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As often as the mind is outgoing, so often it should be turned within.
–Sri Ramana Maharshi quoted under ARCS in PARABOLA, Volume X, Number 3, "The Body."
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BILL WATTERSON 'A cartoonist's advice'
Absolutely gorgeous image of a giant Buddha carved into a hillside in Leshan, China.
(h/t @carnellm)
Auguste Rodin - The Cathedral (1908)
"True artists are almost the only people who do their work for pleasure."
The gaping flame-filled crater has been this way since 1971, when Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern of natural gas and decided to burn it off so it wouldn't poison anyone. They thought it would take a few days. Four decades later, locals refer to this pit as the Door to Hell.
Green Home
It's entirely conceivable that life's splendor surrounds us all, and always in its complete fullness, accessible but veiled, beneath the surface, invisible, far away. But there it lies, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If we call it by the right word, by the right name, then it comes. This is the essence of magic, which doesn't create but calls.
―Franz Kafka, from his diaries
"Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end."


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Surf and Turf
"I have been out in conditions too severe for me and my boat. I don't intentionally go out into that kind of sea or weather, but they can surprise you. I remember coming back in once in the 27-footer with so much wind and sea I couldn't use the sails. I had my little outboard pushing us home, and we tossed and pitched so much the propellers kept coming right out of the water and whizzing away wildly."
Ruch has a sailing dream. One day he plans to sail out of Puget Sound and down into the South Seas.
"Now that would be a ride."
Judy Royal, of Noble, La., caught this gaspergoo but quickly decided it was way too ugly to consider for dinner.
Rods & Barrels
'It's a Goo!'
When Rayford Royal III comes off the road, he relaxes out on Toledo Bend, the massive (185,000 acres) man-made lake on the Louisiana/Texas border. And when he does, his wife Judy usually goes with him, just as she usually rides with the Hornady Truck Line flatbed trucker as he drives across America. This time Rayford had his camera in the boat with him.
"I caught it," says Judy, "but I didn't know what it was. It was so ugly, with a big hump, it looked prehistoric. Rayford thought it might be a white bass, but it was way too ugly. We finally figured it was a goo, a gaspergoo, and around here you aren't country if you don't eat goo. But I couldn't even begin to clean it, so I let it go."
Gaspergoos are actually a freshwater drum with a tasty reputation for sweet white flesh, but Rayford and Judy, of Noble, La., are pretty new at fishing.
"He's only been doing it about two years," says Judy, "and he really loves it. When he comes off the road, it relaxes him. He fishes out behind our lake home, and when he comes back in he's got a lot better attitude. He gets out there and listens to the peace and quiet. And he doesn't mind if he doesn't catch anything. We can always go down to the store and buy some."
The Royals have a deal. The one who catches the most fish on a day's outing doesn't have to do the cleaning. Judy admits Rayford has a slight edge when it comes to totals. Mostly they fish for lake fish (largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, striped bass, white bass, bluegill
and redear sunfish) with bait, but casting a lure is rapidly becoming their favorite sport.
"We ran out of bait one day and Rayford said, 'Let's try this bass fishing with a lure.' We mostly caught catfish to start with, but we're getting better."
Rayford Royal III was a trucker for 10 years before leaving the road for life in the oil business, but he's been back hauling OTR for a year now, and, says Judy, he fishes whenever he's home. "And he's usually home on time because we live in a part of the country that's got a great location; he can always get a load back to this part of America."
Off-Duty Destinations
The Florida Keys
The cold is coming back, so maybe it's time to think about how you might cheat winter. Getting a load to Florida sounds good. And if you can get there, consider a bobtail trip to one of the great winter playgrounds for outdoors sports fans in America, the 120-mile-long chain of islands south of Miami.
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the whole lin-chilada. lin-peccable. lin-satiable. those are just a few examples of the fever pitch surrounding jeremy lin's meteoric rise to full-fledged pop culture phenomenon over the past couple weeks.
in case you've missed his story thus far, here's the abridged version: high school basketball player unwanted by major schools, played at harvard university. no nba teams drafted him in 2010, but he later caught on as a rookie free agent before getting cut twice by teams. after joining the knicks last december, he got his first chance to start two weeks ago and since then has scored more points in his first five starts than any player in modern nba history.
when his team won six straight games during a one-week span, lin generated more twitter traffic than any other nba player in history.
not to mention, sparking jeremy lin movie rumors. rumors that he's got a date with kim kardashian (untrue, btw). an online word generator. internet tribute memes. and spike lee donning lin's actual high school jersey and poetry slamming new nicknames for him. could a signature flavor of popchips be that far behind?
from crashing on friends' couches to capturing the entire country's attention: he is the quintessential underdog story, and an undeniable pop culture phenomenon unlike any we have seen before.
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Here is another one for LEGO fans! My son would love this set of LEGO Super Heroes Spiderman's Doc Ock Ambush Play Set since he is really into super heroes right now, too. This is on sale for $29.97 and you can choose to pick it up in the store to save on shipping.
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OH… MY… GODS… this…
this is just too perfect…
*goes make some Melon-Zuko right now!!** a;lkdsfffftt!!
Click on the picture for the full Commercial!!
Wow lol I realize that it's been more than a year since I made this. I feel old ;-;
What am I even looking at.
WTF !!!!!!! can't stop laughing XD
WELP Zuko is workin' that sombrero
Side note… but does this mean Mike can cosplay from Avatar now?


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Step by Step: A Great way of Painting your own Mural without Knowing how to Draw
From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realize that you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
*whispers unattractively* dragons
fact: It's impossible to say "dragons" unattractively.
The Purple Shirt of Sex
oh sweet jesus
i can never look at purple the same way!!!!!!!!!
This is one of the best things i've ever seen on here, no lie..
when you realize they weren't waving at you


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the interns at @gladiolagirls are ready for the snow! (at Gladiola Girls)
valentine's essentials. #regram
rainy day packages. #theparcelexchange
let this month be a reminder that we are loved and deeply known by our Heavenly Father. #lovemonth
oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! | psalm 8:1
happy february! i'm looking forward to knowing the Lord deeper and being molded by his overflowing grace and love. what are you most anticipating this month? 😊


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Queers with Guns
I keep getting facebook invites to go to Queers with Guns, which is where a bunch of queer folks get together at a shooting range and get a workshop on how to shoot guns. I think it's a good idea but it makes me sooo nervous! I was raised by pacifists, and I can pick apart why I think pacifism is really problematic (and different from nonviolence), but I still don't know that I could ever do this. I can't even kill mosquitos, even while they're biting me.
Queers With Guns is back, and badder than ever. This time, we've rented out the whole range, and have access to all the range's guns. Yes, that's right, a gun range full of queers shooting AK-47's, .38 revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, M16's (really AR-15's), and 12 ga shotguns. All levels of experience welcome, there will be instruction on safe handling and shooting of each firearm.
We are going to get together again and learn… how to use these tools… Maybe you want to come because you're afraid of guns and want to get over your fear. Maybe you want to come to get ready for the revolution. Maybe you want to come because you think the phallic nature of guns is sexy… (thanks bruce labruce and "the raspberry reich" for that). Maybe you want to come because you're an excellent shot and you want to show off. Maybe you want to come because you know hate crimes legislation is stupid and you want us to be able to defend ourselves without relying on the state. Whatever the reason, COME!!!!
Also I am very skeptical of anarchists/radicals who want to talk about violence as a tool for revolution or a necessary step or even just a last resort, without having had violence in their personal lives, or without living in a violent place. I grew up in a much less violent part of a very very violent place, and the violence in my neighborhood was often along racial lines, and then I had direct violence in my life later. So it is not something I can glamorize. Nor do I want to jump on board with anarchism that does a lot of posturing, or quotes other people talking about violence in their own lives but has no connection to it. And that is also not to say that someone can't be authentically radical if they haven't lived through violence—cause if you haven't then that's awesome for you!—but just I'm bothered by radicals glamorizing other people's shit & tragedies.
I'm not accusing Queers with Guns of doing this, either; it's just one of the reasons this makes me very nervous. Someday I'll go. Not this time cause I'm still too scared.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Happy 4th of July
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Keep it safe and May each of You have a Blessed Day.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
It has been raining all day today.... it gave me the idea to blog a bit about water leaks
Fussing to try and find a leak as soon as it happens is something that could put you in the hospital. Never go on top of your roof on a windy or rainy day and never, I mean never go up there alone.
-Gutters that have not been cleaned can cause the water to build up during rain gutter leaks will cause eave and facial to rot leading to expensive repairs.
-Ventilation boots are the creators of another type of leak. The sun destroys the rubber boot causing a leak in the ceiling.
-The installation or replacement of flashing around chimneys, against siding and others will decrease the chance and or put an end to a leak.
-Exterior rot around your windows usually caused by sun and water damage, when not maintained, will end up allowing water to penetrate inside the wall. Remember that where there is wet wood there are bugs also the possibility of finding large colonies of mildew, black mold and other deadly bacterias normally undetectable until their population is large and the home inhabitants begin to get sick.
-Other leaks are interior coming from the upper bathroom or laundry room and `your immediate attention is always less expensive than to wait.
It is always cheaper to call your handyman and ask him to spot and fix a leak as soon as you find it. Most of us will give you a free quote on how much all your repairs will be.
If you live in the Gwinnet, Walton or Barrow Counties in Georgia and do not have a Handyman you can contact us and we will be happy to help you.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Hello Everybody
I want to thank you for the great emails, and wonderful wishes for my new year. I do appreciate all of them.
This weather in GA has not allow me to work much this week but it has brought up some old age back pains.. Oh well, every year about this time all pains pop up. I call it resting time. Tomorrow will be a better day, everything must pass.
If you are a new visitor, feel free to look through the pages on the right side you will find pictures of my Father the main Carpenter, pictures of the work I have done, things I like and something to smile about. Come back often I love blogging and will be adding more pages.
May God Bless You, please email me your questions, comments and or...
I would love to hear from you. Remember that I serve the Gwinnett, Walton and Barrow Counties in Georgia, so feel free to contact me. I am here to serve and am available to hear about your needed repairs, remodeling, additions and or makeovers as well as ready to give you a quote with my best prices to perform the job.
Have a Bless Day, don't forget to Pray for our Country, we need God's Blessings.
but if you must... Drive carefully
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
To each of You
May God Abundantly Bless You
Amazing!... a new year already, and
it doesn't look too promising, some
may say...
lets t
urn that vision around and see it as a year full of Victory and Success.
If you have Jesus in your heart you can ma
ke this year a wonderful year for you. Ask God for the Wisdom you need to accomplish it
he will give it to you.
Seek Him, spen
d time with him
Set aside a time to pray,
for our leaders, for Israel, for the needy, the sick, the one who doesn't believe.. pray
Thank You
for the opportunity to serve you, we wish to be of equal or even better help this new year.
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
May the New Year bring you love and blessings,
success and victory. In Jesus Name I ask.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
We are Wades Handyman
I was very young when my Dad started teaching me about the use of a hammer and nails. I was so interested that I made a life career out of it.
Today I find myself very knowledgeable of most phases of house building, therefor I provide the following services to the Counties around me under Wades Handyman.
This recession brought us down financially forced us to get rid of our vehicles and some of the equipment but they could not take my Faith, health, knowledge and experience away. I am still here and able to serve others.
Pulling a mobile shop we were able to bring all the equipment needed to perform the job successfully.
Outside of the House:
1. Siding installation and repairs
2. Eave work
3. Windows: installation, and window repairs.
4. Doors, installation and repairs.
5. Wood trim installation and or repairs.
6. Deck and patio building or repairs.
Inside the house:
1. Remodel, repairs or makeovers:
a. Appliance installation, and removal
b. Cabinet installation, refacing repairing, and or
building a new cabinets.
c. Relocate walls, add or remove full or partial walls.
d. Sink installation, repairs, replace.
e. Flooring: laminated, ceramic, wood... I can do most
floors except for carpet installation.
f. Back splash installing, removing.
g. Basic electrical, wiring, move outlets, place new ones,
lighting, fans installation, etc.
2. Bathroom building, repairs or total Makeover:
- Add, remove, repair or build a new shower.
new valves, faucets, all plumbing and drainage problems, etc.
- Installation or removal of toilets, sinks, vanities, tubs, ...
- Floor installation: ceramic, Travertine, stone... etc.
- Cabinet building, repair or refacing.
Door installation and repairs of rotten wood or holes.
Drywall work,
installation, repairs, finishing, walls, ceilings..
a. Stipple installation and or repairs.
- installation and or repair of crown mold, baseboards,
window trim, bead board....
Suspended ceilings:
new installation and removal.
Complete basement finishing
As I go on with this blog I will get into one by one and will show pictures of the jobs performed.
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Crowds came out to Keswick Hall in Albemarle County Sunday for the 8th annual tree lighting event.
Guests enjoyed caroling by the Jeffersonland Barbershop Chorus, hot chocolate, and visits with Santa Claus.
They also got to check out Keswick Hall's Christmas decorations, including giant gingerbread houses.
For those who wanted to stay toasty, there was holiday classic piano music playing inside the hall.
"It really is just about reaching out to the community and our club members as well as our Keswick Hall supporters and really just welcoming them here to the resort," says Keswick Hall general manager Rick Butts.
Kids kept busy by participating in holiday workshops, a story time event, and eating plenty of sweet treats.
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World Class Terrain Park Makes Its Mark on Dollar
We never thought that this day would come, but today was the limited opening and testing of the new terrain park on Dollar built buy SPT. Local athletes Tai Barrymore, Colter Brehmer, Mal Prior, Chase Josey, and Conor Davis met at 8:00 this morning to get to know/test the park and give some feedback. Everyone seemed super stoked just to even have a park, and to have one of this caliber was icing on the cake, lots of icing. So far, the park features include ten rails/boxes, smaller progressive jumps to learn on, and two big kickers. The kickers are about 45ft from the lip to the knuckle and the landings continue for about another 100+ft, making huge airs possible. The park will officially open to the public tomorrow so grab your gear and head over to Dollar!
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-stefan aeby trio 'utopia' is out! thank you ozella music. order your copy by sending me an e-mail.
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» California's Most Expensive Restaurant Facing Claims of Underpaying Workers.
Urasawa in Beverly Hills, where dinner for two can easily exceed $1,000, is facing state and civil accusations of underpaying workers and withholding overtime, the New York Times reports. The sushi bar, which previously housed Masa Takayama's Ginza Sushi-Ko, is California's most expensive restaurant, with a starting price of $375 per person before drinks, tax and tip.
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all i want for christmas is to be able to sing well… but here's what i've been doing for the last half hour. clearly avoiding studying for finals.
he stood
unsure and
briefcase in hand,
polished shoes,
ironed shirt with
matching tie.
weight shifting
from heel
to toe.
a knock on the door,
a quick exchange,
two sweaty palms,
a pounding heart.
selected words,
all rehearsed.
across the table,
a suited stranger,
for whom he paints
a vivid picture.
a familiar sight,
a man he knows
who looks like him
and shares the same
lopsided smile.
but whose demeanor,
charisma, character,
and qualifications
set him apart.
and the gated bridge that stands between
the man and the man he longs to be,
is the suited stranger across the table,
who holds the keys to this man's dreams
so there he sat,
unsure and
briefcase wide open,
polished shoes,
ironed shirt with
matching tie.
a knock on the table,
a quick exchange,
two sweaty palms,
a spreading smile.
four short words:
to the company.
from two doors down,
the tapping taught me
when to stay away.
when after supper,
the clicking came
to mark the end of day.
the chorus started,
with the sound
of whistles, hums, and whirs.
fluorescent lights,
computer fans,
and twelve e-mail alerts.
his ball-point pen
a stand-in drum stick,
a rhythm never ceasing.
the inhale, exhale,
a ritardando
to guide his quiet breathing.
fingers all dancing,
and hand swiftly sliding
the mouse across slick surfaces.
order forms, spreadsheets,
logistics and planning,
details of programs and purchases.
with the work never ending,
his days and nights claimed,
I knew to give him his space.
but still, every night,
after clicking,
and sliding,
and whirring,
and humming,
and frustrated tapping,
a knock on my door
signaled his intermission,
his giving permission
to be present once more.
My mind used to feel most alive when I could spend two hours releasing my thoughts onto the pages of my journal or pouring them into this blog. For the past few months, I haven't given myself more than a few minutes at a time to do this. As a result, my thoughts are disjointed and my discoveries few and far between. I'm not sure what is even worth saying at this point. All I know is that I should be writing. Logistically, it makes most sense to update on my life these days.
Classes: Despite taking 18 credit hours, I don't feel like I spend all that much time in class. My BioPsych class is awesome. I love the professor, and the material is fascinating. Bio 172 is less interesting, but it's logical enough that it doesn't bother me yet. Chem 230 is fantastic. I forgot how much I loved problems with simple formulas and algebraic derivations. Bio 173 is my only lab this semester, and today we planted tomato, alfalfa, and rye plants. Simple, quick, and fun. I think I'm going to enjoy this lab quite a lot. Eng 223 is by far my most intimidating class. Writing poetry and short stories used to be some of my favorite things to do, but at this point, I'm nervous that I won't commit the time to it that I should. Here's to hoping inspiration hits me frequently and that first drafts easily transform into final, polished pieces. The last class I have is Piano 150. Awesome, right?
ResStaff: Makes me so happy. The whole idea of being a part of a group that is unified by their desire to make people feel loved and pursued is the most exciting thing in the world to me. More to come on this…
At the moments that I feel most inspired, most motivated, and most ambitious about a thought, idea, or creative venture, I find myself paralyzed under the weight of possibilities. An infinite collage of ideas floods my daydreaming mind, and instead of sitting down to force abstract ideas into physical manifestations, my mind floats away. I collapse in the realm of the things into which I long to invest myself. My knees give out and, in the end, I find myself holding a piece of writing that is far beneath my expectations. A song spills through my speakers that violates that ideas I wished to convey. A painting is mere outlines of my original dream.
I wish I could take the ideas that jump the synapses of mind as mere electrical impulses and form them into the beauty that I understand them to be. I wish I could project my thoughts with accuracy, simplicity, and clarity.
It's much harder to analyze myself than I originally realized. The things that I'm currently experiencing seem to take precedence in how I view myself, and I don't like the bias that has been created. Regardless, I'm going to try rambling once again to come up with an idea.
I love to think about things. I analyze situations relentlessly in hopes of making new discoveries and changing the way that I see this world. I am ambitious for the sake of setting goals and achieving them, but I don't like being competitive. I don't want to do better than others; I just want to accomplish my impossible goals. I have a bad habit of investing myself into a lot of things superficially. I am a dreamer. I imagine myself floating away on an umbrella every time it's windy outside. Music is an escape for me. I am extraordinarily awkward about all romantic situations. I just avoid them entirely. I am excited to be married and wholeheartedly committed to another person. I can't wait to let my husband lead me and I can't wait to know one person that fully. Silly. I don't know why that's on my mind.
People fascinate me. I am enamored with the beauty of even pieces of trash. A cup on the side of the road has a very complex story. It was a seed, then a tree, then processed in a factory. It was built and inspected, shipped, and filled with a drink. It was purchased, used, and tossed heartlessly out a window. Now it will be picked up, thrown in a bag, and put somewhere to never be used again. Even that piece of trash has seen a big chunk of the world. Amazing.
I am torn between a desire to succeed and a desire to have nothing. Luckily, I also value the importance of balance. I'm at a stage of my life where I feel like I can pursue anything.
WOOHOO! Inspiration. That last statement mixed with my tendency to day-dream inspired my song. Next post will have it!
I've been ruthlessly thrown before a mirror, forced to examine every flaw and unique feature in my mentality and belief system. I find myself helplessly conducting an auto-ethnography, and I'm not sure what I'm seeing yet. Here is the chaotic conglomeration of superficial and deep observations of myself.
I, above all else, care about people. I want to invest in peoples' lives and dedicate myself to their betterment. I think it's important to realize that this world is not just my personal bubble. It's not just Ann Arbor. It's not just Michigan, or even the United States. This world has billions of people. And they're dying, growing, wishing, killing, teaching, learning, suffering, fighting, losing, needing, and pursuing purpose. I like thinking about the vastness of the world. It makes every moment remarkably significant. My world truly shatters when I expand my thoughts beyond this planet and into the rest of the universe. I'm but a speck, and yet my entire existence is understood and dictated by the mysterious electrical signals of my little cranium. [As a side note, I think one thing worth noting about my character is that I am genuinely interested in and fascinated by this world called Earth.] …exhausted. more later.
You'd be bored because I'm literally just watching the grass ripple in the wind.
Some things don't hit you until they've gained enough momentum to knock you to your knees. I know because my knees are currently coated in bruises… metaphorically speaking, of course.
I thought that I would be immune to the psychological stages of my late teen years. I know what I believe. I have values. I made commitments to these pursuits after careful consideration. I didn't think that a few short months away from home could change that. And to be honest, it didn't hit me that I'd changed until my very last day of freshman year.
Walking to the last of my final exams, the reality of life beyond just classes and organized extracurriculars became evident. I have changed. Things that seemed entirely irrelevant and unimportant in high school now cause me to lose sleep at night. Conversely, the things that were of utmost importance in high school now remain just as they are labeled—things that mattered in high school. They haven't carried over. I've outgrown interests, ignorant beliefs, and certain apathetic tendencies.
I am remarkably malleable, but I am not weak. Ideas transform me. I fall in love with every subject and class because each one contributes significantly to who I am.
There are so many things I want to say, but after so many months of learning to push aside reflection in order to study, I am now incapable of thinking in an organized fashion. I will finish with this one simple thought:
This world is broken in so many ways, and the more I learn, the more confident I am that I can actually heal some of its wounds. Maybe I can only contribute to one tiny scrape, but I am willing to give everything for this.


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- Cast: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Jenkins, Amaury Nolasco, Bill Smitrovich, Michael Rispoli, Marshall Bell, Karen Austin, Andy Umberger, Karina Villegas, Julian Holloway, Aaron Lustig, Karimah Westbrook, Jimmy Ortega, Gavin Houston, Bruno Irizarry, Julio Ramos Velez
- Director: Bruce Robinson
- Writers: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson
- Producers: Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp, Graham King, Robert Kravis, Anthony Rhulen
- Co Producer: Peter Kohn
- Executive Producers: William Shively, George Tobia Jr., Colin Vaines, A.J. Dix, Tim Headington, Patrick McCormick, Greg Shapiro
- Art Direction: Dawn Swiderski
- Casting: Denise Chamian
- Costume Design: Colleen Atwood
- D.O.P.: Dariusz Wolski
- Editor: Carol Littleton
- Makeup: Matteo Silvi
- Music: Christopher Young
- Production Design: Chris Seagers
- Set Decoration: Rosemary Brandenburg
Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.
Basic Information
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Filming Locations: Puerto Rico
- MPAA Warning: Language, brief drug use and sexuality
- Production Budget: $45 million
- Production Companies: Dark & Stormy Entertainment, FilmEngine, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil
- Production Schedule: 25 March 2009 - 24 May 2009
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2011 Guide Analysis: "Having essentially played legendary writer Hunter S. Thompson in the autobiographical "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", it's no surprise that Depp would choose to star in the film adaptation of the gonzo journo's other famous novel. Written in 1959 but not published until 1998, development on this began back in 2000 with Depp signed on to star and produce. However, after two failed attempts (including a version with Josh Hartnett and Benicio del Toro) it wasn't until early 2009 that $65 million in financing got locked down and production got underway in Puerto Rico.
'Loathing' benefited greatly from the direction of Terry Gilliam who seemed very well suited to Thompson's style. 'Diary' however isn't getting the short shrift as it brought "Withnail and I" helmer Bruce Robinson out of retirement - his first directing job since 1992's "Jennifer 8" and first script since Neil Jordan's "I n Dreams" in 1999. Robinson actually seems a good fit for the material which is not as eccentric as 'Loathing' but still somewhat unique.
There's a great supporting cast on hand as well, though some have already had issues with the way the Yeamon character, which was one of the more unique ones in the book, has apparently been written out of the script while his plot elements have been merged with other characters (likely Sanderson). Don't fret purists, before he died Thompson apparently approved the script for the film.
This leaves only one question that everyone wants the answer to - when will this be getting a release? The film was completed almost a year ago and many were wondering what was the hold up. Producer/distributor Graham King went on to reveal late last year in a GQ interview that he's holding it until Fall this year because Depp "wants to really get out and promote that movie and he's working this whole year... The movie is really good. Johnny and I agreed to not just throw it out there and give it time where he can travel around and promote it."


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A typical Friday morning conversation:
"Hey, did you watch 30 Rock last night?"
"No, I haven't really gotten into that show."
Why is it there is never anyone for me to talk to about Tracy Morgan's hilarious line, or Judah Friedlander's ridiculous hat, or Tina Fey's fantastic breasts? I'll tell you why Grey's Anatomy. The Thursday night sensation that has America by the testes also happens to air opposite one of my favorite shows. The powers that be have forsaken usthe American male age 18-34and our punishment is chastity. After all, if we do happen to wrestle the remote away from our significant other for a half hour of bliss, the closest we'll come to getting any pulling a visual of Tina Fey from the old spank bank.
If you can't tell, this is not a recap of last night's episode but a call to arms. The emasculation has gone on long enough. We patiently sat through the tyrannical rule of Friends waiting for this moment, but like the hyrda, a new hour-long tamponfest has arisen to take its place. But there, nestled between The Office and Scrubs, lies our salvation: 30 Rock.
"But Matt," you ask, "how can I possible convince my girlfriend to watch 30 Rock?" Like any good salesman, you make it her idea. Or drug the bitch. Either way, get off your ass and do something. Anything! If you don't take action now, you'll soon be spending your Tuesday nights drinking strawberry daiquiris and watching Dancing with the Stars.
Grey's is on a hiatus, and as a series 30 Rock is just hitting its stride. Go lay down the law and take back what is rightfully yours. The future of primetime programming lies squarely on our shoulders. The time to act is now. Or you can just go to //www.nbc.com/30_Rock and watch the full-length episodes on Friday morning like I do.


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The Poem of the Man-God
|Maria Valtorta
|Original title
|Il Poema dell'Uomo-Dio
|Centro Editoriale Valtortiano
Publication date
The Poem of the Man-God (Italian title: Il Poema dell'Uomo-Dio) is a multi volume book of about five thousand pages on the life of Jesus Christ written by the reputed Italian mystic Maria Valtorta.[1][2][3] The current editions of the book bear the title: The Gospel As It Was Revealed to Me.
The book was first published in Italian in 1956 and has since been translated into 10 languages and is available worldwide. It is based on the over 15,000 handwritten pages produced by Maria Valtorta between 1943 and 1947.[1][4] During these years she reported visions of Jesus and Mary and claimed personal conversations with and dictations from Jesus.[2][3][4] Her notebooks (published separately) include close to 700 detailed episodes in the life of Jesus, as an extension of the gospels.[1][3][5]
Valtorta's handwritten episodes (which had no temporal order) were typed into separate pages by her priest and reassembled as a book.[1][3][5] The first copy of the book was presented to Pope Pius XII, and the three Servite priests who attended the 1948 papal audience stated that he gave his verbal approval to "publish this work as is".[1][3][4] However, the Holy Office forbade publication and, when in spite of that prohibition publication followed, placed the book on the Index of Forbidden Books.[3] The Index of Forbidden Books was formally abolished by the Vatican in 1965,[6][7] but "kept its moral force, inasmuch as it taught Christians to beware, as required by the natural law itself, of those writings that could endanger faith and morality".[8][9]
In 1992, at the request of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi asked the publisher to ensure that "in any future reprint of the volumes, each should, right from its first page, clearly state that the 'visions' and 'dictations' referred to in it cannot be held to be of supernatural origin but must be considered simply as literary forms used by the author to narrate in her own way the life of Jesus".[10] The publisher maintained that this was an implicit declaration that the work was free of doctrinal or moral error.[11]
- 1 Writing
- 2 Publication
- 3 Successive Church statements
- 4 Other reported visions
- 5 Quotes and comments
- 6 References
- 7 Bibliography
- 8 Sources and external links
Maria Valtorta was bedridden in Viareggio, Italy, for most of her life due to complications from being struck in the back at random while walking on a street.[12] Valtorta was a member of the Third Order Servites of Mary, affiliated to the order to which her spiritual director, Fr. Romuald Migliorini, O.S.M. belonged.
On the morning of Good Friday 1943 she reported having a vision in which Jesus appeared and spoke to her. While Valtorta did not begin writing The Poem of the Man-God until 1944, the pre-Poem writings included various topics such as Mariology, Darwinism, and suffering. She reported having many more visions and conversations with Jesus and the Virgin Mary and said that Jesus had asked her to record her visions in writing. She continued to write her visions in her notebooks until 1947.[13]
Her priest and others were allegedly surprised that the handwritten pages included no overwrites, corrections or revisions and seemed somewhat like dictations.[citation needed] The fact that she often suffered from heart and lung ailments during the period of the visions made the natural flow of the text even more unusual.[citation needed] The sentences attributed to Jesus in the reputed visions had a distinct and recognizable tone and style that was different from the rest of the text.
Temporal order[edit]
The Poem of the Man-God is not, however, a sequential transcription of Valtorta's notebooks, because her reported visions (which were dated in her notebooks) were not in the same chronological order as the flow of time in the narrative she wrote. For instance, she reported having a vision of The Last Supper on March 9, 1945 while another on the Beatitudes during the Sermon on the Mount was written more than two months later on May 24, 1945. Her priest was surprised that once the handwritten pages were typed on separate pages and reassembled, episode by episode like a deck of cards, the flow of the text was smooth. The book itself follows the life of Jesus in chronological form, with footnotes referring to the dates on which she wrote each episode.[14]
Most of the episodes she wrote have a uniform format and structure. Valtorta first describes a scene, often with picturesque details of the background, the trees, the mountains and the weather conditions on that day in the Holy Land. For instance, her prelude to the Sermon on the Mount written on May 22, 1945 depicts the road on which Jesus is walking, states that it was a clear day on which Mount Hermon could be seen by Jesus but Lake Merom could not be seen. In some episodes she mentions the colors of the clothing worn by Jesus or the Apostles.
Geography of the Holy Land[edit]
The consistency of her almost eyewitness-like descriptions of the topography of the terrain in the Holy Land has been surprising to some experts. In 1952, a geologist, Vittorio Tredici (a past president of the National Miners' Association of Italy), found the detailed knowledge of the geological and mineralogical aspects of Palestine present in her notes unexplainable in view of the fact that she never left Italy and was bed-ridden much of her life.[15]
The Poem of the Man-God is very specific in its description of the topography and geography of Palestine. Its level of detail has been surprising to experts, in that it includes more ancient town names than were generally recorded when the book was written in the 1940s. The book names 255 specific locations in Palestine as it narrates the life and travels of Jesus, but 52 of these locations have no biblical reference at all. Furthermore, 79 of these 255 locations (about 30%) were not mentioned in the then current 1939 edition of the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Atlas.
Of these locations, 20 confirmations have been made via the 1989 editions of atlases of Palestine published after The Poem of the Man-God was written and nine more have since been confirmed via the analysis of ancient documents. The book also mentions six ancient Palestinian cities the locations of which correspond to the modern consensus among experts.[citation needed]
Style of narrative[edit]
The scenes Valtorta wrote usually involve detailed conversations between people. For instance, in the Sermon on the Mount episode written on May 22, 1945 Jesus is met on the road by Saint Philip the Apostle and their detailed conversation is included. The scene then describes how the other Apostles come down the mountain to greet Jesus and how the Sermon on the Mount begins.
Valtorta gives particular emphasis to the words she attributes to Jesus. While the Gospel of Matthew refers to the Beatitudes in a few paragraphs (Matthew 5:3-12), the text for the single Beatitude "poor in the spirit" spoken by Jesus in her vision is one and a half pages long. The full text of the Sermon on the Mount that she wrote in her notebook and attributed to Jesus takes three episodes from May 24 to 27, 1945, and is over 30 pages long. The fact that her text of the Beatitudes still has the same eight or ninefold structure as the Beatitudes in the Gospel (but is far more detailed) characterizes her notebooks.
In some cases, such as the Passion, her descriptions are very detailed and graphic. In 1952, an endocrinologist, Dr. Nicholas Pende, expressed surprise at the level of detail in which Valtorta depicted Christ's spasms in Crucifixion, saying that she described "a phenomenon which only a few informed physicians would know how to explain, and she does it in an authentic medical style".[15]
An extended story[edit]
Maria Valtorta's visions do, however, report parables, miracles and episodes in the life of Jesus that are not present in any of the synoptic Gospels.
An example is how the episode she wrote regarding the Trial of Jesus by Caiphas after Jesus was betrayed presents an extended life story of Jesus beyond the synoptic Gospels. She wrote this episode on February 16, 1944, as the 600th episode in the Poem of the Man-God.
The Trial of Jesus by Caiphas is discussed in all synoptic Gospels. However, the fact that some place it at night, while others refer to it after daybreak has at times been viewed in terms of a synoptic problem. Luke 22:66 states: "At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them."[16] Luke thus places the trial after daybreak. However, both Matthew and Mark refer to the trial at night. Some biblical scholars have struggled with these facts, e.g. the liberal Jesus Seminar's The Complete Gospels Annotated Scholars Version notes for Mark 14:53-72 state: "...It is difficult to reconcile much of Mark's picture with known Jewish judicial procedures: a secret court session, at night..."[17]
While the synoptic Gospels do not refer to Gamaliel in the Trial of Jesus, the Poem of the Man-God does. Indeed, Gamaliel (a leading authority in the Sanhedrin) makes repeated appearances in Valtorta's narrative and Valtorta reports a number of meetings between him and Jesus over the years. In the episode that Valtorta wrote for the Trial of Jesus by Caiphas, there are two trials, one at night and the other after daybreak. The second trial is prompted by Gamaliel using the same reasoning that The Complete Gospels notes used to criticise Mark 14, namely Gamaliel considered the time and place of the night trial against Jewish judicial procedures, and demanded a new trial after daybreak. Thus Valtorta's episode makes any criticism of the Gospel of Mark's account of the Trial of Jesus unnecessary and produces an explanation that reconciles Mark 14 with Luke 22.[18]
Another example is the episode she wrote on February 28, 1946. It reports that in preparation for His Passion, Jesus visited the town of Kerioth to say farewell and performed a miracle, curing Anne of Kerioth on her deathbed. In this episode Jesus instructs the cured Anne of Kerioth to forever tend to and comfort Mary of Simon, the mother of Judas Iscariot who will be heartbroken upon the betrayal by her son and the deaths of Jesus and Judas in the near future.
The fact that Valtorta wrote each multi-page episode as a much more detailed version of an episode in the New Testament and her inclusion of as yet unreported events in the life of Jesus generated both interest and controversy from the moment the book was offered for publication.
Astronomical analysis[edit]
Chronology of Jesus[edit]
The narrative of the Poem of the Man-God includes a number of specific observations of the positions of the stars, the moon, etc. For instance, in episode 356, titled "The Night at Gadara" (page 459, volume 3) written on December 11, 1945 Maria Valtorta wrote of a night Jesus spent at Gadara during his ministry:
"The magnificent stars of a clear night in the month of March are shining in the eastern sky.... It is a very tall house, situated in one of the highest parts of the town, so that the infinite horizon spreads out.... as the moon is waning, the sky is glistening with countless stars.... with its springtime constellations and the magnificent stars of Orion: of Rigil and Betelgeuse, of Aldebaran, of Perseus, Andromeda and Cassiopeia and the Pleiades united like sisters. And Sapphirine Venus covered with diamonds, and Mars of pale ruby and the topaz of Jupiter..."
Given that the joint visibility of these stars is uncommon, in 1992 Purdue University physicist Lonnie VanZandt analyzed these events to estimate a date for the event described.[19] Jupiter has roughly a 13 year cycle as it is seen against the background of the stars. Mars has an orbital period of 23 months, while Venus is almost cyclic, appearing every two years at about the same location, but advancing 2 and half months each time.[20][21] Using a computer planetary simulation system, VanZandt noted that the only possibilities for the observation Valtorta described during the month of March would be AD31 and AD33. After considering other elements in the narrative VanZandt concluded that the date AD31 had to be rejected, leaving March AD33 as the only possibility.[19]
Given that according to the narrative the Night at Gadara was one year before the Crucifixion of Jesus, the observation places the date of Good Friday during April AD34. According to VanZandt the estimation of the joint observability of these three stars and the position of the moon during that time would have been almost impossible without a computer system.[19]
"If Maria Valtorta was mentally ill, was it her illness that allowed her to accurately transcribe in 1945 what planets and stars were in the night sky on specific days 2,000 years ago (verified by a Harvard educated Theoretical Physicist) without the assistance of modern complex astronomical computer algorithms? Was her illness that gave her knowledge of first century Palestinian geography, towns and villages (nine of which were unknown before her death) that were not available in any published atlases or journals during her lifetime? Was it her illness that enabled her to write 647 chapters (15,000 pages) in random order in glue bound binder notebooks (with no corrections), at the conclusion (when Jesus purportedly gives the chapter sequence) unfolds from a well-shuffled deck of cards into a perfectly seamless flowing chronology (that only materialized when her work was typed and could be sequenced to the key), in which Jesus traverses the land of Palestine from one end to another in five cycles (some 4,000 miles), ministering in 343 named locations in proper order (that have been route mapped) without error? All this while paralyzed from the waist down for 28 years in a bed? The Harvard Educated Physicist concluded: "These impossibly exact details "tax the credulity of even the immovable atheist more than the alternative that Jesus showed it to her. In the words of Sherlock Holmes, when you eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however merely improbable, must be true" (Professor Lonnie Lee VanZandt)." [22]
Nativity of Mary[edit]
Using the information that Jesus died in AD 34 at the age of 33, and the assertion in the narrative that Mary was sixteen years old when she gave birth to Jesus, VanZandt works backwards to determine that Mary herself was born in 17 BC. According to episode 5. titled, "Birth Of The Virgin Mary," she is born after a violent storm, after which a rainbow appears from the top of Mount Hermon. Valtorta places this event in September, three days before the full moon.
Valtorta notes in episode 5 that she is not certain of the setting of Mary's birth, while VanZandt's calculations rely on the assumption that Mary was born in Nazareth, 58 miles southwest of Mount Hermon. VanZandt does not discuss the plausibility of a rainbow visible at Mount Hermon also being visible in Nazareth.[23]
VanZandt states that, "September 23, a full moon - 3 days, seems a possibility. However, although the sun did lie as far south as 255° in the early afternoon, it was then much too high in the sky for a rainbow arc to rise out of Mt. Hermon." VanZandt suggests that October 23, 17 BC was instead the date of Mary's birth, since on that day, "at 4:40 pm… three days before the full moon, the setting sun was 4° above the western horizon. Its bearing was then 254°, precisely the bearing necessary to illuminate a rainbow springing from Mt. Hermon."
Maria Valtorta was at first reluctant to have her notebooks published, but on the advice of her priest, in 1947 she agreed to their publication. The handwritten pages were typed and bound by Father Romuald Migliorini OSM and fellow Servite Father Corrado Berti, OSM.
Shortly after April 1947, Father Berti presented the first copy of the work to Pope Pius XII, who on 26 February 1948 received Fathers Migliorini and Berti, along with their prior, Father Andrea Checchin, in special audience,[24][25] as reported on the next day's L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper.[26]
At the meeting, Pius XII reportedly told the three priests; "Publish this work as it is. There is no need to give an opinion about its origin, whether it be extraordinary or not. Who reads it, will understand. One hears of many visions and revelations. I will not say they are all authentic; but there are some of which it could be said that they are."[24][25] After the audience, Father Berti wrote these words as best he remembered them.[25] In his 8 December 1978 account of the events concerning Maria Valtorta's writings, he summarized the Pope's words as "Publish this work as it is."[27][28][29]
Bishop Roman Danylak says that Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, writing on 31 October 1987 to the Maria Valtorta Research Center, spoke of "the kind of official Imprimatur granted before witnesses by the Holy Father in 1948",[29] while David Michael Lindsey reports Cardinal Gagnon as saying: "This judgment by the Holy Father in 1948 was an official Imprimatur of the type given before witnesses."[3]
The permission of the author's ordinary or of the ordinary of the place of publication or of printing was required for publishing such books and had to be given in writing,[30][31] Apparently assuming that he had a verbal papal approval, Father Berti presented the work for publication to the Vatican Printing Office,[25] A year later, in 1949, the Holy Office summoned Father Berti and ordered him to surrender all copies[28] and promise not to publish the work. Father Berti handed over his typed copies, but returned the original handwritten text to Maria Valtorta.[25]
In 1950, Maria Valtorta signed a contract with the publisher Michele Pisani, who between 1956 and 1959 printed the work in four volumes,[28] the first of which was titled "The Poem of Jesus" and the others "The Poem of the Man-God".
Successive Church statements[edit]
By a decree of 5 January 1960, published on instructions of Pope John XXIII, the Holy Office condemned the published work and included it in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.[28][32] The decree was published also on L'Osservatore Romano of 6 January 1960, accompanied by a front-page unsigned article under the heading "A Badly Fictionalized Life of Jesus".[33]
The Vatican newspaper republished the content of the decree on 1 December 1961, together with an explanatory note, as mentioned by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in his letter 144/58 of 31 January 1985, in which he entrusted to Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Archbishop of Genoa, the decision whether to inform a priest of his archdiocese that the Valtorta work had indeed been placed on the Index, which keeps its moral force, and that "a decision against distributing and recommending a work, which has not been condemned lightly, may be reversed, but only after profound changes that neutralize the harm which such a publication could bring forth among the ordinary faithful".[9][34]
On 14 June 1966, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a notification stating that, although the moral force of the guidance provided by the Index still held good, the legal prohibition and the sanctions that were attached to it were abrogated.[35] In response to enquiries, it issued a decree on 15 November 1966 in which it stated that canon 1399 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, which automatically banned various classes of books, including those that, if published without observing the rules of canon law, recounted new revelations or visions or introduced new devotions, no longer had the force of ecclesiastical law, while at the same time it stressed the validity of the moral law that altogether prohibits the endangering of faith and good morals.[36]
The current (1983) Code of Canon Law states that "the pastors of the Church...have the duty and right to demand that writings to be published by the Christian faithful which touch upon faith or morals be submitted to their judgment and have the duty and right to condemn writings which harm correct faith or good morals."[37]
In 1992 Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, directed the publisher of the work to state clearly at the beginning of each volume that the "visions" and "revelations" referred to in it "cannot be held to be of supernatural origin but must be considered simply as literary forms used by the author to narrate in her own way the life of Jesus". His directive, communicated by letter 324/92 of 6 January 1992, was made at the request of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. His letter also recalled the notes about the matter that appeared on L'Osservatore Romano of 6 January 1960 and 15 June 1966.[38][10][10]
In 1993 Cardinal Ratzinger wrote to Bishop Raymond James Boland of Birmingham, Alabama that his Congregation had made that request to the Italian Bishops Conference to ask the publisher to have a disclaimer printed in the volumes that "clearly indicated from the very first page that the 'visions' and 'dictations' referred to in it are simply the literary forms used by the author to narrate in her own way the life of Jesus. They cannot be considered supernatural in origin."[9]
Position of the Church[edit]
In light of the church's successive statements, in accordance with Normae Congregationis, the church's official position on the Poem is constat de non supernaturalitate (confirmed to not be of supernatural origin).[39][40][not in citation given][9][not in citation given]
Other reported visions[edit]
The Medjugorje visions by Marija Pavlovic and Vicka Ivankovic have both stated that Maria Valtorta's records of her conversations with Jesus are truthful.[41][42] According to an Ivankovic statement made on January 27, 1988, in 1981 the Virgin Mary told her at Medjugorje: "If a person wants to know Jesus he should read Maria Valtorta. That book is the truth".[41][42] A 2009 Yale University report further detailed the intricate connection between the Medjugorje apparitions and the writings of Maria Valtorta.[43][44]
The Poem of the Man-God is also mentioned in the writings of Archbishop[citation needed] Don Ottavio Michelini, from Mirandola, who reported a series of Dictations and Visions given to him by Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary from 1975 to 1979. He reported these words dictated to him by Jesus himself:
"I have dictated to Maria Valtorta, a victim soul, a marvelous work. Of this work I am the Author. You yourself, son, have taken account of the raging reactions of Satan.... You have verified the resistance that many priests oppose to this work. This also proves, son, that he who has not sensed in the Poem the savour of the Divine, the perfume of the Supernatural, has a soul encumbered and darkened. If it were—I do not say "read"—but studied and meditated, it would bring an immense good to souls. This work is a well-spring of serious and solid culture.... This is a work willed by Wisdom and Divine Providence for the new times. It is a spring of living and pure water. It is I, the Word living and eternal, Who have given Myself anew as nourishment to the souls that I love. I, Myself, am the Light, and the Light cannot be confused with, and still less blend Itself with, the darkness. Where I am found, the darkness is dissolved to make room for the Light."[citation needed]
Quotes and comments[edit]
Support for Maria Valtorta's work has come from a number of clergy. Mariologist, and the author of many books on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr. Gabriel M. Roschini, professor at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Rome, advisor to the Holy Office and founder of the Marianum, which is both the name of the pontifical school and the journal of Marian theology wrote of Valtorta:
- "I must candidly admit that the Mariology found in Maria Valtorta's writings, whether published or not, has been for me a real discovery. No other Marian writing, not even the sum total of all the writings I have read and studied were able to give me as clear, as lively, as complete, as luminous, or as fascinating an image, both simple and sublime, of Mary, God's masterpiece."[45]
When providing his "imprimatur" in 2002, Bishop Danylak wrote:
- "Is there anything against faith or morals in her writings? All her critics begrudgingly have acknowledged that there is nothing against faith and morals… there is nothing objectionable in The Poem of the Man-God and all the other writings of Valtorta."
Msgr. Gianfranco Nolli, a director of the Vatican Museum stated that "Whoever reads The Poem of the Man God is favored with spiritual blessing and inner peace."[citation needed] Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S. M. also publicly defended The Poem of the Man-God and wrote:
- "I find it tremendously inspiring. It is impossible for me to imagine that anyone could read this tremendous work with an open mind and not be convinced that its author can be no one but the Holy Spirit of God."[46]
Fr. Leo, a personal chaplain of Mother Teresa of Calcutta for 3 years, noticed that she always carried 3 books with her, wherever she went. One was the Bible and the other was her breviary. He asked about the third, and it was "The Poem of the Man-God by Maria Valtorta. He asked her what it was about, and she told him "Read it". He asked her again, and she responded with the same answer, "Read it".[citation needed]
According to Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., "the long speeches of Jesus and Mary starkly contrast with the evangelists, who portray Jesus as 'humble, reserved; His discourses are lean, incisive.' Valtorta's fictionalized history makes Jesus sound 'like a chatterbox, always ready to proclaim Himself the Messiah and the Son of God,' or teach theology in modern terms. The Blessed Mother speaks like a 'propagandist' for modern Marian theology." In addition, Pacwa writes that the poem has "'many historical, geographical and other blunders.' For instance, Jesus uses screwdrivers (Vol. 1, pp. 195, 223), centuries before screws existed."[47]
- ^ a b c d e Shepherd of Souls: The Virtuous Life of Saint Anthony Pucci by Peter M. Rookey O.S.M. (Jun 2003) ISBN 1891280449 CMJ Marian Press pages 1-3
- ^ a b Voices, Visions, and Apparitions by Michael Freze (Sep 1993) ISBN 087973454X OSV Press page 251
- ^ a b c d e f g The Woman and the Dragon, The: Apparitions of Mary by David Michael Lindsey (Jan 31, 2001) ISBN 1565547314 Pelican pages 324-326
- ^ a b c Maria Valtorta.net
- ^ a b The Poem of the Man-God Volume 1, by Maria Valtorta, 1986, ISBN 99926-45-57-1 pages iv-xii
- ^ The Church in the Modern Age, (Volume 10) by Hubert Jedin, John Dolan, Gabriel Adriányi 1981 ISBN 082450013X, page 168
- ^ Timeline of events and PDF files at Maria-valtorta.net
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966), p. 445
- ^ a b c d Colin B. Donovan, "Poem of the Man-God"
- ^ a b c Lettera dell'arcivescovo Tettamanzi del 6 gennaio 1992
- ^ L'opera di Maria Valtorta e la Chiesa (The work of Maria Valtorta and the Church)
- ^ Illness-28 years confined to bed
- ^ Valtorta Notebooks http://www.mariavaltorta.com/?op=view_news&type=news&id=42
- ^ Poem of the Man-God Excerpts http://www.valtorta.org/the_poem__selected_excerpts.asp
- ^ a b Tredici Quote on Valtorta http://sacredheartofjesus.ca/MariaValtorta/M%20A%20R%20I%20A.htm
- ^ Bible Gateway, Luke 22:66 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2022:66&version=31
- ^ Robert Miller, 1994, The Complete Gospels, Annotated Scholars Version Polebridge Press ISBN 0-06-065587-9
- ^ Valtorta on Luke 22:66 http://www.valtorta.org/synoptic_puzzle_solved_defaultpage.asp
- ^ a b c Lonnie Lee VanZandt Astronomical dating of the Poem of the Man-God, Purdue University, 1992
- ^ The observer's guide to astronomy, Volume 1 by Patrick Martinez 1994 ISBN 0-521-37945-8 page 293
- ^ Astronomical enigmas by Mark Richard Kidger 2005 ISBN 0-8018-8026-2 page 211
- ^ http://www.advancedchristianity.com/pages/MPC/Docs/VanZandt.htm
- ^ Purdue University website
- ^ a b Peter M. Rookey, "Shepherd of Souls: The Virtuous Life of Saint Anthony Pucci", CMJ Marian Publishers 2003, ISBN 1-891280-44-9 p. 2
- ^ a b c d e Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., "Is 'The Poem of the Man-God' simply a bad novel?"
- ^ L'Osservatore Romano, 27 February 1948, p. 1
- ^ Original of Corrado Berti's 1978 account
- ^ a b c d Maria Valtorta: The life of Jesus, intitled 'The Poem of the Man-God', and her other mystical writings
- ^ a b Website of Bishop Roman Danylak: "Maria Valtorta, Her Life and Work"
- ^ Code of Canon Law (1917), canon 1385
- ^ Code of Canon Law (1917), canon 1394 §1
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis LII (1960), p. 60
- ^ English translation of the article
- ^ Original Italian text
- ^ "Notification" AAS 58 (1966), p. 445
- ^ "Decree" AAS 58 (1966), p. 1186
- ^ [1] Canon Law, Can. 823 §1
- ^ Valtorta Opinions http://www.heandi.qc.ca/mariavaltorta.net/church_approval.htm
- ^ EWTN: Apparitions Constat de non supernaturalitate. The judgment that an alleged apparition has been shown to be not supernatural means it is either clearly not miraculous or lacks sufficient signs of the miraculous. Private revelation, for example, which is doctrinally dangerous or which manifests hostility to lawful authority could not come from God. It could even be demonic, especially if there are extraordinary signs accompanying it. The devil gladly mingles truth and lie to deceive the faithful, dazzling them with signs and wonders to give credence to his message. His purpose is to separate them from the Church, either by getting them to believe things contrary to the deposit of the faith or to act contemptuously of Church authority. An attitude of pride and judgment toward the Church is a clear sign of his presence. An alleged revelation may also only be a pious rambling, consistent with faith and morals, but lacking evidence of being anything more than the product of human effort. No fraud need be intended, only an active imagination. Finally, it may be that the doctrine may be sound and there may be phenomena, but insufficient to demonstrate supernaturality. In this latter case, there would seem to be a possibility of revision.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis LII (1960), p. 60
- ^ a b Words from heaven: Messages of Our Lady from Medjugorje: a documented record of the messages and their meanings Saint James Publishing, 1990: ISBN 1-878909-05-3 page 145
- ^ a b Queen of Peace Newsletter (Pittsburgh Center for Peace, P.O. Box 1218, Coraopolis, PA 15108): 1988, vol. 1, no. 2.
- ^ Yale University Publishes Article on the Medjugorje Connection to Maria Valtorta
- ^ Vicka Ivanković 1988 interview
- ^ Gabriel Roschini, O.S.M. (1989). The Virgin Mary in the Writings of Maria Valtorta (English Edition). Kolbe's Publication Inc. ISBN 88-7987-086-6
- ^ Valtorta Quotes http://www.valtorta.org/the_poem__reviews_and_critiques.asp
- ^ Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., "Is 'The Poem Of The Man-God' Simply A Bad Novel?" http://www.ewtn.com/library/scriptur/valtorta.txt
- Maria Valtorta, The Poem of the Man-God , ISBN 99926-45-57-1 .
- Maria Valtorta, The Book of Azariah ISBN 88-7987-013-0 .
Sources and external links[edit]
- Official website
- Maria Valtorta Reader's Group in Australia
- Maria Valtorta Web-Ring
- Valtorta Publishing excerpts
- Medjugorje confirmation of Poem of the Man-God
- "Is the Poem of the Man-God Simply a Bad Novel?" by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
- EWTN Global Catholic Network 'Expert Answer' by Colin B. Donovan
- "The Poem of Man-God in Tagalog by RLB"
- Astronomical Dating of 'The Poem of the Man-God'


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VIRGINIA BEACH - 14 people have to find another place to stay after fire swept through an apartment complex in Va. Beach.
Crews were called to the two-alarm fire at Pines of Green Run, near Lynnhaven Parkway, around 2:35 p.m.
Jon Pickert, who lives at the complex, sent in photos of the damage.
Four units were damaged by fire and a fifth has exposure damage from efforts to fight the flames.
This is the third fire in nine days at the complex, said Battalion Chief Tim Riley.
One was a kitchen fire directly behind the units damaged today; the other was two blocks away and is similar in nature.
In both those cases, fire started in the rear of the structure and spread into the first and second floors, Riley explained.
The cause of those two fires remain under investigation.
Riley says apartment management is working with investigators to determine how the fires started and whether there are problems that needed to be corrected.
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Refugees from Burma living in the US create traditional & innovative woven goods in a community-driven cultural promotion project, and sell their creations through Homespun, a sustainable clothing and accessory line
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Homespun empowers refugees as entrepreneurs, breaks isolation, promotes community, & celebrates culture
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What is your innovation?
Our innovation is a community-driven project where refugees from Burma preserve, share, and reinvent their traditional craft of weaving and sell their creations through Homespun, a sustainable clothing and accessory line. The uniqueness of our innovation lies in the integration of cultural promotion, storytelling, and entrepreneurship. Each handcrafted product connects the purchaser to the weaver's story. It provides refugees from Burma living in the US an opportunity for economic empowerment.
Who gains the most?
Recently arrived refugees develop a sense of entrepreneurship, break social isolation, and establish new alternative sources of economic revenue. Profits go to weavers' salaries, materials and program costs. The project creates an inter-generational exchange where elders educate youth in the weaving art, thereby strengthening relationships in the community. Customers gain awareness of the situation of refugees from Burma living in the US and connect to a local expression of a global social issue
Who pays?
The initial stages of the weaving project are taking shape now with seed funding from local non-profits, the AjA Project in collaboration with the Karen Organization of San Diego. Homespun will launch with the sale of the first products created in this start-up phase, and with additional funds sought through other grants or competitions. We also plan to collaborate with the San Diego Microfinance Alliance to seek financing opportunities. Eventually Homespun will become a sustainable business.
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2010 Best Theme Park Attraction nominee: Holiday World's The Voyage
Written by Robert Niles
Today's attraction spotlight shines on the biggest roller coaster at the smallest park in this year's tournament: Holiday World's The Voyage joins the 2010 Best Theme Park Attraction Tournament as the fifth seed in the Best Roller Coaster bracket.Tweet
This hybrid wooden coaster from The Gravity Group debuted at the Santa Claus, Indiana theme park in 2006, as the anchor of the park's Thanksgiving land. Themed to the Pilgrims' voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, The Voyage offers all the thrills that one would expect from a tempest-tossed ocean crossing.
This 1.2-mile coaster provides five underground tunnels, three 90-degree banked turns, dramatic drops, and multiple track crossovers at a maximum speed of 67 mph.
And did we mention the airtime? Oh, yes, lots and lots of airtime.
For 2010, Holiday World will install new, Timberliner trains on the coaster, with larger seats and adjusting wheels, designed to provide a smoother, faster ride, with less wear on the track.
Yeah, it's the off-season, and there's been a pile of snow on the ground in southern Indiana, but let's take a ride anyway, shall we?
Holiday World's been one of the few attendance success stories in recent years, with not only The Voyage but also the park's free parking and free soft drinks drawing fans from all over the Midwest. (And with Kentucky Kingdom closing, expect more people to visit Holiday World in 2010.) Even so, the park draws millions fewer fans that the Orlando and Southern California parks that are dominating the tournament. If The Voyage is going to make it into the later rounds, it will need its fans to make a strong case for it to other readers.
Here's your chance, in the comments.
Readers' Opinions
From Anthony Murphy on February 18, 2010 at 10:43 AM
That is quite a coaster!
I have heard only good things about this park! I am not THAT far from it so I guess I need to check it out! I give it points for being quite unique, but still has that woodie coaster feel to it.
I also think Kentucky Kingdom will drive people to Great America (not that we need anymore people there!)
From Joshua Counsil on February 18, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Robert - I'm going to take a swing and say that Manta is your favorite steel coaster and The Voyage is your favorite woodie. Am I way off?
I badly want to visit Holiday World, but only if I'm in the area. How else can I justify traveling that far for three great wooden coasters, a decent log flume (or plummet, if you will), and free drinks, parking, and sunscreen. Great amenities, but not enough gusto for a full trip.
From Erin B on February 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
I've heard nothing but amazing things about this coaster & just looking at it & watching POVs gives me chills. I think I'll finally be experiencing the glory of The Voyage this year & I can hardly wait!
From 220.127.116.11 on February 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
I live 10 minutes from Holiday World and get there often. The Voyage is the best coaster ever! Rode it 8 times in one day once. I love it! They have lots of other great rides, as well as an awesome water park. All make for a great day at the park. What other amusement park can you go to and get free soft drinks all day, freee sunscreen, and free parking. They're the best! I'm so glad I love so close, though it is well worth a drive, too, especially if you have kids. I sound like a commercial but I'm just that big of a fan! GREAT PARK!
Michelle S.
From 22.214.171.124 on February 18, 2010 at 11:05 AM
The case for Holiday World is much like the movie Field Of Dreams. If you build it, they will come, and we have.
We have driven that construction ridden road more times than I can count on fingers and toes...all 8 children awaiting the moment when the Holiday World water tower comes into view...
It's not the numbers that are driven to visit this park every year that should matter when puting The Voyage out front of it's competition, it's the quality of the ride. The quality comes in many forms. The coaster itself made my hair stand on end on the top drop.
But beyond the amazing ride there is so much more. The fact this certain coaster is in one of the best amusement parks in the world just makes the ride all that more sweeter. Where safety, value, and customer service are taken beyond talk into action. Safety is a thing that I think is often overlooked when picking a top rollercoaster.
Because a ride isn't just a ride, it's an extension of the policy and service of the very amusement park it resides in...and that makes this coaster an absolute perfect setup. Perfect coaster in absolutely the most wonderful place on earth....Holiday World.
Lanie Eden happy customer<3
From Derek Potter on February 18, 2010 at 1:24 PM
This is one of those rides that truly belongs among the best in America. The problem is that not many around here have ridden it, and for some reason people think coasters like Griffon belong in the same ballpark as it. This is a ride that should advance far, but won't because of the format. Sad to think that The Voyage will be out of the tournament and some show will still be in it.
From Robert Niles on February 18, 2010 at 1:31 PM
Yep, Joshua. That's what I told the LA Times, and I'll stick with it.
From James Rao on February 18, 2010 at 3:39 PM
The Voyage is amazing and unrelenting from start to finish. If you are a wooden coaster fan you owe it to yourself to ride this outstanding creation.
Josh, just one ride on the Voyage is worth the price of admission to Holiday World. I promise.
From M. Ryan Traylor on February 18, 2010 at 3:50 PM
After watching that video I really want to add this park to my Cedar Fair 2011 road trip. Although not a Cedar Fair park, it seems like a few trips on The Voyage plus a free beverage would be worth the price of admission.
I'm definitely a fan high speed airtime hypercoasters. Seeing these effects on a woodie with more than just an out-and-back (which I loathe) makes me eager to vote for it on principal.
I have a feeling that after my 2011 trip, my votes during the 2012 top ride tournament are going to change.
From James Rao on February 18, 2010 at 4:14 PM
One other note: Holiday World's other two coasters, the Raven and The Legend, are both stellar coasters in their own right, and well worth your time. Some parks have "IT", and some parks don't...Holiday World may actually have too much of "IT"! =)
From James Koehl on February 18, 2010 at 5:55 PM
A question about Holiday World- we're planning on making a trip there this summer. Should we plan on a one-day visit or two days? Plus, my wife has MS and heat and sun really take a toll on her- is there plenty of shade there, and are they accomidating to those using electric scooters? She can walk short distances, but long walks or standing long time in heat will cause her to have a major problem.
From James Rao on February 18, 2010 at 6:23 PM
3/4 to 1 full day if you are just there for coasters and midway rides, 1&1/2 to 2 days if you are going to the uber water park as well.
As for shade, I don't remember much at all, other than the queuing areas. There is one dark ride, Gobbler Getaway, that is kind of fun (it is a budget version of Disney's Buzz Lightyear), but otherwise plan on plenty of sun.
I am fairly certain the park accommodates scooters... here is a link to their accessibility guide.
From Rhys Evans on February 18, 2010 at 8:42 PM
I agree with James (again), Holiday World has THREE awesome coasters (going a bit against the grain, I rank them Legend, Voyage and Raven in that order). But I will almost certainly pick Voyage over it's challenger. Holiday World is a park well worth a drive from Cedar Point, or King's Island (I'm among the many who say "good riddance" to Kentucky Kingdom...). And I recall quite a few trees and plenty of shade.
From Joshua Counsil on February 19, 2010 at 12:37 AM
I have no doubt the ride alone is worth the price of admission, but I live in Ottawa. Sure, if Holiday World was in Toronto or New York, I would definitely pay a visit, but Santa Claus, Indiana? Bit of a hike for one park.
From James Rao on February 19, 2010 at 3:53 AM
If you wanna ride the best, you have to travel to the best! It is not going to come to you!
AnD s0 sAyZ mY MoThEr!@#$%^&*()
From 220.127.116.11 on February 19, 2010 at 7:09 AM
The Voyage is the BEST wooden coaster today.
From Paula Werne on February 19, 2010 at 8:41 AM
James K --
We have a Ride Boarding Pass available to folks who have difficulty standing in line. Here's a link to the details: http://www.holidayworld.com/visit/accessibility-guide#boardingpass
We hope you enjoy your visit -- please don't hesitate to email us with any other questions: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks, Paula at Holiday World
From James Rao on February 19, 2010 at 11:03 AM
^Wow...gotta love that kind of top notch commitment to customer service! Kudos to Holiday World! =)
From Shannon Beauchemin on February 19, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Voyage is a fast, fun coaster. The day I went to Holiday World in July 2007, it must of been grumpy employee day. I was disapointed in the park. NO dark ride in the Halloween area. Free drinks were great though.
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With a 253-mph top speed, the Bugatti Veyron will be a seriously fleet addition to the Dubai police department's already-impressive collection, which includes the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Bentley Continental GT, Lamborghini Aventador and Ferrari FF.
A rendering of a Veyron wearing the Dubari police department's green and white livery, recently posted to Twitter by a high-ranking Dubai police officer, reveals what the world's fastest cop car will look like once it joins the fleet.
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The ascending pass-rushing skills of outside linebacker Paul Kruger have probably made him a luxury the Ravens can't afford to retain.
The unrestricted free agent is coming off a career breakthrough season with nine sacks during the regular season and another 4 1/2 sacks in the playoffs, including two during the Ravens' Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
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Kruger could quickly find himself out of the Ravens' price range and off the roster in free agency where he's expected to command a contract in excess of $40 million. The Ravens are in a salary-cap bind that could become even tighter should they have to use either a $20.46 million exclusive franchise tender or a nonexclusive $14.6 million franchise tender on quarterback Joe Flacco.
At this time, there's no meeting scheduled between the Ravens and Kruger's agent, David Dunn, at the NFL scouting combine.
Although Kruger would ideally like to remain with the franchise that drafted him in the second round out of Utah four years ago, he's going to be in heavy demand from several NFL teams.
Kruger displayed his aggressiveness and speed in pursuit when he chased down 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick for a loss of 10 yards during a 34-31 win.
"The Ravens know I want to come back," Kruger told The Baltimore Sun. "The chips will fall where they may. I don't know what else I can do. I just have to let it happen and let my agent do his job. I would love to be here, but it's not up to me.
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Would you prefer a free game in lieu of an Xbox One on launch day, or an Xbox One console when the system is set to officially launch at the end of 2013? I'm no mind reader, but something tells me the majority would happily receive their Xbox One in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, that won't be the case for Xbox fans residing in the following eight European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Today, Microsoft announced that they have to delay the launch of the Xbox One in the aforementioned countries due to issues with localizing the dashboard, a lack of meaningful apps, as well as adding the necessary voice and language support.
At the E3 Xbox One unveiling, Microsoft said they'd launch the console in 21 markets. Now, they'll launch in just 13. This includes Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand.
Microsoft still hasn't announced an official worldwide launch date, but November has been confirmed. That said, they have yet to detail when the Xbox One will arrive in 2014 to the countries that have been removed from the initial launch, but they did state they'll do everything they can to "bring [the] Xbox One to you as soon as possible next year."
Oh, and about that game. Microsoft will offer a "pack in game" with the console, provided you preordered the system before today. They suggest contacting your local retailer for more information, which sounds like a fool's errand at this point.


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If you've ever heard me say I have no regrets…
I take it back as of the moment I uttered "Nah I'm fine" when asked if I wanted to reapply some SPF 30 today. Sizzled.
In other news, I finally went down the Geronimo at Water Country. Now I can say I'm a real New Englander. What's Geronimo you ask? (Let's clarify that Geronimo was the leader of the last American Indian fighting force to protect Apache lands from Mexican and United States expansion.) Clarification done.
But in New Hampshire, Geronimo is a water slide that has scared the bejezus out of me since I was a little kid.
So after convincing the 10 year olds I was supervising that they were brave enough to go down the slide…I got dragged into it, despite my fear of heights. Did I mention this is my summer job?


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Nikon launches new Coolpix P300 w/24-100mm, 1/2.3" backlit (no RAW, no VF)
The leaked Coolpixies are now official! We start with perhaps the most interesting of the lot, the new Coolpix P300! The camera comes with a 12mp 1/2.3" backlit CMOS sensor, 24-100mm eq f1.9-4.8 lens with optical stabilization, manual exposure, 1080p video, 3" LCD, and such. There is no RAW and no EVF/OVF (and no hot-shoe) however.
The camera will be released in March with an opening price of $330. UPDATE: The P300 is now available for pre-order at Amazon for $330.
Nikon P300 previews and hands on
+ two-page preview at d-preview
+ short video preview at What Digital Camera?
+ hands-on with body at Pocket Lint
+ short video preview by Nikon Switzerland on YouTube (audio in German)
+ official Nikon podcast previewing the new Coolpixies
Announcement Coverage
+ paper comparison to the Canon S95 at Pocket Lint
+ Imaging Resources
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+ PDN Gear Guide
Some may point out that Nikon held back on the specs, perhaps for fear of eating up sales of the Coolpix P7000. Just because it has a 1/2.3" sensor it doesn't mean that it can't have RAW. A number of 1/2.3" cameras from other manufacturers, including P300's direct competitor, the Samsung TL350 (among others) are offering RAW. Perhaps the P300 announcement is a better advertisement for the TL350 than anything Samsung marketing could come up with ;-)


text: Charles Paris is thrilledhe's landed a nice juicy part playing Sergeant Collins in the TV detective series, The Stanislaus Braid Mysteries, and his estranged wife Frances seems to be on the brink of taking him back. But filming turns out to be a tortuous process, with pompous star Russell Bentley demanding numerous retakes and irascible author Winifred Railton constantly interrupting. To cap it all, nubile actress Lisa Stokes is crushed to death on setand Charles finds her body. It seems like a straightforward accident, but Charles can't shake the suspicion that she was murdered. Can he find the killer, stay away from the booze and the women, and win back his wife?


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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
One of the most complex subjects to master (I think) is the idea that time is money. Its the economic equivalent to E=MC^2. If you are doing all these wasteful things in the hope of owning the market, good luck to you, but your time/money is much lower than it could be. Unless you are a person who literally does not value their time.
The whole point of glyphing to me is that it's a complex market, yet mostly automatable, and I have never failed to make a very nice time/money profit. I typically end up making 500-1000g per hour invested. This is over the course of say a week. It would typically take me a few hours to mill and make glyphs, and another hour in total to check mail, repost. This leads to a very easy source of profit generation.
Transmutes of any sort are also effective in terms of time/money. Dailies are also surprisingly profitable and consistant, as are herb gathering (at one point during a high point I made more money selling herbs than I did making glyphs, in terms of time/money).
It depends on your likes, the market, and your professions, but pretty much anyone can earn 250g per hour doing dailies, and the numbers just go up from there. One fun thing on the economy side is to try and find the most efficient way to make gold. Glyphs are pretty high up there, but I am sure there are even more efficient things out there.