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Ecclesiastes 4:9-16 "Woe Unto Him Who Is Alone When He Falls"
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Ecc 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ecc 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Ecc 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Ecc 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecc 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecc 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
Ecc 4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Ecc 4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
The last verse of our study last week was this:
Ecc 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Solomon is the type of who we are before we come to know our Lord and have the hope of a life beyond "the body of this death" (Rom 7:24). He is the type of our dying old man who has no hope. There is no mention in either Proverbs or Ecclesiastes of mankind by nature being born into a marred sinful body of death, in need of a redeemer:
Jer 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
There is no mention of the Lord laying our sins on anyone. That concept was hidden from mankind until the prophets, and even then it was little understood. Isaiah wrote " the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all", but Isaiah knew not who was the "Him" on whom the Lord had "laid… the iniquity of us all". We, too, from our youths have heard of a Savior in Babylon, and we were just as estranged from the True Savior, as was Solomon, who never once mentions mankind's naturally sinful condition and composition, even though his father, King David, revealed it to him and to us:
Psa 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
King Solomon had both children and brothers, yet as the type of our old man, he sees himself as this desperate man who bemoans not knowing whether he will leave the fruits of all of his own labors to a foolish son.
We have already been told, both by Job and by Solomon, what our old man fears:
Job 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job 3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Ecc 2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecc 2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecc 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecc 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
What an empty life is a life of pride and materialism! A life that is expressed by the bumper sticker which reads "The man who dies with the most toys wins". The man with such a mind sees nothing beyond what he can see with his physical eyes and touch with his physical hands. Those are the words of a young man who is ambitious to become someone in the eyes of this vain world. Solomon and many other wealthy men are proof that material possessions do not satisfy a man, and the older he gets, the emptier his life becomes.
1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
1Ki 10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
1Ki 10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
Still, to that old man within us, even contemplating the spiritual realm is total foolishness.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
To the carnal mind, the physical mother and siblings of Jesus were His family, but Jesus saw it differently.
Mat 12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
Mat 12:49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
There is no thought of life beyond this physical realm, and it is this condition which Solomon, the type of our carnal- minded old man, comes to see is not only empty but is also very lonely and vulnerable. What Solomon is showing those who have the eyes to see it is that a selfish, self- centered person is a very lonely and vulnerable person, and that is the person he references when he says:
Ecc 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
He is given to see the benefit of having others who you love and for whom you care and who love and care for you. So he tells us:
Ecc 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
How true that statement is! Even the most basic joys in life mean very little when there is no one else with whom to enjoy them. The desire to provide for the needs of another is in itself "a good reward" for a man who has been blessed with a wife and family. He drives himself beyond what he would if he were working only for himself, and even a beautiful sunset for a couple in love is "a good reward".
These are also spiritual principles which also apply to the bride and family of Christ. So it is when we see ourselves for what we really are as the bride of our Lord:
2Co 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
When we live to please our True Husband, Christ and His Christ, our life becomes the exact opposite of the "vanity and vexation of spirit" which characterizes the "under the sun" perspective of the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes. Not only is there great meaning and purpose to every event in life, but there is also ever present help, warmth in a cold world, safety and fellowship and strength:
Ecc 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Ecc 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Ecc 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
"A threefold cord is not easily broken" lets us know that the more there are with the same mind, the stronger is that group of people, and applied to the body of Christ and to the family of God, we are given this very same principle but in different words in the book of Malachi:
Mal 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
The holy spirit has gone to great lengths to make clear the need we have for each other and for "speaking often one to another. As the single body of Christ. we have many members, and each "joint" nourishes and cares for all the others:
1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Co 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.
1Co 12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 1Co 12:16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Co 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1Co 12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1Co 12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
1Co 12:20 But now are they many members, yet but one body.
1Co 12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
1Co 12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
1Co 12:23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
1Co 12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
1Co 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1Co 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1Co 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Do you know who is and who is not a part of the body when you claim to be one of its members? If you do, then these are the benefits of being either a necessary or more feeble, an honorable, or less honorable, a comely or less comely part of a body which suffers with all it members and honors and rejoices with all of its members:
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Do you love God? How do you know you love God? If you love God, you will love and want to care for Christ and His Christ according to these verses:
Mat 26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Mat 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Mat 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Joh 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Gal 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
That is the meaning of:
1Co 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
That is also the amplified meaning of:
Ecc 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
When we are granted to see and to know and to apply the principle of the two Adams (1Co 15:45), then these next verses will mean much more to us:
Ecc 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecc 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
"He that is born in his kingdom" is not to be understood as a peasant born under the rule of a foolish king, rather it is speaking of a foolish son, like Solomon's son Rehaboam, who was born in his kingdom and became poor because he could not be admonished, and he foolishly listened to the counsel of the young men of his acquaintance instead of the wise men who had advised his father. Because he had no fear of God, and because he could not be admonished, he lost ten of the tribes of Israel to a wise servant, who came out of prison – in this case, out of exile – to reign over those ten tribes.
So who is this "poor and wise child [ who] comes out of prison to reign"?
James contrasts these two men:
Jas 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Jas 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Jas 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Jas 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Jas 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
I want to read this in the English Standard Version:
Jas 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
Jas 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
Jas 3:15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
Jas 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
Jas 3:18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
This same principle had earlier taken Joseph out of prison and placed him on the throne of Egypt. It took David, the youngest of his family and a keeper of sheep, and took the kingdom away from a foolish King Saul, who could not be admonished, and placed David in King Saul's stead on the throne of Israel. It was this principle also which took Daniel and his three friends out of the captivity of Judah and placed them as governors over all the province of Babylon.
Ecc 4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child [ Hebrew, son] that shall stand up in his stead.
"The second child", for those with "eyes that see", is "the last Adam", who is called "the second man" and who will indeed stand up in the stead of "the first man Adam".
1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Ecc 4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
The "him" in whom "all the people… shall not rejoice" is the first, foolish king who is the type of our "first man Adam" who is carnally minded, and is "enmity against God" and who cannot be admonished and cannot understand "the things of the spirit… because they are foolishness unto him". He it is whose doom is predestinated and whose destruction is sure and of whom it is said, "they also that come after shall not rejoice in him".
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
It is the ability of the new man to rejoice in his sufferings, to "love [ his] enemies", and to "resist not evil", among all the rest of the commandments of our Lord, which is the "vexation of [ the] spirit" of the "old king who cannot be admonished", our "old… first man Adam".
Next week we will learn that not all dreams are prophecies, and we will see the need to always "try the spirits to see whether they are of God" when we are considering the significance of our dreams. We will also see the wisdom of being slow to speak and quick to hear.
Here are the verses we will be covering next week:
Ecc 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Ecc 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecc 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecc 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecc 5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecc 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Ecc 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Ecc 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Ecc 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Ecc 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:10-18 "The Poor Man's Wisdom Is Despised, and His Words Are Not Heard" (January 18, 2014)
- Ecclesiastes 9:1-9 "All Things Come Alike To All" (January 18, 2014)
- Ecclesiastes 8:9-17 "There Is A Time Wherein One Man Rules Over Another to His Own Hurt" (January 18, 2014)
- Ecclesiastes 8:1-8 "Where The Word of A King Is, There Is Power" (November 24, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 7:19-29 "More Bitter Than Death [Is] The Woman, Whose Heart Is Snares and Nets" (November 17, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 7:10-18 "Who Can Make That Straight Which He Hath Made Crooked?" (November 13, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 7:1-9 "The Day Of Death..." (October 20, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 6:7-12 "Who Knows What Is Good For A Man In This Life?" (November 21, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 6:1-6 "Do Not All Go To One Place?" (October 20, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 5:3-10 "For In The Multitude of Dreams and Many Words There Are Also Divers Vanities" (September 22, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 5:11-20 "For One To Rejoice In His Labor...Is The Gift of God" (October 7, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 5:1-2 "Keep Thy Foot When Thou Goest to The House of God" (September 15, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-16 "Woe Unto Him Who Is Alone When He Falls" (September 8, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 4:1-8 "Wherefore I Praised The Dead Which Are Already Dead More Than The Living Which Are Yet Alive" (August 31, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 3:12-22 "Whatsoever God Doeth, It Shall Be For Ever" (August 25, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 "To Every Thing There Is A Season, and A Time To Every Purpose Under The Heaven" (August 19, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 2:14-26 "Therefore I Hated Life..." (August 4, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 2:1-13 "What Was That Good For The Sons of Men, Which They Should Do Under The Heaven All The Days of Their Life" (July 27, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 "An Experience of Evil God Has Given the Sons of Humanity to Humble Them" (November 27, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 "All Is Vanity" (November 17, 2013)
- Ecclesiastes 12:8-14 "Fear God and Keep His Commandments, For This Is The Whole Man" (February 17, 2014)
- Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 "The Evil Days Will Come When We Will Say We Have No Pleasure In Them" (January 27, 2014)
- Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 "A Pleasant Thing It Is For The Eyes To Behold The Sun" (January 26, 2014)
- Ecclesiastes 10:11-20 "The Labour of The Foolish Wearieth Every One of Them" (January 18, 2014)
- Ecclesiastes 10:1-10 "A Little Folly" On The Part of A Man Known For Wisdom "Sends Forth A Stinking Savor" (January 18, 2014)


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I've never been big on inspirational sayings, Like Reach for the Stars or Believe in Your Dreams.
If I designed an inspirational poster, it would feature a unicorn in black leather with an eye patch standing in a hurricane with the caption:
Mary Englebrecht I am not.
Now, if you're training to be a Navy Seal, or climb Mt. Everest, a motto like this might be helpful. But I've finally realized that as a life philosophy, this a flawed and unhelpful way to look at the world.
Why? Because we all have limitations.
Last year I picked A Word for the Year, as so many of my writer friends do. But by February I'd forgotten it.
This year however, my word sits in a frame in my office where I am forced to look at it every day. That word is:
I have only a nodding acquaintance with patience. We are not close. If patience were calories, I'd be a size 00 petite.
This lack of patience impacts the way I look at my limitations. I don't have any patience for my limitations, and deep inside I think of them as excuses. I refuse to admit that my limitations are real and valid.
But a few months ago, I took a wonderful online class on productivity and it changed my perspective on limitations.
I realized that being frustrated by my limitations is like being frustrated that I haven't won the lottery. Or that I can't sing like Beyoncé. My limitations are REAL and refusing to accept them just makes me frustrated with a universe I can't change or control.
So, this year instead of raging against my limitations, I'm going to try and ACCEPT them. Radical, right?
In that productivity class, I saw many authors who struggle with eliminating distractions to get words on the page.
My struggle is different. I have no trouble starting. My problem is stopping. Writing is the thing that distracts me from doing all the other things I should be doing.
Like, you know, feeding my children. And taking them to school and bringing them home again.
It drives me nuts to get into that beautiful, magical zone where the words are flowing, and I'm fully immersed in a world I've created and then…Alexa reminds me that it's time to take someone to the orthodontist.
I love my children, but they are a limitation. And I need to accept that. Instead, I'm constantly looking for ways to squeeze more writing time into my day. Get up earlier, stay up later, don't eat lunch.
But the reality is that I'm already up early. I'm already making maximum use of the time I have available to write.
I don't think it's enough time. But guess what? My time is LIMITED, and I have to accept that, instead of raging against the clock.
I need to remind myself that EVERY WRITER has limitations. The universe hasn't singled me out for some unique form of torture. Some writers have health issues, or financial burdens, or loved ones who need far more care than my three healthy children.
My limitations are blessings. If I didn't have them, I wouldn't be a mother or a wife or a daughter or a friend. I wouldn't live in a community filled with people and activities where everyone pitches in to coach or organize or chaperone as their time and talents allow. In other words, my limitations are the direct result of a full and happy existence.
It's time to stop resenting the many blessings that make me a multi-dimensional person with an interesting life. It's time to approach my limitations with patience and gratitude. It's time to learn how to love my limitations.


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Private outdoor space is a new must for San Francisco buyers. This Castro home with a three-level garden is a prime example.
Private outdoor space is a new must for San Francisco buyers. This…
The rumors are rampant — San Francisco residents are fleeing the city in droves and the real estate market locally is doomed.
But according to local agents, reports of the San Francisco real estate market's death have been greatly exaggerated, and they instead report that there's a "robust" market for homes that tick all the boxes for ever-pickier buyers.
It's not that the trend of buyers moving out of the city isn't happening, explained Compass agent Bill Kitchen, who had several SF clients decamp in search of more space in the suburbs. There are still plenty looking to stay put, with their sights set on a new must-have: private outdoor space. "I am seeing outdoor living as a big trend right now in San Francisco," he said. "Those cooped up in a small condo are looking for some outdoor space, even if it is a small patio."
A Strong Market for Single-Families
The real decline may hit the condo and rental market more than the single-family market, as those who were renting may be more likely to leave the city entirely and those who want to stay may be seeing homeownership with new eyes. "It seems as though buyers are prioritizing single-family homes as opposed to condominiums and, more particularly, homes that offer some outdoor space," said Sotheby's agent Tania Toubba. "One of my clients was tired of sheltering in his small apartment and decided it was time to buy a place with some space."
While rents may continue to decline and condos without private outdoor space are likely to see a drop in value, the single-family homes those condo-owners and renters now want have become more desirable than ever. "Single-family homes at the entry-level seem to be moving quickly, while some of the higher price points are slower," said Compass agent Dennis Otto.
"I am definitely seeing a slowdown of the ultra-luxury market," agreed Compass agent Nina Hatvany. "We had a beautiful listing on Jackson for $8.5 million, which only got one offer and it was an unusual structure. Listings are taking longer to sell and buyers have the luxury of being more discerning and taking their time to consider construction costs and get additional inspections before they settle on a home."
Is Summer the New Spring?
Toubba said the slow spring season has pushed sales out by a few months. She expects an "unusual" summer for luxury listings in particular; they usually drop precipitously in the summer months as high-end buyers and sellers often take extended summer holidays. But this year more of those buyers are in town, while at the same time, more sellers who had the option to wait out the spring are feeling comfortable listing their homes. "Our San Francisco summer market may very well feel like our spring market because of the pent-up demand," she said. "Sellers who held off putting their houses on the market in March and April seem ready to sell."
But the summer season might not have the same frantic feeling as the typical spring. All the agents felt that spending more time at home has made buyers realize they aren't willing to compromise on getting exactly what they want. "It seems that homes with a perceived flaw or those that are overpriced are being overlooked," said Otto.
"Being able to have the entire family home with adequate work and study areas plus space to unwind and play now needs to be perfect," agreed Compass agent Brendon Kearney. "Having the perfect mix of indoor and outdoor space is essential. Pre-COVID any of these details may have been compensated for with a nearby park or coffee shop, but today the home must be multipurpose and still have an intimate connection to the owner."
Still, San Francisco neighborhoods that were popular pre-COVID are likely to remain in demand, even if all the amenities in those neighborhoods aren't accessible at the moment, he said. "I am seeing buyers stay true to the neighborhood and locations that they know and love," said Kearney.
Emily Landes is a writer and editor with an obsession for all things real estate.
Article source: https://www.sfgate.com/ontheblock/article/san-francisco-real-estate-trends-post-pandemic-15385201.php


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The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. It is the estuarine phase of the Ganges as well as Brahmaputra river systems. It lies at the mouth of the Ganges and is spread across areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the delta.
The typical littoral forests of Sundarbans comprises of a host of trees species adopted to the peculiar estuarine condition of high salinity, lack of soil erosion and daily inundation by high tides. The tidal forms and the mangrove vegetation in Sundarbans are responsible for dynamic eco-system vigorous nutrient cycling both terrestrial and aquatic. The whole eco-system is sensitive to change in salinity and the continuous cycle of erosion and deposition is affecting the plant continuously adjusting to the new conditions. The great fight goes on between nature and each individual here for survival, and survival for the fittest.
The forest covers of 4,000 sq km are on Indian Side. It has been declared as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997. The Sundarbans are separately listed in the UNESCO world heritage list as the Sundarbans for India and the Sundarbans National Park, Bangladesh, which is 6000 sq km area. Sundarbans was designated a Ramsar site on May 21, 1992.
"Sundarban" literally means "beautiful jungle" or "beautiful forest" in the Bengali Language. The characteristic tree are the Sundari (Heritiera littoralis), from which the name of the tract has been derived. It yields a hard wood, used for building, and for making boats, furniture, etc. Other belief is that it is derived from "Samudraban" or "Chandra-bandhe" which was name of a primitive tribe.
Special Status Since 18th Century
The importance of conserving and preserving Sundarbans was realized way back in late 18th century. This is the first mangrove forest in the world which was brought under scientific management. Under the Forest Act, 1865 (Act VIII of 1865), a large area was declared as reserved forest in 1875-76 and the remaining portions of forests was declared as reserve forest the following year. The control was changed from the civil administration district to the Forest Department. The first management plan was written for the period 1893-98. A Forest Division was created in 1879 having its headquarter in Khulna.
Conservation History
The Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, created in 1973, was the part of the then 24-Pargans Division. Subsequently the area comprising of the present tiger reserve was constituted as Reserve Forest in 1978. The area of the Reserve is 2585 sq. km. covering land area of 1600 sq. km. and water body over 985 sq. km. Within this area 1330.12 sq. km. is designated as core area, which was subsequently declared as Sundarban National Park in 1984. An area of 124.40 sq. km. within the core area is preserved as primitive zone to act as gene pool.
Within the buffer zone, Sajnekhali Wildlife sanctuary was created in 1976 covering an area of 362.335 sq. km. considering the importance of the biogeographic region of Bengalian River Forests and its unique biodiversity the National Park area of the Reserve was included in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1985. The whole Sundarbans area was declared as Biosphere Reserve in 1989.
To the south the forest meets the Bay of Bengal; to the east it is bordered by the Baleswar River and to the north there is a sharp interface with intensively cultivated land. The total land area today is 4,143 km2 and the remaining water area of 1,874 sq km encompasses rivers, small streams and canals. Rivers in the Sundarbans are meeting places of salt water and freshwater. Thus, it is a region of transition between the freshwater of the rivers originating from the Ganges and the saline water of the Bay of Bengal.
Biotic factors here play a significant role in physical coastal evolution. For wildlife, a variety of habitats have developed including beaches, estuaries, permanent and semi-permanent swamps, tidal flats, tidal creeks, coastal dunes, back dunes and levees. The mangrove vegetation itself assists in the formation of new landmass and the intertidal vegetation plays an important role in swamp morphology.
Climate Change Impact
The physical development processes along the coast are influenced by a multitude of factors, comprising wave motions, micro and macro-tidal cycles and long shore currents typical to the coastal tract. The shore currents vary greatly along with the monsoon. These are also affected by cyclonic action. Erosion and accretion through these forces maintains varying levels whilst the mangrove vegetation itself provides a remarkable stability to the entire system. During each monsoon season most of the Bengal Delta is submerged. The sediment of the lower delta plain is primarily adverted inland by monsoonal coastal setup and cyclonic events. People living in this area may face two of the greatest challenges in coming years- rising salinity and sea levels caused mostly by subsidence in the region and partly by climate change. The Bengal Basin is slowly tilting towards the east due to neo-tectonic movement, forcing greater freshwater input to the Bangladesh Sundarbans. This might increase the salinity of the Indian Sundarbans.
The Sundarbans flora is characterized by the abundance of Heritiera fomes, Excoecaria agallocha, Ceriops decandra and Sonneratia apetala. A total 245 genera and 334 plant species were recorded by Prain in 1903. Unlike most of man games in the world the mangroves of Bangladesh are dominated by the Streculianceae and Euphorbiaceae.
Sundari and Gewa occur prominently throughout the area with discontinuous distribution of Dhundul (Xylocarpus granatum) and Kankra. Among grasses and Palms, Poresia coaractata, Myriostachya wightiana, Imperata cylindrical, Phragmites karka, Nypa fruticans are well distributed. Deora is an indicator species for newly accreted mudbanks and is an important species for wildlife, especially spotted deer (Axis axis). Besides the forest, there are extensive areas of brackish and freshwater marshes, intertidal mudflats, sandflats, sand dunes with typical dune vegetation, open grassland on sandy soils and raised areas supporting a variety of terrestrial shrubs and trees.
The area is known for the eponymous Royal Bengal Tiger, as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes.
Sundarbans Tiger Reserve provides characteristic type of habitat suitable for animals inhabiting vast tidal swamp area. Because of their intimate association with the estuarine environment, sizeable portion of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal communities are interrelated with the animals inhabiting the land areas. The uniqueness of the habitat is said to have contributed to certain behavioral trends, which are characteristic of Sundarbans tigers only. It is considered that man-eating propensity for tiger in this area is hereditarily acquired over a period of generations in the process of consumption of saline water. Dolphin is the other target specie for planning wildlife management and tourism development.
This unique ecosystem has provided extensive habitats for the River Terrapin (Betagur baska), Indian flap-shelled turtle (Lissemys punctata), peacock soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx hurum), yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens ), water monitor- Salvator Lizard (Varanus salvator), Indian python (Python molurus) and wild pigs. Cheetal, wild boar, rhesus macaque are the main prey species of tiger.
This area serves as the nesting ground for endangered marine turtles like Olive Ridley, Green Turtle and Hawk's Bill Turtles. The aquatic endangered mammals like Gangetic Dolphins thrive within mangrove creeks close to sea. Numbers of heronries are formed here during monsoon as well as during winter. It is home for Trans-Himalayan migratory birds.
The Reserve has received effective protection under Project Tiger since its creation. The core area is free from all human disturbances like fishing, collection of wood, honey and other forest produces while in buffer zone, fishing honey collection and wood cutting are permitted to a limited extent.
Sundarbans mangrove is the home of a number of endangered and globally threatened species. The creeks of Sundarbans form the home of Estuarine Crocodile and Horse Shoe or King Crab. Aquatic animals like the crabs and fishes are also eaten by Sundarban tiger which occupies the pinnacle of both terrestrial as well as aquatic food-web.
Some species such as hog deer, water buffalo, swamp deer, Javan rhinoceros, single horned rhinoceros and mugger crocodile have become extinct since the beginning of last century.
Intensive management takes care of the maintenance and improvement of the habitat through eco-conservation, eco-development, education, training and research. Mud-flats on the periphery of the reserve are artificially regenerated with mangrove plants to meet local fuel wood demand and reduce the pressure on buffer. Non-mangrove plantations are also raised along roads and embankments of the fringe area to cater the need of the fringe people.
The other main activity is controlling man-eating by tigers which existed here since time immemorial and the number of casualties has been reduced from more than 40 to less than 10 per year. This has become possible due to strict control over the movement of the people inside the tiger reserve, alternative income generation and awareness building among people. Use of human-masks, electric human dummies etc. are believed to have also contributed in controlling man-eating by tigers. Measures like erection of branches of genwa, nylon net fencing at forest side and solar illumination at village side at night have however, helped to reduce the incidents of tiger straying. For rescuing the strayed tiger, method of tranquilization using dart gun is also applied where driving of the tiger to the nearby forest is not possible.
The Reserve has successfully launched a special programme to conserve the highly endangered Olive Ridley Turtles. Hatching of Olive Ridley Turtles and River Terrapin is done at Sajnekhali to replenish their population.
*The author is a Freelance Writer.
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Hey all, your ever-luvin' LMD has just completed her Asian movie trinity. The third of the three gods of Chinese filmmaking after Wong Kar-wai and John Woo, we've now had the extreme pleasure of an exclusive chat with the director of Red Sorghum {1987}, Raise the Red Lantern {1991}, Hero {2002}, House of Flying Daggers {2004} and Curse of the Golden Flower {2006}, Zhang Yimou.
From China, Zhang spoke with us about his newest film, A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop, and discussed his Coen brothers luv, Chinese censorship, the Olympics, his sure-to-be-controversial upcoming project about the Rape of Nanjing. He also kindly indulged us while we geeked out about Flying Snow.
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Zhang Yimou
The Lady Miz Diva: What was it about the Coen brothers' film Blood Simple that made you want to remake it?
Zhang Yimou: I first saw the film 20 years ago at the Cannes Film Festival. At the time, the film played in English with no subtitles and I don't speak English, so there was a lot that I couldn't really get into in terms of the details of the dialog and some of the finer points of the film, but still I was quite taken by the film and really moved by this work. At the core of that was this misunderstanding that occurs in the middle of the film that the lover thinks the wife is the one that killed the husband and through that misunderstanding all kinds of other details unfold. That was something that really grabbed me and so that element of the misunderstanding was something that I wanted to grab onto. And there were all kinds of visual details in the film; one that comes to mind immediately is when the husband is being buried alive and he takes out the gun and then it doesn't fire. I remember that so clearly and it had such an impact on me. The Coen brothers, all of their films are quite stylistically unique and powerful and they've always really left a good impression on me. Last year, when I was looking for some new material to make my next film, I realised I just didn't have any great screenplays on hand and I turned to the possibility of remaking Blood Simple.
LMD: After the incredibly ambitious and successful staging of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, did you feel this movie, a remake of the Coen brothers' feature debut, was a refresher to recharge your artistic batteries or a way to get back to basics as a filmmaker?
ZY: {Laughs} Yeah, I would agree with that; that after such a massive-scale production of the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, I really wanted to do something on a much smaller scale. Something to kind of wake myself up and refresh myself, have a new perspective on things. Something that was humourous, that was light and just had a whole different outlook than what I had been doing for the last two years with planning the Olympic ceremonies.
LMD: I wondered why you decided to inject so much humour into your film? You mentioned focusing on the misunderstanding in Blood Simple and often in films misunderstandings can be can played for comedy. Did that affect your decision to make the characters exaggerated like those in a Chinese Opera and often comical?
ZY: I think you're right in that comedy often is born of a misunderstanding. And often when you have misunderstandings, there is a space that opens up for more humour, comedy and other elements like that to really come to the forefront. So I really tried to play with this side; taking the misunderstanding that was in the original film and blowing that up to exaggerating it, to making it so it wasn't just one misunderstanding that the boyfriend thought the wife killed the husband -- but it really wasn't -- but to have almost every character involved in this network of misunderstanding. These misunderstandings are really a psychological phenomenon, it really is, 'I thought he was doing that,' or, 'She thought he was doing this,' or, 'She thought he was thinking this,' or, 'She was thinking that he was taking that,' and so everybody is caught up in this cycle of guessing what everybody's psychological state may or may not be and it leads to this whole network of misunderstandings that can also bring about a very comical or farcical environment.
LMD: Were there any other Western films besides Blood Simple that you considered remaking?
ZY: In principle, I always try to find original source material first; whether it's a screenplay that I write or develop, or a Chinese novel that I adapt, that's always been my first source of inspiration and what always I go to first. In this particular case, I had several screenplays in development, but none of them were really mature enough. They weren't at the point where I felt they were ready to be shot and it was only under that type of situation that I turned to the option of perhaps adapting a Western film, so that's where this originally came from. Of course, there are many other wonderful Western films out there that maybe one day I might consider, but it's really only after I've exhausted other possibilities of original screenplays. What I thought was interesting about this was taking a film that was really a classic work of American cinema and adapting it into this very uniquely Eastern or Chinese cultural context and a pre-modern context at that. And I thought that through this process of radical re-adaptation, something really new, unique and novel could come out of that. And this in itself is a kind of East-West cultural collaboration of sorts, so I thought it was a very novel and fascinating project for me to have been involved with.
LMD: As the most famous filmmaker from Mainland China, and especially after the success of the Beijing Olympics, you and your films are considered a symbol of the country. However, from the start of your career, your movies have often been controversial in China for their subject matter. Are you at a point now where you are free of censorship?
ZY: Since China entered the reform era, they've been more and more open. China has been more liberal; there's a larger space for artists to really express themselves and things are much better than they were in the past. But at the same time, there still is a very strict film censorship system that exists in China and that hasn't changed that much. It is getting more liberal, but it's still in place and just because I have this kind of notoriety or a name behind me after making all these films and making the Olympics, that doesn't give me a discount or a get-out-of-jail-free card on the way I deal with the censorship system. {Laughs} After all, it is a state system and that's the kind of system that doesn't change its rules for individuals. And in one sense, I actually have to be more careful and maybe even I'm subject to harsher scrutiny than other directors because of my influence and because they know that unlike maybe a young director -- who's making a smaller film that might have a much smaller audience -- they'll let certain things by, but my films, since they're seen by such a large audience, sometimes they're even more strict. And they'll even say to me, sometimes an official will call me over and say, "Hey Yimou, you know you're very influential and I think because so many people are gonna see this film, this shot, we'd better cut it out. If it was in someone else's film it might get passed, but your films, it's not going to work. You've gotta take this out." So I think on one level, I might be subject to slightly stricter censorship standards than some other younger directors making films with less impact. But at the same time though, I think the general trend is for more and more openness and I think in the future as the system develops, we hopefully will have a much better censorship system that will be more and more open and more and more embracing of different styles and different contents.
LMD: Hero's Flying Snow is one of my favourite movie heroines. One of the things I adore most about your films is your portrayal of women. You have created some of the greatest female characters on the screen. Is that important to you to present as a filmmaker? Where do you get your insight to the perspective of women?
ZY: Throughout my films, the perspective of women and taking women as a central focus to many of my stories has been extremely important and I really could say that they are the primary center of a lot of my creative work. I think that really comes from the fact that in China, it's a male-centered society; it's a patriarchal society, especially in earlier areas of history. And so women were often suppressed, they were often objectified or looked at in this inferior status. In many cases, they were the lowest class; they were really at the bottom of society. And so when you're telling a historical story, sometimes looking at the fate of women in that kind of environment and all of the difficulties that they must face, it creates a certain dramatic tension and a certain element of storytelling that I find quite enthralling and quite exciting to deal with because it reveals so many nuances of what's going on between these different classes. And it's different because you're taking this perspective that is against the patriarchal mainstream and trying to do something different with it. Even in my next film that I'm going to begin production on very soon, that's going to be a historical film as well, set during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, and for that film I'm going to really try to focus on the fate and the perspective of a young girl and look at that history through her eyes. And I think that's also going to be a way to reveal some really new material about that era of history and tell that story from a very fresh and exciting perspective.
LMD: Could you please tell us the name of that upcoming project?
ZY: The Chinese title is Jinling Shisan Chai. That means the Thirteen Girls of Jinling, and there's no international title of the film yet, but I'm sure the producers will find some new title that will work better in a foreign language.
LMD: Would you please give a message to my readers?
ZY: I hope that they will enjoy this film. And although China is a distant culture and distant country far, far away, I hope that through film, your readers and audiences can start to learn more and appreciate more about Chinese culture. I know in China that there's been a huge impact from American films, particularly Hollywood films. Everybody watches massive amounts of Hollywood films, on the one hand as entertainment, but on the other hand as a means through which they can understand America and open up a door to cultural understanding and I hope that my films will also serve as a kind of bridge through which more Americans can also appreciate films, but also appreciate various elements of Chinese culture.
~ The Lady Miz Diva
August 18th, 2010
Special xie-xies to Mr. Michael Berry of UCLA's Center for Chinese Studies for his wonderful translation.
Click here for our review of director Zhang's 2006 classic, Curse of the Golden Flower
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advent of Voice over IP (VoIP) has given a new dimension to Internet and opened
a host of new possibilities and opportunities for both corporate and public network
planners. More and more companies are seeing the value of transporting voice over
IP networks to reduce telephone and facsimile costs.Adding
voice to packet networks requires an understanding of how to deal with system
level challenges such as interoperability, packet loss, delay,density, scalability,
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But then the basic protocols being used at the network and transport layer have
remained unchanged. This calls for the definition of new protocols, which can
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This paper discusses the significance of
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I remember I did this after seeing a video on someones blog.....pretty much of a toss up on where I saw it though. I stamped the star background in Versamark then sponged some ink over the stars making it a darker blue on top and fading down to the bottom. The stars resisted the ink and this left me with the blue background. I think that was all there was to it. The sentiment was stamped on a piece of vellum, heat embossed, and then cut out using a die from Memory Box. I added the two sequins (to cover up where I glued the vellum down) and then remembered I had some bluish colored star gems. Added a couple of those and called it done.
And speaking of dies.........
There's a new and improved challenge blog starting next week - Wednesday September. I'm so excited to share that I'll be a part of this new team.
The Scrapy Land Challenge Blog will have bi-weekly challenges and will be centered around using one or more dies that the Scrapy Land STORE carries - which by the way, carries over FORTY different brands! So many dies to choose from. They also have stamps, Copics, and all kinds of supplies for your card making needs - AND absolutely wonderful prices!!! So be thinking about what you can make for our first challenge and just use one of the dies that's carried in the store.
The challenges will be on the first and third Wednesday of each month and the Winner of each challenge will receive a gift certificate to shop at Scrapy Land.
Head on over to the Scrapy Land Challenge Blog to meet the other amazingly talented women and say hi. Be sure to mark your calendars for Sept 3 and join us as we kick off these fun challenges and your chance to win a gift certificate to the store!
Thanks for stopping by........
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Celebrating a Special Day
It's all about texture over at the Lawnscaping Challenge so I'll enter this in their challenge. I used a piece of burlap for the backing and then added a couple of those cute little pups and a bone from Critters in the Dog Park (Lawn Fawn). The grass die is also from Lawn Fawn and I embossed it with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The sentiment was completed using the stamps and dies from A Birdie Told Me then several sequins added.
Pixie's Crafty Workshop (snippets) where I'm really hoping they still let me in the gates there.
Thanks for stopping by.........
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Up until about 4 years ago he was wearing the same size jeans as he did in high school! Really! As we all know, the older we get the more things seem to spread or shift or whatever. (Although I personally just think I'm getting shorter!!) Of course about that same time he decided that a bowl of ice cream before going to bed every night was exactly what the body needed. After numerous scoops he found that the jeans were (and still are) getting a wee bit snug.....well DUH! So I decided to get some of that no fat frozen yogurt and give him that instead. He won't eat the stuff because as he says the word "yogurt" is just nasty! The word "ice cream" sounds so much better. LOL! The jeans are still getting bigger and the ice cream is still going into the bowl every night. Might as well be happy I guess!
The first card was sent to my granddaughter for her birthday. The second card is going to sit beside that next bowl of ice cream Jim has! The stamp set I used is from Simon Says Stamp. Lots of Glossy Accents added, a little heat embossing in white, dry embossing, several sequins, and a bit of twine.
Thanks for stopping by.......
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Friday, August 22, 2014
Deedee's Poinsettia
It's (past) time to start thinking about Christmas cards and this one was a real quickie. Nothing fancy at all but it's going to be a very easy mailer for sure. The poinsettia is from Deedee's Digi's and it's a beauty. This is the pre-colored image but when you get this, you will also receive the line version so you can color it yourself. Also included in the set (called Beauty of the Season) are beautiful sentiments. Check out Deedee's Digis store for all her wonderful images. Also, we have a progressive challenge going on each month and we'd love for you to join us. All the information can be found at Deedee's Digi's. This month is a celebration month so think prizes too!
I printed out the image twice and then fussy cut and stacked them on top of each other. Some gold Wink of Stella was added to the berries. The sentiment was heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The background was sprayed with some Hero Arts gold Metallic Shimmer.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Furry Friends
Tuesday Throwdown!! Our theme for this week is Furry Friends. We're being sponsored by Oak Pond creations who also provided the images for the DT to use. Be sure and head on over to Tuesday Throwdown and see all the wonderful inspiration from the DT and then enter for your chance to win a great prize package from Oak Pond!
Of course I just had to use one of the cute little puppy images since I do love those four legged critters! This one looks like he's almost getting dizzy trying to see that butterflies and flowers. This card will hopefully put a smile on someones face.
Thanks for stopping by..........and check out Tuesday Throwdown now!
Of course I just had to use one of the cute little puppy images since I do love those four legged critters! This one looks like he's almost getting dizzy trying to see that butterflies and flowers. This card will hopefully put a smile on someones face.
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
A Little Sweetness
A quick card using a Pure Innocence stamp. This is not an example of me when I was a little girl.......No one would have ever, ever accused me of being innocent of anything - but I DID have fun and guess I turned out ok.
In the morning I'll be scooting out of town for a few days but will see everyone again on Wednesday. I do have a card scheduled for Tuesday though so stop in if you get a chance. Jim and Rambo will be holding down the fort here and I think they get very excited when I leave because they know that can be as messy as they want. Rambo actually doesn't dirty up too many dishes. As long as he has his water and food bowl he's good to go. Jim, on the other hand, is an entirely different story!
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Who Ruff's Who
I thought it was time once again for Rambo (our little doxie) to give Jim a card. He likes to do that ever so often just to let him know he loves him. The main question though is - who loves who more! That's probably a toss up question around here.
This is one of the Art Impressions stamps that's being sold by Michael's. As soon as I saw that little pup I knew I had to have it. He's just too cute - in fact, the entire set is CUTE! I kept this super clean and simple as always. I stamped the image, cut it out, added a little glossy accents, and popped it up after sponging the clouds and embossing the "grass". The sentiment is from a Lawn Fawn stamp set. The hearts were die cut and then added to the sentiment bubble and the guys shirt. Jim doesn't like a lot of fluff and stuff on cards so he should be happy with this one.....not that I do all the fluff and stuff anyway!
I'll enter this in the challenge at Art Impressions - Embossing!
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Have a Relaxing Week
I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday and will also enter this in their challenge. It's a great sketch and one that I'll be using over and over. I used a set from Lawn Fawn for the images and sentiment. The sun die is from Lil Inker and the seahorse appeared my embellishment box. One of these days I'm really going to figure out where all this stuff comes from. Surely I couldn't be buying it all! At least that's what I keep telling my husband!
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Saturday, August 9, 2014
Roll Out the Barrel
This little barrel of fun is from Deedee's Digis. It's one of the pre-colored images in the set and somehow I have about three (or maybe more) colors of blue in there. I'm trying to use up some of my card stock that has no name - but when I laid all this out, all the blues matched......maybe I need a new light fixture! Anyway.....as I said, the image - and also the sentiment - are from Deedee's. The patterned paper is from SU and the card stock from who knows where. When you get this set from Deedee's, it also has the colored images, line images........and the digi paper (which I didn't remember to use until I'd already finished the card!!!!) Sequins! You're going to be seeing some of those on my cards now too as I'm trying to see if I can at least make a dent in all the ones I have.
Now, all about that fun I was telling you about........be sure and check out Deedee's challenge, blog and store! I know this is long but so worth reading. Hint: There's a freebie involved here too!
Twist #1 -- FREE-FOR-ALL! This month is a FREE-FOR-ALL challenge! As you can see, the featured set is "Monkey Business," and while last month's players received the whole set, we're offering the dingle monkey image from the set to anyone else who would like to join in. When you make and link up a project using our Digi of the Month, you get the next month's featured set for free! This is a great chance to join in and start collecting new, FREE digis each month! To download the freebie from the set for this month only, go to the Deedee's Digi challenge blog here and download it from there.
Twist #2 -- PRIZES!
Each Monday throughout this challenge, we will select one winner by random draw from our challenge participants to-date. The winner of each weekly draw will receive their choice of any one digi set from our shop. (Limit: one weekly win per challenge participant. All participants up to the date of each drawing will be included, unless they have already won.) Then, at the end of the month, we will choose one Grand Prize winner who will receive their choice of any five digi sets from our shop. All participants from throughout the month, including our weekly winners, will be entered for the Grand Prize draw. You can enter more than once, but each entry must be a separate share on your blog or gallery, please, and it must use a Deedee's Digi.
So, that's it for today! Thanks so much for stopping by.....and check out Deedee's Digis and play along with us this month.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
A Bit of Energy
Using some patterned paper from DCWV and My Minds Eye, butterfly die from Impression Obsession, sentiment from Simon Says Stamp, a couple of sequins, and some twine I created this simple card for a birthday. The sentiment was pretty tiny compared to the rest of the card but I used it anyway because I liked it - in other words, because I wanted to!
The sketch I used is from Tuesday Morning Sketches and I dearly love it! Just my speed! I'll enter this in their challenge.
Thanks for stopping by.......
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Not A Good Thing
I used the Blissful Bride image from SU. The sentiment is also from SU but I don't remember which set it was in. I embossed the bottom portion, stamped the image and sentiment, colored the sash, added Wink of Stella, popped on the pearl, and then tied the ribbon. All of this was done on cream colored card stock. All the information regarding the shower was typed and then inserted inside the card. Sounds easy and they really would have been - IF there had only been one! Just way too many cards doing the same thing over and over and over again - and trying to get them all look as close to perfect as I could get.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Mello Yellow Sunflower
Tuesday Throwdown this week and our theme is Mello Yellow! Our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish, who also provided the DT with all the images. Come on over and join in on the challenge for your chance to win a wonderful prize package from Robyn's Fetish and also see the fabulous creations by the design team.
I used this big bold sunflower from Robyn's Fetish for my card and moved leaves around on this until I was blue in the face! I printed out the image a couple of times, colored it in Copics, and then separated the leaves from the flower. No matter where I put the leaves then they looked a little wonky. The background paper is from Doodle Bug Design and the sentiment was in a Simon Says Stamp kit. I mounted the sentiment on a strip of burlap and then added the twine.
UPDATE on the bridal shower invitations! Believe it or not, I finally finished all of them - and never want to see another one as long as I live! Mass production is not my cup of tea I don't guess. Too boring! I'll post a picture of one of the cards tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by.........and be sure and check out Tuesday Throwdown this week and enter our challenge.
I used this big bold sunflower from Robyn's Fetish for my card and moved leaves around on this until I was blue in the face! I printed out the image a couple of times, colored it in Copics, and then separated the leaves from the flower. No matter where I put the leaves then they looked a little wonky. The background paper is from Doodle Bug Design and the sentiment was in a Simon Says Stamp kit. I mounted the sentiment on a strip of burlap and then added the twine.
UPDATE on the bridal shower invitations! Believe it or not, I finally finished all of them - and never want to see another one as long as I live! Mass production is not my cup of tea I don't guess. Too boring! I'll post a picture of one of the cards tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by.........and be sure and check out Tuesday Throwdown this week and enter our challenge.
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Crude oil prices threatening to dim the outlook for Russia's economy
Russia, the world's biggest oil and natural gas exporter, is considering cutting its 2009 forecast for crude to $90 from $95 to account for a faltering global economy.
''The world's economy is stopping,'' Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told reporters today in Washington, where world economic leaders are gathering for annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The U.S., the world's top oil consumer, may see an economic contraction through the second quarter of next year, while Europe may post zero growth, he said.
The Russian government will probably cut its projection for the price of the Urals blend of crude to about $90 a barrel from a previous forecast of $95 for next year, Kudrin said.
Benchmark crude oil prices have plunged by almost half from their record levels in July, threatening to dim the outlook for Russia's economy. The International Monetary Fund forecasts the expansion will slow to 5.5 percent next year from a 7 percent pace this year and 8.1 percent in 2007.
Kudrin forecast Russian growth at about 5.7 percent in 2009, the worst performance since at least 2001, from between 6.5 percent and 7.5 percent in 2008, partly because China is canceling some contracts for imported Russian goods.
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Russia favors an emergency meeting of G-8 officials to combat the credit crisis hobbling the outlook for the global economy, Kudrin said. No agreement on when and where such a meeting may be hold has been reached yet, while France may support the idea, he indicated. It will probably take months for the G-8 to ''finalize whole spectrum of measures'' aimed at resolving the crisis, he said.
Russia also calls for the International Monetary Fund to play a bigger role in solving the crisis, Kudrin said. He warned emerging markets will feel the financial crisis at ''full extent.''
Russia plans to lower oil-company taxes by the end of February 2010, ''or even sooner, to mobilize resources for increasing production,'' Kudrin said. He added that the government will also soon allow pension funds to invest in stock markets.
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Russia plans to spend 175 billion rubles ($6.6 billion) of state money over the next few months to buy shares and bonds of domestic companies, Kudrin said. Vnesheconombank, the state development bank, will manage the purchases. Guidelines on what shares and bonds the government aims to buy won't be made public, Kudrin said.
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Moscow's benchmark Micex Index of 30 stocks has lost 64 percent since it high this year on May 19, falling to a three- year low of 700.37.
Russia's international reserves, the world's third- largest, fell $16.7 billion in the week ended Oct. 3 as the central bank sold currency to prop up the ruble. The reserves fell to $546.1 billion, according to Moscow-based central bank.


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Aikido was developed in the last century and has now spread to many countries and, over time, many different associations have formed. This can offer a bewildering choice to a beginner.
So how do you choose? It really comes down to the teaching and to the lineage of the teachers. Who are the main teachers and what is their place in the development of Aikido? Our teaching line is very simple and very direct.
The roots of Aikido can be found in the Ju-Jitsu taught by Sokaku Takeda. His student, Morehei Ueshiba, added an ethical dimension to the practise whilst ensuring its martial integrity. Ueshiba appointed Koichi Tohei as his chief instructor. He was the main driver in the development and worldwide popularity of Aikido after the war. In 1977, Tohei Sensei sent Kenjiro Yoshigasaki, one of his most experienced direct students, to develop Aikido in Europe where he has been teaching ever since.
Our club instructors have been direct students of Yoshigasaki Sensei for over twenty years. With Yoshigasaki Sensei we have a very short and direct line between us and the early pioneers of the art. Yoshigasaki Sensei, who is fluent in English, has been able to communicate the various intricacies and subtleties of Aikido across Europe through classes and seminars that anyone can understand.
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