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The scene was absolutely breath-taking. On Saturday afternoon, we had no fewer than 19 large and mid-sized Lynns in the air over Ceasar Chavez Park. Traffic on nearby Interstate 80 slowed to a crawl. And all of us wore huge smiles.
This was the 18th annual Berkeley Kite Festival. Over the past few years, we've noticed more and more of the big ones gathering in different corners of the flying field. But this year, fliers convinced organizer Tom McAlister to free up one central flying field and let us concentrate the show.
The weekend started early as we all arrived and began to offload equipment. Participants included Mike North, Joe Tait, Dave Hoggan, Dan Whitney, Al Sparling, Susan and myself. We also had plenty of helpers, including Lee Thrall and John Khan.
It was a pleasure to actually be driving to a festival for once. That meant that Susie and I were able to carry three Gecko, two bear, an Octopus, two Cats, a Ray and a Penguin.
Here's an overview of a few of the pieces we flew under blue skies and strong, steady winds:
At center field, we launched Cats. This included a bright orange Tabby as well as a stack of traditional black and whites. We added a Penguin into the lineup to add a bit of comic relief. I just liked the color consistency, but more than one person remarked about the smile on the biggest Cat's face....
Nearby, we anchored three big Ray. Two were on the same anchor point, and interestingly, all three were all of roughly the same color design. The Rays flew high and steady throughout the day.
We also planted two giant Bear on the same point. This is the first time I'd ever seen Bear or Ray stacked together. We had a Fugu and Two Trilobites anchored side-to-side.
And finally, I added the three-pack of Mid-Gecko to the show. As much as I enjoy the big ones, middle sized kites are easier to handle and transport. And believe me, a giant Gecko is a handful. We had one of those too down at the edge of the field.
At the end of the field closest to the crowd, we started to launch octopus. First one, then two and then three when up. We kept adding to the pile until things got really crazy. We had six big pieces arranged in an inverted pyramid - three - then two - then one -- with an enormous array of tentacles flowing out behind. Two middies were added in for good measure.
This incredible and unprecedented "Octo-Pile quickly became the focal point of the festival. We'd discreetly wander the walkway at the edge of the field eavesdropping on spectators to see what they'd call them. Octopussies? Octopi?? Octopoda?? (Hint -- "Octo" is Greek). Click here for an amazing view of the show.
Over the course of the weekend, there was plenty of other stuff to see in Berkeley. The event offered sport kite and kitemaking competition, rokkaku battles, demonstrations, kids kitemaking, and over 400 pounds of dropped candy. But the big kite field was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. If you've got a big one in your bag, consider putting Californian on your schedule next July.
Friday we are off again. We'll be in Quincy Michigan, and then Rehoboth Delaware the week after that. Just remember that we're checking email and phone messages several times a day. Enjoy your summer! And save us a spot on the flying field....
Gomberg Kite Productions is pleased to announce a new arrival -- G-KITES!!. This is our new line of lower priced laundry, line art, and quality kites designed to lift them.
We're planning six different tubes and tails priced at under $10 each retail. Here's the first one in -- the Diamond Tail. Designed by Susan Gomberg, it measures 12 feet long and contains 24 bright ripstop squares. Your price is $9.99 each. Color choices include rainbow, cool, warm, and Patriot. Order three of them in August and we'll give you the introductory 20% discount.
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Under the aegis of Rwanda Reads, Mureke Dusome in partnership with the MINISPOC and Arise Education, launched the Gira igitabo aho uri campaign on 23rd November 2017 at Kigali Convention Centre under the theme "Igitabo, isoko yo kubaka ubukungu bushingiye ku bumenyi" translated in English as "Books: the source to build knowledge-based economy". The campaign will run for one year (November 2017 to 2018).
To kick start the new year, education and literacy stakeholders from across Rwanda are meeting to discuss the new National Literacy Policy. Led by the Ministry of Education with support from the USAID-funded Mureke Dusome project implemented by Save the Children, the first consultative workshop on the Policy took place at Centre St Augustin, Rwamagana, Eastern Province. This initiative is also being supported by World Vision Rwanda. Subsequent consultative workshops will be held in Musanze, Karongi, Nyanza and Kigali City between 11th January and 28th February 2018.
Click on the links below to see some of the press articles inspired by the 2017 Celebration of International Literacy Day at Kigali Convention Centre
1. New Times
2. Rwanda News Agency
On Friday 8th September, Rwanda will join the rest of the World in Celebrating International Literacy Day 2017! An event for Rwanda Reads members and key leaders in literacy promotion across Rwanda, will come together at Kigali Convention Centre to mark the occasion and launch National Literacy Month.
Rwanda Reads partner, School Book Distributors (SBD), are offering discounts on theri books during National Literacy Month!
"This was an interesting event; I now know I can tell my parents to buy me my favorite story book as they return from work instead of sweet bananas or milk. My parents are usually too busy with work to help me while I read. When the community library starts working, it will be very helpful." – Denyse Ingabire (12), Saint Marc Primary School.
My name is Judith MUKAKALISA. I am 63 years old. I live in BURIGADE Village, NKONDO Cell of the RWINKWAVU Sector in the Eastern Province.
I did not have a chance to go to schools as many women of my generation and this has been a huge setback in my life. Many times, I would be elected by my neighbours to represent them in the village committee or other community associations but I would refuse because I did not know how to read nor write.
During the September literacy month, British Council worked with Huza Press to launch two books. The British Council offered the book launch event as part of the literacy month activities under Rwanda Reads. The event aimed at encouraging young writers to be more creative and to share with them better ways in which they can disseminate their work. Another reason was to enjoy together the launch of two interesting books from the African continent, written by well-known African writers, and showcasing African culture and the authors' writing talents.
Kigali, Rwanda – September 2016 has once again been designated Literacy Month in Rwanda, the Rwanda Education Board announced today. As the world celebrates the 50th year of International Literacy Day on 8th September 2016, Rwanda will mark the start of a month of activities across Rwanda including in homes, communities, schools, and libraries.
This International Literacy Day, Promote Reading in Homes and Communities.
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As the world marks International Literacy Day, the Rwanda Education Board is urging the nation to promote reading in homes and communities. September has also been designated National Literacy Month, and schools, libraries, civil society, publishers and book sellers are also planning wide-ranging reading activities across Rwanda.


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"Meeting you was fate, and becoming your friend was a choice. But falling in love with you I had no control over."
I don't even know what to say in this post. I just felt the need to post, I needed to write everything down, and I also promised to post more often. I don't even know where to begin to say how I feel right now. So I'll let song lyrics do that for me.
"I never want to see you unhappy, I thought you'd want the same for me. Goodbye, my almost lover, goodbye my hopeless dream. I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance, my back is turned on you. I should've known you'd bring me heartache; almost lovers always do. I cannot go to the ocean, I cannot drive the streets at night. I cannot wake up in the morning without you on my mind. So you're gone and I'm haunted, and I bet you are just fine. Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out of my life?" A Fine Frenzy- Almost Lover.
"I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you. Yes, there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you. I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine, now I'm shining too because, oh because I've fallen quite hard over you. If I didn't know you, I'd rather not know, if I couldn't have you I'd rather be alone." Landon Pigg- Falling In Love at a Coffe Shop.
"We belonged to a bird who cast his shadow on this world. You were a blessing and I was a curse. I did my best not to make things worse for you. It isn't true, I always knew this would be our fate. This is what happens when we separate, this is what happens to all dead weight eventually. We may as well be made of stone, we can't be formed. One wing will never fly, neither yours nor mine. I fear we can only wave goodbye." Wilco- One Wing.
"I tried to do handstands for you, I tried to do headstands for you. Every time I fell on you, yeah every time I fell. I tried to do handstands for you, but every time I fell for you, I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you." Chairlift- Bruises.
"Everything alive must die, every building built to the sky will fall. Don't try to tell me my everlasting love is a lie, everlasting everything. Oh, nothing could mean anything at all, every wave that hits the shore. Every book that I adore, gone like a circus, gone like a troubadour. Everlasting love for ever more, oh I know this might sound sad. But everything goes, both good and the bad. It all adds up and you should be glad. Everlasting love is all you have." Wilco- Everlasting Love.
"If you're still alive, my regrets are few. If my life is mine, what shouldn't I do? I get wherever I'm going, I get whatever I need. While my blood's still flowing, and my heart still beats, beating like a hammer." Metric- Help I'm Alive.
"When I see your smile, tears roll down my face I can't replace. And now that I'm strong I have figured out how this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul. And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one. I will never let you fall, I'll stand up with you forever. I'll be there for you through it all, even if saving you sends me to heaven. And seasons are changing, waves are crashing, stars are falling all for us. Days grow longer and nights grow shorter, I can show you I'll be the one. I will never let you fall, I'll stand up with you forever. I'll be there for you through it all, even if saving you sends me to heaven, 'cause you're my true love, my whole heart. Please don't throw that away. 'Cause I'm here for you, please don't walk away and please tell me you'll stay. Use me as you will, pull my strings just for a thrill. And I know I'll be ok, though my skies are turning gray." The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- Your Guardian Angel.
"I'm reading your note over again, there's not a word that I comprehend. Except when you signed it:'I'll love you always and forever.'As for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs, and sit alone and wonder how you're making out. And as for me, I wish that I was anywhere, with anyone, making out. I'm missing your laugh, how did it break? And when did your eyes begin to look fake? I hope you're as happy as you're pretending, I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets. I am alone in my defeat. I wish I knew you were safely at home." Dashboard Confessional- Screaming Infidelities.
"A blue, black shade of love, sent from above. My hands are tied to worlds unknown, and this I know. Your breath's like wine, and just like clouds, my skin crawls. It's so divine, the sky it glows with fields of light. Did you know that I love you? Come and lay with me. I love you. And all this day, I will love you. You make me feel alive, and I'll love you until the end of time. My hands shake clasped with fear as you come near. To say goodnight, just like a dove, a peaceful sign. To help us by as you come in, let this begin. Stars fall like dust, our lips will touch. We speak too much. I've got a lot to say, if you will let me. It's always hard when you're around me. But here right now, there's interest in your eyes. So hear me out, and hear this the first time." Angels and Airwaves- Breathe.
"Wherever you go you will return safe. And when you will walk you'll be walking with me. But if it comes the day you meet someone new, you will be with them. But I'll be thinking of you." Doves- Winter Hill.
"After years of waiting nothing came. And you realise you're looking, looking in the wrong place." Radiohead- Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box.
"And I can't face the evening straight, you can offer me escape. Houses move and houses speak, if you take me there you'll get relief. And if I'm gonna talk, I just want to talk. Please don't interrupt, just sit back and listen." Radiohead- Last Flowers.
Sorry for the length, congrats to you if you made it all the way through. :P Hope everyone had a Happy Fourth of July!
And yes, the song is Icelandic. (;
Saturday, July 4, 2009
"Meeting you was fate, and becoming your friend was a choice. But falling in love with you I had no control over."
2 comments:
- Cursed♪♫ said...
These lyrics are really good. I have to get the songs from youtube now!!!
Btw, "Where you are the one, the one that lies close to me. Whispers 'Hello, I've missed you quite terribly.' I fell in love, in love with you suddenly that there's no place else I could be but here in your arms." this is awesome !!!!!!!!
- July 5, 2009 at 3:30 AM
- natalie said...
I'm proud of myself to say that I actually know almost all of those songs! :D But the ones that I haven't heard definitely impressed me with the lyrics, so if you don't mind I'll be going to look them up on YouTube now :) Hope you had a good Fourth too!
- July 5, 2009 at 11:40 AM


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Knoxville Police Department reported an incident involving a man who's suspected of attempted second degree murder after he assaulted his mother and others before he threatened to cut the baby out of a pregnant woman. The police arrested Dominick Ratliff at a Mechanicsville home on Saturday.
According to the report, Ratliff went to his mother's house at 213 Cansler Avenue around 6:30 p.m. and started a disturbance. The mother reported that he became angry because she wouldn't bring his friends into the home.
The mother reported that she was shoved into the apartment and grabbed by the hair shortly before she fainted. Reports from witnesses indicate that he punched her and chocked her while she was unconscious, to make matters worse, the guy was yelling "I'm going to kill you, b****."
Several people tried to step in and stop Ratliff from unleashing more damage, but one woman was punched several times in the face, and another woman that was pregnant was slapped in the face before Ratliff went into the kitchen to get a steak knife.
The authorities revealed that Ratliff pointed the knife at everyone cornered in the residence as he threatened to kill everyone and then cut the baby out of the pregnant woman's stomach. At that moment, the suspect threw the knife down and walked outside before driving off with two occupants.
The police officer who responded after the incident said he noticed swelling on the back of the mother's head and bruises on others. The police managed to arrest Ratliff on Saturday at his mother's house.
A K-9 sniffed and found 37 grams of crystal methamphetamine in two bags that were hidden in his car. After questioning him, Ratliff said he did not use meth and that he had recently paid for his truck with cash. He currently faces charges of attempted second degree murder, multiple counts of aggravated domestic assault, and possession of meth with intent to sell in a zone that's drug free.
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A few quick disclosures: as part of my work with Growing Bolder, I had the opportunity to attend the Functional Aging Summit, where I also took the one-day workshop for the Functional Aging Specialist exam. I was given a free registration for the exam.
Nobody warned me that once you get certified (for me, as a group fitness instructor and as a personal trainer), you will become fairly obsessed with collecting more certifications and specialties. It all counts toward the required continuing education, of course, but at least for me, it's a symptom of Shiny Object Syndrome.
And the Functional Aging Specialist program just felt too perfect to pass up. It ties in with some of the initiatives I'm working on with Growing Bolder (most notably, our Team Growing Bolder project) but also, this demographic is growing at an incredible rate.
So, what is the exam?
- 90 questions
- 90 minutes (although the system actually gives you more as you can see below from the time it actually took me!)
- multiple choice
- all taken online
- three attempts possible
Once you've completed the test, you'll get a chance to review the questions and see which ones you got right and wrong. You need to get 72 questions correct — 80% — for a passing score.
I dutifully studied all of the modules before traveling to the one-day workshop, and got some great hands-on learning while there. Then when I came home, I gave myself one week to review my notes, go through the module's videos one more time and try to prepare. It is open book, but if you count on that for the test, you will probably not do very well.
You'll definitely want to focus on a few key areas and items:
- The Functional Aging Training Model™
- The 4 Cornerstones, 2 Pillars and 7 Key Principles
- All of the assessments in the senior fitness test battery, including: Chair Stand, Arm Curl, 8′ Up and Go, 2:00 Step in Place, Chair Sit and Reach, Back Scratch
- The Berg Balance Scale
- The Functional Continuum
- Trunk Muscle/Core Muscles/Spinal Loading including superstiffness, abdominal bracing, abdominal hollowing
- The three planes
- Kinetic chain
- Push-pull variations
- Instability training options
- Intrinsic vs extrinsic risk factors for fall
- Levers (types and especially, the role of torque)
If you sign up on the FAI website, you get a free training starter pack, which I think would be very helpful if you were considering taking the exam.
Having met the two founders of FAI, and in getting to know their master trainers at the live workshop, I can tell you that the entire team is not only highly educated and experienced, they really believe in what they're doing, which is CHANGING LIVES. Making it easier for people to live happy, fulfilled lives, whether that means preventing falls or getting in shape for masters athletic competitions.
Make sure you check out the special Functional Aging workout that Dan and Cody put together for Growing Bolder, and you can also access the videos and interviews from the 2016 Ageless Summit that I helped put together…I'm really proud of that project!


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So, Luca is a crazy little boy. He loves to jump and climb, throw and laugh, the gamut of silly boy things he's got them covered.nicknamed him over and over again. Little Luca, Luca the destroyer, the goofball, and now Wreck it Ralph. Originally, this was because of his constant need to follow behind me and undo my cleaning, or just randomly wreck things ie legos, train tracks, etc...now we have a new reason...
Last week, moments before bed time, Luca climbed on to the top of an activity table(toy table with activities on top). He stood up and before either of us could tell him to get down he was just that; down.
We gathered everyone up and drove to the ER. Luca was a trooper and received 3 stitches in his upper lip. All the boys were given popsicles and we were on our way home.
Today, we went and had the stitches removed and all is well. The scar will be minimal I'm sure. And of course, the days between stitches received and removed he never once stopped climbing, playing or destroying.


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Matthew 5:21–26 (Paraphrased)
You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, "You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment." But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister without a cause will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother or sister, "Raca," is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, "You fool!" will be in danger of the fire of hell. Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift. Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
Tributaries of Murder
Jesus' audience was familiar with the teachings of the law. The first seven words "You have heard that it was said…" seem to indicate this. In other words, He was speaking to them about something they had already heard about in a limited way. To say this another way, these teachings had a historical basis. Perhaps, it was information that had been passed down from generation to generation. Or maybe they had heard about it from the education that they had received from the teachers or rabbis. Wherever they had learned this information, it is certain that Jesus was not talking to them about something unfamiliar; additionally, He was talking about the law. And this law was intended to provide liberating limits for governing life, but He needed to explain it to help people know about how this law had to be fulfilled in everyday living. So, He would talk about a law and then use the conjunction "but."
Why did He do this? I suspect He did this because the law was no longer ordering life in a way that would give the people a foundation for living. The intent of the law was being corrupted, and rather than providing stepping-stones for their lives, the laws were becoming stumbling blocks— five of which Jesus identifies. Using these five things, He describes how He came to fulfill the law. Once the law is fulfilled in our lives, we have the rock-solid lives God intends. If we do not allow God to fulfill these in our lives, these laws become nothing but stones to trip over as we journey through life. Once we trip over them, we do not follow His path toward freedom and life.
Keep in mind that Jesus is making the point that fulfilling the law is much more than just making a rule to keep (or not to keep). If you cannot grasp this, you are tripping on a stumbling block rather than enjoying a life-giving steppingstone. Here He talks of murder, and He makes a point that can really balance life and give it a rock-solid foundation. The act of murdering someone puts the murderer in danger of judgment, but Jesus makes it clear that the real issue is how to relate peaceably with each other. He tells us that if we get angry with our brothers without justification, we are also violating the spirit of God's law. His point becomes more poignant when He says that even name-calling—like "raca" or calling someone a "fool"—invites some form of judgment. In other words, murder starts way before the act of murdering occurs. It starts back at those early stages of letting anger grow and be verbalized. It starts in the heart.
I can imagine someone asking me, "Are you saying that being angry without a cause is looked at by God as being as serious a crime as taking a life?" No, but I am saying that God views unloving and unnecessary personal attacks very seriously, and if you keep in mind that we are seeking how to achieve rock-solid living in a quicksand world, you will note that seemingly small things create a flowing river that brings vitality and life—and the same holds true for death. The murder does not start with the murder. It starts further upstream where smaller "murders" are forming in the heart and head. These thoughts form the words and the habits that can build up to the point of murder.
Try thinking about it this way: Jesus tells us that when we go to give to God and remember that there is a conflict between a family member and ourselves, we don't need to make the offering to the Creator before we work out our differences with our family member. This idea begins to flow even more sensibly when we read what Jesus says in the twenty-fourth verse, "Go be reconciled with your brother." Then the full intent of this flowing wisdom comes to a perfect head as Jesus says in the twenty-fifth verse, "Settle matters quickly."
Now, when you think about it, murder, unnecessary rage, name-calling, and unbearable family pain can be avoided if the rock-solid idea of "settling things" (the "ministry of reconciliation") is practiced early in the process. So many wounds—spiritual, emotional, relational, financial, and physical—would never have occurred if we had not lived by what we call "irreconcilable differences" today. These differences that we set up are stumbling blocks to experiencing life. They land us in quicksand.
The loving spirit of God's law begins at the core of our being and moves outward to our choices of life or death. It begins with the heart, and out of the heart flow the issues of life.
Adultery: It's Starting Point
Matthew 5:27–30
You have heard that it was said, "Do not commit adultery." But I tell you that any man who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
Where does sexual sin have its beginning? Does it begin in the act itself? Or does it begin with what leads up to the act? It begins, as with murder, at the early stages of the process of temptation. Jesus, using hyperbole, wants us to see in Matthew 5:29–30 that to overcome any sin—especially one that can enslave us—we need to consider just how serious sin is. Look at how He says to cut out our eye before we let in sin. Sin brings hell. If that hand sins…well…cut it off before it can sin. This is not a literal instruction where Christ Jesus is calling on us to maim ourselves to be pure. It means that when you notice temptation, you need to deal with it when it is at the beginning, before it enslaves you. Cut the temptation off at its roots while it is manageable; otherwise, it just might take over. Let the temptation brew until it boils, and you will stumble into the quicksand that may just suck the life out of you.
In the twenty-first century, pornography is as easy to find as the click of a computer key, and people can purchase just about everything with sexual overtones. Things that were once thought to be serious sexual sins are now called "adult entertainment." We are easily and systematically desensitized into not being able to see the danger and seriousness of sin. We have lost the ability to blush; therefore, when a person of a certain body type begins to move a certain way, a normal desire for that person becomes inflated to lust.
The Bible teaches that "everyone is tempted when they are drawn away of his own lust and enticed. Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin. And sin when it is finished brings forth death" (James 1:14–15).
The foundational point here is that if we are going to be free indeed, and if we are going to walk on God's stepping stones—and not trip on barriers that will bury us in shifting sand—we need to realize that sin can be harmful and deadly— even hellish. Playing with the fire, especially in sexual sin, will bring damage. Our own normal healthy God given desires can drag us away and entice us. It is best to focus daily on God's viewpoint of the seriousness of sin and temptation.
Here are a couple of examples of how this works. In 2 Samuel 11, David did not sin with Bathsheba just on a whim. His actions resulted when he forgot God early on, and he gradually focused more on what he wanted to have rather than on being pure and free. In Judges 16, Samson did not cave in all at once, but gradually. First, he told Delilah to bind him with cords to negate his strength. He knew that this would have no effect. Next, he told her to bind up his hair. This had no effect either, but it was a gradual move toward revealing what God had told him not to reveal. Finally, he told her, "Cut my hair." Many reading this know the rest of the story of what happened when Samson played with the sin of adultery.
God does not teach us this to spoil our fun. His fulfilled purpose is to spare us pain. Many have died painful deaths or have become sterilized because they gave into sexual sin that resulted in things like syphilis, gonorrhea, and AIDS. Sexually transmitted diseases like the HPV virus lead to cervical cancer. Many families have either imploded or exploded because of someone craving someone else. In fact, in Africa millions suffer from AIDS because men in more powerful positions allowed thoughts of desire for a poor child or woman, who could not withstand them, to take root in their hearts.
Playing with sexual sin, and failing to seek (by grace) to live in Christ's overcoming power, will lead ultimately to a journey filled with quicksand and no foundation. The Lord Jesus does not desire such for His children. Walk with the Rock and disallow the stumbling block.
As Christ followers, we are not to set our wills on possessing anyone. We should seek compassionate, reconciliatory relationships, and life would certainly be better if we did not view others as objects to be used for self satisfaction. Our loving heavenly Father wants us to live fulfilled lives. He wants us to live grace-filled lives. He wants to help us focus on true life and health and hope, as we edify (build up) others. Otherwise pre adulterous thinking is a stumbling block that will prevent us from experiencing life.
Let the Lord fulfill His law in your heart. Focus on the Grace Giver rather than the temptation and be conciliatory to all you meet.
D-I-V-O-R-C-E : The Preventable Tragedy
Matthew 5:31–32
It has been said, "Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce." But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Before we proceed, let me encourage you the reader to read carefully and prayerfully Matthew 19. This is Jesus most full and complete guidance on Divorce.
One of the things I really like about the way Jesus teaches is that He does not pull any punches when it comes to sharing liberating truth. Once of my concerns, when reading Matthew 5:31-32 is that it really is limited in scope, and Matthew records Jesus's more detailed explanation in Matthew 19. Suffice it to say, there is a real social ill being addressed here that talks about the intent and fulfillment of the law It is true that the law allowed divorce in the days of Jesus's journey here. But this resulted in some real problems, especially for women. The divorce laws of those days placed women on pure quicksand. Notice that it's the man who gave the certificate of divorce and not the woman. Why? Men gave the certificate because women had no real status apart from their husbands. What do you think happened to a woman who had no status after her husband gave her that certificate? She was in a very bad place. So while the law gave the husband the right to do this, it forced his wife into a untenable situation.
Think about it. There was no alimony in those days. There was no government assistance. There was no social security. There were no laws concerning equally dividing property. All too often a divorced woman would sell the only thing she had left to sell: her body. Often, if she did not sell her body, she would starve…as might her children. In these cases, the husband literally caused her to become an adulteress to feed herself and their children—for whom he might or might not care. This caused the law to be clearly violated. This demolished society.
However, the spirit of the fulfilled law was to construct society not to destruct it. It's as if Jesus were saying, "I know you can divorce her, but look at the damage you're causing." And anyone who married an adulterous woman, under the law, became adulterous by virtue of being in a relationship with her.
I suspect families that stay intact today provide a far more solid foundation for their children than those families that disintegrate. I believe that children who grow up in homes of original structure—with a mom and dad who are loving, disciplining, and overseeing the family—seem to do better throughout life. Providing a rock-solid example gives a solid footing on which children can base their lives. Those who live in a non-originally structured home face other challenges: I have listened to numerous single mothers, and a few single dads, who really struggle to care for their children. Or they simply wish to be with their children more often. It is really difficult to try to put their lives back together once the family has been torn asunder by the stumbling block of divorce. One parent or the other is many times unreliable, and it is a painful road they travel as they journey through life grieving the death of their marriage. When a spouse dies, grief can be triggered by special days such as holidays or anniversaries; however, in the case of divorce, I have seen grief explosively displayed—sometimes daily — over any conflict the two divorcees can conjure up.
Let me add another comment here. In the days when only men could file for divorce, because women in those days were considered little more than property (see Exodus 20:17), men could do so for any reason. So, in the expanded discussion on this topic of divorce, those who asked about divorce framed it in terms of whether or not divorce could be allowed for any reason. (See Matthew 19.) Imagine those crazy, middle-aged men of that day who, if they wanted a younger woman, could come up with any excuse to give the woman a divorce certificate. Think about it. They would be divorcing one woman just to marry another. They quite literally would, in God's eyes, be committing adultery, and they would be doing it legally. I say this, because they were actually being unfaithful to their original wife to get to another woman. I call this legalized adultery. This explains how these men committed adultery even though they went through the legal process. Instead of living by the law and fulfilling the spirit of the law, they committed adultery by being unfaithful to their wives and to God. They divorced one to have another.
I suppose you can find similar examples of middle-age crazy men like this today. Look and see if there is an example of a forty-something guy in your neighborhood. He has a comb over for his bald head and, when the wind blows, his hair stands straight up on one side of his head. He is well heeled and his wrinkled and tanning bed–tanned face is perched just above his open-to-his-navel shirt. Gray chest hairs stick out of his colorful shirt as his little potbelly laps over his beltline. And though he has the "Dunlap's Disease," because his belly "done lapped" over the belt, he still has a young woman sitting beside him (pretty, enhanced by plastic-surgery). Their diamond-adorned hands are closed together as she sits with him in his expensive little convertible red sports car. Meanwhile, his spouse of twenty-five years, with less money and fewer toys (whose children are all grown up and gone) is trying to survive and figure out who she is in light of her new reality of the other woman in her ex-husband's life.
Yes, I know that, in our time, the roles may be reversed with the male being the victim of a wandering cougar-like spouse. Either way, divorce is a preventable tragedy. Jesus talks about this quicksand dilemma, where the law is abused and not fulfilled, and He said that it occurred because of the hardness of men's hearts. (See Matthew 19:8.) But this is not what God wanted.
Usually a divorce happens when at least one person in the marriage is determined to place his or her own interests over the interest of the family. Sadly, if this is the case, others in the family spend their time reacting to a very bad situation. Jesus approaches divorce as a societal failure, and He tries to remedy a terribly abusive way of acting out the law. He does not say that divorce is an unforgivable sin. He does not put a "scarlet letter" on the lives of divorcees. No, He does not seek to categorize all people who have divorced as low-life sinners. He simply lays out the liberating rules for life in the form of the fulfilled, liberating law of God.
The men of the past committed adultery by abusing the law. They got rid of their wives so they could marry another. And they caused the wives to prostitute themselves or commit adultery. But in the context of today, Jesus does not condemn the one left alone in life to never marry again. That person is innocent because the one who divorced to be with another person had indeed already been unfaithful. In my opinion, should the Creator give that innocent party another opportunity for love and marriage, he or she would be well advised to prayerfully and carefully consider if God is leading that person toward matrimony. However, I really hope such a person would give themselves time to first grieve the loss of their marriage. I hope they would spend a significant amount of time in a biblically based divorce recovery group. AND I really hope they would not start looking for another potential mate shortly after getting a divorce. That would be and absolutely terrible mistake.
I know this is a controversial topic. In fact, when Jesus taught this fulfilled law, it even sparked a few comments from the disciples. Listen to how they responded: "If this is how it is between a husband and a wife, then it's better to not ever get married" (Matthew 19:10). Notice Jesus' response: "Not everyone can accept this, but only those to whom it is given" (Matthew 19:11). After hearing the disciples words, I wonder did they make the divorce issue more stringent than did Jesus? Jesus addressed the abuse of the day by providing grace and truth for an abusive legalistic system. Here it is again. Remember to examine the context, context, context!
The challenge, therefore, is to walk on a path of rock-solid living rather than on stumbling blocks that will trip you and trap you in sand. Rock-solid living commits the family and marriage to God each new day. Stumbling-block existing does not. Rock-solid living strengthens society. Stumbling-block existing does not. Rock-solid living occurs when spouses pray to the One from whom love comes—God Almighty—and asks Him to produce love in them and through them. Stumbling-block existing does not. Rock-solid living does not pursue divorce because it is pursuable, but it does pursue the spirit of surrender to God and reconciliation on a daily basis—each spouse to the other. This prevents a buildup of trouble and alienation that could destroy a marriage and a family. Stumbling-block existing does not.
. However, keep in mind it takes two people in a marriage that are committed to successfully weathering life's storms together. Only then can the marriage maintain a rock-solid infrastructure or underpinning. Only then will it NOT go slip sliding away into matrimonial oblivion when pressured by the swift moving currents of human existence.
Oaths: The Integrity Principle
Matthew 33-37
"Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, "Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made." But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. All you need to say is simply "Yes" or "No; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."
Keep in mind that all of this discussion is to get folks to consider being different from the Pharisees, whose righteousness was indeed suspect. Jesus did not say to throw away Leviticus or Deuteronomy, but He said to throw away the "do as I say but not as I do" mind-set. Anyone reading Jesus's teachings knows full well—as previously stated—that the way those religious leaders abused the law was not healthy. From all I can gather, it would not be uncommon for the religious leaders to indeed break their oaths to the Lord. Or they would swear on all that was holy during their day—heaven, earth, Jerusalem, or by their head—and all the while, they did not seem to intend to keep their word. Looking good, however, seemed to be their modus operandi.
I remember people in my life, who I knew were not telling the truth, saying, "I swear on a stack of Bibles that what I am saying is true." Why would they do that? They would do that because they were using the courtroom foundation and holy book for validating truth. Back in those days, people would swear in a courtroom "to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me, God." Some would tell the truth, but the very act of swearing did not guarantee that truth was indeed being told.
In these verses, Jesus reminds us of our KISS acronym again. He says, "Keep it simple, saint." Be a person of integrity. Be a person who has a rock-solid foundation for living your life. If you agree to something, then simply say yes. If you disagree with something, say no. If you need to pontificate just to say what you mean and mean what you say, then there is one source for that untrustworthy state of being. and that source is the evil one. And the more godless our ways become, apparently, the more complicated and untrustworthy those doing the swearing or writing become. Sadly, we are standing on a lot of verbal quicksand in our culture. The only way to get back to solid ways of doing things is by truly yielding to our loving heavenly Father, through Christ, when considering our relationships with other humans.
Blind and Toothless
Matthew 5:38-42
" You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."
Throughout this journey back to the future, reflecting on the Sermon on the Mount, I keep saying something that is important to foundational living. Keep the context in mind. This passage is not about national issues and unjust actions that can lead to war. It is about a Christ follower truly following Christ so as to live on a solid foundation, and it is about being on that foundation when storms of life assail the Christ follower. It is not true that Jesus did not use force. It is not true that Jesus did not stand for what is right.
For example, in the story of the money changers in the temple, (Matthew 21:12) Jesus took time to create a whip— which He used. He turned over tables as He "drove them out" of the temple. (See John 2:15.) This was not an "eye for an eye" kind of event, but it was an event where Jesus felt just action needed to be taken when abuse was being meted out to those who could not do a lot about it.
Another example would be the "seven woes" that Jesus prophesied when pointing out the sinfulness of those presenting themselves as holy persons. He really had a problem with people who were righteous in their own eyes; yet, they would not practice what they preached. So He very angrily gave them seven warnings—these seven woes. He did so because He wanted to confront their hypocrisy straight on. He wanted there to be no question as to how people should relate to those who said they were holy but were bearing ungodly fruit.
Here is Jesus's full teaching in Matthew 23:1–35, which includes the seven woes (emphasis mine): He demonstrates that there is definitely a context where "turning the other cheek" is not what is called for. The religious leaders were clearly living and acting unjustly, and Jesus was going to confront them. All too many people were suffering needlessly because of them, and worse still, many would wind up in hell if he did not publicly take this stand. The context of the circumstances required that he confront them.
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to His disciples:
The teacher of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called "Rabbi" by others. But you are not to be called "Rabbi," for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth "father," for you have one Father, and He is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.
The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
"Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.' You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar, is bound by that oath.' You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside will also be clean.
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started.
"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar."
So let us be like Jesus and recognize there is a time to be courageous, dauntless, daring, and resolute. There is a time and a place for facing down injustice. There is a time to speak out and speak up. There is a time to boldly face down that which is contrary to God's will. There is a time to remove the mask from those masquerading in the facade of so-called holiness or self exalted pseudosupremacy. There is a time to bring such people down from their ivory-tower house of cards that will one day crash and burn or sink into the quagmire. There is a time when the people of God need to speak a warning against those who would subvert God's Word. There is a time to be like Jesus and express outrage at that which is outrageous. There is a time to stop the twisting of God's Word. Just because someone is in a position of authority does not necessarily make everything that person says right. Be appropriate like the Christ of the seven woes. Point it out and shout it out. During such times as these, tough love shines light on the darkness. The context of hypocrisy—no matter what the discipline (psychological, sociological, medical, legal, or spiritual)—provides us the appropriate context in which to boldly proclaim the truth and not go along with the crowd.
The Code of Ethics That Turned The World Upside Down
However, our perspective needs to be different when the issues are personal. Let's look at rock-solid living when a form of persecution is taking place. We need to learn how to walk out the will of God in daily living when evil people attack us as we serve the Lord. This is the rock-solid teaching Jesus demonstrated, as did the disciples, when the hurricanes of persecution came against them.
Now it is important what they did not do in such cases. They did not practice an "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" philosophy. Jesus led the way by His example on the way to the cross. He did not resist those who persecuted Him, because He knew His Father's will. When they struck Him on one cheek, He simply turned and offered the other. In a nutshell, He simply practiced surrendering to His Father as He loved His persecutors—even to the point of death. He prayed for their forgiveness. The disciples followed their Lord's example in the years that passed after the Crucifixion. How did their behavior impact the culture? The Gospel spread like wildfire throughout the Middle East and the Greco-Roman world. So many people became Christ followers that they were accused of "turning the world upside down." (See Acts 17:6.)
I grew up near Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s and 1960s. What made the civil rights movement of that day so very powerful was not that its supporters believed in black power. They believed in Jesus, and they followed His teaching. Protesters did not march with weaponry. They did not go around hating anyone. The result was that our culture was changed forever.
As I write these words, the hurricanes of intense persecution are beginning to howl again, and I think this round is going to be worse than any time before. All in the name of Allah, people are destroying churches and Christian families in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, northern Africa, and elsewhere. They are murdering people in Sudan and Kenya. Some are even beheading people, cutting off hands, and flogging people. They are even crucifying people in Iraq. Why are these men doing this? It is simply because people name the name of Jesus as their Savior and Lord; therefore, we are living in a time when Jesus's teachings are becoming more and more relevant for the dark hours that are upon the church.
When these spiritual battles or storms rage against the saints of God, how will we respond? What will we do? Will we really listen to Jesus's teachings? Will we not only listen but will we also live by them? The choice will always be with the church. The choice is with the church now. What will we do? Our choices will demonstrate the kind of foundation upon which we are basing our lives. Pay attention to the context of the circumstances, and—if we allow the Holy Spirit to infuse us with a holy boldness and love that casts out all fear, like our ancestors before us—we might just turn the world upside down.
The Bottom Line of Fulfilling God's Law: Love For Enemies
You have heard that it was said, "Love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Not too long ago, I worked for someone who was not the most honest person I have ever met. He was noted for telling one staff person one thing and then telling another staff person another. He had a problem though; he could not remember to whom he told what. Over time, the stress of working with this man caused much angst among the staff, as he seemed to pit one against the other. I allowed myself to get caught up in the tension and wound up becoming a whistle-blower of sorts.
This man and his supervisor came after me with a vengeance. This so-called man of God lied again and again about me and did his best to destroy my good name. I cried out to God much in the same way David had when he was at the end of his rope. In fact, against this man, I prayed some of those psalms that David prayed. Check out Psalms 140–144, and you will get an idea how desperate I became and how difficult the circumstances were. I hired an attorney, and both my wife's health and my own health were failing. I knew that I had information that I could use against the supervisor and his boss, and I knew of other chaplains prior to me who were willing to finally fight him. Yeah, I know, this sounds like a real Christian crew. This man's persecution of me went on for months, and I was ready, willing, and able to fight back. But, I have to tell you that I lost a lot when I was fighting those people.
Now for the rest of the story: One night, I was alone pouring my heart out to God. When I had finished my heart's cry, I became silent. In my heart, I heard these words, "What makes you any better than your Lord, who was wrongfully accused? Stop fighting." Well, I have to tell you, it did not matter how much I suffered fighting to defend my good name, I didn't like what I was hearing; however, I was finally quiet enough to surrender to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I made a covenant with God. By His grace and power, I would now forgive those who were acting in an evil way toward me. I decided to bless those who cursed me, do good to those who were acting so hatefully toward me, and to pray for those who were spitefully using me. I decided to tell my wife what I had determined to do the next morning, and I slept very well that night.
Reader what you are about to hear will amaze you. The next morning, as is my custom, I woke up for prayer before daybreak. Later, my wife came down from upstairs and began her quiet time. When we finally connected, I told her something had happened the night before, and I needed to share it with her. But before I began, she told me, "I have something to ask you first." She had been praying, and something had come to her that she wanted to share with me. So I agreed that she should go first. She asked me, "What makes you any better than the Lord, who was wrongfully accused? Stop fighting." I could not believe my ears! Then I told her what had happened to me the night before. Yes, God confirmed through Vick, my wife, what our game plan would be.
So here is what happened. From that day forward, I forgave all those who had persecuted me by lying about me and acting deceitfully toward me. Did everything change magically? No these people did not make life easy for me, but they did not know what to do when I simply agreed with my adversary quickly, as instructed in Matthew 5:25. They really did not know what to do with this former fighter who was turning the other cheek. I actually loved them, and by fulfilling God's law of love, I felt fulfilled. I did so because God gave Vicki and me grace to fulfill His law and the prophetic utterances He gave to us separately and together. On the other hand my responses appeared to unnerve the man who had trouble keeping the truth straight.
As I write this, I think about the bottom line for fulfilling the law, and I remember where Jesus made it very clear in Matthew 22:36–40:
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Jesus did not come to do away with the law or the prophets. He came to give us the greatest love by laying down His life, and He demonstrated the two greatest commandments on which "the Law and the Prophets hang" (Matthew 22:40). Yes, the liberating limits of the law are powerful and fulfilling, and the prophets foretell and foretold God's mysteries; however, the most rock-solid, liberating entity—whether legal or prophetic—is the God of love, from whom love comes and through whom love is imparted. Such liberating power for creating new hearts, new minds, and new lives can be found in no other place.
Allow Jesus to be the Lord of your life. Ask God to put this fulfilled law in your heart and life, as well as the hearts and lives of your descendants (Deuteronomy 30:6), and the Holy Spirit will put your life on a rock-solid foundation so that you can live life "to the full." (See John 10:10b and Colossians 2:10–11.)


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I recently started to research why my local Rails environment was experiencing slow response times. After some digging around on Stackoverflow I came to find out that the .local domain is normally reserved for the Bonjour service on Macs. After updating my local hosts file from xxx.xxx.local to xxx.local.xxx I saw a major increase in response time in my Rails app.
If you've ever researched design patterns you've certainly come across the Gang of Four (GoF). While books such as JavaScript Patterns do a good job at explaining all of the most commonly used patterns, I've found a good, well organized and free alternative by the team at dofactory.com. They do a good job at clearly explaining the different implementations with clear examples and use cases.
Early on I had a difficult time understanding Javascript inheritance (sometimes I still scratch my head), mainly I think of the fact of how it differs from the classic model. I've heard several different answers some short and some long mostly because of the prototypal caveats. My take is fairly straightforward (in my mind at least…). In javascript we use objects (Obj) to implement inheritance, each object has a prototype (Obj.prototype), each of these prototype objects will have its own .prototype all the way up to Object.prototype. In this way we create a prototype chain. The code below exemplifies basic javacript inheritance
We have two objects Cat and Animal, Cat.prototype = new Animal() sets Cat's prototype to Animal. The prototype link acts only in retrieval. This means that you can now access Animal's properties and values when creating a new Cat object but making any change to inherited properties will not effect Animal.
After the prototypal inheritance has been set you can still modify the parent constructor and the changes will be visible on all the objects which contain that prototype in the prototype chain (such as Animal.prototype.isAnimal = function() { return true; }).
When attempting to access a property of an object such as fluffly.isAnimal() the prototype link is used (also known as Delegation). Since .isAnimal doesn't exist in Cat we move up the prototype chain and check Animal, since Animal.isAnimal exists it is returned. If we attempt to call a property which does not exist we still move up the prototype chain up to Object.prototype and return undefined. It is also generally not a good idea to not have a very long prototype chain as this can impact performance.
We can also create inheritance using Object.create in more modern browsers. Stay tuned for a more detailed explanation.
I tend to keep my work laptop powered on for sometimes weeks at a time, only putting it to sleep when moving between locations. At times even with 16gb of RAM it can slow down quite a bit from constantly open applications and starting and shutting down VMs. I came across the "purge" command when searching for answers and it appears to do the job. While this is not something you should constantly refer to I found it useful to run every other week or so.
To free up space simply run the "purge" command in Terminal (you may need to run this with sudo if permission is denied). This process can take a minute or two depending on the amount of space which needs to be inspected. You can open up the Activity Monitor and watch the "Free" memory rise and the "Inactive" memory drop.
I recently came across an issue where opacity would not be applied to large containers in IE8. This came about attempting to add a large overlay behind custom modals/dialogs. Even with the addition of the Microsoft <pre>-ms</pre> prefix when scaled large enough it would fail. I couldn't find much information about this except for a comment on a Lightbox plugin on the Drupal website.
Started this blog in an attempted to write down my learning experiences. I will be most likely be posting on other topics as time allows.


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Renovating your home is an expensive affair. Many suggest that you choose to do alterations piecemeal, as and when you have the money to invest. Most home owners looking to renovate their homes will expect to spend a fortune on their bathroom. In fact, this part of the home is considered the most expensive room to renovate, second only to your kitchen. But renovating your bathroom doesn't mean you have to gut it. You can renovate in a simpler way that will turn it into a premium space in your home that won't break the bank.
Renovations, in general, cost you not only money but time, dust, and sometimes misery due to fighting with contractors. However, you can achieve the bathroom you're after with a bit of lateral thinking. Thinking outside of the box could land you with a new and fresh bathroom that didn't do irreparable damage to your back pocket or savings account.
Here are the secrets of smart homeowners who've managed to renovate their bathroom and hold onto their savings.
- Don't replace everything
There are many things in the bathroom that don't need to be entirely replaced. You can resurface items and repaint rather than replace everything. You'd be surprised what new counter tops, a new toilet seat and a fresh lick of paint can do for your bathroom. If your plumbing and pipes are all in order then don't upset the apple-cart by replacing major fixtures. Don't retile unless you absolutely have to rather replace tiles with the leftover spares.
- Make your grouting white again
The grouting is the cement mix around your tiles that keeps them in place. The problem is that this substance quickly and easily becomes very grubby and stained with mould or mildew. If the grouting in your bathroom is dirty and stained, your whole bathroom will look awful. While this is a tedious task, grab your scrubbing brush and rubber gloves and get to work.
There are many different grouting cleaning solutions; you could opt for store-bought or whip up a homemade concoction. A quick search on Pinterest will show you exactly how to make your own homemade brew of grouting whitener. No matter what you use, just make sure you have gloves on and perhaps a face mask so you're not breathing in the chemicals as you'll be in there scrubbing for a while. It's worth it in the end though, your bathroom will look close to pristine with sparkling white grouting.
- Fix your yellow tub
You can replace your bathtub but that's costly. Rather opt for refinishing it. Bathtubs become yellow over time and often end up with cracks on the surface that look dark and unpleasant. This could be a DIY job but it's quite a lot of work. You need to remove the old caulk from your tub and scrub it down with a degreaser and then use an epoxy filler to fill in the cracks. You'll also need to smooth down the rough edges and give your entire tub a sand down. And then there's the painting. This is a big job. You should rather employ the services of a professional, and if done correctly, your tub should last you for many years to come before you need to repeat the refinishing job.
- Choose easy options for refurbishing
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Eating is permitted in designated areas, but no alcohol or glass containers are permitted. If you are in need of light snacks or refreshments the Riverside Refreshments concession stand is open during pool hours of operation. The Refreshment stand is subject to operation based on weather conditions.
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To attain full access to the Aquatics facility, all youth ages 17 and under must successfully pass the Navy Youth Swim Test. Upon completion of the swim test, the patron will be required to wear a wristband. There is a weight restriction on the slide. Learn more.
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I am obsessed with home decor... Although, living in a rented apartment has it's limits, I have come up with innovate and unique ideas to help make our little one bedroom flat... our own. Here is a quick list of some of my favorite trends and some of my favorite shops and Web sites that give me inspiration.
1. Stacking books in horizontal piles. I have an awful steam radiator in my living room, to make give it some life I use it as a book shelve– aligning it with all the wonderful books that I never have time to read in a fashionable manner.
2. Christmas lights aren't just for Christmas or college dorms anymore. Use them to create a romantic feel in any room or as great decor for a party- They give off great glow and warmth... plus they are cheap.
3. Letters of all shapes and sizes. My friend Bethany recently got married this summer and carried the theme of the Bride and Grooms initials throughout the wedding decor. I have added this great detail to my own home. Using vintage letters and hung them over our his and hers closets.
4. Plants are always a must! I have started collecting various sizes and styles of white pots filling them with an array of green plants and aligning them on our dining room window seal.
5. Vintage window frames make great frames or mirrors. I first got this idea from my cousin Ashley. As a photographer she would display her work behind the panes of the old frames. You can pick up your own vintage window at any local antique shop.
6. Candid photos are a great way to display your memories and add personality to your house. I love slipping my favorite picture into the corner of a mirror or a large picture frame.
7. Smelly candles and potpourri is a great way to keep your home fresh and welcoming. I enjoy getting seasonal candles— I just purchased some lovely apple cinnamon candles for fall.
8. Clustering of frames is a old trend that I am still trying to get on board with. Putting together variously shaped frames in a visually pleasing manner is harder then the magazines make it look. I am still working on getting my frames aligned in the perfect manner, but I love the look.
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Junior champs show off in U.S. pairs short program
Forget the rest of the Americans. Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker want a crack at the world.
The reigning junior world champions in the pairs competition showed they're more than capable of hanging with the big kids, edging former champions Rena Inoue and John Baldwin Jr. to win the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. McLaughlin and Brubaker's score of 66.54 points put them 1.3 points ahead of Inoue and Baldwin going into the free skate Saturday.
"We don't go anywhere to skate for second," Brubaker said.
That's some big talk, but McLaughlin, 15, and Brubaker, 21, have the skills to back it up. In only their second season together, the two have made a meteoric rise in a discipline where couples often take years to develop. They went undefeated in the junior ranks last year, and qualified for the senior Grand Prix final last fall.
All three medalists from last year's U.S. championships missed the Grand Prix season, so McLaughlin and Brubaker were the only Americans at the final. Though they withdrew after the short program because he developed cellulitis, the experience was priceless because, at 15, she is too young for them to go to the world championships in March.
"For us, the biggest competition is against the other countries," Brubaker said. "The U.S. has some good teams, but the Canadians and Germans and Chinese, they were our main focus."
Inoue, 31, and Baldwin, 34, didn't make any mistakes, but their program didn't have the difficulty expected of the top teams. Certainly not what the judges expect from a pair whose athleticism is their strength.
Defending champions Brooke Castile, 21, and Ben Okolski, 23, who had to sit out the Grand Prix season because she had a series of leg injuries, were third after falling on their side-by-side double axels. They scored 58.95 points.
In the compulsory ice dance, four-time champs Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto were in first place with 41.86 points after an energetic and entertaining Yankee Polka. But that's only 1.27 points ahead of training partners Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
Now, that's hardly the makings of an upset, and the gap will likely grow with Thursday's original dance and Saturday's free dance.
Germans win pairs: Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany dominated to win their second successive pairs title at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
They scored 202.39 points overall and 132.03 in their free skate. In second were Russia's Marina Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov with 169.41 points.
Tomas Verner surprised top contenders Brian Joubert and Stephane Lambiel to take the lead after the men's short program with a score of 79.03 points.
Briefly: American skier Scott Macartney was released from a hospital in Innsbruck, Austria, four days after he sustained a concussion and was placed in a medically induced coma following a crash during a World Cup downhill race.


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So who do we want?
Filed: Tuesday, 30th October 2007
By: Matthew O'Greel
West Ham could be part of an all-Premier League Carling Cup quarter final line-up should results tomorrow night go to form.
The Hammers - who became the first team through to the quarter finals courtesy of tonight's 2-1 win at Coventry - could be joined by seven other Premier League teams in this weekend's draw.
Of the remaining seven fixtures to be played in the fourth round, all feature at least one Premier League side - with two of those being all-Premier League clashes (Bolton v Manchester City and Portsmouth v Blackburn).
Should results tomorrow night go to form, the line-up for the quarter final draw could see West Ham pitted against Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Blackburn, Arsenal and Tottenham.
The last time United reached this stage of the competition was the 1999/2000 season, when Aston Villa won a replayed game - due to the Hammers fiedling an ineligible player (Mannygate) in the initial fixture - 3-1 at the Boleyn Ground.
Wednesday's Carling Cup fourth round fixtures
Bolton v Manchester City
Chelsea v Leicester
Liverpool v Cardiff
Luton v Everton
Portsmouth v Blackburn
Sheffield United v Arsenal
Tottenham v Blackpool
West Ham United - recent Carling Cup history
06/07 3rd Round: Chesterfield (a) 1-2
05/06 3rd Round: Bolton (a) 0-1
04/05 3rd Round: Chelsea (a) 0-1
03/04 3rd Round: Tottenham (a) 0-1 aet
02/03 3rd Round: Oldham (h) 0-1
01/02 2nd Round: Reading (a) 0-0 (5-6 pens)
00/01 4th Round: Sheffield Wednesday (h) 1-2
99/00 Quarter Final: Aston Villa (h) 1-3 aet
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by Nick W
01:32PM 31st Oct 2007
''Blackpool at home please ...''
by Whitey
12:53PM 31st Oct 2007
''We'll take on anyone, if were going to win this I don't care who we get! Just as long as they dont injure more of our shrinking squad ...''
by Cas
11:57AM 31st Oct 2007
''What do you mean 'go to form'. Surely Blackpool go into the match as favourites ...''
by English Hammer
06:58AM 31st Oct 2007
''I hope we get Sheffield United ...''
by Ad
11:22PM 30th Oct 2007
''The Spuds at home before Ramos gets his hands on their cash and his teeth into that defence!''


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The red door: a gateway to an individually unique multiverse. Untold secrets and unspoken desires waiting to be manifested. A consistent hypnotizing beat can be heard: the very pattern that keeps the life flow. Yet as strong as it is, it's conversely fragile. If you pull too hard on the red door, you may break the handle. Unfortunately very few dame to be careful. Only wishing to capture the secret treasures. The very essence that causes you to breathe: waiting for the moment your soul can be willingly released. Enchanted by their charming demeanor. Smitten by the dazzling smile they shimmer. Once more opening your red door unsuspecting of how quickly the light can escape into darkness. Green seas turn blue. Tears like waterfalls seem to drown you. No matter how hard you tried to escape, doubt of finding another plagued you. The love you dreamed was nothing more than devilish apparitions disguised in all your unspoken desires. You think you would have learned the first time around:To keep your red door closed. To learn to travel the multi-facets of your being alone. Yet there you were, trying to step outside of yourself: to be the thing that isn't broken with unfathomable baggage. Trying to release the thought that you're better off alone only to be proven just such. Maybe it's finally time to keep the red door shut. Permanently. Only to be treasured by its owner. Never to be shared with another. Returning to the Earth as empty as the ground that swallows you. Possibly morbid but better than dealing with the constant failures. Love has proved to be unfavorable and certainly can be lived without: even if deep inside we truly want our red door to be opened by unconditional love.
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Despite the criticism, one of the features of Windows Phone 7 that impressed me is the text entry mode and its ability to correct the typing mistakes with surprising accuracy.
Here's an early demo at MIX10 with Joe Belfiore:
"The technology originated as a brainstorm between members of our Mobile Communications Business and several Microsoft Research folks. They wanted to determine if the principles of machine learning could be applied to improving finger input on the soft keyboard. The idea being that by taking a lot of data that shows what corrections are typically made when entering text, you can teach the system to anticipate and auto correct. The more data you have, the more accurate the system becomes.
The team didn't limit themselves to this and worked together to explore everything from typing intelligence and the underlying architecture, to UX and on-screen interaction. The MSR team put together a finger approach not unlike that used for speech recognition determining the right kind of data collection/evaluation and building models to help establish a data driven mindset. With immediate results from the first prototyping showing 30-40% reductions in input errors they knew they were on the right path."
The result is what you see today in Windows Phone 7:
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Facebook the best social network nowadays it helps people lot of things out there. Facebook gives the world connected to each other. You can leave a post and even on the Facebook to lets everyone knows.
But while you using Facebook on the Android device you may have one problem which is, unfortunately Facebook has stopped working. So you can't access your Facebook account on your smartphone device. It is a problem that you need to solve it immediately to your Facebook apps working as it was.
So in this article, we have covered the best ways to solve your problem of the Unfortunately Facebook has stopped working on your Android device. Here is the quick preview of the solutions that we will work on you can check at the below section.
- Clear Facebook App Cache
- Update Facebook App
- Uninstall and Re-install Facebook App
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How to Fix Unfortunately Facebook has stopped working
So to solve this problem we will bring the multiple options to help you fix the error successfully and those methods are useful for you to fix unfortunately Facebook has stopped working on your Android Smartphone.
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So to getting started on this option, you need to follow multiple steps without skipping any of them.
- On your smartphone menu open up the Setting and then scroll down abet then tap Apps then scroll always down until you Facebook then press on it
- while you there press on Force stop button and Force Stop it then presses on Storage at the below then press on Clear Cache button and clear its cache.
- Reboot Your Smartphone Device and check the result.
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Facebook are keeping update their app such as features and more stuff out there so while you using the out of date version is also can happen of the issue on Unfortunately Facebook has stopped working. So what you have to do is give it up to date and you Facebook will have no problem, to update your Facebook app you need to follow the step below.
- From the home screen of your Smartphone device, Open up the Google Play Store app on your Android device.
- In Google Play Store Press the three-line menu button on the top-left corner of the screen and select My Apps & Game from the slide-out menu.
- This menu screen will display all of the installed apps, along with the apps with uninstalled updates at the top.
- Press the Update All button on the top-right corner of the screen and wait while the app updates are installed.
- Reboot your Smartphone and check to see if the Facebook error has been fixed.
-Also Read: How to Flash Samsung Galaxy Smartphone
Solution No. 3 Uninstall And Re-Install Facebook App
When the message shows up an unfortunately Facebook has stopped working it means some when wrong on the Facebook app functionality so the best ways for is just uninstall and re-install it back and facebook show working fine for you.
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