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A former "Melrose Place" actress who was driving drunk when her SUV plowed into another car, killing a woman, was convicted Tuesday of vehicular homicide and jailed after her bail was revoked. She was acquitted of a more serious charge of aggravated manslaughter.
Amy Locane-Bovenizer, 40, had sought to shift blame for the fatal accident to a third motorist whose car she had rear-ended and who had been pursuing the actress, and also to the husband of the car accident victim for making what witnesses said was a slow turn in front of her SUV.
But the conviction on a charge of death by auto, also known as vehicular homicide, was as a matter of law a "rejection of that defense," Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Murphy said following the verdict.
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Locane-Bovenizer's blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit when the crash occurred in 2010 on a dark two-lane road in Montgomery Township, in central New Jersey, according to evidence presented at the trial.
The defense did not dispute she was drunk, arguing only that she should not be held criminally responsible.
Locane-Bovenizer, who did not testify at the trial, appeared in 13 episodes of TV's "Melrose Place" and in movies including "Cry-Baby," ''School Ties" and "Secretary."
She faces five to 10 years in prison on the vehicular homicide count and must serve a minimum of 85 percent of that sentence without parole. She also faces three to five years in prison for her conviction on a second count of assault by auto, which stemmed from injuries she caused the husband of the woman killed in the crash. Sentencing was set for March 1; motor vehicle charges are also pending.
Helene Seeman, 60, was killed in the accident, and her husband, Fred Seeman, was seriously injured. He was turning their car into their driveway when Locane-Bovenizer's SUV slammed into them.
"This is a sad day for the Seeman Family. There were no winners declared by the verdict. There are only losers," Murphy said. "A husband lost his dear wife; his two children lost their mother; and Helene's mother lost her daughter. That loss can never be rectified by a verdict."
The trial began in early October, with more than 50 witnesses taking the stand. Murphy said the Somerset County prosecutor's office was committed to spend "whatever public funds were necessary to match the financial resources available to the defense team."
To prove her guilty of aggravated manslaughter, the prosecution had to show Locane-Bovenizer not only caused Seeman's death, but also that she did so under circumstances showing extreme indifference to human life and by acting recklessly.
A mother of two living in Hopewell Township and acting in community theater, Locane-Bovenizer had begun drinking the night of the accident at a cast party, testimony showed. Witnesses said she also drank at a barbecue she later attended with her family before leaving on her own.
The defense sought to place much of the blame on the accident on the third motorist, Maureen Ruckelshaus, who was pursuing Locane-Bovenizer after being rear-ended.
Ruckelshaus said she had told the clearly intoxicated driver to turn off her SUV, but that the woman drove off.
"I knew how drunk she was," Ruckelshaus testified. "My reaction was, 'Oh my God, I have to figure out a way to get her to pull over.'"
The defense portrayed Ruckelshaus as a vigilante who frightened the former actress by trying to grab her keys from the ignition and then giving chase. The defense said Locane-Bovenizer even offered Ruckelshaus her cellphone to call police.
Ruckelshaus denied reaching in for the keys. "I said, 'I don't want your cellphone. ... I want you to turn your car off,'" she testified.
Ruckelshaus followed the former actress for about four miles, with both going about the speed limit of 35 mph for most of the way until a car in front of them moved out of the way and Locane-Bovenizer accelerated to more than 50 mph just prior to the crash, according to evidence presented at the trial.


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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 11 8:09 pm Post subject: Natural Beekeeping in West Wales
Hi. We are planning on getting our first bees this year and want to use Warre hives. The only beekeepers I have had contact with locally so far are using National hives. Lots of offers of help, but not with top bar hives! I had a fantastic day today looking in a hive with a local keeper, but I really want to try Natural Beekeeping.
Is there anyone keeping bees in Warre hives near Drefach Felindre / Newcastle Emlyn who might be up for offering a bit of moral support to a complete beginner?
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 11 4:43 pm Post subject:
Hmm...there's a well-respected very experienced Warre beekeeper on the N Wales coast...not sure if he does courses, a Warre hive (maybe 2?) in the Montgomery Beekeepers' training apiary near us.
...You'd be very welcome to join my network (see my sig) and ask there although most have horizontal top bar hives not Warre. Be interesting to hear why you want to go that route.
Also there's the Biobees forum..worth a post or two in there.
It's proving to be an odd season so far, I've so far had a request from an Irish beginner wanting bees for a Warre (we're in mid-Wales!) and for 100 Caucasian queens....um, right, maybe a few blacks later in the season, but...
Good luck
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 11 8:00 pm Post subject:
I was inspired by reading the Bee-friendly Beekeeper by David Heaf, which I think is the beekeeper in N wales you were refering to. I have since read the translation of Warre's The People Hive, as well as several books on beekeeping with framed hives. The Warre ideas seem to fit in with our general philosophy and the way we run other aspects of our small holding.
So I would like to give it a try, but as I said, so far I have only spoken to beekeepers using National hives, some of whom are very skeptical about Warres to say the least! I would like to have a chat with someone succesfully using Warre hives to get a bit of confidence, especially with setting up. I will try some of the other forums. By the way, I can't see the link to your forum - maybe because I am using a Blackberry?
Thanks for your help!
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 11 11:25 pm Post subject:
Doesn;t Tavascarow have Warres ? He's in Cornwall, though.
ETA : have you had a look at the Sticky at the top of the Apiary forum, 'videos on top-bar beekeeping' ?
Or are you really wanting a real-life bee-keeping 'mentor' in your area ?
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 11 4:08 am Post subject:
Doesn;t Tavascarow have Warres ? He's in Cornwall, though.
ETA : have you had a look at the Sticky at the top of the Apiary forum, 'videos on top-bar beekeeping' ?
Or are you really wanting a real-life bee-keeping 'mentor' in your area ?
I'm in the process of converting to horizontal top bar hives & experimenting with running conventional national & commercial hives with top bars instead of frames (in a Warre style/method) but no Warres.
There is a dedicated Warre beekeeping
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Natural Beekeeping forum
Finding a mentor is the hardest part, but will hopefully get easier, as these alternative beekeeping methods become more popular.
My advice would be to go it alone or recruit others to the cause & learn together, & not be afraid to ask questions online.
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 11 6:38 am Post subject:
I was ideally looking for a real-life mentor. Given the amount of low impact happenings in this bit of Wales, I thought there was a chance there might be someone using Warre or similar around here!
I have joined the yahoo group and will look at the other forum - then probably just go for it!
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 11 10:49 am Post subject:
is our small-but-growing forum. You don't see sigs if you view as a guest.
I'm not sure about philosophy when it comes to beekeeping...eg. Steiner's beekeeping theories are so off from the reality of how a colony naturally works as to be embarrassing. If you get low-swarming non-aggressive locally-adapted bees to start with and your local drones are similar then you are off to a very lucky start.
The issue that seems to worry many about leave-alone Warre systems is the monitoring for brood diseases, varroa and no doubt small hive beetle soon. And who knows what after that
htbh can be operated similarly "hands off" and with an inspection window you could monitor quite well without even lifting the lid. There are also quite a lot of beekeepers who can offer some help on these hives (including Tavarascow and me). There are also loads of videos around and when you do look inside a tbh especially if you use inspection cloths the bees need hardly know you are there. Any system that uses vertical boxes is less manageable in that respect and squashing bees does upset them.
The bees like the htbh system. We have commercials too which we are moving to foundationless (yes, bees do take time to learn this), the bees are the same but those in the tbh more laid back in general and a puff of sugar or peppermint water depending on the time of year is all that's usually needed.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 11 12:32 pm Post subject:
There is a group locally to you/me/us h.c but I can't find the details of it at the mo. If you can give me a few days I'll try and dig them out. I don't think they *do* on-line stuff. I went on one of their basic day-long courses
ago - it wasn't that far away.
Now our scaffolding has finally been taken down, I'm hoping to get bees myself this year. Perhaps we could start our own group?
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 11 12:48 pm Post subject:
I'd be up for this. Trouble is you are not that local though.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 11 7:06 pm Post subject:
I am also interested and I am very local.......will pm you
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 17 2:05 pm Post subject:
I know this is a very old post but its the closest to what I am looking for. I have just done a warre bee keeping course and am hoping to start keeping bees in this way next year. And I would love to have a local mentor. I am on the west coast of Wales, between Aberaeron and Aberystwyth. Is there anyone nearby who can help me? Thank you!
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hi and welcome , i cant help with the bee stuff but i think we still have beeks out west.
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 17 9:25 pm Post subject:
I've got jamanda to prod Cathryn who lives round there. Apparently she'll drop in on Friday and enlighten you.
Welcome aboard.
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 17 11:59 am Post subject:
I've got jamanda to prod Cathryn who lives round there. Apparently she'll drop in on Friday and enlighten you.
Welcome aboard.
Thank you! That is great
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 17 4:41 am Post subject:
Sorry, I was poked about this when I was away so it slipped my mind. There is a local Beekeeping Association that meets regularly in Aberystwyth. A very friendly and informed group of people who are always happy to mentor and help people get going. I haven't been for a year (Bees died this Spring.
) but there was someone with Warre's and some with topbars including me.
I will probably rejoin soon, see you there!
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Freezing conditions for annual Polar Bear Swim | Photos
The annual Polar Bear Swim took place in chilly conditions at Boat Harbour in Tasmania on the weekend.
Extremities tingle, heart rates increase and skin goes blue.
For many, a cold water dip is a thing to be avoided at all costs, but on Saturday a crowd braved the winter waters in a communal celebration of the year's shortest day.
With a very clear no wetsuit rule, the Winter Solstice Polar Bear Swim was held to raise money for the Boat Harbour Surf Club.
There were some interesting characters running into the ocean.
Two 50 metre courses were marked out on the day, one for waders and the other for those willing to get their hair wet.
After the fun everyone enjoyed a pot luck dinner.
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First to finish the translation, then edits, then more of same. I rush through routines and sandwiches with pbj and edits, and the weeks just slip by. But this one Sunday in January we managed to sneak in a trip to the park to go sledding. Here's the robotfighter and his beloved Tante Line.
And me? Why didn't I go sledding?
Well, behind the little polar expedition hero, that's me at the bottom of the slope, drinking coffee with my mother. I'm the red bell-shaped one.
Tick, tock. The race is on!
In other news, this made me cry today:
The Little Hands of Asphalt - Fitzcaraldo from APPARATET on Vimeo.
It's one of the bands my brother plays in. So good.


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Christopher Street was probably one of the greatest blocks I ever lived, despite minor details like the size of my room (I had a futon for a bed... the room's only sleep solution). For me, forfeiting size was well worth living amongst the energy, liveliness, and often bizarre sights of the street below my fourth-floor walkup.
All New Yorkers know far too well that this city changes in a minute. Five years later, my West Village digs are no longer lined with the signature neighborhood swag of local coffee brewers and quirky sex shops. But in some weird fate and luck for my palette, three of my very favorite restaurants survived and still hold their Christopher Street digs.
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Nearly any dish is delicious at this Thai joint, but the dish that's always a crowd favorite is "The Basil." Choose your choice of chicken, steak, shrimp, or tofu and hot or medium spice. Their summer Strawberry Mojito cocktail is also incredibly refreshing.
649 Washington St / West Village
Housemade noodles are as rich as their sauce-y counterparts, and recently, the parpadelle special with mushrooms, truffle oil, and white wine sauce had my whole table licking the bowl clean.
94 Christopher St / West Village
I love the Calamares appetizer--fresh baby calamari grilled with garlic and lemon olive oil on top of arugula. Any meat entree is delicious and I can still taste the side of plantains from my first visit. Top it with some house sangria. Cheers!
Even after years of tasting the best food this country has to offer, there's really nothing like "home" cooking.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – On a night where it seemed nothing would go right, the Tigers turned it around at the halftime break to post numerous season and career highs; in a monumental win over Memphis.
Tennessee State (6-11, 2-4) was led by junior Naomi Wells, who continued her hot streak after earning the OVC Offensive Player of the Week award. The outside hitter posted her seventh double-double of the season, with 19 kills and 19 digs. Junior Sherryce Butler also posted a double-double, picking up 12 kills and 10 block assists. Butler's 10 block assists marked a career high for the Lexington, Ky. native.
Butler and Wells both posted a career high in attacks with 49 and 73 respectively. Freshman Arijana Anderson also posted a career high in attacks with 49 connecting for thirteen kills.
Senior setter Erika Moss continued her stellar play for the Tigers with 47 assists and 21 digs to give TSU its third double-double of the game.
The fifth set began with Memphis (9-10) taking the early 1-0 advantage; both teams traded points with Memphis regaining the lead, 4-3. TSU used a 3-0 run to take their first lead of the decisive fifth set, 6-4. Memphis answered with a 3-0 blitz of their own to grab the lead back at 7-6. Two straight points from Tennessee State gave the road warriors an 8-7 lead at the switch, after a junior Taylor Swayer Kill.
Memphis equalized the score at nine off of an attack error. Tennessee State used a 3-0 span to grab a controlling, 12-9 lead, highlighted by a service ace from junior Jamie Cooper. Memphis countered with two straight kills forcing TSU to call a timeout, leading 12-11.
The timeout gave the Tigers the jolt they needed, with TSU answering with two straight Arijana Anderson kills and putting TSU within one point of claiming the match at 14-12. The next play, Naomi Wells came up with a huge block to give Tennessee State the huge non-conference win, 3-2.
In the first set Memphis took an early 7-4 lead capitalizing on Tennessee State miscues. TSU battled back to stay in the match trading points in the early goings. Tennessee State cut the Memphis lead to just one at 15-14 with a Butler and Wells combo block.
Memphis' lead swelled back up to three at 19-16, two straight TSU points trimmed the lead back down to one. Memphis closed on a 6-2 run to take the opening set, 25-21. Butler finished the set with three kills and two blocks.
Memphis began the second set where it left off in the first opening with a 5-2 run to take the lead early. Tennessee State cut the lead to a single point four times, the latest coming at 12-11. A block from Anderson and Butler gave the match its first tie of the night at 12-12. Butler followed up her block with a kill on the next point giving Tennessee State its first lead of the match.
The two teams traded the lead knotting the score on nine different occasions. Tennessee State took the lead, 22-21, after a Wells kill. Memphis followed up the kill with a timeout to regroup. After the timeout Memphis rattled off three straight points, moving just one point away, 24-22, from taking the second set.
Tennessee State used a timeout of their own after the rally, but Memphis closed out the set on the following point, 25-22. The set was highlighted by a four kill performance from Wells that included a service ace.
The Tigers opened up the third set on a tear taking the early 7-3 lead aided by two kills apiece from Butler and Wells. Memphis raced back with a 5-0 run to regain the lead, 8-7. The Memphis lead would swell to as many as six, 21-15.
Tennessee State wouldn't go down without rallying with a 7-0 run to take the lead, 22-21, with Naomi Wells tallying four kills in the span. Both teams battled to tie the match at 25 all. The Tigers would take the next two points to win the set and cut into Memphis lead, 2-1.
Memphis grabbed the early 10-7 lead in the third stanza. Coach Kathy Roulhac's team clawed its way back in to the match knotted the set at 11 with back-to-back kills from Anderson. Butler followed up with two points of her own off of a kill and a block. The 4-0 run from Tennessee State resulted in a Memphis timeout. Out of the stop in action Memphis connected on consecutive points to even the score at 13 all.
Both TSU and Memphis would trade points out after the home team tied the score. An attack error by Memphis gave Tennessee State a two point lead, 21-19, late. The American Conference team would level the score at 23. Memphis connected on the next point closing within one point of taking the set. TSU used a timeout to rally the troops and the Tigers answered with three straight points to take the set, including two from Wells on a block and a kill.
TSU returns to action with a pair of home OVC contests this weekend beginning Friday against UT Martin at 7 p.m. The Tigers close out the weekend against Southeast Missouri on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.


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I've gathered that it's "common knowledge" (at least among people who think about such things) that studying a (smooth) algebraic group G, as an algebraic group, is in some sense the same as studying BG as an algebraic stack. Can somebody explain why this is true (and to what extent it is true)? I can get as far as seeing that quasi-coherent sheaves on BG are the same as representations of G, but it feels like there's more to it.
In particular, Scott Carnahan mentioned here that deformations of BG as an algebraic stack should correspond exactly to deformations of G as an algebraic group. I assume this means that any deformation of BG must be of the form BG', where G' is a deformation of G (as a group). It's clear to me that such a BG' is a deformation, but why should these be the only deformations?


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Unlike dining where each diner is served pre-determined portions at the beginning of the meal or each course, Chinese dining is communal. While each person receives a small bowl of rice, all main dishes are placed in the center of the table, usually on a rotating "lazy Susan." Diners dish out small portions of the main plates as dinner progresses. The two main components are carbohydrates (such as rice, noodles, or dumplings) and accompanying dishes, consisting of meats, vegetables, or fish. Soup is often served after the main dishes are finished. Lastly, for formal banquets, fruit slices, usually watermelon and oranges, are placed on the table. Common beverages include hot tea, water, orange juice, cola, sprite, and beer.
I loved to hangout at Barbarossa. It is this lounge that has hookahs, food and drinks in the middle of a lake in the middle of People's Park. Just imagine a hookah bar/lounge/restaurant located in the middle of central park surrounded by a lake and you get the idea. --Alice
If you're a fan of Latin dancing, definitely don't miss Zapata's. While their free Salsa lessons can be really basic for more advanced dancers, it's a really fun way to meet new people. It's just intriguing to be a part of a Salsa lesson in Shanghai! --Erica
Bar Rouge was where I found NYC nightlife in Shanghai. The crowd and the view are beautiful, the music is great, and the bar is literally on fire the entire night. Bar Rouge is definitely one of the best scenes on the Bund. --Melissa
Expat entertainment is usually a little more expensive than local places, but a ton of English-speaking people are around and it's always interesting to meet people with different backgrounds. I've definitely run into a few NYU professors and administrators and met people from my hometown of Vancouver, Canada who I shared mutual friends with! --Katherine
China has plenty of vegetarian dishes to offer. Just make sure that the dishes you order do not use animal-based oils or broths in preparation. Some recommendations from previous vegetarian NYU students traveling to China include:
Some vegetarians had trouble finding "actual" vegetarian food. For example, the waiter might bring out an eggplant dish with tiny shrimp sprinkled on top, even after specifically ordering "No meat." Sometimes, you just have to laugh it off and reorder. Or, if you are fine with picking out shrimp, that works too!
When traveling to smaller cities, whether on group travels or individually, however, students may be dismayed to find a lack of vegetarian options and an excess of exotic meats such as dog, pig testicles, frog legs, snakes, and so on. Make it an adventure, and stay open-minded.
|Pin Yin
|xiǎo lóng bāo
|Soup dumplings (Shanghai specialty)
|yáng ròu chuàn
|Lamb kebobs (typical of Xinjiang)
|fān qié chǎo dàn
|Fried tomatoes and scrambled eggs
|sān sī fàn
|Three shredded veggies over rice
|gōng bǎo jī dīng
|Kung Pao chicken
|má pó dòu fu
|Tofu in chili sauce
|Sì chuān huǒ guo
|Sichuan hot pot
|jiè lán niú ròu
|Beef with broccoli
|Běi jīng kǎo ya
|Peking Duck
|qīng zhēng yu
|Fish steamed in broth
|Mài dāng láo
|Kěn dé ji
|Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
|Bì shèng Ke
|Pizza Hut


text: The imaginative and wild Diana and her more staid best friend, Maureen, find themselves prisoners in their own high school when a senseless act of violence erupts within their sleepy Connecticut suburb. Fifteen years later, the adult Diana is still haunted by the unthinkable events they faced together. The adult Diana has made a picture perfect life for herself. Her husband Paul, whom she met in high school, is a professor at the local college. Her daughter, Emma, is on the cusp of young adulthood and is starting to show signs that she's inherited Diana's wild streak. It was Diana's wild streak that brought Diana and Maureen together, and the memory of their friendship torments the older Diana, especially as the 15-year anniversary of the incident approaches. Diana finds her current life falling apart--her husband is increasingly absent, her daughter has taken to hiding from teachers, and her own grip on reality is starting to falter.


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Using Accordance to Teach a Bible Study, Part 3
In this series of posts, I've been relating how I used Accordance's Slide Show feature to teach a Bible study on the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. I began by creating separate workspace tabs for each passage I wanted to read. Next I added a tab with a map showing the location of Mount Carmel and the political boundaries at the time. Today I want to show how I added tabs for the various images I wanted to display.
First, I wanted to show photos of Mount Carmel itself. The best place to find location photos is the Bible Lands PhotoGuide, and for me the best way to access the PhotoGuide is by double-clicking a place name on the map. (You can link the PhotoGuide to the Atlas in this way in the Map Tab Display settings of the Preferences.)
As I scanned the PhotoGuide article on Mount Carmel, I found several photos I wanted to show: a view of the summit, a photo of the Mukhraka monastery which commemorates Elijah's showdown there, an area below the summit where the people might have stood, etc. Clicking on one of the thumbnails will open a picture tab containing the full-size picture.
Picture tabs are usually recycled, which means that if I go back to the PhotoGuide and click a second thumbnail, that same tab will be re-used to display the new picture. Recycling windows avoids a proliferation of unwanted tabs, but when you're preparing a workspace for a slide show, you want a separate tab showing each picture you want to display. You can turn recycling off in any tab by clicking the green recycle icon at the top right. So to open a number of separate Picture tabs, you could click a PhotoGuide thumbnail, disable the recycling of the tab, return to the PhotoGuide, click another thumbnail to open a new picture tab, disable the recycling of that tab, and so on.
Now, you know there's got to be a more streamlined workflow than that, right? Here's the shortcut: simply command-click a picture thumbnail to open it in a picture tab with recycling turned off. That way you can simply command-click multiple thumbnails in the PhotoGuide to open each picture in a separate tab. Using this trick, you can very quickly assemble the picture slides of your slide show. Give it a try.
In my next post, I'll show how I found additional pictures in other resources.


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by Nathan Lerner
He's only 13 years old, but Kyle Rosenberg is already making important contributions to his community. The Plymouth Meeting resident was integrally involved in the "Get Your Rear in Gear Philadelphia," sponsored by the Colon Cancer Coalition, that took place last Sunday. The imaginatively titled event was a fundraiser for colorectal cancer research. Starting at the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps by the Rocky statue, the event involved both a 5K run/walk as well as a more daunting 10K component.
(Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. About 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year, and it affects men and women equally. Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the early stages have a 90 percent chance for a cure and survival.)
Last year, in anticipation of his impending Bar Mitzvah, Kyle was looking for a special project, "I wanted to find something that had meaning to me." Kyle's grandfather and uncle had both passed away from colon cancer, and his mother, Randi, is a survivor of the disease. He explained, "I wanted to raise awareness for colon cancer because it has taken special people from my life. So I felt if I did the walk and raised money for research, more people would be aware and get their testing done on time.
"My biggest challenge was trying to figure out who I wanted to reach out to and the best way to do it. I decided to send an email out to my family and friends telling them why I was doing this walk and asked them to sponsor me." His efforts paid off as he raised nearly $900 in sponsorship money. "One of my Bar Mitzvah gifts was a donation for $180 for me to pick the charity of my choice. I sent it to Dr. Scott Goldstein at Jefferson Hospital for colon cancer research since he is my mom's doctor.
"It made me feel good that I could raise money to create awareness. It also made me think more about my mom and everything she had gone through. I know my grandfather would be so proud of me if he was here."
Kyle's mother is also quite proud. "It was wonderful that Kyle was able to collect money to fight this disease, and I was very happy to walk with him on the day of the event. It meant a lot to me that he wanted his mitzvah project to be about this. If there was ever something to signal how much your child cares about you, this was it."
Kyle is mindful of the perils of colorectal cancer. "People should go to their doctors and have all the necessary tests. My mom has had surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. I watched her being sick. I wouldn't want to see another one of my family members go through that. It's important to get tested early and not put it off."
Currently a seventh grader at Colonial Middle School, Kyle plans to stay involved with the "Get Your Rear in Gear Philadelphia" event for many years to come. "I hope to stay involved until a cure has been found!"
(Ed. Note: Kristin Tabor, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded the Colon Cancer Coalition to honor the memory of her sister, Susie Lindquist-Mjelde, a wife, mother of three young children and avid runner. Susie died of colon cancer in August of 2002 at 46. To honor her sister's love of running, Kristin organized the first "Get Your Rear in Gear" 5K Run/Walk in Minneapolis in March, 2005. Kristin founded the Colon Cancer Coalition to fund and organize "Get Your Rear in Gear" events across the country and to partner with other existing colon cancer organizations. This year, Colon Cancer Coalition events were held in over 30 locations around the country, including Philadelphia.)
Nathan Lerner is actively involved in civic and cultural affairs. He welcomes feedback at mailto: email@example.com.


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Lesson 19: Muhammad, the Radiance that shone forth in the Darkness
The World before Islam
The chaotic situation of the world prior to Islam is clearly reflected in the accurate mirror of history. The outline of decline, oppression, bloodshed, idol-worship is evident in this mirror.
Before Islam, it was as if mankind was leaning over the edge of the precipice of ruin and destruction, and there was the fear that at any moment it could roll down and be annihilated in it.
The Religions and Beliefs of the People
a) In the Arabian Peninsula
The Arabs prior to Islam were committed in their hearts to idols, and what they saw around themselves with their own eyes they made into idols. Not only did they lower their heads and prostrate before them, but they donated everything had, even gifts of agricultural produce, to their idols1.
They believed that apart from the life of this world there was no other life2. Obviously those who did not see the wretchedness of their idols whom they had chosen as their gods could not grasp the idea and truth of the resurrection.
So it was no wonder that they fumed the House, which Hazrat Ibrahim had built at the command of and in the name of Allah into brightly coloured quarters for their idols.
As for the origins of idol-worship in the Hijaz, some believe that the first person to introduce it was 'Amr ibn Luhayy. Alwrites in his history: "He (ibn Luhayy) journeyed to Syria and saw all of the inhabitants worshipping idols. When he asked about the virtues of the idols, they told him, 'They have befriended us, and they bring down rain for us.' He took a liking to them and asked them to give him an idol. They gave him &teal and he took him to Mecca." Ibn Hisham writes that 'Amr ibn Luhayy brought this idol from Mu'ab (Iraq). In any case, Hubab was the most famous of the gods in the Ka'bah: he was built in the form of man, and holy arrows, which the diviners used for casting auguries, were set in front of him.
The influence of idol-worship grew to the point where idols were built in the form of animals, plants, men, jinn angels and stars; even stones were the objects of worship.
'Lat' was in Ta'il in the form of a cubic stone, and had a special field and meadow near Taif which was a holy place, and cutting trees, hunting and the spilling of blood were not lawful in its vicinity; the people of Mecca and other places made pilgrimage to it.
Uzza was a very powerful god equivalent to the planet Venus and was situated in Nakhlah east of Mecca, and was worshipped there It was given much more honour than the other idols. The sanctuary of Uzza took the form of three trees and human sacrifices were offered to it.
Manat was the god of predestination, and its original place of worship was a black stone at Qudayd (on the road between Mecca and Medina). It belonged especially to the tribes of Aws and Khazraj3.
These gods were female and were like angels.
Ba'l was the embodiment of the spirit of wells and underground waters.
Sometimes a well with clean, invigorating water became wore- in the dry desert.
A cave, when it had connections with the gods and the underground powers, was also sanctified. The temple of Ghabghab in Nakhlah (see above) was in such a place.
Dhat Anwat, from which things were hung, was in Nakhlah and in some years the Meccan made pilgrimage there.
Dhu sh-Shard was respected in the form of a heap of black shining cubic stones.
The spirit of arable lands was the god of good works and sacrifices had to be made to it. The spirit of barren land was a wicked devil who had to be avoided.
They had idols made of wood or metal or stones with no definite form round which they made several turns whenever they went into their houses, and from which they took permission when they went out on a journey and then took with themselves.
The town of Harran where Ibrahim had started his campaign against star-worship, was the centre of the Sabaeans. In this town, stars were the object of veneration. Belief in the stars and in the connection between the movements of the stars and earthly destiny was very strong. Each star was the god of one event. Images of Mars, Jupiter, Venus, etc. were erected in the temples, and they asked for help from them, and sometimes sacrificed them.
The thoughts of the Sabeans sometimes fumed to angels and jinn. The angels were the daughters of god, and were thought to influence events. They imagined that god had a wife who was one of the jinn4.
b) In Iran
In Iran also many religions were being practised, but the one which most people followed was Zoroastrians, the official religion.
If we accept that Zoroaster was a true prophet who had a religion based on tawhid, we must also acknowledge that his true teachings had been changed by the passage of time. Gradually, they changed their direction and even their form and identity to the benefit of the ruling classes.
A veil behind which the Magi and the priests to the advantage of themselves and the ruling classes transformed the foundations and principles covered its very general and pleasant maxims. Thus it was that tawhid became polytheism, and the pure sweet and excellent teachings did not stay: the shell remained, but the nut was thrown out, and the empty shells were filled with the ancient gods of the first times of the Aryan tribes.
c) In Europe
The religious situation in Europe was like it was in Iran. Christianity had given up its original form, and had become stuck in polytheism and the dogma of the Trinity.
In France, Britain and Spain, people did not believe in a Unique God.
d) In India
There were various religions, but idolatry prevailed
Class and Racial Differences
In Iran people were divided into classes, and each class had special restrictions and privileges. The class connected with the ruling council had the most privileges. Similarly in Europe and India, society was divided into classes and the right to possess land, to trade, and the exemption from taxes was the prerogative of the nobility.
At that time also, every one of the people of the world thought themselves superior in terms of race over everyone else.
The Situation of Women in Pre-Islamic Society
In Arabia, woman was a commodity, counted in the wealth of the father, husband or son; and after death she was inherited like the other possessions and became the property of the descendants
It was a disgrace to have a daughter, and in some tribes the family buried this shameful thing with their own hands5 . In Iran, also, the form of class society did not bring anything better for women.
In Greece, woman was a creature of perpetual filthiness, a child of Satan, similar to an animal. In India, throughout her life, she was under the control of her father, husband or son, and had to address her husband as god, master and lord, and, like a slave, she had no right to ownership - after the death of her husband she had no right to take another husband. The revolting custom of Sati the burning of the widow alive with the funeral pyre of her husband was also practised at that time.
In Japan, as well, woman was under the control of her father husband or son for the whole of her life, and the daughter had no share in inheritance
In China the father was master of the house and had so much power that he could sell his wife and children into bondage and slavery, and sometimes he even had the right to kill them. On top of this, daughters had no esteem and sometimes they were left in the desert to be the prey of the wild pigs.
The Romans also considered women to be the incarnation of evil and as harmful spirits, and kept them like children under their control.
So every human society at that time, wherever it was, was sunken in darkness, decline and oppression. Throughout the whole of the world, no glow or gleam of light met the eye, and although the desire for goodness and virtue still flickered in the depths of the heart of human nature covered by a dark opaqueness, it had been almost extinguished on the one hand in the blackness and gloom of humiliations, passions and oppression, and on the other hand in the prominent features of poverty and wretchedness. It could not illuminate the path for the seekers after light, purity and felicity. A darkness like a thick heavy cloud in the sky had submerged the daily life of all societies of the time in a deep sleep; and a horrible, powerful obscurity reigned which only the rising of a radiant sun could disperse.
This darkness was more overpowering in Arabia than in any other place, as if they had been invaded to the depths of degradation and debasement.
Hear what that best of men 'Ali (a.s.) says about those days:
'...You people of Arabia followed the worst religion; you dwelt amongst rough stones and poisonous serpents. You drank putrid water and ate filthy food. You shed the blood of one another and paid no heed to relationships. Idols are established among you, and sins cling to you."6
The Birth of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam (S)
Muhammad (S) opened his eyes to the world on the 17th of Rabi' al-awwal of the 53rd year before the Hijrah (570 AD).
His father, Abdullah was from the family of Hazrat Isma'il, and had died before he could see his son. His mother was one of the most pious women of that time.
Muhammad (S) was entrusted to a virtuous woman called Halimah, who suckled him and nursed him.
One day, Muhammad (S) who had not yet reached the age of four years, asked Halimah if he could go into the desert with the other boys...Halimah said: "I bathed Muhammad and anoint his hair with oil. I put collyrium on his eyes and hung a Yemenite stone on a string and put it round his neck so that no harm could come to him from the spirits of the desert. But Muhammad tore the stone from his neck and said, 'Don't worry about me. My God is taking care of me!'
So we see that from childhood he was the object of God's favour and grace, and was always guided by Divine friendship and help in works that were in their right time and place.
Muhammad's behaviour and speech m childhood were such that everyone's attention was attracted. In his youth, also, he was far from that which tainted those people in its environment He took no part in their riotous poetry gatherings. He drank no wine, was an enemy of the idols was perfect in speech and act. Years before he became a prophet, the people called him 'al-Amin' (the trustworthy one). He had a pure mind and radiant intellect, and a godly and heavenly character. Every year for one month he went to the cave of Hirah and was with God in His mysteries and in prayer. At the end of the month, before returning to his home, he went to the Ka'bah and made seven or more circumambulatings.
At the age of forty, while busy in worship in the cave of Hirah he was elevated to the station of Messengership.
For three years the Prophet of Islam (S) received no command to call people openly to Islam. And during that time only a few people had faith in Muhammad (S). Among men, the first person who loved and followed him was Hazrat 'Ali (a.s.), and among women, Khadijah7 .
Then after three years he received the command to invite people openly to Islam, and he called his close family to be his guests; about forty of these people assemble I together. The food, which the Prophet (S) had prepared, was no more than enough to satisfy the appetite of one man, but by the power of God that little food filled everyone, and this was the cause of much amazement. Abu Lahab without thinking what he was saying, cried out: "Muhammad is a magician!"
That day the relatives dispersed before the Prophet could speak, so he called them again the next day. After they had partaken of the food and hospitality, he spoke: "O Sons of 'Abdul-Muttalib! No youth has brought to his people better than what I bring to you. I have brought you the best of this world and of the world of the resurrection. I have been commanded by Allah to call you to Him. Which of you will extend his help to me and become my brother and successor?" Apart from 'Ali (a.s.), no one answered. The Prophet placed his hand on 'Ali's shoulder and said: "This is my brother and my executor among you. Listen what he says and obey him!"8.
One day the Prophet (S) went up on to Mount Safa and called the people around him. He said: "If I told you that an enemy was going to fall on you this morning or this evening, would you trust me?" All together they replied: "Yes!" He said: "I warn you of a severe torment that is soon to fall on you." Out of fear that the speech of Muhammad (S) would take effect in the hearts of those present, Abu Lahab broke the silence and said to him: "Did we assemble here just to listen to this nonsense?"
The Prophet of Islam (S) started his call with the slogan of tawhid and the worship of one God, and established tawhid as the basis of all other beliefs. He made known to men Allah, who is nearer to man than man himself; he abolished all forms of idol-worship, revolutionized the atmosphere of Mecca, and drew people to his religion.
Meanwhile, the Quraysh (the most powerful tribe in Mecca, to which Muhammad (S) belonged) were be ill at ease with the progress he was making and tried hard to stop his preaching, even once trying to kill him; but with the help and protection of Allah and with His care and intercession all their tortures, persecutions and schemes were without effect and came to nothing. Day by day the call to Islam, and also the acceptance by people, spread, even to those who came from outside Mecca. People rose up with their souls in answer to this Divine invitation.
In the eleventh year of the prophethood some people from Medina belonging to the Khazraj tribe came to Mecca to perform the ceremonies of Hajj. The Prophet invited them to Islam and they accepted, with this promise that when they went back to Medina they would call the people to Muhammad's religion. They went to Medina and spread around the invitation of the Prophet (S) "fine next year twelve people from Madina accepted the faith of the Prophet of Islam (S) at Aqaba and resolved: not to associate any with Allah, not to steal, not to fornicate, not to indulge in infanticide, not to bring malicious accusations anyone, not to disobey the Prophet in anything which he indicated. Then the Prophet sent a man by the name of Mus'ab along with them to teach the Qur'an and thus a large group in Medina pledged their faith in the Prophet.
The Prophet's Migration (Hijrah)
Till the thirteenth year of his mission, the Prophet (S) called the people in Mecca to Islam, and stood firm when faced with the persecutions of the Quraysh Eventually he got to know that the Quraysh had hatched an incredible plot to kill him, so he put Hazrat 'Ali (a.s.) to sleep in his bed in his place and left Mecca at night; he hid in a cave, and then migrated from there to Medina.
The Hijrah of the Prophet opened an entirely new chapter in the history of Islam from which a stimulating and surprising leap forward was made. For this very reason, the Hijrah of Muhammad (S) became the beginning of the dating system of the Muslims.
With the presence of the Prophet of Islam (S) in Medina the tribes of Aws and Khazraj became brothers for life in the shadow of the teachings of Islam, and a blessed sincerity and cordiality was established between them.
The example of Muhammad's behaviour, his spiritual and moral superiority, and the naturalness of his pure religion, caused the people to come to Islam by the score, and in the end to accept it.
The Prophet of Islam (S) was from the people and with the people, and did not maintain a distance from them. He shared with them in their gains and losses. He firmly criticised oppression and aggression, and refrained from and prevented them. He set forth all the principles, which were, in the light of Islam, effective for the development of the position of women, and put an end to the tyranny they had been subjected to previous to Islam. But he also vehemently fought against their unchastely and licentiousness for he wanted them to attain their real development on the basis of the true principles of Islam.
He defended the rights of slaves, and had inroad comprehensive programs for their freedom. The Prophet of Islam created a society where black and white, rich and poor, great and small were all-equal and could enjoy the benefits of being human beings. In such an atmosphere, there could be no question of 'racial discrimination', for there was a much higher basis in virtue knowledge, piety, human values and ethical greatness.
Let us look at a clear example of the great teachings of the Prophet (S):
Juwaybar was a young man, poor and rather ugly. He came to Medina with a great enthusiasm for Islam, and accepted it. The Prophet gave him a place in the mosque, and later in 'Saqifah', a garden that was under the control of the Prophet, and made him its overseer.
One day the Prophet told him: "It is good for a man to take to himself a woman, and to choose a wife, so that he may keep his chastity and have a home-life."
"May God bless you, but I am poor and ugly; in what woman could there be such a desire that she would take me as her husband? Especially as I am not from a noble family."
"Juwaybar, with me coming of Islam all the nobility of the age of ignorance (before Islam) has been broken down together with all the standards of greatness and have been melted together. Black and white, Arab and non-Arab have all come from Adam, and God made Adam from the earth. "For this reason today there is no black and white, nor even any results from imperfection or excess in something:
"The dearest person to God is the virtuous person.
"Now go to the house of Ziyad and ask for his daughter, Dhalfa on my behalf."
Juwaybar did what the Prophet had told him, but Ziyad who was one of the nobles of the Ansar tribe, did not accept, and said, "We only give our daughters to people like ourselves - and the Prophet himself knows that very well; so go back till I have consulted with him and give him my apologies myself."
He fumed to go back, but because of his anger he cried out, "I swear by Cod, neither the Qur'an nor the Prophet have said that one must give one's daughter to someone who is of equal status in family and in wealth!"
Dhulfa heard the voice of Juwaybar and sent someone to her father. He came to her and she asked him, "What have you said to that young man that has made him angry?"
"The Prophet sent him to me to take you, my daughter, with my agreement."
Juwaybar would not tell a lie; send him back and go yourself to the Prophet so that he may clarify the matter for you." Ziyad did what his daughter had said. He sent Juwaybar back and himself hurried to the Prophet and said, Juwaybar brought a message from you. I want to remind you that I am an Ansar and that we do not give our daughters in marriage except to men of equal status from the same tribe."
Juwaybar is a believer and a man of faith and a man with faith is the equal of a woman with faith. Give him your daughter as a wife."
Ziyad then resumed home and told his daughter what the Prophet had commanded. The daughter said, "Father! To disobey the Prophet's command is against the religion. And I am ready of my own accord, so accept Juwaybar as your son- in-law!"
Ziyad brought Juwaybar in front of the people of his tribe and gave him in marriage to his daughter on the basis of the command of Islam. He even gave the dowry to his daughter from his own pocket, and gave them a house with all necessities that they would live happily.
Truly, this light was dazzling; this source or warmth-giving radiance lit up a flame in every heart that was a guide to all pure hearts on the path. And thus it was that the muddled souls of the people were led forth from the harassment of the gloom and darkness of that time, like moths who wing their way towards the brilliant flame, and fumed in their hundreds towards Islam seeking the protection of the illustrious, illuminating system of the Qur'an.
1. What do we discover from the beauty in certain objects?
2. What would draw our intention to the designer and the engineer?
3. Is our understanding of these things by our external senses?
4. Why and on what basis do we believe in the existence of the designer and engineer?
5. How do we come up with two categories of objects of our perception?
6. Which objects fall under the second category?
7. How do we learn that objects 1-6 exist?
8. When, how, and by whom was infrared radiation discovered?
9. When, how, and by whom was ultra-violet radiation discovered?
10. How do we learn about supersonic sounds?
11. How do we learn about our intelligence?
12. Can our imagination be perceived by the four senses?
13. What can we build in our mind?
14. Can our will and our decisions be perceived by any of the four senses?
15. Can love or hate be perceived by any of the four senses?
16. Can our senses perceive life? How?
17. What do the above scientific examples establish?
18. Why should we not reject the existence of things that the four senses do not perceive?
19. In what do we learn about the existence of God?
20. What should we say to those who do not except the existence in things?
21. What is the basic idea written about the sign of God?


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That's actually the title of the film and it stands for "Mothers I'd Like to Fight," so just relax.
And Carla Gugino is in talks to play the lead role, a woman fresh out of prison eager to settle a few scores, reported 24 Frames.
"MILF" will be directed by Franck Khalfoun, who was behind the camera for "P2," about a woman who spends Christmas Eve in a parking garage being hunted by a psychopath.
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Gugino has made a career of playing tough women, from her short-lived series "Karen Sisco" to roles in "Sin City" and "Righteous Kill."
She can next be seen in "Faster," starring Dwayne Johnson as a man fresh out of prison eager to settle a few scores, coincidentally enough, and "Sucker Punch," which currently has the most whacked-out trailer in cyberspace.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home this weekend and pledge to do your taxes, only to put it off another week because THE GUBMINT WILL NOT GIT YER MONEY ONE DAY EARLY, DANGIT! LET'S GO!
JAMIE'S FOOD REVOLUTION – 8:00PM Friday (ABC)
This is the official series premiere, even though an hour of it also aired on Sunday, so your guess is as good as mine. Anyway, I watched that first hour, and I have a couple of quick observations.
First of all, it's fun to watch Oliver be somewhat diplomatic with all the old, dumb, and stubborn lunchladies when both he knows and you know they're a bunch of old, dumb, and stubborn lunchladies. Secondly, ABC producers clearly asked Jamie to take the Gordon Ramsay approach of swearing and trying to bully people. That works with Ramsay. It doesn't work with Oliver, who's much more appealing when he's just his normal, easygoing self.
I was also surprised at how preachy Oliver was on the show. Segment after segment, it was just, "This is gonna kill you, America," and, "I'm here to start a revolution." Wouldn't it have served Oliver better to just say, "Hi, I'm Jamie Oliver. I heard you guys were the unhealthiest town in the universe. I thought I could possibly help. If you don't care for it, no problem." Instead, there's just this relentless strain to MAKE A DIFFERENCE that it all rings terribly hollow.
The point of this show needs to be simple: When you cook food yourself, using simple and fresh ingredients, you will be healthier, happier, and you will, in time, actually enjoy what you eat more. That's the message, but right now, it's getting lost. Oh, and after seeing those fatties in Huntington gorge themselves to death, I totally take away all my liberal views on health care. PAY YOUR OWN WAY, TUBBIES! ANTICIPATION: FAT TEARS!
CHOPPED – 8:00PM Friday (Food Network)
I love it on this show when the chefs prepare something, bring it to the judges, and then one of the judges professes a hatred of a certain ingredient. Scott Conant will say, "I strongly dislike raw red onions." Then he'll just GLARE at the contestant. For minutes at a time. Like the guy was supposed to know! What, does he have ESP? He doesn't know all your bizarre food hang-ups, Conant. He's just trying to put together something edible in five seconds using coconut milk, chicken feet, and gun powder. Cut him some slack. ANTICIPATION: MARK BITTMAN RULES
FAWLTY TOWERS – 10:56PM Saturday (PBS)
Unfamiliar with the greatest sitcom in TV history? Get on it. ANTICIPATION: BLOODY HELL!
LIFE – 9:00PM Sunday (Discovery)
Oh, man. Look at that venus flytrap. That is amazing. ANTICIPATION: LIKE, THE MAJESTY OF NATURE
EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION – 8:00PM Sunday (ABC)
Crazy Ty helps a family replace a single wide trailer. And I think you know what that means: DOUBLE WIDE! WOOHOO! WE'RE LIVIN' THE HIGH LIFE NOW, BABY! Extra long clotheslines for all! ANTICIPATION: FIX THE CAMPER TOO!


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As a recent ACM Queue article observes the evolution of computer language is toward later and later binding and evaluation. So while one might quibble about the virtues of Java or the CLI (also known as microsoft.net) it seems inevitable that more and more software will be written for or at least compiled to virtual machines. While this trend has many virtues, not the least of which is compatibility, current implementations have several drawbacks. However, by cleverly incorporating these features into the OS, or at least including support for them, we can overcome these limitations and in some cases even turn them into strengths.
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text: Do you care for pets? There are three pets in a row . You can select your favourite cute pet . After selecting , you have to take care of the pet. Now the pet is looking Dirty, as a care taker of the pet you have to clean the pet with the given items. Follow the given instruction and clean your pet.


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Bo Wolf is not your average bully slaying eleven-year-old. Sure, his arms look like flexi-straws, and other kids tell him to go back to his home on
After impressing a schoolyard gang by defeating their leader in a broomstick combat, Bo agrees to help them take on the meanest and ugliest bully known to middle school--Grendul--who's taken the playground jungle gym for his own.
However, when Bo puts the smackdown on Grendul, he finds a much more powerful adversary in the bully's mom, the school lunch lady. Angered by her precious son's defeat, the lunch lady, who's actually a witch, plots to poison the entire school with her irresistible gingersnaps. But with the help of a spunky girl named Reagan, Bo discovers the witch's diabolical plan.
In his attempt to stop her, Bo befriends a drocket (a dragon that shrinks to fit in your pocket) that's been enslaved by the witch's dark magic. Bo must face his doubts and embark on a rescue mission with the drocket to save the middle school from an imminent cafeteria-induced death.
Complete at 36,000 words, I'm Here to Save Your Day--The Adventures of Bo Wolf is a middle grade humorous/adventure and a modern version of the epic poem, Beowulf, set within the tumultuous battlefields of the middle school playground.
Thank you so much for your time. I look forward to hearing from you. The entire manuscript is available at your request.
Warm Regards,
I hated first days.
I turned toward my mom with big glossy eyes behind my glasses, (well, one eye actually. Yeah, I wear an eye-patch, so what?)
"Just one more day," I pleaded. "Please, Mom? Don't make me suffer."
"Give it up, Bo. You'll have to go to school eventually, might as well be today. Now, you don't want to be late. It's good to be prompt and make a good impression."
She always insisted I be on time. Ugh.
"But, Mom," I said, "school doesn't start until eight. It's only seven-thirty."
She smiled and leaned over, giving me a big mom hug. "You need to sign in at the Administrations Office. They're expecting you." She paused, tapping her lip with a purple painted fingernail. "Well, maybe I should go with you. You might need some help signing in." She took off her seatbelt.
"No, I got this," I said. "I'll be fine, Mom."
She smiled. "All right, I'll see you at two-fifteen. Good luck, honey. Go get 'em."
She kissed me on the cheek and I looked around frantically, hoping no one saw what very well could've been my imminent downfall before ever setting foot at my new school. How was my coolness bound to spread if my mom was giving me kisses in the open?


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School SIMs Administrator
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Job descriptionSIMS Administrator
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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in Chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. Since soccer can end in a draw, I'm using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match with points (either as a win or a draw).
The system starts each new team at a score of 1500 and then adjusts their rating as the season goes on. My current team scores include data from 1996-2015 (with some adjustment to account for the changing MLS win/draw rules). What is not included are games from Domestic tournaments, preseason friendlies, or international games. These scores are how I rank teams for my Power Rankings table and the values are now included in the chart.
Predictions and Power Rankings for 2016 Cup Knockout
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Lunch Box: Make-Ahead Curried Coconut Quinoa with Shrimp and Basil
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While quinoa, a grain de rigeur these days, may work for me as part of a larger dish, I must confess: I find it to be somewhat boring and dry on its own. Knowing how healthy it is, however, I felt I should give it a fair shot in the spotlight. I wanted to make a quinoa dish that I would find exciting enough to eat at work, without immediately looking to the vending machine to fill any flavor quotas for dessert.
Although curry usually suggests long simmering and layers of flavors, I made a fast-tracked version with coconut milk, vegetable broth, garlic and curry powder by doubling the liquid for cooking quinoa, and then cooked the quinoa in the broth. The curry thickened while the grains soaked up the warm nutty flavors, and there was broth leftover to make this a saucier-than-the-usualy-dry quinoa side.
Shrimp cooks incredibly fast, and sort of feels like a treat if you bring it to work the next day (since chances are you wouldn't be putting it on your takeout chopped salad). Poaching the shrimp in the excess broth gives this dish a "pot to clean" count of only one, and the excess liquid also kept the quinoa from drying out when I reheated this for lunch the next day.
The result was a warm, comforting lunch, where the quinoa seemed to melt seamlessly into the curry. Quinoa, we may just get along after all.
About the Author: Suzanne Lehrer is a writer and recipe developer in New York and a recipe editor for Cooking Channel. When not curating her budding hot sauce collection, she puts her French Culinary Institute education to good use in kitchens all around town. On twitter and instagram @suzerbruiser
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"Engaging. . . . Naipaul's latest African journey is eyewitness reporting at its best."
"Beautiful and humane. . . . The idea that underpins it is so basic that it achieves a kind of majesty."
—Harper's Magazine
"Neither a romantic's nor an anthropologist's tale. It is a collection of voices that make sense only in relation to one another. . . . What's important is what's being said. . . . [Naipaul's is a] brilliant and elastic mind."
—The New York Times Book Review
"With extraordinary sensitivity, Naipaul registers the beauty of [African] traditions but also captures their cruelty."
"One of Naipaul's most stirring books. . . . [He] combines the objectivity of a disaster photographer and an understanding of history."
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DALLAS (AP) Brian Bernardi scored 20 points, leading four players in double figures, to help SMU beat Furman 72-53 Sunday.
Bernardi, who came off the bench, was 4 of 7 from 3-point range. The freshman's previous career high was eight points on Dec. 1.
Jalen Jones had 14 points, and Cannen Cunningham had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Mustangs (10-4). Shawn Williams had 10 points, and Nick Russell had seven assists.
The Mustangs led 38-23 at halftime and never trailed in the game.
SMU was 20 of 46 (43.5 percent) from the field for the game, while Furman was 16 of 57 (28.6 percent).
Bryant Irwin led the Paladins (3-9) with 15 points. Colin Reddick had 12 points and seven rebounds.
This was the first meeting between the teams. SMU is 5-0 at home this season.


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Cracked black pepper & figgy bread
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: nutrition per slice
- kcal266
- fat3g
- saturates1g
- carbs56g
- sugars0g
- fibre4g
- protein8g
- salt0.88g
- 650g strong white flour
Flour is usually made from grinding wheat, maize, rye, barley or rice. As the main…
- 2 tsp cracked black pepper
- 2 tsp salt
- 7g sachet easy blend yeast
Yeast is a living, single-cell organism. As the yeast grows, it converts its food (in the form…
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 425-450ml/¾ pint-16fl oz warm water
- 350g dried, ready-to-eat fig, roughly chopped
Although not juicy, the fig is an incredibly luscious fruit, with a delicate aroma and sweet…
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, pepper, salt and yeast. Stir in the olive oil and enough warm water to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 mins until smooth and elastic.
Put the dough in a lightly oiled, large bowl. Cover with oiled cling film and leave in a warm place for about 1 hr or until doubled in size. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. When the dough has risen, knead it again to incorporate the figs, by pushing the dough and lightly kneading them in. Don't overwork the dough; it can look quite rough.
Shape the dough into a rough oval and put on a lightly floured baking sheet. Using scissors, slash the top of the loaf and sprinkle over a little flour. Leave it to rise again, uncovered, until slightly swelled, about 10-15 mins (if the kitchen is warm). Bake for 40-45 mins until it sounds hollow when you tap it underneath, then cool on a wire rack.


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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will not be enforced in Las Vegas. Rejection of the unconstitutional provisions of that controversial federal act was the purpose of a resolution passed by the city council just after noon on March 20.
By a vote of 5-2, the council passed R-18-2013. The resolution, offered by Ward 2 Councilman Bob Beers, will now be presented to the Clark County (Nevada) Commission.
People Against the NDAA (PANDA) reports that if the measure is approved by the county commission, it would be the first joint city/council resolution passed in the nation seeking to prevent enforcement of the NDAA.
The specific target of the measure is the sections of the NDAA purporting to grant to the president of the United States the power to apprehend and indefinitely detain any American whom he suspects of cooperating with the nation's enemies.
Two sections of the 2012 version of the NDAA authorize this imprisonment at the will of the president and deny those held under the act access to an attorney and a public trial, as well as other fundamental aspects of due process.
Referring to relevant articles of the national and state constitutions, the Las Vegas resolution declares that no person may denied "life, liberty, or property without due process of law."
In a paragraph addressing a rarely discussed aspect of the NDAA, the Las Vegas measure declares that it is "never appropriate" for U.S. armed forces to be used as domestic law enforcement.
According to the text of R-18-2013, the prohibition against such action is the federal Posse Comitatus Act. While they got the spirit right, the Posse Comitatus Act is not the relevant law governing such use of the military.
As with any act of Congress, the Posse Comitatus Act may be repealed by subsequent act of Congress. In the case of the Posse Comitatus Act, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006, amended the law by adding the following language: "The President may employ the armed forces to restore public order in any State of the United States the President determines hinders the execution of laws or deprives the people of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law or opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws."


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With stylish sensibility, the Tripp Trapp chair from Stokke offers a secure, ergonomic chair your child. Made from quality materials, the chair adjusts to fit your growing child and provides maximum comfort. A five-point harness system and stable base offer a safe seat, so your baby can enjoy interacting with the family at the dinner table.
Ergonomic Design with Footrest for Comfort
The innovative Tripp Trapp chair allows your child's feet to rest comfortably on the footrest. It promotes correct body alignment when your child is seated and mimics placing feet squarely on the floor. The ergonomic design of the chair allows both height and depth adjustment of the chair, so your child can sit right up to the table and use the tabletop as an eating surface. Not only do you avoid dealing with messy chair tray attachments, but your child will enjoy interacting at the table with the rest of the family.
Five-Point Harness and Stable Base for Security
You'll appreciate the enhanced safety features of the Tripp Trapp chair, including a five-point harness system. It accommodates children in infancy through three years of age, and is fully adjustable to provide a secure fit that still allows for movement and flexibility. In addition, the H-shaped base of the chair provides security and a smaller footprint than traditional high chairs.
As an added safety feature, the Tripp Trapp chair Extended Glider (included) can be placed in the rear position for extra traction on floor surfaces.
Certified for Product Safety
Tripp Trapp chair is certified by The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JPMA), which represents 250 companies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico who manufacture, import and/or distribute infant products. JPMA has been recognized as an organization dedicated to enhancing children's product safety.
Adjustable for Your Growing Child
The adjustable Tripp Trapp chair can be resized for a custom fit as your child grows from infant to toddler--it even works as a chair for an adult. Both the seat height and the footrest are adjustable in six different combinations. The harness and extended glider can be removed to make an ideal seat for an older child. The highchair measures 31 by 18 by 19.25 inches (H x W x D).
Quality Materials and Stylish Design for Modern Lifestyles
Designed for years of use, the Tripp Trapp chair is made from , cultivated beech wood for durability and longevity. The chair is easy to keep clean--just wipe down after meals with a damp washcloth. The safety harness is removable and machine washable. The stylish chair fits right into your modern lifestyle. You can choose an optional Tripp Trapp cushion with different patterns (sold separately) to customize the seat to match your tastes.
The Stokke Tripp Trapp chair is backed by a limited seven-year warranty on wooden parts.
- Made of cultivated beechwood, providing strong, solid and durable product.
- Meets US and international safety standards.
- Five-point safety harness.
- JPMA certified.
- Holds up to 300 Lbs.
- H 31" x D 19.25" x W 18"
- Points to Consider
Measuring 19.25" D x 18" W, the Stokke Tripp Trapp base is ample enough to provide stability without taking over your kitchen. Extension gliders (sold separately) can be attached at the rear of the base for even more backward stability.
Recline & Adjustability
Although the Tripp Trapp lacks a recline mechanism, the height and depth-adjustable seat and footplate can be positioned to ensure optimal comfort and support. In fact, it's so highly adjustable that it can be used for a lifetime, from infancy through adulthood.
The Tripp Trapp does not fold, but its footprint is small enough that this may not be an issue at all.
Care & Maintenance:
Stokke Tripp Trapp chairs and baby sets are a cinch to clean by wiping down with a damp cloth. Fabric cushions, outer material made of 100% cotton, are machine-washable.
Additional Information
Model No. (SKU) : 342400
Color: Walnut / Beige
Manufacturer: Stokke
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Condition: New
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I have a report from the Library of Parliament that I seek unanimous consent to table. It is a report that clearly shows that the carbon tax is not federally revenue neutral.
House of Commons Hansard #166 of the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was debate.


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I've never made my own candles. I've always wanted to and I've always wanted to make a rug like that too. I've even collected light stumps and made balls of fabric - years ago... but it never happened. Maybe it will now when I have these instruction in this great book. Thank you Julia!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Farm Anatomy
7 comments:
- Kristen Donegan said...
I was just looking at this book- it looks fantastic! :)
- December 15, 2011 at 4:58 AM
- Suana said...
looks very inspiring!
- December 15, 2011 at 5:23 AM
- Anna said...
This looks great!
(If we get farm animals will you come and make rag rugs at the art barn this summer? ;) I think that would be an awesome reunion project! So far there's just the two dogs, but I've been thinking about billy goats and maybe chickens... )
Gorgeous book. She's a wonderful illustrator.
- December 15, 2011 at 6:19 AM
- ElleSee said...
What a fantastic looking book! Very lovely illustrations :)
- December 15, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- Wilma said...
great book! I love it
- December 15, 2011 at 7:15 AM
Looks like such a fun book!
- December 15, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- Natascha Rosenberg said...
Looks very useful!! Nice illustrations too!
- December 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM
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atWar, formerly Afterwind, is a free-2-play online multiplayer turn-based strategy game (Silverlight). In the best traditions of Risk and Axis & Allies, you play against other people to fight for world domination. Features free unit movement - no grids or predetermined paths. Up to 20 players in a game, simultaneous turns. Another feature is the Map Editor allowing players to create their own maps and units, giving you the chance to re-enact any battle real or imagined. If you get disconnection problems with the Desura file right after you load the game then you should disable the firewall or add a firewall exception rule... or just go to our website and play in your browser there.
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Disco Nostalgia Punctuates Recording Academy's Studio 54-Themed Grammy Party
The Recording Academy's Branden Chapman always says planning the Grammy Celebration official after-party for 5,000 guests begins immediately after the previous year's party wraps. And for this year's event at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday night, that sentiment couldn't have been more literal. The party's theme was "A Night at Studio 54," a nod to the Grammys' 54th year, which began right after Sunday night's 53rd annual award show at Staples. The academy's Chapman, Rex Supa, and Clay Upton were the event's executive producers, and Along Came Mary Productions, helmed by longtime collaborator Mary Micucci, once again produced it.
"Every year it's a bit of a challenge to come up with a new theme tied to music," Chapman said. "Not only is disco such a dynamic era, but there's so much to pull from musically, with visuals as well, so we thought it would be a good way to lead into our 54th year, on the downbeat of our 53rd Grammys."
Along Came Mary drew upon influences taken from '70s pop culture and the emergence of disco for the look and feel of the cavernous convention center space, the size of three football fields. "I screamed with joy when [Chapman] said this year was going to be a night at Studio 54," said Micucci, who called the theme her favorite ever. Beanbags, Twister games, roller skaters, and tiered stages filled the room, where there were about 100 performers in all. A high-def circular video projection screen from ShowPro was among the centerpieces of the space, and projected imagery including live magnified video feeds of the entertainment and live shots of the crowd, as well as a rotating disco ball. (ShowPro provided close to 1,000 lighting instruments, maybe of which were LEDs—so this year had a larger fixture count but the lowest power consumption ever.)
Decor standouts for Micucci included the clusters of different-shaped mirror balls including a massive glitter ball that was used as an aerialist prop, and a laser light show that used a high-intensity blue. For Chapman, it was the 30- by 30-foot dance floor—evocative of Saturday Night Fever, natch. "It's such an iconic image from [that movie]," he said. Micucci added, "The dance floor should have probably taken up a whole room because everyone was dancing. You couldn't miss it." Providing further dance floor fodder were co-headliners Keri Hilson and the Roots, plus DJ Wayne G. Additionally, members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Grammy Jazz Ensembles performed in the MasterCard Jazz Lounge.
Wolfgang Puck catered with a vast menu at stations offering Chinese (crispy vegetable egg rolls, kung pao organic chicken, Hong Kong-style bass), classics (baked mac and cheese with white truffles, Kobe beef meat loaf, fried chicken tenders, country biscuits), iced shrimp, and a taco bar (lamb with chipotle, eggplant, and cumin; soft corn tortillas, salsa crudo, and guacamole; salmon al la plancha with salsa verde; smoked black bean empanadas with Cotija cheese and scallions). Sweets included warm chocolate and brandied cherry truffle cakes and coconut banana crème puffs.
Waste Management returned as a sponsor, collecting all recyclable materials in keeping with the Recording Academy's eco-friendly initiatives. Additionally, Puck used locally grown ingredients, sourced sustainable packaging, and donated unused food to Angel Harvest.
Adding to the logistical feat of installing the massive event this year was the NBA All-Star festivities, sharing the same real estate for its Los Angeles visit, which necessitated some timeline changes. The party generally has about a weeklong load-in, but this year the Along Came Mary team had to move out of about 26,000 square feet, or about a quarter of the total event space, for two and a half days: An NBA All-Star event took over the concourse, where the Grammy organization's MusiCares had been holding its auction, so that event had to move into the Grammy Celebration space.
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Basically, story and essay are labels defining two ends of a spectrum of focus ranging from thinking to acting. Both are components of Story, an umbrella category that essentially comprises the operating system of the human brain. We use Story to make sense of life and the world we live in. Story explains how things fit together. It explains what happened and helps us predict what might happen next. It defines our place in the cosmic order. Story provides identity on all levels from "child of …" to "best friends forever" to "writer" to "This Is MY Country …"
As common usage has evolved over the last few decades, the term essay, specifically personal essay, has come to refer to relatively short compositions expressing the writer's beliefs, values, and opinions about events, experiences and meaningful topics. Writing an essay is generally an adventure in self-understanding, as these beliefs and opinions may change as they are clearly articulated and organized on the page.
Story, specifically life story, generally focuses more on experiences and events as such.
Traditionally essays were confined to strict reason. Stories on the other hand had plots, action, drama, dialogue, all the elements that keep a person's heart pumping and eyes locked on the page.
These differences began to disappear in the 1980s as the new genre of creative nonfiction began to emerge. Creative non-fiction has paved the way for the essayist to include personal opinions and experience. Today personal essay is as likely as story to have dialogue, description and action, perhaps even plot, so differences blur and become a bit meaningless. But the terms still exist in the general vocabulary and still serve some purpose.
Circling back to the earlier concept of a continuous spectrum, I see essay as a useful term for describing writing that focuses primarily on values, attitudes, beliefs, stories about what and how we think. At the other end, those compositions we generally think of as stories tend to focus more on action and experience — what happened.
The spectrum illustrates the fact that essays need to include at least a little bit of action or experience to provide context for thoughts. Readers want to know what happened to lead you to your current beliefs. They want to know the "story" of that belief. Likewise, stories that don't include a certain amount of reflection and interpretation seem shallow and leave readers wondering how you felt and thought about the situation.
In general, personal essays are well-suited for the overall purpose of Story in making sense of experiences and perceptions. The essay writing process helps arrange reflective fragments into insights and coherent story. Once this basic understanding is in place, it can be embellished and polished into a work of art by employing description, dialogue, plot, and other tools that add impact for readers.
Stories that connect with readers will have it all: action and reflection artfully blended with all the elements that add impact. They'll sit somewhere along the center of that spectrum.
You could start at either end to write these stories. Perhaps a journal entry about a puzzling situation inspires a story. Perhaps writing the story of an exciting situation prompts you to begin digging deeper into your feelings about it. There is no formula for concocting these powerful stories, but there are lots of inspiring ideas.
You can easily find mountains of books with guidelines for writing stories, but I have found only three that focus on writing non-academic personal essays. Sheila Bender's Writing and Publishing Personal Essays is a classic, now in its second edition. Sheila has graciously agreed to share some starter ideas for writing personal essays in the next three posts here. Stay tuned!
Write now: read back through a few stories or scenes from your memoir and notice how much content addresses your thoughts about events and experiences in the stories.


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Where Is Dad - Part 2
- David and Laurie Callihan Authors
- 2003 13 Jun
This is the second story in a two-part series on the role of Dad in the homeschool. We have already established that homeschool dads are conscientious and responsible compared to fellow dads nationally. They work hard because they know it's the right thing to do in taking care of larger than normal families.
They know that providing for their families is important, as part of their conviction to home educate their children. Without a consistent provision, moms will have to work outside the home and the homeschool may not survive.
Frankly, being a father of five children, David feels this burden every day. Having to figure out how to make a living with the needs of a larger-than-average family is not an easy task. The need to do this weighs on fathers every day. At least that is David's experience. It is probably true of the vast majority of dads. It would be surprising if there is a homeschooling dad alive who doesn't constantly desire to make sure that his children and wife have everything they need.
However, at times this may be a mark that is not being hit. That places even more stress on Dad. I'm sure that whether or not the man in your house is hitting the goal, he would appreciate the children's prayers for God's provision on a daily basis. No doubt. He knows that our Heavenly Father always hears the prayers of children!
If you are the mom reading this article, you might be the one asking where Dad is. Being a homeschooling dad isn't the only role he must bear. He is also a husband to his wife.
One of our challenges as fathers is to not forget our role as husbands, too. We are called to love our wives and be there to encourage them. When we speak, David will remind the husbands in the audience to take a phrase out of their vocabulary.
Guys, never again should you be caught coming home from work, walking in the door, throwing down your coat and briefcase, looking around at the disheveled living room, and saying, "What have you been doing all day, dear?" Get rid of it, man! She's been raising your children while you have been providing for them! Duh.
So realize instead that you need to encourage your woman. You need to find time to tell her she's great. That she is extraordinary. That she is incredible. Love your wife. And let her know that you do as often as you can.
Now we all go through our trials and difficulties. Life is rude. Things don't always go as we like. So perhaps you, as we are at present, go through very hard circumstances that make you wonder sometimes if there's any light at the end of the tunnel. That's a time when Dad may be rather distant, either physically or even when he's in the same room. He might have a lot on his mind. He may be carrying a lot on his shoulders.
But a good dad will realize that he still has to be there for his children and his wife. He will fight the temptation to become overly introspective. He will try to make himself available to work with the children in whatever way he believes is best. Right guys?
Here's a challenge for all of you men reading this article (from David): Take some time this week to get alone and just think about what you are going to do to work with your child(ren) this fall in one way more specifically than you are doing right now.
Maybe you will spend Saturdays working together around the house. Or perhaps you will start a Bible study on Tuesday nights with the kids. Or read Lord Of The Rings together before bedtime. Something else.
Guys have a lot of responsibilities as dads. But we are still called to be dads, too. No one else can do this role for us. It's a challenging task to be a dad in modern America. But if we don't do it, it won't happen.
Make sure you are there for your children. Let's be diligent and faithful so that our kids never have to question Mommy by asking, "Where's Daddy?" They will see that he is right there where he is supposed to be.
David and Laurie Callihan are authors of The Guidance Manual for the Christian Home School: A Parent's Guide for Preparing Home School Students for College or Career, and the brand new Christian Homeschool Daily Planner (with their Grand Plan built right in). Learn more at www.davidandlaurie.com. They are regular columnists on Crosswalk's High School page.