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It was doing exactly what I expected until I added more than 1 property to it. It seems if I set the value of a property this, in turn, sets every property in the handler to the same value. It's blatantly obvious I didn't have the understanding I thought I did on this. :-)
Could someone point out what I'm missing? I figured it had something to do with the "shared" but if it's not shared then I would have to declare an instance on my page which would kinda ruin the state of my variables (otherwise, I'd just put them all in my class), right??
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The Goodyear Tire store would sell these special Christmas albums every year. This one is from 1965. Goodyear stores in those days sold a variety of general merchandise, as I recall. Or am I confusing them with Western Auto?
The ad below was probably a two page spread in Life magazine, which was published in a large format rarely seen today.
This short video describes Christmas traditions practiced by different families. Nice!


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Some of my sisters work in Australia. On a reservation, among the Aborigines, there was an elderly man. I can assure you that you have never seen a situation as difficult as that poor old man's. He was completely ignored by everyone. His home was disordered and dirty.
I told him, "Please, let me clean your house, wash your clothes, and make
your bed." He answered, "I'm okay like this. Let it be."
I said again, "You will be still better if you allow me to do it."
He finally agreed. So I was able to clean his house and wash his clothes. I
discovered a beautiful lamp, covered with dust. Only God knows how many years
had passed since he last lit it.
I said to him, "Don't you light your lamp? Don't you ever use it?"
He answered, "No. No one comes to see me. I have no need to light it. Who
would I light it for?"
I asked, "Would you light it every night if the sisters came?"
He replied, "Of course."
From that day on the sisters committed themselves to visiting him every
evening. We cleaned the lamp, and the sisters would light it every evening.
Two years passed. I had completely forgotten that man. He sent this message:
"Tell my friend that the light she lit in my life continues to shine
I thought it was a very small thing. We often neglect small things.
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Remember the Small Things
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Reflection Questions:
1. Remember the last time somebody did something kind for you, that seemed small to them, but had a very big impact on you. How did that experience affect you?
2. How would you feel if you affected other peoples' lives as powerfully as the way that person affected your life?
3. Think of one person you know who is in need. What is one small thing you could do that would mean a lot to that person?
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My sister ADORES Georgette Heyer, and I can't stand regency on principle (gender roles and customs and rituals and JUST STOP – give me some young women who want more out of life than climbing the social ladder or finding a husband, please). Based on this review I know never to bother reading this fic, but it also makes me really wish my sister were an SSHG fan, because I would totally send this to her, as I think she would definitely share your enthusiasm.
His Draught of Delicate Poison – by Subversa
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10393075/30/His-Draught-of-Delicate-Poison
Note: There is also a copy on Ashwinder; I usually prioritize linking Ashwinder above ff.net, but the Ashwinder copy is missing the Chapter 30 Christmas Epilogue. The epilogue is a bit silly and you might like the fic better without it, but it seems proper to link to the extra content when it's available.
Rating: Exceeds Expectations Plus
The Basics: Half-Blood Prince Era, Regency/Romance/Comedy-of-Manners, 200k
Warnings: Sexual Content, Mild Violence, Alternate Universe, Original Characters, Attempted Non-Con (not SSHG)
After the fall of Voldemort, A new Ministry Marriage Law means all unmarried witches and wizards of child-bearing age must marry by December. To aid in this mandate, the Ministry hosts a long series of parties and balls, along with strict courting protocols. Severus Snape, recently engaged to Fleur Delacour in an attempt to avoid the damanable parties, is acting as guardian of Dumbledore's grand estate while Dumbledore is away. The charges under his care at the estate include his three beautiful half-sisters and his ex-student Hermione Granger, whose parents are away for the summer. It seems he will be attending the Ministry balls, after all. It's a Harry Potter Regency romance! Based on Georgette Heyer's wildly popular Regency romance novel, The Grand Sophy.
Fun context: We all know about the WIKTT Marriage Law Challenge that spawned 1000 fanfics. This fic, His Draught of Delicate Poison, is also a response to the next WIKTT Challenge – Regency. We will likely see a few Regency fics in the next year of reviews as that is where we are in the ship's chronology.
This is a great, great, fic – but I should state right away that I love Regency literature (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, etc) and the polite courtship of wit, manners, scheming, restraint, etc. If you don't love those conventions, you may find this fic confusing and annoying because of the alternate universe content and out-of-character moments that are gently paying tribute to Regency-era tropes. There is one scene in particular that the author admits in her notes is copied almost exactly from The Grand Sophy; and that is the scene for me in which Hermione is MOST out of character. Sophy is quite colorful, extroverted, and overtly manipulative – not much like Hermione. There are a lot of occasions in this fic where 'Wizarding World accuracy' is ignored in favor of 'Regency fun.' I loved it because I love Regency fun, but it is certainly not for everyone.
That said, the author puts in a LOT of impressive effort and creativity in to her Regency conversion. The writing is excellent; this is not a lazy copy/paste of The Grand Sophy with the names changed. She writes a compelling Draco/Luna. She writes a non-caricature Lucius Malfoy, which many authors seem to struggle to do. She invents a 'Princess Party Tent' which is like the Weasley's World Cup tent, except all pink and princess themed, with a castle inside, just for rich little girls (so fun!) She invents the legend of the faerie-silk dress, which I found very charming. She includes, about 3/4 of the way through, a beautiful backstory for Snape and Hermione that was so exciting to read and discover. Until that point, the reader assumed their interest in one another was recent. I just loved the choice to include the backstory non-chronologically. She draws many of the romances subtly; it wasn't completely obvious who everyone was going to end up with in the end. I really loved some of her interesting pairs. She doesn't write with the top-notch wit of Austen or Georgette Heyer, but who does? It's an excellent effort.
The romance is very satisfying. It has been a really long time, more than a year, since I found a fic that actually made me excited about reading the SSHG genre again; I had begun to worry that I was permanently burnt out. Thank you, His Draught. I'm not sure how much of it is lifted from Grand Sophy (except for the one scene she admits is 90% Grand Sophy) but His Draught is well-plotted, full of wit, full of interesting believable characters, and teeming with absolutely smashing romance. Even the smut, which I usually am not interested in, is very, very good. Modern romance (and thus modern fanfiction) often moves far too quickly for me. My favorite part of a romance is a slow and sensual build up – watching these characters realize they are in love with each other, deny it to themselves, and nearly lose their composure over and over again. The thrill of accidental contact. The scent of the other. Avoiding each other, but ending up forced together and attempting to contain the maelstrom of passion and emotion that rises up in the presence of the other. THIS is romantic literature! I have missed it so much! The Regency genre highlights and sustains this section of courtship for a deliciously long time. I am so very tired of 'we're married, now we're in love' and 'you're kidnapped, now we're in love.' It all happens too fast; the thrill lasting for only chapters or paragraphs. In this fic, the thrill lasts the entire time. Sensational.
There are some negatives, of course. It's a bit annoying that everyone is extremely rich and can buy anything their heart desires (the men shower the ladies with jewels and vacations and summer homes.) Snape, though decently in character for most of the story, is a bit Too Perfect by the end. Many authors struggle to write Snape-in-love as accurately as Snape-alone and this fic suffers quite a bit from that. Another character issue – and the largest negative for me – is the treatment of Fleur. In the beginning of the fic, she is Snape's fiancee. She is shown to be a bit cold and materialistic, but still basically a good person. I felt that Snape and Hermione treated her horribly. They were 'forced' to do so within the rules of Regency propriety (a gentleman never breaks an engagement!) but I still felt very bad for Fleur. She did not deserve that treatment in my eyes and it made me think less of our hero and heroine.
I also want to emphasize that while this fic pays tribute to Regency romance novels, it is NOT strict, at all, in its conversion. Lovers of Regency romance know that a significant part of the genre is strictly adhering to the titles, locations, and etiquette of Regency England. This fic largely ignores all of that and casually wonders, 'What if a Marriage Law with a deadline caused a Wizarding World 'season' of courtship similar to the Regency?' Those of you who dislike Regency tropes, don't be afraid to give this fic a try. Those of you who love Regency, try to relax your criticism of it's imperfections. It's inspired by the Regency romance genre, not a strict imitation.
The bottom line: A light-hearted vaguely Regency-inspired romp through a Marriage Law season of courtship with a smashing SSHG romance. For me, this is the top rating; but I am rating it lower because I know that my adoration for it is heavily colored by personal preference. If the tantalizingly slow-burning passion of courtship is your preference, and you can overlook the innate silliness of the Regency-esque scheming, you will love this. I would recommend it to almost any fan of the pairing.
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As a life-long Georgette Heyer fan and having read The Grand Sophy several times I loved His Draught of Delicate Poison even if it is almost too alternative universe. In fact together with Cloak of Courage it's my favourite SSHG fanfic even though they are both so very different. I enjoyed reading your review and it's nice to know another lover of Regency romances. It's also nice to read one story where Lucius Malfoy (don't you just love Jason Isaac) is NOT a big bad ogre. Thank you for reminding me of this story, I shall now go and read it again.
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I really enjoyed this one! Subversa handles the regency theme wonderfully without missing the forest for the trees. (Also, agreement on the above Loten rec- Post Tenebras, Lux is a personal favorite)


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A Unique Family Calls Richmond Hill Home
A family lives in the ornate three-story Victorian home at 84-20 112 St. in Richmond Hill, but this family is not the cookie-cutter mom, dad and 2.3 kids type of family you see in car commercials or a 1950s sitcom.
This family is made up of six "brothers" and staffers who cook, teach and guide the young men through their daily routine.
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Uggs Are The Devil's Spawn
This is the most pointless, character-less shoe in the history of shoedom, even Keds had more flavor than this. Look at them, there's no form, there no detail, it's the letter "L." Why would something like this cost $165 a pop? Why does my mother and sister have a combined 6 pair? (Does the math in my head… NINE NINETY. Whoa! No! Fail!)
I love how the girl that wear Fuggs (fake+uggs) are so proud of it. "$29.99, baby… I aint no fool." I can applaud that, if you're gonna go stupid, don't break the bank getting there.
I know it's cold out and I hear uggs are really warm…you get one-third of a point for that fact. Period. But then you loose 2.75 points for wearing them in Summer too. And for the men wearing uggs… *dead air* *white noise* *radio silence*


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Engaging Intellectual Capital
This assay is about the role of soft system thinking in creating the intellectual capital of the organisations. We will defined the intellectual capital as a start and it's elements as well as the value and the role of it. The relation between the social capital and intellectual capital will be highlighted in addition to the importance of the knowledge management.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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December 19, 2012
The Duality of Man
During the Victorian Period, people did not believe in dualism and thought it was unacceptable. Robert Louis Stevenson brings the possibility of another self in one person to life in his creation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The quote "Man is not truly one, but truly two" (Stevenson 43), can be defined as every soul contains elements of both good and evil but one is always dominant. Both sides of an individual cannot be strong at the same time; therefore one side becomes stronger and takes over one's body. Dr. Jekyll allows Hyde to dominate his personality and eventually he is unable to control Hyde as time proceeds.
The duality of the brain during the nineteenth century explains that the left and right hemispheres each had its own function. The right hemisphere was supposedly dominated in the brains of the insane while the left hemisphere was associated with civilization. "While Jekyll exhibits left-hemisphere attributes, Hyde embodies right-hemisphere traits" (Stiles 4). Stevenson gives each of the hemispheres a life of its own in both characters. The left-brained Jekyll overpowered his right-brain urges which lead to the creation of the second persona. This secondary persona starts off as the weaker of the two but eventually grows stronger.
For some time, Jekyll had reasoned that there were two natures in himself. Over the years Jekyll repressed his more impulsive side because he was unsure how people would react towards this side. Everyone who knew Jekyll thought he was a respected doctor who was well mannered. Little did they know he had an evil alter ego, Hyde, which was hidden by the disguise of Jekyll. Eventually Jekyll decided to come to a conclusion "Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest" (Stevenson 42). Jekyll explains that both his sides were equally alike and learns how to deal with each...
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text: I was surfing the web, trying to find a Positive Reinforcement Training place in Adelaide which trained teachers, not just dogs. So far no luck either way . But I did find a site on which the awful dog school I originally took Ra Kismet was listed. And it was one were you could leave a review! Finally a chance to say, politely, what I thought of that school and to give them a one star (I hate this) rating. Boy did that feel good! As at the time I walked out there were children present and I did not feel it appropriate to tick of the woman albeit I would have been polite but my tongue would have been somewhat acidic. I do sincerely hope that my one little review will prevent other people from making the same mistake as I did and save other dogs from the old style training methods. As I stated quite clearly they had initially informed me that they did use Positive Reinforcement Training however it was clearly evident that no Positive Reinforcement Training was used at all. Just the old style training rhetoric, alpha dog, dog at bottom of the ladder etc. etc. Feel so good been waiting an age to get that off my chest and let them know why I walked out and what I thought of their school. Oh and they have changed their name to one more 'politically correct'. Their old name was "Western Suburbs Dog Obedience School" Now It's "The Torrens Dog Training School". As if a name change makes all the difference. Checked their web site, just to be sure, and found the same old rhetoric being promoted.


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|Was disappointed today, when I went to find, Banksy' latest graffiti art:
A pair of vigilant ostriches - one with a CCTV head!
They were on the side of the National Gallery, but had flown away by the time I got there!
|The last Banksy that I tracked down was in 2008 in Bethnal Green


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How to Help Your Business Become an AI Early Adopter
Red Hat originally made a name for itself as the only U.S.-based public company exclusively focused on open source, as it has proved that its Linux-focused strategy could be very profitable. But the company's future is increasingly being tied to cloud computing and OpenStack in particular. This week, Red Hat marks two years of collaborating with contributors and developers on key OpenStack.org projects "to bring OpenStack from a project to a product."
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|Amiri Baraka
|Everett LeRoi Jones
October 7, 1934
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
|January 9, 2014 (aged 79)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
|Pen name
|LeRoi Jones, Imamu Amear Baraka[1]
|Actor, teacher, theater director, theater producer, writer, activist, poet
|Poetry, drama
|Kellie Jones, Lisa Jones, Dominique di Prima, Maria Jones, Shani Baraka, Obalaji Baraka, Ras J. Baraka, Ahi Baraka, Amiri Baraka, Jr.[2]
|Military career
|United States
|United States Air Force
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Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka,[1] was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 forTales of the Out and the Gone.[5]
Baraka's career spanned nearly fifty years, and his themes range from Black liberation to White racism. Some poems that are always associated with his name are "The Music: Reflection on Jazz and Blues," "The Book of Monk," and "New Music, New Poetry", works that draw on topics from the worlds of society, music, and literature.[6] Baraka's poetry and writing have attracted both extreme praise and condemnation. Within the African-American community, some compare Baraka to James Baldwin and recognize him as one of the most respected and most widely published Black writers of his generation.[7] Others have said his work is an expression of violence, misogyny, homophobia and racism.[8] Regardless of viewpoint, Baraka's plays, poetry, and essays have been defining texts for African-American culture.[9]
Baraka's brief tenure as Poet Laureate of New Jersey (2002–03) involved controversy over a public reading of his poem "Somebody Blew Up America?" and accusations of anti-semitism, and some negative attention from critics, and politicians.[10][11]
Early life (1934–65)
Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, where he attended Barringer High School. His father, Coyt Leverette Jones, worked as a postal supervisor and lift operator. His mother, Anna Lois (née Russ), was a social worker.[12]
He won a scholarship to Rutgers University in 1951, but a continuing sense of cultural dislocation prompted him to transfer in 1952 to Howard University, which he left without obtaining a degree. His major fields of study were philosophy and religion. Baraka subsequently studied at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research without obtaining a degree.
In 1954, he joined the US Air Force as a gunner, reaching the rank of sergeant. His commanding officer received an anonymous letter accusing Baraka of being a communist.[13]This led to the discovery of Soviet writings in Baraka's possession, his reassignment to gardening duty and subsequently a dishonorable discharge for violation of his oath of duty.[13]
The same year, he moved to Greenwich Village working initially in a warehouse for music records. His interest in jazz began during this period. At the same time he came into contact with avant-garde Beat Generation, Black Mountain poets and New York School poets. In 1958 he married Hettie Cohen, with whom he had two daughters, Kellie Jones (b. 1959) and Lisa Jones (b.1961). He and Hettie founded Totem Press, which published such Beat icons as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.[14] They also jointly founded a quarterly literary magazine Yugen, which ran for eight issues (1958–62).[15]
Baraka also worked as editor and critic for the literary and arts journal Kulchur (1960–65). With Diane di Prima he edited the first twenty-five issues (1961–63) of their little magazine The Floating Bear.[16] In the autumn of 1961 he co-founded the New York Poets Theatre with di Prima, choreographers Fred Herko and James Waring, and actor Alan S. Marlowe. He had an extramarital affair with Diane di Prima for several years; their daughter, Dominique di Prima, was born in June 1962.
Baraka visited Cuba in July 1960 with a Fair Play for Cuba Committee delegation and reported his impressions in his essay "Cuba libre".[17] In 1961 Baraka co-authored aDeclaration of Conscience in support of Fidel Castro's regime.[18] Baraka also was a member of the Umbra Poets Workshop of emerging Black Nationalist writers (Ishmael Reed, and Lorenzo Thomas among others) on the Lower East Side (1962–65).
In 1961 a first book of poems, Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note, was published. Baraka's article "The Myth of a 'Negro Literature'" (1962) stated that "a Negro literature, to be a legitimate product of the Negro experience in America, must get at that experience in exactly the terms America has proposed for it in its most ruthless identity." He also states in the same work that as an element of American culture, the Negro was entirely misunderstood by Americans. The reason for this misunderstanding and for the lack of black literature of merit was according to Jones:
|In most cases the Negroes who found themselves in a position to pursue some art, especially the art of literature, have been members of the Negro middle class, a group that has always gone out of its way to cultivate any mediocrity, as long as that mediocrity was guaranteed to prove to America, and recently to the world at large, that they were not really who they were, i.e., Negroes.
As long as the black writer was obsessed with being an accepted, middle class, Baraka wrote, he would never be able to speak his mind, and that would always lead to failure. Baraka felt that America only made room for only white obfuscators, not black ones.[19]
In 1963 Baraka (under the name Jones) published Blues People: Negro Music in White America, his account of the development of black music from slavery to contemporary jazz.[20] When the work was re-issued in 1999, Baraka wrote in the Introduction that he wished to show: "The music was the score, the actually expressed creative orchestration, reflection of Afro-American life.... That the music was explaining the history as the history was explaining the music. And that both were expressions of and reflections of the people."[21] Baraka argued that though the slaves had brought their musical traditions from Africa, the blues were an expression of what black people became in America: "The way I have come to think about it, blues could not exist if the African captives had not become American captives."[22]
Baraka (under the name Jones) authored an acclaimed, controversial play Dutchman, in which a white woman accosts a black man on the New York subway. The play premiered in 1964 and received the Obie Award for Best American Play in the same year.[23] A film of the play, directed by Anthony Harvey, was released in 1967.[24] The play has been revived several times, including a 2013 production staged in the Russian and Turkish Bathhouse in the East Village, Manhattan.[25]
After the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, Baraka left his wife and their two children and moved to Harlem. In Harlem, Baraka founded The Black Arts Repertory/Theater School since the Black Arts Movement created a new visual representation of art. Baraka became a leading advocate and theorist for the increase in black art during this time.[20]Now a "black cultural nationalist," he broke away from the predominantly white Beats and became very critical of the pacifist and integrationist Civil Rights movement. His revolutionary poetry now became more controversial.[26] A poem such as "Black Art" (1965), according to academic Werner Sollors from Harvard University, expressed his need to commit the violence required to "establish a Black World."[27]
Baraka even uses onomatopoeia in "Black Art" to express that need for violence: "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . . . tuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuht . . ." More specifically, lines in "Black Art" such as "Let there be no love poems written / until love can exist freely and cleanly" juxtaposed with "We want a black poem. / And a Black World" demonstrate Baraka's cry for political justice during a time when racial injustice was rampant – despite the Civil Rights Movement.[28]
"Black Art" quickly became the major poetic manifesto of the Black Arts Literary Movement and in it, Jones declaimed "we want poems that kill," which coincided with the rise of armed self-defense and slogans such as "Arm yourself or harm yourself" that promoted confrontation with the white power structure.[7] Rather than use poetry as an escapist mechanism, Baraka saw poetry as a weapon of action.[29] His poetry demanded violence against those he felt were responsible for an unjust society.
In 1966, Baraka married his second wife, Sylvia Robinson, who later adopted the name Amina Baraka.[30] In 1967, he lectured at San Francisco State University. The year after, he was arrested in Newark for having allegedly carried an illegal weapon and resisting arrest during the 1967 Newark riots, and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. Shortly afterward an appeals court reversed the sentence based on his defense by attorney Raymond A. Brown.[31]
Not long after the 1967 riots, Baraka generated controversy when he went on the radio with a Newark police captain and Anthony Imperiale, a politician and private business owner, and the three of them blamed the riots on "white-led, so-called radical groups" and "Communists and the Trotskyite persons."[32] That same year his second book of jazz criticism, Black Music, came out, a collection of previously published music journalism, including the seminal Apple Cores columns from Down Beat magazine. Around this time he also formed a record label called Jihad, which produced and issued only three LPs, all released in 1968:[33] Sonny's Time Now with Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Louis Worrell, Henry Grimes, and Baraka; A Black Mass, featuring Sun Ra; and Black & Beautiful – Soul & Madness by the Spirit House Movers, on which Baraka reads his poetry.[34][35]
In 1967, Baraka (still Leroi Jones) visited Maulana Karenga in Los Angeles and became an advocate of his philosophy of Kawaida, a multifaceted, categorized activist philosophy that produced the "Nguzo Saba," Kwanzaa, and an emphasis on African names.[7] It was at this time that he adopted the name Imamu Amear Baraka.[1] Imamu is a Swahili title for "spiritual leader", derived from the Arabic word Imam (إمام). According to Shaw, he dropped the honorific Imamu and eventually changed Amear (which means "Prince") toAmiri.[1] Baraka means "blessing, in the sense of divine favor."[1]
In 1970 he strongly supported Kenneth A. Gibson's candidacy for mayor of Newark; Gibson was elected the city's first Afro-American Mayor. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Baraka courted controversy by penning some strongly anti-Jewish poems and articles, similar to the stance at that time of the Nation of Islam.[citation needed]
Prior to this time, Baraka prided himself on being a forceful advocate of black cultural nationalism; however, by the mid 1970s, he began finding its racial individuality confining.[36]Baraka's separation from the Black Arts Movement began because he saw certain black writers – capitulationists, as he called them – countering the Black Arts Movement that he created. He believed that the groundbreakers in the Black Arts Movement were doing something that was new, needed, useful, and black, and those who did not want to see a promotion of black expression were "appointed" to the scene to damage the movement.[19]
Around 1974, Baraka distanced himself from Black nationalism and became a Marxist and a supporter of third-world liberation movements. In 1979 he became a lecturer in Stony Brook University's Africana Studies Department.[citation needed] The same year, after altercations with his wife, he was sentenced to a short period of compulsory community service. Around this time he began writing his autobiography. In 1980 he denounced his former anti-semitic utterances, declaring himself an anti-zionist.[citation needed]His changing viewpoint can be seen in his 1972 poem "When We'll Worship Jesus." Asserting that "when Jesus do / something / When jesus blow up / the white out / or blast Nixon down . . ." that is when they will worship Him.[37]
During the 1982–83 academic year, Baraka was a visiting professor at Columbia University, where he taught a course entitled "Black Women and Their Fictions." In 1984 he became a full professor at Rutgers University, but was subsequently denied tenure.[38] In 1985, Baraka returned to Stony Brook, eventually becoming professor emeritus of African Studies. In 1987, together with Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison, he was a speaker at the commemoration ceremony for James Baldwin.
In 1989 Baraka won an American Book Award for his works as well as a Langston Hughes Award. In 1990 he co-authored the autobiography of Quincy Jones, and 1998 was a supporting actor in Warren Beatty's film Bulworth. In 1996, Baraka contributed to theAIDS benefit album Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip produced by the Red Hot Organization.
In July 2002, Baraka was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by Governor Jim McGreevey. Baraka held the post for a year mired in controversy and after substantial political pressure and public outrage demanding his resignation. During the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival in Stanhope, New Jersey, Baraka read his 2001 poem on the September 11th attacks "Somebody Blew Up America?", which was criticized for anti-Semitism and attacks on public figures. Because there was no mechanism in the law to remove Baraka from the post, the position of state poet laureate was officially abolished by the State Legislature and Governor McGreevey.
Baraka collaborated with hip-hop group The Roots on the song "Something in the Way of Things (In Town)" on their 2002 album Phrenology.
In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Amiri Baraka on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.[39]
In 2003, Baraka's daughter Shani, aged 31, and her lesbian partner, Rayshon Homes, were murdered in the home of Shani's sister, Wanda Wilson Pasha, by Pasha's ex-husband, James Coleman.[40][41] Prosecutors argued that Coleman shot Shani because she had helped her sister separate from her husband.[42] A New Jersey jury found Coleman (also known as Ibn El-Amin Pasha) guilty of murdering Shani Baraka and Rayshon Holmes, and he was sentenced to 168 years in prison for the 2003 shooting.[43]
His son, Ras J. Baraka (born 1970), is a politician and activist in Newark, who served as principal of Newark's Central High School, as an elected member of the Municipal Council of Newark (2002–06, 2010–present) representing the South Ward. Ras J. Baraka became Mayor of Newark, July 1, 2014. See 2014 Newark mayoral election.
Amiri Baraka died on January 9, 2014, at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, after being hospitalized in the facility's intensive care unit for one month prior to his death. The cause of death was not reported initially, but it is mentioned that Baraka had a long struggle with diabetes.[44] Later reports indicated that he died from complications after a recent surgery.[45] Baraka's funeral was held at Newark Symphony Hall on January 18, 2014.[46]
Baraka's writings, and the covers of his early notebooks with large images of erect penises which were on open display in the Greenwich Village cafes where he sat, have generated controversy over the years, particularly his advocacy of rape and violence towards, at various times, women, gay people, white people, and Jews.
Author Jerry Gafio Watts contends that Baraka's homophobia and misogyny stem from his efforts to conceal his own history of same-sex encounters. Watts writes that Baraka "knew that popular knowledge of his homosexuality would have undermined the credibility of his militant voice. By becoming publicly known as a hater of homosexuals, Jones was attempting to defuse any claims that might surface linking him with a homosexual past."[47] Critics of his work have alternately described such usage as ranging from being vernacular expressions of Black oppression to outright examples of the sexism, homophobia, antisemitism, and racism they perceive in his work.[48][49][50][51]
In Rain Taxi, Richard Oyama criticized Baraka's militant aesthetic, writing that Baraka's "career came to represent a cautionary tale of the worst 'tendencies' of the 1960s—the alienating rejections, the fanatical self-righteousness, the impulse toward separatism and Stalinist repression versus multi-racial/class coalition-building...In the end, Baraka's work suffered because he preferred ideology over art, forgetting the latter outlasts us all."[52]
White people
The following is from a 1965 essay:
In 2009, he was again asked about the quote, and placed it in a personal and political perspective:
September 11 attacks
In July 2002, ten months after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Baraka wrote a poem entitled "Somebody Blew Up America?"[55] that was controversial and met with harsh criticism. The poem is highly critical of racism in America, and includes angry depictions of public figures such as Trent Lott, Clarence Thomas, and Condoleezza Rice. It also contains lines claiming Israel's involvement in the World Trade Center attacks:
Baraka said that he believed Israelis and President George W. Bush had advance knowledge of the September 11 attacks,[56] citing what he described as information that had been reported in the American and Israeli press and on Jordanian television. He denied that the poem is antisemitic, and points to its accusation, which is directed against Israelis, rather than Jews as a people.[10][11] The Anti-Defamation League though, denounced the poem as antisemitic,[57] though Baraka and his defenders defined his position as anti-Zionism.
After the poem's publication, then-governor Jim McGreevey tried to remove Baraka from the post of Poet Laureate of New Jersey, to which he had been appointed followingGerald Stern in July 2002. McGreevey learned that there was no legal way, according to the law authorizing and defining the position, to remove Baraka. On October 17, 2002, legislation was introduced in the State Senate to abolish the post which was subsequently signed by Governor McGreevey and became effective July 2, 2003.[58]
Baraka ceased being poet laureate when the law became effective. In response to legal action filed by Baraka, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that state officials were immune from such suits, and in November 2007 the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear an appeal of the case.[59]
Honors and awards
Baraka served as the second Poet Laureate of New Jersey from July 2002 until the position was abolished on July 2, 2003. In response to the attempts to remove Baraka as the state's Poet Laureate, a nine-member advisory board named him the poet laureate of the Newark Public Schools in December 2002.[60]
Baraka received honors from a number of prestigious foundations, including: fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, theLangston Hughes Award from the City College of New York, the Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama, an induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and theBefore Columbus Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.[61]
A short excerpt from Amiri Baraka's poetry was selected to be used for a permanent installation by artist Larry Kirkland in New York City's Pennsylvania Station.[62][63]
Carved in marble, this installation features excerpts from the works of several New Jersey poets (from Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, to contemporary poets Robert Pinsky and Renée Ashley) and was part of the renovation and reconstruction of the New Jersey Transit section of the station completed in 2002.[62]
- 1961: Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
- 1964: The Dead Lecturer: Poems
- 1969: Black Magic
- 1970: It's Nation Time
- 1970: Slave Ship
- 1975: Hard Facts
- 1980: New Music, New Poetry (India Navigation)
- 1995: Transbluesency: The Selected Poems of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones
- 1995: Wise, Why's Y's
- 1996: Funk Lore: New Poems
- 2003: Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems
- 2005: The Book of Monk
- 1964: Dutchman
- 1964: The Slave
- 1967: The Baptism and The Toilet
- 1966: A Black Mass
- 1969: Four Black Revolutionary Plays
- 1970: Slave Ship
- 1978: The Motion of History and Other Plays
- 1965: The System of Dante's Hell
- 1967: Tales
- 2006: Tales of the Out & the Gone
- 1963: Blues People
- 1965: Home: Social Essays
- 1968: Black Music
- 1971: Raise Race Rays Raize: Essays Since 1965
- 1979: Poetry for the Advanced
- 1981: reggae or not!
- 1984: Daggers and Javelins: Essays 1974–1979
- 1984: The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
- 1987: The Music: Reflections on Jazz and Blues
- 2003: The Essence of Reparations
Edited works
- 1968: Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing (co-editor, with Larry Neal)
- 1969: Four Black Revolutionary Plays
- 1983: Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women (edited with Amina Baraka)
- 1999: The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
- 2000: The Fiction of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
- 2008: Billy Harper: Blueprints of Jazz, Volume 2 (Audio CD)
- The New Ark (1968)[64][65]
- One P.M. (1972)
- Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1978) .... Himself
- Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978) .... Himself
- Poetry in Motion (1982)
- Furious Flower: A Video Anthology of African American Poetry 1960–95, Volume II: Warriors (1998) .... Himself
- Through Many Dangers: The Story of Gospel Music (1996)
- Bulworth (1998) .... Rastaman
- Piñero (2001) .... Himself
- Strange Fruit (2002) .... Himself
- Ralph Ellison: An American Journey (2002) .... Himself
- Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004) .... Himself
- Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton (2004) .... Himself
- Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2005) .... Himself
- 500 Years Later (2005) (voice) .... Himself
- The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005) .... Himself
- The Pact (2006) .... Himself
- Retour à Gorée (2007) .... Himself
- Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
- Revolution '67 (2007) .... Himself
- Turn Me On (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Oscene (2007) .... Himself
- Corso: The Last Beat (2008)
- The Black Candle (2008)
- Ferlinghetti: A City Light (2008) .... Himself
- W.A.R. Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney (2009) .... Himself
- Motherland (2010)
With Billy Harper
- Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 2 (Talking House, 2008)


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I never knew finding the perfect venue was so difficult. I have a vision and i have a budget and I have 44 places none of which completely satisfy both. Some are too small, some are too big, some are too expensive, some are hot in the summer, some wont allow outside catering and ive suddenly become Goldie Locks who cant find porridge or a bed thats just right for me.
Things i know: I want an outside wedding, in the evening in June, i want it by some sort of body of water and i want a reception in the same place.
So the search for the venue has begun, ive made spread sheets of costs, and inclusions and rentals and availability and pros and cons and a decision cant be made. May I also remind you its tough to plan anything without having a venue and of course a concrete date. All this being said I love the Retreat at Bradley's Pond. I always have, everytime i see pictures from friends who have gotten married or had their reception there i swoon. let me show you:
So this of course is my top love of a venue. so whats the big problem you ask? Its a little out of my price range. the venue itself is almost $2000 not to mention I would need to rent outside chairs linens china etc. so with that being said it doesnt fit into my budget perfectly, but am i willing to make some other changes to make it work. Anywho after 2 weeks of searching and stressing over it everyday i really have my heart set on Bradley's Pond. Next week I'm meeting with the Owners to check it out, Ill keep you updated on how it turns out and what I decide, in the meantime ill keep daydreaming about the perfect wedding venue.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Big Decision #1 : Where are we getting married?
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I read on another blog that they were given a discount for getting married to someone in the military. I don't know if this is always the case, but it is worth a shot to ask and explain your situation! I can't seem to find the article right now...but I will let you know if I come across it.ReplyDelete
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I'm sitting in the loft going through the painstaking procedure of printing out hundreds of music parts for string and piano sessions on the White City project in the coming week. I've been formatting the parts all day and they seem to have taken me a lot longer than I'd initially expected. I'm going completely cross-eyed printing them all out. I'm doing it in low light. My head is spinning slightly. I want today's work to finish, please.
I did however have a mega lie-in this morning, which has made a massive difference. I still have another four days of mayhem to get through this week, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Eurovision was great fun last night. About 18 of us sat down to watch it with plates laden with vegetarian lasagne. One of the big treats was meeting Llio's Mum, and also introducing our friend, Ian, to the joys of Eurovision. I think it ended up a bit of a disappointment for him because he'd heard it was the most bizarre thing in the world. He also couldn't work out why people at the party didn't seem to be listening to some of the songs. I explained that the room will often audition a song very quickly to determine whether it's worth shutting up to hear it. It is a bizarre thing. I guess some of us had watched the semis as well, so had already made our minds up in terms of what we wanted everyone else to enjoy. We can of course be wrong. I sent everyone off for a loo break during Hungary, and it ended up doing quite well in the competition.
Girls were definitely in the minority and those who came were very camp. The Mant sisters are always brilliant value for money and Julie Clare baked carrot cake. Biggest thanks to the lovely Tina who had arrived in the afternoon to help Nathan prepare and ended up scrubbing the bathroom clean.
Love was also in the air for two of the younger guests at the party. It's a long time since I played match-maker!
My predictions were pretty good. I got three of the top five correct and Russia came sixth. When I put a bet on Russia, I didn't realise they'd be placed so early on in the running order, which is the kiss of death, unless everything else is rubbish.
Bonnie was boring. There's little else to say. Utterly predictable. The BBC really need to sort themselves out. I've written a letter to the Times about it, but don't know where to sendit!
Right, that's it for the day. If I stare at this screen any longer I'm gonna turn into a drooling imbecile.


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Hello, my name is XXXXX XXXXX it is my pleasure to assist you with your question today. How long has she worked there for?
years over 7.
It is certainly possible for the employer to use information from 3 month ago, especially as they have only just been made aware of it. They could question the delay with raising the grievance but if there are valid reasons for doing so, then it can certainly still be something the employer proceeds with and uses in their investigation.
Any evidence can just be challenged with whatever counter-evidence she has, even if it is just verbal. Whatever she believes is untrue or collaborated, she would need to flag up with the employer and provide her own version f events. After all this is what happens in such circumstances – someone makes a complaint, the employer investigates and if they decide to discipline, the employee can defend themselves by roving any counter-evidence or arguments to show what they are alleged of did not occur or is unlikely.
As to the seriousness of the offence, there is no list of what offences amount to what seriousness in the workplace. Obviously some will be more serious than others, such as theft, violence, fraud, etc and these can amount to gross misconduct but in the end it is for the employer to decide, based on any policies at work, previous incidents and generally what a reasonable employer would decide in this case. If there was just general rudeness, no personal and insulting remarks, bullying, etc then she should really just be issued with a written warning, rather than straight to a final one. A verbal warning is not an official warning so the employer does not have to consider it.
thanks but what about the fact that no letters to the employer have dates on them. we are questioning this as suddenly three people have come out and said this in a matter of two days and they all talk and are friends. if we can prove that they were all on the same day or the day after does she stand a better case of saying its collaboration and victimisation?
also tho of the three people have had an interview with the manager of the office and the other has a brief meeting but no minutes were taken and the payout of the information given to us is totally different and does not state its a greivance meeting can this be used?
a letter does not have to be dated to be legally acceptable. it is entirely possible that these complainants had valid complaints and after discussing it together they have decided they should proceed with raising the issues and they all sent in their details at or around the same time - this is not improbably and it does not mean there were false collaborations. The employer is only expected to conduct a reasonable investigation - they do not have to hold a grievance meeting before they can use it against the employee, they must only investigate and make sure the level of investigation is reasonable so it could be a meeting to ask questions, formal or informal as necessary
Thanks, XXXXX XXXXX also found many differences between the letters that have been written and the meetings that took place can i use these in her disciplinary meeting to show that they are not consistant in answers?
Also there was no time given for her to prepare for the investigatory meeting they have already held should they not have informed here this was goin to happen for her to prepare?
it is certainly possible to highlight any inconsistencies that are apparent and question these. As to the investigatory meeting the Acas Code, which employers are expected to follow, says
"It is not always necessary to hold an investigatory meeting (often called a fact finding meeting). If a meeting is held, give the employee advance warning and time to prepare."
and if the employer does not give the employee 'advance warning and time to repare'?
she was given the information by hand at 17.00 on friday she has a meeting with one of the allegers on Monday where i feel we should have the notes from that meeting prior to the hearing and the hearing is on tuesday can we ask for more tome to prepare?
I wouldn't say this was not sufficient notice. After all bis is just an investigation - it is to discuss matters that have already happened and just gather more information. It is not a meeting where she is expected to defend herself formally - that is the disciplinary. He had the full weekend to consider this issu, insufficient notice would be if she was just pulled up at work and asked to attend a meeting there and then
so due to the meeting on monday can we ask for the notes from this meeting as they may contain information that we can use and can we ask for extra time to look at these notes?
you mean notes due to be taken at the meeting?
should she even attend the meeting on monday if she has a disciplinary on the tuesday?
yes she can request these before this goes any further, for example if it goes to a formal disciplinary, so she needs to be given some notice in advance of a disciplinary and be given the opportunity to prepare for it
but I would not say that the disciplinary being scheduled for Tue is fair
they have jumped a few steps before even considering this
please elaborate on the steps they have jumped?
it should be the investigation first, then consider whether there is evidence to take it to a disciplinary then schedule the disciplinary
she has had an aparent investigatory meeting but this meeting is to try and relsove the issues between her and the other member of staff.
ok not really an investigatory meeting then, sounds more like mediation
we want the notes for this as it may uncover something they had not banked on and we need time to work on them. also can they then use the statement provided by this person if the issue is resloved in the meeting on monday? sorry if i am ranting on but this is my mum and she has worked all her life she is nearly 60 and never in her life been pulled in for a meeting let a line a disciplinary hearing.
yes she can ask for the notes but it is always recommend that she takes her own notes at the same time
Thanks, XXXXX XXXXX thing before i let you go to bed, after reading the last hours notes would yo say they could give her a final written or should it be a written warning. On the fact its rudeness and objectional behaviour first time every pulled up on this etc?
It is generally recommended that they issue a written warning, valid for a period of time and then go to final if the issues persist. But you cannot tell the employer what to issue and all that can be done in the event of a stricter penalty than expected is appeal it
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SALLY J. NETTLETON, THERESA THRUN,CAROL WILSON, DENNIS DOUGHERTY, HEATHER S. HARDEE, SPENCER WARE, GARY L. BUCK, AND THOMAS M. BUCKHEIT, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED,PLAINTIFFS,v.FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DOES 1 THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE, DEFENDANTS.JO ANN GETTMAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFF,v.FORD MOTOR COMPANY,DEFENDANT.
Before the Court are two related product liability actions 26 brought against Defendant Ford Motor Company ("Ford") in which Plaintiffs allege they purchased Ford vehicles containing a latent 28 defect causing the tailgate to crack. Case Nos. 11-2953-SC ("the 2953 action"), 11-3133-SC ("the 3133 action"). In the 2953 action, 2 eight plaintiffs seek to represent a national class of individuals 3 who purchased certain Ford vehicles during the class period. Case No. 11-2953, ECF No. 1 ("2953 Compl."). Id. In the 3133 action, 5 one plaintiff seeks to represent a California class of individuals 6 who purchased certain Ford vehicles during the class period. Case No. 11-3133, ECF No. 1 ("3133 Compl.").
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1. Small (33 mm) diameter medals are modern restrikes by the US Mint produced after 1960
2. Large (50 mm to 75 mm) diameter medals might be originals if they are minted in silver and have a hole for suspension. But they could be fakes, especially if they are silver plated copper.
3. Large (50 mm to 75 mm) diameter medals might be originals if they are minted in copper and are not cast or have a light tan finish
The medal in the primary picture (upper left) comes from the people at iCollector.com, who have several high-quality examples of genuine Indian Peace Medals for sale and at auction. In such wonderful numismatic (coin collector) condition, the iCollector piece would sell for about $300 US dollars, probably more. It is difficult to accurately estimate values of medals and tokens because the market is much smaller than legal tender coinage and this series is plagued by counterfeits. This is especially true with IPMs. Our estimates below are based on scanning auction results for various types of Indian Peace Medals, but they can be way off depending on specifics of particular medals.
Some examples of IPMs and their pricing appear in our composite image to the right. The (A) piece is an amazing silver specimen which sold for $35000 at auction. (B) is an oblong IPM that netted $800. The dark color and large size of (C) indicates a genuine IPM. This one sold for $1600. But, alas, what you see mostly on eBay and similar venues is the $5 small-sized US Mint restrike, shown at (D) in our montage. Finally, (E) is a large sized, light tan modern restrike selling around $30.
Nailing down concise values for Indian Peace Medals is fundamentally impossible for a forum as generic as CoinQuest. Very, very approximate catalog values run like this:
ORIGINAL MEDALS (50 mm to 75 mm diameter)
worn: $200 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $300
well preserved: $500
fully uncirculated: $700
MODERN RESTRIKES (76 mm diameter)
worn: $5 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $10
well preserved: $15
fully uncirculated: $30
MODERN RESTRIKES (33 mm diameter)
worn: $1 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $2
well preserved: $4
fully uncirculated: $8
Nevertheless, you must always be careful about spending too much money on a piece that you are not 100 percent sure about.
CoinQuest thanks iCollector.com for the use of their photograph. Visit their site and you will see a lot more amazing Americana.


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BEFORE: Glickman, Associate Judge, Nebeker and Terry, Senior Judges.
On consideration of the certified opinion of Maryland Court of Appeals disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction, see Atty. Grievance Comm'n v. Wingerter, 929 A.2d 47 (Md. 2007), this court's October 1, 2007, order suspending respondent from the practice of law pending further action of the court, the May 27, 2008, Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility recommending the disbarrment of respondent as identical reciprocal discipline, there appearing to be no oppositions to the recommendation, and it further appearing that respondent has failed to file the affidavit required by D.C. Bar R. XI, §14 (g), it is
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Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Mat. 16: 24)
There are three parts in the above verse that the Lord Jesus requires of us when we embark on following Him:
Deny One's Self
Take up Our Cross
Follow Him
Summing up these three, we get the word SACRIFICE. Sacrifice. This is the essence of Christ's calling of us: to willingly lay down ourselves on the altar of sacrifice and offer our lives in the service of the Lord, pleasing and glorifying Him.
Now, a sacrifice that is laid down on the altar doesn't flail, fight or kick to escape its fate, which, unfortunately, are sometimes our reactions when we are called to obey and serve. The Lord Jesus Himself showed us how to humbly accept the will of God and carry out His purposes with a willing heart.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (Is. 53: 7)
Only when we learn to surender our will to the will of God and humbly obey His commands, calling and leading, do we start to learn to truly follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
Denying One's Self
Learning to die to our selfish desires, wants, wills, dreams, plans is what the Lord requires of us. He wants us to deny ourselves of these and put His heart's desire, will, plans and purposes in our lives of utmost importance. I have learned that resisting His will and insisting on ours doesn't only rob us of our peace, but it also brings undesirable consequences.
In late 2008, my husband wanted to buy a luxury SUV. I was all against it. At that time by the grace of God, I was again doing my best to recover from the relapse of my illness that happened a few months after I gave birth to our son. I wanted us to concentrate in imploring the Lord for my complete healing, and not on desiring luxury possessions. Also, we already had two vans, which were more than enough for our small family. I believed that it wasn't what the Lord wanted us to do. I believed that we should live simple lives and not be tempted to lavish ourselves with so much luxury.
He reasoned that it wouldn't be a brand-new one, but slightly-used. But for me, whether brand-new or slightly-used, it was still too expensive, and thus, a luxury. He insisted on it. And I did my best to explain, with tears, stand my ground and hold on to the Lord's teachings. I reminded him these precious verses, warnings from the apostle John:
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not the of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. (1 John 2:15-17)
Most unfortunately, the discussion turned into an emotionally-charged argument. That night, I really believed that was the end of the matter. But a few days later, he drove home a sleek, white BMW SUV. Though my heart was sad, I didn't argue anymore – it would have been in vain.
In 2009, the great flood came. The BMW SUV was parked in our garage. It was submerged in muddy floodwaters. When the waters subsided, and the more urgent matters attended to, it was finally towed to the repair shop. Ever since it left our house that day up until now, it has not returned. Spare parts for it are not only expensive, they're also hard to find. (No, it wasn't covered by insurance that has "Acts of God" clause).
It's been almost two years and the lesson was in no way missed by my constantly-searched heart: to follow the Lord wholly, we must deny ourselves of worldly lusts and wants. Sometimes, we cannot discern our hearts' desires for what they truly are: lusts that feed our desire for "pride of life".
Taking Up Our Cross
Following the Lord Jesus Christ won't turn out to be a leisurely walk along a posh avenue, but a narrow road with our crosses on our backs. The crosses we were made to carry are sometimes light and sometimes heavy. This could be the cross of persecution, the cross of fiery trials, or the cross of preaching the Gospel no matter what the cost.
Beloved and Honorable Pastor Evangelist Wilde E. Almeda, the beloved founder and leader of the Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry, knew the cost of following the Lord. In 2000, he, together with 12 prayer warriors, heeded the call of God in bringing the Gospel to the mountains of Jolo, Sulu in the island of Mindanao. This was not an ordinary mountain to climb nor ordinary people to reach out to, for it was the camp of the Abu Sayyaf where they were keeping their hostages.
Nevertheless, after fasting for 40 days, the beloved evangelist left the comforts of his pulpit and entered the camp of the Abu Sayyaf – a truly dangerous mission. He preached the Gospel to the Abu Sayyaf men and prayed for the sick hostages and for their safe and immediate release. It was a staggeringly victorious peace mission, but one that the beloved pastor, his dear family, and the whole Church, greatly suffered for.
I believe now as I'm writing this, that the cost of following Christ may mean to lay down one's life for the sake of the Gospel.
[Read the detailed story of The Victorious Mindanao Peace Mission.]
Following Him
While we continually learn to deny ourselves and carry our crosses, we follow the Lord wherever He leads. Following means obeying specifically His instructions: what He purposes for us to do and where He sends us to.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University has announced that Fred Bronstein, president of the St. Louis Symphony, is the institute's new dean.
Bronstein, who has been chief executive of St. Louis Symphony since 2008, will start at the Peabody Institute in June.
Bronstein, 57, is credited with reversing multi-year downturns in symphony attendance, ticket revenue and philanthropic support, the Peabody said in a news release. He also served as president of the Omaha Symphony and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
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