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Summer is blockbuster season, but that doesn't mean there aren't some interesting limited-release pictures thrown into the mix as well. They say variety is the spice of life and when I saw the trailer for director David Michôd's film, "The Rover," I was intrigued.
Featuring a "Mad Max" aesthetic, the movie is set in the Australian Outback 10 years after the "collapse," which is never explained. This is a movie that lives right amidst the dark and dirty world left before by civilization's collapse, and neither it nor its characters seem much inclined to do anything but survive. There is some artistic merit to the performances and even the presentation, but this is not a film you go into looking for a bit of cheap entertainment.
Most people will leave this film shaking their heads wondering about better ways to spend two hours of their lives. But credit has to be given when credit is due, and "The Rover," is a film that deserves some credit. And in case you're wondering, we do find out why Eric is so determined to get his car back.
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The Buddha's Hand may just be the strangest citrus fruit known to man and it's definitely one of the oldest, dating back to the ancient Far East. While this citrus fruit resembles a lemon that exploded and tried heal itself, this strange fruit with splayed extremities is definitely not a deformity – it's designed just the way Mother Nature intended! She is so creative!
Also known as the Fingered Citron, and aptly described as a "lemon with fingers," this freaky fruit is prized for its sweet floral fragrance and mild zest. Inside the fruit there is no flesh or juice to speak of — it's all yellow rind and white pith. So, don't try and buy the Buddha's Hand isn't for traditional snacking or juicing, it's more an aromatic ornamental.
However, the strange citrus IS actually edible, the sweet smelling rind can be used anywhere you would add lemon, lime or orange zest to a recipe. Ideas for consumption of Buddha's Hand include using fresh zest in salad dressings, on fish, or in baked goods. The rind can also be sliced and used to infuse liqueurs, water, and vinegar. Frieda's Produce also suggests using the bountiful rind to make candied citrus – the white pith is not bitter at all, so it requires no pre-soaking or pre-boiling like traditional candied peel recipes.
Buddha's Hand, rich in Vitamin C, is also used as a healing agent and alternative to modern-day prescription medicine. Possible Health Benefits of Buddha's Hand include:
- Boosts for Immune System
- Relief from Gastrointestinal Issues
- Quelling of Nausea
- Reduction of Menstrual Discomfort
- Lessened inflammation
- Lowered high blood pressure
If you are lucky enough to score a Buddha's Hand, display it at room temperature for a few days and enjoy the fragrance. Then, try it as a zesty way to add flavor to a recipe. I think you'll like my Creamy Greek Yogurt Buddha's Hand Dressing that can be used on salads, fish, and veggies:
Creamy Greek Yogurt Buddha's Hand Dressing Recipe
- 2 tablespoons finely diced shallot
- 2 Tablespoons Meyer Lemon juice
- 2 Tablespoons Frieda's Buddha's Hand, zested
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh or dried thyme, minced
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
Directions: Soak diced shallot in cold water for 5 minutes. Drain and allow to dry on paper towel. Add shallot and zest to small bowl and add lemon juice and salt. Let sit for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, add olive oil, vinegar, thyme, garlic and yogurt. Whisk until combined and use to dress vinaigrette salad greens, on fish or as a sauce for vegetables.Makes ½ cup dressing.
Have you ever seen or used a Buddha's Hand? What is your favorite citrus fruit? Big weekend pans? Please share in the comments — XOXO, Jennifer

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Being a quilter in Central Oregon is heaven! We have 9 shops all within a 45 minute drive and they all have their own appeal. And now, I have added Portland to my quilting life! I will be sharing my shopping, projects, mistakes, successes and travels...all things quilt!...so come join me in my world of quilting, books, movies and restaurants!
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Oh Wyatt...I hope I get done!
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You can do it!!! Just take food and caffeine breaks. LOL!ReplyDelete
Anne, you can do it too!!! Just look at all the happy faces walking around in a fabric high.
I have faith in you Nana Anna. It is amazing how we manage to get things done while working under pressure. I know Anne and Anne have had a lot of experience in that department. Sending Anne lots and lots of good vibs..... breath Anne, and again, and another big breath....and no late night partying tonight. Hoping market is going well and you had no big hiccups this market.... I noticed there is no inflatable bed in the booth this year. Have a great market!! PaulineReplyDelete
I'm going thru the same thing! Only I have until the 19th for my grandson's baby shower. And he's due in December. But I don't have anything finished and I'm working like crazy lol.. WE CAN do it!!ReplyDelete
Sending good vibes and quilting energy, lol.ReplyDelete
I am horrible at finishing, but need to just sit down and do it.
I realized yesterday that i had another one I had forgot about, so need to bind and quilt them.
Oh now you know you can do this Mojo or No. I have every faith that you will be the winner with the grandson. Just like I am with mine. I am so missing him and can't wait for Christmas break, seems that will be the first we can have him. He is in the 5th grade now, wonder how long he will still want to come and stay with Gumma and Papa Steve? I hope forever!!! Dana turned 16 in September and for her birthday I gave her her Freedom. I released her from the court ordered grandparents right visits. Hope she comes by once in a while and sees us. I already miss her so much. Now you, YES YOU, get to work on that quilt. :)ReplyDelete
oh Yvette...i've had lotssss of caffeine today! lolReplyDelete
Thank you Quilt n Queen...I am 2/3rds done...on shear nana power!ReplyDelete
We can do it PamelaJean!!!ReplyDelete
man Debbie you are definately a sister from another mother! lolReplyDelete
oh Jeanne...I had a similar thought the other day. My other grandson is in the 3rd grade and comes during the summer for a week to stay with us...wonder how much longer he'll think that is fun??? can't wait to see him this weekend!ReplyDelete
If it makes you feel any better, the last baby shower I was at had a knit baby blanket that was maybe 2/3 of the way complete still on the needle and attached to a skein of yarn in one of the gift bags. Once the mother opened it, the giver explained that she was still working on it. The mother-to-be gamely admired the work so far, then handed it back, at which point the giver worked furiously on it through the rest of the shower. Admittedly, the giver could knit and talk/admire baby things with great proficiency, but I do think the blanket went home with her and not the mother.ReplyDelete
I am sure your grandbaby will love the quilt the moment he is born, whether it is in his baby shower photos or not. Good luck getting it done, but don't stress!
I'm sure that you'll get your grandbaby's quilt finished in time. What we're willing to do for them is unbelievable. One of the things that I did for my first granddaughter's shower (which I hosted) was to cut out hearts from every pink fabric that I could find and had the guests, parents, and grandparents, all write messages to her and sign them. Then, later, I made a small wallhanging with all of those messages for her to read so that she will always know how much she is loved and the advice or comments as they thought just about her coming into her life. It was great to read them when she was a baby, but now that she's 14 yrs old, it's even more precious to us all.ReplyDelete
Enjoy the shower and the visit from your friend!
Oh Robin, I loved this story!!! I need some laugh out loud times!ReplyDelete
oh Corney!!! I love the idea...lets see if I can pull it together before I go!ReplyDelete


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John goes into his reasons and they all make a lot of sense. I think an unspoken reason is the huge delay in getting Delving Deeper out on time as well as the delay in the print rewards from the Appendix N Kickstarter. He's gotten flak for it, and it's deserved.
When you sell in PDF and Print on Demand, your products are actually on hand, not a preorder. The fact that someone else gets to mail out your orders with POD must be huge too, as I've found just mailing out prizes from the blog is a PITA when you need to work out the horrors of the US Postal System after a full week of work.
I am tempted to get extra boxes. At 10 bucks a pop Otus and Mullen boxes, they are a decent deal and they do look great.
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I can't agree more about the huge time-suck shipping turns out to be. I had to schlep packages to the post office when I had autographed copies of A Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore after the Kickstarter. And international shipping is three times as much of a pain, because everything needs its own customs form. Ugh.ReplyDelete
The only downside is that you can't do boxed sets through RPGNow. If they could make that happen, I think we'd see a real boom in boxed sets.
Personally, I will simply never, ever engage to ship materials personally from my home. If I can't get a third party to fulfill for me, it'll be PDF or nothing. The number of ways shipping can go wrong and the amount of hassle it can present is illimitable, and I just don't have time to deal with it when I could be doing something I'm better at. Specialization of labor is a good thing.ReplyDelete


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IWC Masters students meet on North Stradbroke island
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Winter is well and truly here and for us that means ramping up our love affair with roast dinners; Aunt Bessie's set us a challenge this month – they wanted to see what I came up with for a meat free roast. Neither me or Boo are vegetarians but I immediately knew what to cook. You see our family takes roasts rather seriously – this is a snapshot of what a casual Sunday lunch looks like at my Mum's. I know everybody claims their mother is the best cook but mine really is.
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Meat, aubergines, a deliciously disgraceful amount of cheese; these may come and go but one component of a family roast that remains constant is the mighty potato. With all my attention on prepping the aubergine parmigiana I knew I could count on Aunt Bessie's Homestyle Crispy Roast potatoes.
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Remember 2009? Iowa had a chance to drive down the field with just under a minute and kick a field goal to win at Ohio State. Instead Ken O'Keefe and Kirk Ferentz decided to take a knee and play for overtime. Ohio State went on to win the game 27-24 after Iowa's offense failed to move the ball.
Saturday, a similar situation arose. Iowa had 2 timeouts and 1:17 left on the clock following a game tying a touchdown by Iowa State. After a short run by Coker, an Iowa false start essentially turned down any chance of the Hawkeyes going for it. The next play was another Coker run which run out the clock.
At some point you have to think this Iowa offense needs to take a chance. Mike Meyer nailed a 52 yarder earlier in the game, why not try and drive 45 yards for that opportunity. Iowa is accustomed to sitting on the ball and letting the defense win the game. But one thing is pretty clear, your defense isn't going to win you those games this year. Gone is Adrian Clayborn, Tyler Sash, Amari Spievey, Pat Angerer, Mitch King, and many other playmakers who were dominant in the past couple years.
The Hawks hadn't stopped the Cyclones offense all day, and when they did it was because of a few fortunate fumbles. They had over 404 yards of offense at that point, so what made you think the defense was going to do any better in overtime? Had they scored on a couple fluke plays, that would have been one thing, but Steele Jantz and co. had driven it down their throats all day.
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The press is about to unleash hell on Ed Miliband. I hope he's ready.
No-one can say that Ed Miliband is not brave. His decision to back the Leveson recommendations in full (rather than the "Leveson style" plans proposed by the Prime Minister) will see the press (both right and left) unleash hell upon him. The vitriol in tomorrow's papers will be a thing to behold. It will be shown in media classes for years to come as an example of a full throated and relentless, 360 degree media attack.
The press would be right to oppose plans that would see them fall under the control of the government (although Leveson's plans do nothing of the sort). Yet the same press are comfortable with the current arrangement, where all too often politicians seem to fall silently but certainly under the control of the media. There are few (if any) "deals", but everyone understands the rules of the game. Miliband's imminent punishment beating will show exactly what happens to anyone who messes with the press consensus.
The best press in the world are about to let themselves down in an orgy of poorly aimed revenge.
As a rule it's best to be concerned when the media have adopted a cosy consensus. We are currently seeing a cosy consensus motherlode. This is exactly the kind of concentration of power amongst vested interests that both Miliband and Leveson has warned against.
It is exactly why Leveson's failure to adequately deal with the relationship between the press and politicians is such a huge problem, and shows why the press's inability to be self critical, and examine the role of their own relationships with politicians and the police (focussing only on their own fears about regulation) is such a monumental failure. Whilst those who have so much to benefit from the way in which the media curently works lambast Leveson for focussing on the regulatory framework, the press should ask themselves why they have fallen into the same trap. In fact, their focus on regulation, as opposed to the other areas of the Leveson remit, may have increased Lord Leveson's focus on just the area they wanted him to avoid.
If only so many of our most widely praised media commentators could see that Leveson's proposals are light – modest even – compared with the scope of what has been uncovered. The media, the press and the police became dangerously and devisively intertwined. The independence of politics and politicians came under question. The public suspected – and still suspects – widespread corruption in the corridors of power. Such misdeeds brought into the daylight in any other profession would certainly see the press united in one of those dangerous consensuses, demanding retribution, regulation – severe change.
Yet Lord Leveson did not enact retribution, and the changes he proposes are not severe, but that's not an pinion that's likely to receive an airing in the press over the coming days.
How predictable that post-phone hacking Ed Miliband is to be pilloried by the press whilst David Cameron is held up as its defender. After all that we have learned about the collusion between politicians and the press. After Leveson has spoken of Cameron and News International "in it together". After Ed Miliband led his party on the dangerous and rarely travelled road to criticise some of Britain's most profoundly vested interests. They are never to be questioned it seems, and their authority must remain untrammeled.
This is not a question of press freedom – it never was – this was about a struggling industry refusing to accept that ordinary people must be allowed redress when they are wronged, and more – should be defended against such wrongs in the first place.
The battle lines are drawn.
Miliband must be sure that the media bloodbath is worth it to gain the respect of the people for his leadership. I hope he's right.
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New Secretary of State Scott Gessler's desire to hang on to the $3.5 million that his predecessor had designated as savings to help balance the state budget poses a dilemma.
We see the logic in his assertion that user fees ought to be spent on things that relate to their collection. Business fees should go for business purposes, for example.
However, the state is in a very difficult financial position, and moving these fees into the general fund coffers, as is being done with many other cash funds, will help offset a $1.1 billion budget shortfall.
We would have hoped that Gessler, a Republican, would honor the agreement made by his Democratic predecessor to allow $3.5 million in cash funds to be used to help close the gap, but that doesn't seem to be in the offing.
Perhaps more troubling, Gessler doesn't appear to have a well-defined plan to use all the money beyond exploring a password protection system to thwart business identity theft (an idea being pursued by his predecessor) and using perhaps $500,000 to maintain a statewide voter registration database once federal money for it runs out.
Those are worthy purposes, but it doesn't seem like they would come close to using up the $3.5 million total.
It strikes us that this is more of a bureaucratic turf war than a pragmatic decision.
We would have hoped that in this budget year, with finances and services severely strained by an ongoing recession, Gessler would have found a way to be more of a team player.
Sen. Mary Hodge, chair of the Joint Budget Committee, tells us that upwards of $90 million is being swept from other cash funds in state government in an effort to close the gap between revenues and expenses.
It's something that has been done fairly routinely when fiscal times are difficult. The practice has not been confined to one party or another: Over the years, legislatures controlled by Democrats have done it, as have legislatures controlled by Republicans.
The way it technically works is that the request to use the cash funds is embodied in a bill that must be passed by the state legislature.
And that still could happen with the secretary of state's cash funds, Hodge told us. "It's not off the table at this point," she said.
We would hope it wouldn't turn into something contentious and that Gessler would see his way clear to honoring the prior agreement for this year, and only moving forward with his plans in subsequent years.
At the very least, it seems he could fork over some of the money to help the greater good while retaining enough to get his plans off the ground for the voter registration database maintenance and the business identity theft protection.
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A GOOGLEMAP of the five 'canonical' Whitechapel Murders, though others have been attributed to 'Jack the Ripper'. Many thanks to 'Giove', a Google Earth hack somewhere in sunniest Italy. He compiled the information that we've mashed together into this map. More information will be added … work in progress! Oh, and according to the Daily Mail, Jack the Ripper has been identified as a doctor from Essex (by a Uruguyan who's never been to London). Well it's a theory, and it can join the rest of them I suppose.
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Former Paris Bakery staff want firm wound up in order to get wages
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Former staff at a Dublin bakery want the business to be wound up so they can be paid.
Workers at the Paris Bakery on Moore Street claim they are owed up to €100,000 in wages.
The firm closed suddenly two weeks ago amid financial difficulties.
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Wow, up and at 'em bright and early today! We started the day off right with our sweet innocent little Patsy Breakout event, Go Fly a Kite. The Age of Innocence was in full effect at this breakout breakfast, since no one does innocence better than Patsy! As we entered the room, we saw colorful kites hanging from the ceiling , and Team Tonner was dressed in adorable rainbow propeller hats and cute T Shirts. It was like being at recess in kindergarten!
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Robert dropped some serious knowledge on us this morning too, as he gave us the Complete History of Patsy and 100 years of Effanbee. It was fascinating to learn all about her origins and it's wonderful that after all these years, people still fall in love with and collect Patsy. AND we had a special guest: Aunt Patsy herself. 😀
To see ALL the pics from the breakfast, click HERE!
Had to beat feet from the event to Marcia Friend's Jewelry Workshop, so off I went! Marcia is known for her amazing jewels and doll accessories, and she very generously shares her tricks of the trade when it comes to jewelry making. Marcia had all sorts of fun odds and ends in the kit each attendee received, and right away, we started working. Check out everyone working hard on their creations:
Click HERE to see all the pics from the jewelry making workshop.
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A new weight loss procedure has arrived to the US! But is it being used appropriately?
I am sure by now you have heard the report that was on Good Morning America (GMA) about a new weight loss procedure, known as the K-E diet, which has become increasingly popular with brides, so they can be skinny for their special day.
This procedure promises to shed 20 pounds in 10 days. Brides to be are fed a continuous slow drip of protein and fat mixed with water that runs into their stomach via a feeding tube inserted thru the nose (nasogastric tube, NG tube). The 800-calorie a day diet allows the body to burn off fat through a process called ketosis. However, there is a much grander, complex cascade of physiologic processes that are occurring in the human body during periods of inadequate nutrition.
The cost of this procedure is around $1500 and is performed by a physician who supervises the 10 days of tube feeding and the bride to be carries their nutritional solution with them in a bag wherever they go.
My 11-year-old daughter saw this report and her immediate, appropriate response, Ewwwww, shut the front door! Why would anyone do that? Great question from an 11-year-old girl and the answer to that question is certainly complicated and layered.
No procedure is not without risk. The physician in the report, Dr. Di Pietro certainly minimized the potential side effects and risks, which include; aspiration, dehydration, constipation, decreased nutrient absorption, kidney stones, gastric erosions, tube migration or misplacement, infection, skin irritation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, fatigue, cardiac disturbances, gastric bleeding, tube clogging, bloating, oral sores, contaminated formula, tubes and others.
Normally physicians utilize different types of feeding tubes to provide nutrition to very ill patients with a wide variety of diseases to include infections, cancer, dementia, Alzheimer's, and severe traumas.
The desired effect of the K-E diet, for what the bride to be was trying to achieve, is temporary at best. And the risks associated with the procedure certainly outweigh the potential benefit, in my humble opinion. I would have a difficult time recommending this procedure to one of my patients only needing to lose such a minimal amount of weight for a non life-threatening reason.
Health and weight loss is best achieved by finding balance in one's lifestyle. Which means eating healthful foods regularly, exercising your fabulous body daily, and avoiding or limiting the items that can negatively affect your health. Your body is an amazing gift and it is your responsibility to care for it daily. Which means eating nutritious foods, drinking plenty of water, exercising daily and getting plenty of restful sleep.
For those brides to be looking for a sensible weight loss program that incorporates healthful daily food choices combined with resistance and cardio training created specifically for women to build a healthy, strong, disease resistant body, my most recent book, The Bride's Guide to Quick Weight Loss will provide you a reasonable approach to achieve your goal in a short, fun and easy 31 days. Best of all, no feeding tube required. http://thebridesguidetoquickweightloss.com/ and avaible on Amazon.
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In an exclusive in today's Times Herald-Record (read it here) we reported that the Nevele Grande hotel, run into the ground by owner Joel Hoffman, has been turned over to Hoffman's former partner, Mitchell Wolff. This exhange was ordered by an acting state Supreme Court judge.
People around Ellenville are quietly lauding the decision.
I was searching the Web for various Nevele clips today and found these videos.
This is a TV commercial from 1981, at the height of the Nevele's popularity as a jewel of the 'Gunks and one of the greatest vacation destinations in our area. Check it out:
Then someone, apparently on a recent senior high school trip, juxtaposed that old video against the hotel's current conditions. Leaks, broken radiators, collapsing ceilings. Check it out:
Let's all hope that Wolff can find a buyer who's willing to invest in the Nevele, rehire local workers and get this place back on a sound foundation as soon as possible.
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Students from five Mississippi high schools that received a grant from Discover's Pathway to Financial Success program increased their knowledge of financial education by an average of 32 percent in the 2012-13 school year, many going from failing to passing grades, according to pre- and post-test results submitted by the schools receiving grants in 2012.
Pathway to Financial Success is a five-year, $10 million commitment from Discover to bring financial education into public high schools across the country. As part of the agreement for receiving a Pathway grant, schools are required to report students' pre- and post-test scores to ensure effectiveness of the curriculum. Many schools applied the funds toward financial education curriculum development, teacher training and enhanced technology. Teachers and administrators said these tools helped bring to life financial resources for students.
The schools that received grants in Mississippi for the 2012-13 school included the Webster County Career and Technology Center in Eupora. At the WCCTC, Dionne Hodges' Business Management students' mastery went from 62 percent to 85 percent, according to Discover Financial Services.
Hodges reports, "The grant allowed me to purchase software, textbooks, student workbooks, calculators and business related furniture. I also bought simulation activities for learning how to determine insurance needs, compute tax returns and maintain personal checking accounts."
In total, Discover Financial Services awarded 126 grants to public high schools in 2012. Discover's goal is to reach more than a half million students over the five-year period. Additionally, Pathway to Financial Success is raising awareness about the need for financial education in communities throughout the country, and provides financial education tools and resources for schools to use in teaching students.
To date, Discover has awarded more than $3.8 million in financial education grants to public high schools across the country and trained more than 2,700 teachers through its partnership with the Council for Economic Education.
To learn more about the program, visit pathwaytofinancialsuccess.org.


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Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
Eel Capone is an eel and undersea crime boss who briefly tangled with the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters.
Capone, who proved so formidable that he drove Robotnik's sub-boss Octobot from his territory, used his "Hired Mussels" to subdue several of the Freedom Fighters and take over most of the area. However, he was defeated when Bottlenose, a dolphin, used his "finja" skills to defeat him and send him packing.
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The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The organization, funded primarily through the support of individual member businesses was formed as the Hazleton Board of Trade in 1892 "For the purpose of advancing the commercial, professional, industrial, civic and general interests of the Greater Hazleton Area."
The mission of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce is to contribute to its members' business success by providing them valuable information, services and networking opportunities, and by taking active measures to help them improve the business climate and quality of life in Greater Hazleton.
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- To provide Chamber members with a wide range of value-added products and services, including member discounts, selected products and business management education and training.
- To provide Chamber members with a variety of quality business networking opportunities.
- To improve the business and economic climate of Greater Hazleton by addressing issues related to economic development, promoting the business community and facilitating partnerships among business, community and governmental organizations.
- To enhance the physical, social, educational and cultural elements of Greater Hazleton.
In addition to the Chamber of Commerce itself, the organization consists of a number of affiliates formed to address specific community issues. These vary from wholly owned to totally independent organizations.
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The book is a blend between career advice, macroeconomic forecasting, chess, science, and AI technology analysis, and lots of speculation around what the world could look like in the next 10 years. A lot of the ideas resonated with me, and I enjoyed learning a lot of details around chess-playing robots and how humans plus smart machines will represent the most effective teams in the future.
The scariest and saddest part of the book for me were the (good) arguments for how the world will likely become more "regularized and stupid" so that it's friendlier and easier to interact with for machines (think grocery self-checkout lines and highly systematized streets and procedures that can be navigated by machines/robots). There will definitely be a great deal of "charm" and human touch that will be lost in this transition, and I'm wondering if humans overall will be better off.
Overall, the book was very thought-provoking and made some good arguments and projections (of course, many of them are speculative, but even so, they were interesting to consider and weigh).


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Scotia coaches share in success
Updated 7:31 am, Saturday, March 15, 2014
Scotia is the No. 1 Class A boys' basketball team in the state and will compete in the state semifinals for the first time in school history Saturday afternoon. The Tartans are an extremely well-coached squad, and the players benefit from a unique coaching arrangement.
Not only do the Scotia players receive tutelage from veteran varsity head coach Jim Giammattei, who collected his 300th coaching victory earlier this season, they also get guidance from assistants Glenn Stopera and Mark Sausville. Stopera, a former basketball official, has been vital to youth basketball in Scotia for more than a decade. Sausville guided Schenectady to the 2001 state Class A title.
Giammattei knows how good he has it and the players certainly understand how fortunate they are to have three people with the wealth of experience and knowledge their coaches possess.
"From my standpoint, no matter what you are doing in life, you want to surround yourself with great people," Giammattei said. "What this allows our kids to do is max out on what they are getting with each drill. To have three coaches for 10 players on the team, that is a pretty good ratio. There is a lot of talk and feedback between us and, because there is three people, we get it right."
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Saturday's games
(at Glens Falls Civic Center)
Boys' semifinals: Class AA: II-Green Tech (16-5) vs. VIII-Brentwood (22-2), 2:15 p.m.
Class A: II-Scotia (23-0) vs. John Glenn (18-6), 10:45 a.m.
Boys' final: Class C: II-Hoosic Valley (21-3) vs. VI-Middle Early College (19-5), 7:15 p.m.
(at Hudson Valley CC)
Girls' semifinals: Class C: II-Hoosic Valley (18-4) vs. IV-Harpursville (23-0), 2:15 p.m.
Class D: II-Ft. Edward (21-2) vs. III-Hamilton (19-2), 10:45 a.m.
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Boys' basketball state semifinal
II-Scotia (23-0) vs. John Glenn (18-6), Saturday, 10:45 a.m.
John Glenn, which finished with a record of 0-16 in the 2009-10 season, is making its first trip to the state semifinals since 1988. ... Sophomore guard KeAndre Augustine leads the Knights in scoring at 15.0 ppg. Seniors Darryl Daniels (14.0 ppg) and Jeff Park (14.0 ppg) are the other double-digit scorers for John Glenn. ... The Knights actually lost to Amityville in the Section XI final, but were allowed to advance after it was revealed Amityville played with an ineligible player.
"We believe what the coaches tell us and that is definitely one of the reasons why we're (in the state semifinals)," Scotia junior star Joe Cremo said.
Scotia (23-0) is two wins away from a state championship and takes on Section XI champion John Glenn (18-6) at 10:45 a.m. Saturday at Glens Falls Civic Center.
Stopera has coached three of his sons since joining Giammattei's staff in 2006, including junior point guard Scott Stopera.
Sausville joined the Tartans for the 2011-12 season, the first his son Alex Sausville played on varsity.
"They speak to the team as freely as they want. I have no ego where I am saying, 'wait, I am the head coach.' That never comes up," Giammattei said. "Every time a coach speaks, the kids value that."


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BCREA was excited to announce December's record residential housing sales:
The average MLS® residential price in the province climbed above the $700,000 threshold for the first time in BC last month, rising 19.7 from December 2014 to $700,943.
Cameron Muir, BCREA Chief Economist reports "BC home sales breached the 100,000 unit threshold in 2015, and it was only the third time on record that this high watermark was achieved." CLICK HERE to view podcast.
However, that's BC's "lower mainland" somewhat skewing the stats. Compare those numbers with the rather stable market for the Kamloops region, where prices remain stable, and December sales were quieter in December over the previous year.
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Municipal information - http://www.kamloops.ca
Regional & municipal business information - http://venturekamloops.com
Things To Do and Events in and around Kamloops: http://www.tourismkamloops.com


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Man's private parts begin to rot after angry wife sprayed pesticides on underwear the day of his daughter's weddingBy Mason White 6:06 PM May 11, 2016
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A woman was arrested on a charge of assault after allegedly spraying pesticides on her husband's underwear, causing his private parts to rot, according to police in China.
Zhejiang police said that they have arrested the woman identified as Zhang, after being accused of spraying pesticides on her husband's underwear on the day of his daughter's wedding.
She was charged with one count of assault. The man told investigators that he did not realize what his wife had done until he noticed his private parts rotting.
He also suffered from breathing difficulties. The man checked himself into a hospital, where he spent two weeks in intensive care, followed by a week in the burn unit.
Doctors determined that he was suffering from poisoning and his underwear was covered with a toxic chemical used in pesticides.
Doctor's warned the man that he faces breathing difficulties for the rest of his life. The police were notified, and Zhang was arrested.
During questioning, Zhang admitted to the act, saying she wanted to take revenge against her husband so she covered his underwear with pesticide and gave it to him to wear on his daughter's wedding day.


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Jefferson County captured most of the population growth in the Greater Louisville region over the last decade, but jobs did not follow. [WDRB]
Rather than bother covering the $426,000 verdict Laurel Harper won against the University of Louisville, the paper decided to run a story about encouraging young women to run for office. Just like during the days of Robert Felner when Nancy Rodriguez was not permitted (and even purposefully ignored) to cover huge portions of the story, the paper is back to protecting one of its biggest advertisers. (We wrote this on Friday) [C-J/AKN]
UPDATE: Many hours after public criticism, the Harpers were finally contacted by someone at the paper and this story finally went live. Interesting how that works. Even more interesting that the paper thought it would be a good idea to give UofL the last word, further attacking someone for trying to do the right thing. [More C-J/AKN]
Nearly $350,000 in child support has been collected since a list of people who haven't made their payments on time was published in the Courier-Journal newspaper. [WHAS11]
How Jeffersonville's communications office will be funded — and for how much — is still up in the air, but one thing is certain: It's not included in the 2014 budget. [News & Tribune]
They're trying to get in on Louisville's status as murder central. An early-morning shooting in Radcliff left one person dead and three others injured Saturday. [WLKY]
As 170 authors, 100 from Kentucky, prepare to meet readers at Frankfort's 32nd annual Kentucky Book Fair Nov. 16, mystery writer Sue Grafton is the headline attraction, but a case as puzzling as any she ever invented threatens the financing of most state libraries to which the fair's profits are donated. [H-L]
Ford Motor Co. announced Friday that total sales for October rose 14 percent from a year ago, and that retail sales were the highest for October since 2004. [Business First]
Louisville's Dare to Care program expects increased demand now that reductions to the food stamps program have gone into effect. [WFPL]
Floyd County is disputing tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills for David Camm's third trial. [WAVE3]
Didn't take long for Debbie King and crew to freak out over our Zoo story. They were so upset that they had to bring up beer – an issue we discussed some two or three years ago. [C-J/AKN]


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TITLE Director, First Year Programs
CLASSIFICATION Exempt
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Associate Provost for Student Success
MAJOR ADMINISTRATOR Provost
The Director of First Year Programs is responsible for the Introduction to University Life Course (GEP 101), a required course for all entering freshmen except Honors College members. Responsibilities include recruiting instructors for up to 110 class sections, coordinating the content of the GEP 101 syllabus and textbook and training instructors and peer leaders. The Director of First Year Programs participates in SOAR programming each summer. The Director of First Year Programs works closely with the Student Success Committee, the Director, Advisement Center, and the Coordinator of the SOAR program and teaches several sections of GEP 101/310 each year.
Education: A Master's degree is required.
Experience: Experience teaching GEP 101 at Missouri State University is required. Experience working with faculty and students in an academic setting is required. At least one year of experience as an academic advisor in higher education is preferred.
Skills: Effective interpersonal and oral and written communication skills are required. Organizational ability is required. Competency in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) is required.
1. Helps to improve the retention rate of freshman by coordinating the GEP 101 course by recruiting, selecting, training and assigning teachers to course sections and selecting, training, and supervising peer leaders.
2. Helps to assure course effectiveness by coordinating the organization and content of the syllabus and textbook by working closely with the Student Success Committee, the Director, Advisement Center, and the SOAR Coordinator and assisting the Committee in course assessment.
3. Helps to assure all freshmen meet the GEP 101 requirement by monitoring encumbrances for those students that need to complete the course and assigning waivers as needed.
4. Remains directly involved with students and their challenges by teaching GEP 101/310 each year.
5. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and /or courses as directed by the Associate Provost for Student Success.
6. Contributes to the overall success of the Office of the Provost by performing all other duties as assigned.
The Director of First Year Programs is supervised by the Associate Provost for Student Success and supervises clerical staff, graduate assistants, and student workers.
Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery
Level 3 - 1500 Points: Entry-level knowledge of the principles, concepts, practices, and methods of an administrative, managerial, technical, or professional specialty. Knowledge permits employee to carry out basic recurring tasks and routine portions of assignments or to carry out less demanding professional elements of assignments in professional or technical areas including accounting or auditing, financial management, business administration, human resources, law, engineering, science, or medicine, while gaining familiarity with the University's policies and goals, business practices, and/or accounting systems. This level of knowledge permits the employee to schedule and carry out the steps of a limited operation or project, or to complete stages of a multi-phase project. Alternatively, knowledge at this level might also permit the employee to carry out recurring tasks and routine assignments requiring moderate experience in specific areas within higher education. Knowledge at this level is typically acquired through a combination of formal education and/or training and experience that includes a requirement for a college degree in a specific technical or professional specialty. Knowledge requirements may also include a limited amount of related work experience. Alternatively, equivalent knowledge requirements at this level include a non-technical or general Bachelor's degree requirement with a moderate level of additional related work experience or a non-specific Master's degree requirement with some related work experience.
Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility
Level 2 - 130 Points: Regular, but limited, supervision, training, or directing the work assignments of (a) small numbers of student, part-time or temporary workers, or (b) one or more permanent, full-time employees. The nature of supervision is largely confined to scheduling work and assigning tasks. Supervision at this level typically does not include a full range of supervisory responsibilities, and supervisory duties typically do not consume a large portion of the work day.
Factor 3: Interactions with Others
Level 3 - 250 Points: The purpose of interactions is to advise or counsel others to solve recurring and structured problems, and/or to plan or coordinate work efforts with other employees who are working toward common goals in situations where relationships are generally cooperative. Interactions are moderately structured and routine and may involve employees in different functions, students, and/or the general public. These types of interactions require normal interpersonal skills.
Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines
Level 3 - 500 Points: The employee operates under general supervision expressed in terms of program goals and objectives, priorities, and deadlines. Administrative supervision is given through statements of overall program or project objectives and available resources. Administrative guidelines are relatively comprehensive and the employee need only to fill in gaps in interpretation and adapt established methods to perform recurring activities. In unforeseen situations, the employee must interpret inadequate or incomplete guidelines, develop plans, and initiate new methods to complete assignments based on those interpretations. Assignments are normally related in function, but the work requires many different processes and methods applied to an established administrative or professional field. Problems are typically the result of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, or incomplete or conflicting data. The employee must interpret and refine methods to complete assignments. Characteristic jobs at this level may involve directing single-purpose programs or performing complex, but precedented, technical or professional work.
Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility
Level 3 - 850 Points: Work involves providing significant support services to others both within and outside of the department that substantially influences decision-making processes. Work activities are complex and others rely on the accuracy and reliability of the information, analysis, or advice to make decisions. Work activities have a direct, but shared, impact on further processes or services, affect the overall efficiency and image of the department, and may have material impact on costs or service quality within the cost center. Incumbents may be responsible for identifying areas of need and for developing proposals that request funding to fulfill those needs.


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Living in the Now
Posted in: Science and Nature by bill-o on November 29, 2009
The December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine includes an excellent article about one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer groups in the world, the Hadza of northern Tanzania. Unlike the vast majority of African tribes in the early 21st century, the Hadza have not switched from hunting and gathering to either of the two dominant forms of land agriculture: grazing herds or planting crops. The Hadza, as hunter-gatherers, simply live off the land without any special preparation or maintenance of the plants or animals.
According to the article, there are several interesting characteristics of the Hadza that I think are worth considering:
- They have no real sense of elapsed time, such as a year, month, day, or hour. Because they are not tied to annual agricultural cycles, they perpetually live in the immediacy of the moment.
- They have no concept of warfare and live almost entirely free of any possessions. It is considered inappropriate for a hunter to gloat over a successful hunt, and the game of each hunt is shared openly with everyone else.
- There are no official leaders of the Hadza, although the senior male of each camp has the honor of the best portion of the hunt of the day and has the camp named after him. Each Hadza group (camp) maintains a small number of members, usually clustered around the senior male. Other Hadza are free to come and go between the various Hadza camps.
I would propose that the Hadza give us a glimpse of the genuine expression of the life of the kingdom of God:
- The kingdom is a place where elders are respected, yet no one lords it over anyone else.
- The kingdom is eternal and comes from a realm beyond time and space. It is truly timeless.
- The kingdom's modus operandi is cooperative and not competitve. Provision is freely shared.
Knowing Personally
Posted in: history,Science and Nature by bill-o on September 11, 2009
According to the podcast The Missing Link, Episode 6, when European farmers began to settle southern Africa about 200 years ago, they noticed that the native inhabitants of that region had a completely different way of keeping track of their cattle.
When it came to cows, the Europeans were masters of headcounts. If a count came short by the expected number, then these farmers knew that cows were missing. The native African farmers, on the other hand, had a completely different way of keeping track of their cattle. As far as counting was concerned, the Europeans quickly discovered that most of the African herdsman could not count beyond the number ten.
Instead of counting, the native farmers took the time to know each of their animals personally. For example, the African herdsmen would carve, over the course of a long time, the horns of cattle into distinct shapes and curves. Special care was then paid to the various spots, colors, and patterns of each animal. The native Africans would raise each of these animals from birth and knew which ones would be near certain others in the overall herd. The rich pasturelands of southern Africa allowed the native Africans to live with their cattle rather than having to send them off to distant grazing areas. Another memory aid: Names were assigned to each of the animals that matched their personalities and habits.
The culture of the African tribes also supported the personal care of their cattle. For instance, the Xhosa tribe's creation story tells of their ancestors emerging from a cave with their cattle. Additionally, cattle were held in high regard and only killed on very special occasions.
So we see here in the difference between these two methods of keeping track of cattle a way of knowing versus knowing personally. And it is knowing personally that is the true spiritual path.
The Time Traveler's Wife
Posted in: Current Events,Popular Culture,Science and Nature,Spirituality by bill-o on August 30, 2009
Time flows in one direction from past to present to future. Is eternity, on the other hand, essentially non-linear? Or is eternity simply time itself as we know it: linear, but with an infinite past and an infinite future?
Growing up in a Protestant, evangelical tradition, it was implied to me (though, to be fair, never stated) that eternity is linear. With this view, eternity is simply the straight-line projection of time from infinity past to infinity future.
Yet, does not the Bible say that God created all things? Would this not include time? And if time is present from infinity to infinity, could it not be said that time contains God rather than God contains time? And if time contains God, can God really be said to be God?
As time has progressed, I've been introduced to other views about eternity. Views that are implied by biblical books such as Ecclesiastes. With non-linear views of "eternal time", normal rules about cause and effect don't necessarily apply. Time can ebb and flow and even loop back on itself again. With this, God could simultaneously touch two different circumstances on earth 1,000 years apart at the same time for him. Such a non-linear view of eternity might radically reshape views of predestination and prophecy. For example, the biblical picture of the Lamb of God being slain before the foundation of the world yet also being crucified on the cross at Calvary here on the earth about 2,000 years ago would only make sense with a non-linear view of eternal time, if that event was one and the same.
A recent movie that explores the possibilities of non-linear time is "The Time Traveler's Wife". In this film, a man is born with a genetic defect that makes him involuntarily travel through time. (Viewers of the film will have some issues with determining how old the time-traveler is at any given point in the film, by the way.) When he time-travels, usually to the past though sometimes to the future, he arrives naked without clothing (as per the Terminator movies and television series). So when he arrives, he has to resort to stealing clothes and then waiting for the next moment when he will travel through time again.
I see this as symbolizing the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. This time-traveler, like all of humanity, is forced again and again back to this terrible point in time: To the point where our progenitors recognized their own nakedness. Adam and Eve then felt compelled to make clothes for themselves (fig leaves). At that point, we feel compelled to resort to stealing and hurting others to provide for ourselves, rather than simply trusting in our heavenly Father for his constant provision, which was his original plan for all of us.
It is the daughter of Henry the time-traveler, Alba (which is a very rare name in the English-speaking world that means "sunrise" or "white"), who learns to control her time-traveling abilities by singing. After trying to sing, too, Henry gives up by saying tersely, "I can't sing". Yet, we know from the very beginning of the movie that he can sing, as he had sung with his mother, an excellent singer, when he was a young boy right before she died. Yet, like many of us, Henry (a common name that means "home ruler") had lost the simplicity and innocence of childhood when he became an adult. After all, everything that can be spoken can also be sung. Yet to sing something requires reaching deeper into ourselves to something more emotional and primal. Singing speaks of love, joy, faith, and hope. And Henry's and his mother's deaths both come on Christmas Days, the day of the choir of angels in Bethlehem. So, the coming of Alba, who seems to be the only completely content character in the film, represents a new beginning for humanity (a new sunrise) where people can control their own destinies rather than be controlled by them.
A Single Candle in an Igloo: Moving Toward Interdependence
Posted in: Science and Nature by bill-o on March 07, 2009
Someone told me a few days ago that a single candle is all that is necessary to warm the inside of an igloo. I was surprised by this, but my research shows that this in fact a true statement. For example, please see:
For those of you who may not be familiar with igloos, they are blocks of snow (snow bricks) arranged to form a dome that can serve as a winter shelter or house. In fact, igloos are sometimes called snow houses.
A single candle is enough to heat an igloo for two reasons. First, the design of the igloo naturally reflects radiating heat back to the center of the floor of the igloo. Second, the candle creates just enough heat to melt a thin layer of snow in the ceiling of the igloo into ice. This layer of ice then provides insulation for the interior of the igloo. In a igloo, each snow brick relies on the surrounding bricks to hold it up. Each brick is important in its own right, but could not by itself form the very functional structure that is the igloo.
An igloo is a great picture of what is known as interdependence. Interdependence is where a group of people come to rely on one another to solve problems that cannot be solved independently from one another. It is a way of life that emphasizes cooperation over competition. It is an emphasis on linking people together rather than driving them apart.
While independence is stronger (more mature) than dependence, it is not as mature as interdependence. Thus, a snow brick by itself, apart from any overall structure like an igloo, may serve some useful purposes. It may be more useful to a person than bare, unorganized snow on the ground. It might serve as a table or a chair, for instance. However, a single snow brick is not nearly as interesting as a whole igloo.
During these challenging economic times throughout much of the world, we are each coming to a time and a place where we are going to need to rely upon one another more and more. Interdependence is a way of life where people form families, teams, and groups of people come together to share in the joys and challenges of life. Everyone has a role to play and no one is unimportant. Interdependence is a way where each of us can come together to weather our "economic winter".
An Amazing Animal Friendship
Posted in: Science and Nature by bill-o on January 03, 2009
Please watch this amazing story about a friendship between an elephant and a dog:
As the reporter says at the end of this story, if two very different animals can learn to forge such a great friendship, then why can't people learn to do the same with each other?
How Do Plants Survive at Night?
Posted in: Science and Nature,Spirituality by bill-o on August 22, 2008
I believe that simple questions about science and nature can be points of reflection for us. These points of reflection can then lead to deeper questions about life and its meaning. In this way, the familiar leads to the unfamiliar; the natural to the spiritual.
A simple question about the natural world had puzzled me until recently: How do plants survive at night? Most of us know about photosynthesis: the amazing process by which green plants and trees use sunlight energy to survive and grow. Yet, for those of us who forgot the section about plants in biology class, plants also undertake the act of respiration, just as we do. With respiration ("breathing"), plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Because plants "breathe", they can survive at night and in the winter (for those trees that shed their leaves each autumn).
Yet, there is still a little more to this story. Through photosynthesis, plants manufacture sugar. Many of these sugars become the main building blocks of the plant. They give the plant its overall structure and form. What is most interesting for us here is that plants make enough sugar from sunlight to tide themselves over during the nighttime and during dark, cloudy days. The sugar can be stored away as a starch and then converted back to sugar, as is necessary. Ultimately, the energy that is stored in the sugar is needed for respiration.
I would propose to you here that this natural process can serve as an example for our spiritual lives. We are like the plants and the light is like God's touch upon our lives. Specifically, light may represent wisdom, insight, guidance, and revelation. This light represents the "Springtime seasons" of our lives, our "good days". The nighttime and winter represent our difficult "desert" or "wilderness" spiritual experiences. At its most difficult, this can even be the "dark night of the soul" that Saint John of the Cross speaks about.
I think that many followers of Christ and spiritual seekers in general see the difficult times of life (trials) as completely distinct phases that are separate from the rest of one's life. Yet this is not so. Just as the plants manufacture the sugar that they need during the day so that they can then breathe at night, so God gives us what we need during the good times so that we will have what we need during the trials of life. In this way, there is a delayed effect. His touch on our lives should not be completely and immediately consumed. Rather, some of what he does in our hearts and lives should be stored up for later use, … when the sun sets or the snow falls in our lives.
After Jesus fed five thousand people with bread, he told his followers (disciples) to gather up all of the leftover fragments lying around on the ground. In this way, no bread would be lost. The disciples first experienced the miracle and immediately distributed its result, but then Jesus told them to do the very messy job of picking up whatever remained. For the disciples, what came first was blessed loaves of bread, touched by the hands of God's son. What came next were partially eaten fragments touched by the dirty ground. In Christ, nothing is ever wasted. Some of God's bread is for right now. Some of his bread is for later. All is his, … given to us. For the day and for the night.
70 Sextillion
Posted in: Science and Nature by bill-o on July 07, 2008
It was piece of information that I found to be beyond comprehension. As I sat there reading the Wikipedia article about stars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star#Distribution), I could hardly believe my eyes. I usually find that most Wikipedia articles are interesting or at least informational, but this was something beyond mere bits of trivia. Yet, … there it was, and I did not grab a hold of this fact, so much as this fact about stars reached out of the screen and grabbed me:
Astronomers estimate that there are at least 70 sextillion (7×1022) stars in the observable universe.
A sextillion is a billion trillions. Please consider that there are less than 7 billion people on this planet. There are 10 to 100 trillion cells in the adult human body. A sextillion is, in fact, so large that it is rarely used as a numeric term. In fact, numbers greater than 1 quadrillion (a number 1 million times smaller than 1 sextillion) are seldom needed because they are so large.
If the God of the Bible is the one who has made these countless specks of light, then what does that say about him? That he is powerful. That he is intelligent. Yes, indeed he is, … but there is something more, much more.
"To whom then will you liken Me
That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high
And see who has created these stars,
The One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,
Not one of them is missing.
Isaiah 40-25-26 (NASB)
We see here a personal connection between God and each of his stars. We see him not just having created them (past tense) but leading and ordering them still (present tense). There is a connection of call and response from him to these great balls of fire in the heavens. And he's keeping score: he knows where each one is at all times.
This is not the God who can easily be boxed into the many categories and thoughts of humankind. And this is definitely not a boring or mass-marketed Supreme Being. This is the one who demonstrates a fireworks of creativity and artistry.
Yet, if these inanimate stars are designed to respond to the call of God on their lives, how much more are we? We are self-aware; they are not. We have the power of choice; they do not. We have the ability to love; they cannot.
This is the God who creates big things (lots of them) and who expects big things from his sons and daughters here on Earth. How can we be connected to God in such a way, and perform deeds greater than the shining of stars? Also, through his call and our response to us: his spirit gently calling to our spirits.
Listen. Hear. Go.


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The federal government is scaling down its operation to bring refugees to Canada but Yukon groups aren't giving up on plans to bring two more families into the territory.
Kirsten Bradley with Yukon Cares said even though government sponsorship is capped at 25,000 refugees, there's no limit to private and semi-private sponsorship.
Yukon Cares and Riverdale Baptist Church are using the blended program to sponsor two refugee families. That means the groups raise half the amount needed to support the families for a year, and the government pays the other half.
The federal government announced in September it would match donations up to $100 million made to registered Canadian charities to help Syrian refugees. It set Feb. 29 as the deadline for this program.
"I don't think that the February 29 deadline is going to dramatically change our process from our end," said Bradley.
"They [the federal government] do still have a commitment to allowing community groups to privately sponsor refugees. There's no limit on refugees from Syria or Iraq that can come into Canada this year as long as there are community groups that are willing to sponsor them."
Bradley said she expects the two more refugee families to arrive this summer. The first family arrived on Jan. 31.
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Artscrawl—You really won't have to get down on your hands and knees to fully appreciate the Downtown Artscrawl occurring this Friday, March 17, from 5 to 9 p.m. Actually, you'll probably enjoy the occasion a lot more if you remain bipedal throughout the evening. In addition to a slew of regular receptions, the Harwood Art Center will present an Open Studio Night, during which artists working at the center will allow the public to observe them in their creative habitats. The nearby MoRo Gallery will display an exhibit of Angus MacPherson's tree paintings. The relatively new Sumner & Dene Gallery offers a one-person show of landscapes by Greg Navratil. Artspace 116 also hosts a one-person show, a 20-year retrospective of colored pencil and ink drawings along with wood, plastic and found object assemblages and sculptures by Ken Saville. These are just a few of the groovy art events that will be happening that evening. For a full roster, log onto www.artscrawlabq.org.
Culture Shock
Duende—This month the Duende Poetry series focuses on E.A. Mares' translations of poetry by Angel Gonzalez. Poets Gary Brower and Enrique Lamadrid will also be on hand to share their favorite Gonzalez poems. This tribute to one of the most important Hispanic poets of the century occurs Sunday, March 19, at 3 p.m. at Anasazi Fields Winery in Placitas. As always, the vineyard's wines will be available for tasting, and the poets will offer various poetry books for sale. For details, call 897-0285.
Betrayal—The Santa Fe Playhouse has been around for 84 years, evolving a proud tradition by putting on some of the finest small-scale theater in the state. Case in point: The venerable theater will open a new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal this week. The play was inspired by Pinter's own highly publicized extramarital affair. It delves deeply into the painful, convoluted romantic ties between a married couple and their close friend. The show runs through April 2. For dates, times and ticket prices, call (505) 988-4262 or go to www.santafeplayhouse.org.