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You have to give to Bravo, sometimes the directors are shadier than the castmates. Tonight's episode was okay, nothing earth shattering. However for me, your big old shady blogger its was all about Yovanna, a friend of Nene.
Nene and Gregg were hosting a couples party "Boobs and Bourbon. This year it wasn't held at the Leakes (all white) compound, where would be grown ups spilled drinks and messed up
At this event there are new people, old friends, other halves, Eva and her fiance Michael, Marlo date wasn't in a wheel chair and breathing mask, he was a fortyish caucasian (that some suspect was a member of production crew (that why we didn't hear how they met) but he has a nice smile and good disposition.
We get to see Tanya (the new girl) and her fiance Paul, Porsha officially brings Dennis, who abandoned his ATL hip hop swag and came in dressed like an black insurance man who works in a Irish neighborhood. He came dressed in a green suit white shirt and yellow tie(some people called him a leprechaun). We will have to wait a bit longer to meet Cynthia's boo (Mike Hill) she brought a spare,who she calls a good friend. We also meet friends of Nene, Yovanna (in a bright yellow dress) and her husband.
At the beginning of the event, there is wine tasting. The camera's plays close attention to Yovanna's drinking as is it less of a taste and more of a swallow. As the guest's move to the main room. We hear Yvonne say's something like about some bitch better hurry up with her drink. By his expression, her hubby knows she is leaving this dimension.
Eva, tells Yovanna "its nice to meet you" Apparently this riles her. It seems that Eva and Yovanna went to Clark Atlanta University. and they have a friend in common, in fact the friend is gonna be in Eva's wedding.
Suddenly there is DRAMA! Not from Dennis and Kandi, he's heard all the stuff she has said about him. Not even from Porsha and Kandi. Its Yovanna. she's very annoyed. She tells Eva, You said its very nice to meet you, as if this is the very first time we met? I don't recall meeting you. Eva Responds. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!! I was THAT BITCH "Yavonna" from CAV! Yavonna says emphatically! Yovanna's husband buried his face in his hands in total embarrassment.
When someone asked her why was so this important? She said I'm trying to find out why she never spoke . I guessing as Eva's. Career blossomed Yovanna may be a lil jeli.
In her confessional, Eva said 'There is absolutely no way I would hang out with someone who would opt to wear a flammable dress reminiscent of a banana flavored condom"
The episode began with a little tease from Bravo, we see male legs descending the stairs at Lake Bailey, who was slicing strawberry. It wasn't her new boo (Mike Hall), it was Noelle's father Leon.
Cynthia and Leon are the coolest parents on reality tv. Not only are they good friends but they are one when it comes to parenting their daughter, with Leon being more the disciplinarian of the two. Cynthia, wants her to have fun and get her own apartment, Leon wants her in a dorm and using public transportation.
We then get to visit Tanya Sam's home and learn she and her fiance spend a lot of their time between Atlanta and San Francisco. Nene tells her the girls like her but wonder why after three years hasn't she married?
Porsha meets with Kandi to talk about Dennis and tattoos in such. Porsha reminds Kandi, how Kandi doesn't like it when people talks about her. And she isn't concerned about the tattoos. Porsha tells her, most people' vagina's and penis's aren't exclusive. Kandi comes back with, but we don't tattoo every bodies names on us that we gone had sex with. Kandi admits to being messy and seems genuinely concerned about Porsha, moving too quickly in the relationship with Dennis. Note: The problem is two fold. Their relationship is mending and they are not close. The other is, a true friend would talk to her first about her concerns and not tell everyone in the Atlanta Metro Area.
The episode ended in Dennis's loft. Its his birthday. A chef his hired and is preparing a buttery feast ( and I mean buttery-did you see the hunk of butter on those biscuits) for twenty. Nothing low cal (I fucking love the south)!!! Porsha brings up the gossip about them. He tell her everyone has a pass including Kandi, and he knew about her back in the day. But hey it was back in the day.
He give her an gift of an expensive necklace and she gives him to boxes. The first one contains baby shoes and the second contained baby clothes. Confused, Porsha told him she's expecting.
Overcome, Dennis rested his head on her shoulder, showing he had been crying as he finally lifted his head, with her telling him: 'I love you.'
Later, she said in a confessional: 'I have never had someone love me the way he does.
'I have never had someone want to be there for me. So that's why this pregnancy is like a miracle to me. Because I am starting to see all these things that I have prayed for and wanted for so many years actually happen.'
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In the mid-first century AD, St. Paul wrote some hugely influential words about Adam, the Fall, and original sin. As I have argued, these ideas seem at variance with earlier Biblical traditions and Jewish thought, in which Adam's story made little impact. Around Paul's time, though, that saga was attracting increasing interest. Paul, oddly, was riding a fashionable wave.
Early in the second century BC, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) claimed, surprisingly, that "Adam [was honored] above every living being in the creation." Over the following centuries, Adam became a literary superstar, the leading character in several important works, and the alleged author of others.
In the century after 160BC, the Dead Sea Scrolls includes several references to Adam. He is for instance commemorated in the liturgy known as the Words of the Luminaries, although the actual text is very fragmentary. The work celebrates God's mighty deeds, which includes forming Adam "in the likeness of your glory." Another text (4QFlorilegium) imagines the purified Jewish sanctuary that would be restored in the eschatological age, and portrays it as a restored Eden. The coming age would reverse the damage done by the Fall. The authors also use the stories of Adam and Eve to shape later understanding of Jewish law in matters such as ritual purity.
From the second and third centuries AD onwards, these interests became a powerful theme in Rabbinic and Talmudic writings.
One testimony to this interest is the section of 2 Esdras known as 4 Ezra, which can be dated to around 100-120AD. Adam is mentioned repeatedly, and in chapter 3, we read that God
gave a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of thine hands, and breathed into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee. … For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed, and was overcome; and so be all they that are born of him. Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (also) in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.
The best evidence for the new fascination with Adam was the work known as The Life of Adam and Eve, a work probably written in the first century AD, and subsequently translated into many languages. It was widely read by Jews, Christians and Muslims – we see its influence in the Qur'an – and it provided much of the familiar story we know from John Milton. Gary Anderson calls it "one of the most widely read and influential pseudepigraphic documents in Western civilization" (in Feldman et al, eds., Outside the Bible, ii 1333). Because it existed in so many editions, some explicitly Christian, it is difficult to reconstruct the Jewish original. Some scholars have even claimed the Life as an influence on Paul and Romans, although that now seems unlikely.
As the text is easily available online, I will not quote it at great length here. It tells the story of Adam and Eve after the expulsion from Eden. They meet Satan, who describes the events leading to his own expulsion from Heaven – which summarizes and canonizes the story that would become so famous, about his overweening pride. Separately, Adam and Eve supply their own accounts of the Fall, emphasizing the hope that God would ultimately restore and heal the Edenic world.
Another theme we find here is that of the bodies Adam and Eve had before the Fall, when they more closely resembled the angels. In both Jewish and Christian tradition, this inspired mystical ideas of reversing the Fall and returning to those exalted states. The Life also gives a prominent role to their son Seth, who would be a major inspiration to esoteric and Gnostic groups over the following centuries.
Between the first and third centuries, Adam's Family was credited with multiple writings, including an Apocalypse of Adam, Testament of Adam, the misnamed Apocalypse of Moses, a Gospel of Eve, and some important works credited to Seth.
The second century (?) Apocalypse of Adam is particularly important. This was one of the Sethite Gnostic treatises found at Nag Hammadi, but it may well have much earlier roots, possibly in a Jewish baptist sect, of a kind I have posted about elsewhere. We hear a great deal about water, about the water of life, and "the holy baptism and the living water." That might derive from Christian sources, or it might be earlier: there are no explicitly Christian references. The text might in fact serve as a link between the Essenes, the Dead Sea community and early Gnosticism.
Even if Paul had no idea of these other writings, they do put his thought in context. From the second century BC onwards, Adam was becoming the focus of interest and speculation, with particular interest in understanding and reversing the effects of the Fall. The Paul of Romans may have been expressing radical views, but he was no eccentric outlier to the thought of his time.

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Be careful what you wish for, Isabella's fairy godmother whispered in Isalbella's ear.
Isabella ignored her because that is what isabella does best – ignores people.
"Someday," her best friend Betty said, "someday you will find out what it is like to be ignored."
Tonight Isabella was having fun, it was the annual harvest festival ball, a fundraiser for a local children's charity. Most people attending had borrowed or rented their costumes, giving as much as they could towards the charity but not Isabella. She had spent a weeks wage on her designer dress. She delighted in letting those around her know of this fact. Everyone admired her dress, as she expected. Then she noticed the tone the comments of admiration were being delivered in ,like a fond parent would say to a spoilt child, in order to avoid the nasty experience of a tantrum.
You are imagining it, Isabella decided. Concentrate on the ball and looking amazing, like always. So she did, she didn't help the elderly lady find a chair, she simply pushed past and demanded that the host of the ball dance with her. He did so with reluctance and plenty of people noticed but not Isabella.
She failed to help Betty when she felt faint due to lack of food and over excitement.Betty had given up her free time to help get the decorations in place. Isabella had been busy getting her hair and make up done.
"Just sit there Betty, you will be fine." Isabella commanded.
So Betty sat and promptly slid off the chair cracking her arm off a table in the process.
All of these events were witnessed by Isabella's fairy godmother Grainne who was usually a patient, loving and forgiving fairy godmother but tonight her patience was wearing thin. She paid a visit to her boss. When she left the office an hour later she was grinning like a child.
When Grainne returned to Isabella's side she was not surprised to see that everyone, except Isabella ,was feeling sorry and sympathetic towards Betty who was gone to hospital to have her arm x rayed. The conversation was about dreams and wishes. Isabella declared she would wish for time to stay still, because she loved evenings like this, where everyone was in good form and nothing bad was said and everything was simply fabulous and really perfect.
As soon as she uttered the words the world about her shimmered and glowed. People moved about her but failed to hear her speak. She asked for a fresh drink from a passing barman but he merely continued on walking. This won't do, Isabella decided. She tried to move and discovered she couldn't. She appeared to be stuck.
This is not funny, she thought and tried with all her might to shout, kick or squirm.
All about her the party continued on, the band was replaced by a dj and people danced around her. One or two commented on the very life like statue that sparkled and glowed but no one saw the tormented eyes that shone out at them. No one except Grainne. She wondered when she would be ordered to release Isabella from the spell but hoped it wouldn't be for a long time because for Grainne that would be simply "fabulous and perfect".


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You certainly need a lot of space for these parties. Vicki, the hostess had a Boden packed kitchen, sun-room & dining area. Here were some items from the womenswear rails that impressed me more in real life than they had done in the brochure:
|Photographer's Jacket - on special offer on the day!
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|Ravello Top
|Skater Dress - much nicer in RL!
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Additional barriers will also be installed to seal off the stretch of Round Top Drive hit by landslides during the heavy rains in March. The closed section of the road begins after Aina Lani Way.
City officials say they cannot begin repairs until the state determines how to stabilize its hillside.
The event, to start at 9:30 a.m. along Wailapa Road, will wind down the access road to Kahili Beach, also known as Rock Quarry, and the mouth of the Kilauea Stream.
They will hold a circle sharing and blessing on the beach, followed by a paddle out to sea to spread the ashes of wife and husband Aurora Fehring and Alan Dingwall.
The Fehrings also said they wanted to thank their family, friends, neighbors and the community for their loving support and prayers, as well as the donations in honor of their loved ones to amicus.org, which will serve the many orphaned children of the 2003 tsunami.
The damage, discovered Monday morning, was the second attack on the 12-passenger vehicle used at the Lanakila Rehabilitation Center's Wahiawa facility, 330 Walker Ave. Rocks were thrown at the facility, breaking a back window of the van about a month ago, said program coordinator Wendy Gorka. "It's frightening for the staff and clients, a violation of our space."
More than 40 mentally and developmentally disabled adults attend the Adult Day Services program, Gorka said.
The windows will be replaced, but in the meantime a van from the Lanakila headquarters in Honolulu will have to serve a larger area, affecting service to other clients, she said.
Gorka asked anyone with information about the vandalism to call Wahiawa police substation 621-8442.
Police said the woman and her 38-year-old husband were quarreling at their Kuhio Park Terrace home, when the woman allegedly used a kitchen knife against her husband 7:15 a.m. Monday.
The woman allegedly stabbed her husband in the abdomen. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released in good condition, police said.
The woman surrendered to police shortly before 7 p.m. yesterday. She was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault.
The woman, who has not been identified, was in the left side of the rear seat of a parked vehicle on Ko Road in Hanapepe Valley when firefighters put out the vehicle blaze.
The autopsy was completed yesterday, and officials are awaiting the results of the lab tests to determine cause of death and to confirm her identity.
Police said the suspect punched the victim during an argument at about 5:35 p.m., near Panana and Hame streets in Makakilo. The boy was arrested for investigation of third-degree assault.
Honolulu Fire Department officials said the couple called for help on their cell phone at about 5:22 a.m., saying they were lost. The Fire Department's Air One helicopter spotted the hikers on the trail and ground crews went in and walked them out. The hikers were not injured, according to officials.
Police said the victim was sitting in his vehicle in the Haleiwa area at 6:15 p.m. when the suspect walked by his car and made a derogatory comment.
Police said a fight followed and the suspect punched the victim in the head several times while he was sitting in his car. Police arrested the suspect for investigation of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle.


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"But Jesus hid himself." JOHN viii. 59.
JESUS CHRIST "is the true light which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. " (John i. 9.) He enlightens all; but he cannot enlighten those who voluntarily shut their eyes to the light; from them the Saviour hides himself. How then can they, walking in darkness, escape the many dangers of perdition to which we are exposed in this life, which God has given us as the road to eternal happiness?
I will endeavour Today to convince you of the great danger into which tepidity brings the soul, since it makes Jesus Christ hide his divine light from her, and makes him less liberal in bestowing upon her the graces and helps, without which she shall find it very difficult to complete the journey of this life without falling into an abyss that is, into mortal sin.
1. A tepid soul is not one that lives in enmity with God, nor one that sometimes commits venial sins through mere frailty, and not with full deliberation. On account of the corruption of nature by original sin, no man can be exempt from such venial faults. This corruption of nature renders it impossible for us, without a most special grace, which has been given only to the mother of God, to avoid all venial sins during our whole lives. Hence St. John has said: "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (1 John i. 8.)
God permits defects of this kind, even in the saints, to keep them humble, and to make them feel that, as they commit such faults in spite of all their good purposes and promises, so also, were they not supported by his divine hand, they would fall into mortal sins. Hence, when we find that we have committed these light faults, we must humble ourselves, and acknowledging our own weakness, we must be careful to recommend ourselves to God, and implore of him to preserve us, by his almighty hand, from more grievous transgressions, and to deliver us from those we have committed.
2. What then are we to understand by a tepid soul? A tepid soul is one that frequently falls into fully deliberate venial sins such as deliberate lies, deliberate acts of impatience, deliberate imprecations, and the like. These faults may be easily avoided by those who are resolved to suffer death rather than commit a deliberate venial offence against God.
St. Teresa used to say, that one venial sin does us more harm than all the devils in hell. Hence she would say to her nuns: "My children, from deliberate sin, however venial it may be, may the Lord deliver you." Some complain of being left in aridity and dryness, and without any spiritual sweetness. But how can we expect that God will be liberal of his favours to us, when we are ungenerous to him? We know that such a lie, such an imprecation, such an injury to our neighbour, and such detraction, though not mortal sins, are displeasing to God, and still we do not abstain from them. Why then should we expect that God will give us his divine consolations?
3. But some of you will say: Venial sins, however great they may be, do not deprive the soul of the grace of God: even though I commit them I will he saved; and for me it is enough to obtain eternal life. You say that, "for you it is enough to be saved." Remember that St. Augustine says that, "where you have said, " It is enough" there you have perished." To understand correctly the meaning of these words of St. Augustine, and to see the danger to which the state of tepidity exposes those who commit habitual and deliberate venial sins, without feeling remorse for them, and without endeavouring to avoid them, it is necessary to know that the habit of light faults leads the soul insensibly to mortal sins.
For example: the habit of venial acts of aversion leads to mortal hatred; the habit of small thefts leads to grievous rapine; the habit of venial attachments leads to affections which are mortally sinful. "The soul," says St. Gregory, "never lies where it falls." (Moral., lib. xxxi.) No; it continues to sink still deeper. Mortal diseases do not generally proceed from serious indisposition, but from many slight and continued infirmities; so, likewise, the fall of many souls into mortal sin follows from habitual venial sins; for these render the soul so weak that, when a strong temptation assails her, she has not strength to resist it, and she falls.
4. Many are unwilling to be separated from God by mortal sins; they wish to follow him, but at a distance, and regardless of venial sins. But to them shall probably happen what befell St. Peter. When Jesus Christ was seized in the garden, St. Peter was unwilling to abandon the Lord, but "followed him afar off." (Matt. xxvi. 58.) After entering the house of Caiphas, he was charged with being a disciple of Jesus Christ. He was instantly seized with fear, and three times denied his Master.
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The Holy Ghost says: "He that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little." (Eccl. xix. 1.) They who despise small falls will probably one day fall into an abyss; for, being in the habit of committing light offences against God, they will feel but little repugnance to offer to him some grievous insult.
5. The Lord says: "Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines." (Cant. ii. 15.) He does not tell us to catch the lions or the bears, but the little foxes.
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Lions and bears strike terror, and therefore all are careful to keep at a distance through fear of being devoured by them; but the little foxes, though they do not excite dismay, destroy the vine by drying up its roots. Mortal sin terrifies the timorous soul; but, if she accustom herself to the commission of many venial sins with full deliberation, and without endeavouring to correct them, they, like the little foxes, shall destroy the roots that is, the remorse of conscience, the fear of offending God, and the holy desires of advancing in divine love; and thus, being in a state of tepidity, and impelled to sin by some passion, the soul will easily abandon God and lose the divine grace.
6. Moreover, deliberate and habitual venial sins not only deprive us of strength to resist temptations, but also of the special helps without which we fall into grievous sins. Be attentive, brethren; for this is a point of great importance. It is certain, that of ourselves we have not sufficient strength to resist the temptations of the devil, of the flesh, and of the world. It is God that prevents our enemies from assailing us with temptations by which we would be conquered. Hence Jesus Christ has taught us the following prayer: "And lead us not into temptation."
He teaches us to pray that God may deliver us from the temptations to which we would yield, and thus lose his grace. Wow, venial sins, when they are deliberate and habitual, deprive us of the special helps of God which are necessary for preservation in his grace. I say necessary, because the Council of Trent anathematizes those who assert that we can persevere in grace without a special help from God. "Si quis dixerit, justificatum vel sine speciali auxilio Dei in accepta justitia perseverare posse, vel cum eo non posse; anathema sit." (Sess. 6, can. xxii.) Thus, with the ordinary assistance of God, we cannot avoid falling into some mortal sin: a special aid is necessary. But this special aid God will justly withhold from tepid souls who are regardless of committing, with full deliberation, many venial sins. Thus these unhappy souls shall not persevere in grace.
7. They who are ungenerous to God well deserve that God should not be liberal to them. "He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly." (2 Cor. ix. 6.) To such souls the Lord will give the graces common to all, but will probably withhold his special assistance; and without this, as we have seen, they cannot persevere without falling into mortal sin. God himself revealed to B. Henry Suso, that, for tepid souls who are content with leading a life exempt from mortal sin, and continue to commit many deliberate venial sins, it is very difficult to preserve themselves in the state of grace.
The venerable Lewis da Ponte used to say: "I commit many defects, but I never make peace with them." Woe to him who is at peace with his faults! St. Bernard teaches that, as long as a person who is guilty of defects detests his faults, there is reason to hope that he will one day correct them and amend his life: but when he commits faults without endeavouring to amend, he will continually go from bad to worse, till he loses the grace of God. St. Augustine says that, like a certain disease of the skin which makes the body an object of disgust, habitual faults, when committed without any effort of amendment, render the soul so disgusting to God, that he deprives her of his embraces. "Sunt velut scabies, et nostrum decus ita exterminant ut a sponsi amplcxibus separent." (Hom. 1., cap. iii.)
Hence the soul, finding no more nourishment and consolation in her devout exercises, in her prayers, communions, or visits to the blessed sacrament, will soon neglect them, and thus neglecting the means of eternal salvation, she shall be in great danger of being lost.
8. This danger will be still greater for those who commit many venial sins through attachment to any passion, such as pride, ambition, aversion to a neighbour, or an inordinate affection for any person. 1st. Francis of Assisium says that, in endeavouring to draw to sin a soul that is afraid of being in enmity with God, the devil does not seek in the beginning to bind her with the chain of a slave, by tempting her to commit mortal sin, Because she would have a horror of yielding to mortal sin, and would guard herself against it. He first endeavours to bind her by a single hair; then by a slender thread; next by a cord; afterwards by a rope; and in the end by a chain of hell that is, by mortal sin; and thus he makes her his slave.
For example: A person cherishes an affection for a female through a motive of courtesy or of gratitude, or from an esteem for her good qualities. This affection is followed by mutual presents; to these succeed words of tenderness; and after the first violent assault of the devil, the miserable man shall find that he has fallen into mortal sin. He meets with the fate of gamesters, who, after frequently losing large sums of money, yield to an impulse of passion, risk their all, and, in the end, lose their entire property.
9. Miserable the soul that allows herself to be the slave of any passion. "Behold, how small a fire what a great wood it kindleth." (St. James iii. 5.) A small spark, if it be not extinguished, will set fire to an entire wood; that is, an unmodified passion shall bring the soul to ruin. Passion blinds us; and the blind often fall into an abyss when they least expect it. According to St. Ambrose, the devil is constantly endeavouring to find out the passion which rules in our heart, and the pleasures which have the greatest attraction for us. When he discovers them, he presents occasions of indulging them: he then excites concupiscence, and prepares a chain to make us the slaves of hell. "Tune maxime insidiatur adversarius quando videt in nobis passiones aliquas generari: tune fomites movet, laqueos parat."
10. St. Chrysostom asserts, that he himself knew many persons who were gifted with great virtues, and who, because they disregarded light faults, fell into an abyss of crime. When the devil cannot gain much from us, he is in the beginning content with the little; by many trifling victories he will make a great conquest. No one, says St. Bernard, suddenly falls from the state of grace into the abyss of wickedness. They who rush into the most grievous irregularities, begin by committing light faults. "Nemo repente fit turpissimus: a minimis incipiunt qui in maxima proruunt." (Tract de Ord. vita3.) It is necessary also to understand that, when a soul that has been favoured by God with special lights and graces, consents to mortal sin, her fall shall not be a simple fall, from which she will easily rise again, but it will be a precipitous one, from which she will find it very difficult to return to God.
11. Addressing a person in the state of tepidity, our Lord said: "I would that thou wert cold or hot; but because thou art luke-warm, and neither hot nor cold, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth." (Apoc. iii. 15, 16.)"I would thou wert cold" that is, it would be better for thee to be deprived of my grace, because there should then be greater hopes of thy amendment; but, because thou livest in tepidity, without any desire of improvement, "I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth." By these words he means, that he will begin to abandon the soul; for, what is vomited, is taken back only with great horror.
12. A certain author says, that tepidity is a hectic fever, which does not excite alarm, because it is not perceived; but it is, at the same time, so malignant that it is rarely cured. The comparison is very just; for tepidity makes the soul insensible to remorses of conscience; and, as she is accustomed to feel no remorse for venial faults, she will by degrees become insensible to the stings of remorse which arise from mortal sins.
13. Let us come to the remedy. The amendment of a tepid soul is difficult; but there are remedies for those who wish to adopt them.
First, the tepid must sincerely desire to be delivered from a state which, as we have seen, is so miserable and dangerous; for, without this desire, they shall not take pains to employ the proper means.
Secondly, they must resolve to remove the occasions of their faults; otherwise they will always relapse into the same defects.
Thirdly, they must earnestly beg of the Lord to raise them from so wretched a state. By their own strength they can do nothing; but they can do all things with the assistance of God, who has promised to hear the prayers of all. "Ask, and it shall be given; seek, and you shall find." (Luke xi. 9.) We must pray, and continue to pray without interruption. If we cease to pray we shall be defeated; but if we persevere in prayer we shall conquer.
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Motorpacing is an integral part of training for the pros. It sharpens leg speed, simulates race conditions where a rider needs to hold the wheel, and provides motivation to push the intensity a little bit higher. It's not something I recommend beginners try and more than anything it takes someone skilled and experienced to drive the motorbike. It's not even legal in most places but police tend to turn a blind eye if it's being done safely. Les Clarke gives us some insights from his experiences with motorpacing some of the top pros in Girona this season.
I'm not into S&M but there's a sadistic satisfaction when inflicting pain on those who are paid to take it, especially when there's machinery involved.
Apologies for the risqué innuendo but I couldn't resist the urge to take a lighter approach to the topic of motorpacing, which occupies my time a surprising deal in Girona – with the immense number of pro riders living here, there's a large demand for some high-intensity training before events, which I'm happy to fulfill.
Leading up to the the World Championships, rider preparations kept my butt on the scooter seat; I worked with Australian riders Jack Bobridge, Carla Ryan, Matt Wilson and Chloe Hosking, with kiwi stalwart Greg Henderson and British veteran Jeremy Hunt thrown in the mix.
In addition to the sadism however, there's also a sense of satisfaction when a rider with whom you work performs well at a race – you feel part of that strong ride and take pleasure in their success.
While it may sound easy to just ride a scooter in front of a bike rider and tell them to follow, especially when said rider is a professional at the top of their game, there are two secrets to motorpacing a rider well: understanding how to ride a bike (which sounds elementary, bordering on stupid) and enjoying riding a motorbike.
And while many of the riders with whom I work enjoy my ability to understand both of these facets, it wasn't so easy getting there. I began to motorpace last December, when Chloe Hosking needed some sprint training behind a scooter. I was keen to impress but in reality I was pretty ordinary… Some may even say crap.
I was a rapid learner but being able to gradually get a rider to the speed they need at the right time and maintaining that on the flat and up climbs isn't as easy as it sounds – throttle control is king and the steady hand of a surgeon always helps. Some riders want to work on leg speed, so a flat loop is required, whilst others need punchy climbing or sustained power output, so the required terrain is found.
That's where Girona is perfect for a professional rider – there's a multitude of loops on which to motorpace and the cycling culture of the place lends itself to most people enjoying the site of a pro training behind a guy on a scooter. One of the riders with whom I was working last week said as we passed some cyclotourists – "This place is bike dork heaven". Indeed.
The actual process of motorpacing is interesting in that you're watching the road ahead, the rider in your mirror and the speedo; combining all three to give the athlete a solid workout that simulates the pace of racing. There are times when I'm amazed at just how far I can push certain riders; when they tell me their power figures after the ride, it's impressive, particularly their ability to sustain certain power levels for extended periods. It's where you notice the vast gulf between ordinary amateurs and professionals.
I also love my tool for this particular trade, when I swap a laptop for my Aprilia SportCity 125 scooter. In Europe, scooters rule and I've quickly adopted the summer scooter style, which generally disregards safety in the pursuit of looking cool on two wheels.
The process of registering said pride and joy was convoluted, to say the least. Five hours and three frustrating government offices later, I could take my papers to the Aprilia dealer and pick up my machine. Whilst I could've pulled out my hair conducting the process, it was well worth the effort.
There are a few pitfalls to the occupation, however. Running into idle members of the local constabulary who don't appreciate the important role motorpacing plays in the life of a pro cyclist can be a problem; the practice is actually a 'little bit' illegal but most Police officers choose not to enforce that particular law if you're not harassing anyone or harming the flow of traffic.
Occasionally there are those members of the Mossos d'Esquadra (regional cops) who decide you're breaking the law and I've only had one of those – I decided to get a little 'lippy' in broken Spanish after which he decided to see my identification… Needless to say I nodded my head and was on my way, not wishing to risk being deported for a minor traffic infringement.
For the most part however, the locals either stare or just throw a confused glance your way. Cyclists – especially those of the road variety – appear strange at the best of times, so seeing a few chasing a scooter is situation normal and you're generally left unharassed to continue the important business of 'getting up to speed' in training.


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I am a student at Tokyo Woman Chistian's University student in Japan and I'm 19 years old now. When I was 12, I went to Netherlands as an exchange student. I also visited Leiden and I learned that Japan and Leiden have had a long close relationship for a long time. After the visit, I developed a large interest in Dutch culture and language and so on. I joined a local group and participated in various activities about the Netherlands.But I have had only a few opportunities to interact with Netherlands people. I would like to connect and interact with student in Netherlands to improve my understanding and also tell and teach them about Japan. So I would like to interact with Leiden university student who study about Japan.
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By the king's edict, Alec Kincaid, mightiest of the Scottish lairds, must take an English bride. And Jamie the youngest daughter of Baron Jamison, is his choice. From his first glimpse of the proud and beautiful English lady, Alec felt a burning hunger stir within him. This was a woman worthy of his fearless warrior's spirit. And he aches to touch her, tame her, possess her…forever.
But with the wedding vows, Jamie pledges her own secret oath: She will never surrender her love to this Highland barbarian. He was everything her heart warned her against — an arrogant, brooding scoundrel whose rough good looks and seductive embrace fire her blood. But when strange accidents begin to threaten Jamie's life and an old rumor that Alec killed his first wife spreads anew, something far more dangerous than desire threatens to conquer her senses.
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When I picked up this copy The Bride, I was immediately confused. I didn't realize an except from The Ideal Man was included at the beginning. It was quite frustrating to enjoy it so much only to find out I had to wait to finish it.
There were times when Alec irritated me and times when I thought Jamie was crazy, but The Bride will remain one of my favorite books.
I know Alex's views toward women, his treatment of his wife, and his attitude will greatly offend some readers. However, we can't change history and no one is saying that it's acceptable now.
I loved The Bride. I found it to be a great picture of marriage and family. Plus, the mystery was intriguing to. I found their attitudes to be commendable and thought the romance was sweet.
If you're looking for a fun and interesting historical romance with a hint of mystery The Bride is an amazing choice!
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|I purchased this kindle copy of The Bride item on June 28, 2016 when it was $2 however, I have a paperback copy that I read years ago.
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|May 21st 2002 by Atria (first published July 1989)
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Coca leaf producers, Bolivia, 2013. PA Images / Juan Karita. All rights reserved.It begins with the careful parceling out of coca leaves, into small bundles called k'intus. The tip of each leaf points to the sky, to Inti (the sun god), while the stem is directed to Pachamama, mother earth. The bundle is blessed with a gentle breath, and offered as a gift to a sacred place, sometimes with a wish ('may the rain stop'). The bundles are then exchanged – k'intus are always prepared for others, unless one is alone. Elders are prioritised, as are guests; reciprocity is key, and the process is an important part of social mediation. Once the exchanges are complete, a benediction is shared: hallpakusunchis. Let us chew coca together.
This ritual is performed up to five times a day across the Andes, binding people to their communities and their ancestral traditions. "Coca is our culture and our identity", Bolivia's president Evo Morales told the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) last week, emphasising that for indigenous people the plant is a symbol of life, not death. In the nations that make up the former Inca empire – Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and northern Argentina – the consumption of this plant is legal; yet under international law, coca leaf is classed as a narcotic drug on a par with cocaine. In 2016, the EU still refuses to back an amendment to the 1961 Single Convention that would acknowledge the legitimacy of coca consumption.
Critiques of the 'war on drugs' focus disproportionately on the developed world: on a lack of harm reduction, and the futility of prohibition. But in the developing world, an actual war is taking place, with unprecedented levels of violence – during Mexico's counter-narcotics surge between 2007 to 2014, an estimated 164,000 people were killed, a higher number than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
For indigenous people the plant is a symbol of life, not death.
Militarisation has been selectively implemented: the Netherlands is a leading producer of illegal narcotics, but it is unthinkable that it would become a theatre of war. In Colombia, a 20-year US-funded campaign to eradicate coca by aerial bombardment has failed not only to reduce supply, but contaminated waterways and food crops, and may have carcinogenic consequences (according to the WHO, glyphosate is "probably cancer-causing"). President Juan Manuel Santos highlighted the double-standard in the General Assembly: "how do you tell a Colombian peasant that he can't grow marijuana when people in Colorado can?"
Colombia is the de-facto leader of the Cartagena group, a loose confederation of reform-minded nations, opposed to what Santos describes as "counterproductive and cruel" criminalisation. Across the continent, prohibition is advocated by authoritarian statists on both the left and right, while reform is a position derived either from conviction, practicality, or fatigue. The global north has viewed Morales as a comrade of Castro, but Cuba has been among the most aggressively prohibitionist advocates in recent decades. In truth, Morales is more of an indigenist than a socialist; unlike Castro, his politics are more communitarian than statist. Even politicians friendly to the US, such as Mexico's plutocratic president Enrique Peña Nieto, are breaking with prohibition. Peña Nieto attended the UNGASS after a dramatic volte-face, and surprised the Assembly by calling for "a transition from prohibition to effective prevention and effective regulation".
At a pop-up exhibition in midtown Manhattan called "The Museum of Drug Policy", I met Amapola ('opium poppy'), a Peruvian peasant activist at odds with her government's increasingly hawkish approach to prohibition. She told me about being excluded from the process of decision-making: "we have no real participation – agriculture is not represented, and the interests of farmers are neglected". Outgoing president Ollanta Humala, elected on an indigenist-leftist ticket, failed to improve conditions. "We have not seen greater justice: there is still repression, and little respect for the rights of workers and peasants".
Now, to the horror of human rights campaigners, Peru is set to elect Keiko Fujimori, daughter of an imprisoned ex-president whose office was characterised by privatisation, corruption, and repression. Amapola says that Keiko is "a candidate of the capital [Lima], and of capitalists", and remembers Fujimori's tenure as a time of "assassinations, incarcerations, disappearances" – it was he who pursued a policy of forced sterilisation in indigenous areas; arguably an act of genocide.
This issue has thrust the Caribbean to the forefront of the reformist movement.
At a roundtable discussion at the exhibition, policy analyst Vicki Hanson described the criminalisation of cannabis as "a war on culture" – an assault on Rastafarian religious tradition. Hanson challenged the audience to look beyond the recreational image of marijuana to acknowledge its ceremonial and medicinal significance. This issue has thrust the Caribbean to the forefront of the reformist movement. "Jamaica is the new Bolivia", says Pien Metaal of the Transnational Institute. Metaal is insightful on how prohibitionist drug policy evolved from a limited European understanding of the ritual role of hallucinogenic plants. Liberalism is astute on the virtue of personal choice, but it underestimates the importance of communal bonds.
The late Eduardo Galeano, always a perceptive observer of the iniquities of globalisation, wrote on the eve of the millennium:
"Five centuries ago, the people and the lands of the Americas were incorporated into the world market as things. A few conquerors, the conquered conquerors, were able to fathom the American plurality, and they lived within it and for it; but the Conquest, a blind and blinding enterprise like all imperial invasions, was capable of recognising the indigenous people, and nature, only as objects to be exploited or as obstacles. Cultural diversity was dismissed as ignorance and punished as heresy, in the name of a single god, a single language and a single truth, and this sin of idolatry merited flogging, hanging or the stake."
Embrace legalisation, say the reformists, and incorporate drugs into the world market of things, so they may be treated as a commodity, like soya or timber. But this ought to tell us that liberalisation is only a limited solution: the global market is inherently indifferent to the fates of those cultivating and producing goods. Most consumers are unconcerned by the conditions of those who toil, in part because their labours are out of sight. Legalisation of narcotics will not solve the social crises of the global south, although it will bring greater peace and stability and lessen corruption. Social justice requires a profound shift in our relationship with the developing world: one that is symbiotic, rather than parasitic. And it demands we reassess our attitude to how other cultures use drugs – because, as Amapola says, "it is more important than the market; it is sacred."
This article is published as part of an editorial partnership between openDemocracy and CELS, an Argentine human rights organisation with a broad agenda that includes advocating for drug policies respectful of human rights. The partnership coincides with the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs.
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Around midnight on the evening of March 13, 2006, something untoward happened in the nondescript rental house at 610 North Buchanan Boulevard, right off Duke's East Campus, where three of the university's lacrosse team's senior co-captains lived. It was spring break, and Duke's bucolic campus, in the heart of North Carolina's Piedmont region, was quiet, maybe too quiet. The lacrosse team had practiced that morning and afterward had met with coach Mike Pressler. Since Duke's cafeterias were closed for the week, Pressler doled out around $10,000 in cash to the 46 players to pay for their meals and other sundries. Afterward, most of them retired to the North Buchanan Boulevard house for an afternoon and evening of drinking and drinking games, such as beer pong and washers.
Also on the agenda, at 11 P.M. to be exact, were performances by two "exotic dancers." That afternoon, co-captain Dan Flannery called the Allure Agency, in Durham, and hired the women for two hours. He specified that he wanted white women. They would be paid $400 each—money that the co-captains collected from some of their teammates, who put in $20 each.
Kim Roberts, then 31, who is half black and half Korean, arrived at the appointed hour. Crystal Gail Mangum, then 27, who is black, showed up about 30 minutes later. A friend had driven her there in his car and then left. There were some signs that she had been drinking and was already unsteady on her feet. Both women were single mothers and both had had previous run-ins with the law—Roberts for embezzling from an employer, Mangum for a variety of incidents, including a bizarre drunk-driving episode after stealing a taxi. (There was a warrant still out for Roberts's arrest; after the taxi incident, Mangum had pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors, served a short time in jail, and was placed on two years' probation.) The two women had never met before. For some reason, Roberts referred to Mangum as "Precious."
After Roberts and Mangum arrived at the house, the players debated whether to proceed, because the dancers were not white, as Flannery had requested. But they decided to go ahead anyway. Just before midnight, it was showtime. "There were about 20 to 25 young guys there who were all sitting down," Roberts recalled. "[Mangum] and I began our show, which, in my opinion, seemed to be going well." Observed Flannery, "Guys were cheering and yelling."
Things quickly got out of hand. David Evans, another of the senior co-captains who lived at the house, noted that Mangum "couldn't talk or stand up straight, she was so high." The girls were sloppily dancing and began to kiss. Evans said Mangum "went down" on Roberts, although later neither Roberts nor Mangum recalled having had oral sex. Roberts was increasingly nervous. "Things were said that made me concerned for my safety," she recalled.
After the women got up off the floor, according to Flannery, Roberts asked the guys "who was going to step up and take their pants off. No one would." Peter Lamade, then 21, from Chevy Chase, Maryland, asked Roberts "if she put objects up her vagina." Her response, according to Flannery, was "something along the lines of 'I would put your dick in me, but you're not big enough.' "
Lamade then grabbed a broomstick, showed it to Roberts, and said, "Would this do?" (In another version of this incident, according to Matt Zash, the third co-captain who lived at the house, Roberts allegedly said, "What's wrong, white boy, is your dick too small?" Lamade then grabbed a broomstick and told Roberts, "I'm going to shove this up you.")
"That statement made me uncomfortable, and I felt like I wanted to leave," Roberts later explained. "I raised my voice to the boys and said the show was over." To decide what to do next, Roberts then grabbed Mangum, and together they headed into David Evans's room, and then back into his bathroom. Some of the lacrosse players felt shortchanged. "Guys on the team were upset and wanted their money back," Flannery recalled.
Meanwhile, Roberts went to her car and changed clothes. She wanted to drive away but didn't want to leave Mangum by herself in the house. Flannery told Roberts he thought Mangum was still in Evans's bathroom. "However, she was passed out on the back stoop of the house, half naked," Flannery said. (How she ended up there is not known.) "At this time I went to the back of the house with Kevin Coleman"—another teammate—"who photographed her passed out there and picked her up. I put her arms around my shoulder and walked her to the other girl's car."
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As the women were getting ready to leave in Roberts's blue Honda, and then as they were driving off, racial epithets started flying. A next-door neighbor later said he heard one of the players yell, "Hey, bitch, thank your grandpa for your nice cotton shirt!" Roberts said the verbal assaults were even more offensive: "They just hollered it out, 'Nigger,' 'Nigger,' 'Nigger.' They were hollering it for all to hear. They didn't care who heard it." Flannery remembered that some of his teammates were on top of the stone wall surrounding East Campus, yelling at the Honda as it pulled away. He saw that Roberts had stopped the car, gotten out, and yelled something back, along the lines of "You limp-dick white boys, you're not real men. You had to pay for us." At that point, Flannery said, the guys on the wall screamed, "Go home and feed your kids."
For his part, co-captain Zash remembered overhearing one of his teammates say, "Well, we asked for whites, not niggers," to which Roberts replied, "That's a hate crime—I'm calling the police." As she drove away, Roberts kept thinking, "It was almost unbelievable. All I kept going back to was 'I can't believe these are Duke students.' "
And then things got much worse. Within hours, Mangum claimed she had been kidnapped, and raped and sexually assaulted in Evans's bathroom by an ever changing number of white Duke lacrosse players at the party. She told that story in the early hours of March 14 to a counselor at Durham Access, a social-services center, and then again to a nurse at the Duke University Hospital. The nurse examined her and concluded she had been sexually assaulted. Mangum also told several Durham police detectives that three white Duke lacrosse players had raped her in the bathroom at 610 North Buchanan Boulevard. They believed her, setting in motion a series of extraordinary events that would shock the nation as law-enforcement officials in North Carolina tried to figure out what, if anything, the lacrosse players had done to Mangum in David Evans's bathroom after the dancing had stopped so abruptly.
On March 23, at the detectives' request, a local judge issued a non-testimonial order, or NTO, requiring the white lacrosse players to submit DNA samples to the Durham police. (The players' attorneys had previously blocked the police's request to provide the DNA voluntarily.)
That's when Michael Nifong, the acting Durham district attorney, caught a glimpse of the NTO, a copy of which had been left on a copier machine outside his office, and first learned about what had allegedly occurred at the rental house 10 days earlier. After Nifong read the NTO, in all its gory detail, he knew all hell would break loose at Duke and in Durham. He figured, correctly, that the accusation of rape and sexual assault by a poor black stripper against three white, presumably well-to-do Duke lacrosse players would attract national media attention. Based on Mangum's allegations and her subsequent absolute identification of her alleged assailants after reviewing their photographs on a computer, a Durham County grand jury indicted the three—David Evans, one of the senior co-captains, and two sophomores, Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty—on criminal charges of first-degree rape, sexual assault, and kidnapping. The scandal would engulf Duke's campus for the next 13 months.
Into this conflagration of economic, racial, and sexual politics came Stephen Miller, a 20-year-old Duke junior from Santa Monica, California, who wouldn't have known a lacrosse stick if he were hit over the head with one. A columnist for The Chronicle, the Duke student newspaper, Miller defended the lacrosse players in print, despite nearly universal condemnation of them by others on campus and in the media. His outspoken support for the players—even before the indictments were handed up—got him plenty of national media attention, which he enthusiastically embraced. As he expounded nightly on CNN and on The O'Reilly Factor, among other television shows, it became apparent that the sordid allegations surrounding the case gave Miller the perfect opportunity to hone the right-wing political views he had espoused since adolescence. His passion for American exceptionalism and racial superiority eventually led him to jobs in Washington, D.C., first as a spokesperson for two right-wing members of Congress, Michele Bachmann and John Shadegg, and then as a policy adviser and communications director for conservative Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, now the U.S. attorney general. Sessions, with Miller at his side, almost single-handedly killed the 2013 bipartisan immigration-reform bill that would have created a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Now, at 31, the still-single Miller is President Trump's youngest senior policy adviser, with his own office in the West Wing and a seat at the table during crucial decisions. His most visible act in that job so far was helping his friend Steve Bannon, for the moment Trump's chief strategist, to craft and roll out the Trump administration's first try at instituting a travel ban on the citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. In the wake of a federal judge's decision to strike down the ban, Miller was ubiquitous on television news shows. In one astonishing interview, dressed in his trademark dark suit and skinny tie, Miller told CBS's John Dickerson, without irony, "Our opponents, the media and the whole world, will soon see, as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned."
It was a jaw-dropping statement, even by Trumpian standards. "Horrendous" and "embarrassing" was how Joe Scarborough, the co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, described Miller's claims, adding for good measure, "[The president's decisions] will be questioned, my young, little Miller. They will be questioned by the court. It's called judicial review. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote about it in the Federalist Papers. It was enshrined in Madison's Constitution."
Since then, despite winning Trump's approval for his bravura performance—"Great job!" the president tweeted—Miller has been kept under wraps, more seen than heard, although he was in the Mar-a-Lago photo of Trump and his advisers authorizing the April missile strike on an air base in Syria.
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People who know Miller personally are not surprised by his unflinching support for Trump or his recent exclusionary antics. Growing up in a wealthy, liberal Southern California enclave, he delighted in challenging political convention and social niceties, even as a high-school student. "I will say and I will do things that no one else in their right mind would do," he admitted in a 2002 speech to his Santa Monica High School classmates. In the same speech, to a chorus of boos, he said, "Am I the only one who is sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us?" Miller now claims his speech was "satire" and a "Colbert-style routine," according to what his high-school friend Chris Moritz told The Washington Post. (Moritz did not respond to requests to be interviewed, and the White House declined to make Miller available to speak with V.F.)
Despite Miller's penchant for outrageous provocation, his family was very much like others in Santa Monica. His mother, Miriam, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, came from a well-known Jewish family that had made a fortune in retailing. His father, Michael, a Stanford graduate, was a lawyer and real-estate mini-mogul. These days, the Millers together own Cordary Inc., a real-estate investment company, of which Michael is the president and Miriam is executive vice president. (Miller himself was a vice president of the family business for a few years, according to disclosure forms.) The company owns and manages three multi-family residential "communities" in the Los Angeles area comprised of 471 rental units.
Ironically, the family would not have made it to the United States had someone like Stephen Miller been in the White House a century ago. Facing religious persecution, Miriam's family—the Glossers—fled Belarus, arriving in New York in 1903. "Imagine living in a place where armed Cossacks ride through the streets, looking to cripple or kill you," wrote Robert Jeschonek, in Long Live Glosser's, a 2014 book about the family.
In America the Glossers turned a small tailoring business into a beloved Johnstown department store and a chain of 75 Gee Bee discount stores. In 1985, the family and Bear Stearns took the company private in a $45 million leveraged buyout; four years later, it filed for bankruptcy and was eventually liquidated, its stores sold off in pieces or shuttered.
As a youngster, Stephen was obsessed with Star Trek. He watched the show for hours. And he and his younger brother, Jacob, used to dress up in Captain Kirk uniforms. "He really liked this kind of macho alpha-male thing that was going on with Kirk," remembers Jason Islas, a friend of Miller's in middle school. "I think he was really attracted to that as a model for his own behavior." Miller also was fixated on Las Vegas-style gangsters, "like the Bugsy Siegel types," explains Islas. In one yearbook picture, Miller is dressed as a mobster, with a wad of cash in his hand.


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During the year 2009 National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) brought out a scheme called the Para Legal Volunteers Scheme which aimed at imparting legal training to volunteers selected from different walks of life so as to ensure legal aid reaching all sections of people through the process of Para Legal Volunteers Scheme; ultimately removing the barriers into access to justice. The Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) are expected to act as intermediaries bridging the gap between the common people and the Legal Services In stitutions to remove impediments in access to justice. Ultimately, the process aims at Legal Services Institutions reaching out to the people at their doorsteps rather than people approaching such Legal Services Institutions.The western concept of 'Paralegals' cannot be totally adopted to Indian conditions having regard to illiteracy of large sections of the community: The hours of training as applicable to a regular academic course, cannot be adopted. It should be more like a bridge course conceptualized in a simple and need based module. The PLVs have to be trained in the basics of different Laws which would be applicable at the grassroot level with reference to their day to day life, the subtle nuances employed in the working of a judicial system, and the functioning of various other stakeholders like the Police, officials from Social Welfare Department, Woman and Child Welfare Department and other departments dealing with different beneficial schemes of Central and State Governments including the protection officers involved with Domestic Violence and Juvenile Justice Acts.With the basic knowledge in the laws and other available welfare measures and legislation, they would be able to assist their immediate neighbourhood; Those who are in need of such assistance, so that a person, who is not aware of such right is not only made to understand his rights, but also will be able to have access to measures involving implementation of such rights.PLVs are not only expected to impart awareness on laws and the legal system, but they must also be trained to counsel and amicably settle simple disputes between the parties at the source itself; which could save the trouble of the affected travelling all the way to the Legal Services Authority/ADR Centres. If the dispute is of such a nature, which cannot be resolved at the source with the assistance of PLVs, they could bring such parties to the ADR Centres, where, with the assistance of the Secretary in charge either it could be referred to Lok Adalat or Mediation Centre or Legal assistance could be provided for adjudication in a court of law; depending upon the nature of problem. Though initially the NALSA Scheme of training of the PLVs included the legal fraternity of Advocates, Advocate community, later on experience revealed, the same to be unfeasible on account of conflict with the professional status of Advocates. The reality that marginalised people living in distant places will not have the benefit of lawyer PLVs also contributed to the practice being discontinued, and NALSA deciding that Advocates shall not be enlisted or engaged as PLVs.The past experience gained from the working of the system after 2009 and also ground realities ascertained from the paralegals in the respective jurisdiction showed us that there has to be a relook into the entire matter and who best could fit the role of a ParaLegal Volunteer. Initially, the training programme of PLVs was only for two three days. Since the obligations of PLVs were vast in nature, it was felt, there has to be longer duration of training provided to the PLVs. At the same time, the training curriculum for PLVs adopted by NALSA cannot be such as to be training PLVs to become full fledged lawyers. PLVs are not expected to conduct themselves as legal professionals. The aim of the training should concentrate on basic human qualities like compassion, empathy and a genuine concern and willingness to extend voluntary service without expectation of monetary gain from it. Then the line separating PLVs from profession al lawyers should be zealously guarded.
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First Preview Download of VS 2005 Web Application Project Model Now Available
May 8th Update: The final release of the VS 2005 Web Application Project is now live. You can learn more about it here
I wrote last week about a new web project model option we are going to make available for VS 2005 (you can read the original post here). We are calling this option the "ASP.NET Web Application" project model (VS 2005 also has the "ASP.NET Web Site" project model built-in as well).
This new "ASP.NET Web Application" project model option provides the same conceptual web project semantics as VS 2003 web projects (a project file based structure where all code in the project is compiled into a single assembly), but with all the new features of VS 2005 (refactoring, class diagrams, test development, generics, etc) and ASP.NET 2.0 (master pages, data controls, membership/login, role management, Web Parts, personalization, site navigation, themes, etc, etc). This new "ASP.NET Web Application" project model also eliminates need (with VS 2003) to always use FrontPage Server Extensions and have a local copy of IIS to-do development on a local box (it now supports both the built-in Cassini web-server as well as IIS).
When building new web projects, developers will be able to choose whichever web project model (Web Site Projects or Web Application Projects) works best for their workflow and scenarios. Some developers love the new dynamic web project model, some hate it and want the old approach back – the good news is that you now get a choice to pick whichever works best for you, your style of development, and your existing code-base (note: yes, we made a mistake in not providing this choice in the first place). This new project model option will also make it much easier to migrate large/complex existing applications to VS 2005 without requiring significant effort (since it has the same code semantics as VS 2003 today).
About Today's Preview Release
We are making a preview release of the VS 2005 Web Application Project support available today for anyone to download. The download itself is .5Mb in size and does not change or modify any existing VS 2005 binaries (instead it is built using the public extensibility APIs).
This preview is not a feature-complete version of the functionality. There are several important features that are not yet implemented, as well as a set of bugs that are currently active (note: these are documented in the known issues link on the site I'll reference below).
Our goal with putting this first release out is to get early feedback from the community, as well as to provide a core feature-set that enables some developers to start using this project model option immediately (with workarounds for the missing functionality which will come online in later refreshes).
We are then going to release refreshes of the preview download early next year as we complete the feature-set.
I've put up a simple web-site that provides more information about the new project model option, as well as links on how to download and install. The link to this site and download information is here: http://webproject.scottgu.com
To learn more about how the new project model option works, you can walk-through the tutorials I've built on the site (these include step-by-step screen-shots that you can use to follow along with the preview build). Here is a pointer to the C# tutorials which are live now. I'll be posting the VB tutorials a little later this weekend. I'll also be building a migration tutorial with steps on how to update VS 2003 web projects to use this new project model in VS 2005 in the next few days.
Update: Both the C# and VB Tutorials are live now. As are the migration tutorials.
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At LaSalette in the French Alps Our Lady told seer Melanie Calvat that before major events, "there will be a kind of false peace in the world.
"People will think of nothing but amusement."
And so it is, that entertainment and entertainers (and perhaps a false peace) have taken the reins in the incredible new moral configurement of Western culture. We are all about "reality" shows but really it is a culture of unreality. Much sophistry, in our time.
Most notably, actors now somehow believe that their knack for playing roles — pretending, on stage or screen, they are someone else — is a transcendental ability that, as such, entitles them to the political and moral stewardship of nations — even though there are few industries that equal the immorality (and by its very nature, falsity) of the acting world.
This was in evidence last week when a "superstar" named Robert De Niro, whose major movie parts have included those of gangsters, a psychotic taxi driver, and the devil, felt wholly in his rights to appear before a national television audience and use the "f"-word to denounce a leader. Fists in the air, the charge of a brigade, he spoke as though his words were of great moment.
To some, even many, they are. They certainly made fodder for the media. Yet one can be excused for asking how what he states — laced with profanity — could be taken seriously.
This is hardly to say that entertainers cannot be respected and for that matter elected, just because they were entertainers (see: Ronald Reagan). But it is a culture, is Americanism, that bequeaths acting — which did not really exist, in major form, until the past two centuries — with far too much gravity. This includes those in Christian movies.
That's to their credit — appearing in spiritual films — but the idolatry and cult followings engendered thereof are a sign of societal dysfunction and certainly a lack of perspective. Is Barbara Streisand worthy of a national political soapbox because she sings? Or Jane Fonda, because she acts? Or comic Roseanne Barr? Or Meryl Streep?
It's not to judge the celebrity (for a "star" can as moral/spiritual as anyone– as insightful — and we all have the right to an opinion), but must we take it so seriously, as a collective? Is it not indicative of current rampant idolatry? So counter, is it — to the humility of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary.
Know this: there is no celebrityhood in Heaven.
It is "worldliness" at its utmost, a sign of the times when entertainment takes over. And that's the case today in North America. Amusement rules and promises to continue ruling the land; the evil one, intent on distracting us from what is of real, eternal importance, is busy making sure of that.
[resources: Tower of Light and Where the Cross Stands]


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Regulation - For 5th Salon Of Humor From Paraguaçu Paulista – Brazil - International
Registrations until October 10, 2009. Opening - November 27, 2009.
All the professional or amateur cartoonists can register unpublished works, since they have not been rewarded in another contests and expositions until the date of closing of the registrations (10-10-2009), and in the case of Comic Strip the character should be unpublished. Each author can register up to three (3) works for category, developed in any technique including them elaborated by computers. For each work correspondent a will own be filled (1) registration record. In the case of shipping for CD, to enclose file with the author's data.
The theme will be free for the four categories (Cartoon, Political Cartoon, Comic Strip and Caricatures) and with theme specified in Thematic Cartoon. The format will be the A3 (297 x 420 mm) without frames and mounted on cardboard in the case of the originals. In the category Comic Strip three will be accepted (3) boards with at the most four (4) comic strip in each board (format A3).
All the works, besides the works done with the hands, they can be correspondents for e-mail or CD, digitalized in 300 DPI, color way RGB, in the format JPG (high quality) or PDF obeying the maximum limit of 1,5 MB. The works can be sent through this site in the section Record of Registration.
Cartoon - Joke graph with universal theme and temporaries.
Political Cartoon - graphic Representation criticizes and well tempered of a political fact and/or social on present time.
Comic Strip - graphic Humor in sequence tans of pictures similar to published them in newspapers.
Caricature - graphic Representation with well tempered anatomical alteration of well-known personalities. This year with the theme - "ARTISTS OF WORLD MUSIC".
Thematic Cartoon - That category will have a specific theme - "MUSIC".
Three will be checked (3) prizes for each category. In the total of R$ 22.500,00 like this divided:
Five prizes of 1st place, in the value of R$ 2.500,00 each, distributed among the categories;
Five prizes of 2nd place, in the value of R$ 1.500,00 each, distributed among the categories;
Five prizes of 3rd place, in the value of R$ 500,00 each, distributed among the categories;
All the categories will have three Honorable Mentions through diplomas totalized 15 mentions.
The values of the prizes for the international works will be transformed with base into the value of the Commercial Dollar of the date of dispatch of the consignment abroad.
NB.: The award jury the right is reserved of not destining prizes to the categories that don't reach the enough level, transferring for another categories, or creating a reward special of the Saloon.
When registering in the Salon, the author automatically transfers the Cession of the copyrights of your work(s) when winning, getting, in a total, universal and definitive way, in all the use modalities and gratuitous title, that starts to integrate the Patrimony of the Saloon of Humor from Paraguaçu Paulista in Brazil for all the right ends.
In case the award jury verifies some fraud species or plagiarism in an/ or more registered works, it can cancel the reward checked. The works will be disclosed in the site of the Saloon after the inauguration of the same and they can be answered up to 10 days after the opening of the living room [sic], with fitting tests of any irregularity made from the jury.
Other prizes and mentions can be instituted the approach of the Organizing Commission.
Works out of the regulation or considered plagiarisms will be automatically declassified.
The works should be correspondents for the following postal address:
Salão de Humor de Paraguaçu Paulista.
Alameda Gaspar Ampúdia s/n - Centro de Convergência Turística - Jardim Aeroporto - Paraguaçu Paulista - São Paulo - Brasil
CEP 197000-000 - Tel. +55(18) 3361-6165,
until October 10, 2009 (it is worth the arrival date).
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Site: http://www.salaodehumordeparaguacu.com.br/
The works will be returned until one year after the closing of the event, on March 27, 2011. In case the artist wants to receive its work before, it should remove in the Salon.
Source: http://www.brazilcartoon.com/


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On this week's episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec about their current project, Dear Data. If you haven't seen it, Dear Data is a year-long analog project in which Giorgia and Stephanie collect their own data, draw their own visualizations, and mail them to each other. It's a great project and it's been great fun to follow.
Giorgia is an information desinger, co-founder, and design director at Accurat based in NYC and Milan. Stefanie is an information designer and data illustrator based in London.
Do you have questions about how to present, communicate, or analyze your data? Have suggestions for more guests? Drop me an email or connect with me on Twitter.


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Luís Fernandes Monteiro
Luís Fernandes Monteiro, assistant professor of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Lusófona University (POR), chair of Didactic of Combat Sports and Motor Skills and Technical Tactical Training of Master. Permanent Research of ICPOL-ISCPSI. Main research activity deals with physical fitness testing for sports performance, with special interest in team-sports, combat sports and judo, linked to the discussion of training methodology and Periodization of sports. Main research domain: Neuromuscular adaptation to intermittent exercise Analysis and Sport Science and performance prediction.


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This mixed berry cobbler is an easy and delicious dessert everyone will love. My family loved this recipe and is definitely a keeper in our books. With this cobbler you can use any berries that you like. Enjoy on it's own or pair it with vanilla ice cream, Greek yogurt or whipped cream. Creating your own home style comfort food- simply the best!
- 1 1/4 cup quick oats
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup cold butter, diced
Berry Filling
- 2 cups strawberries, cut in quarters
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1 cup raspberries
- 1 cup blackberries
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/4 cup flour
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray, set aside.
2. In a large bowl mix together the oats, flour, sugar, and salt. Mix in the butter with your hands or a pastry cutter until mixture form crumbs when squeezed together.
3. Place berries in another large bowl. Stir in the sugar, juice, and vanilla into the berries. Sprinkle the flour on top of the berries and toss to coat.
4. Place the berry mixture into the prepared pan, and sprinkle with the oat mixture evenly.
5. Bake for 45 minutes, until the top is golden and the berries are bubbly.
6. Store airtight in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat individual servings in the microwave, or the entire pan in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or until heated through.


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Via Leonard Soosay's Facebook album. This set of photos is really saddening. Lack of publicity? Lack of interest?
Via the official Singapore Youth Olympic Games website, here is what the Celebration@Marina Bay event is supposedly about:
Come join in the festivities at the Promontory@Marina Bay, Marina Boulevard set against the stunning backdrop of the new Singapore city skyline.
From 13 to 26 August 2010, an exciting line-up of activities awaits Singaporeans and visitors as the city celebrates the world's first ever Youth Olympic Games – the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Celebration@Marina Bay will feature over 60 concerts and performances with renowned international acts – BEAST, 4MINUTE, The Click Five, Alarice and Nicolas Zhang Dong Liang. Not forgetting popular home-grown Singapore talents – Sezairi Sezali, Electrico, Great Spy Experiment, Budak Pantai and many more!
For children and the young at heart, take part in the Kids Sports Challenge. Try out sports such as Taekwondo, Wrestling and 3-on-3 Basketball or get up close and personal with Olympians like pole vaulter Sergey Bubka, swimmer Alexander Popov, and sailor Barbara Kendall.
Enjoy the many street performances happening throughout the day – from stilt-walkers, balloon artists, contortionists to percussionists – transforming the area into a giant carnival.
No tickets to the Singapore 2010 Opening and Closing Ceremonies? Catch the show "live" on two big screens at the Promontory@Marina Boulevard, which will also show highlights from the sport competitions.
So don't miss the action – see you at the Celebration@Marina Bay!
Date: 13 to 26 August 2010
Venue: Promontory@Marina Bay, Marina Boulevard
Time: 9 am till late
Organised by the YOG Committee and presented by Samsung, the event is coordinated by Momentum Events.
Don't say I am not supportive of the YOG or local performers – the purpose of this blog post is also to help publicise this event and hopefully draw more people to support it before the event ends next Thurs (26 Aug).
It is now the Chinese Seventh Month (or Hungry Ghost Month), are the empty seats marked for VIPs and VVIPs referring to our "special friends"?
If I am the marketing person for Samsung, I will be upset that my sponsorship dollars have gone to waste like this.
Below is a news report about this event, via AsiaOne:
Small turnout for big party at Marina Bay
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
my paper
AMERICAN pop rockers The Click Five must have been taken aback.
On Sunday, they played a free concert meant for over 3,000 people. But only around 300 people showed up.
The Boston-based band performed as part of Celebration@ Marina Bay. The event, held at the Promontory@Marina Bay, began last Friday and ends next Thursday.
Organised by the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee and presented by Samsung, the event is coordinated by Momentum Events and held in conjunction with the Youth Olympic Games.
The Click Five, who played to a crowd of 4,000 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 2008, also played a show at *Scape last Saturday.
On Sunday, home-grown band The UnXpected opened the evening at 5.15pm to a small crowd of around 50.
Music producer Leonard Soosay, 44, said that a number of the attendees were volunteers manning booths in the area.
Soosay, who was doing a sound check for home-grown singer Inch Chua, who played at 6.15pm on Sunday, said: "It was very disheartening. Imagine having to play your heart and soul out for such a tiny turnout."
Still, bands and concertgoers remained positive.
Shirlyn Tan, lead singer of The UnXpected, said: "It was a good crowd to play to. They were really responsive and we got them on their feet."
By 8.15pm, roughly 300 fans had turned up for The Click Five, according to some concertgoers.
Those who were there did not mind the small crowd, as some of the audience had a chance to "upgrade" their seats.
Concertgoer Ivan Tan, 25, said: "Because there weren't many people, I was moved from the VIP area to the VVIP area, where I was closer to the stage."
Despite the size of the crowd, he said that there was a party atmosphere, especially when The Click Five urged everyone to throng the front of the stage and dance.
"Everyone still got very high towards the end. Nobody was really affected by the numbers," said Mr Tan.
Celebration@Marina Bay will continue with home-grown act The Great Spy Experiment tomorrow and Taiwanese singer Nicholas Zhang Dong Liang on Friday. Concerts are free.
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Guest post by Fiona Piercy
If someone had told me a year ago, when I started a class on 18th century poetry, that I'd go on to write my undergraduate dissertation on the subject I wouldn't have believed them. Filled with political satire and classical allusions studying poetry of the 18th century seemed a daunting task to undertake. However, nestled amongst the canonical greats, such as Pope and Burns, that dominated the class' reading list was a poet I'd never heard of: Margaret Chalmers. …read more >>