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06 November 2014
China Glaze Choo-Choo Choose You
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- Very Emily06 November, 2014 16:16
Gorgeous swatch Deborah!! So glad we could do this link up :D <3ReplyDelete
Between you and Emily, I am feeling like a right dud. This looks so dull and crap on me!ReplyDelete
Such an interesting shade. Love your pictures!ReplyDelete
I saw this collection on clearance at Sally's last Friday. I hope you find it soon!ReplyDelete
I always buy my ChG online, since I'm not willing to pay the swiss price of 25$ ...ReplyDelete
That is an incredibly reasonable personal rule. I wouldn't be willing to pay that either, even if I am making sideways eyes at the $50USD Louboutin Rouge (that's totally never going to happen, I could buy 25 polishes at a discount store for that!). Import prices on nail polish is unfortunately ridiculous. :( Good luck finding a sweet deal.ReplyDelete
Thank you :-)ReplyDelete
BTW, I'm absolutely willing to pay 25$ or even more for a bottle of polish, just not for one I can get for 5$ online...
- Norah Salazar06 November, 2014 21:01
You got the swatching thing to an ART. Love this color, it is green and gold and stunning.ReplyDelete
OMG you have some awesome shots of this baby! It's gorj on you!ReplyDelete
Amazing photos! This is the only one from the collection I bought and felt I needed because it's so unique!ReplyDelete
This polish looks amazing on you! Wonder if the smudging was just down to the way you slept last night?ReplyDelete
This polish has been hyped as a favorite, but I just don't feel it. I must be the odd one out :)ReplyDelete
This is one of my faves evahhhhhReplyDelete
- Lola Seicento07 November, 2014 01:50
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is CRAYZAY gorgeous!ReplyDelete
- marox7907 November, 2014 02:01
Stunning shade!! I guess I'll have to add it to my wishlist.ReplyDelete
- Bailey_AlltheWords07 November, 2014 03:54
I love this shade! It's the only one I picked up from the collection.ReplyDelete
Choo Choo Choose You is very uniqueReplyDelete
Gorgeous swatches! You captured the shimmer beautifully, and those macros - wow!ReplyDelete
I want this shade, it's on my wishlist, but it's not easy to find, might just buy online. Your photos look fabulous! :)ReplyDelete
- FabZilla_Kath07 November, 2014 06:48
Very unique and beautiful shade!ReplyDelete
Ack... I better find this in my local Sally's... I'm dying in love here. ;)ReplyDelete
You and Emily both swatched this today and you both are making me rethink this polish! Amazing swatches!ReplyDelete
*HEAD EXPLODED* I am in LOVE with this.ReplyDelete
wow! I. Need. It. Now!ReplyDelete
This color is STUNNING.ReplyDelete
Love how awesome your photos are... you captured that shift amazingly!ReplyDelete
I didn't want this one, then I saw your swatches and started to doubt... Then I saw Emilys swatches and started to doubt even more... Waited a day and just ordered the polish! You two really are going to be the main reason I go bankrupt ;)ReplyDelete
- The Polished Mommy07 November, 2014 18:35
You two make me want to put this on again...so pretty!ReplyDelete
This is still untried for me but I'm SO glad I picked it up after seeing swatches!ReplyDelete
It's worth trying to find it!ReplyDelete
YES we finally made it happen :D. And thanks <3.ReplyDelete
That's sucky :( weird how that sometimes happens!ReplyDelete
Thanks sweetheart ♥.ReplyDelete
Aww, and here I am thinking about ways to improve my pictures as sometimes I just do not like them. We are our own worst critics, right?ReplyDelete
Agreed on the color, very unique and lovely :).
Thank you so much Kellie! I was very happy with how this set of pictures came out as well! Normally duochromes don't really show up in my little set-up so this was a surprise :).ReplyDelete
I agree, it's the true musthave!ReplyDelete
Maybe, but it has been a while since I had smudges and I always sleep the same way :). Thanks Vic!ReplyDelete
It happens to me sometimes as well - everyone goes crazy over a certain polish and I'm sitting there thinking "meh".ReplyDelete
Glad you like it :DReplyDelete
Thanks so much Lola ♥!ReplyDelete
I recommend you to do so :D!ReplyDelete
Seems to be the case for lots of polishheads :)ReplyDelete
It certainly is!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much Meghan ♥.ReplyDelete
I'd buy it online if I were you, you'll probably get the best price on it that way :).ReplyDelete
Hope you find it indeed then, wouldn't want you to suffer a broken heart!ReplyDelete
Thanks Valesha ♥! Emily did some amazing swatches indeed!ReplyDelete
*wipes exploded head from screen* it's pretty huh :D!ReplyDelete
Thanks Jamie <3.ReplyDelete
*blushes* thanks so much!ReplyDelete
I'd say we are sorry, but pretty polish :D you neeeed pretty polish lolReplyDelete
Thank you <3 glad you like it so much!ReplyDelete
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A four-inch-wide ventilation pipe has become the umbilical cord linking the outside world to a 5-year-old boy who has been held prisoner by a murder suspect in an underground bunker in rural Alabama since Tuesday.
As the standoff enters its fourth day, the gunman, Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, is holding firm against official entreaties to release the child, snatched off of a school bus and taken into the shelter. The boy, whose needed medication is sent into the bunker through the pipe, has been crying for his parents, according to Mayor Virgil Skipper of Midland City, Ala., about 90 miles from Montgomery.
"He's crying for his parents," Skipper told reporters at the scene, a rural road in the town of about 2,300. Skipper said he has met with the parents. "They are holding up good. They are praying and asking all of us to pray with them."
The boy, who has only been identified by the name Ethan, is in the shelter built by Dykes on his land off a dead-end road. Officials have said that Dykes is a Navy veteran and a survivalist who has anti-government views.
The shelter is about eight feet by six feet and is at least four feet below ground. It has electricity, food and a television set that Ethan has been watching, officials have told the growing number of reporters who have kept vigil.
Dykes has been described as a menacing figure by his neighbors. They said he once beat a dog to death for trespassing on his property and has fired shots at residents. Dykes was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday to answer a charge of menacing.
On Tuesday afternoon, however, Dykes is alleged to have boarded a school bus bringing more than 20 children home. According to officials, quoting the children, Dykes fired several times, killing the driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., who tried to block the gunman's way. The gunman then grabbed Ethan and fled to the bunker.
Officials have not said what, if anything, Dykes has demanded. Even though there are heavily-armed SWAT teams at the scene, there has been no indication that officials were preparing to try a forced rescue from the underground bunker.
James Arrington, police chief of the neighboring town of Pinckard, told the Associated Press that the captor has been sleeping and told negotiators that he has spent long periods in the shelter before.
"He will have to give up sooner or later because [authorities] are not leaving," Arrington said. "It's pretty small, but he's been known to stay in there eight days."
Officials say the boy, who has a form of autism, is OK and has been receiving his medicine.
"The three past days have not been easy on anybody," Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson told reporters Thursday night. He said authorities' primary goal was to get the boy home safely.
"There's no reason to believe the child has been harmed," Olson said.


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Sept. 17, 2012 -- Toy balls that expand in water can be fun and fascinating for kids to watch, but if swallowed they can be downright dangerous. A new report published online in the journal Pediatrics warns parents of the health risks of these toys.
Doctors from the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston describe the first presumed case of an 8-month-old girl who swallowed a gel ball, known as Water Balz. The colorful water-absorbing ball can look like a piece of candy to young children, but the toy is made of a superabsorbent polymer that can grow up to 400 times its original size when submerged. It can become as big as a racquetball.
Although the toy was about the size of a marble when the infant put it in her mouth, the ball expanded inside her digestive system.
About 15 hours after the infant swallowed the ball, her parents took her to the hospital because of stomach problems. But X-rays couldn't detect the toy at that time.
Even so, the baby was admitted to the hospital. Within two days, her belly was swollen and she had symptoms that suggested something was lodged in her bowel. Doctors decided to operate. They found the toy ball was blocking the lowest portion of the small intestine.
The water-absorbent ball had expanded to more than an inch big, a size larger than the small intestine's normal diameter. But surprisingly the toy had remained completely intact -- unaffected by the digestive process.
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Pediatricians involved in this case wanted to find out how quickly and how much the superabsorbent ball could grow, since the material is increasingly being used in gardening products and in other household items.
So they tested the toy balls by placing them in water and then measuring their size hours and days later. After just two hours, the balls had more than doubled in size.
The balls grew at their quickest rate during the first 12 hours of being dropped into water. Testing also showed that the toy balls had not degraded at all after being placed in water for four days.
Other studies have suggested that most objects accidentally swallowed by children pass through the body on their own, usually without complications. Only rarely is a medical procedure required, and even fewer cases require surgery.
But pediatricians say that expandable toys and products made from water-absorbent materials are different, and their increasing size can become hazardous to children if they swallow them.
At first, the ball was small enough to pass through the opening between the lower end of the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine. But it enlarged as it traveled through the small intestine, where it eventually became stuck.
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It was another scorcher in CO this weekend. We beat the heat yesterday by going to the public kiddie pool. It was a bit more crowded this weekend than the last time we went, but still fun and refreshing. Ava had a great time and befriended a couple kids around her age – begging potato chips off the little boy's mom (*gasp* – guess there's a first time for her to eat everything – wait a minute, my mommy memory fails me! she has had chips before, just not often) and playing catch with a floaty fishy with a little girl. Good times. 🙂
I'd been getting by wearing one of my old "regular" 2 piece bathing suits to the pool, but decided yesterday that it was starting to get a little too snug. So today I found a cute maternity tankini at a consignment shop. It fits much more nicely and I feel more comfortable wearing it out in public. Ava and I are going to a play group this week at the pool at the rec center and we'll be up in MI visiting the fam and doing lots of swimming there in a couple weeks, so I will get some good use out of it. 🙂
And now onto my
damn darn computer. It's been locking up periodically over the past few weeks, seemingly going in phases. It will be very tempermental for a few days, then fine for a week, then it will start all over again. Well, yesterday it locked up and wouldn't boot back up last night. So Jody's been messing with it today, trying to get it to stay on long enough for him to do all the scandisk-maintenancey stuff it needs, but it still kept locking up. So now he's wiping the hard drive (well, backing it up first) and going to try reinstalling Windows. (I'm on his laptop in the meantime.) Hopefully it will all work, because if it doesn't, I'm going to be without a computer for the week since the laptop will no longer be accessible to me. Arg. Cross your fingers it works, k? 😉
Anyway, with all of these computer shenanigans, Jody has been talking seriously about just buying me a Macbook (laptop). I haven't been a Mac person in the past and don't consider myself one now, but the idea of having a laptop is very appealing to me and I know many "artist-types" love their Macs, so maybe a change would be good for me. After all, that's what J's laptop is, so I have some experience with them. He thinks it would be much better for me to use with my photography and all and maybe he's right. I just tend to resist change (when it's being suggested upon me). So we'll see what happens.
Now that it's cooled off to about 90 degrees outside, I'm going to think about making dinner. Heating up the house just seems like such a crappy idea. Maybe I can find a good way to barbecue tofu (which I think is on the menu tonight since I don't have any chicken thawed). Hmmm.
UPDATE (7/31/06 6:08 p.m.) – The wiping and reinstalling on my computer last night seem to have helped because it hasn't locked up since. **major knocking on wood** Thank you, Jody. :o* Hopefully it will last me the week. 🙂 I think getting a Macbook is still in my future, just have to figure out how we can afford it. 😉


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Royals back to winning ways
Adam Le Fondre netted his fifth goal of the season as Reading returned to winning ways in the Sky Bet Championship at the expense of Doncaster.
The visitors to the Madejski Stadium wilted in the late stages after losing captain Rob Jones to injury, and having already used their allocation of substitutes they were left exposed, allowing Reading to stretch their narrow lead to the final 4-1 comfortable margin of victory.
Reading went ahead early on when midfielder Danny Guthrie guided a long-range shot high into the roof of the net, but Doncaster levelled when substitute Theo Robinson latched on to a loose ball in the home area.
Reading regained their lead through Le Fondre before half-time and added two goals in the second half through Garath McCleary and Pavel Pogrebnyak.
Reading's unbeaten six-match run had ended in their previous outing, a 2-1 defeat at Burnley, but they appeared eager to make amends early on, dominating Doncaster with a series of slick moves.
Jordan Obita miscued a close-range shot, from a McCleary cross, and the 19-year-old winger also blazed over another attempt from 20 yards.
Doncaster were hanging on grimly but were only able to hold out until the 11th minute, when Reading went ahead after excellent approach work by Le Fondre and Pogrebnyak.
The Russian striker chipped the ball to McCleary, whose instant pass was fired high into the net by Guthrie for his third goal in four matches and fourth of the season.
Helpless Doncaster goalkeeper Ross Turnbull had little chance of saving the well-struck effort but did better soon after, when clawing the ball back off the goalline - before it had crossed - after Obita had directed Le Fondre's knockdown goalwards.
Pogrebnyak nodded over and Turnbull saved well from another Guthrie snapshot as Reading kept up the pressure.
Doncaster manager Paul Dickov had seen enough and brought on striker Robinson to replace midfielder Dean Furman after 23 minutes.
Eight minutes later, the move paid dividends when Robinson lashed in the rebound after Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici had spectacularly saved Mark Duffy's free-kick.
Revitalised Doncaster could even have gone ahead when centre-back Bongani Khumalo rose alone at the far post to meet a Duffy corner but the former Reading loanee nodded wastefully over.
Relieved Reading replied by retaking the lead six minutes before the break when Le Fondre cleverly flicked in McCleary's pass.
Robinson continued to make his presence felt and, in the early stages of the second half, twice attempted to test Federici, who was making his first league appearance of the season due to regular goalkeeper Alex McCarthy suffering a knee injury in training.
Robinson's first effort flew over and Federici comfortably saved his second.
Reading replied when Le Fondre headed wide, from a Chris Gunter cross, but only made their pressure tell when Doncaster were reduced to 10 men with 12 minutes left.
Jones had to leave the pitch with an arm injury, meaning Dickov had to make do with 10 men, and McCleary slotted home after good work by Hal Robson-Kanu.
Pogrebnyak scored Reading's fourth from close range deep into stoppage time to seal victory.
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Holographic storage systems aren't exactly new. They have been around for years, but have been met by various roadblocks due to rising costs and an unconvincing advantage over more conventional means of data storage. While the technology is certainly "cool", the idea of paying more money for moderately better or similar technology is not. But according to a recent article in Laser Focus World, the New Jersey-based AON may be on the verge of rectifying that.
Okay, so how does it work? Basically to use a holographic storage system one method is to utilize a laser, which is then split into two separate beams. Once the beam is split, each beam acts as either a data beam or a reference beam. Once that is done, the data beam must be bounced off an object and subsequently reconnected to the reference beam and onto a photographic plate. In short, because the data being stored is not an image of the object, but the interference pattern produced when the two beams recombine at the plate, the pattern is able to contain a lot more data.
When it comes to storing said data in a holographic manner, instead of bouncing the data beam off an object, you bounce the data off of an arrangement of mirrors that can either reflect that light created or not. This creates a holographic "page" that is essentially comprised of a series of bright and light spots. These bright and light spots are what is being stored and read as data.
Part of what makes the technology so exciting is that after a page has been "written," all that needs to be done to create another page is adjust the angle at which the laser beam will intersect your chosen storage medium. And if you want to retrieve older data, simply readjust the angle back to the exact position it was previously at.
With a high level of precision required for the mirrors, it's hard to tell how this kind of system would perform under any sort of pressure or vibration. Still, one of the other remarkable aspects of AON's holographic date storage system is the systems need for very little space to store all these thousands of bytes. In an object like a centimeter cube, AON has been able to store one terabyte of data, once extrapolated; a relatively tiny object could potentially hold up to ten terabytes, which according to AON is what they currently max out at.
According to the article, AON is touting data transfer speeds of 1240 megabytes per second and the price per gigabyte is currently sits at under $1.00. Now that may sound impressive, but consider that a terabyte consists of 1000 gigabytes give or take and at about $1.00 a gigabyte consumers could be paying quite the premium.
While the technology is certainly intriguing and the transfer rates are impressive, the cost is what has us skeptical. With standard (read: bigger and a little bulkier) 1 terabyte external hard drives priced anywhere from $110 to $150, this might be one of those times where bigger tech is actually better — at least so far.
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Broken-down "fat loser"
exclaims ...
Recent medical discoveries reveal a method you can use to lose almost a pound of body fat per day. He did it without drugs, without hunger, and his energy shot through the roof.
Have you ever seen a grown man cry? Well, this was worse than that ...
First, you're probably curious about how Paul lost all his weight. Heck, most of us are a bit over weight and we know that our weight problems not only make us look bad, but put our lives at risk, too. Wouldn't it be nice to strip all those pounds off without drugs or hunger?
Would you also like to know how to turn almost any adversity into a fortune? You're going to learn that secret (it takes only two steps), by the time you finish reading this letter.
The truth is, there are many methods advertised today to lose weight ... Most of them are fraudulent diet pills that only reduce the amount of money you carry in your wallet - not the amount of fat you carry on your body.
This method is based on recent discoveries in the field of medicine and delivers an almost fool-proof method for losing body fat at an unheard of rate.
This method is not "easy" - it will take some work - but it definitely works - no question.
Before I tell you what this method is (it's simple - not super easy - but simple), you had better read this story first. If you don't this information could get you in serious trouble, so please pay close attention.
Also, it's important that I first tell you about the "Secret Key" Paul used to turn what could have easily been a tragedy into a million-dollar triumph.
OK, here's what happened.
Paul and his (now ex-) wife had been happily married for several years.
When they first met, I had never seen two people more in love. You know those sickeningly-cute couples you take out and they can't keep their hands off each other? That was Paul and ... Well, I don't want to use her real name. Not to protect the innocent (she's anything but that), but to avoid a lawsuit. Let's just call her THE MONSTER.
Is that too harsh? Hardly. Believe me, I'm being kind. Read on ...
The Story of the Sweet Sweet Monster
Everything was going beautifully for several years, but at one point Paul started putting on some extra weight. If you work behind a computer, you can probably relate to this. It's all to easy to pack on the pounds when your physical activity of the day consists of your fingers tapping on a keyboard.
The only arm-curls Paul ever did was the curling movement of his fork as he shoveled food and beer into his face.
As Paul slaved away at his keyboard, he just "never had the time" to work out and watch his diet.
Now, we all know that was just a BS excuse. Paul had plenty of time really.
He could have replaced his daily 3 hour prayer to the cathode-ray God (I'm referring to the "idiot box" - you know - your TV) with some exercise.
But he didn't.
He could have chosen healthy foods over unhealthy foods.
But he didn't.
Later on I helped him with that too. I discovered a way to take off about a pound of body fat a day if you do everything right, but I'm getting ahead of myself. I'll tell you all about that after I finish the story.
Anyway, Paul got fat and his wife kept telling him, "It's OK honey. I love you anyway."
10 pounds later ...
"Don't worry, honey. I know you're working hard to provide for us and you don't have the time. I still love you."
10 more pounds later - on and on it went ... I think you get the idea.
Around the time Paul hit 215 pounds is when he and his wife stopped having sex.
It wasn't for any lack of desire on Paul's part. Heck, he would have had sex 3 times a day if his wife let him, but she completely shut down. It was always one excuse after the other.
This was the nightly routine ...
"Sorry dear, I'm not feeling too well?"
And the next day ...
"Sorry dear, let's just go to bed. I have to wake up early tomorrow."
Day three ...
"Sorry dear, I just got back from the gym and I'm exhausted."
Finally, Paul stopped trying.
He had an inkling it was because he had become so overweight, but she always reassured him. "Oh, honey don't be silly. You know I love you for you."
She was sooooo sweet to him all the time.
Who would have thought monsters could be so sweet?
The Smokin' Hot Monster
Now, while Paul was getting fat, The Monster stayed in great shape. In fact, she got in the best shape of her life while Paul blew up like a balloon.
One of Paul's best friends was in the personal training business, and over the last year of their marriage he started giving The Monster free personal training sessions at night. By the end of that year, she had become a real knock out.
She had always been what most men would call "hot" but after a year of first class personal training she was quite easily what any red-blooded man who still has a pulse would call ... "smokin' hot."
Sculptured flat mid-section? Check.
Tight plump back side? Oooooh yeah.
Perfect skin? Uh-huh.
Golden tan? Definitely.
She had it all right down the list.
Now, you probably think I'm about to tell you that she had an affair with The Personal Trainer, but you'd be wrong.
See, The Personal Trainer was a married man, a Christian, and one of Paul's best High School pals. His best friend, actually, and the four of them went out together all the time.
What happened was far worse than that ...
The "Yook-Shee-Hal-Lom"
Do you know what a "yook-she-hal-lom" is? Unless you speak fluent Korean, you probably don't.
Now, this is quite possibly the worst thing you can call anyone in Korean. Heck, it's probably the worst thing you can call anyone in any language.
WARNING: If you're at all squeamish, you had better skip the next three paragraphs.
When I was stationed in Korea working as a Korean linguistics specialist in US Army Intelligence, I learned a lot of interesting "cuss words" in Korean (as well as some truly beautiful things), but nothing I learned was as foul as the concept of the Yook-She-Hal-Lom.
A yook-she-hal-lom is a guy who is so despicable, that he should have ropes tied to each of his limbs and one to his head. This guy is so bad that you should then attach horses to each of those ropes and terrify the horses so they bolt off in different directions.
What is left is six pieces: a torso, a head, and four limbs. If you ever took Tae Kwon Do, you probably recognize the word "yook" meaning "six."
That's a yook-she-hal-lom and frankly, I didn't think I'd ever meet one. Who deserves that?
After hearing what happened next, I finally felt that I had come across a case where using this phrase was warranted.
Read on, and you'll know why ...
"She Put My Tender Heart in a
Blender, but Still I Surrendered ..."
Paul began to suspect something was up after a while and he quietly suffered in silence for many months. The personal training sessions got longer and longer and his wife's behavior became increasingly shady. That fact, combined with her complete refusal to have sex with him, started to eat away at him.
It literally made him sick. Not just emotionally but physically.
If you've ever known a victim of infidelity you'll know what I'm talking about. It's just about one of the worst things anyone can endure. You love this person, but you don't know if you can trust them. They're telling you there's nothing to worry about, but their every action tears away at the core of your heart.
That kind of stress just wears down the body. It's a real torture until you get closure. It gets so bad that you even begin to question your own sanity.
Paul confronted The Monster with his suspicions and she reassured him very convincingly, "I would never do such a thing. How could you suspect me of that? I love you!"
Paul came to me with all of this and I knew exactly what to do. The fact that I worked in military intelligence for many years, was a complete technology geek, and had several friends with similar problems in the past, sort of made me a de-facto expert on the subject.
I told him, "Don't worry, Paul. We'll get to the bottom of this." And we sure did.
Now look, some of the things we did may be considered extreme, but extreme situations sometimes require extreme measures. I'm not excusing what we did, but I do know that if we hadn't Paul may very well be dead right now.
What we found shocked both of us. I had never heard of anything so foul in my entire life. I would have felt sorry for myself having to witness this whole thing if it hadn't been for the way this ripped Paul's heart straight out of his chest.
Operation Rat Trap
"The first thing," I told Paul "is to do nothing. Absolutely nothing."
I explained to Paul that it was vital that his wife didn't suspect what was going on while we smoked out the rat. If she was guilty, we didn't want her to change her habits.
This is crucial!
Next, I told him to mentally prepare himself for what was about to happen next. His mind would be a real wreck over the next couple weeks as the operation unfolded and he had to make sure he wouldn't lose his cool.
If he had half-assed evidence and then went sobbing to his wife with his suspicions he'd blow everything.
It was absolutely vital that he didn't lose his cool.
I'll get to the exact techniques we used in a moment, but first, let's get to the real meat of the story.
Imagine Your Worst Nightmare ...
Now Imagine Something Worse Than That
I've got to warn you right now.
If you're offended by stories of a sexual nature ...
If you have no interest in discovering just how low people can sink ...
If you think you can't handle this story for any reason - please skip down past the next two sections. You're about to read about one of the worst things that has ever happened to a man.
Now, after the operation went on for a few days Paul became increasingly convinced that his wife was indeed cheating on him, and even worse that it was with The Personal Trainer (remember, Paul's high school chum?).
After looking at the evidence I agreed.
Now, what Paul did next was probably not legal, so do not try this at home.
Let's just say Paul figured out a way to get into The Personal Trainer's house without a key, without picking any locks, and with a plausible back-up plan in the event that he was caught. (Ahem ... Of course it wasn't me who taught Paul how to do this.)
Was this wrong?
Well, some may not agree with these tactics, but when you hear what he discovered, any moral finger-pointing at Paul will likely come to an abrupt end.
It didn't take Paul long to find what he was looking for. The problem is, he discovered way more than he should have ...
Paul entered the master bedroom. At first he felt terrible invading the space of his high school friend. This was, after all, where his best friend and his best-friend's wife laid down each night to sleep.
That feeling of guilt lasted about 30 seconds.
He went to one of the nightstands and opened up the drawer. Hundreds of pornographic photos were stuffed in there.
He picked one up and bang! the very first one was of The Personal Trainer and The Monster in the act. His worst suspicions confirmed.
It gets worse. Much worse.
Now, here's where Paul screwed up. What he did next scarred his mind in an almost irreparable way and almost landed him in jail or the morgue.
Paul should have grabbed that picture and made his way out the door and to the office of a divorce lawyer. I told him, "Once you have solid evidence, don't dig any deeper. You don't need to put yourself through that kind of torture."
Instead, Paul looked at every one of those pictures ... And he didn't stop there.
As he scanned through the pictures, it became clear that The Monster wasn't only sleeping with The Personal Trainer, but with The Personal Trainer's wife as well!
All of his friends were having a little party and only Paul wasn't invited.
He combed through picture after picture as the rage welled up inside him. He was about to run out of there screaming when he saw a picture that made him morbidly curious. The Monster and The Personal Trainer were looking at a spiral notebook laughing. The book was labeled:
"The Blob Log"
What the hell?
Paul rifled through some of the drawers and found the binder.
You know I almost wish Paul had never seen this book. My belief is that people should always know the truth even if it hurts, but not like this. This was just unnatural.
The Cheating Threesome had given Paul a nickname: "The Blob."
Paul discerned from the log that one time at dinner The Cheating Threesome almost let it slip out about the affair and they were shocked (and delighted) that Paul didn't pick up on it.
So, they started playing a game. They wanted to see how many times they could leave clues without Paul knowing.
One of the entries read (in The Monster's handwriting) ...
Paul read these words in total shock.
Paul learned that soon they tired of that approach so they took it up a notch. They began to give The Monster "Blob Bomb Missions" to see how far she could go in humiliating Paul.
One of the entries read ...
The Blob Log went on like that for page after page ...
"All women should have
three animals: a Jaguar in the garage, a tiger in bed, and a jackass who
pays for it all."
Paul discovered that he was "the jack ass."
You know, it's common for young teenagers to have nightmares where they suddenly discover they have walked to school with no clothes on.
It's symbolic of having our deepest darkest fears and doubts exposed.
Paul actually lived through something far worse than that nightmare in real life.
Now, Paul was sitting there in that bedroom in total shock. He miraculously mustered up enough clarity and energy to call me on his cell phone.
I could barely make out what he was saying he was so hysterical and shell-shocked, but I told him to gather up some evidence and his senses and to come over to my house immediately.
I could tell he was about to do something stupid and I needed to prevent him from hurting someone - especially himself. Heck, I think this is about as close to "justifiable homicide" as the world may ever see, but I didn't want him to put himself at that kind of risk.
When he showed me the photos and the Blob Log he sat there in a comatose stupor. I believe the medical term for that is "shock."
As I looked through it all, I admit I had to calm myself down. After nearly a decade in the military nothing can shock me much, but I felt physically sick to my stomach with this.
Now, you'd think that a man would be utterly broken after this kind of experience. If Paul needed to just "cool off" under medical supervision for the rest of his life, I don't think many people would fault him for it after hearing about what he went through.
After reading through all of this stuff I looked up at Paul slouched over in the corner of my living room. His head was down and you could just feel the despair ... It was almost tangible.
He looked up at me and we just stared at each other for a minute. I tried to muster up some sympathy for Paul through all of the rage I felt. Paul's eyes began to tear up and what he said to me went through my brain like a bullet.
"Hannes ... Help me take my life back, man."
I will never forget those words.
In that moment I began to tear up, too. Instead of rolling over and playing dead, he was determined to make this the shining moment of his life. You could see that in his eyes. Through all of that despair I saw that tiny spark of determination.
It was inspiring.
This kind of courage is rare, but when you see it, it moves you in a way that you just can't understand unless you've seen it yourself.
Paul was a fat loser.
Paul was a fool.
But in that moment, that fat fool of a loser was a better man than I will ever be.
In that moment I made a vow to myself. I would be god damned if I let this crap ruin Paul. I was going to make it my mission to turn his life around.
After I helped Paul sort through the divorce proceedings and his psychological recovery, I taught him The Secret Key and began to coach him.
Paul wasn't just going to take his life back - he was going to be a millionaire.
Now, when you first read about The Secret Key, there's something you need to promise me.
Promise me right now that you won't say, "Oh, that's pretty simple. I could have told you that."
There's a big difference between knowing something and really knowing something.
When you act on this information - I mean really act on it - it's going to transform your life in a way that you could not possibly imagine right now.
OK, here it is: whenever something bad happens (no matter how slight or how major), go through this process:
1. Ask yourself if there is anything you can learn from it. (HINT: There always is.)
2. See if there's a way you can "spin" the situation to your benefit.
That's it.
Remember your promise? Stay with me now ...
Before I give you a few examples, you might want to print out this page and highlight the above two rules. If you do, you're more likely to follow through with your commitment to change your life the way Paul did.
Example #1: I Love Traffic Jams!
Most people sit in traffic jams in a state of what I call "Stanger." They're in a stupor, but they're also angry. Stanger.
A great way to go through life, huh?
I won't go into how stress hormones will lead to premature aging. I won't talk about how anger can lead to heart attack and stroke. I won't talk about how this is a total waste of time ... You know all this.
Here's what you can choose to do instead:
1. What can you learn from this?
Well, maybe you need to take a different route next time? Or maybe you need to drive at a different time of the day? Or maybe you need to learn that it's really not such a bad thing at all ... (Read on.)
2. How can you spin the situation to your benefit?
Well, what better opportunity could you have to listen to some good motivational or educational tapes or CDs? You probably have some lying around the house. Put them in your car and have them ready to whip out for such occasions. Or maybe you need some thinking time to solve a problem or brainstorm something. Here's your chance.
Example #2: How Paul Used it to Become a Millionaire
This is why Paul is my hero, and he will soon be yours, too.
1. What did Paul learn?
First he learned that his physical health does matter. Even if his wi ... (woops, I mean The Monster ...) had been able to get past his being fat (to some people it truly doesn't matter, but to some it does), what really mattered was that he didn't love himself.
I don't care what you look like, but if you don't love yourself, it's going to be really hard to find someone who loves you.
Paul used this opportunity to whip himself back into shape (I helped him with that, too - he was able to take off about a pound a day with the techniques I showed him ...).
Next, he learned that while there are some really terrible people out there, there are also some people who are willing to give you the shirt off their backs to help you. I was only one of several people who came to Paul in full support. Paul didn't realize how many true friends he had until this opportunity came along. There are 6 of us now that are closer than we've ever been with any other people as a result.
I could go on ... Do you get the idea?
2. How Did Paul Spin the Situation to His Benefit?
You already know that he got in the best shape of his life and that he made the best friends of his life.
Frankly, those two things are probably more important than 1.4 million he made as a result, but you're probably more interested in how he made his money. I can't fault you for that ...
Quite simply, Paul channeled his anger into his business.
I took him on as one of my Intensive Fellowship clients pro bono. I took him by the hand and walked him through the process of building a million-dollar-business step-by-step.
How did he do it?
I'll tell you about that, too, in just a second. Read on.
Paul's Ethical Revenge
I would normally tell someone planning a revenge to just let it go. Why bother, right? Just get on with your life.
In this case, I felt that Paul needed a stiff dose of closure. The psycho-drama he was planning was a pretty healthy outlet.
Paul remembered this line he read in the Blob Log ...
Of all the things he read in the Blob Log, that one hit home the most. The fact was, he hadn't made much money with his business, but he knew he was better than that ...
Years ago, Paul was one of the early "spammers" and he was in a constant struggle just trying to keep his business afloat. After years of taking a beating, he finally accepted the fact that spamming was unethical, so he started "Middlebrook Mail" as a legitimate opt-in mail marketing company.
A lot of us tried to help Paul out, but to no avail. Year after year he struggled to make ends meet.
After his divorce he channeled his thirst for revenge into his business. He envisioned a day in his mind when he would be totally out of debt, have a the car of his dreams, have the body he wanted, have his own house, and ...
He wanted to have a real, truly loving relationship with a gorgeous woman who, well, wasn't a monster. That's not too much to ask, is it?
When he had all of that, he would walk in to his old favorite pub where he knows The Cheating Threesome still hangs out. He would have his wonderful woman on his arm, he'd be wearing his wealth, he'd have a brand new body ... He'd walk in and just smile at The Cheating Threesome. He wouldn't rub it in their faces. He'd just walk in and smile and they'd know.
Again, I normally wouldn't support revenge, but in this case, I thought that was a perfectly healthy way to "spin the situation to his benefit."
Who the Hell is "The Blob?"
Paul did finally have his revenge. It didn't go exactly as he planned, but it was close enough.
6 months later, Paul worked his way down to about 10% body fat (from a whopping 40%), paid off his debts, and was earning about $40,000 US dollars a month from his business after tax and expenses.
Around that time, a business partner of his asked him to the old pub for a meeting. Meeting The Cheating Threesome was the last thing on his mind, but that's exactly what happened.
He walked in and there they were. Immediately he was tempted to turn around and walk out, but he steeled his nerve and walked in standing tall.
He walked in proud and sat down with his business partner two tables over from The Cheating Threesome.
He caught eye contact with members of the table several times and he couldn't figure out why they weren't reacting to his presence. It didn't take him long to figure out why ...
They didn't even recognize him!
In that moment Paul changed. Not only did he look like a different man, he was a different man.
Have you ever had an "epiphany?" This is one of those rare moments in your life when everything is finally clear. You feel, for just a fleeting moment, like you can finally make sense of this crazy-beautiful-joyous-mess we call life.
Paul had such a moment right there. In his mind he imagined walking up to their table and tossing The Blob Log. It lands with a whap and they look up at him in shock. He says to them ...
"I think this belongs to you."
The Most Shocking Discovery of All
Want to know what's really interesting about the above story?
Only about 60% of it is true. The rest of it was total fantasy.
There was no Blob Log. There was no Paul. There was no Monster ...
The important parts, though, are rock solid truth:
Before I tell you how to get this information, I think I owe you a little explanation for the above story. Why did I concoct this whole thing?
Well, I didn't concoct the story - Mark Joyner, the author of "A Pound a Day" did.
Mark sold me the rights to sell this book and cooked up this story to drive home how painful obesity can get. If you think that your weight isn't affecting you and everyone around you, think again.
Mark has actually used these methods himself to rapidly lose weight as have many others.
There are literally thousands of products that claim they will make you lose weight, but the fact of the matter is, most of them are completely useless.
Wouldn't you like to know, from a guy who has tried everything (and I mean everything) a method that actually works? Without hunger? And without dangerous drugs?
What exactly has Mark tried? Well, let's just say he has done some of the stupidest things you can possibly imagine in his quest for weight loss. He treated my body like a science lab ...
From the commonplace to the comical - he's tried it all.
This report will outline the precise method he uses now to take the pounds off with scientific precision.
Are you interested in learning these facts?
I'm sure glad I learned them. Mark's research has absolutely changed my life.
"I have lost around 10 pounds"
Right now, hundreds of people are following the A Pound A Day diet - and with great success. Like Fiona E - This is what she had to say after following the program for only a couple of days:
You can try to sift through all of the nonsense out there and experiment for years, or you can benefit from Mark's struggles and experimentation. How much is 7 years of trial and error worth exactly?
After you complete your order, if you are not satisfied for any reason, you are entitled to a 100% full refund. Simply tell us you are not satisfied any time within the next 60 days and we will give you a prompt and courteous refund within one business day - no questions asked.
Now, how much would you pay for this kind of peace of mind?
Do you think it would be worth $5,000 to finally know exactly what it takes to strip off the pounds without any trial and error?
You'll pay far less than that, though.
When you buy "A Pound a Day" today, you'll pay just $17. Unfortunately I can't guarantee that the price hasn't increased if you decide to come back later.
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Hannes Johnson
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Two years ago marine toxicologist Susan Shaw dove into the Gulf of Mexico and discovered a nightmare. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill had unleashed torrents of toxic oil, made worse with chemical dispersants, causing a reign of death and illness. Armed with this experience, she collaborated with 13 other scientists as part of the Strategic Sciences Working Group, convened by the Department of the Interior, to assess the consequences of the oil spill and make policy recommendations to the federal government. As founder and director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute in Maine, she is now launching a new campaign to promote ocean health.
Last year, Audubon's Women in Conservation committee honored Shaw, among other women, for her dedication to mitigating the Gulf spill's impacts. A Woodrow Wilson visiting fellow and recipient of numerous other awards, in March Shaw received the Explorers Club Citation of Merit Award for "extraordinary feats of exploration and research." Here, she reflects on that fateful dive and how the Gulf, and our oceans in general, are faring.
You were the first toxicologist to dive into the Gulf of Mexico about a month after the spill, on May 24th 2010. What was that like?
There were thick blankets of oil on the surface that were being sprayed heavily, day and night, with Corexit dispersant. I was on a boat with a colleague, and we got about 40 miles out where there was deep, thick oil on the surface. Right at the edge I got into the water and dove down, covered from head to toe in pretty heavy scuba gear. As I went down into the water column, I noticed that the oil was getting broken up into smaller and smaller pieces by the dispersant—it penetrates the lipid membrane in the oil, breaking the oil up into tiny pieces, and as it does that, it releases hydrocarbons—solvents—which are overpowering when they come up on the surface. It's an unbelievable experience to breathe that—it gives you a terrible, blinding headache. A few feet down I started to see around me dead fish, and the further I went, the more there were—dead jellies, dead shrimp, little tiny organisms floating around in this dispersed oil mix. I surfaced after that—it really scared me. It was clear that this was a very dangerous mixture, and I had a fiery sore throat afterward.
Why is the dispersed oil so toxic?
The Corexit dispersant itself is not more toxic than oil—oil is far more toxic once it gets into the body—but the dispersant helps oil get into the body more readily. Fishermen who were in contact with this dispersant-oil mixture had ulcerated skin—the dispersant eats through the skin, and it causes big lesions and boils and ulcers. Once oil gets into the organs, it's like a ticking time bomb because the oil has hundreds of compounds, including what are called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that are carcinogenic and toxic to every organ systems in the body. Notably, these chemicals are highly toxic to the brain, so oil exposure can cause severe nervous system effects.
Has the spill taught us anything about how to approach offshore drilling?
I would like to say that, two years later, we've learned from this spill and that measures are in place, but they're not. The President's Commission on the Gulf Oil Spill delivered many recommendations for equipment that we must have on site if we're doing deep-water drilling like this, and none of those recommendations were actually followed. Congress has not passed one piece of legislation to ensure the safety of deep water drilling. In a report card released this week on industry and government response to the spill, Congress earned a "D" for its lack of action, whereas the report also indicated that the Obama administration and the oil industry made more progress with important safety advances. But now we're giving leases to Royal Dutch Shell to drill in the Arctic with a very shabby plan for response should there be a spill in the ice.
Fast-forward two years: How is the Gulf faring?
We have a real mess down there. The BP ad campaign, with the testimonials about how great everything is, is surreal. We've lost thousands of marine species, we have a graveyard of deep-water corals, oil is on the sea floor and in the food web, and there are patches of oil across the Gulf that will be recycling for decades. At last count, more than 600 dolphins have died, though in reality, it's probably in the thousands. Of those, half were stillborn or newborn. Hundreds of endangered sea turtles are dead. We've lost thousands of seabirds.The recent reports of deformed fish and shrimp with no eyes are alarming scientists and show that oil-related generational effects are happening for many marine species.
But the biggest impact is going to be among people in the Gulf who have been exposed to the dispersant-oil mixture. Some response workers went out and bought their own respirators because they were not given any. It was widely reported that BP told them they would be fired if they wore respirators because they looked bad. I wasn't surprised to learn about this because I interviewed some of the workers a year after the spill. The bottom line is, there are tens of thousands of people who have been exposed to this dispersant-oil mixture as it blows onshore, and it has been in the air at high levels for months, so even children in the schools on the coast are sick, and people who just live there are sick.
Two hundred million gallons of crude oil were released into the water, with an additional two million gallons of Corexit dispersants added. Vast plumes of dispersed oil were documented floating around in deep water of the Gulf. And that oil settled into the seabed and will cycle up again when animals are feeding, or when there's a violent storm. The sea floor is a long-term reservoir for the oil that will be there for decades. There's some kind of belief that dispersant is a magic bullet, but it certainly isn't, and it's not going to spare us from these long-term consequences—in fact, it makes it worse. It's the cheap and dirty way to respond to an oil spill.
What needs to happen to prevent this disaster from occurring again?
We need to start with a backup plan, and much better planning at every stage of the process. Stronger safety measures need to be in place. And on site, there need to be containment vessels so the oil can be collected when it's on the surface. The Gulf is very important for our overall economy—29 percent of all the U.S. offshore oil production happens in the Gulf; there are 4,000 active oil and gas platforms there. There's no stopping this drilling. And if we look at this drilling going forward, in the Arctic, and also now off of Cuba, the American public needs to know that safeguards are in place.
How would you characterize the state of our oceans in general?
The oceans are in crisis from pollution, overexploitation—drilling, trawling, overfishing—and the influx of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is causing sea levels to rise and making them more acidic—oceans are 30 percent more acidic than they were 200 years ago. We have more than 500 dead zones worldwide, which are areas along the coast where there's no oxygen in the water because we've dumped so much sewage, fertilizer, and pesticides there. Fish kills are regularly occurring in those dead coastal zones, and we're starting to question whether fish is safe to eat. For some species, such as corals, we see really devastating impacts. We've lost over 25 percent of our corals worldwide in 35 years, with 70 percent lost in the Caribbean, and 50 percent in the Pacific; this is because of the combined impact of warming and acidification.
The Marine Environmental Research Institute has a project called 'Seals Are Sentinels,' which studies marine mammals along the northwest Atlantic, and we analyze tissue for hundreds of toxic chemical compounds, like PCBs, DDT, pesticides, and the flame retardant compounds. Marine mammals—seals, dolphins, whales— are the most polluted animals on the earth today. Their bodies contain levels of toxic chemicals a thousand times higher than we find in other animals or in people. The animals themselves are getting sicker and weaker. When we find dolphins stranded on the beaches in large numbers—we're talking hundreds or thousands of animals dying at once—if you look at what's in their tissues, they have such high levels of just PCBs alone that they're considered by EPA standards to be hazardous waste. This is unacceptable—we are poisoning the ocean food chain. This is why we're planning a campaign to stop toxic ocean pollution and promote healhy oceans.
What can the public do to help our oceans?
There are three things that people can do. First of all, it's about you and your world, so learn. Learn what chemicals are in your food, learn what chemicals you're using on your lawn and in your home, learn what chemicals are in your furniture. Find out as much as possible what you're being exposed to in your world and what chemicals you may be using every day that are toxic and dangerous to health. There are many ways to do that—our website is one source. Second, share knowledge and educate others. Third is, get engaged. I think people have to get angry about it to get engaged with groups like ours and campaigns like ours to stop toxic ocean pollution. Consumers can fight back with their pocketbook once they know. People assume that the government is taking care of all this, but it's not.
Can we be hopeful about anything?
There are some signs of hope out there. Under our federal laws, corporations are not required to operate with health or the environment in mind, so we need toxic chemicals regulation reform badly at the federal level. But some of this is happening at the state level. Maine, for example, saw the banning of the flame retardant Deca, a neurotoxin, and some other states also banned it. Some corporations like Google have started incorporating sustainability into a high percentage of their operations. Architects are creating green buildings and green communities. In the ocean community, we're working very hard to create marine protected areas—no take zones where boats can't go in and overfish and rip up the sea floor. Some of the cruise lines are certainly greening their image and greening their operation. We're protecting less than one percent of our oceans, so we still need to do much, much more. Saving our oceans is a survival issue for all of us.


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Hi Everyone!
I just received a notice from the DuPage County Genealogical Society (DCGS) announcing their genealogy program schedule for September 2012 through May 2013. Included in the announced schedule is also high-level information about the society's Annual conference that will take place in February 2013.
The "Dog Days" of Summer appear to already be here in June, so why not take the time to review their schedule of the upcoming programs for 2012-2013 and see what is of interest to you during the "cooler" months of the year.
You can view their upcoming schedule on the following embedded link to a PDF at:
DuPage County Genealogical Society (DCGS) Genealogy Program Schedule For 2012-2013
Also, just visit the DCGS website to see what they are all about and what nice resources they have at their site for you to discover. If you have any DuPage County, IL ancestral connection, you may want to consider joining the society to access even more resources through the society's site. You can visit the DCGS web site at:
DuPage County Genealogical Society
Cool down a little, plan your genealogy program attendance at DCGS starting in September 2012.
They have many interesting programs on their schedule. Increase your genealogy knowledge and skills. Attend one of their programs.
Tony Kierna
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Schaumburg Township District Library


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Pastors, Just Say 'I Don't Know'.
The moment one becomes a pastor, something strange happens: People suddenly think you know everything about the Bible.
Twenty-four hours ago, you were like everyone else—learning the Bible a little at a time. But once you become "Reverend" or "Brother," the expectations skyrocket.
Let's be honest: Nothing really changes overnight for new pastors. They are still the same people they were previously.
Only two things really change overnight for a new pastor: 1) responsibility toward their congregation and 2) heightened expectations of the congregation.
Both of these changes are good. The Bible teaches that pastors are accountable for their flock. They are responsible to feed the sheep and oversee their spiritual growth (Heb. 13:17).
Likewise, the congregation is called to hold the pastor in high regard and protect his reputation (1 Thess. 5:12-13; 1 Tim. 5:19). The Bible even outlines standards to which the congregation can expect the pastor to adhere (1 Tim. 3:1-7).
But all of those biblical expectations and responsibilities do not mean a man suddenly has all the answers the day he becomes a pastor. In fact, the same man won't have all the answers at the end of his pastorate either!
That's why, when pastors are asked difficult questions, they should be quick to admit, "I don't know." Here are five reasons why:
1. Honesty is the best policy. It's not just a cliché; it's biblical. Acting like you know something (ie., making it up as you go) is lying. This may be one of the pastor's greatest temptations to sin.
2. Humility is Christlike. Whether your congregation realizes it or not, humility is difficult when everyone treats you as the "Bible Answer Man." This subtle pride for having all the answers is dangerous. When you don't know the answer to the question, don't let your pride get in the way. Choose humility.
3. Expectations must be biblical. Churches should have a high regard for their pastor—yet they should be careful not to set him on an idolatrous pedestal. When the pastor is willing to admit his limited knowledge, it helps congregations balance their expectations of the role biblically. For a pastor to act as if he is all-knowing is not only blasphemous, but it raises expectations even more and sets him up for a greater fall in the end.
4. Dependency must be on Christ, not the pastor. When the pastor acts as if he can answer every question and solve every problem, he is misleading his flock. Worse, he is leading them away from dependency upon Christ and more toward dependency upon him. This is the opposite of John the Baptist's quest to see Christ increase while he decreased.
5. The congregation needs an example of maturity. As a spiritual leader, the pastor should shape the congregation's picture of spiritual maturity. If he implies maturity means having all the answers, he will lead church members to a frustrating spiritual journey away from Christ and full of false expectations. Instead, the pastor should show the congregation an example of how a Christ-follower admits his limitations, leans on Christ and boasts in the cross.
Those aren't lessons that are learned overnight, but they can begin to be taught today. So the next time you (the pastor) are asked which eschatological theory is correct (as if you understand them all to begin with), where the dinosaurs fit into the biblical narrative (as if you have a time-travel machine) or—my personal favorite—where a certain verse is found (as if you are a walking concordance), take great joy in saying, "I don't know."
After seven years of pastoring, Scott Attebery was selected as the executive director of DiscipleGuide Church Reources, a department of the Baptist Missionary Association of America. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Bible from Central Baptist College, a Master of Divinity from the BMA Theological Seminary and is a candidate for a Doctorate of Ministry from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. You can read his blog at ScottAttebery.com.
For the original article, visit pastors.com.
Written by Scott Attebery


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The Democrats' Rough Re-entry Into Reality
By Ron Ross
The American Spectator : The Democrats' Rough Re-entry Into Reality
If Obama loses, will they resist blaming him for their own demise?
Is there a limit to self-delusion? And if there is, what happens when the limit is exceeded?
New York Times columnist Gail Collins began her column last week as follows, "When Democrats run into each other on elevators, they exchange glances and sigh. Or make little whimpering sounds." She went on to observe that "Democrats are going bipolar. Democrats spend all their waking hours thinking about the swing states. If Wisconsin starts looking wobbly, their day is ruined." It makes you wonder what their days are going to be like if Obama loses the actual election.
Liberals are angry and frustrated with Obama. He, however, is not the real object of their anger. Someone once observed, "Our strongest anger is reserved for ourselves." (If you doubt that, just ask any golfer.) Liberals are angry and frustrated with themselves because they bought into the fantasy of Barack Obama.
For the past four years conservatives have been asking themselves, "Why can't more people see what a fraud this guy is?" That may be an impossible question to answer, but the population of those who see him for who and what he is seems to be growing.
One of the things that makes Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" such an enduring parable is how it is both absurd and painfully true. The emperor was naked, but no one wanted to be the first to admit it. A kind of mass hysteria affected the citizens. Once a child spoke the obvious truth, the delusion was shattered. If there were not a lot of truth about human nature reflected in the story, it wouldn't be such a classic.
Obama's nakedness is not physical but rather intellectual. Time magazine's Joe Klein said recently, "Anyone who says Barack Obama is not intelligent is either crazy or bigoted." What makes Klein so certain that Obama is intelligent? The evidence is all in the opposite direction. Forrest Gump famously said, "Stupid is as stupid does." The corollary is also true. Smart is as smart does. Was choosing Joe Biden as someone to be a heartbeat away from the presidency a smart decision? If you think so, you need to watch the video of last week's vice-presidential debate.
Another reality that may be penetrating the liberals' self-delusion shield is the Benghazi debacle. It's been said that a liberal is someone who will not take his own side in a fight. A perfect example of that perverse attitude is how Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Susan Rice were all so eager to take the terrorists' side in the attacks on our embassies. They used the strongest possible words in condemning the obscure video and its creator. Ms. Clinton said the video was "disgusting and reprehensible" and "truly abhorrent." By blaming the video so vehemently they effectively implied the attackers were justified. They took the terrorists' side in the fight. They basically said, "We totally understand why you wanted to kill our ambassador. You don't like America; neither do we."
Democrats ridiculed Clint Eastwood for his empty chair speech at the Republican National Convention. In retrospect his metaphor appears to have been spot-on. Eastwood later observed that "Obama is the biggest hoax ever committed on the American people."
Even if some Democrats are seeing the hollow reality of Barack Obama for the first time, it's unlikely to affect their overall mind-set. When a liberal has a choice between fantasy and reality, he will choose fantasy every time. There's no reason to think that will change anytime soon.


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I'm not going to get obsessive about the movie, and thank you but no, a few updates does NOT make me obsessed. But, I thought that it was interesting that the movie has switched location from Falmouth, England to Glasgow and other locations in Scotland (until the end of August 2011). Apparently, filming also took place in Continue reading
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Just found this news bite.
Thought I'd post it for those folks still accessing/reading my World War Z book notes, and who, like myself, is interested in the upcoming movie adaptation.
Brad Pitt's zombie film set to invade Cornwall, England
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World War Z movie news; and about time too!
WARNING: This post is highly opinionated and is likely to be taken with a pinch of salt and a spoonful of sugar. Thank you for your attention and feel free to ignore the majority of my ranting at your discretion.
MTV Movies Blog apparently had an exclusive scoop (not sure on the exclusivity side of that claim) about the World War Z movie.
It can be found at this link.
All I can say is that it took "them" long enough.
I can remember the author, the brilliant Max Brooks, saying that J. Michael Straczynski, was writing A script but then it all went dead (no pun intended) after that. Continue reading
World War Z notes; Goodbyes chapters 11, 12 & 13. The End.
Disclaimer: notes transcribed as is, no editing has been made so as to preserve my original feelings as I read the chapter.
Part 8, Goodbyes; Chapter 11, Jurgen Warmbrunn.
I was in the "Kindertransport," the last chance to get Jewish children out of Germany. That was the last time I saw any of my family alive.
I can understand why he was a part of this task force, as a German Jew he would want to save as many of his people as possible, but why only Jewish children?
Colour me stupid if you wish, but given the circumstances, wouldn't it be more advantageous to save as many children as possible? regardless of their creed, nationality or shoe size?
But then, maybe that's just me.
It's interesting to read about his comparisons between WWZ survivors and those who survived the Holocaust of WWII.
I've heard it said that the Holocaust has no survivors, that even those who managed to remain technically alive were so irreparably damaged…
All things considered, the survivors of WWZ had the easier deal compared to the few Holocaust survivors.
Zombies don't care whom they eat. They are completely unprejudiced.
Can't say the same for the Nazi SS though. Continue reading this post
World War Z notes; Goodbyes chapters 8, 9 & 10
Disclaimer: notes transcribed as is, no editing has been made so as to preserve my original feelings as I read the chapter.
Part 8, Goodbyes; Chapter 8, Arthur Sinclair, Junior.
Arthur has gone from very important job-role, running DeStRes, to becoming a money cop. His job is no less undesirable or difficult, probably more on both counts. I can't quite get my head 'round the amount of work this man has to do both now and in the foreseeable future.
It seems he is trying, and possibly succeeding, in regaining faith in the American dollar & the banks. People are starting to move their hard-earned cash (pre & post war) from their Havanan havens to banks on in their home country.
Part of Arthur's new job is to sort out the honest folk from those who are not so honest in their financial acquisitions.
Not exactly an envious job and one that very few individuals are any good at. Luckily, Arthur is not only trusted but reliably trustworthy and as a former SEC chairman, he knows the ropes. No need for re-training like with his former DeStRes job.
Of all the jobs I've done, being a money cop was best.
One of the more satisfying job-related moments has yet to come, though he is anticipating it.
Breckinridge Scott, yes, the Phalanx king, still hiding like a rat in his Antarctic Fortress of Scumditude.
A lot of people back home are waiting to see him, particularly the IRS.
[He grins and rubs his hands together.]
World War Z notes; Goodbyes chapters 4, 5, 6 & 7
Disclaimer: notes transcribed as is, no editing has been made so as to preserve my original feelings as I read the chapter.
Part 8, Goodbyes; Chapter 4, Jesika Hendricks.
This young woman has lost her family, and yet tries not to think bitter thoughts. I'd like to think that makes her a good person, or at the very least, a compassionate person.
No, maybe being compassionate is the better deal.
Being a good person relies too heavily on what other people think of you as a person, defined by society's rules.
Compassion may be what allows her to continue to help clearing Canada's lands of dismembered body parts, regardless of her own personal tragedy.
Part 8, Goodbyes; Chapter 5, Mary Jo Miller.
Considering pre-war, Mary was just another typical mother/worker, she's shown herself to be a smart lassie.
Yeah, she helped build & manage Troy but her views; she accepts her share of the blame, for the mismanagement of those early days. She and her family were one of those that bought into Phalanx, she believed in the fallacy of a cure.
She knows different now and it shows in her final comments.
At least we're cleaning up our own mess, and maybe that's the best epitaph to hope for. "Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess."
World War Z notes; Goodbyes chapters 1, 2 & 3
Disclaimer: notes transcribed as is, no editing has been made so as to preserve my original feelings as I read the chapter.
Part 8, Goodbyes; Chapter 1, "the Whacko".
Whatever the Whacko's real name may be (or whomever he is based upon) he isn't a Whacko as you might think.
This goodbye is merely a case in point.
For America the war is over, at least on paper, and Whacko believes that people have a right to try and reclaim their lives. It's just the American way, he reckons, but I think it's more than that. In order to rebuild a way of life you have to start in the home. In the same way that charity starts in the home, lives need to be rebuilt. Children need to be taught & loved. All the while, maintaining constant vigilance over the ever-present threat.
Of course volunteers came forward, they had a choice.
If America hadn't declared the war over, perhaps more people would have been disgruntled & reluctant to help or join the UN multinational force.
Choice is powerful thing, take it away & people lose hope, worse, they lose their humanity & compassion.
Yep, methinks the Whacko knew what he was doing, knew it was time to celebrate a victory.
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Preparation time: 15
Cooking time: 2 hour 30 mins
Difficulty: Easy - for beginners
Serves: 12 to 14 servings
1/2 bunch thyme, leaves only
1/2 bunch fresh sage, leaves only
2 cloves garlic, gently smashed and paper removed
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil
10 pounds pork rib roast (about 12 to 14 ribs)
Apple Pecan Stuffing, recipe follows
Gravy, recipe follows
Watercress, for garnish, optional
Special equipment: roasting pan fitted with roasting rack
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Set rack on the bottom third of the oven so the roast will fit completely inside.
In a small mixing bowl or mortar and pestle, combine thyme, sage, garlic, and salt and pepper, to taste, and mash to break up herbs and garlic. Add oil, about 1 cup, and combine with pestle.
Take crown roast of pork and if your butcher hasn't already prepared it, clean the bones of meat with a boning knife (French them) and make a small cut into the meat in between each rib so you can wrap it into a circle easily; save the scraps. Rub the pork all over with the herb mixture. With the ribs on the outside, wrap the rack around onto itself so the ends meet and secure with kitchen twine so it holds its crown shape. *Cook's note: if you are doing this by yourself, using a skewer to help hold its shape while you wrap the kitchen twine around the roast.
Place in a roasting pan. Add the scraps into the bottom of the pan alongside the roast. This will help add flavor to your sauce. Set aside to bring the pork to room temperature prior to cooking.
Fill the cavity with Apple Pecan Stuffing.
Cover the stuffing and the tips of the rib bones with foil then place the whole roast in the oven and bake for 2 hours and 20 minutes, an instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should register 150 degrees F when done. About 30 to 45 minutes prior to doneness, remove the foil to brown the stuffing and create a crust. Remove from the oven, loosely cover with foil and allow to rest for 30 minutes before cutting. Serve with Apple Pecan Stuffing and Gravy. Garnish with watercress, if desired.


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In MS Windows it is possible to set custom file properties of a file (try the following: Right click on the file, open "Properties", select tab "Custom", insert name and value of the property). I'm searching for a possibilty to do this in (Visual) C++ code!
For that reason I tried to use the IStorage, IPropertyStorage, IPropertySetStorage with "Open(FMTID_UserDefinedProperties" similar as descibed in MS knowledge base (see How To Read Compound Document Properties Directly with VC++). This works fine for reading(!) the custom properities, but I didn't succeed in writing(!) new custom values to the file. For other properties (e.g. writing summary informations) everything works fine. Is someone here who can help me?