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At long last, my pallet farm table styled desk is up!
This desktop is LONG. Measuring at 12 feet, the desk is prominent, yet proportioned with the sun filled picture window it faces. I LOVE that the windowsill provides a perfect spot for my little buddy to watch for those killer birds…
Warm woods against black accents create a pretty cozy office environment!
Cedar planks for the top, pallet 4×4 oak posts for the legs, and some 4 foot chunks of reclaimed 2×4's for the framework. The table is rock steady, not requiring additional strapping for the legs, which I was prepared to do. The heavyweight materials, massive amount of screws and sturdy framing created a very sound piece of furniture.
The desk measures 12 feet long, 3 feet deep and 27.25″ from the floor, which is the perfect typing height for me. The framework just clears the rolling files perfectly!
The desk was created into three sections, to allow for a sitting area in the center.
Authentic details celebrated
Pallet stamps here and there are shown off rather than hidden, to offer up a little authentic rustic personality.
Chunky wood with glorious flaws are everywhere you look. The desk truly does resemble a farm style table!
All is… uh oh… killer bird on the loose! Atta girl, Teddy! The paperwork is safe once again. 🙂
Plank top
This desk has a secret. The planks on top are actually sitting loose. Intending to fasten them down, the loose board trial proved the planks weren't going anywhere. The wall holds them in place, and there isn't enough overhang in front to flip the boards even when you lean on them. The loose boards make moving corded equipment a breeze!
The planks will stay in their organic rustic state due to this north facing window being a prime area for photo shoots. The desk can be emptied at a moment's notice to photograph all kinds of small projects nearly any time of day.
While the separate planks create desktop divisions, each one is wide enough to take care of writing needs. The computer pad addresses monitor stability and mouse requirements.
Since the desk was so long, it yearned for some height. A light was desired anyway, so a funky fixture was formed using a barn lamp and vintage ironing board. Pretty fun!
Loosely stacked baskets offer storage with casual flair. After all, office work shouldn't be THAT serious.
And put away that office plastic, because the goods here are homespun all the way!
The file holder is created from two hanging plant brackets screwed to a wood plank. It's ample, easy to grab, unique, and free.
The coke crate is perfect for all sorts of office needs, plus adds a bit of true blue vintage character and colour.
A few FJI signature (fake) plants are scattered here and there to soften the edges.
$3.00 for new screws. All the rest of the wood came from my neighbour's yard, and a pallet storage area. For free.
Desk – check! And I LOVE it. When I walk towards the desk, I want to sit down as quickly as possible and just soak up the warm and rustic environment. It's so very me, right down to the last splinter.
Once upon a time not long ago I use to run away from this space. Now I visit countless times a day even when I don't really need to. This change was long overdue, however was a direct result of a power surge knocking out a work computer. The loss of the extra computer freed up the room to tighten things up and revamp the entire space.
And this is only a small start. Now for the rest of the basement. Luckily, the back of my truck is filled with new found wood once again! Whoohoo! Stay tuned…
Just joining in? You can check out the rest of this series below:
The Pallet Farm Table Desk
All three parts are HERE.
Part 1 – gathering the goods
Part 2 – the build


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Make Your Own Stretchy, Edible Chocolate Slime!
- Kids
By: Phoebe Ackland, ellaslist; feature image via Little Bins For Little Hands
Youtube bloggers XtremeGamez which took us through a step-by-step chocolate slime recipe, and it's awesome!
What You'll Need
- Bar of chocolate
- 30 marshmallows
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/3 cup of icing sugar
- 1/3 cup of corn flour
- Boiled water
Here's What To Do
- Fill a pot (not completely!) with boiled water and put on the stove (make sure you're helping kids out with this one!)
- Add coconut oil into pot
- Once completely melted, add the bar of chocolate (broken into bits) and the marshmallows to the pot
- Start to mix everything, and as the chocolate melts it will become more slime-like
- Spread the icing sugar and corn flour onto a plate
- Take the mixture off the stove, and spoon mixture on the plate
- Once sufficiently cooled, roll the chocolate around the flour and sugar until it is the slimy consistency you like!
Thanks to XtremeGamez for the recipe.
A Super Simple 3-Ingredient Slime Recipe
We also love Preschool Powol Packets' awesome 3-ingredient slime recipe. All you'll need is 7 gel capsules of psyllium husk, 2.5 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder, and a 1/3 cup of water! Here's what to do:
1. Stir all the ingredients together (once the capsules have been cracked open and their contents poured into the bowl) and let them sit for 2-3 minutes to allow them to thicken.
2. Microwave the mixture for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. When you see the mixture starting to rise (about every 30 seconds), stir it.
3. Take it out of the microwave and leave it to cool. It should peel out of the bowl easily and thicken as it cools.
4. Play with it!
Hint: to make it more gooey and less of a play-dough type texture, microwave it for less time. Being edible, it won't keep for more than a a day or two, so enjoy it while it lasts!
Thanks to Preschool Powol Packets for the awesome recipe.
If you liked this, you'll love our edible rainbow unicorn slime recipe!

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Suzuki Challenge Series (SCS) points leaders Suleman Esuf and Ryan Wood are ready to push hard at Bushy Park Barbados this Sunday as a packed programme of day and night racing brings the SCS Summer Season to a close.
The eight-hour programme, which starts at 2 p.m., also includes Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc. (BPMSI) Handicap Races on two and four wheels and Dragwarz 3 action from the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD).
Esuf, who is in his debut season of track racing, has made a big impression in the SR3 Cup, carrying the fight to the more experienced racers in the field, lead by Mark, Sean and Stuart Maloney. Since bursting on to the scene with a new qualifying record and debut race win in the first round of the Winter Cup in January, Esuf has started from pole position three times in six rounds – the only driver to claim more than one pole – won two races, set four fastest laps and finished in the top three a further four times.
He leads the SR3 Cup for Suzuki-powered Radical SR3 sports-racers with 112 points, nine ahead of Stuart Maloney, the only man to have won more than one race in the Summer Season, after his hat-trick of victories in round 1 on Easter Monday. David Simpson, who claimed his first win in September, is third with 93 points, one ahead of reigning champion Sean Maloney, who won the second September race. Guyana's Kristian Jeffrey and British racer James Abbott bring the number of race- winners this year to six.
With four races in a day for the first time and a potential maximum of 100 points on offer, Esuf will have his work cut out, especially as he has not raced under floodlights before, but he is prepared for the task.
"This will be the first time for me in night racing and, yes, I am looking forward to the challenge. I believe the motor will work better in the cooler conditions, so hopefully we get a good turn out. My plan for the day is to give it my best and push hard from the get go," Esuf said.
In the Swift Cup, Team Digicel's 'Woody' is under rather less pressure, despite a very high level of competition in the 11 races run so far this year – five different drivers have already won, with a further seven having placed in the top three. With 193 points, he leads Jason Parkinson (Team Infra Rentals/Sol) by 26; Josh Read (Team Massy United Insurance, 136pts) and Kenrick Husbands (Team Williams Industries, 96pts) are the only others with a mathematical chance of taking the title. Now in his second season, Read remains the most successful Swift Cup driver not yet to have won; Kyle Catwell (Team ICBL), Husbands and Aaron Parris (Team RBC) having claimed maiden wins this year.
Of Sunday's final encounter, 'Woody' said: "Night racing for me is more challenging, due to the reflection from the floodlights and the brake lights from other competitors, along with seeing the apex of each corner. However, I still enjoy it, because it's cooler . . . and I like to be challenged. The difference between the day and night racing is knowing what the car will be doing under you; the track temperature is cooler and tyres and brakes don't heat up as quickly, allowing you to push harder.
"I will be bringing my A game again. My plan for the day is to try and qualify in the top three and to maintain my gap on Jason and Josh. But, whether I win or lose, the aim is to have fun and keep the sport in motorsport. Oh, and this joker ain't taking the Joker Lap twice for fun again – it will be action from lights out to chequered flag."


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I had never made this recipe but with the advent of the chillier Fall weather, I thought it would be a perfect time to try it. I did make some minor changes to suit my own needs but her original recipe appears below.
|Cabbage and Sausage Stew
1 head of cabbage
1 can "RO*TEL" brand tomatoes and green chilies
1 16 oz. package of your favorite link sausage
salt and pepper, season how you wish
Sauté or grill sausage links until they are fully cooked. Put aside. Cook cabbage in large pot with canned tomatoes until cabbage is done. Add sausage links and simmer for 15 minutes on low. As Mom wrote on the recipe card, it is an "excellent cold weather meal with salad and hot bread. Easy to make also!"
Some choices and changes I made included using sweet Italian pork sausage. I would also use turkey sausage. Once the sausage was done, I sliced it up into 1/2 inch slices and then added it to the cabbage. Instead of having to shred cabbage myself, I bought a bagged of shredded cabbage with carrots that one would use for coleslaw. It cut down on the cooking time and just made it easier for me. Instead of the RO*TEL brand tomatoes and green chilies, you can use your own favorite chunky spaghetti sauce, or another brand of canned tomatoes and green chilies. Alternately, you can chop up your own tomatoes, onions, and peppers and use them too. Spice it up however you want to! The nice thing about this recipe is that you can be as creative as you want to be, or make the recipe as my Mom did for an easy excellent cold weather meal.


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Fitch warns of continued instability, US Airways rallies
The majority of North and South American carriers' stocks slipped on Thursday (22-Sep-09), following a weaker than expected decline in Aug-2009 home sales. The AMEX Airline Index (-0.1%) ended trading slightly down, marginally better than the Dow (-0.4%), despite another massive fall in oil prices (-4.5%), to USD65.89.
Fitch Ratings warns US airline industry remains "fragile and highly sensitive"
Fitch Ratings warned during trading that despite early indications of stabilisation in the US airline industry operating environment, the sector remains fragile and highly sensitive to changes in air travel demand and the price of jet fuel.
Following a period of extreme revenue pressure over the past 12 months, US carriers are entering Autumn 2009 with "growing expectations that still-tentative signs of stabilisation in revenue trends may pave the way for modest improvement in credit fundamentals and reduced bankruptcy risks moving into 2010". Fitch believes modest improvements in industry profit margins, cash flow and liquidity are more likely over the next year.
Fitch expects the strength of the global economic recovery and the pace of improvement in Business travel will be driving forces. Furthermore, Fitch analyst, Bill Warlick stated "over the next economic cycle, sustained improvements in airline credit fundamentals will depend upon further progress toward industry consolidation, as this provides carriers with the best opportunity to generate pricing power."
The analysts expect tight credit market conditions and an absence of owned and unencumbered assets to limit the ability of large carriers to raise more capital. In addition, higher borrowing costs, persistently high leverage and chronically weak cash flow highlight the "largely unsustainable nature of US airline capital structures".
Fitch's ratings for US carriers are as follows:
- AMR Corp: 'CCC'
- Continental Airlines, Inc.: 'B-', Stable Outlook
- Delta Air Lines: 'B-', Negative Outlook
- JetBlue Airways: 'B-', Negative Outlook
- Southwest Airlines: 'BBB', Negative Outlook
- UAL Corp: 'CCC'
- US Airways Group: 'CCC'
UBS improves ratings
UBS AG boosted its ratings of American Airlines (-0.5%), United Airlines (+1.2%), Continental Airlines (-0.7%), US Airways (+8.6%) and Alaska Airlines (-1.9%) from "neutral" to "buy" on Thursday, due to improved outlooks for the carriers' stocks, a "modest" improvement in unit revenue and demand and lowered risk of bankruptcy.
US Airways
US Airways (+8.6%) meanwhile rallied, following news on Wednesday that it has amended its credit card agreement with provider, Barclays Bank Delaware (BCS), lowering the carrier's required unrestricted cash balance to USD1.35 billion from a previous USD1.5 billion for Aug-2009 to Oct-2009. Its stocks were also boosted from plans to sell 26.3 million of its common stock to Citi, as underwriter in the public offering of those shares.
North & South America selected airlines daily share price movements (% change): 24-Sep-09


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La Galerie
For many Parisians, La Galerie is shorthand for pure pleasure. The ideal spot for breakfast, a light lunch, spontaneous pre-dinner drinks or our delicious afternoon tea.
The place to be
In the heart of the hotel on the renowned avenue Montaigne, Hôtel Plaza Athénée has long attracted a fashionable crowd to La Galerie. This determinedly chic space brims with calm elegance, happily passing the day under the gentle melodies of harps and soft conversation.
Bringing modernity to a landmark
Bruno Moinard was entrusted with the careful renovation of La Galerie. Focusing on creating a link between this sophisticated space and the courtyard beyond the window, he blended light and decoration to create the sensation of sunshine playing across the elegant furniture and mosaic floor.
Opening times
|Monday to Sunday
|8am - 11am
|Monday to Sunday
|12pm - 2.30pm
|Monday to Sunday
|7pm - 11.15pm
Afternoon Tea
|Monday to Sunday
|2pm - 7pm
|Monday to Sunday
|11:30 - 2am
Philippe Marc
After honing his craft in a number of three-star restaurants, Philippe Marc entered the world of luxury hotels, travelling the length and breadth of South East France, where he met Alain Ducasse. After heading up a family restaurant in Lyon, Marc came to Paris to manage a small, yet hugely successful restaurant in the Latin quarter. It then that he was reunited with Ducasse, who in 2000 named him chef at Le Relais Plaza and head of event catering for the hotel.
Angelo Musa
Executive pastry chef, Angelo Musa, is a winner of the World Pastry Chef award and 2007 winner of 'Meilleur Ouvrier de France'. With long standing experience in both France and other countries, Angelo is able to add his own creative and distinctive stamp to our menus. His watch word is balance – ensuring flavours blend delicately with one another, textures create a variety of sensations on the palate, and always having a balance of sweet and sharp. He's also a fan of giving classic patisserie a new twists. Sample our famous afternoon tea 'Goûter' and see for yourself.
Get in touch
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La Galerie
Hôtel Plaza Athénée, 25 avenue Montaigne
75008 Paris
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Who we are
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, an Australian community, in a worldwide religious congregation.
Ministry Mission
Jesus loved with a human heart: with him we proclaim his love to the world.
Peace, Justice, Creation
We work to discover through advocacy, healing and reconciliation, God's presence in our world.
We are to be on earth the heart of God. God has no other heart but ours.
Current News
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LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 28th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
28th Sunday of the Year
October 14th 2018
Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land where we are now gathered,
(the ……) and recognise that it continues to be sacred to them.
We hail them: as guardians of the earth and of all things that grow and breed in the soil; as trustees of the waters – [the seas, the streams and rivers, the ponds and the lakes] - and the rich variety of life in those waters.
We thank them for passing this heritage to every people since the Dreamtime.
We acknowledge the wrongs done to them by newcomers to this land and we seek to be partners with them in righting these wrongs and in living together in peace and harmony.
As we do this, we must also acknowledge the loss of their hunting grounds,
the destruction of their ceremonial places and sacred sites,
the great loss of life from all kinds of violence and disease,
and that the land was never given away.
'I want to tell you right away how much
the Church esteems and loves you,
and how much she wishes to assist you
in your spiritual and material needs.'
Pope John Paul II, Alice Springs 1986 to the Aboriginal people..
God of peace and life,
speak to the hearts of those responsible
for the fate of peoples,
stop the `logic' of revenge and retaliation,
with your Spirit suggest new solutions,
generous and honorable gestures,
room for dialogue and patient waiting
which are more fruitful than
the hurried deadlines of war.
John Paul II [adapted for gender sensitivity]
If protest depended on success, there would be little protest of any durability or significance. History simply affords too little evidence that anyone's individual protest is of any use. Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
Wendell Berry
'Our revolution comes about through tenderness,
through the joy which always becomes
closeness and compassion,
and leads us to get involved in
and to serve the life of others.'
Pope Francis
First Reading Wisdom 7:7-11
Responsorial Psalm Ps 90:12-13, 14-15,16-17
Second Reading Hebrews 4:12-13
Gospel Mark 10:17-30 (or 10:17-27)
Penitential Rite
- You look kindly upon your people and heal their brokenness. Jesus, have mercy.
- You teach us wisdom and enable us to discern your presence in the world. Christ, have mercy.
- You challenge us to appreciate your gifts and share them. Jesus, have mercy.
Penitential Rite [Alternative]
- Your Word is living and effective in our lives. Jesus, have mercy.
- Your Word penetrates our heart and soul and enables us to discern your will. Christ, have mercy.
- Your Word exposes all things. Jesus, have mercy.
Penitential Rite [Alternative]
- Christ Jesus, you are the Word of God dwelling in our midst: Jesus, have mercy.
- Christ Jesus, you are the Word who speaks to us today: Christ, have mercy.
- Christ Jesus, you are the Word who can change our lives: Jesus, have mercy.
Opening Prayer
God of Wisdom,
your loving kindness is the foundation of our lives
and guides all the moments of our day.
Your word probes the motives of our hearts
and your love accompanies us on our journey.
May we courageously pursue the practice of good works
and be open to your call to respond to the Gospel in new ways.
Prayer over the Gifts
God of Wisdom,
May the prayers and gifts
we offer in faith and love
serve to open our minds to your presence
amongst all people.
Prayer after Communion
God of Wisdom,
May the body and blood of Jesus which we have shared
strengthen us and give us courage
to share our lives to promote the good of all your people.
Prayers of the Faithful
Introduction: Let us pray for the wisdom to appreciate God's gifts with gratitude and use them for the good of all: The response is: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That the people who have suffered horrific hurricanes and tsunamis in Indonesia and Japan will quickly, despite the traumas and losses suffered, find ways their communities restored to acceptable standards through the love and support of each other, rescuers, doctors, nurses and other kind people. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That the people of West Papua, struggling under oppression and persecution will find hope from the support they are receiving from a few neighbouring countries in the Pacific, freedom from oppression, and continue to persevere in their struggle for liberation. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That the lives of Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Oscar Romero may fill us with gratitude and hope, on this weekend of their canonisation, and that our hearts will burn for responding to God's word coming to us through the lives of people who are poor and vulnerable. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That the leaders of all Churches may not sacrifice their values for power, success and ambition but commit themselves to promote human dignity and gospel values of peace, justice and compassion. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That the leaders of all faiths may speak with voices that promote good relations within their communities and between other communities. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That world leaders will see that the rules of international trade change where they benefit the rich, undermine and destroy the livelihood of the poor, and wreak havoc on the planet's ecosystems. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That, during this Anti-Poverty Week, all in the church will have the courage to embrace Jesus' command: "Go sell what you have and give to the poor," and use our wealth for the sake of the Gospel. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That the developed countries of the world will have the wisdom to recognise that they inflict injustice on other countries by unfair trade practices, refusal to cancel debts and failure to abide by international law. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That the lonely figures of dissent within society and the churches may continue to courageously expose injustice, lies and deceit. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That people who suffer from any kind of trauma especially of accidents and war find through the patient presence of others healing for themselves and reconciliation with those who have offended. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That people engaged in the mass media will promote the values of life by seeking the truth and exposing injustice in politics and business. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That parents and teachers will challenge the young to live for things that matter and inspire them to give themselves generously to others. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That we may all, through the teaching of the Gospel, come to a new understanding of justice where giving to the poor is a redistribution of wealth that goes beyond alms-giving and charity. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
- That Australians will not take for granted but be grateful for the riches of culture that have been inherited from the First Peoples of this land and from those who have come here from other lands. We pray: God of Wisdom, fill us with your love.
Concluding Prayer: Good and gracious God, Creator of all life and all that is good, hear our prayers this day. Make us mindful of our blessings and fill us with gratitude for your care and love for us.
Parish Notices
October 14 Canonisation of Oscar Romero and Paul VI.
October 14-20 Anti-Poverty Week
Resources https://www.antipovertyweek.org.au/resources/promotional-materials
October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 19 17th Anniversary of the Sinking of SIEV X with the loss of 353 children, women and men and the shame of Australia's abandonment of responsibility and subsequent lies around the tragedy.
Sacred land, Sacred Lives: Prayer for Indigenous Peoples' Day October 12, 2009
God, the Holy Spirit, we come to you:
strengthen us as we journey through this life.
We of the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes have, through time,
acknowledged the sacredness of the earth.
We acknowledge the earth in prayer in all the directions of the earth:
To the north. To the south. To the east. To the west.
The sacredness of all the plants and those we harvest
are treated as living beings.
Our grandfather river is sacred to us
and we benefit from and respect our river.
Our ancestors taught us to respect the earth
and use its gifts with care.
We are saddened by those who exploit
the resources of the earth only for profit.
Our river was destroyed, our land was stolen
and we know the promise that our government
would leave us on the land we loved
'as long as the grass shall grow'
was a lie,
as were the government's promises to all native people.
Although we seem helpless as this exploitation continues
we continue to use our influence
to protect the small portion of the earth
which has been our home for centuries.
We ask that the Spirit give us the strength and grace
to continue to protect our land and our life.
Reba Walker Worship Ways vol. 8 no. 3 October 12, 2009
I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can experience.
Mother Teresa.
To be human is to be responsible. That is the inner meaning of the 'dominion' of Genesis 1:26, which is a dominion not of domination but of stewardship, taking care of the world's back yard. God the world-maker is God the care-taker. Humans properly stand over other creatures only as they stand with other creatures, showing them love, giving them space, and granting them 'rights.'
Kim Fabricius Propositions on Christian Theology
A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn't a hiding place. It is a finding place.
Jeanette Winterson In Defense of Poetry
When the mask falls and the core of our being is revealed, it soon becomes obvious that we are religious by nature, that religion is the secret dowry of our being.
Johannes Metz Poverty of Spirit
Today we are worshipping the gods of metal, the bomb. We are putting our trust in physical power, militarism, and nationalism. The bomb, not God, is our security and strength...We must all become prophets... We must all do something for peace. We must stop this insanity of worshipping the gods of metal. We must take a stand against evil and idolatry. This is our destiny at the most critical time of human history. But it's also the greatest opportunity ever offered to any group of people in the history of our world—to save our world from complete annihilation.
Father George Zabelka former Catholic Air Force Chaplin, speaking at a Pax Christi conference in August, 1985
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.
Arundhati Roy
According to the Talmud, every blade of grass has its own angel bending over it, whispering, 'Grow, grow.'
Barbara Brown Taylor from An Altar in the World
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil.
Gerard Manley Hopkins God's Grandeur
If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the sparrow. It's everybody.
Madeleine L'Engle
It is a blessed thing to know that no power on earth, no temptation, no human frailty can dissolve what God holds together.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can do only as much as God makes us able to; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be.
Archbishop Oscar Romero From Romero's last homily, March 23, 1980
God has no other hands than ours.
Dorothee Sölle
As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.
Bertrand Russell
If you think of humanity as one large body, then war is like suicide, or at best, self-mutilation.
Jerome P. Crabb.
If civilization has an opposite, it is war. Of these two things, you have either one, or the other. Not both
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
What is the unmistakable mark of a wise (man)? It is Love, Love for all humanity.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?
Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi
A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
H.G. Wells
If we work in marble, it will perish; if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds and instill into them just principles, we are then engraving upon tablets which no time will efface, but will brighten and brighten to all eternity:.
Daniel Webster
Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason.
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as nowhere else, you feel a total absence of the spirit: herds of men who cannot count past three, herds more who cannot get past six, scorn for pure science and demoniacal respect for the present. And the terrible thing is that the crowd that fills the street believes that the world will always be the same and that it is their duty to keep that huge machine running, day and night, forever.
Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet and Playwright, 1898-1936
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
John Adams - Second US President, 1797 - 1801
Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.
William Godwin, (1756-1836) English journalist, political philosopher and novelist.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) French economist, statesman and author
It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.
Thomas Paine
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
Wendell Berry
Societies in decline have no use for visionaries.
Anaïs Nin
Let's be realists, let's dream the impossible.
Che Guevara
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
Helen Keller
Because a fellow has failed once or twice, or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage--and that's the same thing.
George Lorimer
The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.
Elena Gorokhova, A Mountain of Crumbs: A Memoir
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking; where it is absent, discussion is apt to become worse than useless.
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910) Russian writer Source: On Life and Essays on Religion
Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them...and they flew.
Guillaume Apollinaire
Truth is treason in an empire of lies
Ron Paul
Then what is freedom? It is the will to be responsible to ourselves.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), Twilight of the Idols, 1888
The powerful have invoked God at their side in this war, so that we will accept their power and our weakness as something that has been established by divine plan. But there is no god behind this war other than the god of money, nor any right other than the desire for death and destruction. Today there is a 'NO' which shall weaken the powerful and strengthen the weak: the 'NO' to war.
Subcomandante Marcos, No to war, February 16, 2003
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
Galileo Galilei
All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Often war is waged only in order to show valor; thus an inner dignity is ascribed to war itself, and even some philosophers have praised it as an ennoblement of humanity, forgetting the pronouncement of the Greek who said, 'War is an evil in as much as it produces more wicked men than it takes away.
Immanuel Kant
When faced with a choice between confronting an unpleasant reality and defending a set of comforting and socially accepted beliefs, most people choose the later course.
- Lance Bennett.
Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade. Each of their screams was ours. When they were humiliated, we were humiliated. The U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq - mostly volunteers in a poverty draft from small towns and poor urban neighborhoods - are victims just as much as the Iraqis of the same horrendous process, which asks them to die for a victory that will never be theirs.
Arundhati Roy, Tide? Or Ivory Snow? Public Power in the Age of Empire, August 24, 2004
The best way to honour the fallen is to stop making more of them.
War veteran
The way society responds to the needs of the poor through its public policies is the litmus test of its justice or injustice.
Economic Justice for All, #123
When Did We See You
I was hungry and starving
and you were full;
and you were watering your garden;
With no road to follow, and without hope,
and you called the police and were happy that they took me prisoner;
Barefoot and with ragged clothing,
and you were saying: 'I have nothing to wear,
tomorrow I will buy something new.'
and you asked, 'Is it infectious?'
and you said: 'That is where all those of your class should be.'
Lord, have mercy!
Author unknown
To My Mother
I was your rebellious son,
do you remember? Sometimes
I wonder if you do remember,
so complete has your forgiveness been.
So complete has your forgiveness been
I wonder sometimes if it did not
precede my wrong, and I erred,
safe found, within your love,
prepared ahead of me, the way home,
or my bed at night, so that almost
I should forgive you, who perhaps
foresaw the worst that I might do,
and forgave before I could act,
causing me to smile now, looking back,
to see how paltry was my worst,
compared to your forgiveness of it
already given. And this, then,
is the vision of that Heaven of which
we have heard, where those who love
each other have forgiven each other,
where, for that, the leaves are green,
the light a music in the air,
and all is unentangled,
and all is undismayed.
Wendell Berry, 'To My Mother' from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. Poet, novelist, and environmentalist, Wendell Berry (1934—) lives on a farm in Port Royal, Kentucky near his birthplace.
War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.
Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
Throughout history,
it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better;
the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most;
that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Haile Selassie
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
Real care is not ambiguous. Real care excludes indifference and is the opposite of apathy. The word 'care' finds its roots in the Gothic 'Kara' which means lament. The basic meaning of care is: to grieve, to experience sorrow, to cry out with. I am very much struck by this background of the word care because we tend to look at caring as an attitude of the strong toward the weak, of the powerful toward the powerless, of the 'haves' toward the 'have-nots. And, in fact, we feel quite uncomfortable with an invitation to enter into someone's pain before doing something about it.
Still, when we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not-knowing, not-curing, not-healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is the friend who cares.
You might remember moments in which you were called to be with a friend who had lost a wife or husband, child or parent. What can you say, do, or propose at such a moment? There is a strong inclination to say: 'Don't cry; the one you loved is in the hands of God.' 'Don't be sad because there are so many good things left worth living for.' But are we ready to really experience our powerlessness in the face of death and say: 'I do not understand. I do not know what to do but I am here with you.' Are we willing to not run away from the pain, to not get busy when there is nothing to do and instead stand rather in the face of death together with those who grieve?
Henri Nouwen (1932-1996)
Our men . . . have killed to exterminate men, women, children, prisoners and captives, active insurgents and suspected people from lads of 10 up.... Our soldiers have pumped salt water into men to 'make them talk,' and have taken prisoners people who held up their hands and peacefully surrendered, and an hour later. . . stood them on a bridge and shot them down one by one, to drop into the water below and float down, as examples to those who found their bullet-loaded corpses.'
Philadelphia Ledger in 1901, from its Manila [Philippines] correspondent during the US war with Spain for the control of the Philippines
We reject [homosexuals], treat them as pariahs, and push them outside our church communities, and thereby we negate the consequences of their baptism and ours. We make them doubt that they are the children of God, and this must be nearly the ultimate blasphemy. We blame them for something that is becoming increasingly clear they can do little about.
Desmond Tutu, former Anglican Archbishop of South Africa
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence, generally held by the public, and the other of ends-justify-the-means brutality sponsored by counterinsurgency specialists. Normally the specialists carry out their actions in remote locations with little notice in the national press. That allows the public to sustain its faith in a just America, while hard-nosed security and economic interests are still protected in secret.
Robert Parry, investigative reporter and author
They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war.
Eugene Debs
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous.
Carl Sagan
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher (428/427-348/347 B.C.)
A rationality that has brought us into the age of nuclear weaponry and global economic meltdown invites some sharp questions, to put it mildly.
Rowan Williams (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10285)
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
You may have an army of bleeding hearts tending the sorrowful and the hungry and yet not see an end to the causes of hunger and thirst. Working for real change is vital.
Melba Maggay, Filipina evangelical theologian
Many Idols Mark 10:17-22
One idolised wealth,
another hungered for fame,
so they went sadly away.
One loved career,
one the latest fashion,
and they went proudly away.
One lived through her children,
one lived for his farm,
so they went busily away.
One fed on the adulation of fans,
sport was another's passion,
so they went impatiently away.
One had the gambling lust,
another's was sex,
so they went madly away.
One wanted to be waited on,
one wanted to lay about,
so they went sluggishly away.
One was hooked on sport,
one on the next drug fix,
so they went hurriedly away.
One lived for churchly honours,
one for churchly clout,
so they went blindly away.
© B.D. Prewer 2002
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) German Dramatist
Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.
Henry Miller (1891-1980) American writer
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a 'pet' notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
John Dewey
Reflections on the readings……..
Our world is full of 'shadow people' – unseen sufferers who struggle daily with poverty, dread and infectious diseases, lack of clean water and sanitation, few resources and fewer opportunities. For many, these people remain unseen even when they live next door, are 'out of mind.' It is easy to see these 'shadow people' as 'issues' to be resolved where helping them without their involvement involves an uneven power dynamic where we can be seen as 'saviours' coming to 'rescue' the 'poor.' It seems that a powerful healing work of justice is to really notice the 'shadow people,' to see them as people and acknowledge and honour their humanity and respond to them in friendship and solidarity. We can only experience traces of God in our lives but those traces disrupt, challenge and make demands on. But, this God shows up explicitly and concretely in one specific place – the 'other,' the friend, the neighbour, the stranger, whom we encounter daily, and whose needs impinge upon us.
Anti-Poverty Week begins today. We are reminded of increasing inequality in this country and around the world. One billion children worldwide live in poverty. The UNICEF reports that 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. These are not statistics but human beings, each with a face, relationships - and dreams that are continually being dashed as countries close their borders, communities erect walls, nations spend more and more on weapons of war, neglect people affected by climate change. All these add to people living in poverty.
Jesus told the man who wanted to inherit eternal life: 'Go sell what you have and give to the poor.' Today's Gospel contains an 'inconvenient truth' if we listen. I recalls the public interchanges between Fr Bob Maguire in Melbourne with 'head office' when faced with accusations relating to his mission amongst the poor. He was accused of using too many resources on behalf of the poor and needy rather than handing it over to 'head office'. Like Mark, Maguire thought it better if the Church was poor and thus more open to the real treasures within the community and that its possessions be at the service of people-especially the poor. Another minister once said that the church should go to hell, that is, it should go to the hell-holes of the world (the streets in our inner cities or outlying suburbs, Nauru, Manus Island, Christmas Island, Gaza) in solidarity with the dying and perishing people. The challenge for the rich man, the churches and ourselves is: 'in what do we ultimately trust? Is it money, possessions, status, power, need for recognition or being vulnerable and trusting in God?
Where Jesus has addressed power and service, family and social relationships in recent weeks, today he touches on another inconvenient truth - security and possessions are also a source of power and have the tendency to hide the faces of people from us; to lead to exclusiveness and neglect. The young man in the gospel was blessed with wealth and had done everything right. He would have been seen as blessed by God because of his 'goodness'. Having wealth and power were seen as signs of God's favour whereas poverty was a sign of God's rejection or punishment.
Jesus way is radically different from what society deems good. Jesus' yardstick is God's goodness. Jesus' look reveals who we are, and what we can be. 'Goodness' is about the quality of social relationships - doing justice and loving – both signs of God's Reign among us
Possessions can isolate us from others. They can buffer us from the suffering of others, and make us complacent about our personal security. Rampant individualism can cause people to turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the cries of the poor and the cry of the earth. Unfortunately, many people justify themselves by saying 'we earned our wealth,' 'we worked hard,' and 'the poor are just lazy.' This buffering and negativity applies to people seeking asylum, people who are homeless, people in prison and the First Peoples of this land. Our ability to hear the pain of others correlates to the ability to experience God's goodness. Power and wealth can turn us away from responding with compassion to asylum seekers, the First Peoples, the aged, many youth and migrant workers. Possessions (which may not always be material) can steer us inwards rather than outwards. The young man's focus was on himself, his eternal life, without concern for that of others. 'What must I do.' He does not see that experiencing eternal life lies outside his own doing. It is not about piety points. Jesus only recalls the commandments that refer to our neighbour: the social justice laws, dealing with right relationships, justice in property matters, the right use of the court system, making provision for the elderly.
During this Anti-Poverty Week we might also reflect how we have benefited from Aboriginal dispossession; from injustice; from pushing free trade rather than fair trade; support cutbacks in health and other social benefits; downsizing at the cost of unemployment and cuts to wages from people in very vulnerable sectors of the community; selling air and water which are natural resources and gifts to us already. Erasmus, (C15th priest) mused, 'Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.'
When hurting, poor people come to church, do they find God present in the congregation? How many young people, how many homeless and hungry people, how many people living with a disability or mental illness, how many gay and lesbian people, how many unemployed and unemployable people find God there? How many single parents, unwed mothers and fathers can find God in our houses of worship? We are expected to notice others to be in solidarity with people in a future where there is enough for all. It means working together to overturn the tables of control and divisive systems. Today's gospel story must also be interpreted today as an invitation to transform systems and structures that create wealth and poverty, that maintain privilege within our own society or in our world.
Whilst wealth was always seen as a blessing from God, the prophets considered it an insult to God when derives from unjust practices or the failure to share. Jesus saw how people can be consumed by constant competition for status, recognition and control which permeate social and personal relations. None of these can really fill the void that resides within the human heart. When Jesus tells the young man to sell his possessions he may also be telling him and us to be humble and acknowledge that nothing that we possess can make us right with God. It is by opening our hearts and recognising our need for God – personal conversion.
Pope Paul VI: 'We don't have a right to keep for our use what is beyond our need when others lack the barest necessities.' In the face of poverty, local or global, we have to face up to the question as to whether we have something to share with the poor. We are invited to a new understanding of justice. Need to go beyond generous alms-giving to tackling the causes of injustice. Let us do a check on what we worship most. What is the central focus in our lives? What draws our primary attention or distracts us from Christ in order to be open to the 'one thing' Jesus offers us – God's unconditional love? What can obscure the view and drown out Jesus invitation to us today.
Jesus loved this man, not shame or browbeat him. The sadness in Jesus' heart may be that we let things/stuff (wealth, ambition, work) isolate us from other people. Every community has suffering people, but often these people find themselves feeling isolated and marginalised even within our churches. Too often we try to avoid facing or acknowledging the reality of suffering, and in the process we leave sufferers feeling hurt, humiliated and lonely. No matter what our financial situation, our wealth, we all respond to the poor in our communities – the wealth of friendship or compassion or support to struggling, sick and lonely people. Standing with them and acknowledgment is often a far more powerful gift than any material help we can offer which in many circumstances can be disempowering. For us too, it is important to have the humility to receive the help and compassion of others, and not embrace a proud, stoic aloofness. It is only as we walk through suffering together that we can really experience and reflect the mercy and compassion of God.


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The University has over 11,000 students (of which around 1500 are international students) and approximately 2000 members of staff. There are 23 academic Schools, grouped into 5 Colleges. The University offers over 450 degree programmes, and has a turnover in excess of £120 million.
Bangor University is a member of the Athena SWAN charter and holds a Bronze award in recognition of its commitment to and progress towards gender equality within its policies, practices, and culture.
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From medical point of view this diagnosis is applicable to the pair which after 12 months of unprotected sex was not able to conceive child. In addition, specialists plug in this circle women with chronic abortions. Surprisingly, but this true – about fourth from the common amount of pair treating oneself from infertility, are parents which already have one child. At some from them there were problems and with the first conception, but majority ran into this problem only then, when wanted to have the second child. That the favourable first conception is not guaranteed of successful pregnancy in the future.
In addition, people running into the second infertility are less inclined to come running to the medical help, than those, whoever can conceive initially. On occasion they simply renounce to believe in existence of similar problem! They consider that it is needed only to give up some harmful habits, to take off stress – and will all turn out! And although these measures can fix a health on the whole, they will not decide the problem of infertility. Little that, even some doctors advise such pair to wait and make attempt more and more, not explaining that such approach only aggravates the untreated problem, often converting her into incurable.
What is the reason of the second infertility? Often women fertility depends on age. The most «fertile» age for women is a period from 15 to 30 years. Some slump of fertility begins in 30 years, and after 35 years fertility sharply goes down at most women, thus almost 25 % women in general become sterile. Many women do not realize this danger, putting aside birth of the second and even the first child to 30-35 years. One of reasons of it in that at the years in ovaries women begin to take place chromosomal changes resulting in infertility and diseases, and also to the risk of birth of inferior child. Many researches show also, that abortions at women after 35 years take place in 2 times more frequent, than at more young women. Although in a great deal it also depends on the health of woman and pregnancies and abortions present in anamnesis.
The second infertility can be caused by other factors:
• Violation of hormonal balance and other endocrine problems. Most often hyperfunction of thyroid conduces to the second infertility (thyrotoxicosis). At the enhanceable products of hormones of thyroid the products of making of hormones of hypophysis are repressed, hormones straight influencing on making by the womanish chaff of sphere, a menstrual cycle is violated, the risk of origin of endometryoza, hysteromyoma, syndrome of polykystoznykh ovaries appears, that straight influences on pregnancy, and similarly on ability to take away a healthy fruit.
Hypofunction of thyroid (thyroprivia) conduces to the enhanceable products of hormones of hypophysis, that in the turn, repressing operates on making of hormones of ovaries, violating the normal processes of impregnation and maturing of pregnancy. The treatment directed on normalization of functions of thyroid conduces to the offensive of long-awaited pregnancy. However, taking of some preparations (especially hormonal), can negatively infkuence on the health of mother and future child.


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Greenpeace activists take action against the single-hulled oil tanker 'Byzantio' on its way from Tallin with its cargo of 50,000 tonnes of oil. Greenpeace inflatables attemp to stop and enter the ship displayinga banner reading HAZARD.
Fourteen activists on board three inflatable boats sailed
alongside the vessel displaying banners that read "Hazard" to
highlight again that vessels of this type are threatening the
health and environment of the world's oceans. Some banners were
attached to the hull of the ship.
The Byzantio is a Maltese flagged ship that is transporting oil
for the same Russian-owned company "Crown Resources" that owned the
oil on the Prestige that broke up and sank off the northwest coast
of Spain on November 19. Like the Prestige, the Byzantio is a
26-year-old single hull vessel carrying 50,000 tonnes of oil.
Like many aging and unsafe oil tankers, the Byzantio is
registered under a flag of convenience - a place where regulations
are soft and inspectors are often willing to turn a blind eye to
irregularities. Recently, the Paris Memorandum of Understanding,
one of the world's leading port inspection authorities, placed
Malta on safety "black list" for its failure to fulfil basic safety
"It is inconceivable that with the scars of the Prestige still
raw in people's memory, the Byzantio is being allowed to navigate
these waters," said Pernilla Svenberg from Greenpeace. "This is
like laughing in the face of danger. European governments must make
tougher legislation for all transport vessels through European
European ministers responsible for transportation, energy and
telecommunications are scheduled to meet in Brussels on December 5
and 6 and maritime safety and environmental issues are expected to
be high on the agenda. Denmark, the current seat of the EU
Presidency, is expected to present several initiatives to tackle
the issue of dangerous shipments.
We are demanding full and unlimited liability throughout the
chain of responsibilities, including the owners, managers and
operators of a vessel and of any charterers or owners of the cargo.
Additionally, we want the EU to implement an urgent phase-out of
sub-standard vessels, especially old single-hull tankers and
exclusion of ecologically sensitive areas from shipping routes.
And until Greenpeace is convinced that our elected officials are
going to make our seas safe from oil, we don't believe ships like
the Byzantio should be allowed to sail. Help us by taking action now to
support this action. Demand that the European Union tighten up the
loopholes and flag of convenience laws that allow deadly cargoes to
sail past our fragile coasts legally. Demand an end to the tragedy
of oil spills.
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Super Easy Raw Bliss Balls
I am struggling to keep up with my blog at the moment. This winter seems to be really busy for me, which is a good thing of course. I just want to share quickly very easy recipe for my raw bliss balls that I've made another day, they are so tasty and very nutritious. I am a great fan of nut bars for breakfast, but I've decided to follow the trend and make some nutty-chocolaty bliss balls for a change!
You will need (for 16 balls):
100g walnuts
100g peeled almonds
10 dry dates
2 tbsp coconut oil (melted)
2 tbsp natural sweetener (honey, maple syrup, stevia etc)
2 tbsp almond butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp raw cocoa powder
1.5 tbsp chia seeds
Remove pits from dates, blend all nuts and dates till the mixture resembles a paste. Place it into the large bowl and mix in chia seeds, then add all liquid ingredients and mix well. Sift in cocoa powder. Than roll small balls (if you with, roll bliss balls in some coconut flakes), refrigerate for a couple of hours and they are ready! Simple as that. As I've mentioned before I like to eat mine for breakfast or they are great for a healthy afternoon snack. But I wouldn't really advise to have more than 3 in one day, as they are so rich and nutritious. Most of the things are good for you in moderate amounts only.
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do!


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Karen Little MBACP (Accred) Integrative Person-Centred Counsellor
About me
Are you anxious, depressed, feeling out of control and just don't know what to do? I can help with anxiety, self-esteem, confidence, relationship issues, bi-polar, eating disorders and OCD as well as many other issues. I offer a safe place to grow and learn, in an environment of care and compassion.
I am a qualified and accredited counsellor, and work with individuals as well as couples. I am also a Relate trained relationship counsellor which can also help with individual issues. I will work with you the best way for you and believe that there is no issue too large or too small. If your problems make your life hard and difficult, together we can work in a way that will allow for positive changes for the better. I will be with you on your journey, using integrative skills of person centered (putting you first), psychodynamic (looking at problems that may have a route source), transaction analysis (relating to others) and other modalities if appropriate.
I have training in a great many areas of counselling as well as being Relate trained in couple counselling.
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I am married, with 2 older children, and have experience of all ages, stages and relationship changes. I share life's unpredictability's and challenges so can empathise with what you are going through.
I work in a central and accessible, yet discrete Parish Center, with private rooms and flexible hours to suit you. Please feel free to call or email me for a private and FREE initial consultation.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 6 in supervision
- Level 5 in relational counselling
- Level 4 Diploma in Person-Centered Therapeutic Counselling
- Experienced Counsellor at Fortalice working with Domestic Violence
- Trained with the Psych institute in working relationally with couples
- Volunteer Counsellor for Beacon Counselling & Fortalice women's refuge in Bolton
- Professional Training in the following.....
- Anxiety and Depression
- Bereavement and change
- Solution Focussed Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Eating Disorders
- Domestic Abuse
- Disassociation
- Working with our Natural Environment
- Couples counselling
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
Accredited register membership
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Affairs and betrayals
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Attachment disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career counselling
- Carer support
- Depression
- Discrimination
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and birth
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
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In 2010, Larissa from Mackay, Far North Queensland, was the first Indigenous girl to enroll as a boarder at Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS).
In 2014, Larissa will be the Year 11 Vice Captain of Glebe House and will seek consideration to captain Glebe House in Year 12 in 2015.
Her journey at CGGS has featured a number of milestones: captaining her netball team to two premierships; representing her school and the ACT at the National High Schools Basketball Championships; participating in a philanthropic expedition to Thailand/Laos; and receiving the Podmore Foundation's Professor Mick Dodson and General Peter Cosgrove Scholarship for Leadership.
Larissa aspires to be a veterinarian and will have to meet the challenges of tough science subjects over the next two years.
Her mother Medina is proud of Larissa, whom she believes will become a young leader and role model for her family and community.


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By Kathryn Young (Dallas)
On October 9, 2014, Avison Young's Dallas-based employees were reminded of the importance of giving back to the community.
As part of the firm's first-ever Global Day of Giving, we proudly partnered with the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center (DCAC), and spent the day assisting the charitable organization's staff in the outstanding services they provide for child victims of tragic circumstances. Avison Young's Global Day of Giving involved employees in all of the firm's 60 offices in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Each Avison Young office chose a local charity with which to volunteer. The Global Day of Giving will be held annually in October in all Avison Young markets and continually expand as the company opens new offices around the globe.
In Dallas, we chose the DCAC as our 2014 charity based on a recommendation from David Cooke, a Principal based in Avison Young's Dallas office – and for good reason.
Nearly 3,000 children – a staggering number – walked through DCAC in 2014. These children are victims of extreme cases of domestic violence and/or sexual abuse. On average, the victim is a girl, aged nine or ten, who has been sexually abused by someone she knows and trusts. These children arrive by way of Child Protective Services, the Dallas Police Department, one of the 25 other police departments in Dallas County, or a hospital. Sometimes, they are brought straight from school, with no time to pack clothes or items that they would miss terribly, like a special teddy bear.
The DCAC provides these young victims with a warm, child-friendly environment to help buffer their emotional pain. Through loving donations, the children are given toys, stuffed animals, clothes, school supplies, and essential day-to-day items. There are several therapy rooms where children are provided with art, music, play, and even animal-assisted therapy.
One of these therapy rooms has a doll house version of a courtroom, with dolls playing the roles of lawyers, jurors and judge. In a better world, there would be no need for such a toy, but here, there is. While it is sad that such a toy should exist, it can do a great deal to help these innocent children, victims of unthinkable crimes who are too young to understand the court system. This toy is used to help them prepare for court, where they will have to face their perpetrator, a scary prospect for a child to imagine.
We noticed many beautiful quilts, stacked on shelves in the Clothes Closet, hanging on walls as decoration, or laid on sofas in waiting rooms. Erin Bannister, Director of Operations at DCAC, told us that they were all handmade by the Quilters Guild of Dallas. Erin said the guild had donated hundreds of quilts. These quilts gave a warm feeling of comfort, a very nice touch. Each quilt is a loving donation by the women of the Quilters Guild.
We worked in the Clothes Closet, directed by Becky Aguilar, Volunteer Coordinator at the DCAC, organizing donations and loading shelves with containers of children's clothing, toiletries, diapers, and brand new toys. We were told that the teenage victims' group needed more donations, and DCAC staff suggested art sets, sketchbooks and drawing supplies. We also worked in the visitation rooms, cleaning tables and chairs, and cleaned all of the children's toys and placed them back in the dollhouses and toy trunks.
While it is tragic that such a place is necessary, we all felt that our day was well spent, and several of us mentioned that we would like to volunteer our services to the DCAC again.
Our thanks to the unselfish staff and volunteers at the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center for what they do and for allowing us to be a part of the healing process – now, and in the future.
(Kathryn Young is a Client Services Coordinator based in Avison Young's Dallas office.)


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The Scottish Doctor John Beard discovered that by injecting the proteases taken from a young calf into a cancerous human tumor his patients could be cured.
Research in Brazil on the protease papain (can be taken from the raw papaya fruit or the leaves of the papaya tree) shows a potential contemporary use of papain on implant surgery to prevent painful fibrous buildup.
This is similar action to Dr Beard's thinking centuries ago to inject a cancerous, fibrous tumor with a protein dissolving enzyme. It seems this action may also have systemic effect via the bloodstream, as Dr Nam Dang proved similar effect on tumors as well from the action of papaya leaf tea.
See the Brazilian study from 2008:
"The capsular contracture is the most common adverse effect after breast implant [1]. Fibrotic tissue promotes compression around the implant which distorts and deforms the mass which then compromises the aesthetic result and is associated with painful symptoms [2]-[4]. The development of a fibrotic capsule around foreign material is a physiologic reaction of the organism to protect itself from material it does not recognize [5]. The severity of capsule contracture is directly related to the degree of the local inflammatory reaction [6] and does not depend on the implant surface employed [7]. Although it is not clear the pathogenesis of capsular contracture, this phenomenon seems to be multifactorial [8].
Currently, there is no effective preventive measure for capsule contracture [8]. The conventional treatment may be surgical, by capsulectomy (or capsulotomy) or implant replacement and pharmacological using steroids, anti- leukotrienes, anti-TGF-β, antibiotics or antiinflamatories [2], [3].
Up to now there has been no accurate and reproducible pathologic model for examining capsular contracture [9]. This study assumes that eventual interference by papain (PA) on normal healing could be useful in further studies of a more complex model with induced capsule contracture [9].
Some authors have speculated on the possible modulator action of certain proteolytic enzymes present around the implants in the early stages of healing [10], [11].
Papain is a thiol endopeptidase plant whose activity is similar to the lysosomal cathepsin B enzyme with fibrinolytic and proteolytic action on the normal healing mechanism [12].
It has been suggested that the papain could be helpful when used locally around the implant at the surgical procedure, promoting tissue repair with less fibrotic tissue, thus avoiding the capsule contracture.
The aim of this study was to investigate the papain effects on the fibrous capsule thickness, collagen fibers density and myofibroblasts around textured implants in rats.
Abstract— Objective: To study the tissue repair around the textured mammary implants under the action of papain (PA). Conclusion: The papain drug decreased the fibrous capsule formation around the textured silicon implants in rats."
The papain local depot impairs the capsule fibrous healing around textured silicone implants in rats.
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Antidotes for an Out of Control Life
Antidotes for an Out of Control Life – Less is More | Sermon from 1/27/2013
When financial issues are the lead stressor in our lives, sometimes the lesson we need to learn is that Less Is More. When we listen to the words of Jesus, we see that the answer isn't financial planning as much as it is spiritual pruning.Read More
Antidotes for an Out of Control Life – Finding Peace | Sermon from 1/20/2013
For many of us, our out of control lives creates anxiety, stress, worry and fear. The Bible has one clear antidote to it all! Find out what it is.Read More
Antidotes for an Out of Control Life – Rule #6 | Sermon from 1/13/2013
As we continue to explore the antidotes to our out of control lives, we will learn this week how "Rule #6″ can help us say "No" to some things so we can "Yes" to God's things.Read More
Antidotes for an Out of Control Life – Slow Down | Sermon from 1/6/2013
Do you work overtime and yet always feel like you are still behind? Do you feel tired at the end of the week and exhausted at the end of the week-end? Do you feel overwhelmed by the demands and expectations you and others place on your life? Do you know that the Bible has some real answers to our out-of-control lives?Read More


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In Greek there is a word my parents used frequently on me as a teenager- moutra. I don't know the exact translation of the term, but to put things in perspective, it was meant to encompass my perpetual pouty demeanor, mood swings, and all-around bad attitude that where my adolescent years. Funnily enough, Peter's Mum tells me that he was in similar shape as a teen- she describes him a 'stroppy and horrible!' I suppose it makes sense that we found each other? But also kind of scary to think about any unborn offspring and what kind of stroppy moutra they're going to give us one day...yikes.
I did grow out of a lot of my bad attitude and more typical teen-angst stuff, but the moutra still remains and sometimes dominates. I hate when it does that. All I do is worry and think about the worst possible outcome in life (and I'm sure my face screws up horribly and looks very unpleasant, too.) Consequentially, it also makes it harder to write about life and things here. Grrr.
So today instead of griping about things or worries that I have, I'm giving my moutra a big figurative fat punch in the face- because who wants to read a blog of someone venting and worrying? Not me. Instead I'm finally going through some of the photo from our summer instead to remind myself how damn good and beautiful this life is. Which means- yep, Greece photos are coming your way! Sorry they took so long....
In the meantime..
Some Ben Harper happiness, because we are blessed.
My parents, who are amazing for so many reasons, knew we'd been hoping to dine at this fancy restaurant but couldn't (because the prices are crazy.) So they got us a gift card to the NYC spot for our 6 month anniversary. I may have
I totally missed Small Business Saturday! (I was working a shift in the ER. womp womp.) Hope everyone got out there to support their local businesses :) We did go for a hike on black friday though! So that was kind of perfect.
On a similar note, Bienfaire posted an ethical holiday gift guide- you can check it out here :)
More arsenal for my battle to get a dog this year c/o Reddit. It's just one study, which isn't the strongest evidence, but I can definitely say having a dog in my life as a kid was a wonderful experience...and I want one...for Christmas, maybe? :)))
My sister will be in London with us for Christmas this year!! I'm currently plotting our misadventures for her second (and my 5th or 6th) round of the city. In addition to a day trip (Cambridge or Oxford? decisions, decisions...) Kew Gardens (their greenhouse = bomb dot com) and/or Winter Wonderland are on the current list. All and any recs for holiday excursions in and around London are appreciated!
This lovely foundation is having concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this December, and I'm actually free to go-I'm so excited! More info here, if you're interested.


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After a long hard stint in the field, all I want to do is......sit in a 4x4 for 10 hours on a bumpy road. I know, sounds crazy. But this is actually a little vacation for me now. I just finished my field work for the summer and I'm going to take a little tourist excursion to the Grand Tsingy, a beautiful and unique limestone outcropping north of Morondova about 10 hours. Sharp limestone pinnacles as far as the eye can see, labyrinths and caverns to explore—it's a beautiful spot.


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10:30 a.m. UPDATE: Due to deteriorating weather conditions, UFV is CLOSING all of its Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Mission locations at 1 p.m. today. All classes with start times of 11:30 a.m. or later are cancelled. Hope centre remains closed.
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- Chilliwack North Campus – Building A outside the library – the old cafeteria space
- TTC Chilliwack Campus – Cafeteria.
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With the beginning of fall comes my desire to get back into the kitchen and cook more. The weather is cooler and I have a serious need for 'comfort food' when the days start getting shorter. Shepherd's pie just screams 'comfort food' in my mind. It is a British meat pie with a mashed potato 'crust'. It has gone through a number of variations over the years in terms of the type of meat used, whether there is a top and bottom crust or not, and the flavors used to enhance the dish. Generally though, as with most English food, this is not a bold and spicy sort of dish. Some variety of meat and vegetables is topped with potatoes of some sort and baked til warm and bubbly. The version I made this weekend included grass fed beef, leeks, and mixed vegetables with plenty of garlic and ginger for flavor.
I am passionate about only buying grass fed beef. Not only is it better for our own health but it is SO much better for the health of our planet. Cows raised in feed lots (which is where most of this country's beef comes from) is fed mainly corn and soy and other grains that they are not meant to be eating. Cows are designed for eating GRASS and the meat you get from an animal raised free on the range has a totally different flavor and nutritional profile than cattle that are raised in a feed lot. Not to mention the fact that no animal should be confined to live on a feed lot for it's entire life!
Strauss Free Raised® Grass Fed Beef farmers are passionate about the grass they grow and the animals that are being raised on it. Their cattle are raised slowly and patiently, to produce great tasting grass fed beef. Here are just a few things you should know about Strauss Free Raised Grass Fed Beef:
• 100% grass fed and grass finished
• Raised on open pastures; never raised in feedlots
• Never administered antibiotics or growth hormones
• Agriculturally sustainable and environmentally friendly
• Born and raised in the USA by family farmers
The Strauss ground beef I was sent was the perfect addition to my delicious shepherd's pie recipe this week. Who can resist deliciously flavorful meat and veggies topped with potatoes and cheese, right?
When I was searching for a shepherds pie recipe online, I came across a lot of ideas. Some used onion, some used cabbage, some used mixed vegetables. There didn't seem to be one recipe that jumped out and said "MAKE ME!". Since I had bought some leeks the week before at Sprout's Farmers' Market I decided to go with leeks and mixed vegetables in my shepherd's pie. It really was a delicious combination! I added a TON of cheese to the whipped mashed potatoes and I can honestly say that it was about the most heavenly creation I think I have had in a long time! I was eating the cheesy mashed potatoes right out of the mixing bowl!
If you are in the mood for warm, filling comfort food, I highly recommend you try making this shepherd's pie recipe. You can be very flexible with the meat and veggies that you use. Ground lamb, ground turkey, or leftover chunks of stew meat will all work just fine. I wanted to make my shepherd's pie in individual serving sized bowls but putting it in a pie dish or a 9 inch by 9 inch baking dish will work just fine, too. This recipe made 4 very generous servings. My husband ate one by himself. My 14 year old son ALMOST ate an entire bowl. My daughter and I didn't even try and decided to share one between us. So, depending on how hungry your family is, you will get 4 to 6 servings out of this recipe.
Shepherd's Pie Recipe with Leeks
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Yields 4 to 6 servings
Delicious and filling, this shepherd's pie recipe is true comfort food!
45 minPrep Time
20 minCook Time
1 hr, 5 Total Time
- 1 pound Strauss grass fed ground beef
- 3 leeks, bottoms only, sliced in half and then sliced thin
- 1 (16 ounce) bag of mixed vegetables
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 inch fresh ginger, minced
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 4 TBSP ketchup
- 4 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
- 6 large potatoes
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 cups shredded cheese, divided. I used a sharp Cabot cheddar and freshly ground Parmesan
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
- Peel potatoes and cut into 4 pieces. Boil until tender. Keep hot until ready to make topping.
- In a large saute pan over medium heat, cook the ground beef until almost done
- Drain and rinse. Return meat to pan and return pan to heat
- Add the chopped leaks, mixed vegetables, garlic and ginger. Cook 5 to 10 minutes more until leeks are wilted.
- Add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt and pepper. Mix well and cook 2 to 3 minutes more.
- Put meat and vegetable mixture in bottom of oven save baking container. You can use a 9 x 9 inch baking dish or 4 individual serving sized ramekins filled 2/3 of the way full.
- Place hot, cooked potatoes into a large mixing bowl.
- Add butter, half and half, garlic salt and pepper. Beat with mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese and beat until melted. Save remaining 1/2 cup of shredded cheese for topping after baking.
- Top the meat and vegetable mixture with the whipped potatoes.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until just starting to brown.
- Top the shepherd's pie with the remaining shredded cheese and broil for 3 to 4 minutes to melt and lightly brown the top.
- Remove from oven and let cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
I would honestly be lost without ground beef in our freezer. It is pretty much a staple in my kitchen but I refuse to support farmers and 'agribusinesses' that do not raise their animals with a concern for our environment and the health and well being of the animals. If you would like to know more about grass fed beef or where to find the Strauss brand in your area, you can connect with them on Facebook!
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