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The final color of a gunite pool depends upon the finishing material used. Color options available for different types of finished materials are:
- Pools with white plaster—light blue, light gray and medium gray.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
I'm busy this week...
Pattern ~ Indygo Junction Zipper Critters
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Oh, she looks so happy with her creation! Gorgeous photos - thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 9:16 AM
How cute is that. What fun I know you are having a great time.Love to all, Jean M.ReplyDelete
sooo precious!! Good for you!ReplyDelete
Adorable! Those two little girls must be loving their visit - a super-cute bedroom AND a Hello Kitty sewing machine? You all have fun!ReplyDelete
So awesome! Can I tell you how many times I've put that sewing machine in my cart at target.com? So cute!ReplyDelete
I love that first picture of you sewing with her on your lap. Oh how I wish someone was there to take pictures of me when I have one on my lap and another standing behind me. :)ReplyDelete
Looks like it was a bundle of laughs!ReplyDelete
Precious memories forever!ReplyDelete
- Sandy F.October 20, 2011 at 9:09 PM
OMG, so cute. And I love the Hello Kitty sewing machine!ReplyDelete
oh i love that first picture...so cute. that little softie is adorable.ReplyDelete
Priceless! Truthfully... Great pictures!!ReplyDelete

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The inside looks pretty spiffy, too:
I was still happy with the hand of the lady mitt, though, so rather than rip the whole lot out, I did this crazy thing:
Then I picked up where I left off and re-knit the lady cameo using the new technique. These beautiful, totally not-me, completely impractical mittens were finally finished.
They won first prize in their class at the show, and then I gave them to someone for Christmas, who subsequently turned out to be a thoroughly undeserving person. Oh well. It's not like I'd have worn them.


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This past Tuesday, I updated my status to say: "Home of the free, because of the brave. Thank you to every past, present, and future US Veteran. God Bless you!"
Apparently it offended a person I went to grade school with, a Facebook Friend. Not because of the mention of my God or religion, but because he does not believe that Veterans deserve to be honored. I'm flabbergasted.
This blog is not intended to be a forum for debate, controversy or argument. But I promised my readers I will always write words that speak true to my heart. And I literally may not sleep again until I get this off my chest. I'm not writing in response to the words or message that this person is interrogating me, but rather because now more than ever I feel my obligation and responsibility to stand up and support Veterans and the United States – and my freedom of speech.
The comment he wrote on my status was enough to offend me and those very close to me that have or are currently serving our country. While my status did not ask anyone's opinion or provoke any sort of discussion, he felt the need to write his judgment on my status. I wanted to stand up for my Military friends, or even those I'm friends with who have family or friends serving our country. I responded to his comment with my beliefs, and asked him not to respond any further.
Yet he did. And again, I did not provide any response to him further interrogating me. Then I received this lengthy private message that left me at a loss for words. His beliefs are his, and my beliefs are mine. While I am not taking his viewpoints personally, I wish he would have simply made his own status that of his own philosophies, leaving me out of it, and not inserting his own opinion on my status that clearly was going to offend me. I certainly wish he would have respected my request to stop pestering me. Am I really the only person on his Facebook feed that said Happy Veterans Day?
He really is barking up the wrong tree. Many of you wouldn't know, but I have always had a strong calling to join the military. I have no real reason, family tie or personal connection to the Armed Forces, yet somehow I have felt this way shortly after immigrating to the US. I came very close to joining the Coast Guard after college, but during my indecisiveness I was given an opportunity to move to San Francisco instead. I think about it all the time, still to this day questioning that perhaps I am meant to take that path. Now more than ever, that fire is reignited in my soul. (Sorry Mom … maybe just the Reserves!?)
I recognize that America is not perfect, but I've lived in a country that at the time had real corruption, crime, lack of opportunity, and no real line of defense. I also recognize that humans everywhere are sinners, greedy, selfish and some even twisted. I'm confused about this person's argument and desire to have no military at all, calling all veterans pawns? I'm confused about this person's comment that I don't deserve an abundant life, unless every single person in the world has an abundant life. I believe we can be grateful for an abundant life while also doing what we can to serve those in need. We will have to agree to disagree I suppose.
Mostly, however, I'm offended that because I chose to thank Veterans on their national holiday – all of a sudden means I'm ignorant and selfish and don't deserve freedom of speech.. or to wear clothes from Banana Republic?
So, to be loud and clear: I will continue to support the brave men and women who defend our country. That doesn't mean I am a 'war lover', or 'bully' or 'insensitive to the rest of the world'. I pray that war will end, I really do. I will continue to travel the world and learn other cultures, loving and serving people the best I can.
I believe America is a great country to live in; while not perfect, I do not take living here for granted. I am proud to have gained citizenship in 2003.
God Bless our troops, and God Bless America.
Today I may need help to remember to just, love life.


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Pass me the sick bucket, this has got to be the soppiest DIY project yet, the everlasting kisses kit.
This craft kit lets you make fridge magnets that are an exact replica of your pouting lips, I suppose it does mean you can smother your beer fridge with the kisses it probably deserves.
You can get you own everlasting kisses kit from Boutique to You, sick bag not included.
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Remember how I said America knew how to do breakfast? Well, I wasn't kidding! I probably consumed a grand total of 50 pancakes out there - hands down my favourite breakfast. That's not to say we didn't come across other mouthwatering delicacies including eggs benedict and the hubby's fave, huevos rancheros.
Have a gander at some of the yummy breakfasts we took in....
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Capturing the Visible: Assaf Evron's Photographic Practice
Iris Mendel
My way is to walk the roads
Looking right and left
And sometimes looking behind me...
What I see at each moment
Is that which I never
Caught sight of before.
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The encounter with Assaf Evron's works is direct and immediate. They are revealed unobstructed and in one breath, striking the viewer with all their force and sensitivity. Evron does not spare the viewer. The visible is thrust at us, and in response we are forced to swallow it whole, so that we may then gradually deconstruct and digest all those apparatuses of action embedded in it. The exhibition "Near and Apparent" consists of a chain of independent images which nevertheless unite under some inner logic. That logic is Evron's photographic language, which is constituted by a system of recurring signs and attributes.


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With subtle coffee flavor, these dark-swirled brownies will please even noncoffee drinkers.
Make ahead
How to Make It
Melt first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Cool.
Stir coffee granules into hot water until dissolved. Cool.
Beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating well. Add 2 eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended. Stir in coffee and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Fold in 2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 cup chocolate morsels; set batter aside.
Beat remaining 4 eggs in a large bowl at medium speed; gradually add remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar, beating well. Add melted chocolate mixture and 2 teaspoons vanilla; beat well. Combine 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt; fold into chocolate batter. Stir in remaining 1 cup chocolate morsels.
Spread half of chocolate batter evenly in a greased 13" x 9" pan. Pour cream cheese batter over chocolate batter. Top with remaining chocolate batter; swirl with a knife.
Bake at 325° for 45 minutes (wooden pick will not come out clean). Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into squares.
Note: Line your pan with aluminum foil to ensure pretty squares and easy cleanup.
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When we think of the Jedi Order, we have some rather specific thoughts on what such a council member is going to look like. We imagine robes. We think of a flowing cowled cloak of dark brown (or even black if you're on a rather dark side journey). We think of the tan tunic, leather belt, and the buckled sheath for the lightsaber. It's a pretty standard and reliable look for a Jedi of any age. Even the younglings wear most of that clothing set, except of course for the lightsaber and the official robe, that is.
But, not all Jedi were made the same. Some of them, in fact, didn't get to receiving any of their training until well beyond their reasonable time. Poor Luke barely even knew the Force was a thing until he was more than double Anakin's age and the council even thought that he was too old to start training! (Growing up on desert planets is rough for those young Jedi potentials!) But, despite his late start, Luke came to his own, learning the ways of the Force with relative quickness and also maintaining his own individual style.
Do honor to the young Jedi in his official Luke Skywalker Empire Strikes Back Fatigues Replica costume. This simple set off-white military fatigues are a far cry from the regal robes of the Jedi that we're used to, but Luke would hardly have made such an impact on the balance for the force if he was wandering around the whole time looking exactly like all the others. He was a man of the people, even up until facing his father toe-to-toe and hand-to-… er… Well, that last part didn't go so well for him, but you can still show the man the respect he's earned by taking down evil (or just buying your favorite groceries) in these grand looking fatigues.
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Urban Baits are developed by big-carp angler Terry Dempsey - author of the best-selling 'Urban Myth' book. The baits can trace back their roots over 25 years to a time when carp baits and ingredients furtively changed hands under torchlight at the back of a bivvy, and are sure to prove big-hitters this summer. Top of many carp anglers' lists are sure to be the bright pink and yellow Nutcracker ground nut and milk protein-flavoured Fluoro Pop-Ups in 12mm and 15mm sizes.
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After a great night's sleep and a strong, hot shower at the Altarocca Wine Resort, we got up early, checked out and made our way to Sienna, but not without snapping a few last pictures of the view at Altarocca. Not too shabby!
We started the day in the town of Assisi, which was another quaint Italian town, as well as a UNESCO site (we love them!). If you're Catholic, I'm sure you've heard of Saint Francis of Assisi and this is his birthplace. There is a Basilica there, which is the center of the town. Besides that, there really isn't much to see, but the Basilica is worth checking out.
Assisi, like Orvieto is located on the top of a hill and has a great view.
After taking in so many of the views, we tore ourselves away from the overlooks and decided to check out the Basilica.
Unfortunately, you can't take pictures inside the chapel, but I'll just tell you, it wasn't terrible. ;)
After Assisi, we arrived in Sienna, which was our final destination for the day. Sienna is another UNESCO site and is a little bit bigger than Orvieto and Assisi, but still has a little bit of the small town feel. We arrived in the late afternoon, which only gave us about an hour or two to check out the main sights. As you probably guessed, that involved a church. By this point, Mike and I were pretty church-ed out, but knowing that this was one of the last sights, we pushed through.
|If anyone knows the reasoning behind the stripes, please tell me!
The town of Sienna is charming, but the life of the town is in the square. It's one of the larger small-town squares we saw and there were tons of people hanging out, kicking a ball or chatting with a friend in the square. There were restaurants surrounding the fun and we decided that it was time for an apertivo, especially because I was getting hungry. We had plans to meet up with some other scholars for dinner since we were both going to be in Sienna the same night.
|The shadow kind of gets in the way, but here's the town square.
We ran into the other scholar and his wife during our apertivo and transitioned to dinner. I had a great salad (refreshing after a lot of pasta and pizza), while the rest of the group indulged on more traditional Italian cuisine. By the time we finished dinner, it was dark and the town square was lit up. It was a great way to end the night in Sienna.
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|Eotyrannus life reconstruction by Christopher DiPiazza.
Eotyrannus was a tyrannosauroid which means that it belongs to the same group as large, two-fingered tyrannosaurids like Tyrannosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Lythronax, and Teratophoneus. Like them, it had curved, serrated teeth with a D-shaped cross section. However, Eotyrannus was more basal than these later predators and shares more in common with its closer, more basal relatives, like Dryptosaurus and Guanlong. Like them it had proportionally longer arms with three fingers on each hand, each tipped with a curved claw. It also had long legs and overall gracile build, implying that it was a fast runner.
|Eotyrannus hand claw on display at the Isle of Wight Museum. Photo courtesy of Marc Vincent.
When alive, Eotyrannus may have relied on its speed and probably specialized in hunting smaller prey, like the small ornithopod dinosaurs it shared its habitat with. It also would have needed to use its speed and agility to avoid the larger predators it coexisted with like Baryonyx, the spinosaurid, and Neovenator, the allosauroid.
|Eotyrannus lower jaw fragment and tooth on display at the Isle of Wight Museum. Photo Courtesy of Marc Vincent.
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Brusatte, S. L. and Benson, R. B. J. and Norell, M. A. (2011) The Anatomy of Dryptosaurus aquilunguis (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and a Review of its Tyrannosauroid Affinities. American Museum Novitates, 3717 . pp. 1-53. ISSN 0003-0082
Loewen, M.A.; Irmis, R.B.; Sertich, J.J.W.; Currie, P. J.; Sampson, S. D. (2013). Evans, David C, ed. "Tyrant Dinosaur Evolution Tracks the Rise and Fall of Late Cretaceous Oceans". PLoS ONE 8 (11): e79420. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079420.
Hutt, S., Naish, D., Martill, D.M., Barker, M.J., and Newbery, P. (2001). "A preliminary account of a new tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Cretaceous) of southern England." Cretaceous Research, 22: 227–242.


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Friday, December 5, 2014
Hidden Blessings.....
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thank you so much for a very thoughtful and insightful post. " When I came to your blog today I was thinking how much I miss your classes. Now I'm thinking what a blessing to be able to listen and watch them on video.
It really is all about the small things. Feel better soon. Have a happy Christmas and a blessed New Year.
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Jennie, this is the only comment that came up to be posted so I'm guessing no LOL.Delete
What a great post. Often there are hidden blessings everywhere and we need the benefit of hindsight to see themReplyDelete
WOW my friend, this was an awesome post and I agree we all need to start thinking of our blessings and how blessed we truly are instead of all the "why me" mentality. I love that you and Riley are having one on one time now. He will one day realize what a blessing it is to have had that time with you. :-) You my friend are a blessing in my life and I am very thankful for your friendship. <3ReplyDelete
Suzanne, you made me cry. What a beautiful way to express your wonderful relationship with your son. You are an amazing mother that gives her whole heart to family and your children will always remember what special blessings you've given them. They will have beautiful memories to share with their children.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas, Suzanne, to you and your family. :)Replies
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I looked up your blog today wondering how you've been. Im of social media (nursing school has become my life) but there are still two blogs I try to read and yours is one of them. I hope your doing better, and keeping that same positive attitude. Truth be told, I stopped coming to your blog for crafting, and always come for inspiration of the soul. You always have something positive to say and put a different perspective on life's hand. I loved this post about your son being a blessing. it is often those blessings within blessings that go unnoticed. it's great when someone else can point it out, and your like yes I know what she means, nodding my head through the post. A little teary eyed too, but that's OK cause you always know a writing from the heart. Take care blog friend and hope to hear from you soon!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much...I so appreciate your commenting and sorry I'm late responding. I hope to get back to blogging next month here and sharing. Winter has been hard on me and after Christmas I just needed a break. But it always touches me to receive such sweet comments and know someone is reading and understanding the posts. Thanks so much & hugs!Delete
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Continuing with our examination of the doctrine of election, the following sermon is a helpful summary and overview.
Continuing with our examination of the doctrine of election, the following sermon is a helpful summary and overview.
Continuing on with our look at the "U" from the T.U.L.I.P. commonly associated with Calvinism, we have already looked at a general introduction to the doctrine of unconditional election and have pointed out that the Scripture uses different words to convey the idea of election, i.e., elected, chosen, predestined, foreknowledge, before the foundation of the world. We must now pause and examine how a few of these words actually have a nuanced distinction that is helpful for understanding better the doctrine of election.
First is foreknowledge. Foreknowledge is often confused and taken to mean simply knowledge beforehand, i.e. that God knows some information or facts beforehand (Acts 26:5; 2 Peter 3:17). As it is applied to election, the Arminian argument takes foreknowledge to mean that God sees a person's faith beforehand, via foreknowledge, and elects them on the basis of their foreseen faith. Simply stated, God's foreknowledge is of a person's faith before it is exercised in time and space. But that is not what foreknowledge means in the context of divine election. God's knowledge of events beforehand falls within His omniscience, so in one sense He certainly does have "foreknowledge" or knowledge beforehand that events will happen, but this is because He has ordained them to happen. He does not look down a narrow corridor of time to see what events will take place, He foreordains those events. This is the sovereignty of God.
Therefore, we can begin to see how the Arminian view assumes that God is limited both in His sovereignty and on the basis of a timescale, like we are, as though some new information regarding a person's future faith had at one time occurred to God. But God transcends time and is not limited in His knowledge to specific time-based events. The thought never occurred to God that a person would believe, He has always known that. He is the Alpha and Omega, determining the beginning from the end.
To see foreknowledge in context, let's look briefly at Romans 8:29 and 1 Peter 1:1-2;20.
"For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers." Romans 8:29
Remember that the Arminian argument from above stated that God's foreknowledge was of a person's faith, that He sees the future and knows whether or not a person will exercise faith in Him and then "elects" them on that basis. Here, however, God's foreknowledge is not in any way related to a person's faith, but is instead intimately related to a person, "whom" He foreknew. The idea being conveyed here is not of general knowledge of facts, but a relational knowledge. The following verses are helpful uses of this intimate, relational knowledge:
Note the contrasts here:
To put this in terms of a human example (that will certainly collapse at some point in the analogy), my wife and I are expecting a baby boy. My knowledge of this fact is not simply general in knowing that this son will come, but it is an intimate knowledge. I am his father, I named him, I have seen him before he has been born and I love him; he is my son…now…even before his first breath. This is the idea that God conveys to Jeremiah in Jer. 1:5. Though our friends may also be expecting a child, my knowledge of the birth of that baby is not the same as the knowledge of my own. In a similar, yet divine and infinite way, God has intimate eternal knowledge, which the Bible calls foreknowledge (or fore-love) of His own children. John Murray helpfully defines the use of foreknowledge from the Romans 8 passage as, "It means 'whom he set regard upon' or 'whom he knew from eternity with distinguishing affection and delight' and it is virtually equivalent to 'whom he foreloved'"[1]
The second example, from 1 Peter 1:1-2; 20, shows how the Apostle Peter uses the word foreknowledge in relation to the elect exiles and then in terms of Christ (vs. 20) who was foreknown before the foundation of the world. Does that foreknowledge mean that God looked down the corridor of time and saw Christ's faith and elected Him? Certainly not, that would be nonsensical. It has more to do with Isaiah 42:1
"1To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you."
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you" 1 Peter 1:1,2; 20
Next is the word predestined or predestination. Strong's defines the Greek word for predestined as 1. To predetermine, decide beforehand 2. In the NT of God decreeing from eternity 3. To foreordain, appoint beforehand. We can see the distinction between foreknowledge and predestination from the Romans 8:29 passage above, but their action is linked together. In this context, they do not mean the same thing, but refer to essentially the same event. While foreknowledge refers to an intimate personal relationship, predestined refers to the ordained plan of God for that individual person. Note the passage from Romans 8:29 again, "For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son" Here predestination is conformity to the image of Christ. Foreknowledge is the cause, predestination is the plan to bring about the effect of conformity to Christ.
Does predestination to the conformity of Christ happen for everyone? No, only to whom God has foreknown. Notice the order of events in the golden chain of redemption that unfold in the verse that follows: "30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified." Romans 8:30 In some sense, foreknowledge must precede predestination, which was followed by the outward calling of the Spirit, the justification by Christ, and the certain glorification that will come in eternity with Christ. The predetermined plan of God unfolded in the calling, justification, and glorification of saints whom He foreknew.
A further example may be seen in the Apostle Paul's use of predestined in the following passage from the epistle to Ephesians:
"3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory."
Finally, a third use of predestined, this time in relationship to the crucifixion of Christ on the cross, "27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place." Acts 4:27-28
That God unfolds His plan on the basis of predetermination or predestination is simply undeniable, as seen in several passages listed below. Therefore, that God saves on the basis of predestination should not be a surprise, as it is consistent with His character, how He fulfills His own prophecies, and how He brings His plan of redemption to fruition.
Lastly, we arrive at election proper having already devoted much space to the similar concept of foreknowledge and predestination. Election simply refers to God's choice of certain individuals unto salvation. It is more closely related to the Bible's use of chosen, than are the other two terms and this is where the heart of the objection lies. While the argument laid out for the understanding of foreknowledge may receive some push back, and the definition of predestination perhaps less so, the opposition is no doubt most concentrated on the meaning of election. Election or references to the elect is actually much more commonly used than the other two terms and many times it even seems that its meaning is already understood, especially by the recipients of Paul's epistles. The uses are below:
The relationship between foreknowledge, predestination, and election is one of similarity, but also distinction. Understanding the terms that the Bible uses in the context that it uses them will go a long way towards untangling any webs of confusion that may develop when attempting to understand God's sovereign, divine election.
Next, Lord willing, will begin looking at some common objections.
[1] John Murray Romans vol. 1 pg. 317
There is so much more that could be said regarding the nature of mankind's total depravity, or what we've more accurately termed total inability, than what I've managed to write in the last few posts. As a reiteration, man's total inability does not mean that he lacks free will, as is so often the pejorative argument. It simply means that because of his fallen nature, corruption, and slavery to sin that his natural desires would never motivate him to make a choice of following the God of all the universe in humble submission. Indeed, he cannot. If you're unfamiliar with this, below are several links to posts I've written recently that help summarize this important concept of man's sinfulness:
That being said, our discussion here now progresses to the second major point of Calvinism. In order for this to even begin to penetrate our hearts and minds, we must first understand the Sovereignty of the Holy God, which you can read about (here: God's Sovereignty) and the aforementioned inability of man. These two points combine to ask and answer the question, "Who then can be saved?"
To see the doctrine of election summarized alongside it's Arminian opposition, recall the table[1] below:
|Conditional Election
God's choice of certain individuals unto salvation before the foundation of the world was based upon His foreseeing that they would respond to His call. He selected only those whom He knew would of themselves freely believe the gospel. Election therefore was determined by or conditioned upon what man would do. The faith which God foresaw and upon which He based His choice was not given to the sinner by God (it was not created by the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit) but resulted solely from man's will. It was left entirely up to man as to who would believe and therefore as to who would be elected unto salvation. God chose those whom He knew would, of their own free will, choose Christ. Thus the sinner's choice of Christ, not God's choice of the sinner, is the ultimate cause of salvation.
|Unconditional Election
God's choice of certain individuals unto salvation before the foundation of the world rested solely in His own sovereign will. His choice of particular sinners was not based on any foreseen response or obedience on their part, such as faith, repentance, etc. On the contrary, God gives faith and repentance to each individual whom He selected. These acts are the result, not the cause God's choice. Election therefore was not determined by or conditioned upon any virtuous quality or act foreseen in man. Those whom God sovereignly elected He brings through the power of the Spirit to a willing acceptance of Christ. Thus God's choice of the sinner, not the sinner's choice of Christ, is the ultimate cause of salvation.
I've highlighted several of the more noteworthy parts of each position. As previously mentioned, the foundation for Calvinistic doctrine of election is based upon the sovereignty of God and subsequently the inability of man. The majority of those within the Arminian camp would agree that God is sovereign and would likewise agree that man cannot save himself, however when the discussion turns to the meaning of the Bible's use of election, or other similar terms such as chosen, predestined, foreknowledge, and before the foundation of the world, it seems both of those previous pillars are forgotten. Look again at the Arminian doctrine of conditional election set forth above and note how it is dependent upon man's choice of God. However, if we are to properly understand the effects of the fall on man, their enslavement to sin, and their total inability as expounded in the posts listed above, then how can we arrive at a position that supports man's free (libertarian) choice of God?
Instead of the inconsistency in forgetting the pillars of sovereignty and inability, if we more consistently built upon them, we would in turn look toward the doctrine of election to answer our question of how it is that man can be saved. This isn't a highbrow, top cookie shelf doctrinal position for only theologians to discuss. Instead, this is a pervasive doctrine that is unfolded on the pages of God's holy, inerrant Scripture from both the Old to the New Testament and its purpose is for the glory of God and that His saints might understand that salvation is all a work of grace and take comfort and assurance in that.
Likewise, it should give comfort to the unbeliever who thinks that he or she is too far gone, too sinful for God to save; as though His arm were shortened by man's sin. Instead, because salvation is entirely a work of God from beginning to end, even the chief of sinners may find grace in their time of need and then glory in the provision of a holy, merciful God.
God's sovereign choice in Scripture may be seen in several different ways:
First, and I should point out that all thoughts of election should proceed from this example, God has elected Christ as His "Chosen One". This might sound a little odd at first, but it is precisely what the Scriptures say, i.e. Luke 9:35. Christ is God's chosen or Anointed One through Whom the plan of redemption is accomplished. This election of Christ is fundamental towards understanding how believers are in union with Christ. A point which we will hopefully take up in another post.
Secondly, we see God's election of particular angels. " I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism." 1 Timothy 5:21 This becomes most evident in the Garden as Satan, the fallen, rebellious angel seeks to undo the creative work of God. This would mean that Satan and His rebellious angelic beings were not part of God's electing purposes and it was therefore in accordance with His predetermined plan that they should be cast into the lake of fire at the final judgment.
Next we see a distinction in the Garden between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent as a consequence of the curses levied after the fall (Genesis 3:15). This theme of opposition between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent is one that Scripture builds upon throughout its pages. We won't examine this in detail at this point, though we need to bear in mind that from the very genesis of Scripture, election was at the forefront of God's redemptive plan. (for more on this, Jim Hamilton has written an excellent essay, though technical, which you can read here: Skull Crushing Seed of the Woman)
Fourth, and perhaps most obvious and less controversial, is the choice of Israel as a nation seen in Deuteronomy 7:6-8
"6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt."
Clearly God chose Israel from among the nations. Through His call to Abraham He created for Himself a people that would be His own possession. He did not choose the Midianites, nor the Amorites, nor the Edomites, nor Egyptians, but the Israelites out of His sovereign free will.
It is important to make a distinction here that although God chose Israel corporately from among the other nations we have no indication that this was election unto salvation, i.e. that every member of that chosen nation was saved. In fact, all evidence points to the contrary. The important thing to note here is the why. In other words, why did God choose them and not another nation. This is important because God's principle of election here is operating under the same principle as His election unto salvation that develops more fully in the New Testament, namely that God has chosen a people out of His sovereign choice.
Taking this a step further, as A.W. Pink helpfully points out, God has exerted His divine election within this corporate body of national Israel specifically, "an election within an election; or, in other words, God had a special people of His own from among the nation itself."[2] We see this explicitly stated in Romans 9:4-8
"4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring."
And Romans 11:1-5
"I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life." 4 But what is God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace."
These passages provide a helpful affirmation that God's divine choice of national Israel was not unto salvation, but that within this corporate body were a remnant whom God had chosen by grace. This is election unto salvation.
Which leads us to our final point, and the point at which objectors to divine election begin to squirm uneasily, namely God's divine election of people unto salvation. This can be observed in the following verses:
This list does not include the equally numerous passages that allude to God's sovereign choice in election. Election does not fully answer the "How" but it does answer the "Who" in the question we've been asking, "Who then can be saved. With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:25-26) Though we may rest assured that only God knows whom He has chosen and we should therefore preach the Gospel indiscriminately to all. As Charles Spurgeon has written,
"Our Savior has bid us preach the Gospel to every creature. He has not said, "Preach it only to the elect." And though that might seem to be the most logical thing for us to do, yet, since He has not been pleased to stamp the elect on their foreheads, or to put any distinctive mark upon them, it would be an impossible task for us to perform! Therefore when we preach the Gospel to every creature, the Gospel makes its own division and Christ's sheep hear His voice and follow Him. It is unnecessary to stop the ears of other sheep, or to try to prevent your voice from travelling where other sheep are found—only the true sheep of Christ will recognize His voice in the Gospel message, or be obedient to it. Therefore, let not your zeal be repressed by any doctrinal views, however sound, for, depend upon it, sound Doctrine is never inconsistent with obedience to the command to preach the Gospel to every creature. Sound precept and sound Doctrine must agree!"[3]
Unconditional election is the outworking of God's predetermined plan of redemption. In other words, those whom He has chosen before the foundation of the earth will indeed come to salvation by grace through faith and repentance. None will be lost; none will be forgotten. God is the Seeker of His lost sheep and He will save every sheep for whom He searches.
In the next few posts, I'll hopefully be able to write more about this in a clear, succinct way and address common misconceptions and objections.
[1] Curtis C. Thomas and David N. Steele, The Five Points of Calvinism (1974: P&R: Philadelphia, Pa.), 16-17.
[2] http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Election/elec_04.htm
[3] http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols49-51/chs2937.pdf Charles Spurgeon Sermon No. 2937 Volume 51 Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit "Too Little for the Lamb


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Party : Shiv Sena (SS)
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Father's Name Shri Mahadeoappa
Mother's Name Smt. Gorabai
Date of Birth 16 March 1956
Place of Birth Amravati (Maharashtra)
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 17 June 1982
Spouse's Name Smt. Vijaya Anantrao Gudhe
No. of Sons 2
Educational Qualifications M.A. (Part I in Political Science)
Educated at Nagpur University (Maharashtra)
Profession Businessman , Journalist , Sportsperson
Permanent Address Dahisath Road, Budhawara, Amba Gate,
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Positions Held
1978-90 Deputy Chief, Shiv Sena, Distt. Amravati, Maharashtra
1988-92 President, S.T. Kamgar Sena, Amravati Region, Maharashtra
1990-93 Chief, Shiv Sena, Distt. Amravati, Maharashtra
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1999-2004 Member, Committee on Industry
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Member, Committee on Railways
Members, Committee on Petitions
Member, Sub-Committee on Vigilance Commission
2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
Member, Committee on Estimates
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agro and
Rural Industries and Ministry of Small Scale Industries
Special Interests
Reading, cultural activities, music and drama
Countries Visited
Australia, France, Holland, Japan, Netherlands, Panama, U.K. and U.S.A. ; Attended, Executive Committee Meeting, CPA, in Sarawak, 6-12 April 2003 as member of Indian Delegation headed by the Hon`ble Speaker, Shri Manohar Joshi
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Irish middleweight Andy Lee (21-1, 15 KOs) beat Mamadou Thiam (43-9, 43 KOs) at the University Arena in Limerick on Saturday night when the French fighter retired at the end of the second round due to a back injury.
"To win is always good, but I know it would have been good for people if they had seen a better fight," Lee told IrishCentral from Limerick on Monday.
Lee looked sharp during the six minutes of action, moving excellently and timing his shots to perfection.
"It was a decent fight while it lasted, and he was dangerous. He said he got injured and he had to pull out, and no disrespect to him, but I think he realized he was going to get beaten and he was going to take a lot of punishment. I was going to knock him out sooner or later, so he took the easy way out," said Lee.
The 38-year-old French fighter stumbled three times in the first round, which in retrospect could have been due to the back injury he sustained early in the bout, and posed no threat whatsoever to Lee.
Lee used the left hook well and moved out of danger every time, and bar one close right hand from Thiam in the final seconds of round two, was in complete control.
"That is what we worked on, and I knew that was the best way to fight him with his style. I fought to my strengths and used my ability to beat him," said Lee.
RTE's Marty Morrissey was emcee for the night and delivered an epic introduction -- epic in the sense of far too long! The caller droned on and on before the crowd got to see the men fight.
Lee noticed that his opponent was not staying warm during the Morrissey lecture.
"The guy wasn't warming up. I was staying warm for the anthems and the introduction and everything, and he was just standing there getting cold," said Lee.
"He was in the ring before me for a little while, and he was just cold," added Lee, stating that if Thiam did indeed injure himself, it may have been because he did not warm up properly.
In the post fight interviews, a possible tilt at Darren Barker's European middleweight title in the fall was mentioned. Lee says it is a deal that Irish promoter Brian Peters might be able to make with Barker's promoter Mick Hennessy (Lee is not the mandatory challenger, so it would take a decent purse to convince the champ to come to Limerick), but he is not averse to staying in action on this side of the Atlantic.
"If it happens I would be happy about it, but I am not going to hold my breath and wait around for it. Hopefully, I will get back to the States and get back fighting around July time and keep my career moving forward," Lee said.
Though Lee has a good working relationship with Peters, he is not signed with any promoter in America.
"I would like to sign with a promoter and make a run for a title, but Emanuel (Steward, Lee's trainer and manager) is in charge of my career, and he has to make sure it is the right deal for me. So I will leave it to him and we will be speaking in the next few days," he said.
In an interesting aside, Steward told "On the Ropes Boxing Radio" Monday that he was having a meeting this week that could pave the way for a big fight for Lee.
"I have a meeting this week with someone related to a possible (world) title fight in the next six months," said Steward.
In the same interview, Steward said that he would welcome a fight with the winner of Julio Chavez/John Duddy in June, adding he would consider any of those two an "easy fight for Andy."
Lee will take some time off in Limerick and then head back to New York at the end of the month to stay in shape for his next bout, which could, as he said himself, be as soon as July.
In other news, Maureen Shea (14-2, 3 KOs) won on Friday night at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx when she TKO'ed Norma Faris (3-3) in the third round of their fight.
Finally, John Duddy (29-1, 18 KOs) has headed off to the Poconos for training camp ahead of his June 26 fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in San Antonio.


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6 comments:
- Charlotte said...
That photo makes me laugh! I think someone has been reading Bill Bryson, at least where it comes to toothpaste.
- August 6, 2008 at 7:47 PM
That's one impressive knife. I can only imagine what he'd do if he knew we squeezed the tube...from the middle!
- August 6, 2008 at 8:27 PM
- smilezallday said...
You totally crack me up!!! I love to read your blogs!! It gets me out of my world and into a different world for a few moments!! I hope you and your beautiful family are doing well!
- August 6, 2008 at 9:07 PM
- Jillian said...
Charlotte, I have not read Bill Bryson, but now I think I will just have to.
Obimom, I believe that we could have aptly inserted some DUN DUN DUN's into that sentence about squeezing from the middle. Truth be told I am the more anal one when it comes to tube squeeze position. ALWAYS FROM THE END.
Jamie, I'm so glad to make you smile. Thank you for the kind words. My goal is to make you shoot milk through your nose at some point.
- August 7, 2008 at 2:00 AM
- Denny, Alaska said...
Uh, wouldn't scissors work better (and be safer) for this "activity?"
Just askin'. (Yeah, I do it too!)
- August 7, 2008 at 9:41 PM
- Jillian said...
Denny, Alaska,
sure scissors would have worked beautifully. Except that I have hidden them all from the kid and myself apparently. Now all we have left to play with are knives. ;)
- August 7, 2008 at 10:03 PM


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Fat free Banoffee Pie! For those of you who don't know, banoffee pie is pie crust filled with banana slices and caramel and topped with cream...it was always one of my favourite desserts as a child so I just had to healthily it! Oh! and I've changed my instagram name (and will soon be changing my blog name) to Fresh Heather, as you can see by the new logo!
To healthily this, I replaced:
• the original butter pastry crust with a fat free oat and apple sauce version (with 1tsp of organic burst maca powder for an added health boost).
• the buttery, sugary caramel filling with simple date caramel (just dates ... I managed to get 1 kilo of dates in a local supermarket for 2.25)!
• the full fat whipped cream topping with 0% total greek yogurt + agave.
I decided to start a YouTube channel and this recipe just so happens to be the first video! Enjoy! And please excuse the awkwardness...I'm hoping I'll get better at this! It would mean the world to me if you could support me by subscribing to my new channel! ♥
For the Crust:
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 cup wholewheat flour
- 2/3 cup cooked apple puree
- 1tbsp agave/ honey
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp baking (bicarbonate of) soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1tsp organic burst maca powder (http://bit.ly/1lgoPTr)
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- 18-20 dates
For the Topping:
- 100g 0% greek yogurt
- 1tsp agave
- 1-2 bananas
1. Place the oats into a food processor and pulse until you get oat flour. Add in the rest of the dry ingredients and pulse until combined. Transfer to a bowl and add the agave and apple puree. Stir until combined, adding more agave if needed. This may take a while! Once ready, roll into a ball of dough and press into a greased (with olive or coconut oil) pie tin.
2. Place in a preheated oven at 375F | 200C | GM6 for 20-30 minutes until crispy and golden.
3. For the caramel, pit 18-20 dates. Place in a bowl and cover with boiling water for 5-10 minutes until the dates have softened. Place in a food processor/ high speed blender and pulse until you have a caramelly consistency. Pour into a bowl and put to the side.
4. Thinly slice one large banana. Place slices on the pie crust. Top with the date caramel and more banana slices to decorate.
5. Mix together 100g 0% Greek Yogurt and 1tsp agave. Place in an icing piper (or just use a spoon if you don't have one) and pipe onto the pie!
6. Slice and enjoy!
Just a bit more about Maca Powder if you haven't heard of it before, maca is a 'superfood' which is rich in vitamins and provides calcium and zinc. It gives you strength, improves mood, is good for your skin and can give you an energy boost! You can find more about Organic Burst Maca here.
Also! To veganise this recipe, simply replace the 0% Greek Yogurt topping with homemade Cashew Cream, theres a really nice tutorial for this here.
Anyway! I'm away out to go and enjoy the sun! Have a great day everyone! ♥


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The Lord God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17).
Lord Jesus, rekindle belief and experience of this verse in these ladies' lives. As women, You know of our many struggles with self-esteem. Lord, we ask You to help these ladies live in truth and not belittle their value by dwelling on Satan's lies. Give them discipline, perseverance, and creativity to take care of their bodies and nourish their souls. We ask that You help them find healthy ways to deal with their stress. May they use their time wisely and push through when they don't "feel like" doing something. Lead them into healthy rhythms of work, rest, exercise, and friendship. Let the retreat be a "restart" if needed.
The volunteer team flies out for Fortaleza today. We ask for traveling mercies and health. May the team bond quickly, enjoy one another, and get over jet lag quickly. Let a spirit of servanthood be prevalent. Match up just the right small group facilitators with the attendees you know they need to be with. Let joy be evident in every detail. Fill the volunteers with a supernatural love for each other and the attendees. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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What is a Phenotype?
Growers frequently use the term phenotype incorrectly to describe only basic sativa or indica like qualities. In reality, phenotypes can be much more than just these oversimplified traits. What does phenotype really mean?
I consider phenotypes as the observable/quantifiable representation of a given trait. Anything you can measure, categorize or otherwise observer in an individual can be considered a phenotype.
All phenotypes are the outward result of genes acting together within a plant. Sometimes a single gene controls one trait (monogenic traits); sometimes sets of genes operate together and contribute to make a whole that we consider a phenotype (polygenic traits).
Leaf Phenotypes:
Theres a wide range of leaf phenotypes, from the thin-lamina (leaf Blade) leaflets most often seen in sativas, to the wide-lamina leaflets present in indicas, with intermediate phenotypes between the two.
This diversity can be further compounded by leaves that are pinnate, webbed (ducks foot), curly, pointy-tipped, round-tipped, or have single or double serrations along the leaf margins. Take a look at Rob Clarkes book Marijuana Botany and you youll see a wide range of leaf phenotypes.
All of these phenotypes can also independently show purple leaves or green leaves. The green leaves can be further classified as lime green or dark green, thick-leaved or thin-leaved. Any of these plants may also show purple buds, green buds or even red buds, all independent of the leaf traits.
See where this is going? There can be multiple phenotypes for each and every discernible trait in a population. If you examine a pure indica population, youll see variations across the population with respect to many different traits.
Bud Phenotypes:
The buds can be further broken down into many different characteristics Highly resinous buds versus those not quite as resinous, high THC content versus high CBD content, or those with mixed CBD/THC content. This can be further expanded to low overall levels of the primary cannabinoid (THC, CBD or Mixed) or high levels of the primary cannabinoid.
What about bud densitydense, airy or somewhere in between? Large calyxes or small? Round-tipped smaller buds, or long pointy-tipped buds? Foxtails? What about large, round buds? Small pointy ones? Small, airy ones? Large, airy ones?
What about bud odors? Do the buds smell fruity, skunky or piney? If fruity, is it more citrus or berry? Buds can offer hints of grapefruit, lemon, strawberries or sandalwood. The list is virtually endless.
Thai High:
Lets look at a hypothetical situation. Suppose youre looking to breed a Thai parental line chosen for its lovely up high. The line was crossed with a more indica-dominant line to introduce characteristics more suited to indoor growth. An F2 population, generated by open pollination or selfing of the initial F1 cross, is grown out for further selection. Both thin- and wide-lamina plants will appear in the F2 generation. Because leaf traits are not known to necessarily segregate with the overall positive characteristics of Thais (the energetic sativa up high), there is no assurance that the selection for thin leaves will in turn guarantee the chosen phenotype. The only way to select for the Thai high is post-harvest evaluation.
Only choose the plants that most closely suit your ideal. If you want potent, retain clones of every plant but keep only the clones that correspond to the most potent plants for future grows. It just depends on what you find important. Personally, when growing cannabis varieties, I look for the psychoactive content first. No matter how tasty the flowers are or how much it yields, Its not a winner if it wont get you nicely toasted. Its all about priorities.
There are many possible observable phenotypes for each trait, not just two. Its far more complex than just sativa or indica. Beware of breeders that make it seem this easy. If you dont believe me, just grow a couple of packs of any given strain and see the many differences found in this remarkable species we all love.
Author: Chimera
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What is the name of the practice you visited/visit?
Pittsburgh Alternative Health
What is the name of the provider you saw/see?
Dr. Misak
Please list as much contact information as you can for this practice/provider
Off of highway 19 in Mount Lebanon in a small building with other professional suites, one of which is a massage therapist.
What type of medicine does the provider practice?
Homeopathy, naturopathy
Would you recommend this provider to others?
Why did/do you see this provider?
General 'non-wellness', cough, allergies, skin infections, low energy
Was/is the provider affordable?
Because he does not accept insurance from anyone, his prices were reasonable. He lists them clearly on his website and follows through with the same price on the bill. You pay when you leave the appointment. The initial appointment is most expensive (200–300 dollars), but lasts up to 3 hours and is very thorough. The follow up appointments are around 20 or 30 dollars. I explained to him that I didn't have much money. We made a deal that I would bring him some Vietnamese food from Tram's in Pittsburgh for my follow up appointment and he traded me a quart of colloidal silver (medicine).
Please describe your experience with the provider's support staff (if applicable).
The receptionists were welcoming and kind.
Please describe your experience with the provider.
Before my appointment, I filled out a 15 page questionnaire about all aspects of my health, responses to temperature, foods, bowel movements, mental health. I had an electro-acupuncture test done, then the initial appointment of two hours. He is disdainful of Western medicine practitioners, so he sometimes expressed that when I described my medical past, which made me feel like I had been "duped" in the past (not the greatest feeling). Aside from those moments, I felt comfortable telling him the details of my health and he asked a lot of questions while referring to my questionnaire. He seems to have had a lot of experience with homeopathy first hand and I trusted his diagnosis. Two hours was a long time and a lot of information!! I regretted not writing it all down, and some information I did not recall. I contacted him by phone a week later for clarification, which he gave without reserve.
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Conduct Of Life:
Manners When Travelling
How To Dress
Achieve Happiness
Of A Happy Life And Wherein It Consists
Man The Maker Of Happiness
Happiness Through The Pursuit And Use Of Money
The Art Of Having Time
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Frienship - Part 1
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Right Living As A Fine Art
( Originally Published 1913 )
Your dress (as insignificant a thing as dress is in itself) is now become an object worthy of some attention; for I confess I cannot help forming some opinion of a man's sense and character from his dress, and I believe most people do as well as myself. Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. Most of our young fellows here display some character or other by their dress; some affect the tremendous, and wear a great and fiercely cocked hat, an enormous sword, a short waistcoat, and a black cravat; these I should be almost tempted to swear the peace against, in my own defense, if I were not convinced that they are but meek asses in lions' skins. Others go in brown frocks, leather breeches, great oaken cudgels in their hands, their hats uncocked, and their hair unpowdered; and imitate grooms, stage-coachmen, and country bumpkins so well in their outsides, that I do not make the least doubt of their resembling them equally in their insides. A man of sense carefully avoids any particular character in his dress; he is accurately clean for his own sake, but all the rest is for other people's. He dresses as well, and in the same manner, as the people of sense and fashion of the place where he is. If he dresses better as he thinks, that is, more than they, he is a fop; if he dresses worse, he is unpardonably negligent: but of the two, I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air. When you are once well dressed for the day think no more of it afterwards; and without any stiffness for fear of discomposing that dress, let all your motions be as easy and natural as if you had no clothes on at all. So much for dress, which I maintain to be a thing of consequence in the polite world.


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Sometimes I wonder if my customer is always right or $$$ for the win? Before CNY we got a message from our existing client. It was so suddenly for us as the next 3 days I'm heading back to Sandakan for a week. Even if we did the shooting I wasn't able to polish any picture. So we get back from CNY mood & did a shooting session on Monday.
The night before shooting I was at a church event as well. I am the photographer for the night as usual. Supper session after the event ended & went home around 11.30pm. Woke up at 5.30am to get ready for shooting session. It was tiring as hell.
Supposed to start at 9am but shooting session began from 10am to 4pm. Setting up & make up takes longer time. Not punctual to time, took longer than usual. Had a little short break in the middle to replenish energy.
Headed to gym directly after shooting session. I couldn't do as much, I was only stretching & did some tabata & boxing. I was so tired & my back was aching so badly. Especially boxing non stop for 30 min was a terrible idea. I felt great punching tho. HAHA My arm hurts badly.
Head back to apartment & took a short nap, since we were exhausting & tired from running around all day. Getting ready for dinner at Hardrock. I wasn't that happy cause the others didn't join us for dinner. Missing some fun & action from them.
Head back to apartment, took some selfies but only last for few minutes. Too tired to have more fun. Indeed a productive day. Woke up early as usual the next day & head back home. We had fun but we spend quite amount of $$$ that night as well. Its expensive to have fun I must say. I need to save a bit since I'm going to Japan on April! I am so excited!
Till then,
Cheers & God Bless


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by Randy Elliott
I don't know about you guys, but my regular gaming buddy, Mike Richards, and I have hit a wall with the "normal" FOW scenarios... We've been playing with our Italy lists for over a month now and really enjoy the games that we're getting from this particular match-up. The issue that we've encountered has been with the standard deployment. You put something down and he counters it... That's okay for most games, but occasionally, its really nice to have no idea where the opposition is going to manifest! Our good I-95 friends, have provided the perfect solution - Blind Domination!
In this excellent scenario, you use hidden deployments. Your company approaches a disputed area that has several objectives with a range of point values for their control. We had 8 OBJs, ranging in value from 1-3pts, for a total of 13pts. We decided that the first one to control 9 undisputed points at the start of their turn would win. Of course, if your company broke, that would be the game as well. Given the nature of deployment, we decided that a company MC could not be forced until Turn 3, after the arrival of all the platoons. We did come to play, not get quick win! We didn't track platoon losses.
For deployment you need to assign points of entry for each platoon and their turn of arrival, anywhere from turn 1-3, by which time your entire company is on-table. Normally the areas are broken into 12" blocks, but we were also tired of playing on the standard 6'x4' table and up-scaled to a 8.5'x5' table! This would give us six, 17" deployment zones.
We rolled off and I won the choice of sides. I opted for the side closest to the town. Mike won first turn.
Mike ran the following CV Hermann Goring Panzerkompanie from Fortress Italy:
HQ - 2x P3M (PzIII M)
Pz Plt 1 - 4x P3M
Pz Plt 2 - 4x P3M
Pz Plt 3 - 3x P3M
Schwere Pz Plt - 2x Tiger I (Tiger Ace - re-roll bogs)
HG Assault Gun Plt - 3x StuG G
HG Hvy Pzspah Plt - 2x 8-rad
Total: 1745pts
I ran a CV US 1st Armored Div Tank Company from Road to Rome:
HQ - CO M4 Sherman, 2iC M4 w/improvised armor (both 75mm)
Sherman Plt 1 - 3x M4A1(late) (76mm)
Sherman Plt 2 - 2x M4A3E8 (E8) 1x M4 (75mm)
Sherman Plt 3 - 1x E8, 2x M4
Lt Tank Plt - 3x M5A1 Stuarts
Recon Plt - M2 Halftrack w/.50cal, 2x recon jeeps w/AA MG, 3xRifles, Bazooka
TD Plt - 2x M-18 Hellcats, recon jeep , 2x M20 scout car
Total: 1770pts
This is the table at start. The OBJs were each road exit (four - 1pt @), the two multi-level hills( 2pts @), the church on the hill (2pts) and the town center(3pts.)
We had all off-road movement require a bog check and crossing linear obstacles, moving in woods, plowed fields and moving across slopes required a second one! it was very muddy!
Recon Moves - Recon elements both move towards the town. It occurs to me that he's got an advantage in firepower with the recon...
Domination Points: German - 1 US -1
Turn 1 - sees the German recon moving into town and firing up my guys. Of course, the jeeps pass their saves, but the "armored" vehicle goes down with the loss of both the platoon commander & bazooka!!!
I return fire and manage to bail one 8-rad. Next round is going to hurt after he remounts that bailed one...
Domination Points: German - 1 US -1
German Turn 2 - Mike drives his Tigers & CO right down the road towards the town and brings in a P3 platoon in the far corner, I suspect to pick up that easy OBJ. Unfortunately, he bogs two of four... He lights up one of the jeeps even after failing to remount the bailed 8-rad. I pass MC to hang around!
Domination Points: German - 4 US - 1
US Turn 2 - My CO & 76s come in on the road heading into town and the tank platoon with 2, E8s comes in at the farther end of the table, close to the road. Thankfully, I have Wide Tracks as I bog one E8, but he recovers. My surviving recon jeep pulls back behind the buildings, putting himself into range for a promotion to platoon leader by the CO during shooting.
My 76s snap off a couple shots at the 8-rads and zap the bailed one! Yeah, I'm a bully.
Domination Points: German - 4 US - 1
German Turn 3 - Mike pulls his recon out of town, but until I move up, it still belongs to him. His Tigers roll forward and begin to blaze away. He brings on the rest of his company and manages to bog 4 out of 11 vehicles... The 2iC and three P3s and the other four tank P3 platoon come in to reinforce the center and seize the 2pt, hilltop OBJ. The StuGs arrive on the far hill to interdict any attempt by me to move across that open area.
US Turn 3 - My Stuarts arrive at the far end and move towards the OBJ on that far end. I bring in my last Sherman platoon and 2iC along the road leading into town and bog the E8, but I swing the rest towards nearby hilltop OBJ. My recon pulls back towards the same locale.Domination Points: German - 7 US - 1
German Turn 4 - Mike's 8-rad pulls back down the road to secure the road exit, allowing the P3s to move forward. That tank platoon becomes split by bogs. It's operating as two elements as the Tail-End Charlies attempt to reunite with their forward element. Mike tries to push forward, but he bogs an amazing 6 out of 12 tanks requiring bog tests... He gets two StuGs moving towards the church OBJ.
Mike's shooting is ineffective. We're trading shots between the Tigers & 76s. It'll come down to who gets the first "6!"
US Turn 4 - I pop my TDs on the hill, the Shermans next to them un-bog the E8 and the platoon moves forward, only to bog another tank on the hillside. I try to move the two E8s up onto the church hill, but bog one. The second moves into position to bring the Tigers under fire. In town, the gun duel between the 76s and Tigers continues, but one 76 moves to fire up the P3s approaching the town from the left road. My 2iC moves into the town square, behind the fountain. Stuarts seize the OBJ road exit. The recon dismounts and moves up behind the hilltop OBJ.
My shooting takes out one P3 on the road and bails the other on behind it.Domination Points: German - 4 US -7
German Turn 5 - Mike's terrible luck with bogging continues, but he pushes forward as he can. Realizing that the church OBJ will be pivotal, Mike begins to maneuver the StuGs and CO that way. The Tail-End Charlies from that left P3 platoon close to within command range, but the back one bogs during its ST move. Critically, the closest StuG to the path up the hillside also bogs.
Mike's shooting takes two tanks, one of which is the 2iC, who displaces into a 76! (What a shame...) He also bails one Hellcat.
Domination Points: German - 4 US -7
US Turn 5 - I dig in my recon rifle team. I cannot un-bog the E8 at the base of the church hill. The Stuarts move back towards the action. I run the 75 Sherman over towards the church as Mike's StuG prepares to ascend the pathway.
My shooting manages a P3 bail, but I also kill a P3 and a Tiger!Domination Points: German - 4 US -7
German Turn 6 - Mike continues to concentrate his P3s and StuGs towards the church hill. Mike realized that he was going to have to take down the Shermans on that hill. He would get a shot off with his StuG and his CO's P3. The P3s over to the left were unable to advance as Mike wanted to use the operational one at it's full ROF against the Hellcats. The other couldn't un-bog...
The surviving Tiger continued to fire ineffectively at the 76s Shermans. The P3 to the left fired up and bailed - again - the same Hellcat. On the other end, the StuG bailed the E8 on the hill.
Domination Points: German - 4 US -7
US Turn 6 - I remount the Hellcat and the E8 on the church hill. The E8 at the base of the hill remained bogged. Stuarts move up. I gamble and move out the 76 on the left side of the square to bring the Tiger under fire. This will give me 6 shots needing a single "6."
My shooting sees me miss the other Tiger as Mike's 2iC valiantly takes the hit for the Big Cat! That'll hurt me next round... More importantly, though, I bag the StuG on the hill. The one in the woods had bogged during its ST. My Hellcats hammer that left P3 platoon, bailing the operational one. Mike easily made the MC with his HG re-roll! My E8 & 75 on the other end of the hill from the Hellcats take down one P3 on the opposite hill.
The end of the turn sees me in control of the church OBJ. That gives me enough to win, if I can hold on...
Domination Points: German - 4 US -9
German Turn 7 - Mike remounts his bailed P3 on the left, but cannot un-bog the other tank. He gets pretty much everything else moving, except... for the crucial StuG! It fails to un-bog and Mike will not be able move to contest the OBJ next to the church. He would have to shoot me off with his AT9 long 50s.
Mike manages to take down one Hellcat - finally! He bails two 76s in town. Lucky rolling on my part as they were Tiger hits! On the critical hilltop, he cannot knock out the two active Shermans. Game to the US at the start of the US Turn 7.
Mike and I both enjoyed the game. The scale was really nice. Even the Tiger had to move into shooting range! We both could not believe the high proportion of bogs that Mike rolled. Clearly he was severely hampered by that turn of events. He never was able to mass and maneuver his platoons as he had wanted to. His P3 Horde is scary when it's a free-wheeling mass of Rhur-meggedon looking to drop on top of my Detroit's Finest! We decided that we really loved the deployment and will keep playing with that for a while. The large board is in for the next round of games as well. We're going to go with "standard" mud reducing the movement to Slow Going, but we will retain bog tests for obstacles, woods and crossing slopes.
All together another fun game of FOW!


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THEY'RE ON TV! Finally some of the shorts that I've been directing here at Cartoon Network are seeing the light of day. Apparently CN is showing the first batch of "Billy and Mandy" shorts I directed during a Halloween stunt this week. I guess they're playing a short each night this week at 7pm (I missed tonight's sadly, but I did get the promo).
I thought it would be cool to have all 6 of the shorts centered around one day and each short would be a different perspective on that one event. Darrick Bachman came up with the great idea that it would be on Billy's birthday. They turned out pretty good. Check 'em out if you get a chance.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee and a contractor were killed when their small plane crashed in an Oregon forest.
Authorities identified the pilot as 52-year-old Vernon Ray Bentley, a Fish and Wildlife Service employee from Blodgett. His passenger was 59-year-old David Sherwood Pitkin of Bandon, a former employee who was working as a contractor for the agency.
Benton County sheriff's deputies say they found the wreckage of the Cessna on Monday morning after it failed to arrive in Corvallis as scheduled on Sunday afternoon.
A radio signal from the plane's locator beacon allowed searchers to narrow the crash site to an area near Philomath.
The federal agency says the two men were involved in the annual midwinter count of migratory birds.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane registered in Idaho and a passenger were killed in a crash in western Oregon.
Benton County sheriff's deputies say they found the wreckage of the plane Monday morning after it failed to arrive in Corvallis as scheduled on Sunday afternoon.
Names of the victims were being withheld until their families were notified.
Deputies say the single-engine Cessna was registered to the U.S. Department of the Interior in Boise, Idaho.
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Transient Attributes for High-Level Understanding
and Editing of Outdoor Scenes
Pierre-Yves Laffont
Zhile Ren
Xiaofeng Tao
Chao Qian
James Hays
We live in a dynamic visual world where the appearance of scenes changes dramatically from hour to hour or season to season. In this work we study "transient scene attributes" – high level properties which affect scene appearance, such as "snow", "autumn", "dusk", "fog". We define 40 transient attributes and use crowdsourcing to annotate thousands of images from 101 webcams. We use this "transient attribute database" to train regressors that can predict the presence of attributes in novel images. We demonstrate a photo organization method based on predicted attributes. Finally we propose a high-level image editing method which allows a user to adjust the attributes of a scene, e.g. change a scene to be "snowy" or "sunset". To support attribute manipulation we introduce a novel appearance transfer technique which is simple and fast yet competitive with the state-of-the-art. We show that we can convincingly modify many transient attributes in outdoor scenes.
SIGGRAPH 2014 paper
The paper can be downloaded from ACM Digital Library. We provide supplementary materials in addition to the paper:
- list and definitions of our 40 transient attributes, along with positive and negative example images from our database (HTML) , or archive (.TAR, 4.9MB).
- comparison between appearance transfer methods for 40 test cases (HTML) , or archive (.TAR, 77MB).
BibTeX citation
@article {Laffont14, title = {Transient Attributes for High-Level Understanding and Editing of Outdoor Scenes}, author = {Pierre-Yves Laffont and Zhile Ren and Xiaofeng Tao and Chao Qian and James Hays}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics (proceedings of SIGGRAPH)}, volume = {33}, number = {4}, year = {2014} }
SIGGRAPH slides
We presented our work at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver. We share our slides (.PPTX, 70MB) for scientific dissemination, along with our SIGGRAPH "fast-forward" video (.WMV, 18MB).
Web-based user interfaces
We show examples of user interfaces that leverage our transient attributes on the following pages:
- for visualizing annotated images from two webcams of our database, in a color-coded attribute space
- for exploring a photo collection and progressively get closer to the desired image by providing feedback, such as "more clouds" then "less winter"
- for searching a photo collection by providing an acceptable range of attribute labels, which can be inferred from a high-level query string such as "some snow, no clouds".
These pages have been tested with Chrome v35 (recommended), Firefox v29, and Internet Explorer v10.
Transient Attributes Database
Our dataset contains 8571 images from 101 webcams, all annotated with 40 attribute labels.
Please contact Zhile Ren (firstname.lastname@example.com) to receive the access of the database.
Code for our Transient Attributes regressors
We release our trained regressors that can predict transient attribute labels for an outdoor input image. This code was used to estimate the attribute labels for photo collections in the two web interfaces above.
- Transient Attributes regressors code v1.2 (.TAR, 5.4GB), Matlab code tested on Linux
- Testing/training splits (.TAR, 440KB) for evaluating your own regressors - requires downloading our annotated database
This research is supported by:
- NSF CAREER Award 1149853 to James Hays,
- the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) via Air Force Research Laboratory,
contract FA8650-12-C-7212.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.