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from BARDO
The stars are in our belly; the Milky Way our umbilicus.
Is it a consolation that the stuff of which we're made
is star-stuff too?
– That wherever you go you can never fully disappear –
dispersal only: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen.
Tree, rain, coal, glow-worm, horse, gnat, rock.
Roselle Angwin
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
'mind is clear light' poem
sky sutra
('mind is clear light' – Dalai Lama)
mist followed me up from the river but always ahead of me the sky gleamed sapphire and I thought of how it was when I flew into winter Geneva, skimming the mountains and lurching through thick dank cloud, stepping out into sleet and knowing all the time that just a few hundred feet above was pristine blue, sunset chinking prisms off every cloud snow-peak, a milk of cloud-lakes silking the flanks of real mountains and a whole nation of rainbows
a kind of private lightshow for the hell of it that those below us couldn't see and that made everyone on that plane gasp – for disbelief and amazement and joy not fear of turbulence and the proximity of rock – as we plunged bucking through that fog-blanket into such a different world
and how easy it is to forget
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Ha! Gotcha! From the title of this blog, you probably were expecting my personal in-depth thoughts on the Saudi autocracy's recent regime changes and new royal family appointments. Or maybe even discussion about the Saudi military leadership in the Yemen situation. Noooope!
This entry is to announce I have my own little prince or princess currently residing in my uterus. As expected (though I am still mostly in denial), this is resulting in an interesting new world order for us, just as we were getting pretty well adjusted and adapting to our new expat life. What can I say…we always look for ways to make the adventure more fun and interesting, and it has definitely been both over these last three months.
This is our first child and I'm sure there will be some unique situations as we plan to rely on the Saudi medical system to handle the pregnancy. My first few visits to the hospital and the doctors have been fun to see how the Saudi culture, insurance, and hospital processes work to handle medical situations. I can't wait to share some of my observations. For example, the hospital we have chosen is used by the royal families who live in the area and looks like an elegant opera house and includes a salon/spa. Everything has been great so far and as most things here just requires patience. Maternity shopping will also be interesting. We stepped into a Babies-R-Us just to see what they have. The female-image censorship with black Sharpie makes me giggle (see example below). I had to go online to see what a maternity belt is really supposed to look like.
Part of our family planning decision was based on the experiences of about eight different awesome ladies in our similar situation (i.e. HR dept, compound, insurance, drivers, etc). They have used the Saudi medical system for most of their pregnancy and/or childbirth over this past year. It has been a good mix of first time and experienced moms. So, even though it is WAY out of my comfort zone, I hope to leverage their vast mommy knowledge, ask "girlie" questions, and get their advice on medical & logistical stuff. Wish me luck (and Josh too) we're definitely gonna need it!! 🙂
Do you have any questions about having babies in Saudi?! Maybe I will need to answer some of them over the next several months anyways so let's hear 'em.
P.S. Don't expect the little nugget to cramp my world traveling too much. Assuming my body cooperates, we still have a Spain trip planned in May/June and I have a much needed hugging session scheduled in the USA this July/August.


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Industry support for WebLogic Server 10 extends beyond the realm of commercial vendors and includes open source solution providers such as Interface21, the company behind the popular Spring Framework. BEA and Interface21 partnered last year to use Spring 2.0 as a foundation for several key Java EE 5 components including the Java EE 5 Common Annotations (JSR-250) — which includes resource injection and EJB 3 (JSR-220) interception, and are currently working together to so that the integration between Spring and WebLogic Server is as seamless as possible.
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Internationally-renowned children's entertainers The Wiggles rocked Captain Feathersword's boat last week when they announced a radical change in line-up to the four-piece technicoloured gang.
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Rumour is a lying jade, but the fickle mistress hath it that a Lambton Quay money collector for a respectable charity has been accosting young women and asking for dates. This liltingly voiced fellow has approached several Victoria students, proposing marriage to at least one, and begging for a dating chance from others.
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So it's Tuesday. You're officially entrenched in the week. You can't get away with "it's Monday" excuses. You've got a buttload of chores to complete. You've got to empty out the dishwasher, refill the dishwasher, start a load of laundry, make beds, sift through junk mail, pay some bills, and oh, yeah. The kids. And perhaps even an animal or three. As these things run through your mind like Satan's roll call, you tumble out of bed and think: plaid.
Yeah, that happens to me on a daily basis. Honestly. Because plaid is cool. Plaid originated in Scotland, which is also cool. Plaid screams punk and comfort at the same time. Plaid is invariably cotton flannel which does not wrinkle, and even if it did, the pattern masks the wrinkles. Plaid never goes out of style.
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Fine. Challenge accepted. Look below.
See what I did there? Two layers and the same shoes from yesterday and all of a sudden I'm ready to do a power lunch meeting! Now I like this look inspired by this one, but I didn't have a tee so I used a cami as that second layer instead. Since you may have to take off that blazer at some point and since wearing a cami over a long-sleeved shirt might not be as fashion forward as I think it is, you may want to switch it up by doing the orthodox thing and wearing the cami under the plaid shirt then layer with the blazer.
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Maybe I've watched to much Grey's Anatomy or I've heard too many stories about a boy and a girl, but lately I've been thinking about honesty.
I wish people would be more frank with each other. How hard can it be to just tell the truth? A bit of mystery is good and I am not asking for honesty all the time but at least for the important stuff.
Why is it so difficult to tell someone close to you "You are important to me...", "You make me laugh and I want you in my life...".
Maybe a simple "I really don't like it when you do that" or "I just don't like you" would be just fine in some situations. This would save everyone a lot of trouble.
Sometimes people feel the need to tell the truth, but the get scared, maybe they are weak or maybe they just don't want to cause pain. They start by telling a small part of the truth... just enough to get your attention. But then they just stop. With a simple "I've said too much" they close their hart. I fail to understand why people do that.
Of course, the truth hurts sometimes, we cannot ignore that. But I still think it is a better option then lying. If things are crystal clear people can move on with their life.


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This renowned drama follows troubled former schoolteacher Blanche DuBois as she leaves small-town Mississippi and moves in with her sister, Stella Kowalski, and brother-in-law, Stanley, in New Orleans. Blanche's flirtatious Southern-belle presence causes problems for Stella and Stanley, who already have a volatile relationship, leading to even greater conflict in the Kowalski household. Dark and turbulent, A Streetcar Named Desire is often regarded as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, and as Tennessee Williams' finest work.
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Butlins...what a wonderful and scary place. If I was to write a guide book on how to cope with a 4 night stay there here is what I would write:
1. Arrive 1-2 hours earlier than your check in time so you can drive around the camp several times to get completely disorientated and when you are finally given your room still have absolutely no idea where you are staying.
2. Find and grab anything that vaguely looks like its a luggage trolley and then use it to push whining whinge hungry kids from the car in to (thank god at least) ground floor apartment, that you have had to park a mile away from as all the car spaces for your apartment have already been nabbed by the occupants of the holiday apartments two blocks away from you.
3. Read the holiday guide and then throw it in the bin as it contains nothing of any relevance and has just been left in the room to make you feel stupid because none of it makes sense to anyone who hasn't actually visited before.
4. Put the oven on. This provides a two fold service in the fact it takes around 9 hours to heat up and so it might be ready for use the next evening and it also provides some exciting entertainment for the kids while they watch you squabble with your mother on whether the thing is actually turned on or not.
5. Remember if you want to put the kettle on that you have to unplug the toaster, the microwave and the tv first.
6. If you are not queuing in the pavilion by 4.30pm for that evenings entertainment, then don't even bother trying. Yes the shows may not really start going until 7.30pm but its like the towel and the sunbed situation around an Ibiza pool, its all about the stamina and determination to get the "best" seat.
7. Try to avoid eating at any cost, while you may think you can save money by going self catering the Spar shop in the pavilion is around 4 times the price of a normal Spar with a loaf of bread topping the list of OMG how much they charging for this?
8. Remember candy floss sticks to everything including bottoms, pushchairs, hair and other people.
9. Make sure you pack a good strong pair of hiking boots, all your fancy 4 inch heels will be good for is wedging the front door open when you are unloading all the shopping you have had to spend the last hour and half getting from the supermarket out of the complex because your bank balance won't stand another trip to the Spar.
10. And breathe, the kids are having a fabulous time, they will remember this holiday forever and its all working out ok so just enjoy !!!!
A mums view on life the universe and a small town in Northamptonshire
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Butlins, the survival guide......
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Sounds exhausting, and that you need another holiday after that one!ReplyDelete
- caroline6 September 2011 at 20:26
haha love this! Reminds me of our first stay there in a crap silver chalet! Although the following year we had a fab time at the Bognor Butins resort staying in the Ocean hotel, pure luxury and still very child friendly- they get their own little 'den' with tv etc. We would never go back to Butlins unless staying in the hotel xxxReplyDelete
LOL so true! But if the kids have a good time we have a good time-right? And breathe.......it's all over!! :)ReplyDelete
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Every December I look on Amazon to see what books are coming out in the following year, and I have lots of fun scrolling through different genres and adding books to my wishlist. While doing this last year, I was initially attracted to Emily Ruskovich's debut novel simply because of the image of its gorgeous cover; such artistry had to promise something delightful within. This quite shallow attraction caused me to research the author further, and when I discovered an interview in which she listed her favourite American writers as being all of my favourites too, I thought I would probably find myself liking her work. So, when it came out last month I hotfooted it to Foyles and excitedly read the first few pages. Impressed by the lyrical quality of the writing, I snapped it up and made it my first new fiction read of 2017. I raced through it in two days over the Easter holiday, hardly bearing to put it down between mouthfuls of chocolate. Ruskovich has a wonderful way of writing that manages to be incredibly atmospheric without feeling the need to draw attention to itself by painstakingly cluttering sentences with metaphors: a rare gift indeed. To her great credit, despite having an MFA, she doesn't write in that elaborate, ponderous way so many contemporary writers seem to at the moment, and substance and style occupy an equal place, creating a fantastic story that sings off the page.
Told from multiple viewpoints, and jumping around in time, the story centres on an act of random violence in which a small child, May, is killed by her mother, Jenny, one summer in the mountains of Idaho. Her older sister, June, after witnessing what happens, runs away, and cannot be found. Wade, Jenny's husband and the girl's father, marries Ann a year after the event, and the narration starts from Ann's perspective, some years later, when Wade is starting to lose his mind to dementia, and the painful legacy of the loss of his children is rearing itself ever more presently within their everyday lives. It is Ann's desire to understand that day, to try and work out from the occasional snatches of information she gains about the girls and their mother, and the life they had with Wade, how and why Jenny can have killed her child, that drives the narrative, and there is much that is haunting, moving and surprising along the way.
I won't say much more other than to warn in advance that this is not a thriller, or a detective story; there is no conclusion to the story, as Ruskovich has been incredibly brave in choosing not to provide a reason for what happened. There is no neat confession, no moment of realisation when a light is shone into the darkness. We are left to use the information we are given to come up with our own interpretation, just like Ann, and personally, I preferred it like that. I closed the pages with so much left to think about, and the characters and the beautifully realised world of the Idaho mountains in which they live stayed with me for days. It is a tragic and deeply sad tale, yet also one that quivers with hope and beauty. Ruskovich paints such a rich and wise portrait of humanity, exploring with an exquisite lightness of touch how deep and unfathomable the depths of all our lives truly are, even to those who think they know us the most. I loved it. I would say it's definitely been my book of the year so far, and I already can't wait to read what Emily Ruskovich writes next.


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The kids love playing in the water. Plus the weather can be unpredictable so the perfect place to go if it is rain or shine is an indoor water park. Our first day in North Conway, New Hampshire we headed to Kahuna Laguna Indoor Water Park! You can go there if you are staying at the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort or if you are not staying there. It is New Hampshire's largest indoor water park!
We were not staying at the Resort this visit but we were provided with day passes to go. It is super clean, has changing rooms and food available. The kids love going on water slides so they headed there first.
They were racing each other on the slides. They didn't have to wait long for the slides and kept continually going on them.
You go down the Red and Yellow slide on a tube.
You can go individually or in a double tube.
They were giggling as they came down together in the double tube.
Lauren giving me a pose coming down the red slide.
Here is a view of the four slides.
There are changing rooms available that are really clean. Another favorite is playing basketball in the water. We played many games and were probably in this area at least an hour.
Good shot Lauren!
There was food and drinks out there so we decided to eat outside by the pool.
You can't beat that view!
There is a huge hot tub inside. It fits up to 25 people! Kids need to be 6 and up to go in.
Here is a fun area for younger kids to play in.
Of course the wave pool is a huge hit with my kids. They love swimming in the waves.
Lauren also likes when it stops waving.
There is The Tiki Tide Cafe with drinks and food. The prices were very affordable.
There is The Tiki Tide Cafe with drinks and food. The prices were very affordable.
This is also an area for smaller children.
It is so much fun in rain or shine!
You should definitely head to Kahuna Laguna if you are in the White Mountains.
It is so much fun in rain or shine!
Find them online: http://www.kahunalaguna.com/
Twitter: @rjresorts
Instagram: https://instagram.com/redjacketresorts/
Disclosure: I was provided with admission for four to Kahuna Laguna for my family in exchange for review. No other compensation was received and all opinions are my own.


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I am ALSO hard at work on my new novel (which is yet unnamed, but I am working on that!), and I thought I'd post a few inspiration pics to whet your appetites. This WIP has lots of shadowy forests, crumbling ruins, and magic. Loads of magic. :)
Here are today's inspirational pictures:
|(c) Roberto Verzo
|(c) erwlas
|(c) thomas.clarkey
|(c) my_urban_life


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I'm sorry I disappeared on Sunday for the Sunday Movie Review; in addition to not changing the header! It is, indeed, changed now -- this week's movie is "Mildred Pierce"; I had a busy weekend and was unable to watch a movie on Friday or Saturday night like I usually do, so therefore if I had managed to make it to my computer on Sunday to blog it would have been a review for something I had seen weeks before. Like "Mildred Pierce". Maybe. Anyway, the Sunday Movie Review will be back next Sunday.
I had a lot of fun at the Fashion in Film Blogathon on Saturday! Thank you everyone for the lovely compliments and it was a lot of fun to read everyone else's posts. Speaking of blogathons, The Darling Deborah Blogathon to celebrate Deborah Kerr's 90th birthday is coming up this Friday (hosted by Sophie over at Waitin on A Sunny Day); I also just joined Meredith (Forever Classics)'s Humphrey Bogart blogathon which will take place around Christmas.
So, and I think you all may have gotten the gist of it by now, that I love blogging about Classic Hollywood behind the scenes. Contrary to popular opinion, the innocent face of Classic Hollywood with all it's Hays Code limitations and three second kisses had some very riveting and spicy stories to tell beyond the soundstages.
Today, I just thought I'd blog about scandal in the good old day of days of Hollywood. Nothing new that you probably didn't know before; but just fun to go over the details again. ;) So, here's three scandals for you...
|A policeman inspects Johnny's body in Lana's LA home.
In between husbands Lex Barker and Frederick May, thirty-seven year old Lana began an affair with "gangster" Johnny Stompanato. The affair at first was passionate and exciting for Lana, who was nearing the end of the climax of her career. But her romance made her feel young and desired again.
It was not long, however, before the relationship turned stormy and quite violent. Johnny was threatening and their fights were long and hard. Lana was away in England filming "Another Time, Another Place" in 1957 with Sean Connery. She wanted to break off the relationship with Johnny, but he wasn't about to let it happen. He followed her to England and showed up on the set of the movie, accusing Lana of having an affair with Sean and brandishing a gun to prove his point. In their defense, Sean punched Johnny once and managed to take away his gun. These actions resulted in Johnny's arrest by Scotland Yard.
Still, the relationship wasn't yet over. One Friday night in 1958, Lana was in her new Beverly Hills home with daughter Cheryl, who was fourteen at the time. Lana and Johnny began fighting over the phone and Lana invited Johnny over to resolve things in person. Come over he did.
Lana went up to Cheryl's bedroom, in which the fourteen year old was "working on a book report" for school. Telling her that Johnny was there and not to come down, she returned back to the ex-lover and the fighting began. It got louder and louder, more and more violent. Cheryl would remember Johnny threatening Lana that he'd kill Lana's mother and Cheryl. She also knew he was violent - though she had never seen Johnny actually hit Lana, she'd seen the marks and bruises. She also knew that her mother was trying desperately to end her relationship with Johnny but had asked Cheryl to please not tell anyone; not even her grandmother or father.
Eventually, Cheryl got nervous and decided to do something. She rushed downstairs and into the kitchen - opened a drawer and impulsively grabbed a long, kitchen knife. Clutching the knife, she ran to the closed door in which behind Lana and Johnny were fighting. She called inside to her mother, begging her to open the door - Lana told her not to, go away. Cheryl insisted. Finally, the door opened. It was Johnny - Cheryl was holding the knife pointing outwards, and Johnny walked straight into it. He fall back, saying,
"Oh my God, Cheryl, what have you done?" His eyes fluttered close.
|Lana on the witness stand, the "performance of her life"
Her daughter may land up in jail for the incident; as the news scandalized the country, Lana's team worked on convincing the court that Cheryl's act had been one of self defense.
On the day of her daughter's trial, Lana showed up on the witness stand in a gray suit and white gloves and hat; it was something out one of her movies, perhaps, except this was real. Giving what people would declare "the performance of her life," Lana broke down several times and was close to fainting by the end of the trial. Lana had to explain why she would stay with a man so abusive, something she herself did not understand, as she would say in her autobiography.
Lana was convincing enough. Cheryl's "murder" was declared an act of self defense. She was, however, sent to a reform school in which she would try to escape from in 1960 and was eventually released from a few years afterward. Sticking by her mother's side, she would later write several books about the incident (in their defense) and help her mother pen her autobiography.
As for Lana, she won her comeback in 1959's "Imitation of Life", and went on to marry three more times. None of them worked out, though.
As in every scandal, there was talk of conspiracy. Some claimed that Lana herself had murdered Johnny and was putting the blame on Cheryl as she was a juvenile and the consequences would be more lenient. But I wouldn't like to think so, and I'm sure Lana Turner fans wouldn't, either. How about you?
|Rossellini, Ingrid, and Lindstrom in a ironic shot taken before
the affair came to light.
Ingrid, wide eyed, declared, "If you do that, I'll return to Sweden!" And that was a threat.
What sort of image was he to build for her if she wasn't going to be a glamour girl? Selznick wondered. A new one, he figured. Totally different. Ingrid would be the good girl in Hollywood: natural, angelic, and saintly.
Ingrid projected this wholesome image on screen, and movie goers ate it up. She became, quite ironically, "St. Ingrid of Stockholm" - parents wanted their daughters to grow up to the kind of a woman Ingrid Bergman was. They watched her in pious films, like "The Bells of St. Mary's" (in which she played a nun) and "Joan of Arc" (in which she obviously played the saint in question).
Off screen, they knew she was married to Swede Petter Lindstrom, and had been for quite a while. They had one daughter, Pia. This only further confirmed the glossy image they had of "St. Ingrid."
But little did they know that Ingrid was not happy in her marriage. She'd already indulged in a few affairs - the director Victor Fleming and the wartime photographer Robert Capa, for example. It wasn't that she meant to, only she was not getting very much out of her marriage.
In the late 1940's, she saw for the first time work by the Italian director Roberto Rossellini. It was pure Italian no realism, and rumor had it Rossellini did not use professionals but street people for his actors. If the role called for a fisherman, a fisherman would truly play it. Ingrid was enchanted by all of this and excited by the prospect of working for Rossellini, so she decided to write him a letter. All the trouble began with this letter:
Ingrid Bergman
|Ingrid with her lover, the Italian director Roberto
Rosellini visited the United States, staying with the Lindstroms. Everyone got along fine - especially Ingrid and Roberto. It is suggested the affair began around this time.
The film got into the works; Ingrid flew to Italy for a few months to begin filming. She would quickly discover working for Rossellini did not offer the comforts and glamour of Hollywood. She worked with non-professionals, in long hours, being forced to climb the actual volcano Stromboli, in which the film was named after.
Still, the affair continued and in full swing now. As Roberto ran around Italy boasting that he was having an affair with Ingrid Bergman (And how easy it had been, too - something about Swedish woman being easy to attract because their husbands were cold blooded), Ingrid wrote home to Petter asking for a divorce.
He did not give it to her right away, and Ingrid and Roberto's relationship became public. It scandalized America, of course. Not only was she having an affair while being married (taken lightly today; dangerously then) - she was their St. Ingrid! What had happened to the wholesome girl they knew?
Things got worse. Ingrid discovered she was pregnant, and with Roberto's baby. Senator Edwin Johnson of Colorado took to the floor of the US senate to condemn Ingrid - declaring her a "free love cultist" and "a powerful influence for evil". America was mad; quite mad. It was a scandal that they had not seen the likes of before, not in Hollywood. Of course, years before Loretta Young had given birth to Clark Gable's lovechild, but no one knew about that as it had all been quietly cleaned up by Loretta going on a long vacation and then making a public show of "adopting" a girl that was indeed her own daughter.
In the end, Ingrid and Roberto got a quickie Mexican divorce. Petter fought hard for custody of Pia and got it. Ingrid settled down in Italy with Roberto; their son was born which caused another media frenzy - reporters even tried climbing into the windows of the Italian hospital in which Ingrid had given birth. Ingrid went on to have two more children with Roberto - twin girls, one of which became the actress Isabella Rossellini. She collaborated on several films with her new husband but they were not that sucessful nor well received with the public. Her comeback came with 1956's "Anastasia"; in which she won the Oscar for, America's symbol of forgiving her. She divorced Rossellini after her conducted an affair with an Indian actress (and got her pregnant as well) and returned as a star to American films. She would marry one more time, but that marriage would dissolve as well.
America was hurting for Elizabeth Taylor in March of 1958. Her third husband, Michael Todd, had died in airplane crash. Elizabeth had been married before, but it was said that Michael Todd was her true love. Despite the fact that he showered her in jewelry, the affection was real and true. But now he was dead - the crashed plane was called "The Lucky Liz", and Elizabeth had been this close to going on the trip with him.
|Mike, Liz, Eddie, and Debbie when "everyone just got along."
Before the plane crash, Elizabeth, Mike, and his good friend Eddie Fisher and his wife, the actress Debbie Reynolds, had been a tight foursome. Mike and Eddie had been friends for a long time and Debbie and Elizabeth had attended the same one room school house at MGM. Debbie and Eddie had even been a bridesmaid and the best man at Liz and Mike's wedding.
Now that Mike was dead, both Eddie and Debbie stepped into lending a hand to the grieving Elizabeth. Debbie took care of Elizabeth's children while Elizabeth worked out the funeral details and all the other ugly things; meanwhile, Eddie offered Elizabeth a shoulder to cry on.
And, eventually, a little more.
It was a combination of their mourning for Eddie as well, as perhaps, physical attraction. Eddie and Debbie's marriage had been on the rocks for quite a while, though Debbie did had two kids and a newborn at home. As the friction of an affair began, Elizabeth considered this. She did think Debbie was a great friend and did not want to hurt her; but she also knew that Debbie had to have a thick enough skin to deal with it. She was a movie star, anyway, and you had to fight to get to the top. And besides, Debbie had already filed for divorce twice (though she had not gone through with it). So...
So, the affair began. Kept under covers, Debbie found out about it one night when she was alone at home with the kids. Eddie was away someplace (she'd discover where later), and she decided to call up her friend Elizabeth and see how she was doing.
You can imagine her surprise when her husband picked up.
"Suddenly, a lot of things clicked into place," Debbie would say later to UK's Dailymail upon being asked to recall her thoughts as she sat, holding the phone that night. She yelled into the phone for Eddie to "roll over and give the phone to Elizabeth!", because she was sure they were in bed together. Instead, Eddie slammed the phone on the receiver.
|Yet another ironic photo!
Debbie consented to giving him the divorce, but told him that Elizabeth's love was only temporary, that Liz would "throw him out in eighteen months." He didn't care and insisted it was real love.
The scandal hit the papers. Elizabeth Taylor quickly became the adulteress instead of the grieving widow. Debbie was instead painted as the one for Americans to hurt for at this moment.
Debbie's prediction would indeed come true; not much later Elizabeth dumped Eddie Fisher for... Richard Burton, whom she began a sultry affair with on the set of "Cleopatra". The "Liz and Dick" hysteria would last for another fifteen years.
But that's another story, for another day. Both Elizabeth and Debbie had resentment to Eddie Fisher in the years following; Eddie's career faded completely. Despised by both women, there wasn't much left of Eddie Fisher. He would become estranged from his children, as well, including Carrie Fisher (Princess Lea from Star Wars).
What about Elizabeth and Debbie? The one time friends would reconcile. Debbie and her new husband were on a cruise ship when she discovered that "Liz and Dick" were on board as well. Debbie would later jokingly recall her first instinct was to jump off the boat. But she instead wrote a note to Elizabeth, and as it turned out, a note from Elizabeth was coming to her already. She wanted to patch things up, and Debbie said, "Amen to that!" The couples dined that evening and Elizabeth and Debbie got along marvelously after that, even co-starring in the movie "These Old Broads" in the early 2000s.
One thing's for sure - no one can say that Debbie Reynolds holds a grudge!


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Preventative malaria "treatment with affordable and safe antibiotics...has the potential to act as a 'needle-free' natural vaccine against malaria", according to a study published in the journal, Science Translation Medicine. This type of treatment "may likely provide an additional valuable tool for controlling and/or eliminating malaria in resource-poor settings."
During research, the multinational team "found that infection with malaria parasites during administration of preventative antibiotics developed a vaccine-like immunity against re-infection."
Approximately one million people die from malaria each year and nearly half of the world's population is at risk of contracting malaria, a mosquito-transmitted parasite. "Only an estimated 10 to 100 parasites per mosquito bite invade the liver where they replicate. About a week after infection, tens of thousands of parasites are released into the bloodstream where they are responsible for malaria's recurring fevers and cause life-threatening complications."
The proposed treatment attacks parasites "during their passage into the liver of the infected host. The "researchers showed that the antibiotics caused a cellular defect in malaria parasites...This action did not prevent parasite replication in the liver but blocked the malaria parasite's fatal conversion to the disease causing blood stage. The very late arrest of parasites in the liver allowed the immune system to mount a robust defense against subsequent infections." In this way, the body produces results that are comparable to vaccines that use weakened varieties of the parasite.
Further reading:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (2010, July 23). 'Needle-free' intervention as natural vaccine against malaria. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 23, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2010/07/100723112711.htm
Friday, July 23, 2010
Antibiotics prevent malaria
Posted by Ana Revenant at 9:53 PM
Labels: antibiotics, Health, malaria, medicine, vaccine
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Preventative use of antibiotics is a controversial topic. One argument against the widespread-use of antibiotics is the creation of "super-bugs" (diseases that are resistant to traditional antibiotic treatments). Would you risk the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria if it could save a million lives each year?ReplyDelete
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We had a great weekend spent with friends! We spent our weekend pool hopping with different friends each day and it was FUN! I got a taste of summer and it tastes GOOD! I think I can make it through the next few weeks of school. I think I can!
Graeme went down the slide and he is actually laughing.


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Finian Maynard has jumped the channel to take on a speed challenge in the UK and leads the way in the Driven by Wind speed challenge with a speed of 44.32 knots.
The first days competition and we're already getting close. Finian Maynard came within a hair's breath of breaking the world production record. His run of 44.32 knots was not only close but proved that Southend really does have a world class location on its shore's.
This week was always billed as a test week; Southend's Ray is a new event and as such has to be approved by the WSSRC before we can run on standby. Monday was more to test the equipment and get everyone familiar with the set-up, but no one really expected day two would bring such great results with ten riders posting their personal best 500m times.
Looking at the results you'd think we'd had a fantastic day, good would describe it better as the south winds ensured the course was square and only broadened the course as the wind dropped.
This was just a test and more can be expected from this course, but just consider there is another course which is even flatter and faster at the east end of the Ray. When the real west-southwest wind kick in who knows what can be achieved.
All the riders we carrying gps devices, which transmitted the data to a live site where you could, chose which riders you wanted to follow.
Finian Maynard: 44.32knots
Dave White: 42.81knots
Dirk Doppenebrg: 42.62knots
Martin Van Meurs: 41.78knots
Simom Hinkley: 41.60knots
John Smalley: 41.15knots
Bob Cunningham: 41.04knits
Steve Thorp: 40.91knots
Bart Goemans: 40.13knots
Farrel Oshea: 39.94knots
Andrew Brown: 38.92knots
Jamie Dodds: 38.68knots
Pete Davis: 38.09knots
Minos Efstathiadis: 37.15knots
Timo Mullen: 35.95knots
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Saints Row 4 Banned In Australia… Already.
Peter Donnell / 6 years ago
The Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games came into effect on the 1st of January this year, before that there was no category for adult grade computer games in Australia. This new guideline has deemed the new Saints Row game unfit for Australian consumption and that in its current form, the game will not be allowed to go on sale in the country.
This of course comes as no big surprise to me, Australia are the censorship equivalent of a giant fun sponge and the list of banded media in the country is ever growing. Not that I blame them of course, I respect their laws and in some ways I even understand why they do it (even if I wouldn't want to live by those laws myself). But what this does tell me is that Saints Row 4 must have really, really, really, gone pretty far this time.
Australia's Classification Board said in a statement: "In the Board's opinion, Saints Row IV, includes interactive, visual depictions of implied sexual violence which are not justified by context. In addition, the game includes elements of illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or rewards. Such depictions are prohibited by the computer games guidelines."
"Apart from today's decision, since the beginning of the year, the Board has classified 17 games R 18+ under the new guidelines." Added board director Donald McDonald.
The game is set to release, starting with some Special Collector's Editions on August 20th in North America and August 23rd in Europe.
Thank you CVG for providing us with this information.


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Publisher: HarperTeen
Date Published: February 1, 2011 [on Hardcover]
Pages: 441
Chapters: 26
Original Language: English
Source: Owned
[via Goodreads]
Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn't understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the governments demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she'll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.
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Delirium is my first book on YA dystopian and with the author, Lauren Oliver. I've been waiting for this book to come here in the Philippines and it took almost 2 weeks for me to wait. Then I set my eyes on this book instantly at the bookstore and didn't even hesitate to grab it and hurried away to the cashier, even though that time, I felt cheap to buy something for myself. lol! As long as books involve, I don't mind spending money.
This one ring-a-bell to me. Like, everyone recommends this book. I haven't got an eARC of this one though at NetGalley. But fortunately, I have one on my own. Without further ado, let's start shall we?
The Plot. This book is totally and absolutely brilliant! The whole storyline is extremely original! I was amazed in each chapters are incorporated with a very original extra lines. Like nursery rhymes, the Book of Shhh was the most compelling part of the whole book! I was starting to think I want to read all the contents of it! Even though it doesn't exist in real life!
One of the amazing part, was the slow progression of the story. I was sort of annoyed at first but it doesn't stop me from reading it! I loved how the entire world and life seemed to change in this book. Original, original, original. Creative. Creative. Creative. This book rocks on it!
Books never looses humor and this one didn't pull me down. There are part I really laughed. Drama, is breath-taking. Action? So be it! It does have it too! Over-all mixed up of amazing scenes -- that this book was never boring to me.
The Characters. Lena, the MC and the one to tell the story to her POV. I do say, I was pretty annoyed to her at first. She always speaks to herself that everything is just like a dream. She had this thing for rules. But in each chapters, she grew and grew more differently and I've becoming to like here the way she progress on the story. That's an awesome thing to read in the book. I love to see characters weak and ended up the strongest. I praise her development and so proud of her beliefs.
Alex. I liked him the first he appeared to the book. He was interesting and surprised of what he really is. There are part, I felt so much pity for him. Why? Why does the great man go? lol! :]
Minor characters are definitely hits with great awesomeness! Like Hana, Lena's best friend. And Grace, her little cousin. They're the best minor characters contributed to the story. Some of the characters were against Lena's unfortunate journey of life. They're did a great part of the book. Though, I admit I really hate them how they treat Lena. Argh! lol! :]
All of them are easy to love and you can feel the connection with them. You are definitely like inside the book!
The love and courtship were stated on the minimal part. Which is a good thing. Just kissing and romantic scenes [Romantic I mean no sexual contents]. Safe for our younger readers out there. And there is a definite lesson in here, I wanted you to read this one yourself.
Other thoughts. The time I finished this book, I felt unsatisfied -- of course in the good way. This tells me that I have to wait for the next one. To be honest, I can't stop thinking about this book. That feeling is so amazing! :]
Delirium is a one of a kind experience. It will make your breath taken away and make you want to read it again and again. You will absolutely gonna love it! :]
If you want to know how LOVE became a disease. I highly recommend this astounding book to everyone. Don't miss the excitement and there will be a next book coming out! And will definitely waiting for it! Salute to Lauren Oliver! :]
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This is Stake Conference...not "steak." We do not meet for a steak on the barbecue as some have assumed. :)
One of the organizational and administrative units of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A stake is composed of a number of wards or branches. It generally has a set of geographical boundaries and conforms to the tent image described in Isaiah 54:2: "Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes." Each stake of Zion supports and helps to hold up the Church the way a tent or tabernacle is held up by its stakes. A stake is the gathering place for the remnants of scattered Israel (D&C 82:13–14; 101:17–21).
The main topic and theme throughout the conference was Service to others brings happiness and joy. Thank you to all who spoke and sang. We were reminded of the multitude of opportunities that exist wherever we live to plug in and serve on a regular basis within our communities. JustServe.org is the place to find several opportunities to serve in your local area. Check it out! It's a great place to find areas of service.
We were also taught and reminded who our greatest example of service was throughout His life and ministry here upon the earth. The Savior, Jesus Christ was always serving those around Him. He taught us by example, and His message was one of peace and goodwill. He lived a sinless and selfless life. He is the perfect example we have to follow.
I love how serving others makes me feel. I have had many opportunities throughout my life to serve others in various capacities. Whenever I give of my time and talents I feel uplifted and blessed that I could help someone in need. It just feels good... It's rewarding when you know you've influenced someone or touched someone's life for good by serving them and not expecting anything in return. One goal I have personally set for 2017 is to be a volunteer in helping index family file names on FamilySearch.org. This is an activity I can do late at night once the kids are in bed and work is done for the day. It has been a great blessing for me and brings me happiness and joy.
Simple acts of service bring peace and help us develop Christlike attributes. Is that not our goal? To become more like our Savior, Jesus Christ? To be His disciples? I think it is the common goal of Christians everywhere...
~ C.J. Poulsen


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Celeb R.E.: Selena Gomez Quietly Purchases Calabasas Home
[Update November 16, 2015]: Selena Gomez listed her Calabasas home for sale for $4,495,000 on November 13, 2015.
[Update May 7, 2014]: Selena Gomez listed her Tarzana home for $3,495,000 on May 1, 2014.
[Update May 7, 2014]: Selena Gomez listed her Tarzana home for $3,495,000 on May 1, 2014.
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According to gossip juggernaut, TMZ, Selena Gomez of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place fame and also being the boyfriend of Justin Bieber for a short period of time has just purchased a Calabasas mansion which was first reported on March 29, 2014.
Based on the picture revealed at TMZ, the home measures 5 Beds/6 Baths on 7,229 sqft on a total lot size of 3.15 acres built in 2004. The home is in a gated community literally next door to Hidden Hills. The shape of the lot is rather unique which looks like a long inverted boot that stretches from the Hidden Hills fences to to the entrance of the gated community. Another interesting feature of the lot is the open land next door with a driveway leading to nothing that looks like it was once being prepped for development so maybe there is future development potential for Gomez.
This home was last purchased on August 16, 2004 as a new home for $2,920,000 and according to TMZ was sold to Selena Gomez for $3 million even though the property records do not reflect any transaction at the time of writing this blog so we will keep a look out to confirm TMZ's story who are typically accurate in their reporting. The home was previously owned by a financial type who goes by the name of Scott Kotick who was one of the founders of The Alliant Company.
Shortly after TMZ published their story, a Gomez stalker wasted no time visiting Gomez's new home and knocked on the front door attempting to see Gomez which didnt work out. So the stalker broke into the guest home until he was caught by the sheriff's deputies. So that must be a record for celebrity trespassing and I guess it doesnt matter if you live in a gated community.
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Prior to the newly acquired Calabasas home, Gomez was living in a Tarzana ranch home measuring 5 Beds/5 Baths on 4,650 sqft on a total lot size of close to 1 acre built in 1956. Gomez purchased this home for $2.9 million on August 2012 supposedly from Jonah Hill who flipped the home after acquiring it on July 14, 2011 for $2,175,000. However, a quick review of the property records does not show any transactions taking place after 2011 so its possible that Jonah Hill never owned this home and it was originally purchased by Gomez. Something tells me this home will be popping up on the market in the near future. On a side note for architectural buffs, this home is located across from the Dr. A.E. Abdun-Nur Residence designed by Paul Williams. You can read more about that home here and here.
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Prior to the Tarzana home, Gomez was living in an Encino rental (shown above) that was sold for $3.5 million on December 21, 2012 and was known as the Lazy Creek Ranch. You can read more about that home here.
Is it a coincidence that Gomez moved to Calabasas after Bieber sold his Calabasas mansion to Khloe Kardashian and moved to Atlanta?
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Jennifer Lansink, President of Total Root Concepts, started the corporation in 2003 after identifying a niche within clinical trials for more engaging and dynamic training and learning. Her background in psychology, training, and online technology provides for unique perspectives when creating Global Communication Plans for TRC's clients. Jen is known in the industry for challenging sites, sponsors, and CROs to think differently about how they recruit and retain patients throughout the life of a program. Jen has been instrumental in helping create interactive training programs, live and web based, that have great impact and effective clinical content. A client described Jen as, "…easy to work with but a good task master when warranted. She is extremely effective in creatively facilitating meetings." Ms. Lansink exudes passion and intensity.
Jen believes that you create what you think and asks herself, her team, and her clients to expect greatness in everything they do. Jen, when not traveling around the world to facilitate interactive Investigator Meetings, spends days skiing or paddle boarding on beautiful Lake Tahoe, California!
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Emma says: The text background was used using the stamp from the set Call Me. The hearts were cut out of red card and stamped with Swirls andFlourishes stamp and then embossed with Gold Rich Wow! powder. Beads were threaded onto gold wire and wrapped around the hearts. The hearts were mounted with 3D tape to give dimension. The LOVE greeting was stamped with the Alphabet/Months set and embossed with Wow! Gold Powder.
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I used the "with love" sentiment from the stamp set, stamped it with embossing ink, used Ebony Superfine over it and then set it with my heatgun. I used the solid flowers and randomly stamped with embossing ink all over the card base. I dusted Clear Sparkle embossing powder over the card and heat set it as well.
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O2 customer data is being sold on the 'dark web' after it was leaked through the gaming website XSplit in 2013, according to a BBC report.
An 'ethical hacker' reportedly contacted the Victoria Derbyshire programme to make them aware of the breach.
Log-in details from the XSplit were matched with O2 accounts in a practice called 'credential stuffing', where the same details are used to try and log in to multiple websites.
Among the details for sale were phone numbers, email addresses and passwords of customers, though O2's own security was not breached as part of the process.
The so-called dark web is a subsection of the internet that can only be accessed via specialised software and is used for a large number of illegal activities, including the sale of stolen data and drugs.
O2 said in a statement that it was aware of the situation and had notified police.
"We have not suffered a data breach," it said. "Credential stuffing is a challenge for businesses and can result in many companies' customer data being sold on the dark net.
"We have reported all the details passed to us about the seller to law enforcement and we continue to help with their investigations.
"We act immediately if we are given evidence of personal credentials being taken from the Internet and used to try and compromise a customer's account. We take fraud and security seriously and if we believe a customer is at risk from fraud we inform them so they can take steps to protect themselves."
Computer security experts say the incident is further proof that username and password systems alone are not enough to protect consumers, particularly those who use the same details across multiple sites.
James Romer, chief security architect Europe for cyber security firm SecureAuth said: "The O2 data leak must be a stark wake-up call for businesses who continue to rely on traditional username and password authentication alone. We all know that using the same password-username credentials across multiple sites is a bad idea, yet it still happens far too often.
"Bad actors are taking advantage of this laissez-faire attitude, trying stolen credentials not just on one site but a number - even employing botnets which automate the process.
"Organisations must move away from the current reliance on a single point of authentication to multi-factor or, even better, continuous authentication."
The Internet Service Provider TalkTalk was hit by a cyber-attack last year where customer details were stolen that was estimated to have cost the company at least £35m.


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A Slice of (Jacked-up) Reality According to the Christian
1/31/2015 | Share this article: View CommentsBy Ben Love ~
Suppose that even though I am young, I have a wisdom beyond my years. There is something kinetic about me, and others in the tribe can see it. Thus, I am well liked and highly esteemed. Suppose also that I am a decent man who loves his family, who respects his elders, who treats others with kindness and generosity, and who happens to be loved by the most sought after young maiden in the local settlement.
You can probably relate to my story, yes? Even though I am what you might today think of derogatorily as a savage, and even though I probably don't wear many clothes and have a string of bones hanging from my neck and feathers attached to the head of my spear, you can still see the connection you have to me. I am human, like you. I live in a community, like you. I have friends, like you. And like you, I have a love story. If you have any trace of sympathy in you at all, you can likely see your own reflection in my story, even if it is just on the most basic of human levels.
To make it even more personal, suppose that I, as this hunter living in 1304, am laying down one night to sleep. I'm not aware of the Julian calendar, but if I were, I'd know that it is the night of June 17. There is a hole in the roof of my tipi so that the smoke from my cooking fires has a means of escape. So here I am, lying on the floor of my tipi, staring out through that hole at the top. The sky above is dark. There is no pollution, and thus I can see the sprawling majesty of the firmament in its cosmic splendor. I try to count the stars, a futile endeavor which I've attempted before, but I've found that it helps me fall asleep, futile or not. Tonight, however, as I'm looking up at the heavens, a light streaks across my field of view like some kind of zooming torch, winks brightly for a moment, and then is gone. It was a shooting star, but I don't know this—the science behind this phenomenon escapes me and I can only wonder at what it was I just saw.
Again, you can probably relate. Who hasn't sat around a campfire at night or just sat on the edge of their bed, staring out the window, and not contemplated the stars? Who hasn't witnessed a shooting star and felt pretty special for having seen it? Suppose also that as I am laying there on the floor of my tipi, I wonder what those stars really are. Suppose I wonder what is out there, if anything. Suppose I wish I had the answers to these mysteries. Suppose also that I am very well aware that part of the magic of life is to be found in not having the answers to these mysteries. Eventually, I fall asleep sensing the edge and ache and wonder of my aliveness. You can still relate, yes?
The similarities are about to end, however. (Or are they?)
When I awake the following morning, I start my day much as you might do: I pray. But to whom am I praying? Is it Yahweh? No. Is it Jesus? No. Is the recipient of my prayer in any way connected to or indicative of anything have to do with western civilization, western culture, or Abrahamic religion? No. The recipient or recipients of my prayer is/are, according to Christianity, a manifestation of Satan. Let us, for the moment, assume that this is true (even though it is not true); am I, the hunter born to a time and place he didn't choose, aware of this slightly disturbing fact? Do I even know about Satan? For that matter, do I know about Jesus? Do I know about Holy Scripture? Do I know about original sin and redemption and the particulars of theology that would help me better understand and know to whom I ought to pray? No. I am merely a product of that into which I was born. And I am not responsible for that.
I am human, like you. I live in a community, like you. I have friends, like you. And like you, I have a love story.At this point, if you are a Christian, you have probably recalled that which you might like to forget: I am going to hell. It doesn't matter that I'm a good guy, that I would never hurt anyone, that I am well liked and well respected, that I'm just another human being making his way through life, that I know how to love and how to be kind and how to be generous and how to be selfless—no, none of that matters. In a sense, the entirety of my life—all that I am, all that I do, all that I learn, all that I experience, all that I know, all that I feel, and all that I encompass—actually has no meaning whatsoever. It has no meaning because I spent my life never knowing "God;" never knowing that I was created to have a "relationship" with this God; never knowing that I needed to be forgiven and that such forgiveness was indeed possible; never knowing that Jesus died for me, that he rose from the dead, that I could experience his redemption if I would just believe in him; never knowing that I was included in that which I do not know, that my sins, whatever they are, were included in the gift of Jesus' death but, since I have no clue about this stuff, it amounts to nothing. I don't know any of this. I don't even know that I am going to be spending eternity in hell. I probably don't even know about hell.
My life seems kind of cheap. And tragic. And worthless. Indeed, it would have been better for me if I had never been born at all. The brief six or seven decades I spent as a living human on planet Earth in no way compare to the fathomless breadth of eternity. One wonders why this God even let be born in the first place. In fact, if this God is real and he lets me be born into space and time as a human being, knowing ahead of time that by doing so he is consigning me to an eternity in hell, I think I'd have quite a legitimate right to feel as though something unfair, unjust, and possibly even sinister has gone down.
The point I want to make, however, is this: this Sioux hunter, born into his culture at this particular time, is only doing what we all do: he is swimming in his environment. When a fish is born, it does not attempt to leave the water, does it? No, it populates the sphere of existence into which it was born. No one can blame the fish for living in water, or even for being a fish. All the fish ever did was just get himself born, and even that happened without his consent. Likewise, all the Sioux hunter ever did was just get himself born, and like the fish, he had no say in the matter. How likely is it that this man is going to embody the cultural ideologies of his parents and those of his tribe? Very likely. In much the same way he was born a "Sioux," he was also born as a "believer" or an "adherent" of that which his parents teach him.
If you live in the United States, you are really no different from this man. In much the same way, you were born into a set of realities that were determined without your having been consulted on the matter. Among these possible realities are, say, the fact that you are "German" or "Irish" or whatever it is you happen to be. Perhaps also, you were born into a predominantly "Republican" family, or a "Democrat" home, and in either you case, you grew upon embodying those principles thrust upon you by your environment. Perhaps not. It is possible you grew up a dissenter, the black sheep, the sole Republican in a Democrat family. The point is this, if you were born as an "American," the chances are quite good you were also born as a "Christian." In this sense, you are just like the Sioux. He was born a Sioux. Thus, he was born into the religious mindset of the Sioux. You were born an American. This means you were likely born into a Christian mindset. It's possible that you weren't; after all, there are many non-believing families in America. But the statistics of this country say that your chances of having been born into a Christian home are very high.
Thus, in one sense, to be a Christian isn't that much different from being an American, or a Republican, or a person of Scottish heritage. When filling out a form, you check "white" or "African-American" or whatever else under the ethnicity section, and under the religion section, you check "Christian."
It happens to be lucky for you that the religion into which you were born is the "right" one (I'm speaking hypothetically here, since I myself do not believe any religion is the "right" one). You escaped hell by being born into the right home. Good for you. Your parents will likely raise you to believe the biblical values they were taught by their parents, and you will have a kind of faith instilled within you from a very early age. You are starting life off on the right foot, oh yes.
It kind of sucks for that Sioux man, though. According to the Christian, he wasn't born into the right home. He wasn't even born at the right time. Everything he does during the short span of his mortal life is on a collision course with eternal torment—and he doesn't even know it. And yet all he is doing is that which you do: he is swimming in his environment. He's just being the fish that he is.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A dry colorless plum brandy.
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- n. A type of rakija made of distilled, fermented plum juice. It is sometimes referred to as plum brandy.
- n. A serving of this drink.
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- n. a colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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He prefers plum brandy, "slivovitz" - which happens to be the name of the first section of the two-part
ROBERTS: Just as is -- a point of reference, a slivovitz is a very powerful alcoholic drink that's popular in the Balkans.
A few shots of the liquor called slivovitz will make you either flushed or ashen-faced.
Katjka reappeared with a tray of two-litre beer steins and little flasks of tujica, better known as slivovitz, and flopped down between us with a gusty breath.
The slivovitz was a great hit, tho Auntie Wanda insisted they all have a drink to celebrate Bec arrival.
He turned, still imperious, to the table, placing in the center of its well a small glass beaker, which he filled from a flask until slivovitz reached a marked level circumference.
"With totally static lips, he could make his puppet drunkenly drawl the words 'a big bottle of Polish slivovitz '- something many would struggle to say for themselves while sober."
Casey raised her eyebrows suggestively and lifted a bottle of slivovitz, a strong Czech liquor made from plums.
It seems that Altenberg, who lived out his days in cheap hotels, awoke one morning feeling poorly--probably hung over from a combination of slivovitz and sleeping pills--and decided to spend the day in bed.
Darling du Jour: She ordered slivovitz, which could under no circumstances ever have been in contact with a real plum, and wondered if it were brewed in the same bathtub as the gin.
"...most households distilled their own slivovitz, a brandy made from plums or other fruit. The drink contained a high concentration of copper since it was prepared and boiled in specially made copper vessels...�?
—Michael Howell and Peter Ford, The Ghost Disease, and Twelve Other Stories of Detective Work in the Medical Field, (New York: Penguin Books, 1985), 356


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