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Social media raises concern about Disney trademarkBy RUSSELL CONTRERAS
The Associated Press | May 10,2013AP Photo
Artwork is shown at Masks y Mas, an Albuquerque shop that sells Day of the Dead art year round. Disney announced Tuesday that it was a withdrawing a Dia de los Muertos trademark request amid uproar on social media from Latino activists.ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark Dia de los Muertos, the name of the traditional Day of the Dead celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S., the cartoonist had an idea.
The trademark was for an animated movie by Disney and Pixar Animation Studios Inc. that is inspired by the holiday.
The Los Angeles-based humorist created a movie poster that quickly went viral of a skeletal Godzilla-sized Mickey Mouse, with the words: Its coming to trademark your cultura (culture).
Anger and ridicule expressed on social media largely by Latinos began circulating. On Tuesday, Disney said it was no longer seeking a Dia de los Muertos trademark request because the films name will change before its release.
Disneys trademark filing was intended to protect any potential title for our film and related activities, a company statement said. It has since been determined that the title of the film will change.
Disney has not said that social media responses were responsible for the withdrawn trademark request. The company did not immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press.
Whatever the reason, the episode showed how quickly reactions to even the smallest corporate move can spread online and lead to calls for boycotts.
It was not social media that started this. It was Disney that started this, said Tom Garrity, head of the Garrity Group, a public relations firm that advises companies on social media practices. Social media only highlight the deficiencies in Disneys planning and what people saw as cultural insensitivity.
The Disney request momentarily replaced immigration as the hottest topic among Latinos on Twitter, said Elainne Ramos, vice chair of LATISM, a nonprofit group Latino social media group. She noticed the trend by monitoring posts on Twitter and had planned a live tweet town hall until the trademark request was withdrawn.
Some people saw it as an attempt to own our culture and profit from it, she said.
Critics said they were concerned about the company attempt to trademark a cultural holiday like Novembers Day of the Dead and its history of trying to profit from cultural icons.
This is a corporation that has consistently co-opted culture for profit, said Andrea Quijada, executive director of the Albuquerque-based Media Literacy Project, a group that focuses on media literacy and policy. Just look at Pocahontas, Mulan, Jasmine, Quijada said, referring to characters from Disney films.
Not only was the move seen as insensitive, critics said, trademarking the popular holiday put thousands of businesses that made products linked to the day at risk. Disney had hoped to secure the naming rights for merchandise such as snack foods and Christmas ornaments.
Its a terrible idea. Im outraged, said Kiko Torres, owner of Masks y Mas in Albuquerque, a shop that sells Day of the Dead art and clothing year-round. I mean, whats the purpose of that?
The Day of the Dead honors departed souls of loved ones who are welcomed back for a few intimate hours. At burial sites or intricately built altars, photos of loved ones are centered on skeleton figurines, bright decorations, candles, candy and other offerings such as the favorite foods of the departed. Pre-Columbian in origin, many of the themes and rituals are mixtures of indigenous practices and Roman Catholicism.
In the last decade or so, this traditional Latin American holiday has spread throughout the U.S. along with migration from Mexico and other countries where it is observed.
Not only are U.S.-born Latinos adopting it, but various underground and artistic non-Latino groups have begun to mark the Nov. 1-2 holidays through colorful celebrations, parades, exhibits and even mixed martial arts fights.
Lois Zamora, a University of Houston English professor who has studied the Day of the Dead, said Disneys interest shows how much this once obscure holiday has grown in the U.S. But she said the trademark attempt was odd.
Disney doesnt quite get it, Zamora said. It would be like copyrighting `Christmas or `Easter or, for that matter, `Halloween.
Graham Harvey, owner of the Thibodaux, La.-based Matthew Media group, said the Disney flap should be a reminder that all companies should have social media strategy as part of their promotions, or face the wrath in real time if any promotion is controversial.
Any company or organization that wants to protect its brand needs to understand the powerful, viral nature of social media, he said. A backlash can occur in the blink of an eye.
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Piper's aircraft deliveries and revenues "trended up" for three consecutive quarters, continuing an improving trend in a challenging economy for general aviation aircraft. During the third quarter, Piper delivered 41 aircraft, including eight Meridian turboprop singles, worth $37.2 million. In the first nine months, the Vero Beach, Fla. aircraft manufacturer shipped 127 aircraft, including 20 Meridians, and revenue from new aircraft sales grew to $113.9 million, compared with $106.9 million during the same period last year.
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Apparently, Jimmy Butler enjoys himself some Taylor Swift.
The Chicago Bulls swingman was recently spotted in the locker room shaking his groove thing to Taylor Swift's uber-catchy '22' which teammate Nazr Mohammad just so happened to record.
Butler, who was dressing – either after a recent game or practice got hyped up when the pop singers record started blasting out of somebody's Ipod/cell phone and couldn't contain himself, forcing him to break out into a dancing fit.
Now – I'm not sure Taylor Swift tunes are a mainstay in the Bulls locker room, but after Butler's moves they might become that way.
In fairness to Butler, it's pretty hard not to find yourself singing the hook on Swift's song considering it's so catchy.
Wait – you don't sing the hook? Really? Like never? Ha – me either. I don't know even know what song you're talking about. Taylor Swift? Who's that?! I don't know what you're talking about…
/deletes Taylor Swift lyrics internet search history
/deletes Ipod history
Taylor Swift. Teeny-bopper garbage – am I right?!?!
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5 Arizona Wildcats (19-13)@
Arizona St. Sun Devils (23-8)
Thursday, March 12
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: None
5 Arizona
Arizona St.
Game Leaders
20 pts, 43 fg%, 67 ft%
27 pts, 53 fg%, 100 ft%
13 reb
9 reb
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - James Harden had 27 points and eight rebounds to help 23rd-ranked Arizona State take a 68-56 decision over Arizona in quarterfinal action of the Pac-10 Tournament.
Ty Abbott had 11 points and six boards while Jeff Pendergraph added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Sun Devils (23-8), who will take on Washington on Friday.
"I thought a key for us today was not turning the ball over," said Arizona State head coach Herb Sendek. "Playing against their extended defenses and presses and only having six turnovers was good."
Jordan Hill scored 20 points and added 13 rebounds to pace the Wildcats (19-13), who dropped five of their final six games of the season and will await their NCAA Tournament fate on Sunday. Arizona's run of 24 straight NCAA appearances could be in jeopardy.
"It's just out of our hands," said Arizona coach Russ Pennell about the tournament chances. "We'll be just like everyone else sitting there watching on Sunday."
Nic Wise chipped in 18 points in the loss.
Trailing by two to start the second half, the Sun Devils opened the final 20 minutes with a 10-3 spurt to take a 42-37 lead on a Pendergraph slam three minutes in.
Arizona State slowly built on its lead and it was a 50-43 game after a layup from Derek Glasser with just under 10 minutes to play.
A three-ball from Rihards Kuksiks followed by a slam from Harden gave the Sun Devils a 60-48 lead with a bit over five minutes left in the game.
Six straight points from Arizona got the Wildcats within six points, 62-56, after Hill put in a layup with 1:17 to play.
However, Harden nailed six straight free throws, the last two coming with 35.6 seconds to play, as the Wildcats failed to make a basket for the rest of the game.
With the Sun Devils holding a seven-point lead early in the first half, the Wildcats surged ahead with an 11-0 run and Hill capped the burst with a slam for a 22-18 lead with a bit over nine minutes to play.
Arizona State responded with a 10-2 run to regain the lead and it was 28-24 on a Jerren Shipp three-ball with a little over five minutes left in the first half.
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A reminder that Kyle Lohse is the Reds' problem nowPosted on January 18th, 2007 – 1:37 PM
By Michael Rand
It's nice to see these types of rants are originating from Cincinnati fans, not Twins fans, these days. There were some who thought Minnesota was unwise to get rid of Lohse, warts and all, when all the arms got hurt last year. Not a chance. It was addition by subtraction.


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Woody Allen, Director, said, "If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."
You make at least 7 of those mistakes yourself. Guaranteed!
Why do you limit your income potential?
No need to.
#freelancing #marketing
Sometimes you need to talk to clients face to face. :-)
Now traveling back by train with speeds up to 230 km/h (142.9 mph) from Baden-Württemberg in Germany via Salzburg to Vienna.
#businesstrip #train
Amazing concert by Prince & 3rdEyeGirl in Vienna, Austria last night on 7 June, 2014.
I was there, and here is the setlist:
Obviously I respected the "Don't take pictures" request. Did not shoot at the venue only on the way home.
#prince #3rdeyegirl #vienna #hitandruntour2
Closing my series of posts about Prince & 3rdEyeGirl with the song they opened the fantastic show with "Let's Go Crazy!"
Here is a recording of the song as performed in Manchester, U.K. in May 2014.
As I was standing in 2nd row center stage. That's basically the view I got personally in Vienna, Austria yesterday on 7 June, 2014.
(One more—the last one—post to come showing the crowd and the setlist.)
I am purple now. It can't get any better than this.
#prince #3rdeyegirl #vienna #hitandruntour2
Thank you Prince & 3rdEyeGirl for the wonderful, funky time and all your love for Vienna last night. God bless U.
Just came home. Will sleep in peace and dream purple
#prince #3rdeyegirl #vienna #hitandruntour2 #purple
T -3h 30m : Just heard rumors on Twitter: "Soundcheck in Stadthalle, Vienna for Prince Hit and Run Tour Part 2 with 3rdEyeGirl happening right now."
I am in a relaxed state. Just hung out in the beautiful garden of Palace Schönbrunn. Guess time to leave and move myself towards the venue.
"Prince and 3rdEyeGirl I am coming…"
#prince #3rdeyegirl #hitandruntour2 #vienna #goldencircle #funk #rock
1 Day to Go ! London had supposedly two "terrific" shows on Wednesday starting at 17:30 and 21:30. Vienna is next to be reigned in purple on Saturday by Prince & 3rdEyeGirl
Read below what London was about.
#prince #3rdeyegirl #london #vienna #hitandruntour2
Wow, wow, wow! London was terrific. Next: Prince & @3rdEyeGirl in Vienna in 2 days.
Put your purple shirts on.
#prince #3rdeyegirl #hitandruntour2 #london #vienna
Before you go on stage you practice. A lot…
Plectrum Electrum - 3rd Eye Girl & Prince
An extremely short film shot by Madison Dubé at Paisley Park.
(Counting 2 days to go till the show in Vienna, Austria come on.)
#prince #3rdeyegirl #paisleypark


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Whenever something new or different is felt, there's always the question
lurking in the backs of our minds: is that normal or am I pregnant? These six symptoms of pregnancy are classic but they don't always represent a pregnancy.
Breastfeeding is considered the healthiest option for baby and can be
continued for more than one year. In some cases, back to back
pregnancies can mean mom is still breastfeeding one child while pregnant
with another.
Early pregnancy symptoms are often one of the first indications of
pregnancy. Unless a woman is trying to become pregnant and watching
closely for physical changes in the body, a missed menstrual cycle may
be the first clear indication of pregnancy.
Many of the early signs of pregnancy are also signs of other physical
changes in the body. The final determination of pregnancy comes with a
positive urine or blood pregnancy test.
New parents and those who are still expecting will do everything that
they can so that their children will have a future that is both positive
and healthy such as feeding their babies with breast milk as long as
From the first weeks after conception, women often complain about breast tenderness and pain. In the beginning, the pain can be attributed to the sudden increase in progesterone and estrogen. As the pregnancy reaches later stages, milk production and the activation of milk ducts can be to blame.
Your body hurts, you have cramps, maybe you are naseaous. Are you pregnant? Do you have the typical pregnancy symptoms?
Here are the probabilities of your chances being pregnant with these symptoms from high to medium to low.
Are you asking yourself Am I pregnant? Could I be pregnant? How can I find out if I am pregnant? What are the early pregnancy signs and symptoms?
Could tender breasts mean that I am pregnant?
The first very early symptoms of pregnancy include an elevated bbt chart, missing a period, nausea, and urinary frequency.
PMS: What is it?
At 10 weeks my pregnancy symptoms disappeared
I stopped the pill one month ago and now my breasts are tender
Breast tenderness 10 days after ovulation
It is normal for a woman to experience breast tenderness after ovulation. Most of the time breast tenderness after ovulation is due to hormonal changes such as the increase in the hormone progesterone,


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Properly describing pain can be difficult, considering that we tend to forget what various injuries actually feel like after they heal. This is a blessing, as no one really wants to remember the quality and severity of pain as if they're re-experiencing it. However, it can be useful to know how to describe pain for writing purposes, as writers tend to enjoy mauling their poor characters.
There are various qualities and severities of pain. You can think of them as different flavors and textures of ice cream—ice cream comes in many flavors (chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, etc) and the texture may vary, depending upon the addition of things like nuts and fudge.
Qualities of pain include:
- Sharp
- Stabbing
- Burning
- Hot
- Tearing—ripping or pulling apart
- Searing—brief, intense heat
- Crushing—pain feels "heavy"
- Localized—the pain occurs in only one part of the body
- Radiating—the pain spreads over other parts of the body
Severity of pain can range from mild to moderate to severe, and medical professionals often use a scale of 1-10 for adult patients, with, for example, 1 being a mild headache and 10 being the worst pain the patient has ever felt. Understanding the qualities and severities of pain are useful to diagnosis in the real world, and using them to describe what your characters are feeling adds realism.
Many disorders and injuries have pain that is very specific to them, and it would be wise to research the pain symptomatic of your character's particular disorder or injury. For example, men having heart attacks commonly experience a crushing chest pain that radiates down the left arm, and appendicitis is often experienced as a sharp, stabbing pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen.
Pain is also very relative. Individuals may report different severities of pain for the same types of injuries. I've heard some patients after open heart surgery request as much pain medication as we can legally give them, while others only require a Tylenol.
How patients express feeling pain can be helpful for characterization. For example, a strong and stoic character might have a horrific injury, but only show that they are in pain by clenching their fists. On the other hand, a character unused to pain or injury may whine and grimace a lot about a papercut.
Some ways of expressing pain include:
- Guarding—shielding the injured/painful area with hands or arms
- Shouting or whispering
- Clenched fists
- Gritted or bared teeth
- Light skinned characters may go pale or gray, while dark skinned characters may go gray or their lips may be purplish
- Thousand yard stare
- Facial grimacing or wincing
- Moaning or crying
- Limited range of motion
- Decrease in appetite
Other things to consider include whether anything improves or worsens the pain (such as holding an injured limb immobile or flexing it, or elevating it), whether the pain is continuous or intermittent (meaning coming in waves or flashes), and symptoms associated with extreme pain, like nausea or vomiting.
I hope this has been helpful, and remember that the most important part of torturing your wretched characters is to have fun!
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I'm a million years late for Mizuki's birthday so I just threw the peach prince on a bunch of peaches. I like his Morphine outfit a little bit more than his default (◡‿◡✿)
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30 Day Nitro+CHiRAL Challenge - Day 8: A character who you wish had a route
↳Mizuki - I feel like besides Tokino (I have other plans for him) this was the obvious answer. Better luck next time Mizuki, you will get in Aoba's pants one day.
And I'll generator a nightmare my character has with yours in it. Numbers range between 1- 15.
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If we refund a buyer directly, we'll seek reimbursement by deducting the amount from your PayPal account or charging your reimbursement payment method. Reimbursement will include the cost of the item plus the original cost of shipping. If the full amount of reimbursement isn't available in your PayPal account, we may deduct the remaining amount when it becomes available.
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If you've spoken to me at all in the last few months, the topic of my wedding will have come up, I'm getting married in October and as usual, I'm planning something a bit… different.
This post however is about our Honeymoon, We are planning to travel to Disney World again after a fantastic trip in 2012 with the geeks, the idea is that Heather and I travel to Disney World a week before everyone for our 'honeymoon' week, do the full hotel experience, Disney Dining plan, the lot.
The following two weeks, we are joined by our friends and we move into a Florida villa (last years was amazing).
Rather than book everything individually as I did last yeah, I decided to try out Virgin Holidays in Leeds City Centre, I figured it wouldn't be as cheap but it's got to be a bit less hassle getting everything from different services and making sure the dates match up.
When we went to book the Holiday, I'd done some research on various things, I knew we wanted Disney Dining and I knew it had been free the week or so before, I wasn't sure what hotel I wanted to stay in and I was after some advice.
Whilst discussing the trip, we spoke about the Disney Dining offer and that I'd missed it, but it would be coming back soon, I offered to delay the booking until it came back but was told that 'when it comes back, I'll add it to your booking' so that was that..
Whilst talking about the latter part of the trip, I was asked 'what are you doing for tickets' and I said we'd be sorting them out once things were a bit clearer (and there is usually a buy one week, get one week free offer on).
So we booked, paid up and that was that.. fantastic!
Roll on to Last week, I saw on TV that Virgin Holidays were offering Free Disney Dining again (and an extra $200 spending money if you booked but I wasn't bothered about that). I walked into Virgin Holidays just to confirm everything that tickety boo and that's when things started to go wrong.
The person who booked the holiday wasn't working but someone from the Sheffield branch was covering (I can't remember her name but she was great and did what she could), I was then informed that due to a 'change in service' they cannot add the Free Disney Dining to my package and I'd have to rebook again with the new prices, there was talk about losing my deposit and a £20 booking fee but I can't remember the specifics.
Then I was told 'you can only get disney dining if your going to Disney World and for that you need tickets'.. I said we've got tickets, they come with the booking, she checked the computer and there were no Disney tickets added to my account.
- We'd booked flights to Disney World
- We'd booked an airport transfer to Disney World
- We'd booked a hotel for one week at Disney World
- And yet, our package from Virgin Holidays, doesn't include tickets.. to Disney World
I was honestly shocked at that.. the only mention of tickets when booking was talking about the latter stage of our trip and at that point I felt.. shafted, adding the tickets and Disney Dining plan to our holiday added an extra £900 to the price and I felt lied to and really let down by the company.
I was told that a manager would call me the next day and try and sort something out, they didn't. Instead I was called by the person who originally booked our holiday who stated that she'd priced up the holiday with Free Disney Dining and it was £2000 more than we paid so we've actually saved money! Apparently a lot of people book the package from Virgin Holidays without booking tickets so that is completely normal, I didn't make it clear, no apology, no trying to work it out. other than cancel the holiday (which would have cost us a deposit and fee) I had no choice than to pay another almost thousand pounds.
I tweeted that I felt let down and @virginholidays responded that someone was going to call me.. but they haven't
So if your booking a Virgin Holiday, make sure you get any offers they give you in writing as it might change and make sure your package actually includes tickets to Disney World. You'd assume booking a Disney holiday would include that but it doesn't.


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What are some optimal professions for introverts?
Since introverts don't hate people, but merely choose to recharge and reflect by oneself, which professions allow plenty of room for solitary contemplation and reward the true innovation that rises out of that?
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Heather White 20+May 20 2012: Because introversion is a minority trait in humans (about 20%), and because it is often confused with shyness, many unconfident (shy) extroverts consider themselves to be introverted. Likewise, many social introverts don't understand their need for solitude because they enjoy social activities. The only true test is if you need considerable solitude to "recover" from social exposure (whether you enjoyed the social exposure or not). Dorothy Rowe, the Australian Psychologist, writes about introversion and extroversion in her many books. Another useful author is Elaine N. Aron, the American psychotherapist who investigated the traits of Highly Sensitive People.
I used to consider myself to be an extravert. I only realised I was a social introvert when I found I couldn't take the strain of being around people - even though I enjoyed, and needed, some social contact. I need six hours per day (the whole evening) to regain my equilibrium after social exposure.
I volunteer part time as a cook/housekeeper and I'm a beekeeper as well. I'd like to get to the position of being a full time beekeeper - much less social interaction.
May 23 2012: I agree. The stigma that there are just some things that introverts can't do is falsely based on the confusion between introversion and shyness. An extrovert is socially simple; more is better. Also, extroverts are much more common in the human race and they are socially dominant. So, it is easy for an extrovert to lump the two kinds of rare people together (shy and introverted) based on the one trait that they share, which is the thought that more social interaction is not always better.
Introverts are like left-handed people. There are fewer of them and it often surprises people of the majority when they come across one. Also, like left-handedness, introversion is considered undesirable, or even evil, because the people of the majority don't know how to react to it or deal with it.
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So… I have a confession to make. I've been keeping a secret from you guys. I know it's bad to keep secrets, but I wanted to make sure everything was final before I made this announcement. So now I am SO HAPPY to finally tell you all that a pilot for DELIRIUM has been ordered by the Fox Network! That's right, DELIRIUM might be coming to you soon as a TV SERIES!
The deal is that Fox, which initially optioned the books for film, decided that due to the complexity of all the side plots and characters, the Delirium series might be better suited for TV, as we'd have a chance to explore all of those elements. I am super psyched because that has always been my preference (for those of you that have read some of my interviews, you know that I LOVE anything that can be done while in pajamas, such as writing and watching television!)/ We've been assembling all the moving parts to make that happen over the past few months.
I know that some of you are concerned that a TV show will be "untrue" to the books, due to the need to add content in order to flesh out the story to a full season. Never fear! Look, the books will always be the books. No adaptation, either for film or TV, will or can completely replicate and remain faithful to them—it's a totally different art form! I like to think of this as a new riff, a new interpretation of the story I've written. TV, more so than novel writing, is a collaborative art form (although there is plenty of collaboration between me and my editor!). The talented people writing the DELIRIUM TV show aren't trying to take anything away from the story, their goal is to add and expand, and give us all more time with the characters that we love. The wonderful thing about an expansive medium like television is that there is the time and space to explore smaller elements of the story and the world that would have detracted from the momentum of a novel. Think of how much Julian we'll get! Think of how much Alex we'll see! I, personally, will be thrilled to see these characters come to life on the small screen.
I hope that this makes you as happy as it's made me! :)
Here's a link to the announcement with more details!
What do you think about delirium tv series coming out? We have mixed feelings… The characters… meh…
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I was born in Queens and raised in Westchester, New York, in a small town very similar to the one depicted in Before I Fall. My parents are both literature professors, and from a very early age, my sister and I were encouraged to make up stories, draw, paint, dance around in costumes, and essentially spend much of our time living imaginatively. Our house was old and full of art and towers and towers of books, and that's still the kind of house I like best.
I started writing as a way of extending my love of reading; when I read a book I loved, I would continue to write sequels for it (I was inadvertently a fan fic writer, before "fan fiction" was even a term!). Later on, I began working on my own stories, and keeping company with a lot of imaginary friends.
I pursued literature and philosophy at the University of Chicago, and then moved back to New York to attend NYU's MFA program in creative writing. I simultaneously began working at Penguin Books, in a young adult division called Razorbill, and while there, I started work on Before I Fall. I left in 2009 to pursue writing full-time, and now I happily work in my pajamas every day.
I have a variety of interests apart from writing, including reading, cooking, traveling, dancing, running, and making up weird songs. Some of my favorite things are: being cozy; fires; autumn; fuzzy slippers; very high heels; great wine; dark chocolate; ketchup; pasta. Things I hate: practical shoes, liars, and bananas. I divide my time between Brooklyn, upstate New York, and various hotel rooms.
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An interview with Contemporary Opera Series Creators Paul Moravec and Terry Teachout. Read more »
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Composers Datebook: Tempest Fantasy
May 2, 2013; Composers Datebook, American Public Media SYNOPSIS: "Tempest Fantasy" by Paul Moravec … MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Paul Moravec (b. 1957): Tempest Fantasy Trio Solisti Arabesque Z-6791 To listen… Read more »
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From News 12 Long Island: Students learn Paul Moravec's instrumental song 'Change at Jamaica' Long Island students are learning an instrumental song composed by a Pulitzer Prize winner. Paul Moravec, a professor at Adelphi University, wrote "Change at Jamaica," a 10-minute instrumental about the Long Island Rail Road. He wrote it for eight different Nassau high schools, including Garden City High School. Garden City students performed the piece Thursday at their spring concert. To access […] Read more »
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From the WRTI.org website: It's the mystery of creation and Casals on Now is the Time, Sunday, March 31st at 10 pm. Paul Moravec visited Montserrat, home of a monastery and of a statue of Pablo Casals. The great cellist had played there and was friends with the monks who attended to the Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat. Casals is memorialized by that statue and now by Moravec's cello concerto Montserrat, played sumptuously here […] Read more »
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Rice certainly is no powerhouse. It has endured coaching changes, conference hopping and seven winning seasons in the past 25. But it has one big advantage over the majority of college football.
Same with Purdue. You don't exactly think of the Boilermakers as a world beater these days, but only two other schools in history have done it more often.
Carnegie Mellon has done it. Pittsburgh hasn't.
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It means the SEC East is suddenly wide open, with Steve Spurrier threatening to re-take the throne he owned in the 1990s.
It means that Alabama had the second-biggest drop for an Associated Press No. 1 (all the way to No. 8) in 14 years.
It means South Carolina has graduated to better digs, at least rep-wise. Sixty-five teams in Division I-A -- almost 55 percent -- have never beaten a No. 1. Count the dropped programs and lower-division schools that once competed in Division I, and the list swells to more than 200.
Eight teams ranked in the AP poll this week have never done it -- Boise State, Utah, Iowa, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Air Force and West Virginia. (Iowa is 0-2-1 as a No. 1; Missouri is 0-2 as a No. 1.
It means you've got to beat the team to be the team. Forty-one of those 45 teams are concentrated in BCS leagues where they would have more of a chance to play a No. 1.
And in many ways it doesn't mean squat.
"We've got to see where it leads us," Spurrier said. "That's the key right there."
The Gamecocks are the toast of the country this week. Literally, the country. College football seems to be a competition again now that the SEC dropped out of the nation's top spot for the first time in two years. Now South Carolina has to do something with it or be relegated to the oldies bin of teams that have beaten No. 1 ...
• You probably don't know that the Heisman Trophy is named after Rice's first full-time coach. You do know that its glory days are in the past. The school's one and only win vs. No. 1 came 53 years ago against Texas A&M.
• BYU got its only No. 1 win over Miami in 1990. Its BCS bowl history is an asterisk. The Cougars' first bowl appearance was in the 1974 Fiesta, long before the bowl or the BCS were big time.
• Texas Tech is a modest 14-8 and has changed coaches since the epic last-second upset of then-No. 1 Texas in 2008.
• Purdue? It has beaten a No. 1 seven times. Only Oklahoma and Notre Dame have more wins over a top-ranked team. The most recent such win for the Boilermakers, though, was over Michigan in 1976.
Of the three first-time No. 1 beaters in the previous decade (Texas Tech, Kansas State, Texas A&M) only the Wildcats (2003) won a conference title the season they beat No. 1.
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In other words, South Carolina might be on top of the world, but the likes of Alabama still rules the world of college football. With one loss it could still win another national title. A rematch with the Gamecocks in Atlanta? Oh, yeah, 'Bama would welcome that.
"The challenge of trying to win here was what excited me," said Spurrier coming off the biggest win in his six seasons at the school. "We're still trying to put the pieces together. We're certainly not there yet, but that's the challenge, to win an SEC championship. You don't anticipate how long it will take."
It has taken forever at South Carolina. The school's one and only conference title came in 1969, back in the ACC. Spurrier averaged seven victories in his first five seasons. He finally has gotten the go-to player he needed, and it wasn't a quarterback. Running back Marcus Lattimore is the nation's second-leading freshman running back. Spurrier finally squeezed something out inconsistent quarterback Stephen Garcia. Most rewarding for those of us who love watching him, the 65-year-old Ball Coach has something left in the tank. He is 3-1 against Nick Saban, and there might be more on the way. The SEC East race could come down to a Nov. 13 meeting in Gainesville.
"South Carolina doesn't beat Alabama every day," said Glen Mason, the former Kansas and Minnesota coach who tried mightily but never beat a No. 1. "It's more of a mindset or a distraction when you're the guys that are No. 1 than when you're playing No. 1. It's a burden. The only difference would be if you're No. 2 or No. 3 and if you knock them off, you'll be No. 1. But you didn't see South Carolina jump to No. 1."
Not yet. The program leads the country in blind loyalty, but little else. When Spurrier talks about the biggest wins in his career, he still remembers Duke beating Clemson in 1989.
"That," he said, "was only 21 years ago. If we can go on from here and make something happen, maybe we can say this is a big regular-season win also."
Also? Spurrier is bypassing his Florida career to connect the dots from Duke to South Carolina.
It doesn't matter this week for Bret Bielema, whose resume is, shall we say, somewhat less impressive than Spurrier's. In his fifth season as head coach, Bielema hasn't broken through against the Big Ten's big dog (0-3 against Ohio State). Wisconsin has beaten a No. 1 only three times in its history, none since 1981 (Michigan). The matchup with No. 1 Ohio State doesn't seem to be a good one for the Badgers. They haven't beaten the Buckeyes since 2004, meaning no current coach or player has a blueprint. The Badgers held the ball for almost 43 minutes last season, outgained Ohio State 2-1 and, well, blew it with two pick sixes.
Saturday could be a Gamecockian moment, then, at Camp Randall Stadium. At night. National television. Revenge in the air.
"What more do you need?" offensive coordinator Paul Chryst told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "You've got Ohio State coming in. Who gives a [bleep] about last year?"
The Senator, Jim Tressel, played it bland as usual. The program's rep to some is that it doesn't win the big one. But the Buckeyes are 15-3 as a No. 1 under Tressel, all since 2006. Two of the losses, of course, are in national championship games.
"We believe there is a permanent bull's eye," Tressel said.
Mason feels another permanency -- his beating heart being yanked from his body. He played (and lost to) Nebraska's championship teams in 1994 and 1995. In his first year at Minnesota, 1997, the Gophers led at No. 1 Penn State 15-3 in the fourth quarter. That week before the game a fan stopped had him in the street telling Mason he felt sorry for him.
"Why?" Mason said.
"You're going to get killed," the fan said.
Then, the always-chatty Mason compared his Saturday -- playing in Happy Valley against Joe Paterno -- against the fan's -- cleaning out his garage.
"Is anybody famous going to come watch you clean your garage?" Mason asked. "Is it being televised?"
Properly motivated, Mason brought that attitude to Penn State. Before taking the field that day, the former guard for Woody Hayes at Ohio State changed into a jacket and tie for the first time in his career.
"Paterno may outcoach me but he's sure not going to outdress me," he said.
Penn State rallied to win 16-15. Despite winning at Happy Valley two years later and leading Minnesota to seven bowls in 10 years, Mason ended his career without beating a No. 1. In his profession, he is in the majority. His former employer is in the minority and a distant memory in this discussion. Minnesota actually has beaten a No. 1 three times; none, though, since 1977.
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Guys I'm super pumped to share this title sequence from Steven Universe with you! I spent the first half of the year working on Steven as the art director helping Rebecca define a look for her show. This title sequence was one of the last things I worked on before I left. It was really challenging because we didn't actually have any time in the schedule to do it, but we also felt that it was really important and also Rebecca's theme song and storyboard were so inspiring (the theme song is so catchy, I think I was whistling it in the shower for like a month straight!) I think we wanted to make the time to do it! My role in it was primarily color stuff. The first thing I did when I started working on it was this color script:
A lot of things ended up changing from this first color script but it gave us a good place to start. I ended up painting most of the BGs myself in order to avoid overburdening the color team, although I got some much needed help from Amanda Winterstein, who painted the boardwalk shot with the Donut Shop, and Jasmin Lai who figured out the light burst effects for the beginning! Rebecca and I were holed up in my office practically every night for like 2 weeks eating Chipotle bowls and trying to nail down the color stuff. I think it came out really well in the end and I feel super proud of it and all the hard work everybody did! Everyone really put a huge effort into this thing. Here's full credits for the titles from Ian's blog:
Storyboard by Rebecca Sugar
Art Direction by Kevin Dart
Music composed by Rebecca Sugar, Arranged by Jeff Liu, Aivi and Surasshu
Animation by Danny Hynes, Joe Johnston, Ian Jones-Quartey, Jeff Liu and Rebecca Sugar
Background Design by Steven Sugar
Character Color by Tiffany Ford
Background Color by Amanda Winterstein
Overseas Production by Sunmin Image Pictures Co., Ltd
Animation Direction by Nick DeMayo and Ki-Yong Bae
And oh yeah! That shot at the very end of the video with the hand is actually one of the show's title cards (for some reason sans titles), painted by me and composited by my best of buds Stephane Coedel! I'll talk more about those in another post, and also maybe post more stuff from the title sequence like final BGs and whatever!
In conclusion, get pumped everybody, this thing comes out NOVEMBER 4TH!!


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I am literally the epitome of a relationship gone wrong. I can't help it. I fucking love you and I'm scared to lose you. So when you're going out to a gay bar with your ex, what do you expect me to do? Be all fucking rainbows and sunshine? I'm sorry, but no. Not to mention owner of said gay bar you're at sends you pictures of his dick and you don't tell him to stop. It bothers me and I'm sorry. I can't change my mind on these things and just suddenly accept them.
I sat in the parking lot of my work last night and cried for over an hour, but you were too concerned about going out to even care. 1 phone call and that's it. Then you went out and never came back. I tried talking to you from 2:30am until I fell asleep at 5:30am. Not everything I said was nice, and I'm sorry; I let the sadness and alcohol get the better of me.
I'm not even mad at you. I'm hurt. Hurt like you couldn't even comprehend. I don't understand why you're willing to hurt me again and again just for a night out with your EX BOYFRIEND. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm not putting myself through anymore nights like last night. I love you, but I can't handle this anymore. We can talk it out because I do want to be with you, but changes will need to be made. On both our ends. I love you, Jack. I hope someday you'll love me enough to work this out.
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I miss this so incredibly much.
Do I miss you? I shouldn't. But I do.
But I've accepted what we are, and I am really happy that you found someone to make you happy.
I know you don't want me even thinking about you, and normally I'm not. But every now and again I come across pictures like this and I can't help but to remember everything.
You were the first boy I've ever loved.
And it's still hard coping with the fact we aren't going to love again.
But I know that you're happy now.
And one day I'll be happy again.
But don't think I've ever forgotten anything.
Because I remember it all.
Crystal clear. Like a picture of perfection.
But you're someone I'll never forget.
I love you.
After 8 excruciatingly painful months of heartbreak, agony, and prayer. I'm finally over you.
You obliterated me. Destroyed me. Turned me into a person I never wanted to be.
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I love you.
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I don't claim to know much about cars, but I am becoming more familiar with MCPL's repair databases. A few months ago, my significant other was replacing the transmission of a '94 Ford Ranger. MCPL owns quite a number of repair manuals, and I was able to find a Chilton's Manual of our make and model for him. But anyone who has ever used Chilton's before knows they are only helpful to a point.
As I've said before, what I know about cars isn't much, but I am becoming more familiar with MCPL's Automotive and Small Engine Repair Databases.
Almost nothing is more annoying to me than car troubles. My poor car has been through the ringer, and it's frustrated me to no end. Two years ago, we replaced all four tires, shocks, and struts for the outrageous price of over $1000. Imagine my surprise when a few months later I found myself with flat tires (I'm not talking one flat tire, I mean all four in less than a year). After having the tires checked out, we determined that they hadn't been sealed properly. Our mechanic took care of it and we moved on.
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But the information concerning what he was doing was not broadly available to his mind. That's important, because he wasn't able to control his behaviour in the light of all his beliefs. He responded automatically, without being able to ask himself whether he valued what he was doing.
A whole range of information which would normally have stopped him (screams, the sight of blood, his mother-in-law's terrified face) couldn't interact with the mechanisms causing his actions.
The Canadian court found Parks not guilty on the charge of murder (an acquittal later upheld by the Supreme Court). I think they were right to do so.
Neuroscience provides evidence that in the absence of consciousness, we can't control our behaviour in the light of our values. And that's a good reason to excuse us."—
What does it mean when you unconsciously kill someone?
Neuroethicist & co-guest @ the Neuroethics & Law Blog, Neil Levy writes about it.
I'm working on a project with Lucas Film artists and hearing cool stories of what went on at the Skywalker Ranch. Special s/o to you, mix matched, chunky thermos. You made me a lil awesome. xx
Non-surprising update: I put it off till the very last minute. I heard the other day how the review went. Me, desperate for approval voice: "So?? how'd it go?! Did he like it???!!!" Him, as if I asked about clouds: "Yes. He liked it."
How long I can put off starting a proposal, due tomorrow, that an Ex-Prime Minister of Canada is going to review?
When you think you've died, you haven't actually died. Death is a two-stage process, and where you wake up after your last breath is something of a Purgatory: you don't feel dead, you don't look dead, and in fact you are not dead. Yet.
Perhaps you thought the afterlife would be something like a soft white light, or a glistening ocean, or floating in music. But the afterlife more closely resembles the feeling of standing up too quickly: for a confused moment, you forget who you are, where you are, all the personal details of your life. And it only gets stranger from here.
First, everything becomes dark in a blindingly bright way, and you feel a smooth stripping away of your inhibitions and a washing away of your power to do anything about it. You start to lose your ego, which is intricately related to the spiriting away of your pride. And then you lose your self-referential memories.
You're loosing you, but you don't seem to care.
There's only a little bit of you remaining now, the core of you: naked consciousness, bare as a baby.
To understand the meaning of this afterlife, you must remember that everyone is multifaceted. And since you always lived inside your own head, you were much better at seeing the truth about others than you ever were at seeing yourself. So you navigated your life with the help of others who held up mirrors for you. People praised your good qualities and criticized your bad habits, and these perspectives—often surprising to you—helped you to guide your life. So poorly did you know yourself that you were always surprised at how you looked in photographs or how you sounded on voice mail.
In this way, much of your existence took place in the eyes, ears, and fingertips of others. And now that you've left the Earth, you are stored in scattered heads around the globe.
Here in this Purgatory, all the people with whom you've ever come in contact are gathered. The scattered bits of you are collected, pooled, and unified. The mirrors are held up in front of you. Without the benefit of filtration, you see yourself clearly for the first time.
And that is what finally kills you.
-Sum, by David Eagleman. My lab director is pretty good at fiction.
Since I've been in Houston studying crime, the following have taken place at/round my place :
- 7 car break ins
- 2 obstructions of justice
- 1 stolen gun
- 1 burglary
- 1 shots fired
- 1 aggravated robbery (weapon)
- 1 robbery
- 1 assault
- 1 breaking & enter
- 1 account of possession of stolen property
- 1 noise complaint
- 1 evading & resisting arrest
Let's go ahead an add robbery and assault to the list, as of last night.
And pop on another car break-in tonight, right in my face.


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The HOT TOYZ IRON MAN 3 Tony Stark "The Mechanic" sixth-scale action figure is now on pre-order from the Sideshow Collectibles site.
Here's its specs:
Tony Stark, the beloved hero and billionaire genius, is facing a few challenges in Iron Man 3; terrorists have badly injured his dearest friend, blown up his house, kidnapped his girlfriend, and almost destroyed his newest Iron Man suit. Despite this downward spiral, Tony's resolve to take down the Mandarin has not wavered. Sideshow Collectibles is proud to present Hot Toys' Tony Stark (The Mechanic) Sixth Scale Collectible Figure, decked out with Tony's homemade weapons and gadgets used to infiltrate The Mandarin's mansion. The movie-accurate Tony Stark Collectible Figure is specially crafted based on the image of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, wearing his battle damaged 'civilian' attire; highlighting a newly developed head sculpt, advanced body with light up chest, and detailed weapons and accessories.
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• LED light on chest (battery operated)
• Metallic gold and red paint on interchangeable Mark XLII armor parts including:
• One (1) right forearm armor
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• Figure stand with Tony Stark nameplate and the movie logo
• Sideshow Exclusive: Homemade wrist repulsor accessory
No mention of a tiny replica of the DORA THE EXPLORER "limited edition" watch for this action figure, however.
The action figure can be pre-ordered for $224.99 at the Sideshow Collectibles' web site.


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What's a Siren? What are Sirenz??
The deets: Sirens were these bird women (sorry, no mermaids!) that sat on the rocks and lured passing sailors to their doom. How does that apply to two high school girls like us? Of course there's some drama. We had an argument over a pair of shoes that, well, caused a little accident. Enter Hades (Lord of the Underworld) who says he can undo "our mess" if we agree to become his Sirens and lure one soul to Tartarus for him. Simple no? Especially when he throws in a posh crash pad and a bottomless Visa… Would YOU say no to a deal like that? Before you answer, have a look at our memoir Sirenz. We can't say much more, but the authors Charlotte Bernnardo and Natalie Zaman don't have the same… contractual issues with Hades that we do. Non-disclosure clauses suck.
MEG (according to Shar):
Born in Brooklyn on December 20, Meg is set to be a professional mourner because all her clothes are black! But at least she can pick the right music! Meg is loyal, serious, hardworking and sincere. I think one day she will save something- the planet, a stray cat or maybe me, from evil people. Don't let those baby blues make you think she's a pushover- she's not! Get to know her over a mega-soy-mocha-latte and chocolate, you won't regret it!
SHAR (according to Meg):
Are you really surprised that Shar is a Leo sun (bold, confident, and a summer baby), with a Taurus rising (sticks to her guns, aka stubborn), and a Virgo moon (likes everything "just so"—trust me, I live with her!). Shar is sleek and smart, and has the biggest heart of anyone I know. Perhaps one day I'll wear the fitted pink sweater she got me for my birthday (she says it'll look good on me, and she DOES have a flair for color and shape—but don't tell her I said that—my dark streak must be maintained!). A chat and a chai tea latte and you'll love her as much as I do.
HADES (according to Hades): Don't forget me, my dear Sirenz.


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Usually on weekend nights I'm cooking by the seat of my pants — using up whatever I can scrounge from the fridge and going fast. Truth be told, this is often my favorite way to cook because failures, missing ingredients and missteps turn into strange successes.
Case in point: last night's pork chops with their blindingly white accompaniments, pictured at left.
My original intention was to serve these chops with mashed potatoes, a green salad and a quick sweet-and-sour onion sauce (caramelized sweet onions with a hit of vinegar).
But, well, as the chops were grilling, my A.D.D. got the better of me. I tried to whip four small (and not fully tender) Yukon Gold potatoes with more than a cup of milk and found myself staring down a splattered counter and a bowlful of lumpy soup. Could this glop be saved?
Yes! I whipped out my handy-dandy immersion blender and found myself with an incredibly silky, low-fat potato puree that seemed poised on the edge of liquid and solid. All it needed was a little salt and pepper.
Our lettuce had died a slow, neglected-in-the-vegetable-crisper and was not salvageable. But I did discover an Asian pear. I cut it up and tossed it with olive oil, cider vinegar and salt. With these two accompaniments, I didn't need the onion sauce.
The whole plate was like pork chops and applesauce reimagined, with surprising but mild flavors and memorable textures.
Now I'm planning round two — with buttermilk in the potatoes and maybe a little sesame oil or citrus juice to dress the pear.
November 4th, 2010
3:05 pm
I almost bought Asian pears at the store today. Are you imagining a pear salad or slaw? I'm intrigued. I'm saving this summer's peach-infused bourbon for the next pork-chops-on-the-grill.
November 4th, 2010
8:44 pm
I found myself in a similar situation……..after staring in the kelvinator for what seemed like hours I settled on a smooth nutty number and a rather fruity yet playful little side dish……paired the two with a multi grain wonder and viola……the classic P B & J…..MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM weeknights are to die for……
November 5th, 2010
4:40 am
I don't know if the buttermilk in the potatoes and the sesame oil will play well together.
Tell us how it turned out.


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"Feeling my way through the darkness guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end but I know where to start.
They tell me I'm too young to understand, say I'm caught up in a dream
and life will past me by if I don't open up my eyes and that's fine by me
so wake me up when it's all over, when I'm wiser and I'm older,
all this time I was fighting myself and I didn't know I was lost.
So wake me up when its all over, when I'm wiser and I'm older
all this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I lost.
I've tired caring the weight of the world but I only have two hands,
I hope get a chance to travel the world but I don't have any plans,
I wish I could stay forever this young not afraid to close my eyes,
life's a game made for everyone and love is a prize"
"You add up all the losses that death will cost you (your family, your job, your dream retirement, the friends you leave behind, your favorite bodily pleasures) — you add up all these losses, and then you replace them only with death and Christ — if when you do that you joyfully say, gain!, then Christ is magnified in your dying. Christ is most magnified in your death, when you are so satisfied in Christ, that losing everything and getting only Christ is called gain."
Christian Hedonism says, God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him.
From John Piper's sermon: http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/sermons/god-is-most-glorified-in-us-when-we-are-most-satisfied-in-him
Better lose all than lose love. He wins who keeps that supreme. He loses who says one bitter word, writes one selfish line, or moves one inch out of the love of God and his brother… We hurt the faith more by hardness and self-will and unbrotherly behavior than by confused opinions or false definitions.
Yellow Belly
You were built for blessing but you only make them bleed, but you don't care.
And bruises are but shadows of the blackness that you breed, but you don't care.
The light that's left inside their eyes is darkened day by day, but you don't care.
Your presence pulls the color from the world 'till all is grey, but you don't care.
No, you don't 'cause you are less than half a man, yellow belly and crimson hands.
You will one day reap your reckoning and maybe then you'll understand.
Your hands were made to comfort, though they only conjure fear, but you don't care.
And she's in the closet praying, "Lord, please get me out of here," but you don't care.
What mercy have they known from you, to ask that it be shown to you?
i can hear the church bells ringing
they pealed aloud your praise
the members faces were smiling
with their hands out stretched to shake
it's true they did not move me
my heart was hard and tired
their perfect fire annoyed me
i could not find you anywhere
could someone please tell me the story
of sinners ransomed from the fall
i still have never seen you
and some days i don't love you at all
the devoted were wearing bracelets
to remind them why they came
some concrete motivation
when the abstract could not do the same
but if all that's left is duty
i'm falling on my sword
at least then i would not serve
an unseen distant lord
someone please tell me the story
of sinners ransomed from the fall
i still have never seen you
and some days i don't love you at all
if this is only a test
i hope that i'm passing
cause i'm losing steam
and i still want to trust you
peace be still…
(Picture taken by me in Cesara Philippi, Israel)
We sometimes forget that Jesus said that "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18 ESV), but it's amazing that sometimes that battle is within the body rather than against hell.
It's no wonder that we have an enemy that prowls like a roaring lion, who seeks to devour us (1 Pet. 5:8), and comes after us to cause quarrels among us. He will use disagreements to stir up anger and hatred towards one another. And as long as there is tension within the body Satan is prevailing.
I am reminded of how we ought to be as I read passages in Ephesians where Paul says to the church, "I… urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Eph. 4:1-3 ESV).
Shame on us that we allow conflicts to happen to the bride of Christ instead of the picture that Paul has painted in the verse above!
Despite whatever disputes or even deep pains caused by another, we have to remember that Jesus Christ forgave us of ALL our sins! Which the punishment should have been Hell! Instead, God redeemed us through the cross and all has been forgiven because of the love of God… are we then above God to not forgive others and love them? The church must prevail against hell and not Satan prevailing against us.
Dan Perez


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Well, at least you can prove
Well, at least you can prove you were there. Lucky!
Unlike people claiming to be at Woodstock or at Kerry Wood's 20K game, I have PROOF!
Did you see they're now selling UNUSED tickets from that game for $20 as commemoratives? LAME!
What are you going to do with that? Say "Gee, I wish I was there?"
I still have my print out ticket in my bag, I think.
Very cool
You sat one row in front of me. What a night, huh?
Did I? I was talking to some people behind me - possibly even you! I had a green Cubs zip up with me - it was lying on the chair for the most part once the game started.
Just in front of me. We were right behind the biiiig people from Houston. What a night...
That annoying guy yelling "GO BIG PUMA!"? every time he said that I went "meow!"
Of course we have to be sitting by the only Astros fans there...! When he walked up, I was like "oh god, I hope he's not sitting right next to me."
As it was, I had to sit next to this guy (on my right) who was saying he's a season ticket holder, already has his playoff tickets, and pre-sold half of them on stubhub and made $4,000. I wanted to slug him.
You should've
What a waste, but I guess capitalism still is king.
Actually, the Houston people were very nice. We chatted with them a few times during the middles. They were up in Minnesota visiting someone and couldn't fly back home, so they drove to Milwaukee to catch the games and hoped to get on a plane by Monday night. They heard from their neighbor their house had sustained damage.


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Angry residents say the city didn't give enough notice about the proposal.
Some Roseville residents claim they have had little say about the prospect that Wal-Mart could soon get permission to build a store in the city, and they aren't happy.
Only a handful of residents voiced their displeasure at Wednesday's Planning Commission meeting, but they say there would be an even louder outcry if more people were aware of plans.
A few who spoke felt Roseville was pulling a fast one because the city didn't announce plans for the store until just days before the Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve plans for the preliminary plat. The Arkansas-based retailer wants to build a 160,000-square-foot retail center on forlorn property at County Road C and Cleveland Avenue.
"How long has the city known Wal-Mart would be making a proposal, and why not share this information sooner?" asked Megan Dushin, a resident who serves on the city's Civic Engagement Task Force. "Disappointing."
The City Council will discuss the plan at its Feb. 27 meeting.
Along with a Wal-Mart, the plan approved Wednesday will allow the site just east of Interstate 35W to contain two other smaller shops, businesses or restaurants. It also calls for the city to give up a small piece of city-owned land near a roundabout at Twin Lakes Parkway and Mount Ridge Road.
A city staff report said plans for the big-box store on the 14-acre parcel fit Roseville's master plan for the Twin Lakes Business Park, advance the city's goals of redeveloping dilapidated properties and do not conflict with the city's Comprehensive Plan.
The report said the master plan expresses a preference for "support" retail uses, such as dry cleaners, personal banking offices and convenience shops. While the proposed development is larger than the master plan preferred, it does not exclude larger developments such as Wal-Mart, which tend to contain pharmacies, photo labs, convenience items and offerings "that are consistent and support that kind of retail," said Brian Lloyd, associate city planner.
Plan called 'shallow'
Resident Gary Gruefenberg objected, and said that the staff did not properly vet the project, that it does not follow the goals of the Comprehensive Plan, and that the report was done in a "shallow and facile way."
"We deserve more than a superficial statement that it is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan," he said. "To hear the Comprehensive Plan is not relevant makes me wonder if all involvement of citizens is meaningless and pure window dressing. I want a more thorough review of the Comprehensive Plan. There is no analysis here."
Dan Boerigter, the commission's acting chair who voted in favor of the plan, said it was ludicrous to say that residents didn't have a voice in the decision.
"We have talked about Twin Lakes for years," he said. "They had a chance to weigh in. If they had attended past meetings, they would know that retail would be allowed."
Vote wasn't unanimous
But opponents did get sympathy from Peter Strohmeier, who cast the lone dissenting vote.
"The community was caught off guard; so was I," he said. "This is one more way to add to frustration that they don't have a role in government. I am disappointed in that"
In voting for the project, commission member Michael Boguszewski acknowledged the public's fears about increased traffic, crime and aesthetic appeal, but since the development meets zoning requirements it's not the city's role to fetter business.
"I don't see Wal-Mart being equivalent to a nuclear waste plant," he said. "... If there is going to be a Wal-Mart, there is no better spot for it."
The city has been trying to develop the property, which is littered with weeds and dilapidated buildings, for nearly 30 years, said City Planner Thomas Paschke.
"It's about time we do something out there," said commission member Jeff Gisslequist in voting yes.
Paschke said residents can still submit comments directly to City Council members or send them to City Hall.
Wal-Mart has five other stores within a 10-mile radius of the proposed Roseville store, including St. Anthony, Vadnais Heights and on University Avenue in St. Paul. A Wal-Mart Supercenter is being built in Brooklyn Center at the former Brookdale Shopping Center site.
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