your reorganization and post-merger integration. I gladly support you as project manager or consultant.


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We Have Forever to Fill
This was written for a challenge at Writer's Carnival. The requirements were the starting sentence and a limit of 500 words. This bit of weirdness was the result.
"My life will never be the same."
Sally has a flair for hyperbole, but in this case it isn't unwarranted. Death has a funny way of changing your life plans, but now isn't the time to get all pedantic. Besides, while she'd been happy to leave behind Hank for awhile, the way time melds and shifts out here means it hasn't been as long for her as it has been for him.
"Sally! You look just like I remember you." The long striated wounds on his face will heal as soon as he learns to control his self-image, but for now the grotesquery on display is enough to turn my stomach.
I step forward. "Hank, now might not be the best time."
"And who the hell are you? I'm just trying to see my wife for the first time in twenty years."
Sally's face blanches. The shock hits her nearly as hard as Hank's old beatings. "I haven't been here twenty years. Gabriel and I just got to know each other."
"Gabriel, huh? You fucking my wife?"
I know better than to try to explain, so instead of getting into a fight, I reach into the space between space, grab my pitchfork, and stick the pointy end into Hank's abdomen. He doesn't have time to scream before fainting. Of course it isn't going to do any permanent damage, but Hank doesn't understand the afterlife rules yet. Not that there are many.
Well, rules is a bit harsh. More like the physical laws, since there really aren't any legal systems or other sorts of instructions to follow. In any case, since nothing happens here that can't be fixed by force of will, the old adage of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" is in fact the truth.
I leave him lying on the ground with a giant fork sticking out of his belly.
I adjust my halo, take Sally by the hand, and look into her eyes. "Forever is a long time. Aren't you glad the vows just said 'until death'?"
Besides, once Hank figures it out, he'll just conjure up an obedient sentient pseudo-Sally and be content. Hell, he could be a pseudo-Hank from Sally's mind. She is still learning the rules herself.
Come to think of it, I'm not entirely sure when I lived and died or if I even did. I could be a pseudo-Gabriel. I mean, I know the rules backwards and forwards but I still don't understand them. There isn't anyone here to really explain. But that is sort of the point, isn't it? There is no who-what-when-where-why-or-how-ness. There is just forever and emptiness for us to fill.


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30 Seconds With Redcoat Ellen
Every Friday we will be bringing to you another part in our '30 seconds with' series! So far we have met Redcoat Zoe, Redcoat Nathan and Redcoat Ashley. You may have seen some of these new Redcoats if you came to Butlins over February half term – if so, make sure you post your pictures to our Facebook wall or tweet us @Butlins! This week, we grabbed 30 seconds with the lovely Redcoat Ellen! Keep your eye out for her over Easter at Skegness!
Introducing Redcoat Ellen…
Hello Ellen! So we hear you will be working at our lovely Skegness resort but where in the UK are you from?
I am from Manchester!
What skills are you bringing to Butlins?
Dancing, Acting and Singing but mainly my people skills. I love talking and getting to know people, especially children!
Confess, what's your guilty pleasure?
Disney films! I love Disney films!
What's the most interesting thing you have learnt in your training?
I really loved learning about people with learning difficulties and learning sign language. It was so interesting to learn a new way to communicate with the guests.
So tell us, what made you want to become a Redcoat?
I love Butlins and love performing! I have a really bubbly personality and everyone always says I would make a perfect Redcoat, so I thought I would give it a go!
Finally, what is your idea of a perfect day out at the Sea side?
Sunbathing and making sand castles!
Thanks Redcoat Ellen! Come back next week when we'll be chatting to Redcoat Kayla from Butlins Minehead.
Don't forget you can see all of our new team members by heading to our Facebook page where we've put all the Redcoats into handy resort albums for you!
See you next week! Rachel
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The SECURE Act and How it May Affect You
By Jon Aldrich It seems like every year, just days before the ball drops in Times Square, Congress passes and the President signs new legislation that affects taxpayers. This year was no different as the SECURE Act, which contains some significant changes in certain retirement accounts was passed on December 19th, and signed into law…Read More
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By Jon Aldrich So, how do you like the new "Post-Card" size tax return for 2018? Well, it is a little bit larger than a post card, it is still 8-1/2 x 11 inches, so it is a really big Post Card, but it is supposedly simper. Due to the new Tax Cuts and Jobs…Read More
Here is Your New Simplified Tax Law
Here is Your New Simplified Tax Law By Jon Aldrich The House and Senate have now both approved the reconciled version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 and it will soon be on the President's desk awaiting his signature to become law. The House and Senate versions were somewhat different,…Read More
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In the last 2 weeks, we have survived the Mayan Apocalypse and the dreaded Fiscal Cliff as we watched 2012 draw to a close. So what does it all mean? Well, since we all survived the end of the Mayan calendar, the world as we know it will carry on. But what does surviving the…Read More
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Summary Of The Major Provisions Of The Tax Relief Act Of 2010
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I was similarly appalled by The Oscar ceremonies and the readiness with which the Academy seems hell-bent on undermining every last shred of credibility and self-respect. Of course, this is the ultimate irony for an industry that thrives on creating and promoting the complete opposite i.e. suspending disbelief. ("Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".) Yet, of late, the Academy seems dedicated to proving William Goldman's "Nobody Knows Anything" as its most enduring epitaph. With the utterly ridiculous and unnecessary expansion of Best Picture to ten nominees, to the James Franco Ann Hathaway bungle, to the Brett Ratner fiasco, and now this most recent addition to televised nauseam there is one thing glaringly true, The Academy "knows bupkis" about itself, its audience, its mission, or apparently its cultural identity. It is one thing to be self-effacing, but another to be made to look quizzically ridiculous, and to quote a line from one of Hollywood's more crowning achievements, The Godfather: " … She threw it all away just to make me look ridiculous. And a man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous. Now you get the hell out of here! And if that goomba tries any rough stuff, you tell him I ain't no bandleader." The sad reality for The Academy is that when even the Hollywood Foreign Press Association manages to come off classier and more sophisticated than The Oscars it is not only time for a new bandleader, but for the whole guild "family" to "go to the mattresses!"
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I Watched The Oscars with Seth MacFarlane Fans and Survived!
It was definitely a case of generational divide. I watched The Oscars with a few younger friends, and a couple of mentally stunted adults who thought it was hilarious, fresh, and topical. I asked how in any stretch of the imagination William Shatner and Star Trek were topical, and they were stumped. After further inquiry I learned that "topical" for the millennial-minded is anything related to women's genitalia. (The topicality comes from the idea that women still retain these body parts today as they did in earlier times.) Seth MacFarlane's musical number "We Saw your Boobs" was a huge, huge hit with this crowd, as were Ann Hathaway's pert and perky nipples, which I have to say fueled a good three hours of ernest, lively debate. But it wasn't all high brow, either, for instance, the dancing Gay Men's Choir sparked an intensely detailed discussion about same sex practices and homosexual proclivities. Oh yeah, Jennifer Lawrence's stumble was a real triumph of inspiration, too! All in all it was a sophisticated and charming evening off and on the screen.
Fanatical Literalism by Michael Chase Walker
I find the fanatical literalism demanded of filmmakers today (Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln) to be sadly ironic, stifling and dangerous. How is it we think little of injecting, legislating, and politicizing biblical fiction into our school curriculums, laws, and reproductive rights, while at the same time demand our movies be impeccable historical representations? Who are we as a society when we insist our art and fiction conform to fact, while upholding mythological figures, superstition and belief as the fulcrum of our society and culture?


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Body as Microcosm for Life
June 24, 2015
I remember my middle school years: my body standing with a steady sixty-two pounds from fifth grade through eighth when my smallness stopped its market cuteness and morphed into concern; the caloric regiment began: two glasses of whole milk a day, a breakfast of peanut-buttered whole grain toast, and a hearty bowl of ice cream for dessert. My weight finally peaked to ninety pounds by my first year of high school and I had finally broken the five foot boundary I had been desperate to pass since my best friend had sprung to five foot six inches and grown breast-buds in fifth grade. Needless to say, the added, healthy, girth on my young body had been a long time coming.
Yet, my forever-smallness never hindered my athleticism. My ability to sneak and slither my way by past the defensive line in soccer had always been a plus, I had less weight to carry through the water during swim meat- often finishing first during the 50 yard free-style dash, and my genetic fast-twitch fiber muscle had never been a thing of coaches complaints. Being innately fast, I had always loved running and swimming; the mindlessness of the two activities led to a childish devotion for practicing the skill I was still growing into. I wasn't the stuff of childhood prodigy and I certainly wasn't the fastest kid in the grade, or the one able to do the most push-ups; but the things my smallness could accomplish with a little hard work and perseverance always impressed me. Resultantly, I worked with diligence to maintain and improve my skills.
From fifth grade on, I would accompany my father to the gym on the weekend for an hour.
When I first started going, I would use six machines in an hour, using each machine for a dedicated ten minute before wiping the girlish sweat of the equipment and moving to another cardiovascular machine. I used the stair master, the stationary cross-country runner, the treadmill, the elliptical, the urg, and the bike. I can still remember the eye-rolls of the elliptical moms as me, a child, moved from machine to machine, the way they would look over their shoulders concerned by the amount of energy I was expending on those machines.
Then, as being a swimmer became integral to my tweenish identity, I would write 120 lap workouts for myself to do. First I did these workouts in conjunction with my other cardio-work, begging my father to pick me up two hours after our arrival. But then I would conclude my school days with a swim: entering the local gym at six, after having been picked up from another long eighth-grade day, and not leaving again until seven thirty or eight at night. The more I worked out, the more I ate, but my body shape never changed substantially enough to stop my doctors questioning glances at the scale, the skinny-shaming glares of my friends mothers, or my forever-drooping clothes (I shopped at Gymboree until I was in seventh grade).
But that all changed with puberty: puberty was good to me. My body began to reveal the results of long hours in the gym, on the field, and on the trails (finally!). I became a three-season athlete: playing soccer, joining a varsity swim team, and running track. I used the weekends to practice the skills I had learned from my coach, and refused any semblance of an 'off day'. Reflectively, I still would never call my love of my moving body an obsession, only a thing I did because it felt good. In high-school I continued my love of being physically active, making 'athlete' an integral part of my identity in a way that holds true today. My muscles shone tight beneath my skin, small but sturdy in their abilities. It was at this time that I began to see my size as a positive: the tautness of my stomach an initiator of compliments, the ripples of my arms obvious in photos posted on social media. However, I was always shocked that my increasing body mass and tone did not stop the negative and snarky comments coming from friends, peers, and elders about my body and what I chose to feed and do with it. Eat a burger. I bet you can eat whatever you want. you're so damn small. Here, have another piece of cake. You look so young!
I continued to grow through my fist year of college: happily reaching 5 foot 4 inches by nineteen, and tipping the scale to 105 pounds. My first year of college I attended a division one university, and was unable to join a sporting team, so I renewed my love for the gym, going early each morning before class for two hours: combining a three mile run on the treadmill with an hour on the elliptical, followed by a light weight-lifting session. I began training for a series of 5k races to do the following summer when I was home in Connecticut. By the end of that Summer I could comfortable run five miles at a time and signed up for a 15k (a nine mile race) for that August.
By the time I started my sophomore year at a new school, I was in the best long-distance running shape I had ever been in. So when a friend dragged me to a rugby practice the first week, I didn't object. The practice I happened to attend was a no-contact day (for those of you who don't know rugby: it is a high contact sport, similar to football except without pads). The day was filled with three sprint workouts, drills that I love and succeeded at, finishing as one of the top three for every event. So I came back the next day, and the next. And now I use my athleticism to play rugby. I phrase it in that way because there is great gut and glory in claiming oneself as a rugby player, a phrase I haven't yet fully claimed.
Joining rugby has shown me that my (small) body is capable of more than I thought was possible. Since that first practice I have run in the Maine Marathon, run a series of half-marathons, and have become a serious weight-lifter. Rugby is the most body-positive sport and community that I have ever been a part of. On the field there is room for strong players, players who carry more mass, players who are squat or thick, players who are short or tall, players who are fast or overweight, players just coming into their athleticism, players who proudly wear the identity of an athlete. The brilliance of rugby is that there isn't one recognized or expected 'body-type'; for a team to be successful, it needs a variety of different shapes and strengths on the field for each of the fifteen different positions.
This summer marks the season before my last competitive rugby season this upcoming fall. Having found an amazing gym-buddy, fitness facility, and amazing trails/paths/sidewalks in Portland, my summer has shaped up to be one of great physical activity. I run to work with my roommate, sell fitness clothes all day at the retail store (Title 9) I work for, and then spend the evening exploring the outdoors or enjoying a gym session. I began learning the in's and out's of weight lifting with seriousness and love this past November, and have continued to practice this love this Summer. I have become increasingly comfortable with taking up space in the weight-room, despite being typically, the only girl there. I now weigh over 130 pounds: pure muscle with only 13% of body fat on me. I never thought this body and muscularity would be possible on my frame; I thought I was always condemned to, what felt like to me, fragility.
The journey of my body has become a microcosm for how I live the rest of my live: I don't let people tell me I can't do something because of where I am now, because of how far off the destination seems, because of how impossible my goals may seem at the time. I refuse to be discouraged by supposed obstacles or setbacks. I refuse to be hurt or discouraged by the snarky comments from other girls: you're legs are so thick. You're look too strong. Muscles on girls aren't sexy. Like my goal in the weight room: five pounds at a time, or my goal on a run: one foot in front of the other. I have learned that I can do anything I put my whole self into: mind, body, and soul, as long as I am patient with how long those results take to come.
My journey is that of an able-bodied, able-minded person, my journey unmarked by the physical or mental limitation or navigation. I share my journey of coming into my body, because as a skinny-child who has become a strong-adult, there were never stories about my kind of transformation. The media favored the story of the celebrity gaining weight, painting the weight increase only as a negative. And reality television favorite the transformation of the obese adult into that of a healthy, fit one. There is a lack of representation of women on the running trail, at the marathon cross line, in the weight room, in the squat cage, or in the pool. There is lack of representation of women flexing their biceps or showing off their calf-muscles. It is my hope that as I continue coming into and growing into my body, I will see more muscular women's stories and bodies being told, heard, and celebrated. I hope only to contribute my story as one example of what a body and life can be with hard work, dedication, and attentiveness.


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Where we discuss his work on such shows as "Being Human" &
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The decision to take (or not take) psychiatric medication shouldn't be a controversial one. We should decide what's best for our health with the help of our doctors, and that should be that. But stigma isn't a rational thing, and a lot of people think that they know better than we do or our doctors do — that those of us with mental health issues should universally be able to get out of it with healthy living, exercise and an improved outlook on life.
Those are wonderful, important things to work on, but they don't replace medication for the people who need it. And as much as we might know that, stigma is really good at undermining self-confidence. It gets us thinking that we should be able to make do without our meds, we should be able to function like everyone else seems to, we shouldn't need chemical intervention to survive or thrive.
But living life by "shoulds" doesn't get you very far, particularly when it comes to health.
Take How to ADHD's Jessica McCabe. She seems to have it all together. She coaches her viewers on coping techniques for dealing with ADHD in all aspects of their daily lives. She has strategies and techniques in abundance. And in this unusually personal video, she shares a secret with her audience: without her meds, those strategies aren't enough. Living a healthy life and employing every technique in the book isn't enough to allow her to do the work she loves, because her symptoms get in the way. That's nothing to be ashamed of, and McCabe know that, but she still felt that she should have been able to manage without medication. That's the impact of stigma — and that's why she shared her story.
The video is a must watch if you've ever judged yourself or someone else for relying on psychiatric medication, or you've ever wondered why someone might be ashamed to need it.
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iOS 10: Wishes and Concept Video →
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Below, you'll find a collection of my iOS 10 wishes, organized in tentpole features (the ones also shown in the video) plus additional sub-sections. Some of these wishes have been on my list for years; others are a consequence of the features Apple shipped with iOS 9.
Who knows what Apple is working on for iOS 10, but it would be amazing to see some of these wishes make it. Check these out, the video is very well done.


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- "Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife."
- ―Cliegg Lars introduces himself to Anakin Skywalker, his stepson
Cliegg Lars was a human male moisture farmer from Tatooine. He had one son, Owen Lars, from his first marriage. In the years prior to the Clone Wars, he met Shmi Skywalker and freed her from slavery before marrying her. As such, he was the step-father of Anakin Skywalker, and the step-grandfather of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.
Shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Shmi was captured by a band of Tusken Raiders. Lars and a number of other moisture farmers attempted to save her, but the sand people drove them back, and Lars lost his right leg as a result. Anakin Skywalker later arrived on Tatooine, having had visions through the Force of Shmi's suffering and met Lars. Skywalker found his mother, but she died in his arms and he returned her body to the Lars moisture farm for burial, where Lars said goodbye to his wife before dying sometime later.
- "Thirty of us went out after her. Four of us came back. I'd be with them, only… after I lost my leg I just couldn't ride anymore, until I heal. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been gone a month. There's little hope she's lasted this long."
- ―Cliegg Lars tells Anakin Skywalker about his mother
Cliegg Lars was born on Tatooine to Gredda and Lef Lars. He had a brother named Edern, but he died at the age of fourteen in a landspeeder accident.[5] When Cliegg grew up, he became a moisture farmer.[1] He lived on his family's homestead near the settlement of Anchorhead.[1] He married a woman named Aika and together they had a son, whom they named Owen. However, Aika died and Cliegg and Owen continued to run the homestead.[6] Later on, Owen's girlfriend Beru Whitesun, went to live with them on the farm.[3]
A few years before the Clone Wars, Lars took a trip to the spaceport settlement of Mos Espa, where he met Shmi Skywalker, a slave owned by Watto, a Toydarian junk dealer. Lars fell in love with Shmi and bought her from Watto,[1] thus freeing her from slavery. The two married and lived together as husband and wife for many years. Approximately, one month before the Battle of Geonosis, however, Shmi was kidnapped by a group of Tusken Raiders. An enraged Lars gathered dozens of other farmers and set out to rescue his wife. Although thirty farmers went out looking for her, only four returned alive. Lars himself returned maimed, having lost his right leg to the sand people.[3]
A month after Shmi's disappearance, her son, Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker arrived on the farm looking for her, having had Force visions of her suffering. Lars and his family met Skywalker for the first time and explained to him what had happened with the Tusken Raiders. Although Lars told his stepson to accept that Shmi was gone, Skywalker was determined to find his mother and set out into the desert to locate the sand people. He found them and his mother, but she died in his arms. Skywalker returned to the farm after slaughtering the Tusken Raiders for revenge, with his deceased mother. Skywalker quietly blamed them before he and, along with Lars and his family, buried Shmi on the farm next to Lars's brother and parents.[7] Skywalker left shortly thereafter, leaving the Lars family behind.[3] Soon after these events, Cliegg died, passing on the moisture farm to his son and his daughter-in-law Beru.[2]
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- "Those Tuskens walk like men, but they're vicious mindless monsters."
- ―Lars tells Anakin Skywalker about the sand people
Lars was a human male[1] who stood at a height of 1.83 meters.[4] He had light brown hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. While attempting to rescue his wife, Lars lost his right leg in pursuit of the Tusken Raiders. He felt a wave of anger towards the sand people for taking Shmi, and felt that they were savage and vicious monsters.[3]
Behind the scenesEdit
Cliegg Lars was introduced and made his first canonical appearance in the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. He was portrayed by actor Jack Thompson.[3]
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
- Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- Attack of the Clones Read-Along Storybook and CD (Indirect mention only)
- Ahsoka (Indirect mention only)
- Darth Vader 1 (Mentioned only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cliegg Lars in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cliegg Lars in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ Star Wars: Card Trader


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12 interesting things about the other 1/2 of JillCards, LLC (Jill)
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I am going to try to cover items which Dee Dee has not covered, so as to not duplicate interesting facts (I hope…..this may be hard to come up with 12 more, but she's right, it is making me think).
1) I am a mother of 4 kids (3 are biological).
2) I come from a family of 7 children, in which I fall directly in the middle (middle-child syndrome).
3) Recovery is also a path I follow. I have been sober for a few 24-hours.
4) I try to always remember WHERE I have come from, and take NOTHING for granted.
5) My occupation is in the automotive field. I previously managed an auto body shop for 13 years, and am currently "Detailing", until JillCards takes off and makes us famous and stinky rich.
6) I love forensic shows, such as "The 1st 48", "Forensic Files" and "The Investigators".
7) I ride a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
8) I was previously married for 12-1/2 years to the father of my children, stayed single for 15 years, then married the woman of my dreams, last May (2010).
9) I have a hard time trying to converse with random people. (Oh, I wish I had the gift of "gab"!)
10) I use words that sound good to me, even if they are not in the Webster's Dictionary (Funner, Salavitate, etc).
11) My favorite color is yellow and my favorite flowers are sunflowers.
12) I become combative when I get tickled. (I hate it)
12 interesting (I think?) things about 1/2 of JillCards, LLC (DeeDee)
- Jill and I met 13 years ago and quickly became friends. Although we lived near each other we were the kind of friends in which you could not see for a couple of weeks or so – and pick right up where you left off. She pushed to get behind my defensive wall and drew me out of my comfort zone. 6 months after I left an 8 year relationship – I knew Jill had something on her mind and I thought maybe it could be "me" – so I put her on the back of my motorcycle with a full tank of gas and told her I wouldn't let her off until she came clean with whatever was going on in her head! (Thank God I turned out to be right or she could've had me arrested for kidnapping!) Although it was the type of relationship I was comfortable with – it was all new for her (I'll let you read between the lines on that one.)
- On May 22, 2010 I married my best friend in front of 100 of our closest friends and family. It is only through patience, understanding and a lot of time that our families have come to realize just because society says we're "different" – we love just the same as everyone else, COMPLETELY.
- I am a control freak and everyone around me knows it. Jill deals with life one moment at a time – I'd much rather have it planned out on my Android with confirmations from all parties involved.
- I am a Riders Edge instructor at Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson, Inc. I love the opportunity to help people realize their dreams to ride motorcycles safely, coaching them to succeed and exceed their goals one exercise at a time.
- I am SO not the creative/talented partner at JillCards, LLC. I am an avid photographer who enjoys capturing wildlife and friends in their natural habitat. Jill can take a simple piece of paper, acid free adhesive (see I'm paying attention!) and make a beautiful Send again greeting card.
- I am in recovery and have been for a few 24 hours (as we say in the program). Had I continued using, none of what I enjoy today would be my reality. It is only through sobriety that the rest of my life is real.
- (Okay this is getting harder than I thought…)
- I am the mother to 2 teenagers, My son is 19 and my daughter is 15 – I'm not sure but I think they have completed a foreign language somewhere along the line without me knowing it. UGH – I just don't get them sometimes – did my parents feel that way?
- Not completing my bachelor's degree is my biggest regret – why haven't I done it yet….good question for which I can supply a lengthy list of excuses
- We developed the "Send again" greeting card concept in the fall of 2009. Jill had worked with the idea for years but together we invested time, effort and some money and made JillCards, LLC a reality. We are a small company based in beautiful rural Wisconsin. Our hand-made personalized cards can be sent again to another person, after receiving it. For the recycled concept, we use everything from used greeting cards, old calendars, discarded magazines, our pictures, your own photographs, scrapbook materials; just about anything we can get our hands on. We recycle each card into a unique personal treasure! To "Send again", simply remove the message tag on the card backside, and replace it with the already used message tag on the inside of your card. Now, you are ready to write your own heartfelt message, and "Send again". It's like re-gifting a greeting card! We encourage anyone to submit their own photos for an even more personal touch.
- Jill and I are almost complete opposites. I previously mentioned our different approaches to life, but that's only the beginning. Jill comes from a large family – mine was small (2 daughters), she needs lots of sleep and until my recent back surgery – I needed very little and worked 14+ hours per day most of the year, she's creative and has a can do anything attitude – I don't feel very creative and can get frustrated and give up easily.
- Now all the stuff we share – 1st and foremost our love for each other and everyday living, side-by-side, JillCards – the home business we started in the fall of '09, together we have 5 kids all of which are VERY different, we LOVE coffee and have a crazy fun day/night sitting at a coffee shop with our laptops, after she learned to ride motorcycles – she became almost as addicted to Harley-Davisons as I am, we love to laugh with each other doing something OR absolutely nothing but giggling like little girls, we also have some of the best parents and best friends that anyone could ask for! Thanks for this opportunity to think a little deeper in 2011!
08/10/2010 Daily Thought
You can have a life filled with awe at any age. You can awake each morning, potentially inspired, centered, with a sense that many options and opportunities stretch before you. Awe is a power unto itself, and by its very nature transforms us. The best part is it is free, natural and continually available. All you need is the willingness to awaken to awe, and to do so by trying a new approach to life.
By Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D.
08/08/2010 Daily Quote
Not one Soul is going to be lost. In fact, there aren't any lost Souls. The Soul always knows where it is. It just doesn't care.
The Soul knows it is going to outlast your body, it knows it's going to outlast the thoughts you've been having, it knows it's going to go beyond the imagination, and your feelings have betrayed you for so long that it pays little attention to them. So why shouldn't it be happy in these lower worlds?
Our misidentification causes us to go into the quandary of the mind to second-guess. And yet the Soul says, "I'm here, I'm present. I'm not over there. I'm here, I'm present. This is the moment."
– John-Roger
(From: The Tao of Spirit, p. 139)
Sitting at a coffee shop…
It's Monday afternoon and we are observing the Wisconsin River from the famous Blue Spoon Creamery Cafe for some good personal time and excellent coffee.
Something about being at a coffee shop makes me feel more intellectual and very reflective. Seated upstairs of the Creamery, on the river side window deck, sun shinning down on us, river flowing smoothly and elevator music in the background, sets the perfect mood for another blog on JillCards, LLC.
It's been 2-weeks since the wedding, and even though there's definitely more time and less deadlines, I find myself with not enough time in a day. I love summers because of the later sunsets and unlimited time constraints. I'm almost finished with our Thank-You cards, so they will be out in the mail soon.
Father's day is June 20th this year, and I'm in desperate need to get HIS day listed on the website. I know it's getting late for all you purchasers, but the cards will be listed by the end of this week, for sure.
I keep telling myself that this first year on the www is the hardest, because each Holiday and Occasion, are the first. When I start going into the second year, it should not be nearly as laboring. However; regardless of laboring or not, I am having the time of my life with this endeavor!
I am having a good time re-connecting with old friends and making new acquaintances. I am loving the feedback and have implemented some suggestions received. I was pondering over adding a DIY page to the JillCards, LLC website regarding projects and information.
Please give me more; dig deep into yourself, ask other, find the courage, and post a question/idea/topic/notion/thought/impression. Please offer additional suggestions on what you, my fans, LIKE and DISLIKE; what topics you would like to see covered, and any new ideas you may have.
I'll be waiting for the flood of comments I receive…..


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Journey 3:1 (Jan.-Feb., 1988) © Covenant Media Foundation.
(Response to John Robbins) in Journey 3:1 (Jan.-Feb., 1988)
By Dr. Greg Bahnsen
Dear Editor:
The decision to print John Robbins' caustic letter in reply to an unfavorable review of his booklet on Van Til was, I believe, regrettable for a couple of reasons.
First, Mr. Robbins, being an avowed disciple of Gordon H. Clark, represents a viewpoint which hampers the purpose of Journey magazine: to encourage consistent, Confessional presbyterianism.
Many good things could be said about Dr. Clark, but his philosophical work was not always a strength. And occasionally his philosophical shortcomings were detrimental for his theological constructions. Take one illustration. Clark insisted that we cannot know anything on the basis of sensation and that our knowledge is restricted to the content of the Bible.[1] Philosophically, this is outrageous. On this view, Clark could not even "know" what the Bible taught since he relied upon sensation - reading, hearing - to learn it.
In defense of the above view Clark was ushered into conflict with the Westminster Confession of Faith. (1) He suggested that everything we read on the inked lines of the Bible was already in our knowledge internally[2] - which contradicts WCF 1:1. What men know innately by general revelation is "not sufficient" because it does not include all the message of Scripture. (2) Ten years ago, when I proposed that Clark's restriction of knowledge to the content of the Bible entailed that nobody could "know" that he was saved (since our names are not mentioned in the Bible), he reaffirmed that conclusion - which openly conflicts with WCF 18:1 (1 John 5:13, etc.). (3) Other problems with Clark's rationalistic view could be mentioned. Who can forget his exegetically atrocious rendition of John 1:1 ("In the beginning was Logic")?[3]
Given philosophical and theological problems of this magnitude, Clark's position - through the mouthpiece of Mr. Robbins (cf. Matt. 10:24) - does not call for attention in a magazine like Journey.[4] Moreover, the letter from Mr. Robbins only perpetuated the weak reasoning and misrepresentations of Van Til against which the reviewer had justly protested. But my grievance goes beyond the philosophical competence of Robbins or Clark.
The second thing regrettable about publishing the Robbins' letter is the strident spirit of style of his writing. This too imitates Clark who, in retaliation for Van Til's apprehensions about what was askew in Clark's philosophy and theology, lowered himself to accusing Van Til of being an irrationalist under the influence of neo-orthodoxy![5] In his published letter Mr. Robbins applies the same epithets of irrationalism and neo-orthodoxy to his reviewer, Mr. Jones. Indeed, in materials from his Trinity Foundation, Mr. Robbins has previously used the very same tags for George Marston and John Frame. Now then, Messers Marston, Frame, and Jones are all members of my presbytery, and I can state unequivocably that they are not the slightest bit neo-orthodox in theology or tendency; they stand squarely, vocally against it. It becomes obvious that the pejorative slur of "neo-orthodox" is repeatedly used by Mr. Robbins, not in its correct and descriptive sense, but for anyone who happens to disagree with him or Clark. He is simply engaging, that is, in emotive name-calling.
That is why I object to Journey giving space in its pages to someone like Mr. Robbins to express himself. "Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them who hear" (Eph. 4:29). It should not be thought that Mr. Robbins' letter in Journey was a passing and uncharacteristic lapse in courtesy or writing style. Mr. Robbins has a reputation in our circles for this kind of cutting talk about those with whom he disagrees. Consider the snide way in which he spoke of Jim Hurley, Susan Foh, and George Knight in Scripture Twisting in the Seminaries. I am not at all against hardhitting theological analysis and debate. I am very much repulsed by the thoughtless party spirit and empty name-calling that so often divides the Reformed world. "If any man thinks himself to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, he deceives himself and this man's religion is vain" (James 1:26).
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Greg Bahnsen
[1] The Philosophy of Gordon H. Clark (1968), pp. 90-92; Three Types of Religious Philosophy (1973), p. 62. Anything outside the Bible was, at best, a mere matter of "opinion" for Clark, never "knowledge", by which he artificially meant knowing with "certainty".
[2] The Philosophy of Gordon H. Clark, pp. 415-416.
[4] Similarly, it is dismaying that less than two months after Dr. Van Til went to be with his Savior and Lord, Westminster Theological Seminary in California publicly acclaimed and dignified a "Gordon Haddon Clark Prize in Apologetics" by awarding it, for the prize's sponsoring agency the "Trinity Foundation" (which is headed by John Robbins), to one of Westminster's students at the Sixth Commencement Exercise. This even was publicized as though it were an honor in Westminster's official paper, Update.
[5] "The Bible as Truth," Bibliotheca Sacra (April, 1957); "Apologetics," Contemporary Evangelical Thought, ed. Carl F. H. Henry (1957).


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