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By Lynn Woolley
The ad in the Sunday, December 10th edition of the Dallas Morning News, slapped me in the face. I literally could not believe it. Scant hours before, several "trusted" news organizations had been forced to admit that they'd been running stories that were simply untrue.
Among these were CNN, ABC and CBS. And yet, this full-page ad was instructing me to believe only what I see in the "trusted" news media – presumably major organizations with editors and filters. You know, like CNN, ABC, and CBS.
I read this ad, laughing at the absurdity of it all, before the humor turned to disgust.
This ad was, amazingly, asking me to believe news sources that I knew were running what has become known as "fake news." The ad was headlined:
SUPPORT REAL NEWS – How do I know if a news story is real?
I answered this question in my mind. If it's on CNN, I thought, I believe nothing of it. If ABC News' Brian Ross reported it – count me out. His body of work is littered with fake news. In fact, with newsrooms stacked with anti Trump reporters, I might watch for only for hurricane coverage.
But if they're reporting on Russian Collusion, the Mueller investigation, anything to do with President Trump, the Roy Moore debacle, the Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Texas politics, Republicans, or transgenderism – forget it. They lie. In fact, I'm rethinking their hurricane overage.
This ad, by the way, goes on to say this:
The media landscape has become littered with false new stories making it much harder to find the real news. By seeking news from reputable news sources, you are receiving information from quality journalists.
Maybe they mean like Brian Ross. Or Jim Acosta, a CNN reporter that demonstrates his hatred of Trump every time he asks a question or files a report. Maybe they mean Chris Cuomo, part of a left-wing New York political dynasty who reads the "news" on CNN. Maybe they are referring to the Face of ABC News, George Stephanopoulos, who was part of the Clintons' War Room.
On the other hand, any fake news organization rots from the head down – and at CNN, the head is a left-wing zealot named Jeffrey Zucker who hates Trump uses his network as a tool to get the President impeached.
This ad, by the way, was sponsored by eight organizations in the News Media Alliance, identified in logos below the copy block. They are:
• The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
• The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University
• Inland Press Association
• World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
• Local Media Consortium
• World Editors Forum
• Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
• The Center for Public Integrity
Fake News from CNN, ABC, and CBS.
It's sad that just last week, CNN was out with their latest "we got Trump this time" story. It was about a report that President Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. had received an email providing a web address and a decryption key from Wikileaks before such documents were made public.
For the umpteenth time, CNN thought they had evidence of Russian collusion.
The problem was, that the date on an email provided by CNN's latest "unnamed sources familiar with whatever" got the date of the "smoking gun" email wrong by ten days. They had it as September 4, 2016. It was actually September 12 – a day after the Wikileaks material went public.
That destroyed the CNN story because there could have been no collusion at that point in time. CNN made a correction. Nobody got fired. The unnamed sources were never named. But the damage to Trump had spread around the globe for hours.
You'd think Special Counsel Robert Mueller would want to know the names of those sources. Who could they be? Members of Congress? Congressional aides? Mueller's own staffers? CBS News, which had corroborated the CNN report, also had to retract. CBS, wisely, refrained from commenting further.
You may recall, also, that CNN was forced to retract a story about former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. Three CNN staffers resigned to avoid firing.
Video: CNN "corrects" the fake Wikileaks story
Then, there's ABC's Brian Ross –the guy that tried to link the shooting at Aurora,Colorado to the Tea Party. Ross reported a few days ago that Michael Flynn was prepared to testify that, as a candidate, Trump asked Flynn to contact the Russians. That wasn't true – and ABC corrected to say that this occurred while Trump was President-elect.
As in the case of CNN's report, the date makes all the difference. ABC's attempt at proving Russian collusion went down the drain without even circling.
ABC makes an interesting revelation.
Remember that woman, Beverly Young Nelson, who appeared with left-wing lawyer Gloria Allred to charge that Roy Moore made unwanted advances on her when she was a teen?
She had an inscription in her yearbook, signed by Moore, as the only tangible proof that she even knew him. It turns out that she had added "notes" to the inscription, while passing off the whole thing as having been written by Moore.
Perhaps that's why Allred did not want a handwriting analysis done. That didn't stop CNN from mounting panels on this yearbook – even though we now know that Ms. Nelson was not entirely truthful. Good for ABC's Tom Llamas for exposing this. I'm pretty certain that "trusted" CNN would not have reported that.
Video: ABC's Brian Ross Links Aurora, Colorado Mass Killer to Tea Party 7-20-12
News organizations can blow their own horns – but YOU have to decide.
Whom do you trust? Talk Radio? FOX News? CNN? Newspapers?
I'm asked that from time to time. And as perhaps the ONLY radio talk show host who spend more than 30 years covering news for big radio stations like KNOW & KVET (Austin) and WFAA, KRLD & KAAM (Dallas). I can tell you that the idea of reporting Just the Facts is long gone. In my day, we tried to be straight down the line and avoid all forms of bias. That seems so quaint now.
Here's whom I don't trust:
• CNN as long as Jeff Zucker is running it.
• Most daily newspapers because they can't set their hatred of Trump aside.
• MSNBC because it is a joke of a network.
• CBS & NBC because they employ too many left-wing journalists.
• ABC because the face of their news operation is a Clinton operative.
• Any media that openly advocate for left-wing causes like climate change, abortion, and open borders.
• The Associated Press because of Seth Borenstein and other biased reporters.
• Social Media – none of it is reliable.
• Any story I get in an email that instructs me to pass it on.
I do trust Talk Radio – assuming I know the political persuasion of the host and his or her record for truth is established. FOX News makes mistakes, but is by far the best of the five TV news operations. FOX's reporters are the best in network TV by far. The Wall Street Journal and National Review are usually reliable. Certain websites have proven to be trustworthy most of the time.
You'll have to make your own list. But check out even those you come to trust. The Mainstream Media's record is not good in the Era of Trump – and it gets worse by the day. As our old buddy Fox Mulder used to say – trust no one.
Tagged with: ABC's Tom Llamas, Beverly Young Nelson, Brian Ross & Fake News, Brian Ross & Tea Party, CBS & Fake News, Chris Cuomo as left-wing dynasty, CNN & Fake News, CNN & retracted Wikileaks story, Fake News, George Stephanopoulos as bona fide Clinton loyalist, Jim Acosta a Trump hater


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In John 21, Jesus tells Peter to "cast his net on the other side". Peter had fished all night without a catch. But when the word of the Lord was spoken and Peter obeyed, his net was so full of fish he had to ask his partners for help in bringing in the catch.
Just like Peter who needed help to bring in the catch we need partners to come along side with us and partner not just in prayer but also financially to gather in the harvest God has set before us. This harvest is too great for us alone and we need your help.
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Battle of the Lashes 2018 Red Aspen
Which lash will you choose?
We have 3 new lashes that we are battling for! Only one will be in our permanent stock. I have my own personal favorite, but take a look at these beauties and tell me what you think….
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Rodney and Melina did arrange marriage. Rodney wanted a none working woman to get married as his job entail moving around. Rodney was very focused towards his professional life and due to which he never fell ever for any woman in his life.
Melina was his first, last (may be) and only love. He gave his soul to her and trusted her words because in return Melina said she loved him……
She gave her word that she isn't a careerist woman and all she needed was a stable family with a well-settled future.
He trusted her each said word and they went ahead and got married.
He was in the US, looked forward to visiting his home for the first time. He planned to take her to Niagara, as he wants to see the happiness and excitement on her face when she saw the spectacular sight of Niagara. Finally, they left for the trip, along with two more couples and she fought with him throughout the trip and made it a nightmare. He was made to feel small and felt extremely embarrassed. However, he let it go. Their days were peppered with good and bad days. When days were good, they were extremely good and when days were bad they were just horrible. She would walk from the house to the streets all alone. Being a temporary worker on a work permit, He would be scared, embarrassed and worried for her.
When they regret their marriage?……….
Years rolled by, they got a child. Her parents got to him the cruelest people he has met. Enough said, her parents virtually changed her to act against him and his family. They wanted to take control of their lives through his wife. They lied to her, brainwashed her, they would present one-sided cooked up stories to her and it all culminated in his marriage breaking up. She ran away from his marriage along with his child. He has been robbed of the joys of fatherhood by his wife and gets crooked parents.
She broke his career, that he now rebuilding. He lost out on lots of good opportunities to go abroad and see new places due to problems in his marriage… He longed to take her and his child to new places. He wanted to take her to Ireland someday as it was her dream destination.
They had agreed that they will go abroad once both sets of grandparents get a chance to spend time with their grandchild. Rodney got offers to go abroad too and his office initiated visas. Later he found that she had found a job for herself. He had to let go of his career opportunities and kept hoping that one day he will get to see his child sleep next to him. She would assure him that they will live together again if he did what she asked him to. He set everything aside did everything she asked.
By surrendering the self-respect…………
Rodney surrendered his self-respect in the hope of rebuilding their lives and to see his child with him. But every time he did what she wanted she would lay newer terms and conditions. At one point it just became way too overwhelming. He realized that she is a ruthless, heartless liar, who never really loved him and lied to him at every step. He said they must live together for the sake of their child but she chose to blame "fate" for their child's fatherless life. She said she can live without him.
She might have stopped reciprocating to him because of some XYZ reasons but that never meant her love was not genuine. Love just can't be faked. For her maybe the priorities have changed or she might be interested in somebody else and that might be the reason she doesn't want to continue.
He was naive and cursed himself to have trusted this girl. To him, Melina neither deserves an institution called marriage nor does she deserve motherhood.
He more than willing to divorce this useless marriage now but a ruthless girl that she is, she will not respectfully separate from him and declined to divorce him as well. Neither did he have a way to see his child? It is ages since he saw his child and he knows the little one is being raised by some of the most uncultured, ruthless savages that he knows of. And yet there is a feeling of helplessness.
When all the doors are closed………
Now Rodney has lost all hope, to an extent that he did not even wish to see her ever again. He does not even want to try for a divorce. She is just not worth anything in his opinion.
She is now living with her parents enjoying her career, posing selfies in social media and spending money, time on herself and when time permits taking care of his child. He sometimes sees wonderful married women who are childless and pray day in and out for a child. Life is never fair right? Here is an undeserving woman enjoying motherhood while the ones that truly deserve motherhood don't have a child!
Anyway, he just hates her now. Do not want to see her face again. She turned out to be a ruthless, heartless, irresponsible pathological liar.
Today Rodney still recovering from a broken marriage. He misses his child. And he slowly rebuilding himself more aware of realities around him.
He has never met such a bad person in his life and he regrets his decision to marry her. And he hopes no one in this world ever has to go through what he went through.
After loving, Rodney came to the tearful realization that he had married a selfish heartless woman who valued her self-indulgence more than her partner's and children's well-being and that she would never change.
Yes…a man can cry! ………..
CRY! CRY it out once and for all. Crying really lifts off the burden. You'll feel terrible when you cry, you'll start rewinding it all in your mind, but just LET IT ALL OUT. You'll feel hell better later. But then, never ever cry for the same person again.
An unsuccessful relationship often renders people heart broken and shattered in all the possible way. When you are at the receiving end and were deeply involved, you lose the hope to live and these shitty emotions really become life threatening. But no matter what, trust God. We often face situations that we think we can't handle but we always do and everyone else too.
If you are asked again and again to prove your love to a girl, she is just playing with you. Maybe she is even making a mockery out of you with her friends. You don't need to chase her and prove that you love her that frequently. You just need to tell her once. It requires a lot of courage to do that. You are putting your friendship at stake. Isn't that enough to impress a girl? Remeber if she says no. Just move on. There is no wisdom in turning back.


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The PSone games have beenfairly slow on the uptake, but Sony will gladly be stepping up the pace with the retro treats this month, with nine classics planned for November. Sweet.
G-Police is the one we're after, although there's plenty of awesome stuff on the way, including Crash 2 and 3, and Colony Wars.
Still no WipEout 2079 though, which is both shocking and disappointing after a series of mix-ups and no-doubt underlying technical issues saw the awesome racer confirmed for the download service back in July, and then delayed on the same day.
Here's the list of the nine PSone games on the way this month, followed by the enormous list of PSN content forecasted for the rest of the year.
PSone titles:
- Coolboarders
- G-Police
- Destruction Derby
- Colony Wars
- Motor Toon Grand Prix 2
- Syphon Filter 2
- Bust-A-Groove
- Crash Bandicoot 2
- Crash Bandicoot 3
November Releases:
- Feel Ski
- PS Eye Mesmerize Distort
- PS Eye Tori Emaki
- Uncharted: Meet the Dogs/The Characters %26amp; Music: English Only - localised versions to follow
- Lair: Call of the Beast trailer
- MotorStorm Revenge Weekend Trailer
- Folkore - Bottom of the Sea pack
- MotorStorm Devil Crossing pack:
Track - Devils crossing
4 new tickets containing 10 races
2 new vehicles with 3 liveries each. One unlockable vehicle with 3 liveries upon completion of the mini devils crossing festival (as per Coyote revenge pack)
- Tekken 5: DR Online pack and full game
- Uncharted Animation Overview
- Ratchet and Clank launch trailer and TV ad
- PS Eye Mesmerize: Trace
- MotorStorm Livery packs 1 %26amp; 2
- PSP Wing Mirror (F1 CE)
- Riff: Everyday Shooter trailer
- Uncharted - A Living Environment
- Blast Factor: Advanced Research
- Uncharted DEMO
- MotorStorm Rascal %26amp; Governor vehicles pack
- Dark Mist trailer
- Folklore: The Alchemist pack
- PAIN trailer
- Devils' weekend trailer
- Toy Home game
- flOw Expansion pack
- Uncharted Hunting El Dorado
- Snakeball game
- Resistance: Fall of Man Pack 2 - Two maps pack
December Releases (Highlights):
- High Velocity Bowling
- Riff:everyday Shooter
- Kula World (PS One)
- Uncharted TV ad
- Dark Mist game
- MotorStorm Domino %26amp; Adventure vehicles
- Wipeout HD Trailer
- Pain Game
- Piyotama game - English only game
- Warhawk expansion pack 1
- Everybody's Golf Demo


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Explore the beautiful system of the tarot with modern mystic Natalia Benson. She brings insightful and empowering perspectives to the tarot, perfect for the seasoned enthusiast or total tarot newbie.
Natalia Benson is an astrologer, modern mystic, and women's empowerment coach based in Los Angeles. She has been working with both tarot and astrology for more than a decade and has cultivated a wonderful clientele utilizing her unique, positive, and empowering approach to the mystical.
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Working on the emotional and spiritual level of conception, we connect inward and peel back the layers that are blocking us from what we are looking to birth into our lives. As women, we have the opportunity to birth babies, projects, new versions of ourselves, and all that we are called to bring into the world. But there may be competing intentions, fear, or judgment, or we may be set in our ways with limiting beliefs about how we think it should all look. By being open, courageous, and letting go, we have the opportunity to go inward, tune in, and connect with our intention. This two-hour workshop will be lead by WMN Space founder Paula Mallis who will guide you through a process that includes movement, journaling, and sharing.
Paula Mallis is a facilitator of women's circles and founder of WMN Space. When she was pregnant with her daughter Madeleine and navigating her own journey into motherhood, she experienced a shift in consciousness that allowed her the opportunity to choose a more mindful approach to her life. Paula blends her experience as a mother, her expertise as a doula and facilitator, and her extensive training in spiritual psychology. She believes "birth" can manifest in many forms.
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The wild is always waiting with gifts of beauty and wisdom for those who take the time to slow down and tune in. Come wander the wilderness paths beyond Western Town with Wildtender co-founders Noël Vietor and Fletcher Tucker. Expand your awareness and enliven your senses with deep nature connection practices and explorations of the landscape. Drop into your animal body and make intentional contact with the many beings of the rare Valley Oak savanna habitat. Breathe fragrant chaparral, eavesdrop on cackling acorn woodpeckers, and follow the graceful trails of black-tailed deer back to a state of restored intimacy with the Earth.
Please meet promptly at 1:30, we will have a brief check-in and then begin our wandering. This offering does not have a fee.
Noël and Fletcher invite you to also visit their Mercado Sagrado outpost for the below workshops; Ancient Infusions: Bear Tallow Medicine, Saturday from 12 - 1pm + Coming Home to Oaks & Acorns, Sunday from 2 - 3pm.
Learn the ancient practice and medicinal use of tallow. Together we will craft an infusion of medicinal plants in California bear fat (sourced from Mountain Wintu herbalist Ted Dawson), exploring traditional applications and the modern science of tallow for transdermal nourishment and overall health. Our crafting will be enriched with conversation about the mythological significance of the bear across primary cultures.
Countless cultures across the Northern Hemisphere have regarded acorns as a staff of life and powerful medicine. The Celts defended their sacred oak forests against the exploitation of Roman invaders. Indigenous Californians have meticulously tended multi-generational oak orchards for millenia. In present day Korea, people consume bitter acorn soba, with an anti-parasitic effect. Human history is deeply interwoven with the great lives of oak trees, and the nutrient dense little acorn. Join us to discuss the pan-ancestral traditions of tending oak groves and processing acorns. Sit in circle and allow your hands to remember how to shell, grind, and leach acorns for food. Come home to the wild, to your ancient self, and to oaks and acorns. Drop-ins ok.
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Plants sustain us physically, providing the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat. But these chlorophyll-rich life forms offer much more than that—they are also loving allies when it comes to our mental, emotional, and spiritual growth and wellbeing. The right foods and herbs can ease chronic challenges of the nervous system, soothing stress, lifting spirits, and relieving pain to bring heart, mind, body, and soul into a state of peace, tranquility, and equilibrium. One of the most potent and simple ways of healing with homemade herbal medicines is through meals. As Hippocrates said, "Let your food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." Your kitchen, including your spice cabinet, can be an abundant source of effective medicine. In this workshop we will open our minds and intuition to the broader possibilities for creating healing recipes in your own kitchen, diving deep into the correlation between the physical medicine a plant offers and the spiritual/magical energy it imparts.
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When was the last time you wrote a letter or postcard? In the age of text messages and emojis, picking up a pen is a revolutionary act. In this workshop we'll opt out of our cultural addiction to immediacy and will craft communications—to others and to ourselves—that will provide a platform for exploration, gratitude, and connection.
Your words are important, made more so by writing them with your own hand. There are proven physiological, mental, and emotional benefits to picking up a pen. Using correspondence as our medium for discovery, we'll walk through accessible written exercises. Materials will be provided (hello, stamps!) in case you choose to send off your words. We'll even mail them for you.
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allswellcreative.com @lauralrubin
$40 + $20 kit fee
Scents of Awe's Paula Ferraro will guide us as we get back to the basics of super-powered simplicity. In this workshop we'll explore the effectiveness and universal healing properties of the key items in medicine bundles—elements that every supermama can turn to in times of need.
Paula Ferraro is an alchemical artist, weaving her passions for healing through nature reconnection into internal and external beauty solutions. She is the creator of Scents Of Awe, a handcrafted organic skincare and wellness line founded in Malibu. Together with her daughter, Paula has been raising and releasing Monarch butterflies to cultivate awareness for all species currently in threat of extinction. This year Paula has been teaching in Oregon, cultivating new methods of education and empowerment for women and children. Through her non-profit M4tK (Music 4 the Kids), she has been awarded for her healing work with chronically ill youth.
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Victor Mirabelli "Morning Sun" PRINT
Victor Mirabelli "Morning Sun" PRINT
Archival Pigment Print
Limited Edition
Edition of 200
Signed and numbered by the Artist
Paper size: 18'' x 24''
Printed by The Highland Studio for Artform
This print is a reproduction of Victor Mirabelli's work, Morning Sun (2015), oil on canvas, 48 x 72 inches, Solo Exhibition, Raw Impressions, August 29 - October 12, 2015, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
A 2-inch white border surrounds each print allowing for easy matting and framing.
Produced on Hahnemühle Photo Rag®, 308 gsm, a 100% white cotton paper with a smooth surface texture guaranteeing archival standards. The acid free high density inks create image sharpness and color accuracy while preserving the special touch and feel of genuine art paper.
Printed by The Highland Studio in Cold Spring, New York, the Hudson Valley's premier fine art digital printer since 1997, known for using the finest equipment, inks and papers for longevity and image quality.


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What do I wear to SAT Boot Camp?
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What food will I eat?
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Plein Air Artists Paint Around Sonoma and Beyond
Each of our nationally acclaimed Plein Air Artists paint 8-12 paintings during Plein Air Week out and about in Sonoma, Marin and SanFrancisco.
Gala Dinner and Auction at Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma
Artists, patrons and ticket-holding guests gather to celebrate 15 years of Sonoma Plein Air. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase
Show and Sale of these beautiful works on Sonoma Square,
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Tell us a little about yourself
My name is Christian Hoiberg and I'm a fulltime landscape photographer from Norway. I'm currently spending a few months in Northern Spain where I'm focusing on the unique seascapes and picturesque mountains. My photography is focused around the outdoors and I prefer to shoot scenes that are slightly dramatic. However, I'm happy as long as I'm outside with my camera.
How did you get into landscape photography?
I've always been fascinated with photography and I remember that I used to steal my mother's camera when I was a kid. I often had a disposable camera as a kid but at the age of 15 I bought my first DSLR camera after working for a local electronic shop. After that my interest kept growing and I started enjoying the outdoors more and more as well. I would often come home after school and bring my camera with me for hikes in the nearby forests and as I got older I started exploring regions further away as well.
Are there any other genres of photography you practice?
I photograph mainly the outdoors, but I also have my camera close by when exploring new cities and cultures.
What does photography mean to you?
While it might sound like a cliché, photography is the most important thing to me besides family and friends. Photography is on my mind all the time and mostly anything I do is related to it. In fact, it's come to the point where I can't enjoy a beautiful sunset unless I have my camera with me (which isn't necessarily a good thing).
Photography has been a distraction from stress and it has got me through tougher periods in life. It's also motivated me to work harder in different aspects of life and by doing so I'm now able to do it full-time. I honestly don't know what I would do without photography as I've spent many years working hard to make it a part of my life.
What do you wish to convey with your imagery? How do you make sure your images convey this properly?
When people view my photography, I want them to feel that they are at that location in person. Unfortunately, many aren't able to explore nature by themselves and many have a great deal of stress in their lives, so I hope that viewing my pictures will make them take a moment to relax and even inspire them to go out into the wilderness themselves.
It's hard to say how I make sure that all my images convey this properly but it's rare that I include any human elements in my images, so you do get a sense of the natural wonder or wilderness.
What is your current favorite photograph? What do you like about it most?
I honestly don't have one favorite photograph from either myself or others. There are many inspiring images captured by great photographers and it's impossible to choose one. It's also impossible to choose only one image of my own as they each have different stories and are special to me in each their way.
It might also be because I'm never 100% happy with an image and always look for things to improve either in post-production or composition.
Do you believe there is a way for photographers to help the world become a better place? How so?
I'm not sure I would go as far as to say that photographers can help the world become a better place, but I believe that we can create awareness about our planet. By photographing nature, we can remind people of the beauty that surrounds us and even put light on how we as a species are damaging it.
During a trip to Greenland earlier this year I had a long talk with our captain about how much the place has changed only the last 15 years. The ice is melting at an alarming rate and the temperatures are drastically warmer than they used to be in winter. I knew this from before but being there and seeing the change in person really made an impact on me – and I hope that I'm able to make others aware about this through my photography as well.
Do you travel far from home or stay close more often?
I love traveling and most of my portfolio is captured from other places than my hometown. I'm not from the most photogenic place in Norway but it's been a great playground where I've learnt to master my camera.
What advice would you give to yourself if you could turn back time?
I would warn myself about Skagsanden Beach in Lofoten and make sure that I didn't drop my camera in the ocean there!
Seriously, though, I would tell myself to focus on the fundamentals of photography already from the beginning. I spent way too much running around with Automatic mode and would have benefited from learning the basics earlier.
Tell us about your photography techniques and the post processing of your photos.
I don't really have one technique either in-camera or for processing that I follow. I typically spend some time at a location analyzing the scene and thinking about what I can do to convey my feelings then and there. Often it involves the use of a slower shutter speed (either it's 0.5 seconds or 2 minutes) but it really depends on the scene.
For post processing, I spend some time working with local adjustments by using luminosity masks. These adjustments are normally color balance and contrast and I also work a little with the overall mood. I rarely do a lot and I try to get most done in the camera and then in post processing I'll enhance what I experienced.
In your opinion, will photography become overly populated to the point where professionals can no longer get jobs/make a living?
It's definitely not an easy or comfortable way of living and you'll have to take a lot of risks, but it is worth it. There are so many photographers today and that does make it harder to make a living of it, but I believe that if you work hard enough for it, you will succeed.
Where do you find inspiration to keep shooting, even when things get tough?
Just being outside is inspiration for me. Whenever I'm struggling to find motivation to process, write or do other business-related work, it's helpful to take the camera and go for a hike or even just a sunset at a nearby beach. Fresh air and quiet surroundings always helps.
At what point do you feel a photographer is experienced enough to run workshops or teach other photographers?
Another tough question. I don't think there's a magical line you cross and suddenly become experienced enough. Some photographers are extremely skilled after only a year while others have been photographing for decades and still don't know enough to teach. The most important is that you're confident in your knowledge and that you're teaching correctly. If you're not comfortable talking about ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, Compositions, Light etc. you're not ready to teach it to others.
How important is having a good website?
I don't necessarily believe it's important to have a good website, but you should at least have somewhere online where you can show your portfolio, either this is a professionally built website, a 500px gallery or a simple blog.
In fact, some of my favorite photographers have really bad websites but their portfolios are there, and they are relatively easy to navigate around. At the end of the day, your images should be able to speak for themselves.
If you could only take one more picture, what do you think it would be of? How would you begin to make that decision?
Tough question! If I only could take one more image I would make sure that it's a unique image from a location that haven't been photographed before. I would spend a lot of effort researching, scouting, hiking and travelling until I found a remote place few have been before. It might not be essential for the image that it's captured in a remote area but that would be more for personal reasons as I do enjoy the adventurous part of outdoor photography as well.
Most likely it would involve a mountain, harsh conditions and interesting light. Since it would be the last image I take, I would make sure that it tells a story not only about that exact moment but also about the effort in capturing it.
If you enjoyed this interview with Christian, be sure to check out his website (www.choiberg.com) and definitely look at his blog (www.capturedlandscapes.com) for some amazing advice!


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I'm shopping for salad dressing in the Giant Eagle on Buckeye and E. 115th Street, just around the corner from our house, when I bump into a woman behind me who's studying canned vegetables.
We both laugh and apologize.
"Too bad about this place closing soon, huh?" I ask.
The woman gives me a confused look. "I think it stays open until at least 9," she says.
"No, no - closing down for good."
It's a rumor I've heard from a few sources since we moved to the neighborhood - that the store is planning to shutter by the end of the year, likely to be replaced by a smaller and more downscale competitor, such as Sav-a-Lot.
"Oh no!" she says. "Really? I've got a friend who works here. I'll have to ask her."
I backpedal. "I don't know if it's true - just what I've heard."
"Well, I guess there'd still be the Dave's," she says, referring to the Shaker Square outpost of the local supermarket chain. "But still, this place is closer."
I grab my salad dressing, an organic store-brand featuring bits of fancy cheese, then head to produce.
There, in a refrigerated end cap, I'm surprised to see a fully-stocked display of kombucha, the trendy health elixir of the moment. It's on sale ($2.50), and I'm not above trendy health elixirs, so I pick one up and head to the check out.
The lines are long - five carts deep. I have enough time to catch up with email on my phone and chat with two boys buying Sprite and candy. "I don't like vegetables," one tells me, eyeing my salad dressing. "Only fruit."
The place seems popular, so I'm puzzled by its cloudy fate. I call Giant Eagle's media relations department to check the rumors, and speak to a friendly guy named Billy who promises to call me back by the end of the day.
The call never comes.
In some ways, it's surprising that a Giant Eagle exists on Buckeye Road at all. At least in Northeast Ohio, the Pittsburgh-based chain seems to eschew urban neighborhoods in favor of the suburbs. Aside from this store, it operates just three other stores in the city proper - all on the far west side.
The store anchors the yawning Buckeye Plaza shopping center, which also contains a dollar store and some fast food restaurants. With its enormous surface parking lot fronting on Buckeye, the center marks the western end of the pedestrian-friendly part of the commercial corridor.
Buckeye-Shaker is actually one of only a handful of East Side neighborhoods where the majority of census tracts don't qualify as being "low-income, low-access". That's a term the USDA's Food Access Research Atlas uses to describe urban census tracts where there are significant numbers of low-income residents at least one-half mile from the nearest supermarket.
Even if the store does close, the neighborhood would remain in comparatively good shape grocery-wise, not only because of Dave's but also the weekly (and year-round) Shaker Square farmer's market, one of the region's most bounteous.
Still, the on-the-ground impact would likely be more significant. Yes, Dave's is nearby, but it's not as convenient to reach from most parts of the neighborhood as Giant Eagle. The farmer's market happens only once a week. And while chains such as Sav-a-Lot do offer produce, the variety and freshness pales in comparison to larger stores. They certainly ain't selling organic dressing and kombucha.
I wonder if Giant Eagle would say demand doesn't exist in Buckeye for these types of products, either because of price or culture or both. But as D'Angelo pointed out when I was talking to him the other day, there's little chance of creating demand for healthier food when there's no convenient option to buy it. That's a quandary he faces every day in his work as a councilmember for the Healthy Eating Active Living initiative, which focuses not only on Buckeye but also neighborhood areas that do qualify as USDA food deserts.
Food access aside, there'd be the psychological effect of seeing such a major store close in a neighborhood where the commercial corridor is already half vacant. This isn't Giant Eagle's responsibility any more than it was the responsibility of the many mom-and-pop stores that preceded it, but it's hard not to cringe at the gap its absence would leave in the neighborhood landscape.
After leaving the store, I head over to Club L&M to see if I can grab a few minutes with the owner, who was so busy when we stopped over the other day with D'Angelo.
This time, there's hardly anyone else standing with him outside the garage. I walk up and introduce myself.
He remembers me right away and tells me his name is Landon.
Landon is friendly right off the bat, happy to open up about his shop's complex history in the neighborhood. As he talks, he has a habit of taking off his baseball cap to pull back a full head of long, graying hair.
He originally opened, he says, in a storefront on Buckeye itself, as a motorbike-repair and -sales shop. He couldn't afford an in-store security system, though, so he and his family would often spend the night in the store to deter burglars.
Eventually, he says the odd hours made police and others assume he was selling heroin or marijuana out of the store. He was pressured to move to his current location, where he's been operating for a few years now.
"I let boys from the neighborhood hang out, teach them how to fix bikes, pay them on the spot," he says. "I figure it keeps them from robbing houses or selling drugs." Only when he's especially busy, he says, does he kick the kids out, making all repairs himself to save time.
That charitable side-purpose comes from his own experiences of random street violence when he was younger. He was a boxer back then, and one night, coming out of the gym, he got mixed up in an argument on the street. He got pistol-whipped in the face by a guy who was aiming for someone else. His nose remains scarred and misshapen from the wound.
"Wrong place at the wrong time," he says. "That's why I like keeping kids here, away from that stuff."
He spies my half-drunk kombucha, which I'm only half-consciously carrying.
"What's that stuff called again?"
I tell him, a little embarrassed to be talking about yuppie health drinks in this context. "It's supposed to be good for your digestive system," I say sheepishly.
But it turns out Landon's a fan himself. "Oh, it's good for your whole body," he says. "That's what my daughter says."
He's happy when I tell him I bought it right around the corner at Giant Eagle. He thought the nearest retailer was the Whole Foods in suburban University Heights.
"I'll have to remember that," he says.
He's about to close up shop, so I say goodnight.
This time, I choose not to spread the bad news about the store closing.
Not only because I don't know for sure it's true - but because for tonight, I'd rather savor the unexpected pleasure of bonding with a motorbike guy over the wonders of fungus-water.


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The climb in U.S. crude inventories shows no sign slowing down and supplies are holding around an 80-year high despite ongoing declines in the number of rigs drilling for oil.
Tuesday gold futures settled with a loss of more than $9 an ounce.
Oil rid counts just hit a 5 year low. The number of U.S. rigs actively exploring for or developing oil or natural gas fell to 1,456 as of Friday, according to data from Baker Hughes.


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16 Black Women We Learned From In 2017
2017, I will not miss you. I am so ready for the new year, but before the clock strikes midnight, it's only right to give a shout out to the Black women who we learned from in 2017. It's easy to dismiss 2017 as the worst year since... well, 2016, but 2017 has had a few silver linings, and it's time to give credit where credit is due. Because chances are good that if you've learned something new this year, a Black woman had something to do with that newly acquired knowledge.
Let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we? In 2017, an actual establishment served an alcoholic beverage called "Pill Cosby" and thought it was funny. Kendall Jenner and Pepsi thought a can of soda would solve long-standing racial tension. And in Alabama, Democrat Doug Jones beat Roy Moore, an accused sexual predator, by less than 2 percentage points — a victory that was rightfully credited to Black women showing up in the face of widespread voter suppression. It's been a rough year, but with a few silver linings thrown in.
Despite all the obstacles 2017 has thrown our way, Black women have still managed to teach and inspire millions. Whether it was in entertainment, journalism, sports, health, beauty, or politics, Black women were leading the conversation and making people pay attention. Ahead, find a small sampling of the Black women who dropped the knowledge we needed this year.
1. Cardi B
Cardi taught us that dreams really can come true with hard work and perseverance. The stripper turned reality television star turned rapper has had an incredible year professionally and personally and she doesn't show any signs of slowing down.
2. Maxine Waters
Auntie Maxine taught us a little known Congressional rule when she stated that "When you're on my time, I can reclaim it," but more importantly she gave us a mantra to carry into 2018 and beyond.
3. Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke's vision literally changed the course of 2017 for the better. Her #MeToo Movement empowered many survivors of sexual assault to speak out and even inspired TIME's 2017 Person of the Year.
4. Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award" recipient, staff writer at the New York Times, and "The Beyoncé of Journalism," taught us about racial segregation, desegregation, and resegregation in American schools through her moving investigative longform pieces.
5. Issa Rae
Issa Rae proved that accurately representing Black people in media is possible with her HBO show Insecure gaining a larger following in its third season. She always showed the world that there are many ways to be beautiful as a spokesperson for Covergirl.
6. Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi is proof that actresses can be socially aware and critique the systems that they benefit from. The young starlet called out colorism in Hollywood in addition to speaking on issues of racism and exclusion.
7. & 8. Tracy Clayton and Heben Nigatu
Tracy Clayton and Heben Nigatu taught Another Round listeners so much in 2017. From professional development to mental health management techniques, Clayton and Nigatu have given their fans the space to listen to, learn from, and dialogue with like-minded folks.
9. April Reign
If anyone tells you "it's just Twitter," kindly point them in the direction of April Reign, the co-creator of #NoConfederate, a hashtag that helped stop the creation of a show that imagined if the South would've won the Civil War. She also helps folks (including herself) get jobs with the #ReignyDayJobs hashtag.
10. Rihanna
Rihanna taught the beauty industry a thing or two when she launched Fenty Beauty, a makeup line that caters to women of all shades. Some of her competitors scrambled to include foundations of darker shades, with the lesson being that inclusivity sells.
11. Dr. Joy Harden Bradford
Dr. Joy saw a need for therapists among Black women and created a therapist directory, blog, and podcast to help folks in their mental health journeys. "Therapy for Black Girls" is a needed resource that drops knowledge consistently.
12. Eve Ewing
You'll probably learn more about race and education from following Eve Ewing on Twitter than you ever learned in any classroom.
13. Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe speaks about forcing people to pay attention to her talent, and it paid off because she won an Emmy for her contributions to Master of None. Now, she's creating her own show. Whether you're in the entertainment industry or not, you can learn from Waithe's assertiveness.
14. Paulah Wheeler
Paulah Wheeler is a co-founder of BLKHLTH, an organization that educates, engages, and empowers the Black community regarding health and wellness. Wheeler co-facilitates community events and proudly proclaims "Black Health Matters."
15. Munroe Bergdorf
Munroe Bergdorf was fired by L'Oréal after speaking out about white privilege, but Bergdorf got the last laugh. Twitter collectively had her back, and she landed new gigs while staying true to herself and her beliefs.
16. Raianna Brown
Raianna Brown took a stand by taking a knee and showed solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and other athletes who were protesting police brutality and other racial injustices. Brown proved that literally everyone can use their voice.
As the year comes to a close, thank the Black women in your life that you've learned from, and if you're not familiar with any of the women on this list, read up on them and learn a thing or three. Then, be sure to thank them for dropping the knowledge we needed during this trash year. Hopefully, the lessons we learned from them will make it easy to reclaim our time in 2018.


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This is the month of May and, as is the tradition here at Collège catholique Franco-Ouest, we are preparing for our annual march, the Marche Buchanan. This important event in our school year is a time for the entire Franco-Ouest school community to demonstrate its solidarity in order to help a cause close to its heart.
This year, during one of the Action periods, our proud Vikings had the chance to discuss the importance of social involvement. Following these stimulating discussions, the students decided to join their collective efforts to contribute to the realization of children's dreams.
This is how the money raised with our Marche Buchanan, in honor of a staff member who died of cancer, will be donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Through various activities, students will be called upon to contribute to this cause. In addition, this year, our Grade 10 students of the International Baccalaureate's MYP program are heading up the event.
Thank you for your support!


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Strict(ly) Ballet
by Ellen Jacobs
When it comes to a college education, modern dancers generally have a bachelor's degree securely in hand before ever setting foot on a professional stage. Not so ballet dancers. The demands of the art form require a college education be deferred. Most liberal arts colleges, even those without a degree program in modern dance, offer an array of modern dance courses, while a post-high school education for an aspiring ballet dancer is generally limited to conservatories such as Juilliard or the North Carolina School of the Arts. Is the difference based on a series of antiquated assumptions?
At the University of Utah, former American Ballet Theater principal Michele Wiles is going about things differently; she is currently training students become professional ballet dancers as they simultaneously receive degrees in molecular biology, 17th century literature or electrical engineering. And here is the symbiotic twist: In turn, the talented, superbly trained students give Wiles a unique chance to develop creatively as a choreographer, free of the diversionary financial pressures of directing a New York-based dance company, as she did for over seven years after leaving ABT.
For Wiles, Utah provides a laboratory in which to work with top-flight dancers who can rapidly respond to her creative and technical demands with equal doses of physical and intellectual dexterity.
In addition to the euphoric joys and profound rewards that come hand-in-hand with performing, the students experience the multiple demands and perils of a serious balletic career. The relentless challenges that accompany a life on stage are omnipresent as the students balance their traditional academics with the rigors of their dance training.
So, in addition to their morning Milton, Kierkegaard, Math 208, Physical Anthropology and European Intellectual History 1805–1898, they take technique and partnering classes followed by three-hour evening rehearsals, where they learn as many as four ballets at a time, many of them dances that Wiles is either is in the process of creating or has already choreographed.
Learning to reconcile these competing demands creates a well-lit pathway on which none of the difficulties, dangers and frustrations are hidden, ensuring the dancers' eyes are wide open to the hard work, disappointments and frustrations, as well as the singular excitement, of their unique careers.
Wiles' vision is to produce fully educated ballet dancers who are confident of their own intellectual powers as well as their physical prowess, dancers fully schooled in the inexorable rigors of a professional career in an art form intolerant of second best.
The dancers' responses will be tested when they perform as Wiles' reformed Ballet Next before a sophisticated New York public and and lineup of unforgiving critics at New York Live Arts in February (2019).


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Marlie Mul, Bam Bam' (bæm bæm), 2015
Edition of hand carved caveman clubs based on Marlie Mul's large-scale installation 'Ug' (Ug), 'Duh' (dǝ), 'Muh' (mɜːɹ), 'Bam Bam' (bæm bæm)' that was a part of her solo exhibition Arbeidsvitaminen at Vilma Gold in 2015.
Materials: polyurethane, paper, sand, glue, varnish. Hand carved.
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Miriam Laura Leonardi, Tambour et ses baguettes, 2015
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Material: welded iron rods, red cord
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Ramaya Tegegne, Mullicans, 2014
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Materials: porcelain
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Eckhaus Latta, Vulnerability Beach Bag, Art Metropole, 2014
Eckhaus Latta's Vulnerability Beach Bag is a woven polypropylene bag with silk screened and colour stamped graphic on both sides produced on the occasion of Art Metropole's presence at Art Basel 2014 as a part of the shop's tradition of artist-designed shopping bags.
Eckhaus Latta is a bicoastal American fashion label founded by Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta. While most of their projects centralize around fashion, this mesh beach bag is a further exploration into their poetry practice.


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Let's Avoid Exclusive
I love networking. I love making new friends and finding out what they do for fun, and yes, sometimes for money.
But I really don't like networking groups. Well, some networking groups. There are a few in my area that I'm part of and are full of awesome, but there are others that don't work for me. You see, they want me to be their exclusive photographer/graphic designer/video productioness.
I have trouble with exclusive.
First, I'm not a one man team. And second, I do not do all things perfectly. I shouldn't, I shouldn't try, and I shouldn't pretend that I can. Instead, I know folks who do certain things perfectly, and I hire them for that job.
For example, say you want a Traditional Family Portrait. Sure, I can do that, but I know someone in this town who can do it way better than I. She's been doing it for more than 20 years. (Hi Helen, I love you!)
But, if you need a brochure made, or video for your website, Helen is not your lady. Could she do it? Sure, but it's not what she does really well.
The face of the photography business is changing. These days photographers help each other out. We lend each other gear, assist with projects, sell each other's talents to clients. The days of "This is my turf, and you're stealing business from me" are over. That's so old guard.
I am not old guard.
I believe that the more we work, the more the community will see our talents as invaluable and hire us for new projects. Sally down the street got her photo professionally taken for her website, now Steve wants one, too. Does it matter who they hired? No. What matters is now there's MORE BUSINESS. More business for ALL OF US.
So, let's avoid exclusive. Let's make friends instead.


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Shocker, right? Who'da thunk that Frank Castle would get a round 2 with the immensely popular Netflix/Marvel series. As a lifelong Punisher fan, who admittedly liked all of the cinematic representations on their own merits, this show was a revelation as to the drama Castle could bring to the small screen. Though, I suppose not really a revelation as much as a relif that someone finally got the character right, and in the right format. It always seemed a no-brainer that the character would flurish in an episodic format as opposed to a one story rushed through film. Just read any of the Garth Ennis arcs and you'll see what I'm talking about, start with Kitchen Irish.
The Punisher's twitter page revealed through a single sentence followed by that iconic skull
Time to reload. #ThePunisher Season 2 is coming. pic.twitter.com/J76ksLfDqx— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) December 12, 2017
Some thought that 13 episodes was a bit too much, not me...bring on another 13 just don't make me wait two years!
Now if we can just get them to lift that amazing scene between he and Cap from Civil War (the comics not the film) and drop it into Infinity War I'll be in heaven!


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"Peace of Christ guards our heart when we pray with thanksgiving.A thankful heart is a guarded heart."
Wayne Cordeiro
In Other Words hosted today by In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus visit her lovely blog for more thoughts on todays quote.
I wish I could say I don't know how I got here, but I know. In fact you could say I asked for it.
I cannot move my head to the right or left. My arms are pinned to my side. The stench is repulsive. I have vomited repeatedly to the point that there is nothing left to expel, yet each time I sip the air my stomach continues to heave in protest. Yes, I'm in a terrible mess but I asked for it.
I've choked and sputtering on salty brine for hours. Many times today I've thought I'd die from suffocation but when I think I've breathed my last, air sneaks into my lungs again and I am revived if only to be reminded of one more offense.
It seems ironic. I thought death would be an easy out but here I am on the edge of death and my life, I can not take though I tried.
I could have fought to stay above water but I didn't. I figured this was the simplest plan.
As I spun and swirled in the brink I caught glimpses of the light above, wiggling in the wake. The spot closest to the hope of life shrinking fast as I sunk to the depths of the sea. The smaller that circle of light became the more apparent it was that my choice was fatal. Deeper and deeper I fell. There was no way out and so I relaxed, knowing I'd breathed my last.
Who did this?
My captivity began not here in my living tomb, not as I sunk and the seaweed wrapped around me like shackles and chords. No my captivity began when I said "No, no, no."
I furthered my fate when I chose to run and was found out. In that moment of guilt I exclaimed, "I would rather die than admit my wrong!"
And yet, even now though my flesh stings as the acid eats away at the pigment in my skin and all the hair has burned off of my scalp, I cannot die. My lungs are heavy and restricted, any moment threatening to give out all together, yet He will not let me die.
Who did this? I suppose I did. I accept my fault, I now see the error of my ways. Can God forgive me?
Jonah 2:7-10
7 "When my life had almost gone,
I remembered the Lord.
I prayed to you,
and you heard my prayers in your Holy Temple.
8 "People who worship useless idols
give up their loyalty to you.
9 But I will praise and thank you
while I give sacrifices to you,
and I will keep my promises to you.
Salvation comes from the Lord!" 10
Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and the fish threw up Jonah onto the dry land.
Am I crazy to equate Jonah's experience in the fish to that of a thankful and a guarded heart?
I have to admit, I was stumped on this one thinking, "What is a guarded heart anyway?"
The Lord brought me around full circle to the fact that I don't understand thankfulness either and I don't believe Jonah did at first.
Jonah ran from God, he attempted to ignore God's call on his life. When he got in the boat in the opposite direction from where God had told him to go, the Bible makes it clear that he told the sailors from the start he was running from God. The storm that slammed into their corner of the ocean was violent enough to make seasoned sailors pray. They don't call it having "mouth like a sailor" for nothing. These men were tough, corrupt and not afraid. But this experience literally put the fear of God in them. Jonah's heart was so hardened, so un-guarded if you will, that even his conscious was uneffected. He slept as the storm raged.
When the men brought him on deck and drew lots, he was not surprised when his straw revealed that he was the cause. He then admitted that it was his God who would not rest unless they threw him overboard. I surmise that Jonah thought it better to die than repent and change his ways. Once a heart has gone down a certain path to the point of callous it is infinitely difficult to change course. Jonah had been doing things his way and even though he recognized the error of those ways he was not ready or able to change, using his methods. When he told the men to throw him overboard I belive he was saying "I'd rather be dead and face my fate than try in my own power to rectify this situation." In other words my heart is too hard and I've stopped listening to God.
As he was sinking to the bottom of the sea, figuring he had done the right thing by ridding the world of such a hardened heart as his, God sent the fish (god of the Ninevites) to carry him safely (ha ha) to his original destination. Once he expressed his thankfulness to God, while in the belly of the fish and probably still expecting to meet Him momentarily in the clouds, he was miraculously propelled back out of his living tomb to get another chance.
I've never put much thought into the last chapters of Jonah but this time it struck me just how deep Jonah's anger went. The Ninevites repented and acknowledged God's sovereignty. Having just seen the God of Jonah use their fish god as a vessel for His own profit, they turned from their ways and believed. Jonah, however was not please. In fact he told God, as he sulked under a vine that God provided, if he had known they would repent he would not have given the message. He hated the Ninevites.
God let a worm kill the vine that sheltered Jonah and asked, "Didn't you enjoy that vine? Wasn't it nice until I wiped it out?"
Of course Jonah loved the vine that kept him from direct encounter with the scorching desert sun. I'm sure he was especially grateful after his harrowing near death experience in the sea.
God then reprimanded him in verse nine, "Why then do you think you have the right to be angry at what is good in my eyes?"
If I'm not crazy, well even if I am, I think this whole thing stems from a heart that was unguarded and thankfulness that was not fully grasped. Jonah harbored anger in his heart, resentment toward man and it caused him to have the audacity to say no to God and pride that nearly sent him to an early grave.
God displayed his absolute control by orchestrating Jonah's elaborate redemption from himself into the ocean, from the ocean into the fish, from the fish into repentance and from a repentant "guarded" heart back into God's will.
So as the song goes, "who did swallow Jonah"? Well, you could say God did, the fish did or even hold that Jonah did it to himself but in the end does it really matter? Unless we repent and stop rebelling against God we will be as living dead with hardened unthankful hearts..
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
In Other Words- Who did?
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What a salient description of the result of thinking, "I would rather die than admit my wrong!"
…That you would point to the Biblical account of Jonah to illustrate a UNguarded heart is so much proof to me that God's Word is truly all-sufficient. So much can be gleaned from every page of it! Not only is Christ's death and resurrection clearly depicted in the story of Jonah, but the peace that His Spirit can offer us is depicted as well . . .


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Rocky Mountain juniper
a juniper, Juniperus scopulorum, of western North America, that yields a soft, reddish wood used for making fences, pencils, etc., and that is also grown as an ornamental.
Origin of Rocky Mountain juniper
First recorded in 1895–1900
Also called Rocky Mountain red cedar.
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