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The Minden American Legion team was eliminated from the Mid-South Regional Tournament this weekend with a pair of losses.
Minden fell to Tupelo, Mississippi, 20-5 on Friday and then lost 6-2 at the hands of Texarkana, Arkansas on Saturday.
In Friday's loss, Tupelo jumped on Minden for five runs in the top of the first inning, but the Minden boys fought back with three of their own in the bottom of the inning. Reco Mitchell drove in a pair of runs with a bases-loaded-single, and Preston Gray also had a RBI.
But that was as close as Minden would get, as Tupelo scored 15 runs over the last six innings to take the 20-5 win.
Kirby Moore led Minden with a three-for-four day at the plate, driving in a run. Mitchell and Gray both drove in two runs and added a base hit a piece.Matt Warren singled and doubled and Tyler Wallace and Kevin Ginn both added singles.
Dewey Kendrick, the first of six Minden pitchers, took the loss and dropped to 0-1 in the tournament. Rudi Spurlock was the most efficient of the Minden pitchers as he went the pitched the final 3 2/3 allowing just three earned runs while striking out three.
Saturday's game looked to be a copy of the night before, as Minden gave up four runs in the first inning. But Minden calmed down and played even the rest of the way through, but it wasn't enough as they fell 6-2 to Texarkana.
Minden failed to score in the top of the first, but Texarkana posted a four-spot in the bottom of the inning off Minden starter Preston Gray.
In the bottom of the second, Bo Parker came in to pitch for Minden, and limited Texarkana to just one earned run s on five hits over the final seven innings.
But the Minden bats also were having trouble scoring runs off Texarkana's Ethan Hammond. Hammond limited Minden to just two runs (one earned) and five hits over nine innings. He struck out nine Minden batters along the way.
Minden scored their first run in the top of the fifth inning when Tyler Wallace walked, moved to third and scored on a passed ball. They added their other run in the seventh, on a Dewey Kendrick solo home run to right center.
In addition to Kendrick's home run, Moore, Warren, Parker and Mitchell all added singles.
Sunday's Games
Columbia (TN) 18, Ada (OK) 13
Trailing 3-1 heading into the bottom of the third inning, Columbia scored eight runs to regain the lead and then held on to beat Ada, 18-13.
Thomas Huddleston pitched 5 1/3 innings for Columbia to get the win. He scattered 11 hits and struck out three. Tim Johnson pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Christian Greene and Bryan Smith closed out the final inning.
Lucus Pippenger and Blake Compton both hit two home runs to lead Columbia. Compton went three-for-four with two home runs and five RBIs and Pippenger had a pair of solo home runs. Blake Phillips went four-for-five with two RBIs.
Brandon Maggie led Ada with three hits and three RBI and Jacob Sanders added three hits. Blake Logan went two-for-four with four runs batted in.
Texarkana (AR) 7, Tupelo (MS) 2
Caleb Hawkins pitched an outstanding game to lead Texarkana to the title game. Hawkins went all nine innings, scattering seven hits and two earned runs. He also struck out a game-high seven batters.
Blake Resecker led the Texarkana offense with a single, triple and an RBI. Drake Freeman and Alan Copeland each went two-for-four, with Freeman driving in a run. Will Powell added a RBI-double.
Joey Langston, Carlton Bailey, Sheldon O'Dell, Michael Gilley and Daniel Spears added base hits.
Channing Nanney led Tupelo with two hits and Cody Shrewsbury had a RBI-single. Will Cox, Ben Hudspeth, Kirk Roberts and Tyler Moore all added base hits.
Columbia (TN) and Texarkana (AR) will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the Mid-South Regional Championship Game.
Other scores:
Friday, Texarkana (AR) 16, Emporia (KS) 2; Ada (OK) 11, Festus (MO) 6 and Columbia (TN) 15, Gonzales (LA) 14.
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Orlando, FL (Sports Network) - Courtney Lee was the catalyst for Orlando, as the rookie recorded a team-high 24 points to help the Magic even their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers with a 96-87 Game 2 victory.
The sharp-shooting duo of Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis struggled from the field, shooting a combined 7-for-24. But the pair managed to get to the free throw line with regularity and ended with 16 points apiece for the Southeast Division champs, who rebounded from a last-second 100-98 loss in Sunday's series opener.
Orlando outscored the Sixers at the foul line, 22-12.
A day after becoming the youngest player ever to win the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award, Dwight Howard battled foul trouble all game, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds before picking up his sixth foul late in the fourth.
Andre Miller paced the Sixers with 30 points and seven rebounds, while Thaddeus Young chipped in 20 points for Philly, which couldn't overcome 17 turnovers.
Andre Iguodala, whose fadeaway jumper just before the regulation buzzer proved to be the game-winner in Game 1, scored 20 of his 21 points in the second half. The swingman also grabbed eight rebounds and doled out seven assists in the loss.
Game 3 of the series is scheduled for Friday in Philadelphia.
Lou Williams' layup had the Sixers within 72-67 three minutes into the fourth, but after a much-needed timeout, the hosts settled down and scored nine of the next 11 points.
Lee had a jumper and a three-pointer on the run, while Anthony Johnson cleaned up his own miss for an 81-69 edge with under seven minutes to play.
The Sixers inched closer and were down 84-79 with three minutes left following Miller's three-pointer. Turkoglu then missed a baseline jumper, but Marcin Gortat, Howard's replacement after his sixth foul, came down with a huge offensive rebound.
Johnson made the extra possession count with a running bucket, and Lewis hit a fadeaway jumper after Williams' errant three for a nine-point Orlando lead with two minutes remaining.
Miller then missed another three and the Magic hit enough free throws down the stretch to knot the series.
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I'm looking over the columns I've shared with you folks the last twelve months. Some brought a smile of satisfaction or a chuckle at something humorous; others caused my brow to furrow when recalling problems or bad news that came to my attention.
First, the bad, which can be summed up in one word – drought. In all my years, I don't recall our part of the world being under such a siege as we watched hundred year old oaks die and ponds reduced to puddles from a total lack of moisture. I keep records of daily rainfall that tell the story. On June 21, my rain gauge recorded 2.8 inches. Except for a couple of brief showers over the next few months, the next measurable rain occurred on August 24 when we got just over an inch and two months later on October 27 when 1.85 inches fell. Add day after day of triple digit temperatures and it was a summer to forget.


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Dumars has found plenty of success in the draft, most notably with forwards Tayshaun Prince and Greg Monroe. Prince was a mainstay on a team that went to six straight conference finals and won an NBA championship in 2004. Monroe was a strong performer down the stretch for the Pistons, averaging 13.7 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 58% from the field after the all-star break. However for every Prince and Monroe, there is a Darko Milic and a Rodney White.
In this draft, Dumars looks to add to a collection of guards and small forwards, adding size to a squad desperate for a big man to complement Monroe. Czech combo forward Jan Vesely, a European big man with impressive length and an aggressive offensive game might be the best selection if the Pistons stay at their current slot at number 8.
Bismarck Biyombo reminds people of Ben Wallace, however he is incredibly raw. Jonas Valanciunas has a lot of skill, but does not have an NBA body now and needs to bulk up. Donatas Montiejunas will most likely be gone before the Pistons select, but he has an interesting mix of offensive fire and defensive tenacity.
Despite the logjam at the guard spots, Detroit could opt for Kemba Walker from Connecticut. Walker is a proven winner, having leading the Huskies to an NCAA title last season. He could be the playmaker the Pistons sorely need, however selecting another guard may not be Dumars best choice with the pick.
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With the global art market on the rise, increasing attention is being paid to the concept of art as an asset class, fostering the development of a new type of professional services in the art and finance industry. This is one of the major conclusions of the Art & Finance report's 2013 edition, published by the audit and consulting firm Deloitte Luxembourg in conjunction with ArtTactic, which has examined the industry's development over the past 14 months.
"For wealth managers, competition is no longer the main motivation for including art in traditional wealth structuring: the key driver is client demand", explains Adriano Picinati di Torcello, directeur at Deloitte Luxembourg coordinating the Art & Finance practice.
In the light of the current economic situation, investors are seeking to diversify their portfolios, looking at tangible assets alongside equities and bonds. This is a trend the private wealth management industry cannot ignore, considering that clients are sitting on an estimated US$4 trillion of treasure assets.
As many as 43% of the wealth managers surveyed said they were strongly aware of the developments taking place with regard to art as an asset class, up from 33% in 2011. A majority (60%) of wealth managers believe that we will see even stronger demand in the future for 'collectible and emotional' assets. The Deloitte ArtTactic Art & Finance Confidence Indicator - an annual barometer for wealth managers' sentiments towards art as an investment, art secured lending and the general economic environment in the next 12 months - confirms this positive outlook: from 2011 to 2012, the indicator rose by 32% up to 42.3.
As a consequence of changing client demand, the role of art in wealth management is evolving and moving from client entertainment to art wealth management services, with only 27% of the wealth managers seeing client entertainment as a primary motivation in the future.
In addition to that, private banks will increase their focus on art and philanthropy in the next two to three years, confirming that this is clearly a growing area of interest for wealth managers. With significant sums involved in the intergenerational transfer of wealth (financial and non-financial assets) that is taking place, wealth managers will increasingly have to offer advice regarding art legacies and the most effective way of preserving their emotional, financial and cultural value.
However, not only wealth managers but also other stakeholders, such as governments and collectors, are reacting to the evolving art and finance industry. One example is Luxembourg's new freeport dedicated to fine art, wine and collectibles, which is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2014 and is likely to act as an impetus for the financial services industry in Luxembourg to consider art as part of their service offering.
Another example is the rising tendency for collectors to use their art collection as collateral for loans: 41% of collectors state that they would use their collection for this purpose. When asked their motivation for using art as collateral, 36% of collectors would use it to invest in other business activities, 39% to buy more works of art and 18% to refinance other loans.
Despite the significant drop in art market sales in China, the Chinese market gave the main impetus for the growth of the global art investment fund market in 2012, which managed to register an increase of 69%, reaching a conservative estimate of US$1.62 billion at the end of the year. Last year, an estimated amount of 83 art funds and art investment trusts were in operation, among which 58 have been set up in China since 2009.
While none of the banks surveyed in 2011 was looking at adding art investment funds to its investment platform in the next two to three years, the latest survey suggests that 18% believe it is likely or very likely that they will include art investment funds as part of their bank's product platform in the next two years.
The strength of the traditional art industry cannot be appreciated without the recent hub of activity in virtual space: the art world is moving towards the Internet. More than 300 online art ventures have been launched in recent years, covering segments such as data, information and research, social communities, auctions and galleries, business-to-business and consumer-to-consumer art transaction platforms. This is a development from which the industry can only benefit, as Thierry Hoeltgen, partner and co-leader of the Art & Finance practice at Deloitte Luxembourg, confirms: "New online transaction platforms add liquidity to the art market and will broaden the scope and depth of art market data available, which in turn will improve transparency and facilitate more accurate art valuations."
Clients consider art as both a passion and a financial investment. What emerges from the report is a gradual convergence in the motivation and interests of key stakeholders in the art market and wealth management community as regards art as an asset class. As Vincent Gouverneur, partner and co-leader of the Art & Finance practice at Deloitte Luxembourg alongside Thierry Hoeltgen, explains: "Client demand is opening up possibilities for closer collaboration between wealth managers and art professionals: wealth managers should consider integrating art into their service offering to meet clients' needs, and collaborate with art professionals who are requested to provide services that focus on the financial aspects of transacting and owning art."
The complete version of the report, which has recently been presented at the 6th annual Art & Finance conference in front of an audience of 200 professionals, can be downloaded from the Deloitte Luxembourg website, at http://www.deloitte.com/lu/whitepaper/art-and-finance-report/2013.


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Mar 25 2013: Simply by not making a college degree the pre-requisite for job selection. The company hiring people should appoint talented and practical recruitment managers, who have a deep understanding of the company for which they are recruiting. Like in the good old days :))
It it so happens - utopia - than those who will enter colleges will learn to get true knowledge and wisdom and not learn to earn. I have just kept my answer limited to your question - how best to engage college students to the idea of learning - the above is one such idea.
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Credit is not raining down on would-be borrowers, but it will be a bit more accessible this year.
At long last, the mortgage drought is winding down. Credit is not exactly raining down on would-be borrowers but it is definitely opening up.
News reports are pointing to the Federal Reserve's January survey of senior bank officers, which reveals a small but significant improvement:
- Banks loosening mortgage guidelines -- 6.1%.
- Banks tightening mortgage guidelines -- 1.5%.
- Banks reporting no change in mortgage guidelines -- 92.3%.
Yes, it's a teeny bit of loosening. But Dan Green's Daily Mortgage Report says the change in direction is significant:
"The Q4 2012 survey marks the ninth straight survey in which fewer than 10% of banks tightened standards. Many more are loosening instead. It's a good sign for the 2013 home purchase market, which has shown strong buyer demand and rising home prices."
Green concludes: "Despite what you may hear from friends and neighbors, the nation's banks are no longer tightening their respective mortgage lending standards."
He also points out that mortgage software provider Ellie Mae is reporting a 5% increase in the number of purchase and refinance applications approved.
Reasons for reverse
"There's a continuing loosening of credit standards, and more importantly, demand for credit is up, said Sam Coffin, an economist for UBS in Stamford, Conn., the second-best forecaster of the unemployment rate over the past two years, according to Bloomberg rankings. All that is good for growth and jobs."
"Americans are finding it easier to borrow from banks, supporting consumer spending and business investment and helping fuel employment just as U.S. government budget cuts start to take hold," Bloomberg adds.
In the blog post "Credit spigot opens for U.S. borrowers," Moody's Analytics mortgage expert Celia Chen says that problems driving tight credit are "reversing":
- Consumer credit quality is improving, increasing the pool of potential borrowers.
- Policymakers, regulators and courts are ironing out the legal and regulatory issues that have cast a pall of uncertainty over the mortgage industry.
- Mortgage interest rates will remain low.
"Credit will be more accessible to households this year, although still not back to normal," Chen says.
Interviewed by email, Cara Hawkins, a production manager at Ameripro Funding in Addison, Texas, names two more reasons why mortgage lending is loosening: More lenders are going back into the mortgage business, and investors have started buying their mortgages. A lot of lenders fled the mortgage business after the housing catastrophe.
FHA: The new subprime
Hawkins says:
"There are more players in the mortgage buying 'game' than in past years, which opens the door to looser credit standards because the appetite for loans on the secondary market is higher. While it is still fairly black and white when it comes to mortgage qualification, I am seeing an increase in more approvable loans than in past years because of the market opening up."
She also offers another reason for the credit expansion:
"FHA is the new 'subprime.' Lenders are becoming more adept at rescoring borrowers' credit and coaching them through the obstacles that may be keeping them from obtaining a loan. FHA isn't just for first-time homebuyers anymore but rather borrowers who may have had credit challenges in the past few years due to unemployment or loss of savings resulting in a low down payment."
Formerly delinquent borrowers are looking for ways back into mortgages, says NBC News:
"A new survey of past clients byYouWalkAway.com, a website that assists borrowers in the legal pitfalls of strategic default, found that nearly 80% expressed a desire to buy a home again within the next 12 months. It also cites data by Moody's Analytics, showing that the number of eligible homebuyers who have had a previous foreclosure will be 1.5 million by the first quarter of 2014."
The average mortgage in 2012
While we're on the subject of credit, take a look at real estate blog Keeping Matters Current's use of stats (from mortgage automation company Ellie Mae) to describe the average mortgage loan in 2012:
- Time to close -- 48 days.
- Down payment -- 21%.
- Credit score -- 748 (37% of 200 million Americans have scores of 748 or higher.)
- Debt to income -- Monthly house payment, 23%; total household debt, 34%.
- Interest rate -- 3.90%.
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Greetings from Christendom!
I was born in Washington, DC, and then moved to Drogheda, Ireland, when I was 10. I lived there until I returned to America to attend Christendom College when I was 17. My parents stayed another 5 years and returned to the US when I got married in 1991.
After four of the best years of my life, I earned my B.A. in Theology from Christendom, after which I followed my dream and became a restaurant manager of an all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant (Chesapeake Bay Seafood House). A year out of college, I married the lovely Amanda Farinholt, who had just completed her sophomore year at Christendom. After 4 years of restaurant work, I changed careers and became a Director of Religious Education at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Winchester, Virginia. During the next 5 years, I directed a 500 student CCD program, taught religion at the Catholic school, taught the RCIA conversion class where, by the grace of God, I was instrumental in helping over 60 people convert to Catholicism, and taught the pre-baptismal class. During this time, I attended the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College and earned a Master of Arts in Theological Studies in 1998, becoming the first Christendom grad to earn both a BA and MA from Christendom. Also during this time, I worked as a waiter and bartender at local fine dining establishments in Winchester, Virginia. In 1999, I took a job as Headmaster of a small, independent elementary school in Sunapee, New Hampshire. After a great, but tumultuous year, in 2000, I joined the staff at Christendom as the College Relations Officer, responsible for helping to get the word out about Christendom and to help with the publications, website, newsletter, and special events of the College. In 2004, I was promoted to the Director of Admissions & Marketing where I have been responsible for all aspects of recruitment, marketing, and public relations.
My lovely wife, Amanda, and I are the proud parents of 10 children (so far): 7 girls and 3 boys. My eldest, John, is graduating from Christendom in May 2013 and has plans to become a monk at Clearcreek Abbey in OK, while my daughter, Catherine, is finishing up her freshman year here at Christendom. The rest of the kids are aged 15 down to 2.
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"The first time I put a leash on him, he looked up at me and I said, 'Boy, you think me and you will ever be good buddies?' And he moved his head like, yes, and we've been good buddies all these years," said Campbell.
Campbell said he was walking Buck along Jeb Stuart Avenue about 11 a.m. when a pit bull ran from behind a house and charged them. Campbell said it was the same pit bull that had attacked Buck on an earlier walk about six weeks ago, he says Buck was also injured in that attack.
"I swung at (the pit bull) with my walking cane and missed, but then he seen Buck and shot right by me and grabbed Buck," said Campbell.
Police said the pit bull's owner ran to help, punching the pit bull in the head.
"He had his arm around the neck, and was beating him in the face like as hard has he could, and he finally picked up him and slammed him on the ground, and he let go of Buck," said Campbell.
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In January 2006, the Forum began testing the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad, in a Pilot Project with a group of volunteer institutional participants – domestic and overseas providers, domestic and overseas universities and colleges, community colleges and consortia. These program and operational reviews for pilot project will determine how best to implement the Standards of Good Practice, which has been the subject of long study by the Forum Board of Directors of how best provide to services related to the Standards to members and the field, and what shape those services should take.
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I thought you might enjoy sharing the talk I gave yesterday on Creative Inspiration. Here's the outline of the talk for you – maybe there is something in there that might inspire you too – in this crazy Christmas season, it can be great to find a quiet corner and 'hide' for half an hour or so and treat yourself to some 'creative time'
So – here goes – here's what I talked about:
- What is creativity and what inspires me?
- Being creative and how to nurture creativity
- Writer's block – how to be inspired when your brain is blank!
- What inspires you? The creative challenge
What is creativity and what inspires me?
"Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up" – Pablo Picasso
This is one of my favourite quotes! As a child, I was always making things or drawing something – one of my earliest memories is of a kit my mom brought home where you made finger puppets out of felt and cardboard of the Wombles – that's ageing me nicely isn't it!
And then adult life kicks in – and work – for me a police career followed by senior posts in education – long hours and late nights left little time to be creative.
But the creative bug still nibbles away inside you!
I honestly believe that we are all designed to be creative – that might be drawing or painting for some people, or writing, photography, sewing, knitting, gardening , problem solving, nurturing a family and children, running a home, having a busy job.
So often, much of what we do in life is 'reactive' – we respond to events, people, diary appointments and the 'stuff' of life.
But creativity is different – it's the opposite – it's the chance to 'create' – its proactive – we 'own' something, we 'make' something – to be able to show someone else something and proudly say 'I made this!'
It's not about success or money or fame, it's simply about creating.
Being creative and how to nurture creativity
So – how can we be creative – and how do we nurture that?
I thought it would be useful to share some ideas and tips with you about how we can inspire and nurture our creative side – whatever it is that you create!
And these tips might be useful for some of you too if you feel that you have writer's block – a set of ideas on how to be inspired when your brain is blank!
- One of my favourite things to do is keep an 'ideas box' or scrapbook – mine is online on my computer but I also tear out ideas from magazines and keep notes and cards too. That knitting pattern you admire, the colours in a photograph, an inspiring verse or quote. Keep them all bundled up somewhere special, and when you need some inspiration, curl up with a cup of tea and have a good rummage through the box – ideas will follow!
- Carry a camera wherever you go and take lots of pictures. Try photographing the everyday and the ordinary – or the small details that we often miss – try zooming in on shapes or abstract things – or decide to only shoot blue objects, or red ones, or old rusty things – the choice is yours!
- Look at other people's work – as an artist I have my favourite artists that I admire and adore – I have copied their work before – merely as an exercise in practising and learning before anyone tells me off for copyright infringement! Looking carefully at someone else's work – asking questions of how they drew something out, what colours and techniques they used – or perhaps a garden that you admire – how did they plant things, why did they put those two plants and colours together, how did they get those shapes?
- Listening to music, reading a book, watching a movie – can all be inspiring to us. Sometimes we need to switch off the whirring noise of life and focus in on one thing – and allow our minds to explore and enjoy. Try a new style or genre of book or movie for new ideas!
- Get outdoors, and go for a walk along a trail or beach, or for a boat ride Nature is always inspiring. There is so much natural beauty that most of us miss out on every day. Legend has it that Buddha gave one of his last sermons without using a word. His disciples were gathered in nature and Buddha stood in the middle of the group holding a single flower, roots and all. He stood there in silence just looking at the flower. He then walked around the group and showed the flower to each student. Most of them had no idea what he was doing. Buddha is reported to have later said, "If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change" – so take time to stop and enjoy the smallest pleasures!
- Always have a sketch book or notebook and pen with you – that overheard conversation in a cafe might be just the thing you need to write your next poem – or add a plot to your novel (you know the one you have always promised yourself you will write!)
- Listen to your dreams and daydream – you have my permission to curl up on the sofa and do absolutely nothing! Dreams have inspired many artists throughout the years.
- Consider doing a collaborative project or artwork with other artists. Every artist is unique, and has their own unique perspective and ways of looking at things. You may learn to see things differently, and might feel inspired to create artworks that would not have come to mind otherwise. Why not sew a patchwork quilt for charity with other local friends – in America tea and sew parties are very popular and there are knitting shops where you can go in and knit together with others. Being creative can sometimes be quite lonely – linking up with others can be great fun
- You could take it a step farther and enrol on a course – suddenly having 2 – 4pm every Tuesday down in your diary for your class makes it more real – and more important – and you are less likely to not bother to turn up if you have paid for it!
- Create for the sake of creating. Many times we get bogged down with trying to think of new themes or views to paint, or 'creating' a certain way. Try to paint, write or draw simply because you enjoy it, not because you want to create a finished work of art. Get your paints out or your pen out – and just have fun! Remember that childlike delight you had in sploshing a paintbrush around – let the child in you have some fun!
- Having your own space set aside is really important too – can you create a little haven somewhere that is yours? Even if it is the kitchen table and you have to clear it at teatime for the family – whilst it is your creative space make it special – put up inspiring pictures or quotes, have your favourite bag or box that you keep everything in – make it special and treasure it.
I think there's one more really important thing to share here – don't wait around for inspiration – I've found out that it rarely turns up!
There's a great quote by Chuck Close
"The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself."
You have to be brave and just go for it!
There's a new book doing the rounds by Steven Pressfield called 'Turning Pro' and it is quite inspirational. If you ask lots of people what they do – they will say to you 'oh I just dabble … I'm not really a writer … I just do it for fun … I'm not really very good…. – and a myriad of other similar comments!
Turning Pro – is scary – suddenly when someone asks you what you do – you have to reply 'I'm an artist' – it's usually accompanied by a big gulp and a 'hope they don't laugh at me' thought!
This year was the first time my husband and I had ever exhibited anything – to anyone! We set up here at the hotel – tried to make it all look professional and inviting – and then sat back looking at each other thinking 'what if no-one comes?'. Then lots of people came in and started looking round and we thought 'what if no-one likes anything?'
Then we sold something – and then something else – and we were off! I have to tell you when no-one was looking we whooped and cheered and danced a little jig when we sold our first items – and then I sold a painting and it was a really weird feeling – that was 'my baby' … and I wanted to know it was going to a good home!!
Just do it – then share it!
And don't be frightened to make mistakes along the way:
So – What inspires you?
I leave with you a creative challenge
Creativity isn't limited to artists, musicians and actors.
I believe that creativity is an innate human quality. You are full of creative possibilities. If I asked for a show of hands of how many people have always wanted to write a book … would you put your hand up?
Or if I asked you 'Are you creative?' what would you say? How many of you delight in:
Knitting or sewing
Icing a birthday cake for someone
Gardening and growing your own veg
Doodling or sketching
Writing poetry
Writing a blog
Homemade crackers or Christmas cards
Playing the piano
Taking photographs
Then you are creative!
Have I inspired you today?! It would be lovely to find out what you might create over the festive season ahead!
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Congressional Democrats have set themselves against the Supreme Court in the battle over religious liberty, and the lead Southern Baptist spokesman on the issue is urging legislative leaders not to erode the First Amendment right.
Democrats in the Senate unveiled a bill July 9 to counter the high court's decision in support of the religious freedom of business owners in the controversial Hobby Lobby case. The Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act would bar any federal law, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), from exempting an employer from abiding by the Obama administration's abortion/contraception mandate. That rule, implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enforce the 2010 healthcare reform law, requires employers to provide for their workers drugs and devices that can potentially cause abortions.
Russell D. Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, called for leaders in both the Senate and House of Representatives to resist efforts to weaken RFRA, which requires the government to have a compelling interest and to use narrow means to burden a person's religious exercise.
There should not be "a toggle switch" that the government uses to decide "who may and may not exercise religious liberty," Moore said in a statement for Baptist Press. "And as the Supreme Court rightly affirmed, American citizens do not forfeit their First Amendment rights simply because they engage in commerce.
"And yet, now some would jeopardize religious freedom in order to fight their culture war," he said. "Religious liberty is too important to everyone in this country to see it end up a dead trophy on the wall of the sexual revolutionaries."
In its June 30 opinion, the 5-4 Supreme Court majority relied on RFRA in ruling for the religious liberty rights of Hobby Lobby and other family owned, for-profit businesses that conscientiously objected to the mandate to pay for abortifacients. RFRA, a 1993 law that was approved nearly unanimously by Congress and signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton, protects the religious freedom of people by extending rights to the corporations they own, the court said.
In a letter Thursday (July 10) to congressional leaders, Moore said Southern Baptists "will vigorously oppose any legislative efforts that attempt to ... restrict the free exercise of religion."
RFRA "defends the religious freedom of all Americans and is a critical safeguard for minority faith communities," he wrote.
It also "is a means of accountability for governmental officials who must defend any proposed restriction of religious liberty," Moore said. "Rather than automatically grant any complaint that may be brought forth by protected citizens, RFRA provides a method for courts to weigh religious liberty with governmental interests. Religious liberty is a gift from God, not a grant from government, and a fundamental pillar of the American experiment."
The Alliance Defending Freedom criticized the Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act, S. 2578, as "an exceedingly dangerous power grab."
"No new law should make an HHS bureaucrat more powerful than federal law itself," ADF senior counsel Casey Mattox said in a written statement. "Senate Bill 2578 should be called the 'Late-Term Abortion and Assisted Suicide Coercion Act of 2014' because it allows any whim of HHS to trump any federal law or rule, including those that protect Americans from being forced to provide abortion or assisted suicide coverage as part of a health plan. The bill clearly states that any HHS regulation requiring something in a health plan must be followed regardless of what any other federal law says."
Sen. Patty Murray, D.-Wash., sponsor of the bill to reverse the Hobby Lobby ruling, said her legislation "will ensure that no CEO or corporation can come between people and their guaranteed access to health care, period."
The measure has 39 cosponsors, all Democrats. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D.-N.Y., introduced a companion bill in the House. Abortion rights organizations, led by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and NARAL Pro-Choice America, endorsed the legislation, as did such groups as Americans United for Separation of Church and State and People for the American Way.
Introduction of the legislation came six days after the Supreme Court delivered another win for religious liberty to HHS mandate foes, this time to a non-profit institution.
The high court issued an order July 3 preventing enforcement of the HHS mandate against Wheaton College until the appeal process is complete. The legal challenge by Wheaton, an evangelical Christian school in suburban Chicago, is one of 100 lawsuits filed against the mandate, with 51 of those by non-profits, according to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
The justices' order in support of Wheaton appeared far-reaching. It said the school -- and, by likely extension, other objectors -- need only inform HHS it is a religious non-profit with "religious objections" to the mandate to avoid enforcement during review by the courts. The college need not fill out the form required by the government, the justices said. The court said the order should not be interpreted as a communication of its opinion on the case's merits.
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 15-page dissent in which she described the court's order for Wheaton as "extraordinary and reserved for the rarest of cases." Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan joined in the dissent.
Philip Ryken, Wheaton's president, applauded the order. "We continue to believe that a college community that affirms the sanctity of human life from conception to the grave should not be coerced by the government into facilitating the provision of abortion-inducing drugs," he said in a written release.
Other non-profits gained relief from the mandate the same day the Supreme Court issued its Hobby Lobby opinion. Two federal appeals courts blocked enforcement of the regulation on the Eternal World Television Network and five Roman Catholic institutions in Wyoming, according to the Becket Fund.
The HHS regulation requires coverage of such drugs as Plan B and other "morning-after" pills that possess a post-fertilization mechanism that can cause an abortion by preventing implantation of tiny embryos. The rule also covers "ella," which -- in a fashion similar to the abortion drug RU 486 -- can act even after implantation to end the life of the child.
HHS provided an exemption to its rule for churches and their auxiliaries but did not extend it to non-church-related, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies that object. The administration also offered an accommodation for non-church-related religious organizations, but critics said it was inadequate because it still forces such groups to provide access to the drugs through third parties.
GuideStone Financial Resources, the Southern Baptist Convention's health and financial benefits entity, and two of the organizations in its health plan have challenged the mandate in court and have asked for a permanent injunction. No decision has been made on the request.
The Supreme Court's June 30 ruling came in challenges to the mandate by Hobby Lobby and Mardel, both owned by the evangelical Green family of Oklahoma City, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, which is operated by the pro-life, Mennonite Hahn family.
Moore's July 10 letter went to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House John Boehner and others in congressional leadership.
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