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Sunday, September 19, 2010
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- M said...
There is a lot of variety in the costumes downtown: some are good, many are bad, some are funny, and some are scary. Last year, though, I learned that there is a difference between a scary costume and a costume that actually inspires fear in people. I didn't realise that it was possible to fill people with intense dread just with one's appearance (and I think masks are rather attractive, personally), so when I was waiting to cross the main street, standing perfectly still on the side of the curb, facing the cars that were briefly stopped in the crush of the crowd, it took me a few moments to notice that the people in the cars directly in front of me were really freaking out. It wasn't really terror, of course -- there was that nice sheet of metal and glass between them and me -- but they had the excitedness people get when they're watching the first few minutes of a horror movie and waiting for something terrifying to happen. It was much better when I was out in the darker outskirts of the downtown area, where people were coming and going! I saw grown men (the kind too serious and manly to wear a costume, you know) widen their eyes and jump to get out of my path. Where I walked, conversations didn't just end, they died tragic and unexpected deaths! I made people unable to speak from across streets, just by turning my head in their direction.
It was amazing. It was the best Halloween I have ever had, because I discovered how easy it is to truly frighten people -- and what a beautiful thing it is. And I will always remember the young woman who passed by me in the dark with a friend as I was moving through the staggered crowd back to town from campus, saying to me as she passed, "Thank you for wearing a costume that is actually scary."
- September 20, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- Rot said...
Thanks for sharing that.
It was an awesome read.
- September 20, 2010 at 8:18 AM


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By APCNews JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 08 June 2004
APC has spent the last two years advocating for civil society involvement in international ICT (information and communications technologies) policy-making processes. Now 10 APC members have created national ICT policy portal websites in their own countries in a joint initiative. The portals which are all uniquely adapted to address each country's particular situation all use free software that allows content-sharing in different languages and between multiple information databases hosted in different parts of the world.
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organisations who work with ICTs for sustainable development, and social and environmental justice locally in Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo*, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, the UK and Uruguay.
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The shared resources, expertise, information, and the use of free and open source software allowed sites to be set up swiftly. Members sharing a common language, e.g. Latin American members working in Spanish, also helped each other by sharing translation.
"Being part of an international networking initiative was one of the crucial arguments for our decision to participate," Elina Racholova of BlueLink, Bulgaria, told APC. "The creative spirit of collaboration among the APC members enhances common efforts and makes our joint work significant worldwide." The APC ActionApps software allows information gathered on one portal
using ActionApps' unique cross-server pooling to be fed to other sites and also to APC's central 'ICT Policy and Internet Rights' website.
"The methodology of developing a network of inter-linked sites based on common templates which can be easily adapted, modified and translated, has proved a very powerful one for spread-out community content development," said project coordinator, Karen Banks. "It has encouraged and inspired over-burdened groups to collaborate quickly and efficiently as the bulk of the site planning and production has been managed centrally. We hope we can use this methodology again and again because it allows activists to focus their energies on the advocacy and not on the tools".
How the new sites will be used
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In Italy the new site provides a dynamic online home for a two-year old national platform which brings together diverse civil society actors involved in media and ICT.
In Mexico, little has been done nationwide to involve citizens in the policy debate, and much less in actual decision-making. "There's very little information available in the traditional media regarding Mexico's national ICT policy," said LaNeta site coordinator, Olinca Marino, who has been following regional ICT policy developments closely through her participation in the Latin American caucus at last year's World Summit on the Information Society. "In general citizens receive very little official information from the state, and we hope the new Mexican Information and Communication Policy Portal will act as an invitation to the government to pay attention to the general public's needs and not just to business' needs". LaNeta hopes that Mexican civil society organisations will use the site to keep themselves informed of ICT policies being planned nationally and also to improve the self-organisation of policy advocates.
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Last year's United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society was a watershed in public participation in ICT policy as ICT policy made a shift from the world of obscure jargon and elites to a new context. ICT policy became social policy not technical policy. Through WSIS new voices – people living with disabilities, the education and research sectors, the free software movement, children's rights advocates, campaigners for the global information commons and more- were heard in the ICT policy arena for the first time.
"APC had campaigned actively regionally and globally during the first phase of the World Summit and we felt this change was a huge break-through and wanted to see how we could take it forward at national level. With some financial support provided by the Canadian International Development Agency we were able to provide seed funding for a small number of national ICT policy sites set up by our members – all of whom are 'social techies' in their own right," said APC executive director, Anriette Esterhuysen. "We are extremely pleased with the positive response which indicates that civil society organisations at national level are increasingly taking active responsibility for trying to influence the policy and regulatory environments that impact on their use of ICTs".
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DWTS Maksim Chmerkovskiy Blogs About 2011, Family, Friends, & His Birthday Bash
Maks has written a new blog today wrapping up 2011 for what he's learned from a year full of ups and downs. He's expresses how much love he has for his family, friends, and fans. He mentions how he is going on vacation and then afterwards he will return to New York for his birthday bash at Dance With Me Studios. Below is a take where he mentions a few details and teasers for what he knows and doesn't know. Note how he mentions inviting his "LA LA land" friends as well. I wonder who that will be? 🙂
This year, I'm really excited because my studios and family have found a way to let me express myself through dance. And they still have found a way to let me bring both my worlds together.
My friends from Hollywood will see my world and where I come from. They will experience a show that they will enjoy and also get to meet my family and then celebrate my bday with me.
And the studios, my creative team, and family have also been doing some planning "behind my back" surprises for me and the fans. I say that and smile because it is actually right under my nose and in corners, here and there when I'm around but too busy to know what they are up to.
So there will be parts of the show that even I don't know about. I am personally looking forward to seeing what is in store. I trust them to make it fun for us both.
What I do know is Tony and Val have been contacting our La La land friends. So there are some surprises I can only speculate about. I have asked. And on this one, their lips are sealed. So if it isn't all great, you can blame them not me. LOL!
I also know my family has been whipping out photo albums and videos in spades. I have no idea why anyone would want to even try to go through what they are for this. Because when I say my family has lots of videos. I'm talking about boxes of VHS tapes. BOXES!!! So I just wish them luck. And as I know what is in those boxes, we'll see how surprised I will be. But I think it's kind of cute that they are trying so hard for me. And I appreciate them for it.
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So I've read 1 John alot and I understand that I cannot continue to sin if I want to be a child of God's.
1 John 1:6 (NIV)
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
But then at the same time, if we accomplish the call to be holy and to be righteous and to be free of sin then we are not children of God.
1 John 1:8 (NIV)
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
I'm personally struggling with this very line in my own life. I don't hate people, because I know that I'm commanded to love. But when it comes to my own desires of the flesh I continually fail. I have no self control, I cannot even get out of bed when my alarm goes off lol.
Where does God draw this line? does He give us any more insight into the battle with sin through scripture? So I ask again, where does God draw the line when it comes to Sin?


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The bank of black slate, and a row of quaint small cottages are reminders of Abereiddi's hey-day as a slate quarrying area.
The cottages were built to house the quarrymen, for the place was humming with activity when the slate quarries on Trwyncastell (Castle Nose) and the granite quarries at Penclegyr were operating.
The lease to quarry a two and a quarter acre site for slate and slabs was granted in 1838 to a slater named John Jones from the nearby village of Trefin, the name of which was anglicized as Trevine for many years. It seems the quarrying on Trwyncastell was on a small scale and did not last long, but in 1841 the quarries at Llanrhian were leased to a group of London businessmen who also leased the granite quarry at Penclegyr. The business took off, and the Abereiddi workings were linked by tramway to nearby Porthgain where one of the most spectacular coastal industrial complexes in Wales was developed.
The massive cliffside bins which took the various grades of granite chippings down chutes from the crushing plant to the quayside and into the ships, still dominate the scene at Porthgain. The Trwynllwyd workings left a deep circular hole in the cliffs, into which the sea flowed through a narrow gap, filling the bottom with water which assumed the appearance of a sapphire of deep blue. It became known as The Blue Lagoon and the local fishermen, seeing its potential as a safe harbour for their boats, blasted through the rock to make the entrance wider. The fishing has dwindled but The Blue Lagoon has become quite a tourist attraction and in the last year has achieved international fame as an ideal location for the daring sport of cliff diving.
Last year the Red Bull World Series used the Blue Lagoon as the venue for one of their championship competitions which are held in different parts of the world, including La Rochelle, Copenhagen, The Azores, Boston, Massachussets, Brazil and Thailand. They found the Blue Lagoon, with its high cliffs and natural amphitheatre viewing area, an ideal arena for the spectacular sport so Abereiddi has been lifted out of its 20th century torpor into the full limelight of the jet set age. The little north Pembrokeshire hamlet prepared itself for an even bigger invasion of fans for the event in September.


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Not much is known about the Noxious Lair, but a certain quest tells us there used to be water at its location. The Silithid have moved in and drained western Tanaris of its resources.
On the surface, the lair is slightly sunk, as if there was a broad river or shallow lake at its location once, overlooking the Un'goro Crater. The floor is mostly sandy. Here and there large twitching claws are erect, seemingly from large silithid creatures buried in the sand, and where they erect the soil is drenched with silithid goo. Inside the lair beneath the surface, it is like any other silithid hive: Humid, warm and eerie. There are many tunnels connecting the two entrances and the breeding rooms with eachother. The walls of the tunnels are coated with silithid acid and decorated with unborn insects.
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It's hard to explain what's been happening here lately. There's actually been quite a bit of baking and cooking going on, but I feel as though I don't have much to share with y'all at the moment.
I think what this is really about is summertime fever. I've got it bad. All I want to do these days is go outside and lounge around and read and have cocktails and make ice cream. So, if I may indulge for a moment, here's a list of what I'm loving and what I'm excited about this summer.
Bulleit Bourbon – Yes. I've been hitting the bottle, but who could blame me when the bottle is Bulleit? One of the bartenders at Flora recently turned me on to Bulleit Bourbon. I'm really enjoying it in the form of a Boulevardier, which is a negroni with bourbon in place of gin. It's divine. A little bit of Bulleit on the rocks is a nice treat, too.
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef – When I saw Gabrielle Hamilton on Charlie Rose, I knew I needed to read her memoir. What I didn't know was that I would fall in love with her restaurant when I visited New York last month and that the leeks vinaigrette and the fried sweetbreads that they serve at Prune would be on my mind for weeks to follow. So it really is no surprise that I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story behind their maker. If you love food, if you value food, you will definitely appreciate this book. You might even be inspired.
Olympus XA2 – I totally scored. I've been keeping my eye out for one of these classic 35mm rangefinders for years, so you can imagine how excited I was to find this little beauty at a rummage sale for $1 this past weekend. I can't wait to play with it this summer. More importantly, I can't wait to shoot and develop some film. It has been way too long.
Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits – This has been playing on a loop for days now. Seriously. It's magical. I love Stevie.
Baby Lettuce Box – This is the best $4 investment I've made so far this year. There is nothing like a salad made of hand picked baby lettuces. So fresh, so perfect. A touch of vinaigrette is all you need, but some fresh fruit and a bit of cheese are also very nice accompaniments.
Dogwood – Cocktails. Cured meats. And a fantastic grilled cheese sandwich with whiskey bacon chutney. This is where I'm drinking this summer. Dogwood is one of the new bars in Oakland's Uptown and it is impressive. It's cool without being pretentious, offers an incredible selection of spirits, and houses a small charcuterie counter that made my heart skip a beat.
Young Coconut Cooler – Young coconut is a longtime favorite of mine. It may be psychosomatic, but I feel instantly calm(er) after drinking coconut water. I swear there are soothing properties in coconut, which is why I like to keep it on hand for when I'm feeling stressed. I've been drinking a whole lot of it lately.
I used to drink coconut water straight from the coconut with a straw, then scoop out the pulp for a snack afterward. It wasn't until last year that I learned a better way of doing things.
Last Halloween, I woke up on my best friend's couch with a hair piece still attached to my head and a serious hangover. It was a rough scene. Luckily, Sara's sensible better half knew exactly what to give to this hot mess: young coconut. And because Mr. Redbeard is clever in the kitchen, he blended the coconut water with the pulp and some ice cubes and handed me the best young coconut smoothie ever.
Maybe blending the coconut water and pulp together is the obvious thing to do, but for one reason or another, I had never thought of it. And now it's the only way to do things around here. I like to call this a cooler rather than a smoothie because it's a bit lighter and more refreshing than your typical creamy, fruit filled smoothie. I'm sure it would be great blended with a handful of blueberries or a few hunks of fresh pineapple or maybe even a splash of rum, but I like my coconut cooler pure and simple. It's great for breakfast or for an afternoon snack. And since coconut water is full of electrolytes, it's the perfect remedy for hot summer days (and mean hangovers).
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Growing up, Airman 1st Class Emily Beckerjeck said she never thought of herself as different.
Growing up, Airman 1st Class Emily Beckerjeck said she never thought of herself as different.
With both a brother and a father in her household and a neighborhood of boys as playmates, she said her upbringing was perhaps not typical, but added she could see where those experiences led to where she is now.
"I like physical jobs, I like being very physical," she said. "I grew up with boys, so anything that they could do I could do too."
A firefighter with the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron at Aviano Air Force Base in Italy, for the last seven months Leavenworth native Beckerjeck has been in that same sort of environment, working amongst men in a physically and sometimes mentally demanding
job. She said she wouldn't have it any other way.
"I actually chose this job," she said. "I went to a recruiter and I told them I wanted a guaranteed job."
Working 24-hour shifts on a staggered schedule, Beckerjeck is one of about 60 other firefighters charged with protecting the 31st Fighter Wing, responding to in-flight emergencies and motor-vehicle accidents.
Though she was not a product of it, Beckerjeck admitted that women in her position are rare but said she does feel that the Department of Defense's recent announcement to allow women into combat roles will increase the ranks of her female peers.
"I think that I could be an example that women can meet the standards," she said. "We can do whatever you can do."
For anyone, she said those standards can be intense. Beckerjeck said her unit undergoes regular workouts and continual training, including physical testing that requires wearing as much as 75 pounds of gear and completing crucial job-related tasks in eight minutes or less.
A 2011 Leavenworth High School graduate, Beckerjeck also credited her experiences here as part of her alma mater's JROTC unit as helping her achieve her goals.
"It was actually part of what got me interested. It really actually set me up for success," she said. " It reinforced what I wanted to do, definitely."
Despite her status on the only female in what even for the civilian sector is still a predominantly male occupation, Beckerjeck said her fellow firefighters at Aviano AFB don't treat her much differently.
Still, she said she took special pride in a recent trip to a school near the base. The look in the children's eyes, she said, made her feel like a role model.
"I like being that role model for the girls," she said, adding that as a firefighter she can also be an example to the boys.
On Wednesday, Beckerjeck said she was looking forward to training in Morocco with live fires. Asked what she would be doing if she weren't a firefighter, Beckerjeck said she hadn't thought a lot about it.
"I have no idea to be completely honest," she said. "It seems like a lot of people don't get what they want and I was one of the lucky people that did."


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We hope you will be joining us and thousands of special educators in San Antonio, Texas for CEC's Annual Convention and Expo! CEC's Convention will provide us all with an opportunity to reflect on special education and how we can continue to advance the profession and support better outcomes for children and youth with disabilities and gifts and talents. This year's convention will offer over 900 professional development sessions featuring the most pressing issues in the field, as well as speakers and celebrations you won't want to miss!
CEC's Policy and Advocacy team will bringing to you the hot policy topics from budget to teacher evaluation and beyond! Here is the schedule of events from CEC's Policy team:
- All Week – CEC's Legislative
Action Center: Come by CEC's Legislative
Action Center in CEC Central to learn more about the 113th
Congress, CEC's policy initiatives and the advocacy that you can do on
behalf of children and youth with disabilities, their families and the
professionals who work with them!
- Thursday,
April 4 – Inclusion, Equality and Opportunity: Join Michael Yudin, Acting
Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and learn about vision and
priorities for achieving inclusion, equity and opportunity for all
- Thursday, April 4 – Update from the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): NCSER Commissioner, Dr. Deborah Speece, will share how the federal government has invested in special education research and plans for future research initiatives.
- Friday,
April 5 - What's Happening in Washington Session: Hear from Debbie Speece, NCSER Commissioner, as well
as Melody Musgrove, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office
of Special Education Programs, in an interview with CEC's policy
staff. CEC's policy team will also
give updates on current initiatives and policy discussions happening in
Washington, and share CEC's perspective.
- Saturday, April 6 – Global Special Education: Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going?: Come learn more about major trends in global special needs education, focusing on the vital United Nations Conventions, Resolutions and international initiatives.
- Saturday, April 6 – The Policy Behind Education Research: CEC's Recommendations for the Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA): In 2013, CEC approved its recommendations to Congress for the reauthorization of ESRA. Come hear from leaders in special education research about these recommendations as well as the importance and impact of the legislation on the field.
- Saturday, April 6 – CEC's Position on Special Education Teacher Evaluation: Current Local Efforts, Issues to Consider and Recommendations for Fairness: Join CEC's Policy Team as well as experts in the field for a conversation about CEC's new Position on Special Education Teacher Evaluation, the policy discussions and climate that lead to its creation and examples for you how you can use the Position to advocate for strong meaningful evaluation systems in your schools.
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Marloes Sands, round the southern tip of broad St Brides Bay is a wide, curved stretch of golden sand between Hooper's Point and Gateholm Island.
Although it is a bit of a walk from the nearest carparks at Marloes Mere, Martin's Haven and West Dale, those who frequent it think it well worth the effort.
Above the cliff behind the northern side of the beach is Marloes Mere, a nature reserve where rare flora and fauna has been recorded. The latest bird to add to the 'twitcher' tickbox is the Spoonbill.
With its rocky outcrops in the sand it is reminiscent of the beaches of Connemara in the West of Ireland, and that is from no less an authority than a native of those parts, the famous actor Peter O'Toole, who noticed the similarity when he was filming there 45 years ago.
It was a James Goldman award-winning film 'The Lion in Winter' in which O'Toole starred with Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins (in his film debut), Timothy Dalton and Nigel Stock, and it told the story of Henry11's preference as his successor to the throne of his youngest son John while his estranged wife Queen Eleanor favoured their oldest surviving son Richard 1st (The Lionheart). Marloes sands was chosen as the ideal place for the battle scenes in the surf, with horses and men milling about in a sunlit sea and many local 'extras' taking part in the hazardous proceedings. After a web of intrigue, Richard eventually succeeded and was later followed by John.
From the cliffs above Marloes Sands the coastal path walker has a grandstand view of the two bird sanctuarys of Skomer Island and Skokholm Island, the former separated from Midland Island and the mainland by treacherous Jack Sound which has claimed many a victim from the ships that pass this coast. Over the centuries and right up until the 1960s, daring ships' masters chancing a short cut through Jack Sound have come to grief here.
A path leads down onto Marloes Sands via the little cove of Mill Bay to the west, but there are no signs of a mill, although traces of a leet are discernible. Geologists journey here to this remote spot from all over the world to take a look at an exposed stretch of Silurian rocks known as The Three Chimneys - near-vertical beds of alternate sandstones and siltstones demonstrating different states of weathering.
Geological Surveyors have carved in the rock a small arrow, not difficult to find, to mark where the Silurian rock ends and the Old Red Sandstone begins. The Skomer Volcanic Series has within it some rocks known as Marloesite and Skomerite, which are found nowhere else. The complex faulting just east of Martin's Haven, includes parallel groups which have in this location produced four rift valleys, separated by square headlands or 'horsts', the westernmost being Martin's Haven itself.


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Montreal World Cup Preview
There will be 53 riders on the starting line for tomorrow's women's Road World Cup race, the 5th in the season-long series. Among the favourites will be World Cup leader Hanka Kupfernagel (Greenery Hawk) of Germany, Australian Anna Wilson (Saturn), who is second overall in the series, and her team mate - Canadian Lyne Bessette.
Bessette is coming off her dominating win of the Tour de l'Aude stage race in France, and the home support from the knowledgable Quebec fans will certainly motivate her. others that are sure to be watched carefully in the pack are Canadian Linda Jackson (Timex), last year's winner (and 1998 overall World Cup champion) Diana Ziliute (Dream Team), her Italian team mate Roberta Bonanomi (3rd in the overall standings), and Canadian climbing specialist Sue Palmer-Komar (Team Elita), who recently returned to road racing after an 18 month foray into mountain biking.
The course is once again the gruelling Mont Royal circuit in the middle of Montreal - considered by many to be one of the toughest one day race circuits in the world. The riders will do 11 laps of the circuit, for a total of just over 90 kilometres. This year the riders will finish at the top of the climb, setting the stage for an interesting finish if there is no breakaway earlier in the race.
Unlike last year, when the riders raced in the cold rain, the forecast is for hot (25 plus Celcius), and sunny conditions, meaning that proper hydration will be critical. The race begins at noon, local time, and we will begin our coverage approximately half an hour before that. During the race, we will be providing updates as the action happens: during the attacks, chases, and lap-by-lap. So be sure to refresh regularly (and empty your cache!), to catch the action live.
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Someone on LinkedIn Answers asked the question "Has writing gone the way of the Dodo?" and wrote that he didn't mean that writing was extinct, just that standards of business writing appear to have declined. He provoked a lot of responses from writers, and his question certainly hit a nerve with me, so here's what I wrote in reply:
"Mass literacy has been replaced by mass communication, and many people don't read any more they just watch or listen. I don't think you can master the complexities of written language - particularly written English - without reading widely or studying deliberately.
Modern school education hasn't done a good job of teaching the mechanics of English, and I have taught non-specialist undergraduate university students who have come to a class on writing and been unable to explain what an adjective is. "I didn't think this class was going to be about grammar", said one. But if you can't tell what the parts of a sentence are how can you ever hope to write a meaningful one? These students had clearly passed their GCSEs and A-levels even though they didn't appear to know much about language, and without devaluing their achievements it does suggest that the English language standards expected by examiners can't be that high.
Technology and market forces also play their part in keeping down the value of writing. There are people out there who will write you 250 words of SEO-focused junk copy for about 5p, making it difficult for professional writers of any kind to charge reasonable rates. My own approach to technical communication makes this aspect of the problem even worse, as I generally find myself telling clients they need to publish fewer words. Shouldn't that be cheaper?
I am constantly amazed that although people who have Microsoft Excel on their Windows PC don't immediately think that they can be accountants, everyone who has a copy of Microsoft Word thinks they can be a writer. Worse still, everyone who has a copy of Microsoft Word appears to think that they can be a typographer as well (and don't get me started on how "ICT Skills" are being taught in UK schools).
So I'd blame the decline in writing standards on a combination of a number of different expectations all coming together - people are offering very cheap writing services, so it's not worth paying for; there's a tool on my computer that "does" writing so it must be easy; I passed my exams at school without making much of an effort at writing skills so why should I bother to make an effort now?"
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Dykking & Marinbevaring - Frivillig Arbeid i Thailand: Månedlige Oppdateringer
Conservation in Thailand – Monthly Update - September–October 2014
There have been a lot of changes at the marine conservation project over the past couple of months. We have sadly bid farewell to Vishal Pawa, who has been the conservation project manager for three years, and to our field biologist, Diego Fernandez, who joined the Projects Abroad family a year ago.
In September, Montira Reijner started working with us as a field coordinator. She is a dive master and will be leading our survey dives, environmental workshops, field ecology trips and micro-plastic research.
In October, we welcomed our new project manager, Pamela Benjasirchai. Her extensive background in marine ecology and natural resources will turn the conservation project's focus to more scientific research, which can be shared globally. Andrea Rugo also joined the team as our new marine biologist. Andrea and Pam will work together to implement new diving surveys to maximize quality data collection for quantifying our marine resources.
Scientific Surveys
The dive operation has been subject to a slight delay due to adverse weather conditions, which have forced dives to be postponed multiple times. This has resulted in many weekends being replete with diving activities. However, volunteers did not seem to be too concerned about not having their weekends free since their main focus was being in the water as much as possible.
During September, our field biologist, Diego Fernandez, continued conducting reef surveys entitled Green Fins, Dive Against Debris, Endangered Species and Shark sightings. All the data gathered over the past year was analyzed in a brief paper entitled "Ecological Study and Classification of the Coral Reef on the Low Andaman Sea: Influence of Sediments, Depth and Reef Status on the Substrate Cover and Species Abundance." His work indicated that the coral reef in the project's survey area was in good health.
While Andrea transitioned into his role, we continued to collect data for Dive Against Debris and the Project Aware database. With each dive, our volunteers searched for endangered species such as turtles, sharks and marine mammals. Throughout the whole of October, we developed our survey methods to ensure that they followed scientific diving standards. This will not only promote a strong collection of relevant data but it also makes the surveys easy for our volunteers to put into practice. After each dive, feedback was gathered from volunteers, and the method was adapted to tackle any occurring problems and improve the quality of the data collected.
By the end of the month, we had developed a suitable method and gathered all the material needed to conduct new surveys. Official data collection will start in the first week of November and the aim of the coming weeks will be to confirm that the method works well and that it can be used by bigger groups of volunteers. Furthermore, we plan to start conducting market surveys to assess the environmental awareness of the local community. Our hope is that this will offer us a further insight to local ecological issues and confirm that our target species are suitable for our research.
Volunteers have been incredibly helpful during this transition period by contributing ideas and actively looking for solutions to any problems.
Dive Operation
Over the past two months, we certified seven PADI Open Water divers, seven PADI Advanced Open Water divers and one PADI Rescue Diver. We dived at Phi Phi National Park and at local islands around the Ao Nang area. We also visited the Shark Point Marine Sanctuary, which is located between Phi Phi and Phuket.
Our volunteers learned about mangrove ecology through working with the Mangrove Action Project (MAP), which is a local organization that aims to preserve and restore mangrove ecosystems. In September, we worked for two consecutive days at MAP's base site, which is a reclaimed shrimp farm in Koh Klang. Through means of hydrology, our volunteers restored landmass by digging trenches to allow brackish water to flow between changing tides.
Along with attending educational mangrove workshops, our volunteers ventured out to 'Thanon Pu Dam' or 'Black Crab Street' in Krabi town to snorkel through the healthier mangroves with Montira. It was an adventure as there was very little visibility but they had great fun doing it! At some point over the coming month, they will repeat this activity but will do so closer to the sea so that they can at least see some marine creatures.
At our base camp, we maintain a small tree nursery as part of our reforestation work. Our volunteers visit the Forest Restoration Research unit in Klong Thom on a bi-monthly basis. In September and October, they planted trees and learnt about the importance of certain rare tree species to birds' migration and pairing rituals.
Beach Clean-ups
As part of our beach clean-up effort, we collected 14kg of recyclable waste and 17kg of non-recyclable waste at an island off Noparathara Beach. Volunteers focused on picking up every piece of rubbish from the high tide mark. Starting from November, our beach clean-up will involve conducting a survey across a section of 50 meters from the vegetation area to the seashore. All of our trash collection data is inputted to our internal database and submitted to Ocean Conservancy.
In addition to our marine debris removal and plastic pollution research, we have been collecting dead fish that have been caught in fishing nets. We plan to analyze the gut content of these fish for 'micro-plastics' as part of our dissection workshop.
Sea Turtles
The first Friday of every month is our 'sea turtle day' in Phuket. Before going to the Phuket Marine Biological Center, volunteers learn all about the life cycle of sea turtles and threats to their existence. When they get to see these amazing creatures, volunteers get their hands dirty by scrubbing algae to ensure clean tanks for hatchlings and the rescued adult turtles. Their entire day in Phuket is jam-packed with exciting activities; they visit the aquarium, have a picnic lunch while looking over a beautiful beach, and learn all about dive physiology in a hyperbaric chamber at Phuket International hospital.
Education and Awareness
For our education and awareness activities, our volunteers worked with school children. In September, we visited the Klong Thom School and taught the students about fruit, birds, and the relationship between them. We also worked with our sub-district administrator (a local government office) to teach young children to swim. In October, we taught school children about the food chain in the marine environment. They drew beautiful illustrations of food webs and food pyramids.
Cultural and Social Events
We are extremely excited to announce our recently launched cultural and social event calendar.
Events will take place every Wednesday evening or after dives, and activities range from sampling a variety of dishes at a street market to enjoying a Thai BBQ dinner or watching Thai boxing. For Halloween, we spent our entire day face painting at the beach as well as carving Halloween watermelons, swimming, playing games, eating candy and Thai food… and of course relaxing!


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The Upper Chesapeake (Maryland) region dairy princess pageant was held May 26. I remember how I felt in the contestants' position: nervous, uncertain and yet, excited. I decided to run for Upper Chesapeake Dairy Princess when a few friends involved in the dairy industry presented me with the idea. I thought they were crazy. I did not know the duties of a dairy princess. I was simply a farm girl who didn't mind getting her hands dirty. However, my family and friends insisted, and I tried. I presented an introduction, performed a radio spot, interviewed with the judges and responded to fish bowl questions. All my responses came straight from the heart. I was in shock when they announced my name for the new title. I was then handed a toasting glass and wondered, what am I supposed to say in a toast? They told me not to worry. I would learn everything at the Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Seminar.
At seminar, I met many new friends from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and Maryland. I became friends with Danielle Anderson (2011-2012 Frederick County Dairy Princess), Cassidy Schirmer (2011-2012 Eastern Shore Dairy Princess) and Amber Lippy (2011-2012 Carroll County Dairy Princess). Seminar taught us about scrapbooking, writing letters, public speaking, etiquette and most importantly, the dairy industry. Maryland contestants take time at seminar to develop ideas and skills in preparation for pageant and their reign. When we left, I felt much more confident. I had a general idea of the Maryland Dairy Princess Contest and was ready to take on promotions.
Between pageants, I traveled to a few promotions, including farm meetings, baseball games, ag days and schools. Each event was different but contributed to my experience as the Upper Chesapeake Dairy Princess. State pageant included two days of interviews and interactions with the judges. The night was full of energy, and my cousin, Daniel, was my escort. I'm still not certain which he disliked more, the idea of escorting me to the stage or dressing up, but he did it. On stage, everyone was watching. I felt the same feelings as I did at the Upper Chesapeake pageant. I presented my skit and radio spot and answered questions. I had never wanted something this much, and I knew the other well-deserving princesses felt the same way. Finally, it was time to hear the results. A sensational feeling rushed through my body when I heard my name called. I couldn't stop smiling. I knew I was ready for the upcoming year.
It is incredible how much I learned in that year. My uncertainty vanished, and I love passing on my knowledge to any individual who asks. However, as Dairy Princess you learn something new at each event.
It is sad to retire from the UCDP position, but I am certain that both Miss Elizabeth Galbreath (2012-2013 Upper Chesapeake Dairy Princess) and Miss Sarah McDowell (2012-2013 UCDP Alternate) will do a fantastic job representing their regions. Good luck to all 2012-2013 Maryland Dairy Princess contestants!
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Rose is a wheelchair user who depends on Fernanda to push her wherever she needs to go, but the intersection between 69th Pl. and Grand Ave. is not wheelchair-accessible, as its crosswalks are missing two curb cuts.
The missing curb cuts had been nuisances to them before, but they had found a complicated way to cross the street without them. However, the recently installed bollards in the middle of Grand Ave. now block their path and make crossing the street that much more of a struggle.
"It's a little embarrassing," Fernanda said when describing her attempt to cross the road. "Cars are in front and behind me. I'm like a car because I'm in the road."
She has no problem with the installment of the bollards, but with the lack of curb cuts in the crosswalks that lie at the root of the problem. "I'm fine with that, I understand," Fernanda said, referring to the bollards. "Just do it right."
Ensuring more safety through the bollards is commendable, but their presence intensifies the need for curb cuts, a long-overdue addition to a street that has lacked them for years. This structural flaw limits accessibility for all handicapped people, not just Fernanda and her mom.
In response to this issue, a Department of Transportation (DOT) representative defended the department, stating that it "works closely with the disabled community" and that it has a "strong record of installing pedestrian ramps."
"Complex corners with multiple interferences (such as other hardware and catch basins) take longer to address," the representative said. "This particular intersection is one such area with multiple interferences."
The crosswalks where the curb cuts would be installed are already partly occupied by other structures, including a bus stop and a pole, complicating the process.
Fernanda expressed impatience with the officials, however, as other construction and remodeling has occurred at the intersection, but the lack of curb cuts has consistently been ignored.
"They had all this time," she said. "When they changed the lights, they should have put the curb cut. When they put in the crosswalk, they should have put the curb cut."
The DOT representative said that the agency "is looking into what improvements can be made this fiscal year at this intersection so all users can access it."


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Fans of Nikita rejoice! It has been renewed for a third season. While Bill and I had it as more or less of a toss-up for renewal, our source was either flat-out wrong or things got un-bleak quickly. But for fans, all's well that ends well!
And it gets better for Nikita fans as a third season renewal practically guarantees there will be a fourth for syndication purposes.
Update: Hart of Dixie has been renewed. No word yet on Secret Circle.
Both renewals are for full seasons of 22 episodes.
CW has also ordered five new dramas to series, and canceled Ringer and The Secret Circle while renewing Gossip Girl for a short final season.


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I keep watching this video over and over and every time this insane guy in a wingsuit somehow manages to avoid smashing into the side of the mountain by perfectly zipping through a ridiculously narrow cave. It's unbelievable. It doesn't make sense. He's flying at 155 miles per hour!
Flyer Alexander Polli is the guy who pulled off the amazing stunt which started with him free falling from a helicopter and ends with him just barely dodging guaranteed death. People are incredible. [Epic TV]


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- Total Time
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- 2 large garlic cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 1/2 lb flank steak, trimmed
- Accompaniment: Mixed cherry tomatoes with tamarind dressing
- Mash garlic and ginger to a paste with salt and spices using a mortar and pestle (or mince and mash with a large knife). Pat steak dry, then rub paste all over and marinate steak, covered and chilled, at least 8 hours.
- Prepare grill for cooking.
- Bring steak to room temperature (do not leave out longer than 1 hour). When fire is hot (you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack 1 to 2 seconds), grill steak on lightly oiled grill rack 5 to 8 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Transfer steak to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.
- Holding knife at a 45-degree angle, cut steak across the grain into thin slices.
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• Steak can be marinated up to 2 days.
• Steak can be grilled in a hot lightly oiled well-seasoned ridged grill pan over moderately.
• Steak can be grilled in a hot lightly oiled well-seasoned ridged grill pan over moderately.
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Eurozone slides back into recession
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A protestor sits in front of the riot police riot to stop the clashes during a general strike in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike is the second in Spain this year. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)


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Facebook joined a group of companies urging the Federal Communications Commission to approve the T-Mobile/AT&T merger, reports said today.
Although Facebook seemingly would have no stake in the matter, the tech company along with Microsoft, Yahoo, Research in Motion, Oracle and others, signed a letter sent to the FCC in support of the merger, the Washington Post reported. The groups want a larger cell network and LTE wireless service, PCMag reported. From the letter:
Many policy related efforts will not be able to quickly address near term capacity needs. The FCC must seriously weigh the benefits of this merger and approve it. . . .An increasingly robust and efficient wireless network is part of a virtuous innovation cycle and a healthy wireless ecosystem is an important part of our global competitiveness. . . . AT&T has stated that its LTE deployment will bring significant benefits to residents of rural areas and smaller communities, where the benefits of real-time video and similar capabilities are most urgently needed to fill gaps in physical infrastructure for healthcare, education, and other social needs.
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Last week, Sprint Nextel asked the FCC to block the merger -- not surprising since it's a competitor -- citing that AT&T has plentiful wireless spectrum to exploit and doesn't need more.
Whether this letter was an attempt to get the FCC to ignore Sprint's objections, we don't know. However, you could make an argument that it's a convenient time to get tech companies to jump on the T-Mobile merger bandwagon. Facebook and the other companies have nothing to lose if AT&T gets bigger, it simply changes the name of the carrier that powers their software, platform or devices.


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Health officials in Sochi chose the gold standard when selecting a medical air and vacuum system for their hospital facilities during the 2014 Winter Olympics. We were called upon to supply the systems for a newly-developed surgical unit that was built especially for the hosting of the event.


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Profit and loss: Film Fest highs and lows
After four days of nonstop movie-going at the 16th Virginia Film Festival, The Hook crawled home and emptied its pockets of ticket stubs, which rained down like betting slips from a day at the racetrack. And like gamblers at the racetrack, we had bet on winners– and losers– at this year's fest.
A faint malaise and some grumbling about the lack of stars were evident opening night. But as the festival progressed, the wheat separated from the chaff– or in this case, the true film lovers from the merely star-struck. For the devoted, the absence of a name-brand star provided benefits: easier parking and less crowded theaters.
For four days, film buffs looked at how money plays a powerful force in our lives both for haves and have-nots. Was it a good investment? Absolutely.
If it's a movie about a sex change operation, it must be a Frank Pierson film: The writer of Dog Day Afternoon and director of Soldier's Girl, both based on real-life events involving a transsexual, inspires some speculation about this theme in his oeuvre.
What makes Pierson cringe at seeing Dog Day Afternoon 30 years later: How the police act about the sex change operation for Al Pacino's gay lover. Oh, don't go PC on us now, Frank. That reaction rings true for 1972, when the movie was set.
Thank God that heckler woofing during the opening night presentations wasn't some deranged Wahoo: No, it was featured guest John "Sir Little John" Wojtowicz, the real bank robber upon which Dog Day was based, who explained that barking is like applause in New York.
Another benefit of low star wattage: The opening gala at the second floor of the University Art Museum was not wall-to-wall people, making it possible to maneuver through the upstairs rooms without having a panic attack.
Elegant square glass plates and pizza: Not everyone at the gala got the connection between the pizza being served in boxes and the meal in Dog Day Afternoon.
Oddest use of a translator: A partygoer who tried to chat up Aboriginal star David Gulpilil at the gala reported that his translator repeated the conversation back to Gulpilil in English– with an Australian accent.
Reasons to take the Brazilian film industry seriously: Ilha das Flores (Isle of Flowers) uses a style suitable to educational films to explain mankind and the process that allows people to feed on garbage deemed not fit for pigs. Shown on a double bill with Domesticas (Maids), a 2001 film by City of God director Fernando Meirelles that flips the usual screen role of maids who merely enter a room to serve coffee. Instead, the mistresses are never seen, and the film proves that it doesn't necessarily follow that if you're poor, you must be unhappy.
Most impassioned anti-war crowd: The audience at Three Kings on October 24.
Most emotional discussion: UVA professor Abdulaziz Sachedina bursts into tears following the screening of Three Kings. "I could cry," he says. "...I have seen the suffering of the [Iraqi] people." And fellow prof Ruhi Ramazani and journalist Helena Cobban eviscerate U.S. Middle Eastern policy, explaining how the current war in Iraq was inevitable following the Gulf War.
Priciest prosthetic rack: "It was about $75,000 for those tits," Frank Pierson tells the audience at Soldier's Girl, his made-for-Showtime film based on the real life story of Private Barry Winchell, who falls in love with a transsexual chanteuse and is then bludgeoned to death with a bat in his barracks.
Third generation Hollywood royalty: Jane Fonda's son, Troy Garrity, stars as the besotted Pfc in Soldier's Girl.
Technical support breakdown: Pierson and producer Doro Bachrach aren't offered stools or a podium during the discussion at Vinegar Hill October 24, and so they have to stand and pass the microphone back and forth.
Man in the news: Before coming to Charlottesville, Pierson, president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, negotiates a compromise that will allow Academy members to get videos of nominated films in return for their promise to keep them out of the hands of bootleggers.
Perfect sad sack: William Macy's luck is so bad, he makes a career of it in The Cooler, which is set in that den of lucre and luck, Las Vegas.
Scene we never thought we'd see Macy in: Having hot sex. Talk about somebody's whose luck takes a drastic turn...
Way we like to hear our tax dollars are being spent: Restoring old film prints, "thank you very much," says Library of Congress rep Mike Mashon, who introduces a struck-from-the-original print of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Let's clear up some confusion on the part of a beer drinker: The movie about how gold corrupts is not the Treasure of the Sierra Nevada.
It could be a line from a blues song: "I used to play the trumpet, until my brother hocked it," director Charles Burnett tells the audience at the screening of The Blues: Warming by the Devil's Fire.
The church did it: Reason Burnett says it took the blues so long to be recognized as a legitimate art form.
Question we wished someone would ask Burnett: What are your favorite dirty blues lyrics?
Who says silent film is dead? The screening of Buster Keaton's Seven Chances with accompaniment and vibrant original score by Anne Watts and Boister, and Laurel and Hardy's Big Business, accompanied by pianist Donald Sosin, drew the best crowd we saw at Culbreth.
Event we wish we'd spent more time at: The Fringe Festival at the old IGA is the perfect venue for the starving artist portion of the $-themed festival.
Movie we wish we'd seen: The "Your Name Here" Story earns rave reviews in the anti-consumerism sector.
John Wojtowicz backlash at the Filthy Lucre for Starving Artists party: The former thief is followed by a film crew and fawned upon by festival goers, prompting one Big Apple resident to fume, "Nobody cares about this guy in New York."
After sitting through movies for three days, they're ready to shake it: Young and old, rich and poor, dance for all they're worth Saturday at the closing night party.
"Australia's Sidney Poitier," David Gulpilil, is probably the only film fest guest who knows how to hunt and skin a wallaby.
Frank Pierson, who wrote Dog Day Afternoon, meets John Wojtowicz, the bank robber who inspired the movie and who stretches his 15 minutes of fame at the Virginia Film Festival."


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By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. retail
sales fell unexpectedly in January and more Americans filed for
jobless benefits last week, the latest signs the economy started the
year on softer footing as unseasonably cold weather took its toll.
Large parts of the country have been gripped by freezing
temperatures and snow storms, which have been blamed for weak hiring
over the past two months. Economists, however, are not worried yet
and look for a rebound in the second quarter.
"Today's data unequivocally show that the unusually cold winter
weather is weighing on economic activity. Consumer spending has
literally frozen," said Harm Bandholz, chief economist at UniCredit
Research in New York.
Retail sales fell 0.4 percent last month, led by a tumble in
automobile sales and categories like clothing, furniture stores and
restaurants that depend of foot traffic. Economists had expected
retail sales to hold steady.
Adding to the report's weak tone, December sales were revised to
show a 0.1 percent dip. They had previously been reported to have
increased 0.2 percent.
Investors on Wall Street discounted the weak data, with U.S. stocks
up marginally in morning trade. The dollar fell, while prices for
U.S. government debt rose.
"It's still too early to conclude that the soft patch is a more
ominous sign of a more meaningful slowdown in the economy," said Jim
Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors
in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
While the two straight months of declining sales most likely
reflected frigid temperatures, there were also signs of general
weakness creeping in as online sales also fell.
Stripping out automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food
services, so-called core sales fell 0.3 percent. Core sales for
December were revised to only a 0.3 percent rise from a previously
reported 0.7 percent advance. November's core sales figure was also
revised down.
Core sales correspond most closely with the consumer spending
component of gross domestic product.
The downward revisions to November and December core sales suggest
that fourth-quarter consumer spending and economic growth were not
as strong as initially thought.
In its first estimate of fourth-quarter GDP, the government said the
economy grew at a 3.2 percent annual pace, with consumer spending
advancing at a 3.3 percent rate.
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In the wake of other data showing a bigger trade deficit than the
government had assumed, economists expect fourth-quarter GDP growth
to be lowered substantially when the government publishes updated
figures later this month.
"The running tally of revisions for fourth-quarter GDP point to a
downward revision to a 2.3 percent rate," said Michelle Girard,
chief economist at RBS in Stamford, Connecticut.
In a separate report, the Labor Department said initial claims for
state unemployment benefits rose 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted
339,000 in the week ended February 8. Economists had expected them
to slip to 330,000.
A four-week moving average of claims, considered a better measure of
labor market trends, rose 3,500 to 336,750, suggesting layoffs have
picked up only marginally.
Bad weather was likely behind the rise in filings last week. With
another winter storm hitting many parts of the country this week,
the survey period for February nonfarm payrolls, there is a good
chance of a third month of weak hiring.
"Weather may have an impact again in February on the payroll jobs
report, although ... the government will count you as working unless
you couldn't make it in to work every day of the pay period," said
Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ in New York.
Last month, receipts at auto dealers fell 2.1 percent. It was the
second consecutive month of decreases. Auto manufacturers complained
last week that frigid temperatures had hurt sales. Retail sales
excluding automobiles were flat.
Sales of building materials and garden equipment rose 1.4 percent,
likely boosted by demand for snow removal equipment.
There were also gains in receipts at service stations and
electronics and appliance stores.
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I've always been fond of option 4 which can take a wide variety of forms. I used to live around the corner from a Kingdom Hall (that's what JWs call their worship houses) and we'd get visits twice a month...until I answered the door wearing only a pair of dirty cargo shorts with a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other (and it was 10 am to boot!) and told them that my wife (I wasn't married then) did all the talking as I was just her housemaid and love slave.They never came back.
The best basic rule with them is never let them in the house---PERIOD they will eventually, in a year or two, get the message and stop coming.
I got to tell you, in all honesty I am really disturbed that a group of Serbs are "hunting" other Serbs for conversion. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't put off by the whole thing. At the very least, I would like to call them traitors against their people and their Church.
I am not Serbian, but I do know that the JWs are a rehash of many of the very heresies condemned in the early Ecumenical Councils of the Church repackaged for today's world. Most JWs do not listen to anything you say but are only focussed on getting their message out. My advice is to never let them in the front door, give them some Orthodox Material to read and be sure to throw their material out---it is poorly written, presents lies and inaccuracies, and frequently poor translations of scriptures that deliberately change the wording to give their view but do not translate the word accurately (their New World Translation of the Greek Bible is laughable to anyone who knows Greek). The best basic rule with them is never let them in the house---PERIOD they will eventually, in a year or two, get the message and stop coming. Thomas
Rev. 1:8: "I am the Al´pha and the O·me´ga," says Jehovah God, "the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty."
9 I John, YOUR brother and a sharer with YOU in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in company with Jesus, came to be in the isle that is called Pat´mos for speaking about God and bearing witness to Jesus. 10 By inspiration I came to be in the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a strong voice like that of a trumpet, 11 saying: "What you see write in a scroll and send it to the seven congregations, in Eph´e·sus and in Smyr´na and in Per´ga·mum and in Thy·a·ti´ra and in Sar´dis and in Philadelphia and in La·o·di·ce´a." 12 And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me, and, having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands someone like a son of man, clothed with a garment that reached down to the feet, and girded at the breasts with a golden girdle. 14 Moreover, his head and his hair were white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes as a fiery flame; 15 and his feet were like fine copper when glowing in a furnace; and his voice was as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp, long two-edged sword was protruding, and his countenance was as the sun when it shines in its power. 17 And when I saw him, I fell as dead at his feet. And he laid his right hand upon me and said: "Do not be fearful. I am the First and the Last,18 and the living one; and I became dead, but, look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Ha´des.
Rev. 22:13: "I am the Al´pha and the O·me´ga, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
And he laid his right hand upon me and said: "Do not be fearful. I am the First and the Last,18 and the living one; and I became dead, but, look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Ha´des.
South Serb,I would encourage you and your wife not to give them entrance to your house. Your account that they travel in hordes (if 4 constitutes a horde) is their usual m.o. They try to gang up on you and bombard you from multiple sides. Allowing them entrance into your house only increases their resolve and you are made (deceptively) to feel comfortable. I've had this situation happen to me in my apartment shortly after my conversion to Orthodoxy. In my hubris and arrogance, I assumed that I would be impervious and be able to handle things with dignity, patience and loving kindness. How wrong I was! They started becoming vitriolic and almost hateful. They even started cursing my icons of Christ and the Theotokos that I have in my apartment. I became mad and I started becoming sarcastic which led me to become mean and insulting to the point that I nearly threw them out of my apartment. If I had sense and just said that I wasn't interested in talking to them, it would have saved me a lot of trouble and even doubt.
all in all they are good and descent people.....
They are to be commended in that they practice what they preach. It's the same with Mormons. But, sad to say, their theology is dangerous. I have absolutely no problem practicing whatever religion or beliefs that they hold sacred, but when they try to impose it on others by use of intimidation (and that's what my meetings with them have amounted to), that's when the line has been crossed.
Im still orthodox i never converted also neather did my brother....thou we did attend a kingdom hall for quite a long time...i and my brother never were heavy in the theoligies of there faith or orthodoxy ,,all i knew of the orthodox church , it was ancient and apostalic that's what kept me and my brother orthodox ...so i guess ignorance was a blessing for my brother and i....also it was something to do that was different.....
As I generally do, I read my favorite Church Father, saint Ignatius of Antioch. I immediately thought of how our blessed third Patriarch of Antioch would have treated those who profess heresy.After a list of common of heresies such as the refusal of Christ's existence as God in the flesh (which is also a JW doctrine), in the Epistle to the Smyrnaeans he writes such... ahem... words of "love" for those who deny the physical resurrection of the Lord (as JWs also do).For I know that after His (=of Christ) resurrection also He was still possessed of flesh, and I believe that He is so now. When, for instance, He came to those who were with Peter, He said to them, Lay hold, handle Me, and see that I am not an incorporeal spirit. And immediately they touched Him, and believed, being convinced both by His flesh and spirit. For this cause also they despised death, and were found its conquerors. And after his resurrection He did eat and drink with them, as being possessed of flesh, although spiritually He was united to the Father.I give you these instructions, beloved, assured that you also hold the same opinions [as I do]. But I guard you beforehand from those beasts in the shape of men, whom you must not only not receive, but, if it be possible, not even meet with; only you must pray to God for them, if by any means they may be brought to repentance, which, however, will be very difficult. (From chapters 3 and 4 of the Epistle to the Smyrnaeans)Wow, JW's are really lucky Ignatius lived 1900 years ago... ;-)In Christ, Alex
Well our beloved Saint Nicholas was supposedly reported to have punched Arius at the first Council of Nicaea in the face and made his nose bleed quite badly, so I see this as a precedent for their spiritual descendants.
Oh, resort to violence with pacifists, would you!!!
Hey I didn't say it was going to be a fair fight!
Well our beloved Saint Nicholas was supposedly reported to have punched Arius at the first Council of Nicaea in the face and made his nose bleed quite badly, so I see this as a precedent for their spiritual descendants.
What? I would LOVE for them to come, but they never do! Grrrrr, maybe they know to watch out for me. haha
JW's are forbidden to take other people's literature so they will probably leave at that point.
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