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Saturday, October 2, 2010
He Does What It Takes
Some of you may know that I have been struggling for the past four or five months with a very hoarse voice. It has been quite painful and it makes me sound like I have a frog in my throat all the time. I was just diagnosed with nodules on my vocal cords, which is a fancy way of saying I have "calluses on my vocal cords."
It has interfered with my life in many ways. I can't sing, I can't read very many stories out loud to my children and I struggle lecturing the children when I'm homeschooling. The thing that does keep me encouraged is the fact that I know God does not waste pain. This has become very evident with a few things He has been teaching me.
The first thing I learned is that even though I knew I had come a long ways in the area of not raising my voice at my children, I still wasn't doing good enough. It was as if God was saying, "No more! You are in a bad habit and if you can't break it, I love you enough to help you break it for good." So, He took away my voice. I literally cannot raise my voice in the slightest without wincing in pain. This has forced me to stop being lazy and go find my children instead of testing to see if they are within yelling distance!
When I'm angry, I need to stand or kneel in front of them, take their face in my hands and lower my voice on purpose so as not to strain my voice. I am actually thanking God for this habit-breaking affliction!
The second thing that has been affected by this malady is my worship. I am learning for the first time how to worship the Lord without singing. Singing praises to God has always been my prevalent form of worship. Instead I find myself entering into a whole new place in my worship. I am reminded of the song lyrics, "When the music fades and all is stripped away, and I simply come." Without the distraction of whether or not I am hitting the right notes, I am forced to completely and utterly focus on the words. I can truly come into a place where I am worshipping Him in Spirit and in Truth. It has been an incredible experience. I can literally feel the Spirit of God wash over me as I silently, but intentionally worship before Him. I pray that when I do get my voice back, I will be able to mesh all of this together.
The third lesson I'm learning is to choose my words wisely. I need to "let my words be few". I am continuing to refine my speech patterns by being "slow to speak, quick to listen and slow to become angry." Not an easy task!
The only way these will go away is by changing my vocal patterns and to not yell (ever). I will relearn how to speak and sing in a way that will not strain my voice.
I challenge you to do a self-inspection. What bad behaviors or habits have you just not been able to fully change? Jim Cymbale writes, "God is attracted to weakness. He can't resist those who humbly and honestly admit how desperately they need Him."
Are you willing for Him to do what it takes?
From One Mom to Another,
17 comments:
- Trisha said...
What a beautiful account of His goodness to us! So often I've prayed for deliverance from different sins, and He rarely works in my heart in the ways I think He should.:) (So thankful for that!) Truly, He knows the perfect way to sanctify us. This must be a hard time for you, and yet, what a blessing to your children to see you glorify Him in the midst of the struggle. Praying for the healing of your vocal cords.
- October 2, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- His bondservant said...
I can SO relate to this post. God is teaching me so very much through my illnesses as well. It is amazing that sometimes in the deepest valleys, we have our greatest visions of His goodness to us. Still praying for your recovery.
- October 2, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- Camille said...
How wonderful this post is Stacie! How precious that you see the LORD's hand in it all! HE is so gracious with us, isn't HE? May HE continue to give you HIS grace throughout this time. AND may HE heal you completely in HIS perfect time!
Blessings to you!
In His Love,
- October 2, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- Jennifer said...
Hey there....thank you so much for this post! What an honor to know the Lord adores us enough to be so creative in finding ways to draw us to him. thank you for sharing. And...I love Fresh Wind Fresh Fire....just finished that book and that quote is in there! I will think about all of these things for myself as well.
- October 2, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Rachel and Family said...
Perfecto devotion, Stacie!!! I'm so glad I stopped by to read this! "God does not waste pain"-- how very true. Sometimes lessons are painful aren't they!? Nevertheless... I am praying for your voice to come back. When I lost mine for so long I kept recalling Zechariah who was made mute because of his disbelief. I'm quite sure that's why I lost mine, as the Lord kept bringing that to mind. I was using my voice to pick away at my faith instead of uphold it.
Better get back upstairs, my "quick" check on the computer has turned into 15 mins already! Dinner might be burning!
- October 2, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- Catherine said...
Thank you for sharing and thank you for the challenge, Stacie. I'm taking a PRD next Friday and will ask what the LORD wants me to work on/change/leave behind BEFORE He gives me some hard lesson. I love you for going ahead of us in this manner, darlin'!
- October 2, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- Muthering Heights said...
It's wonderful that you are able to discern the lessons in this painful experience...few people would be able to see past the discomfort!
- October 2, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Thank you so much for sharing this. It is so encouraging and uplifting. I love your attitude, transparency & honesty. These are areas I struggle with as well. I lost my voice for nearly a week last month and it helped me in tremendous ways, to learn to stop, realize that I can't so much as make my own heart beat....I have not the power & therefore, what is the point about getting upset about things I have no control over. When it comes down to it, the only time I yell is when I feel a loss of control. It helped so much to have to be quiet & to have to think about what I am feeling in each situation where I struggle with yelling or saying things I shouldn't. It helped so much to get to the bottom of the problem. It's not perfect yet, but as you just attested to, God always sticks with us & helps us to grow and change, no matter what it takes. Blessings to you & many thanks. You are in my thoughts and prayers. (((hugs))))
- October 2, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Cheesemakin' Mamma said...
I know this is going to speak to others just as it has spoken to me. So excited that you are able to sing a tiny bit now!
- October 2, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- Jasmine said...
Stacie, what a fantastic truth of how God answers prayer. Not always the way we think, but always for our good.
What a blessing to read you going down to your child's level and taking their face in your hands and speaking softly to them. We all need to do this.
You truly moved me with this post.
Thank you so much.
Warmest regards,
- October 3, 2010 at 9:07 AM
- OurLilFullFam said...
He gets the glory through our weaknesses doesn't He?
- October 3, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Mich said...
Beautiful post of how God is working in your life. Love it! Hope you continue to heal.
HAve a beautiful week!
- October 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- Jill said...
This is a wonderful post... so personal... I hope your voice is feeling better soon. God does work in mysterious ways doesn't he;-)
Have a wonderful day!
- October 4, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Amy said...
Thank you for sharing.
I am working thru some pain as we are going thru memories that are hurtful in our church study. This has been very hard and painful for me.
I know that God is using this pain to change me. He has so much he wants to do with me. I have to let the old die away.
I actually joined a new church and am going to be baptized again. It was done when I was a child, but I choose to do it now.
God bless and I hope that the healing comes soon.
Love ya
- October 4, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Jessica said...
There are so many ways He can teach us! Thank you for sharing so openly. I've been sorta MIA in blog-reading, but so love following yours and will try to do better. Since our baby was born, I have a new site and I'd love for you to read there and comment as you'd like on any post or ask any questions. ♥ www.hisheartmyhands.blogspot.com
- October 4, 2010 at 12:29 PM
It's funny how He answers our prayers, isn't it? :) Friends warned me, don't pray for patience or He'll give you something that will REALLY teach you patience. So, thinking I can outwit, I prayed specifically for "patience with my children". I ended up called to teach in Primary at church. Nothin' like teaching 80 kids each week to teach ya patience. lol! :) Guess I got exactly what I asked for. :) Thnx for your always uplifting message and attitude!
- October 4, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Momof5 said...
Oh Stacie, I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. What an amazing outlook on worship, though. You are such an inspiration. I remember dealing with nodules in my thyroid a couple of years ago and the possibility of cancer and possibly losing the ability to worship with singing. It's a hard reality and you are approaching it with such grace. God bless your throat girlie! I will pray for you and your doctors and your healing. God bless you!
- October 5, 2010 at 6:21 PM


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Too many things had happened within these 2 months...let me see if I can recall & reminisce each 1 of them... Well, it's good to start with the good things! Immediately after our company event, I was busy with my brother's wedding a week after d event! Alhamdulillah, all went well, my brother during nikah sekali lafaz only. It was a small ceremony only which involves the immediate families. And two weeks after that, it was the reception for our side. As always, kita yang merancang, Allah yang menentukan... there would be some minor hiccups during these kind of events but as long as everyone is happy & the pengantin pon dah selamat, it's ok... But noooo... sure ade 'suara2' sumbang behind your back-side wannn.... esp. when it comes from your own families kan?? I know my parents was feeling the 'pinch' although they showed their coolness infront of us, but we know what had really happened. Ok, enuff said on that!
Next, is my wedding preparation which is scheduled on 3rd Feb 2012 ( nikah ), 4th Feb 2012 (reception) & 11 Feb 2012 ( joe's side).. alhamdulillah syukur sbb dpt quite a few sponsorships especially on the baju pengantin!! jimaattt sgt!! hehehehehe... also, thanks to my friend who is also sponsoring my wedding card invitation! We've planned to do it @ parent's house since they have a HUGE compound! On the catering, pelamin, decor & etc.. I leave it up to my mom n dad. It's gonna be a more relaxed n not so much on protocol kind of wedding lah!! I hate that!!
In addition to that, I kind of realized that I have started to gain some weight! Damn it!!! My future mom-in-law even said that I makin tembam! hahahahaah... well, that was like 2-3 mths ago... and now, thanks to my sister & her bf, they introduced me to this nutrition club in PJ old klang road & am glad to be a part of it!!! Today is my 22nd day, and I feel a lot better, ringan badan, people commented that I look more glowy & in shape. Even my fiancé commented that I look fairer & 'kurus'...Also I do feel more confident!! :D
I'm definitely gonna share this to All the people that I know esp. my family & friends.. I just changed my eating habits by taking this nutrition for dinner & it works wonders! Mind you, this is NOT MEDICATION! It's FOOD, but a Nutritious one.


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On Friday evening, a group from my Sunday School class accepted the invitation of a Jewish friend to visit the Synagogue where she attends. There is a small congregation, and the rabbi just comes to Hickory once a month for Friday evening/Saturday morning Sabbath services -- sort of like the circuit-riding preachers from long ago. Almost all the singing was in Hebrew, but some was written phonetically in the prayer book they gave us, so I did my best to sing along on those songs. I noticed that Baptists aren't the only ones who like to sit on the back row -- but they had a moving partition so they could make a new back row when the place started to fill up, so even the late-comers could get a seat in the back! Also like Baptists, they like to eat -- one lady laughingly said that they never meet without eating. My kind of group!
They welcomed visitors with open arms, and even with such a different kind of service, I was not uncomfortable. They worshiped the same God -- but just left off the Good News from the New Testament. I was very interested in seeing the Torah, and when I asked about it after the service, some of them eagerly and reverently took it out from behind the curtain, removed the beautiful cover, and opened the scrolls for me to see the handwritten words. It was very old, so they used this pointer thing -- can't remember the name of it -- instead of touching it with their own fingers. It also was all in Hebrew, so I couldn't read a word, but I appreciated their respect for it.
"Days pass and years vanish, we walk sightless among miracles. Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk."
That is exactly what I call a "God Wink" -- a moment when I am reminded of God's presence, sometimes like lightning illuminating a dark night. We walk through life with our eyes and minds so oblivious to the powerful messages from God that are available to us -- walking "sightless among miracles." What unexpected, eye-opening lightning flashes from God am I missing every day?
A blog about seeing the work of God -- evidence of His presence. I write it down so I will remember!!
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
He Sent a Rainbow
Driving to school today with a lot on my mind -- feeling a little overwhelmed -- when all of a sudden I had a reminder that God was still in control. I caught sight of a rainbow as I approached the school, and when I pulled in the parking lot, there it was, right over the school! And not just a regular rainbow, but a double one (not really showing much in my picture, but it was there.) So I walked in feeling a little lighter -- isn't God good??!
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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Your card for your Mum is lovely .. .. I am sure she will love it!! I certainly do!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous colour choices and embellishments.
Your Mum is doing well to reach 96.
This is lovely Lesley. As to lighting for your cards, my latest improvements have been thanks to a light tent. I was about to make one from a 15x15inch box but decided to buy one when I found out that Amazon did one with inserts of different colours for only £12.95 here is the link if you are interested. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photolight-Foldable-Softbox-Backdrops-Backdrop/dp/B004LCW416/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&qid=1336949036&sr=8-25 I love it. I use a little wooden easel to stand the card in the middle and I get good results that way(£1.00 from 'What' store). Only thing I will tell you if you do buy one, they do not close back down into the bag. I leave mine up permantely, in the craftroom when I am not in there and on my bed if I need space in my craftroom. If you need any help give me a shout. Linda xReplyDelete
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(or, to see our perfect Father God – with our imperfect eyes,
but at least, to keep on looking!)
A life of faith is a series of decisions, not just one moment in time. Falling in love with God is reflected – here on earth – by what is seen in the faces of an elderly couple, 54 years married, as the husband gently tucks the wife's feet under a sheet in the hospital. Faith is built – or destroyed – one action, one decision at a time. And just like a marriage, "alone time" with the Lord is required in order for intimacy, closeness, to develop.
Time in prayer is developed through practice, not accident. And from year to year, that intimacy looks somewhat different.
Some months, you may spend your quiet time with God mostly in meditation, taking one name of God in Isaiah and reflecting on what that name means to you personally. Some months, you will spend in quiet remembrance of what God has challenged you with in order for your faith and trust in Him to grow. During other times, you may spend more time crying out to God in shame, fear, or anger for hardships that are assailing your family. Or during "dry" prayer seasons, to rely on rote prayer in order to connect when you don't feel that close to Him.
The point is the relationship itself, not the perfection with which it presents itself to the world. And as your love relationship with God grows, you will find that your love for others – loved ones, friends, or even enemies – will grow along with it.
What is better to spend your "extra" time on? facebook? 😉


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The heroes finally reach the bandit's camp, secreted away in the depths of the Brecilian. A single sentry slumbers on the route the heroes take to enter the camp, and they praised their good luck.
Scouting the camp, they found about nine bandits in all, playing dice games and spewing their drink onto the ground. They were distracted enough that Kallian could have sung while she sneaked. They were all armed and armored, trading their plundered treasures as they won and lost, and seemed itching for more action than the dice games offered.The leader, Waldric Gore-Hand was present, writing on a desk. Scars covered his face and his eyes darted back and forth between his papers, his men playing games and betting their riches, and the sentry guarding the other entrance to the camp, who kept falling asleep. Sitting near Waldric was a small elven boy. He squirmed on top of a small wooden stool, looking back and forth between the rowdy bandits and the irate Waldric.
Of particular interest to Kallian was a pen full to bursting with riding horses. They weren't calm, but also weren't scared. The heroes plotted to spook the horses after opening the gate, releasing them into the gambling bandits.
Killing the sleeping sentry nice and quiet, Kallian opened the gate for the horses. Linnea fired a few shots from her arrows into the posts surrounding the horses and even scraping the flanks of a few horses. The horses flew into a panic, and dashed directly into the bandits, knocking them aside and trampling them just before the heroes fell upon them. The clever sneak attack put the fight on the heroes' side and the rank-and-file bandit fell to the heroes quickly.
Waldric the Gore-Hand was a different kind of challenge. Shouting threats and promises, his frustrations grew as the heroes circumvented him to slay the remainder of his men. Demanding satisfaction for their deaths and his loss of resources, he took the heroes on all at once. The dual-wielding bandit was able to handle many heroes at once, fighting hard even when surrounded. Severely wounding the heroes, but being wounded himself, it seemed the battle could go either way. Then Blacktail entered the scene.
The mighty mabari tackled and mauled the bandit to death, and heroes caught their breath while thanking the powerful mastiff. The mabari pulled out a potion and drank it, but as the heroes marveled over its intelligence, the source of this cunning became obvious. The mabari began to grow tall and stand like a man, until a robed human stood where the mabari stood, the ornate copper collar still around his neck. He knowingly smirked as the elven boy exited the tent he hid inside. The boy seemed to know him.
In that moment, a number of dalish elven hunters rounded a corner to find the boy. Calling him by name, they were interrupted as the winding sound of loading crossbows surrounded the elven hunters, and several members of the clan found themselves beset on all sides by silent men in foreign armor. The faces of the armor conjured images of scowling creatures, and the elves froze.
The men held their loaded crossbows at the group of dalish elves and marched them into the open. Asha watched with growing anxiety as she recognized members of her own clan, the Brightmores. Her own Keeper walked into the clearing to meet Asha's eyes with what seemed to be shame.
The little elven boy demanded to know what was happening. This was not what the man promised him. The boy revealed that he did know this man, and claimed that the man promised that his clan could cease the meaningless wandering that his people seemed cursed to do. They would have jobs and integrate with the rest of the world, and see what lies beyond the trees for once in their lives. As Blacktail chuckled to himself, the boy could see he had made a mistake.
Blacktail planned on making good on the promise, as him and his clan would have new lives in Tevinter as hard-working slaves. They would see the world outside the trees and would never wander again, if they knew what was good for them.
Shadow, Hocke, and an oblivious Pryft entered the camp. Pryft seemed to be left in the dark as to what was going on, while Shadow held out an expecting hand to the magister, Blacktail. Blacktail produced a coin purse and Shadow pocketed it before calmly exiting the scene with Hocke. Pryft was furious, but was met with cold smiles and reminders that it was "just good business". Hocke and Shadow left Pryft in the clearing. Pryft begged the heroes to believe that he wasn't aware of this.
Blacktail also announced his plans to take the town of Logerswold, now defenseless, filled with quarreling soldiers, populated by hungry and jobless villagers, and far enough outside of Ferelden that few would notice an entire town being taken to Tevinter. Blacktail marveled at the reputation he would have back home with the other magisters.
Asha steeled her nerves and offered herself as a tribute if she would let her people go. Blacktail refused, claiming that he would make much more money with this many slaves as opposed to one. Asha claimed that he would have to feed fewer people, but Blacktail countered that he wouldnt' be feeding them anyway. The ones who survived the starvation would be sold as hardier elves and better products. Asha then told him about her proficiency as a healer, and her services would be seen as more valuable.
Negotiations dragged into more and more dangerous territory. The heroes would be "conditioned" into personal bodyguards for him, while the elves would be sold, along with the Fereldans from Logerswold. He would have fame like few others in Tevinter, and the heroes would sing his praises by the time it was all over. Kallian snapped, vowing not to be taken in by this plot, and drew a dagger before throwing herself at the magister. Thinking quickly, Asha fired an arcane lance at Kallian, who was knocked unconscious. Blacktail was pleased by the sudden burst of servitude and protection, but knowing that he couldn't simply let the heroes walk about with their weapons and everything, he decided he would condition them here and now. A soldier brought him a large sack of lyrium dust. The magister lit his staff to a red hot heat, and dipped the staff into the dust. He demanded that the heroes undress and ready themselves to be conditioned if they wished to save the elves.
Pryft could take no more, and produced a dagger. To the astonishment of those around him, he swiped the dagger across his own hand, and drew the blood from himself before slamming the Tevinter soldiers to the ground. Moments later, Vauldur Krole, tied down to the back of a horse, followed by several of his trained retainers, charged onto the scene, having followed the trail of the heroes. The Brightmore clan saw their chance to retaliate, and the elves and Fereldens turned to the Tevinter soldiers with bloody intent. As the elves and Fereldens fought their own battle, the heroes charged at Blacktail, slaying the magister once and for all.
As the battle went on, the Tevinter soldiers were finally driven off by a third group of elves, who rained a volley of arrows down onto the soldiers. The Tevinter soldiers retreated, and the Fereldens and elves stood victorious with minimal casualties.
This third group of elves called themselves the Emerald Brotherhood. They were a group of elves who saw the plight of the elves and desired to change it for the better, by making peace with the other races of Thedas. They had seen Asha's commitment to her people was great, and they offered her to join their ranks. Knowing that she couldn't simply walk from her current path, Asha joined them as a free agent who walked among the humans, with the goal of fostering peace with the humans towards the elves in and out of their cities.
As a sort of initiation, they asked what Asha might do with the elven boy. He had sold out his people to slavers and might have cost them many lives. Asha was resolute that the boy must be educated more thoroughly on his people's history and who they could be. The Brightmore Keeper, smiled and promised that he would be receiving his education right away. She asked Asha one last time to return to the Brightmore clan. They both knew her answer.
As the heroes looted the bandit camp, they found many treasures. Linnea reminded the greedy Kallian that they likely belonged to people nearby, and they agreed to return as many items as they could to the villagers of Logerswold. Among the treasures, the heroes found evidence of Bann Trumhall's involvement with the bandits. They had been so successful because they had been directed by Trumhall. His treachery exposed, they returned to Logerswold with a newly restored Vaulder Krole.
Trumhall seemed hazy, as if he had woken from a long sleep, and it seemed he couldn't easily remember what had taken place over the past month or so. He had no recollection of working with the bandits, but seeing as he couldn't remember clearly, he submitted to justice the heroes found suitable. Sensing his honesty, and told by many working under him that he was a good man and would never do such a thing, the heroes petitioned the freeholders of Logerswold to reinstate Vaulder Krole as the bann of the Ruswold Valley, and make Trumhall his adivsor.
It was a vote of great debate between the freeholders, but seeing as they simply wished to get back to work and live their lives, the vote went through smoothly, and Vaulder Krole was made bann of the Ruswold once again.
The heroes departed for Denerim with countless thanks, coin, and smiles, even one from Krole, if only for a moment.


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Monday, September 11, 2017
Rampaging Vaea Fifita makes astonishing All Blacks start vs Argentina
Vaea Fifita's first start for the All Blacks could not have gone better. Not only did he score one of the best loose forward tries you're likely to see, but he made countless big runs and showed himself as a physical threat in close quarters.
The 25-year-old Hurricances forward lived up to the hype prematch, after coach Steve Hansen had sung his praises, calling him a 'real physical beast'.
The world was treated to a true display of athletiscm, as Fifita made a large contribution to the 39-22 victory, which sees New Zealand at the top of the Rugby Championship table.
"I feel good. I always back myself when I've got the ball in my hand," said Fifita post match.
"For me, every game I feel calm, I never feel nervous. But when you get out on the field, just play, get the ball in your hand and play."
Fifita is Tongan born and was first spotted when touring New Zealand with Tonga U18 in 2010. He was reportedly offered a scholarship by Northland coach Richie Harris, who was in charge of the Tamaki College first XV at the time.
The New Zealand Herald note that Fifita was later lured away from Auckland rugby via Murray Mexted's rugby academy. Mexted said at the time "this boy is incredible".
There has been a lot of talk about his high knee running style, and that was never more prevalent than almost exactly a year ago, when he literally hurdled a defender when playing for Wellington in the Mitre 10 Cup.
Coach Steven Hansen is not getting too excited just yet though, saying he has some work to do.
"He's a young man... [I] talked about him the other day and said he's a good athlete. You saw that, a good athlete, tonight. I don't think he's the finished product.
"You can't just go out onto the flank and wait for the ball to come to you, sometimes as a flanker you've got to do the hard work too.
"He's got a long way to go before he does that but it's a tank that's got plenty in it and it's our job to bring that out. It was a starting point and he showed a little of that tonight.
The try he scored was outstanding, but he had so many other quality moments too, so this montage gives a nice idea of why everyone has been talking about him since the match.
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I got a chance to meet my host Rick today. He has been gracious enough to not only host me but allow me the use of his bike. Soon as I got to his house I had to set his bike up for my use. Here are a couple of pictures of the transformation.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Building the perfect beast
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Meme POV
This is the worst week of my life. My mom just moved here (Detroit) and I know nobody here. I miss my squad👌.School starts tomorrow and I'm really nervous it's my first day of high school. I hope there is somebody I can get cool with.
Mom:Get of your phone and go to bed, you got school tomorrow
Me: OK
The next day
My alarm rung playing my favorite song. You kine by DJ Khaled.
I got up and did my hygiene. I put on (the outfit in mm). And went downstairs.
Mom: Have a great day Meme
I walked to the bus and found a seat next to this girl.
Kayla: Hey I'm Markayla but my friends call me kayla
Me:Why do they call you that
Kayla:Cause nobody can pronounce the R In Markayla
Me: *Lol*
Kayla:You new
Me:Yeah I just moved here Friday, I'm from Florida.
Smiley: Oh
We made a stop and this fine boy with braces and curly hair got on. I was staring. He sat dead in font of us.
Kayla: You like him Don't you?
Me:*starts blushing* Yeah
*Kayla taps him on the shoulder, he turns arou...
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Damn you can't just say love you love is a really big word wtf am I saying I say it all the time
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For those of you who work through your psychic gifts or for those of you who are cultivating your psychic gifts, how accurate do you think you will be, if you read for someone who hasn't asked for you to read them? If you are not invited to tune into a situation or read a situation that has nothing to do with you, you will not be shown accurate information. You are reading through a protected wall and you are doing something invasive. You are also reading from a perspective of bias. The information will not be given to you when you are violating another person or situation.
There are times where someone has prayed for an answer and you are the nearest person to deliver the information but in that case the information has been asked for. You must still receive permission from the person you are trying to give information to. If they don't want to hear it, stop judging them. The need to persist with them is ego and not spirit.
If you are just talking with someone and decide that you know what they should do and decide to tell them, you are violating them. You may think you are helping but you are not. There is no superior path in delivering messages there.
Free Will must be respected and not violated. Each of you must read for yourself and not have others override what you are picking up. If you are picking up something, always defer to that. If you are talking with someone who is supposedly psychic, let them pick up what is right for them. They must make their own choices and follow their path. Just because you are picking up something for them doesn't mean it is the best way for them to proceed. There may be something else that they are aware of that you don't know. There may also be a lesson for them in what they are picking up. If you are being paid to do a reading for them, there is a contract of acceptance of the information and you will be given the information that they need.
Humans violate each other daily because they assume that their way is right and the others are wrong. There is way too much judgment of others going on. Learn to step away from that way of being.


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Black Bears back in America East Final
PORTLAND, Maine - Sigi Koizar led all scorers with 21 points as the University of Maine women's basketball team knocked off No. 1 New Hampshire by a score of 61-52 in America East semifinal action.
The win advances Maine to its second-straight, and 17th overall, America East title game.
The Black Bears 2-3 matchup zone caused problems all afternoon for the Wildcats. The zone limited New Hampshire's inside game, forcing the Wildcats to take outside shots and ultimately leading to Maine's 22-13 advantage on points in the paint.
Koizar's clutch play helped Maine lock down the win late as she finished 13-of-18 from the free throw line. Her 21 points propelled her to sixth on Maine's all-time scoring list 1,657 points, surpassing Emily Ellis. Blanca Millan
In the first half, Maine's defense limited UNH to just 6-for-23 (26.1 percent) from the floor. Maine held the Wildcats to single digits in both the first (9) and second (8) quarters.
Maine was able to work its offense and get the ball inside where it outscored New Hampshire 12-5 in the paint. The Wildcats did not lead in the first half.
The Black Bears were quick out of the gate, racing out to a 6-0 lead as they were able to hold New Hampshire scoreless over the opening 4:23.
UNH rallied, putting together a 6-0 sprint of its own, to knot the game with 2:54 to play in the first quarter.
The back and forth runs continued in the first as Julie Brosseau's triple came as part of a 7-0 Maine run, lifting the Black Bears to a 13-6 lead. A late bucket by New Hampshire pulled it within four entering the second.
New Hampshire kept rolling early in the second as Kristen Anderson tied the game for a second time with a triple, 1:46 into the period.
Maine, leading by a pair midway through the period, closed the half with a 4-0 run as Koizar's dribble drive bucket gave the Black Bears a 23-17 lead entering the half.
New Hampshire took its first lead of the game with 5:41 to play in the third after Olivia Healy capped a 7-0 run with a 3-pointer, putting the Wildcats on top, 28-27.
Back and forth action followed as the game would feature four more ties and two lead changes over the final five minutes of the period. Ashley Storey's three-point play gave New Hampshire a 37-36 lead entering the fourth quarter.
Maine came out firing in the fourth, beginning play with a 12-2 run, including four-straight from Tanesha Sutton. The sprint gave Maine its largest lead of the game, 49-39, with 4:11 remaining.
The Wildcats continued to fight, answering with a 7-1 run to claw their way back within four.
Maine's lead stretched back out to six on Koizar's eighth and ninth free throw of the period.
A triple from Brittni Lai cut the Maine lead to just three with 35-seconds to play. However, Maine closed the game on a 6-0 run, with four free throws from Millan and two more from Koizar, to capture a 61-52 America East semifinal victory.


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Saturday, February 26, 2005
The good hunger
Update: It's worth saying here that my son hasn't asked me for any help. He's handling his financial issues very responsibly. My desire to "help" is more a wish to "spare him the pain," which reflects more on my needs than it does on his.
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Words of wisdom, RalphW. We've all read about the difference between feeding a man some fish and teaching a man how to fish. It can be hard to hold back but please, Dear Lord, give us the wisdom to know when to do so. I recall the words of a co-worker as he told me of his Uncle the philosopher who waxed on about how everything we do in life is based purely on greed, even good deeds and such, because it makes us feel good about ourselves and/or gives us something good to speak of about ourselves. I don't know, maybe he was right, but I thought: "what a miserable way to look at the world!". As for young people, it's like talking to the deaf. They have to find their own way and make their own mistakes. Your boy is lucky to have someone like you that is there to provide encouragement or an ear when needed. And that can mean so very, very much.


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P.T. Raman Nayar, J.
1. When this winding lip petition, brought by a contributory under the just and equitable clause, came on for admission, Mr. Meenattoor entered appearance for the comany and asked for an opportunity to be heard on the question whether the petition disclosed a case for ordering a winding up. Subsequently the company made an application praying for the dismissal of the winding up petition in limine on the score that it disclosed no adequate grounds, that it was prompted by mala fides, and that the petitioner, if he was really aggrieved, had other remedies and was acting unreasonably in seeking to have the company wound up instead of pursuing those other remedies.
2. The very institution of a winding up petition against a company, more so its advertisement, adversely affects the reputation of the company, and, if done without reasonable and probable cause, is a wrong which can be restrained by suit. It is also the duty of the Court before admitting a winding up petition, especially one brought by a contributory, to satisfy itself that there are prima facie grounds; and it is well-settled that, even after the Court has admitted a petition, it can, on being moved for the purpose by the company or some other interested person, stay proceedings and revoke the admission.
Rule 96 of the Companies (Court) Rules, which deals with the admission of winding up petitions and directions as to advertisement, recognises this, for, it says that the judge may, if he thinks fit,direct notice to be given to the company before giving directions as to the advertisement of the petition-- the hearing to be given to the company is not for the purpose of deciding the manner of the advertisement but for deciding whether the advertisement should be made at all and the petition proceeded with. (See in this connection Cercle Restaurant Castiglione Co. v. Lavery, (1881) 18 Ch D 555, In re A Co., (1894) 2 Ch 349, In the matter of Pioneer Bank, Ltd., ILR 39 Bom 16: AIR 1914 Bom 190), W. I. Theatres v. Associated Bombay Cinemas Ltd., AIR 1959 Bom 170, Lord Krishna Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Smt. Abnash Kaur, (1961) 31 Com Cas. 587: (AIR 1961 Punj 505) and Charles Forte Investments Ltd. v. Amanda, (1963) 3 WLR 662).
In fact the maintainability of the application made by the Company is not questioned; nor is it suggested that I would be wrong in hearing the company before deciding whether the winding up petition should be admitted or not.
3. As I have said, the winding up petition is brought under the just and equitable clause and the grounds alleged are:
(1) that the directors of the company, who are closely related to one another, are mismanaging its affairs for their own benefit and have been guilty of misappropriation and other misconduct;
(2) that the company has been working at A loss; and
(3) that the company has sold a number of its undertakings and is about to sell its two remaining undertakings with the result that its substratum has disappeared or is disappearing.
4. I am satisfied that there is not much substance in any of these grounds so that they add up to little and can, even cumulatively, scarcely justify a winding up order. Taking the first ground first, it is true that four of the five directors of the company are closely related to one another, two being brothers, a third being their first cousin, and the fourth, a son-in-law of one of the brothers. The fifth is, however, not related to the remaining four and is, in fact, the paternal uncle of the petitioner. Close relationship between the several directors of a company is however no ground for winding up although it is a factor to be considered in cases where that close relationship has fostered misconduct and mismanagement and has enabled the directors to dominate the other share-holders and monopolise the company for their own individual benefit as in R. Sabapathy Rao v. Sabapathy Press Co. Ltd. AIR 1925 Mad 489 and Gopal Chetti v. Ripon Press and Sugar Mill Co. Ltd., AIR 1925 Mad 633. I might also mention that there was a reconstitution of the board in August 1963 by which four of its old members were replaced. The previous Board also consisted of close relations. The common member of the two Boards is the petitioner's paternal uncle. Of the remaining four members of the old Board, two others were also paternal uncles of the petitioner while a third was a son-in-law of one of these paternal uncles. The remaining member also, it is said, was a relative of the petitioner, being his stepmother's brother. So we find that what happened in August 1963 was that a Board composed almost entirely of the petitioner's close relatives was re- placed by a Board composed predominantly of persons who, though closely related to one another, are not related to the petitioner.
5. Misconduct and mismanagement are not by themselves sufficient for a winding up order, and the significant feature in the present case is that almost all the acts of misconduct and mismanagement alleged by the petitioner relate to periods before the new Board took charge. It is not the petitioner's case that any member of the new Board, in particular, the director-in-charge who is actually conducting the management, was in any manner privy to the mismanagement which took place while the old Board was functioning or that the new Board has failed to pursue remedies available to the company against the old Board. All that is alleged against the new Board is that on the 5th October 1963 it resolved to sell what remained of the Little Flower Estate, one of the two undertakings owned by the company, the rest of the Little Flower Estate having already been sold while the old Board was functioning.
It is also alleged that, for the purpose of this sale, the Board had decided to terminate an agreement for slaughter tapping, paying to the other contracting party compensation of as much as Rs. 40,000/- which is exactly half the consideration for the agreement. But, in fact, the resolution is that,
'subject to the consent of the company in general meeting, the remaining portions of the company's Little Flower Estate be sold and the sale proceeds utilised for the discharge of the debentures issued by the company and the balance amount for the day to day working and development of the Munderi Group of Estates', the other remaining undertaking of the company. I fail to see how this can conceivably amount to misconduct.
6. It is also alleged, but not against the present Board, that moneys received by previous sales of the company's undertakings have not been fully accounted for, that, in particular, although portions of the Little Flower Estate were sold for Rs. 1,60,000/-, ostensibly for the purpose of redeeming debentures raised for the purpose of purchasing the Munderi Group, only Rs. 91,000/- has been deposited in the debenture redemption account. But the company's case is that debentures to the value of Rs. 26,000/- and odd have been purchased and cancelled, that a sum of Rs. 89,000/-and odd still remains in the debenture redemption account with the State Bank of Travancore -- the debentures are actually redeemable only in 1968--and that the rest of the money has been utilised for the working of the company including the development of the Munderi Group. That the debentures have been purchased and cancelled and that a sum of Rs. 80,000/- and odd lies in deposit in the Bank is not disputed, and, with regard to the balance, there are certainly no grounds disclosed for thinking that the money has not been duly brought to account and has been misappropriated.
7. It is not denied that the company has been regularly holding its annual general meetings and laying its duly audited accounts before the meeting and that neither the petitioner nor any other member has so far raised any objection. It is not alleged that the directors dominated over the other share-holders or that the share-holders outside the director's group were apathetic or powerless to interfere.
8. As I have already pointed out, the new Board took charge only in August 1963; no allegation of any substance is made against it; and, even if the allegations against the old Board are well-founded -- I, express no opinion whatsoever as to this -- that, in the absence of anything to show that the members of the new Board were privy to the mismanagement and misconduct, is a matter of no consequence. Even if there was mismanagement in the past, the new Board should be given sufficient time to manage the affairs of the company properly and free it from the results of the past mismanagement.
9. The allegation that the company has been working at a loss does not appear to have much substance. What is said is that the company has paid no dividend from the year 1958-59 onwards except for the year 1960-61 for which year a dividend of five per cent was 'paid by some manipulation of account.' It would thus appear that till ,1958-59 the company was working at a profit, and the balance sheet for the year 1962-63shows that, for that year, there was a profit of Rs. 2000/- and odd and that the total loss carried forward was only Rs. 23,000/- and odd which isnot very much having regard to the company's paid up capital of Rs. 3,25,000/-. There is noallegation that there is no reasonable prospect of the company being able to earn a profit, and the fact that between 1958-59 and to-day it has suffered a loss of Rs. 23,000/- and odd is certainly no ground for saying that the company should be wound up.
10. It is not suggested that the company iscommercially insolvent, not even that it is not asound concern. In this connection I might remark that it is not disputed that the company's two rupee fully paid up shares which were selling at between 80 and 85 nP. per share before the new Board took charge are now selling at Rs. 1.23 nP. This is not an indication that the company's affairs are deteriorating.
11. Coming now to the alleged disappearanceof the substratum, it is true that the company has, in the past, sold some of its undertakings and acquired new undertakings in their place. The company was formed for the purpose, among other purposes, of acquiring two estates, the Little Flower Estate and the Kainakary Estate, but its memorandum is very widely worded, and, by clauses expressly declared to be independent main objectsclauses, empowers it to buy other estates and carry on the business of planting among other activities. That it sold one of the estates it was formed to acquire and a substantial portion of the remaining estate, does not mean that its substratum has gone so long as it has acquired other estates and is in a position to carry on the business it is authorised by its memorandum to do.
12. The company has now two undertakings, namely, the unsold portion of the Little FlowerEstate, and the Munderi group of estates. The previous Board had passed a resolution on the 6th May 1963 constituting a committee to negotiate for the sale of the Munderi Group, but no action has so far been taken to sell these estates. But the present Board seems to have thought it better to retain the Munderi Group and sell instead the remaining portion of the Little Flower Estate utilising the sale proceeds for the discharge of the debentures and for the development of the Munderi Group -- reference has already been made to its resolution of the 5th October 1963. So the present position is that no action has been taken for the sale of the Munderi Group, that the present Board seems to be in favour of retaining this group of estates and that a resolution has been passed for the sale of the remaining portion of the Little Flower Estate subject to the sanction of the company in general meeting. Even where the sole undertaking of a company has been actually sold it cannot be said that its substratum has disappeared so long as there is some other business it can carry on coining within the objects stated in its memorandum See In Re Kitson and Co., Ltd., (1946) 1 All ER 435 and In Re Taldua Rubber Co. Ltd., (1946) 2 All ER 763. In the present case, however, the company still owns undertakings for carrying on its business, and the fact that it at one time thought that it might be desirable to dispose of one of its undertakings and now thinks that it might be desirable to dispose of the other undertaking, is very far from saying that its substratum is disappearing.
13. I might mention that the petitioner holds only 200 shares, i.e., less than 1/800th of the paid up capital of the company. It is not his case that, in a winding up, he will be able to get even the face value of the shares, and, in bringing this petition, it can scarcely be said that the is acting for anyone but himself. In the circumstances the only injury he can legitimately apprehend if the company continues to work instead of being wound up is that in a future winding up he would not get what he would get to-day. But an offer was made to him by the director-in-charge of the company to buy his 200 shares not merely at its face value but at a premium of 50 per cent. This offer the petitioner summarily rejected and this indicates that he has not brought the petition in order to safeguard his legitimate interests in this connection it might be as well to remember that the petitioner was an employee of the company till September 1963 when he chose, or, according to the company, was compelled to resign.
14. I might also mention that I told counsel for the petitioner that, if the petitioner so desired, I would convene a meeting of the members of the company to ascertain their wishes. But the petitioner was not prepared for such a course.
15. Even if the allegations made by the petitioner would justify a winding up order under the just and equitable clause, I think that, on the allegations made, the petitioner's proper remedy would be an application under Section 398 of the Companies Act and that he is acting unreasonably in seeking to have the company wound up instead of pursuing that remedy. To say that thatremedy is not available to the petitioner since he cannot muster the support required by Section 399 of the Companies Act seems to me no answer and only serves to show that other members are not prepared to subscribe to the allegations made by the petitioner.
16. In the result I allow the application brought by the company and dismiss the winding up petition.


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Quality Improvement in University Counseling CentersJournal of College Student Psychotherapy (2016)
University Counseling Centers (UCCs) experience high clinical demands and severe client presentations leaving counselors with limited time and resources to evaluate delivery of services. In this article, we present clinician-friendly quality improvement (QI) strategies used at a large Midwestern university and provide recommendations for implementing QI programs at other UCCs even as their resources may vary. With counselor-led efforts examining and evaluating services, UCCs can use QI programs to inform and improve counseling practices as well as advise university administrators about the positive outcomes of the center's work.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, APPELLEE,v.JOE FARINA ET AL., APPELLANTS.
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Boone County; the Hon.
WILLIAM R. DUSHER, Judge, presiding.
This is an appeal from an order entered by the circuit court of Boone County, in an eminent domain proceeding granting the motion of the petitioner, the Department of Public Works and Buildings, for an immediate vesting of certain real estate belonging to the defendants pursuant to the provisions of section 2.2(b) of the Eminent Domain Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 47, par. 2.2(b).
The Department of Public Works and Buildings filed a petition seeking to condemn certain real estate owned by the defendants Joe Farina and Angelina Farina. The petition alleged that the purpose of acquiring the real estate is to widen and improve State Bond Issue Route No. 5 (FA Route 194, section 6), which highway was declared by the Department as a freeway on June 26, 1945, and that the work and improvement is a public work, is for a public use and constitutes a public purpose. State Bond Issue Route No. 5 is located east of Cherry Valley and Rockford, and runs approximately in an easterly and westerly direction in front of defendants' property located north of the highway. The defendants objected to the Department taking two pieces of property which will be hereafter referred to as parcel 1 and parcel 2.
The defendants' theory is that the real estate is being taken from them for a purely private purpose and not a public one; that the taking of this property does not have any public usefulness, utility, advantage or benefit and is a manifest abuse of the power of eminent domain.
Parcel No. 1 is owned by the defendant Joe Farina and is a part of the presently existing street known as Welty Avenue, which has been in use by the property owners abutting on said street since before 1930 but which nevertheless is claimed as the private property of the defendant Joe Farina and regarded by him as a private road. Welty Avenue is 60 feet in width and extends north for approximately 700 feet and deadends at a railroad track. The Department seeks to appropriate the southerly 200 feet of this street.
Parcel No. 2, which is owned by the defendant Angelina Farina, abuts on the highway and has a frontage of approximately 41.5 feet and extends north along the easterly side of Welty Avenue from the northerly line of the new proposed highway approximately 90 feet. The portion of parcel 2 which the Department proposes to condemn is the northerly 24 feet thereof. The southerly 66 feet is to be unimproved and to lie idle. The portion actually taken would be 41.5 feet in length and 24 feet in width and would extend from Welty Avenue to the property east of parcel 2. The property to the east consists of 22 acres with 1,000 feet of frontage on the highway and on which has recently been constructed a laboratory by Ibsen Industries, Inc., whose building is located about in the center of the tract.
The defendants do not question the right of the petitioner, Department of Public Works and Buildings, to institute, in a proper case, condemnation proceedings, and agrees that the law is well established that the State of Illinois has the right in the first instance to determine what is a public purpose and a public benefit. It is equally well established that the courts have a right to inquire and to render the final determination as to whether a use or a purpose is within the limits of a legislative discretion, that is, whether or not a land sought to be condemned is to be used for a public or private purpose. However, the authority and power of the Department of Public Works and Buildings in establishing, maintaining and improving the highways of the State is broad and plenary and it is only in the exceptional case where such authority and power have been manifestly abused that the court will interfere. (Department of Public Works and Buildings v. Lewis, 411 Ill. 242.) The general rule is that, where the right of eminent domain is granted, the necessity for its exercise, within constitutional restrictions, is not a judicial question, and its exercise is not a proper subject for judicial interference or control unless to prevent a clear abuse of such power. Poole v. City of Kankakee, 406 Ill. 521; Zurn v. City of Chicago, 389 Ill. 114; Department of Public Works and Buildings v. McCaughey, 332 Ill. 416; Limits Industrial Railroad Co. v. American Spiral Pipe Works, 321 Ill. 101.
Nevertheless, private property cannot be condemned for a purely private purpose or for a private use which benefits the public only incidentally. Litchfield and Madison Railway Co. v. Alton and Southern Railroad, 305 Ill. 388; Town of Kingston v. Anderson, 300 Ill. 577.
The defendants argue that the property which the petitioner seeks to condemn does not confer any benefit upon the general public. They specifically insist, with regard to parcel 1, that Welty Avenue was created by the subdivider of Riverside Farm and has been a road or a highway since the recording of the subdivision and is for the use and benefit of those living on either side of it. The defendant argues that this land is not needed for the improvement or the widening of the highway, that the general public is not going to be benefited in any respect and that as the parcel has been used for a street for over 30 years condemning it now for street purposes does not make sense.
With regard to parcel 2 the defendants point out that this amounts to a condemnation of a driveway 24 feet in width and 41.5 feet in length extending from the easterly edge of Welty Avenue to the private property of Ibsen Industries, Inc., to the east. The defendants argue that the action of the Department is tantamount to the creation of a private road for the exclusive benefit of Ibsen Industries, Inc. which would be the only one to be benefited by the appropriation. The defendants' conclusion that this would be solely for a private person is based on his argument that an automobile starting down this highway or driveway 24 feet in width by 41.5 feet in length would travel about twice its length and be stopped deadend against the private properties of Ibsen Industries, Inc.
Public use requires that all persons must have an equal right to the use and that it must be in common, upon the same terms, however few the number who avail themselves of it. (People ex rel. Tuohy v. City of Chicago, 394 Ill. 477.) The law is well settled that a public road is a public highway regardless of the number of people who use it if everyone who desires may lawfully use it, as it is the right of public travel and not the exercise of the right which constitutes a road a public highway. Road District No. 4 v. Frailey, 313 Ill. 568.
The defendants concede the authority of the Department to construct local service drives in connection with State roads declared to be freeways. This authority is contained in the Freeways Act, sections 8-101 through 8-109 of the Illinois Highway Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 121, pars. 8-101 to 8-109.) A freeway is not an ordinary highway, but is an entirely new concept in highways which has made its appearance in recent years as a result of the many changes in the lives and mobility of the general public brought out by the introduction and increasingly prevalent use of the automobile. A freeway is a limited access highway where ingress and egress may be had only at certain designated points which are to be determined by the highway authorities. The very purpose of such roads is to provide fast and safe through traffic. To bring this about it is necessary that there be limited access to the highway thereby eliminating danger of accidents and also affording economic advantages which would best serve the public interests. Freeways or limited access highways are of no use, however, if the public is not provided reasonable means to enter and leave the highway system. It is imperative, therefore, that, although access to the freeway be limited, reasonable access also be granted to those requiring use of the highway. It is for that purpose that the Freeways Act specifically authorizes the acquisition and construction of local service drives to provide access to freeways from adjacent areas.
The case of People ex rel. Tuohy v. City of Chicago, 394 Ill. 477, contains an exhaustive discussion of the criteria which the Illinois courts have utilized in determining and defining public use as distinguished from a private use. The court stated that the purposes were public where they met the following criteria: (1) it affects the community as distinguished from an individual; (2) the law controls the use to be made of the property; (3) a title so taken is not vested in a person or corporation as a private property to be used and controlled as private property; (4) the public reaps the benefit of public possession and use and no one can exercise control except the municipality.
When the question arises judicially the use may be one where it is difficult to apply any given test. The question of what constitutes a public use has been before this court on several occasions where general principles were applied to special conditions. The language used in those decisions must be read in connection with the facts involved and is authority only for what is decided on such facts. People ex ...
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In my little city, I am known as the translator of the American who teaches at Longdong College.
How does that make me feel? How does not being American, not being the special foreigner make me feel? Do I feel the urge to SHOUT it out to the world that I AM AMERICAN! Stop having Chinese expectations about me. Stop expecting me to speak fluent Chinese. Stop expecting me to translate my friend's Chinese pronunciation. Stop laughing at my manly Chaco sandals that are not the dainty high heels that all the females wear. In the winter, stop wondering if I am a man or a woman.
The thing is I don't mind being the weird Chinese person who wears African clothes, manly clothes and hair. I don't mind being the old spinster who still hasn't gotten married. (Chinese women get married at 24. After that, they start getting too old to attract any males.) I don't mind being the Chinese person with excellent English.
I don't feel this strong urge to force people to acknowledge that I am American. I don't mind blending in.
I do mind though having restrictions put on me because I am female. "Travelling alone is too dangerous for females." This past school year, my travel has been restricted because I want to travel alone; however, I am kind of suspicious that it might be an indirect no. Maybe they don't want me to travel during the school year since for my summer plans of travelling to Vietnam alone, they had no problems with it. Indirect communication is sometimes difficult for us Americans to understand.
I don't mind superficially being known as a Chinese person; however, when it comes to more complicated inter-cultural issues, I am American. That is when I need understanding on the Chinese side that I am not Chinese but a foreigner.
Friday, July 03, 2009
I am not American.
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The anatomy lesson: resection
You didn't know what to do with the wisdom teeth
so you saved them for a while
for nothing, or what to think of the ganglion cyst —
smooth, benign — they removed
from the wrist just above the pulse. And then
there was the first biopsy
of the cervix, a plug the size of a pencil eraser
they said, and that mole
you'd had all your life they of a sudden called
suspicious, and the nuisance
the gall bladder became, and the thyroid gland.
But it is the tumour
in the gut that gets everyone's attention
its slow, mute explosion
in the liver. This time, you are the anatomy
lesson, your surgery
a sharper degree of difficulty. Starched
bleached, their names newly
stitched on crisp lapels, the medical students
file in and listen;
they write things down. They observe the operation;
there is a quiz, a test;
you are the exam; what they can access of you
theatre — now — in the surround —;
you are the text, the close reading and radical
revision, the offensive
part lifted out and taken away in a pan
fetus-like — that kind
of measure, that kind of heft. Only they can tell you
when you return to them
what you can live without, what regenerates
and on hearing it
you feel a lightening, the way a snake must
on slipping through its discarded
mouth into another year, or, knowing nothing
of a year, into time itself.


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That is how I felt when I did this little trick.
p.s. I stole this picture from Tom McConnon. THanks for taking it!!
We went to our friends house the Weidman's for a cheer/cosmo reunion back in October. The night ended with people doing stunts and somehow I was talked into letting this seriously muscular guy put me up. I don't know if I would have done it otherwise. Pretty much I didn't do anything except try to stay as straight as possible. My hands are supposed to be up in the air in a V but I was too afraid I would lose my balance, so I kept them close to my side. Justin also just said my feet aren't supposed to be that close. Sorry KC hope that wasn't too hard on you!
It was so much fun that I am considering going back to college to become a cheerleader. I thought I was the coolest. I asked Justin a million times that night if he thought I looked good and did a good job. It is not even that cool of a trick. You should see my friend Kristie McConnon. She was a BYU cheerleader and was (still is) AWESOME. She can do a flip and land into the guy's hands. It's crazy the things she can do. She gots mad skillz!
Thanks for the awesome night Weidmans! And to all you cheerleaders I just want to say, you guys ROCK!
20 hours ago


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My lipids are down! My lipids are down!
Now that I'm 50, I went for a full physical exam and am now in line to experience the joys of colonoscopy. When my fasting blood work came back I got the pleasant but unexpected results that my "lipid numbers are better". This cause for joy was followed by the somewhat off-putting advice to "try fish oil, two tablets a day."
Try fish oil? For a vegetarian of two decades these three words carry a lot of impact. Apparently the DHA/EPA Omega-3 in fish oil has a powerful cardiovascular benefit which cannot be obtained any other way, especially from any vegetarian sources.
So if an early death faces either me or the fish then my stance on not eating anything with a face just relaxed a bit. I just came home with a bottle of fish oil capsules and I have to say I'm shaking something fierce at the words I'm reading: this particular brand "minimizes annoying fish burp".
Minimizes.....annoying.....fish.....burp. I can look forward to MINIMAL fish burps, LITTLE fish burps, BABY fish burps! Apparently eating them with food helps, but I'll have to report on that later.
For somebody with word tics, "Minimize Annoying Fish Burp" does have a perversely compelling rhythm and ring to it. I have visions of painting it on a sign and finding a protest march to join.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Minimize Annoying Fish Burp
My lipids are down! My lipids are down!
Posted by Bill Herring at 7:24 PM
Labels: Medical-looba


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"Stars and Hearts" designed by Ann Petersen for the Craftsy class Continuous Line Quilting.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
10 comments:
Oh lovely job!! So bright and cheerful! Hugs, JulieroseReplyDelete
Good result. I'm impressed with your quilting during this course.ReplyDelete
What a happy quilt, looks very relaxed. The appliqué now makes sense, love the stars.ReplyDelete
It's beautiful!! The stitching you did is lovely. Happy Quilt!ReplyDelete
A beautiful quilt, it must be exciting to know you can now quilt on your new 16. Wish I had the room for one.ReplyDelete
Nice! You have some great colors in this, and way to go with the quilting. :DReplyDelete
Beautiful. Would you recommend buying a Sweet 16?ReplyDelete
Well done Vireya. A couple of my UFOs are not old either, but they are still OFOs, MichelleReplyDelete
Well done Vireya. A couple of my UFOs are not old either, but they are still OFOs, MichelleReplyDelete
Such a wonderful quilt. Beautiful quilting.ReplyDelete
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I didn't get my whole list done but the stuff I did I'm very pleased with :) To start off I'll tell you I'm horrible at mending...so horrible in fact that I've barely ever done it because it will sit in a pile so long that by the time I get to it, it doesn't fit anyone anymore! For example, last winter my husband lost a button on his jacket and kindly asked me to fix it. Over the months I was asked, hinted at and asked again but I kept forgetting or giving excuses. Finally, a couple of months into this past winter I put one on (good thing he doesn't grow anymore)! Long story short...I was thankful for this week because I actually got some things fixed!
Leggings became shorts great for under dresses! Although she came home the first day from school without them on - she said it was too hot - I tried to explain what being modest was...and they stayed on the next time she wore them :)
knee patches I did, I made two pairs of pants into shorts, fixed the ruffle on the pink shirt and sewed the overlapping front by the buttons closed on the dress because it never sat properly and they don't need to be opened.
There's still time to link up if you've done some mending this week! We'll be back on Monday!