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There can be no apology for writing another post in support of the magnificent and brilliant campaign waged by students against the trebling of university student fees and proposed cuts to our children's education in this country. This is a campaign that in three busy weeks has passed all expectations and won support in every nook, cranny, corner of these islands and mainland mass of
Last week Greek students in a protest and show of solidarity with their comrades in
were attacked and set about by the riot police who fired teargas into them; in the clashes at least three demonstrators were injured. The example of one thousand Greek students who marched to the British embassy in Athens in solidarity with British students was indeed an outstanding occurrence of internatalism and a lesson of solidarity and unity in action that students' have not only just been talking about but unlocked and raised to the surface as an effective weapon that should and must be employed and expanded upon at home and abroad. Britain
Just to deviate for a moment it's important to highlight that in
Europe workers are in flux the density of which can be appreciated by taking in to account some of the major recent and forthcoming protests in European countries:
May 4-5 - Public-sector workers staged a 48-hour nationwide strike. On May 5, a 50,000-strong protest in
led to violence in which demonstrators fought police and three people were killed in a petrol bomb attack on a bank. Athens
June 29 - Police fired tear gas at rioters shouting "burn parliament" in
. About 12,000 people joined marches during a strike against raising the retirement age to 65 for all. Athens
July 8 - About 12,000 people marched against pension reform in the unions' sixth 24-hour strike against austerity measures.
Nov. 22 - Greek private sector union GSEE called for a pan-European strike in 2011 to take joint action against austerity measures.
Dec. 2 - Police fired teargas in clashes with over 1,000 students who tried to break through a police cordon to march to the British embassy in
Athens, in solidarity with British students who oppose plans to increase tuition fees, and against austerity and education reforms in . Greece
-- More protest rallies are planned on Dec. 6 to mark the anniversary of the police killing of a teenager, which triggered the country's worst riot in decades in 2008, and on Dec. 15 during a nationwide anti-austerity strike.
Nov. 8 - The main Czech labour union called a one-day strike of public sector workers for Dec. 8 to protest the government's planned wage cuts and layoffs. Such strikes are rare in the central European country, whose centre-right government has pledged to balance its budget by 2016.
Oct. 16 - Thousands of Italians marched in
Rome in a rally organised by the FIOM metalworkers union and backed by the CGIL, 's biggest union with 6 million members, to protest the bleak outlook for jobs and demand more rights for workers. Italy
Nov. 30 - Thousands of students streamed through
towards parliament, chanting and waving banners with slogans such as 'education is on its knees'. Students, who on Nov. 25 occupied key tourist sites including the leaning Rome and the Colosseum, vowed to block proposed changes by Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini. tower of Pisa
Nov. 27 - Thousands of Irish took to the streets of
to protest against the looming bailout. The EU approved an 85 billion euro ($115 billion) rescue for Dublin , a day later. Ireland
Nov. 24 - Portugal's biggest unions, the CGTP and the UGT, disrupted transport and halted services from healthcare to banking in protest against wage cuts and rising unemployment in the first joint general strike by the top two unions since 1988.
Sept 29 -
's first general strike in eight years, called to oppose spending cuts, disrupted transport and factories. Spain
-- The pension reform was signed into law by President Nicolas Sarkozy on Nov. 9. The reform raised the minimum retirement age to 62 from 60 and the full retirement age to 67 from 65 to balance the loss-ridden pension system by 2018.
Fierce opposition by trade unions and the French public, who staged a sustained wave of protests over austerity measures, turned the reform into the biggest battle of Sarkozy's presidency. Unions mobilised nationwide street protests eight times since early September and rolling strikes at oil refineries caused serious fuel shortages at one stage, but the strikes are over and the turnout for protests slumped, for the time being.
Oct 3 - A 24-hour strike by workers on
's underground rail system disrupted much of the network. The strike forced millions of commuters to struggle to work in their third walkout since September in a dispute over 800 planned job cuts. Another 24-hour strike took place on Nov. 28. London
Oct. 19 -
's trade unions took protests over spending cuts to parliament, promising to fight to protect public services. Britain
Nov. 10 - About 55,000 students took part in a demonstration in
against the government plans to triple university tuition fees up to 9,000 pounds ($14,000). A small group took part in protests at London , home to the Conservative Party headquarters, which saw windows smashed and missiles hurled at police. Around 66 people were arrested. Millbank Tower
Nov. 24 - Thousands of students staged walkouts and marches across
against planned rises in tuition fees. Britain
Nov. 30 - More than 150 demonstrators in
were arrested during a student protest against planned rises in university tuition fees. Thousands of students and school pupils protested across London Britain against the planned increases, disrupting central and putting strains on the coalition government. -- Students and teenage school pupils are expected to hold further protests to coincide with a parliamentary vote on Dec. 9 on plans to raise tuition fees for university students. London
I think that if we consider all of the above carefully we then must appreciate that our students at this moment in time are in the forefront if not leading the opposition to the austerity agenda of this Con Dem coalition government. This week with a vote due on Thursday in the House of Commons this may in its turn lead us to a new crossroads, what next and just where do we go from here?"
That comrades will be under consideration in my next post!"
That comrades will be under consideration in my next post!"
In the meantime and because they have had so much of a positive impact on many of us older comrades I thought it a good idea to post this wonderful video of the UCL occupation, and I have to say that when I first viewed it I was moved to tears, they are so inspiring, amazing and awesome!"


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Top 5 Events for YPs this Weekend
Check out some of the best events going on in Columbus this weekend! (April 20-23 2017):
1. Best Bites: Brunch
Columbus Underground will continue their wildly popular Best Bites foodie event series this Thursday evening (4/20) this time with a focus on local brunch eats. With admission, guests will be able to sample a plethora of signature breakfast dishes from over 20 of Columbus' hottest brunch spots like Hadley's Bar + Kitchen, Copious, Taste of Belgium, and many more. The event will also include live entertainment, photo booth, a cash bar with mimosas & other cocktails, access to Ohio History Connection's exhibit, and the chance to vote on your favorite bite of the night! A portion of proceeds from the event will benefit Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Central Ohio.
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2. Beer and Ballet with BalletMet
BalletMet will be dancing under the sunset this Friday (4/21) as they host their Beer and Ballet event in the park at Columbus Commons. Finalists in the Lets Move Columbus! Dance Contest will be performing on-stage, offering guests the chance to vote on their favorite contestants at the end of the show, while BalletMet will take second act of the event with an open rehearsal of their upcoming production Romeo & Juliet. This all-ages event will also include happy hour-priced craft brews from Platform Beer Co., food trucks, and free popcorn.
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3. Blast: The Big Science Bash at COSI
Support the city's awesome science museum, COSI as the center hosts its annual fundraiser, Blast: The Big Science Bash this weekend (4/22). The celebration will include live music, an open bar with craft beer & wine, and food from over 20 local restaurants like Milestone 229, Nada, Melt Bar & Grilled, and many more. The event will also offer a Silent Auction and Mystery Raffle, plus the chance to explore COSI's fantastic exhibits without the daytime crowds.
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4. Monster Jam
Roaring into town in a burst of flames, the globally famous monster truck rally, Monster Jam will take over the Schottenstein Center this Saturday and Sunday (4/22/-4/23). Sit on the edge of your seat and watch in awe as these souped-up massive wrecking machines pull incredible stunts and cause some oh-so-satisfying destruction. Expect to see nearly 10 different trucks with names like "Grave Digger," "Wild Thang," "Dragon," and more. Monster Jam will surely provide some of the most heart-pumping action you'll ever get from four wheels!
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5. Onesie Bar Crawl
Dig up your wildest PJs and join hundreds of thirsty partygoers in the Short North this Saturday evening as Bar Crawl USA hits the city with their Onesie Bar Crawl. Participants will travel to 5 different area hotspots including Local Bar, Julep, Granero Lounge, and more, with access to exclusive food and drink specials just for crawlers. Guests of this event may be dressed for bed, but this event is sure to be anything but sleepy.
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A Children's Crusade, Op.82 – a ballad for children's voices and orchestra (a large array of percussion, two pianos and electronic or chamber organ) (January 1969, Britten aged 53)
Dedication To Hans Werner Henze Also, Written for the members of Wandsworth School Choir (director Russell Burgess) to perform on the 50th Anniversary of The Save The Children Fund at St. Paul's Cathedral, May 19th 1969
Text Bertolt Brecht
Language German
Duration 19′
Audio clip (from the recording with Wandsworth School Boys Choir / Benjamin Britten, Russell Burgess (piano))
Background and Critical Reception
Although Britten had expressed his views against war with great force and poignancy in the War Requiem, he was not done yet with the subject of pacifism. With his next opera Owen Wingrave just around the corner, waiting to give its own anti-war sentiments straight to television, here was a vehicle for children to express some very direct views on the futility of war.
This was done under the guise of another anniversary commission, this time for the fiftieth anniversary of the charity Save The Children. To commemorate the milestone the Wandsworth School Choir performed the work as part of a commemorative service at St Paul's Cathedral.
For his text Britten chose Bertolt Brecht, who tells the story of Polish children orphaned at the start of the Second World War. They travel off in search of hope, and find a dog along the way. As Paul Kildea notes, 'they almost become adults and enact adult rituals'. Ultimately – and sadly – the group of children breaks up, either through death or squabbling, and the last word goes to the dog – who has survived until now but who also dies.
Britten asks for a huge battery of percussion alongside the childrens' choir, but they are all to be played by children, as presumably are the two pianos – though the organ part appears to be more thoroughly written out.
Paul Spicer makes several important points in his guide to the piece for Boosey & Hawkes. 'The bottom line in this piece is that these young people are never being written down to. Britten writes a work which challenges them on every level – including the nature of the story. That makes A Children's Crusade a hugely worthwhile work to rehearse and perform. With today's emphasis on co-education the involvement of girls with boys makes the whole thing far more achievable in every sense than it might have been at the time of its premiere.'
Neil Powell, in his autobiography Britten: A life in Music, obtains a useful testimony from one of the children involved in the first performance of Children's Crusade, who confirms the experience was not an easy one. Powell is less sure of the piece, as are many Britten scholars. John Bridcut is even less sympathetic. 'Britten was never so grim as this piece', he writes. 'It batters, rather than cajoles or moves, the audience with its bleak pacifist message, and I wonder whether it has won many hearts.'
This is not a happy piece. A desolate mood hangs over the children from start to finish, so that while the work has roughly the same performing forces as The Golden Vanity it has none of the humour of that piece. Brecht's text is resolutely downbeat, but it is the music that really strains at the boundaries of bleakness and despair.
A Children's Crusade begins with an explosion that seems to scatter the percussion everywhere, which no doubt was hugely therapeutic for the children hitting the instruments. It also provides a vivid picture of bombs going off, and acts as the prompt for the children to start singing. There is not much sense of melody or even tonality, for Britten is using his appropriation of serial, twelve-note techniques here, and it is a wonder the children were able to take these and secure a convincing performance.
This is almost certainly down to Britten's word painting, and his skill in characterising features such as the two dogs who appear, represented in this case by the pictorial use of a musical saw. Only the semi-recitative just over three minutes in provides a little respite, and it is quite affecting as the music hangs, as if anticipating the next event, but then we return to the cold, bleak outlook set out at the start.
There are some curious moments that recall the church parables, particularly when the flourish of the organ part can be heard. The recitative recalls the robing ceremonies, while the sparse musical textures also reflect Britten's recent tendency to write sparsely.
Yet I could find little to suggest that A Children's Crusade is a work to which I would want to return, not solely on account of its musical quality, but because of its almost complete lack of hope.
Recordings used
Wandsworth School Choir / Benjamin Britten, Russell Burgess (piano) (Decca)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford / Stephen Darlington, Clive Driskill-Smith (piano) (Lammas)
I would imagine it hard to get children to concentrate on such a bleak text for a relatively long period of time, but that is emphatically achieved in both of these recordings. Either are strong recommendations in a scarcely crowded field.
Both versions of A Children's Crusade can be heard on the streaming service. Benjamin Britten conducts the Wandsworth School Choir here, while Stephen Darlington conducts the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford here (tbc).
Also written in 1969 – Shostakovich: Symphony no.14 Op.135
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We are 32 days away from Matthew's 8th birthday.
My heart is all too aware that I am only one flip away from July...just one flip. And then there it is...
The month...the day that would change everything about our lives, everything.
Nothing can stop it...it is well on its way.
My sleep is restless. My thoughts scattered. I want to be silent. I want to scream. I want to write and get it all out but it is all in there circling around like a tragic day at the circus...the ride that won't stop and the clown that frightens all of the little kids...it keeps going and going and I am nauseous. I hate this circus.
As I was sitting on the porch this evening, I was trying to write, too many thoughts piercing my head to even write a draft of anything. I scribbled and scratched and got irritated with myself for that frustrates me even worse when I cannot envelop my thoughts with clarity into anything more than gibberish.
What would frustrate a writer more than not being able to write? Make her a bereaved mommy and give her all of the extra helpings that come along with that and see what you get.
A tragic circus. That's what I get.
I am tired. Really tired today and I want my mind and my heart to rest.
I am hoping to close this and bring some peace to the thoughts running rapidly in my head...and give myself the okay to not process it all right now. It is way harder than it seems. Way harder.
As I penned the following note to myself, I realized it was enough for the day.
I was done. It was God's turn.
I must turn to my Bible and get off of my blog...for there is where I will refresh my faith and find my peace. There I will get clarity for the next moment that I have to make it through. Which is right now and tomorrow and the next day and the forever for the rest of my lifetime. Forever.
I think the perfect place to start is Isaiah 26:3 ~ "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you." ~NIV Yep, that is the perfect place.
Thankful to have a God that can take me and my tragic circus, give me comfort, grace, mercy, forgiveness, love me unconditionally and give me the strength to also offer that to others...for in that, there is great healing and hope. I cannot imagine living my life without hope or living my life without sharing the hope that I have. That is why I share my heart even when the tragic circus comes to town. For I make it through every single ride and every scary clown! And I want you to know that!
God has never left me and today is no exception.


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Saturday, January 12, 2008
6 comments:
- Mom and Dad Martin said...
Way to go Jen!!! You have to be Ford tough in order to run that distance. I think you're crazy but I'm not a runner.
- January 12, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- AshleyS said...
Yay! We did it! Plus, you guys ran so fast, you're awesome, and so stylish in all your new workout clothes. Glad I'm not the only one who had to keep their mind occupied...I was going crazy trying to distract myself. But you know, Stacy ran 10 miles last week and she is a much better runner than we are...hahahahaha.
- January 12, 2008 at 11:09 PM
- Mom of Two said...
You are awesome Jen!! You totally did it and you did it so well!! We finished it! Yeah! Only have to add 6 more to it right?!! We can do it!! And I love your analogy!!! You really did an awesome job! It's been so fun running together!!
- January 13, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Ash said...
See, running makes you smarter and stronger...and apparently more competitive too. I am such a wuss. Good job.
- January 14, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- Jess and Natalie said...
Jen! That is so awesome! What marathon are you running in Feb? I really hope to do a marathon next year. This year I am challenging myself to a half marathon. Props girl!
- January 14, 2008 at 8:36 PM
- Ali Seaman said...
Jen, you are a pixie to me! Ha, ha. We did it! Way to go. You can TOTALLY do 6 more .Just don't psych yourself out! You are a great runner and I'm sooo glad to run with you AND you ARE stylish in all the new gear! :)
- January 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM


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When the majority is mistaken, when zeal replaces reason, when pride rules the day, there can be only one course and those who do not agree with it must be put down. Control has always been the illusion men deceive themselves into thinking they have. Control over self. Control over others. Control over their surroundings. But control is a myth, for surely if it was not, there would be no death, or pain, or sorrow. At the end of all things, the final seven last plagues that fall upon the earth are a literal demonstration to mankind that control has never, and will never, belong to us. We have always been at the mercy of forces beyond our control. Those who are bound to the slavery of self-service and self-love are completely unable to break their chains. Those who follow Jesus Christ and trust alone in Him for their salvation realize just how fully dependent they must be on Christ, for their salvation will come in no other way. In either case, man has no control; he is subject, a slave to himself, or set free by a power beyond himself. Yet pride gives birth to the idea that control can still be exerted by the majority over the minority, particularly when the scales and the numbers look very attractive. Surely the deaths of a very small subset of the populace are worth the preservation of the whole. This thinking is boosted to near frenzy when combined with the notion that religious purity demands it – in effect that God requires the lives of these un-repentant sinners in order that His righteous anger might be dissuaded.
It is to this state of thinking that our nation is destined to fall. Not only are we prophesied to adopt this line of thinking, but further we are to lead the world in adopting it as well. The lamb-like creature is to speak as the dragon. The third beast raised by the dragon, owes its power and allegiance to the dragon, it is no less guilty, and no less participatory in the plans of the dragon, than was the second beast who preceded it in the dark ages. But knowledge and enlightenment are not insurance against fundamentalism that would seek to compel the conscience of others, and kill those who would continue to dissent. It is all too easy to blame the "dark ages" for the disposition of the Catholic Church during these periods of time, rather than to rightly assess, it is the darkness in the nature of man that is truly responsible. That darkness brought about by self-love and the pursuit of control over others has never abated, it has only grown stronger over time. It was not the darkness of the age that caused the church of Christ to forsake its Lord and become an agent of blasphemy and absolute power. Nor will it be some set of calamities that cause our nation to adopt a policy of "comply or die". It is the nature of carnal man to indulge himself at the expense of others, and without hope of relief from the full submission to Jesus Christ, this dark nature only expands, grows, and eventually consumes the human soul.
The Catholic church could have been a universal beacon of light from which the gospel reached the entire world. Had it forsaken the ideas of wealth, control, and equality with God, and only focused on charity, love, and service for God – the world would have been a different place. There would have been no need for deaths committed in the name of God. There would have been no corruption that inspired the birth of Islam and the need to purge the infidels from the world. Instead there might have been only the universal message of Christ that we should love each other, sacrifice for each other, and submit only to Jesus Christ to find ourselves made free from the slavery of sin and self-service. But alas, full submission to Christ was not achieved, and the darkness of the nature of man, infected the church, and the organization became the tool of the dragon. A second beast was raised out of an entity that should have been a beacon of light. Would that history did not repeat itself, but it did.
Our nation was birthed in nobility and with the purpose of protecting the woman, of protecting the church and followers of Christ by allowing them sanctuary to worship as they chose in a new land with a new form of government. We were to be the light on the hill. Our ideas of religious freedom were more closely aligned to our God, than any nation had considered since the founding of the world. While we protected those freedoms and guarded the privacy of every man and every citizen, we were the pinnacle of enlightenment. But over time, we have lost our luster, we have corrupted our ideals, we have followed the course of the beast that preceded us, and our darker nature has now replaced freedom with compliance. To achieve security, we have sacrificed liberty. To maintain control, we have sought to force the individual to comply with the majority view, whether it is right or wrong. Babylon was the head of gold in the dreams of worldly kingdoms yet to come, given to Nebuchadnezzar all those years ago. It was the head. It was made of purest gold. It was the greatest kingdom to rule the world where God's people would reside. The world has not seen it's like since.
In the book of his revelations of Jesus Christ, John writes now the epilogue, the epitaph of Babylon. Not the original kingdom of Babylon belonging to Nebuchadnezzar all those years ago, but to the kingdom and nation we founded and occupy today. Babylon reborn. The kingdom of enlightenment, of wealth, of power, of origins with purpose and meaning. But we were not to remain in this state. We are to fall, and our descent has already begun. John begins our epilogue in chapter 18 and verse 1 saying … "And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory." John was recently conversing with an angel who carried one of the plagues in the previous chapter about the fate of the woman or false church, and how God has judged the counterfeit ideas of Satan that have infected all the religions of the world. In this chapter the revelation is now given as to the fate of nations and the union of church and state. The angel comes to earth, likely timed to be prior to the events only recently described, with a message. His countenance lightens the earth.
John continues in verse 2 saying … "And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." This is a repetition of the message of the third angel described in an earlier sequence of seven. It is a declaration of the state of Babylon. It is a repeat of the lament that Babylon has fallen. The sadness over the fall of Babylon remains. This is not joyful news in the heavenly courts; for our original purpose and ideals have become corrupted, and our state of falling is not welcome news to our loving God. But where earlier the message was not as specific as to how bad we have become, this message continues with an enumeration of exactly what our state is. Our nation, the United States, has become the habitation of devils. Many people unhappy with our nation's policies or Presidents draw horns on their pictures. They attempt to portray Obama, or Bush, or Cheney, or the latest political figure of the day as a devil. But the reality is that the "devil" is in the hearts of our citizenry. It is in the pulpits of our churches, and at the center of our ideology that would seek to force sinners to comply with our ideas of morality.
We have become the hold over "every" foul spirit. Our sins are limited to only one type, or two, but we have embraced them all. Instead of being a beacon of light and love, we are a "cage" of every unclean and "hateful" bird. We are trapped by our lack of love and charity. We are imprisoned by our slavery to self-service and self-love. We have not embraced the freedom Jesus Christ alone can provide. Instead we have "blended" into our salvation a certainty of self-reliance, and as a result our partnership with God has failed. We remain trapped by our unrelenting sins. We have sought the "balance" of loving self with loving others, and found the scales have only tipped one way. We are now identified as "hateful". Those placards carried by people borrowing the name of Christ, contain nothing but "hate" speech. They shriek their slogans of hate and reproof at those in the greatest need of love and support. We judge those who are different than us as being of less value to God than us, and therefore seek to blast their unrepentant nature with the shrill hate speech of our own unrepentant and hateful nature.
John continues in verse 3 … "For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." What price is your soul worth? The wealth of Babylon is great. Our currency is the strongest and sets the standard around the world. But to become enriched by Babylon, you must abide by the rules of commerce with Babylon. You must do what is expedient, not what is right. You must be willing to be "flexible" with your ideas of morality, so that risks are managed, and wealth is increased. If the needs of the poor are to be sacrificed for those of the wealthy, so be it. The nations of the earth have embraced the ideas of self-reliance propagated by the American Dream. The notion of a full dependence on Christ for salvation, stands opposed to the ideals of hard work to earn the rewards you are entitled to. Our version of Christianity descends from our mother. We are the daughters of harlotry, and taken up the trade of harlotry in our own churches. We seek "financial security" within our churches with those who succeed finding themselves in wealth. In order to safeguard that wealth, we turn to politics to attempt to exert control. For our wealth must be guarded against at all costs. The idea of sharing it, or divesting ourselves entirely from it, is a foreign notion that never enters our hearts.
John continues in verse 4 writing … "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Again the timing is set, the seven last plagues are about to fall. The message is one of warning. Come out of her my people. We are to leave the ideas of self-reliance behind and embrace only our salvation from Jesus Christ alone. We are to leave our sins behind us, as His redemptive love re-creates who we are from the inside out. He remakes what we want, how we think, and most importantly how we love others. No more should a hateful placard tarnish our hands, or poison our lips. No more should we see those unrepentant sinners as deserving of death, but rather as they truly are, in immense pain and in great need of relief that only a loving Savior can offer. We do not need to remind them of their pain, but instead to point them to the only source of relief from it. We must allow our Lord Jesus Christ, to expel the devil from within our hearts, remove the hold over every foul spirit, and change our hateful shrieking nature into one of quiet humility and unrestricted love without conditions or limits for those we encounter. In this way, we will leave behind the Babylon that has fallen. In this way we will avoid the plagues that are to be poured out upon the evil in this world.
A physical exodus from the U.S. to other countries is not a recipe to avoid the wrath of God. Taking an unchanged heart up to Canada, down to Mexico, or across the sea to Europe does nothing to alter who we are. We arrive on foreign shores, the same corrupt person we were in the U.S.. The leaving of Babylon is not about relocation to a better country. It is about a relocation of the heart, from a state of sin and self-reliance, to a state of full submission to Jesus Christ. Simply to emigrate out of the country does nothing to change the sin that will travel in our hearts as we go. It is akin to refusing to own a television, because so much of the programming on television is not morally acceptable. Not having a TV, does not change the heart or nature of men. If we are still filled with pride, or lust, or arrogance, the fact that we do not witness these traits in our media does not mean our hearts are absent of them. Life is not about reducing our opportunities to sin. Salvation is about a fundamental change in how we think, and what we want, so that we are freed from our sins entirely. After that, what we watch on TV reflects what we are interested in. We do not avoid bad programming by putting the TV on the curb, we avoid bad programming by changing the channel to something uplifting, or because we are too busy with loving others to have time to watch at all. The desire is what must be changed, not the venue for its expression.
John continues in verse 5 saying … "For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. [verse 6] Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double." And here is the heart of the matter, without a full submission to Jesus Christ, our sins stack up all the way to heaven. What is about to be unleashed by our God, is a removal of His protective hand. The consequences of the sins we commit are often shielded from us, by a loving God, who is still hoping and working for us to come to Him and be made free from them. But alas, the time is coming when our continual refusal to submit and be made free is going to be honored for all time. Our choice to remain in bondage to self, allowed. The consequences of the pain we inflict on ourselves and on others is about to have the shields taken off. And the effects of our sins are about to be put upon us in full effect. We will see a doubling of the pain our sins cause, not because we are punished by God, but because we have refused to allow God to shield us from our choices.
John continues in verse 7 … "How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. [verse 8] Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." Here is the fate of the counterfeit. Here is the fate of those bound in slavery to self. Self-deception is the first hallmark of the kingdom of Satan. Lives lived in the pursuit of wealth that can be lavished on self. Lives modeled after royalty where all are destined to serve me, and I am destined to serve no one. "She", the false churches who bear the name of Christ but have abandoned His transforming love, states openly "I sit a queen". She further states "I am no widow". The blending of self-reliance into Christianity in the process of our salvation has so corrupted the heart, that we are blind to who we remain, and the sin we cling to. But self-assessments of our grandeur, do nothing to deter the destruction God is about to permit to come upon us. Our consequences are no more to be shielded, but instead to be revealed. And the further judgments of God upon evil are about to be poured out. Death, mourning, famine, and destruction from fire are on the horizon. Wealth, ease, and a royal lifestyle are about to come crumbling down. The kingdoms built upon the misery of the poor are about to be exploded.
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I have found something interesting.In the 1810 Wayne County Census, there is a George Nevil, over 45, with who I assume is his wife, age 26-45, and 8 kids.That would make him born around 1765 or earlier.There are also three others on that census that look like a variation of Nevels, although the transcribers don't agree.I think there is a Enoch Navels, a Henry Navels and a James Navel.None of them are there in 1820. However, in 1830, in Wayne County, there is a Lucy Nevel, age 20-30, and 3 other females (5-10, 10-15 and 15-20)living next to William Keeth.Now, my records about William Keeth say that he was married to Sarah "Sally" Nevels on November 28, 1815 in Wayne Co, Ky and that she died on January 31, 1825 in Wayne Co., Ky. AND THAT SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE NEVELS AND UNKNOWN.
I checked for where the George Nevil of the Wayne Co 1810 census could have gone.Can't find him (although there is a George Nevil born around 1775 in VA who shows up with his son, George, in Indiana by 1850.Wrong age, but by only a decade so might be him). There is a George Nevil living in Washington Co, MD in 1778 and a George Nevil living in Rutherford Co, NC in 1782.Could this be the 1810 George Nevil?
Anyway, the 1810 George Nevil had 2 sons under 10 in 1810.Our George shows up as born in 1809 in several census, although his headstone says 1814, but I think that is a later headstone.Also, our George says he was born in KY.And, our George shows on the 1860 Pulaski census as George Nevil.Finally, there is the Sarah Nevel who married William Keeth, who might have been our George's sister (There are 3 girls in George Nevil's household who were of the appropriate age to marry in 1815).Later, in 1830 living
in Wayne Co, there is Lucy Nevel and 3 other girls, who could all have been daughters of George Nevil (there are 5 daughters in the 1810 census).
Obviously, Lucy and Sarah could have been George Nevil's daughters, without our George being one of his sons.It is possible that George Nevil moved on to Indiana, along with his son George (not our George).
Hope this isn't too confusing.Thought it should be considered.Maybe the Newells, Navels, and Nevil are all related.Wayne and Pulaski are right next to each other.I know I have other ancestors who moved from one to the other.
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While the industry ha run high-profile campaigns to educate businesses as to the requirements, some, particularly SMES, still find PCI compliance difficult to understand. Many of the letters of explanation sent by card services providers are full of incomprehensible jargon and make compliance seem complicated, when in fact, it is very straightforward.
Why PCI Compliance?
Quite simply, merchant need to understand that every time they take a card payment, personal data is captured and processed. This could be subject to fraud if not held securely which can be costly for both the business and its customers. What's more, PCI applies to every merchant that takes card payments, whether that is a freelance hairdresser or a company selling its wares online.
How to become compliant
Many merchants avoid PCI compliance due to the perceived time and expense it entails. In reality, becoming compliant can be very easy. Merchants need to demonstrate their compliance by being certified by an independent Quality Security Assessor (QSA), and this certification should be renewed annually. Online businesses may also be asked to undergo a vulnerability scan. This requires them to log into a website which will assess whether there are any holes in their security that need to resolving. The length of taken to achieve compliance will vary according to the number of security threats revealed by the scan.
How much will it cost ?
Charges are difficult to predict. They depend on factors including business type, the number of annually processed transactions and existing IT infrastructure. on- Line and telephone order merchants can generally expect to pay more than face to face retailers.
How do I prepare my business?
Traders can also ease the process of compliance by ensuring basic security is in place when handling card transaction. They should, for example, sue regularly updated anti-virus software, train their staff on security issue and properly secure any media that holds personal data.
what if I don't comply?
If businesses avoid PCI, the cost, in terms of time and money, could be detrimental. Merchants beaching data security face significant fines, extensive legal fees and long-term damage to the reputation of their business. And, while PCI DSS is not a legal requirement, non=compliant businesses can have the right to handle card transactions withdrawn.
Small businesses shouldn't feel alone in PCI compliance. Seeking out a card services provider that will help with the administration is a valuable first step. The best will provide support, taking merchant through the set up precess, and will work had to minimise costs. It is important remember that PCI is no longer a choice. Large businesses might recover from the effects of a security breach, but for SMES and start-ups, the consequences can be crippling.


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The Fault In Our Stars
"The Fault in Our Stars", by John Green is a book about a teenage girl named Hazel who has been diagnosed with lung cancer. She is hesitant to go to a support group, but decided it would be good for her. She finds herself meeting a boy named Augustus, and goes through many experiences with him. This is all I'm going to say about this book, because it is absolutely brilliant and it is a must read. John Green found a way to write an emotional book that tugs at your heart, but at the same time writes with incredible witt and humor.
Last summer I attended an event in California called Vidcon, which is a convention for the YouTube community to come together and meet and watch their favourite YouTube stars in person. John Green, and his brother Hank Green organize this event, and are also famous and respected YouTubers. I had the opportunity to go to a meetup where John and Hank talked about their career and experiences, as well as answered questions from audience members. John Green is not only a very talented author, but also a positive role model for many people.
This book is also being made into a movie, and is expected to be released in the summer 2014. If you ever get a chance to read this book, or go to a meetup with John Green, I would highly recommend it!
Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars. New York: Penguin Group, 2012. Print.
Lullabies For Little Criminals
I decided to kick off this blog with a book I read in my first year of university. The book, Lullabies for Little Criminals, was required reading and at first I wasn't that keen on having to read it. Once I started reading I could not put it down and it is one of my favourite books I have read in the last couple of years.
The novel takes you through a journey from the point of view of a 13-year-old girl named, Baby. Her mother passed away when Baby was young and she was left to grow up with her father Jules, who is addicted to heroin. This book was very effective in showing the struggles of a young girl growing up too fast. Her childhood was short lived and by 13 she was immersed in an adult world, which leaves her wishing for those things children need most, love and attention.
O' Neil depicts Baby in hard living conditions, living a life of prostitution, stealing, and other activities a girl her age should never have to go through. Throughout the story Baby often wishes she could have a normal life, like her peers and classmates. The author portrays the trials of Baby's life clearly and in a way that you need to find out what happens to her in end. She engages the reader and you can almost feel the many emotions Baby must feel.
O'Neil, Heather. Lullabies for Little Criminals. Toronto: Harper Collins, 2006. Print.


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I just got these adorable new stamps from Lawn Fawn and I couldn't wait to use them! This set is called Just My Type and has the cutest little retro typewriter stamp. For this card, I paper-pieced the image using papers from Pebbles, Inc. The punched border reminded me of a notepad, so I added a little punched scrap to continue with the office-supply theme.
This card is my entry for several online challenges happening right now: Paper Crafts' Inspired By Challenge, Lucy's Card Challenge to use buttons, Practical Scrappers' Use Your Stash Challenge, and finally Let's Capture Our Memories' Use Your Stash Challenge. Even though the stamps are brand new, I won the paper several months ago and the ribbon has been sitting on my shelf for years (seriously!)


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Yesterday I had the privilege of attending the first birth of my younger sister, Dyana. Although I have 11 (soon to be 12) nieces and nephews on Glen's side of the family, this is the first child of either of my sisters. It was an exciting, sweet, and memorable event. It is beyond me how anyone can witness the birth of a child and not believe there is a Creator. A baby is a miracle beyond all others.
My sister did a fabulous job. She handled everything like a pro, right down to about 40ish minutes of pushing, waiting for the doctor to arrive, and then a couple more pushes and out came Addyson. She is a beautiful, sweet, content little girl who was nursing like a pro when I left the hospital last night. She was born at 12:17pm after about 8 hours of labor. She weighed 7lbs 7oz, and is 20 3/4 inches long. She has beautiful light brown hair and bright, sparkling blue eyes.
Congratulations to Brent and Dyana. Welcome to parenthood. Buckle up. Enjoy the ride.
Proud aunt ~can you say baby fever?
Me, my aunt Carol (aka Coocal),
my youngest sister Kristen, Addyson, my "middle" sister Dyana (doesn't she look great!),
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- Rachel Wilson said...
That is so amazing. My sister had two CRASH c-sections so I got outed. Dyana really looks great in that pic. Glad baby is well.
- Tuesday, 15 April, 2008
I am really enjoying your blog :) I am a mom of only two (but both are boys so that's got to count for more somehow :) ) I had a mom question for you but didn't know the right place to ask it. I looked for an email for you, but couldn't find one. Here is mine- could you let me know where the best place to ask you a "non-blog entry-related question" is? Thanks!
- Saturday, 19 April, 2008
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Milena Kunis (August 14, 1983), professionally known as Mila Kunis, is an American actress. Her television work includes the role of Jackie Burkhart on That '70s Show and the voice of Meg Griffin on the animated series Family Guy. She has also played roles in film, such as Rachel Jansen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Mona Sax in Max Payne and Solara in The Book of Eli.
In 2010, she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for her performance as Lily in Black Swan. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for the same role.
Mila Kunis was born in Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.Her family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991, when she was seven years old. Kunis is Jewish and has cited antisemitism in the former Soviet Union as one of several reasons for her family's move to the U.S. Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher and drug store manager, and her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer and cab company executive. She has an older brother, Michael."
Kunis has stated that a lottery system allowed her family to make the move: "It took about five years. If you got chosen the first time around, you went to Moscow, where there was another lottery, and you maybe got chosen again. Then you could come to the States." On her second day in Los Angeles, she was enrolled at Rosewood Elementary School not knowing a word of English. "I blocked out second grade," she says. "I don't remember, but my mom tells me that I came home and cried every day. I wasn't that traumatized. It was just a shock." Kunis added: "I didn't understand the culture. I didn't understand the people. I didn't understand the language. My first sentence of my essay to get into college was like, 'Imagine being blind and deaf at age seven.' And that's kind of what it felt like moving to the States."
In Los Angeles, she attended Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle School. She was mostly taught by an on-set tutor for her high school years while filming That '70s Show. When not on the set, she attended Fairfax High School, where she graduated in 2001. She briefly attended UCLA and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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By Karen Gullo
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Actress Elizabeth Taylor can keep a Vincent van Gogh painting after a federal appeals court upheld dismissal of a lawsuit by relatives of a Jewish woman who said she was forced to sell it before fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco ruled yesterday that a lower court correctly dismissed claims by descendants of Margarete Mauthner who sued Taylor for return of van Gogh's "View of the Asylum and Chapel at Saint-Remy." The work was painted in 1889, a year before van Gogh committed suicide. Taylor's father purchased the painting, now worth as much as $20 million, for her in 1963.
Mauthner, an early collector of van Gogh's work, bought the painting around 1907. Her relatives claimed she sold it under duress before fleeing Germany. They sued Taylor under a 1998 law that directs the United States to work with other governments on returning works of art confiscated from rightful owners during Nazi rule. The appeals court said the act doesn't create a private right to sue.
"The provision's focus is on 'governments' rather than individuals, urging those governments 'to facilitate' enforcement of preexisting property rights," the court said. "The statute thus does not explicitly confer a benefit on Holocaust victims."
The court also said the plaintiffs waited too long to file the suit. Thomas Hamilton, attorney for Mauthner's great-grandchildren, said he will likely appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
"We're very disappointed," said Hamilton in an interview. He said that the 1998 Holocaust Victims Redress Act aimed to return artwork lost during the Nazi era to rightful owners.
"There has to be a remedy, otherwise the words mean nothing," he said.
Lawyers for Taylor, 75, claimed the painting was sold through two Jewish art dealers to a Jewish art collector with no evidence of any Nazi coercion or participation in the transactions.
"Vincent van Gogh is said to have reflected that 'paintings have a life of their own that are derived from the painter's soul,' " the court said yesterday. "The confused and perhaps turbulent past of his painting . . . may prove the truth of his observation."
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On Wall Street, was also seated audience – and this had less good mood. When Cook took the stage, the standing anyway under pressure from Apple's stock price began to fall. Maybe exchange traders are just very demanding people who are easily disappointed. Or maybe Apple's presentation has largely unconvinced. Too fragmented, too abstruse innovations: the new high-end Mac Pro computer as is now added to a shell in cylindrical form
But one point even convinced the dealer and let Apple's share price temporarily increase: The new operating system for iPhone and iPad – iOS 7 – is quite pretty. Tim Cook said in a typical, self-talk feierndem Apple: "iOS 7 is the biggest change of iOS since the launch of the first iPhone." This time he even legal.
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example camera app. In the old design a detailed lens with light reflections and shadows. Hyper Realistic. The new design: a black pictogram of an analog camera on gray background. Not more. Similarly, the Compass: formerly a precise mechanical image in steampunk style, now just a needle and a bit of blue
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Mrs. Hillbilly Mom is stewing in her own juices tonight, my friends. Stewing in her own juices, having simmered a big pot of beans and Christmas hambone (by way of the freezer, not like it was sitting out on the back of the stove for two weeks), and baked up a dozen corn muffins. All with expectations of snow gently falling, building up to 4 inches overnight, with temperatures dropping into the teens, and not rising above 20 tomorrow.
But NO! Those dadgum TV meteorologists were wrong AGAIN! Uh huh. Wouldn't it be great to have a job like that? You can toss out any forecast you like, with absolutely no repercussions if it's wrong! Which all of the local channels' meteorologists have accomplished. After I'd made plans to relax Sunday night and sleep in Monday morning, rather than rushing to do my duty and start a new unit with my pupils. Perhaps to loll around the Mansion and watch DVDs with The Pony. Take my time with the laundry.
But NO! Not a flake in sight. The winter weather advisory from this morning (which the National Weather Center says is issued when there is the possibility for 5 inches of snow) having disappeared from the weather website. The standard 1-3 inches being downgraded to <0.01. The snow coverage map on a local news station showing Newmentia smack dab in the middle of the 2-4 inches range having evaporated into the internet. Yet I saw these as merely technical glitches, and still anticipated a 3- or 4-day weekend.
But NO! So much for a paltry single snow day coming from this weather system. At this rate, Newmentia is actually going to get the scheduled day off on MLK Day. Rather than having it ripped from our grasp as it has been for at least 16 of the past 17 years because we had programmed it into the school calendar as our first make-up day.
Yeah. At this rate, Newmentia will actually be on schedule for the last day of school to be May 10th.
Those beans would have tasted SO much better with a layer of snow in the front yard.
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Saturday, January 9, 2016
I Think We Have Discussed This Issue Before
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- Sioux said...
You counted your snowflakes before they fell.
Too bad.
- January 9, 2016 at 8:41 PM
- Hillbilly Mom said...
Yes. I did. And I will continue to count them before they fall. Because this is my last year of HOPING for measurable snow. What fun will that be once I'm retired (in four months, on May 10th)?
- January 10, 2016 at 7:57 PM
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Barcelona launches anti-smoking campaign
Barcelona has partnered with the European Commission to support football fans in quitting smoking.
Some of the club's major stars including Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Carles Puyol are asking followers across Europe to say 'no to smoking' and have agreed to provide guidance and help to fans wishing quit cigarettes.
The Catalan club's campaign, 'Quit Smoking with Barca', launches an online and mobile application called the FCB iCoach which offers personalised guidance, details on smoking cessation and encouragement from the Barcelona members, together with other important figures at the club such as coach Tito Vilanova and president Sandro Rosell.
It comes almost a year after the Blaugrana launched their smoke-free policy at Camp Nou to motivate supporters to follow a healthier lifestyle.
The campaign, which introduced on December 1, represents a science-based strategy in a bid to help supporters of the Catalan club stop smoking.
Once a smoker signs up with the FCB iCoach program, they will fill up a short questionnaire which determines the type of training they need to stop smoking.
The campaign comes off the support of the European Commission's highly effective 'Ex-Smokers are Unstoppable' invention that has operated in 27 European Union nations during the past 2 years.
With over 140 million smoking people all over Europe, the European Commission are assured that the Blaugrana's status as one of the world's largest clubs will motivate many to stop smoking.
Rosell asked supporters across the continent to take participation in the program: "At Barca there are the best fans and we want to take care of them. Our motto 'Mes que un club' means we're committed to a philosophy that should be evident in all we do.
"We always take action with a social awareness and another way for us to do this is to stay alongside with the European Commission as we start 'Quit Smoking with Barca'. Making our facilities and our stadium tobacco-free was an important landmark and the next one is the introduction of the FCB iCoach.
"When you register to the FCB iCoach, the whole club will help you every step of the way providing the expert knowledge of people within the club to support you in your struggle to give up smoking.
Paola Testori Coggi, director-general for Health and Consumers in the European Commission echoed Rosell's sentiments: "I'm happy to be here launching the next stage in the European Commission's goal to make a smoke-free Europe.


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Global Marketing Chapter 1 Notes
Global marketing refers to marketing activities that take place across national borders and outside of the firm's home country Involvement in global marketing does not mean that a firm must sell its products in every country or region of the world Coordination and integration of marketing strategy with an emphasis on standardization are central tenet of GM Evolution of the concept
Domestic marketing – International sales are incidental to marketing strategy Multidomestic marketing – unique strategy for each country market Global marketing – Focus now on standardization and global segments Local marketing – Standardization but with a focus on the needs of local customers "Glocal Marketing" reflects the need for balance between global marketing, with a focus on standardization, and local marketing, with its focus on adaptation to country differences Globalization
Globalization refers to the increased integration of the world's economies. Ongoing global technological innovation in marketing has direct effect on the efficiency and effectiveness of all business activities. Globalization reflects a business orientation based on the belief that the world is becoming more homogeneous and that distinctions between national markets are not only fading but, for some products, will eventually disappear. Forms of globalization: Globalization of markets vs. Globalization of production Drivers of Globalization
* Market factors – convergence of markets, diffusion of telecommunication & internet. Growing # of retailers are now showing great flexibility in their strategies for entering new geographic markets * Cost factors – avoiding cost inefficiencies and duplication of effort are two of the most powerful globalization drivers. Economies of scale refers to the reduction in per unit cost of production. Economies of scope refers to reduced cost per unit as the firm spreads its total costs over a large number of brands, product lines, or target markets....
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St George's Hall Concert Room
Chamber Music
Red Priest: Gypsy Baroque Fantasy
- Telemann
- Gypsy Sonata in A minor
- Biber
- Sonata No.1 in A major
- André Campra
- La Bohémienne
- Byrd
- Gypsies' Round
- Richard Nicholson
- The Jew's Dance
- Anon/ Summerhayes
- Slow Road to Uhrovska
- Telemann
- Concerto in E minor: Largo and Presto
- Anon / Summerhayes
- Sweet Uhrovska
- Marcin Mielczewski
- Canzona
- Handel
- Lascia ch'io Czardas
- Vivaldi
- The Gypsy and the Priest
- Piers Adams
- recorders
- Adam Summerhayes
- violin
- Angela East
- cello
- David Wright
- harpsichord
Music by Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel, Biber, Byrd and Mielczewski and Hungarian folk melodies.
They called him the Red Priest – but you probably know him better as Antonio Vivaldi. Led by "superhuman" recorder player Piers Adams, "baroque supergroup" Red Priest puts the fire back into the baroque, making every performance into a carnival. Tonight, it's all about the gypsy spirit, with wild, folk-inspired music by Telemann, Handel and of course Vivaldi himself. If you've heard them before (they sold out last season), you won't need telling twice: they're hot stuff!
Purists would probably run a mile from what Red Priest does to this music, but virtuosity, verve and creative spontaneity are fused together in a way that makes the impact positively volcanic.
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A series of Fan Fictions about JBJ, the band Bon Jovi and other non FF writings. These writings are purely works of fictions and as such are only intrepretions of the artists I write about. I mean no disrespect to the artist's family or friends. Since we all love feedback, I implore you to post your comments in the comments section. It is the only way for me to know what you think of my writing and how I can make it better. Thanks for reading. Enjoy the ride.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Ch. 44 is up for Stay
Sorry all. i didn't abandon my FF roots..But in between real life (especially the last two days) and my non-ff ms which is coming along great...
I did manage to update and Give you all a ch. 44 for Stay...
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Over at lili of the valley challenge blog the theme is "winter fun". So on your project they want to see snow, snowflakes and plenty of glitter.
bunny zoes crafts. The bow has been created using a bow-easy.
The designer paper is from a dovecraft paper pack called winter wonderland. My card measures 6x6 inches.
The sentiment is from magnolia called merry christmas with holly post mark. The snowflake in the top right hand corner has been cut out from a spellbinders set found HERE. I have covered it in twinklets diamond dust.
lili of the valley-winter fun
I have a few cards on the go at the moment, so you may see another a bit later on.
Hope you all had a wonderful crafty weekend.
x laura x


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Session Title: What is the most useful website used in teaching?
Date: Thursday 6th December 2012
Summary of the Session:
Tonight's #ukedchat was deliberately chosen to be as generic as possible, all too often in teaching we give something a very precise focus, whether it be a lesson observation where we are looking for a really defined standard of teaching, or a discussion on #ukedchat which may exclude a portion of the audience. Tonight could not have more generic if it tried… unless you had no access to internet… which would mean you wouldn't be on #ukedchat anyway!
• Class Dojo – behaviour management system
• BBC Classroom clips – now fully downloadable
• TES – for both resources and for times where you might think the 'grass is greener'
• Del.icio.us – for sharing bookmarks across classes
• Dropbox/google docs – these two were the most prominent sites used to share files.
• The app Triptico was mentioned a number of times
• www.askability.org.uk/news – this is a great way to show your tutor group the news of the day in a more interesting way
Trying to summarise tonights session is very tricky as there were huge amounts of websites thrown out there, with nearly every single participant offering different websites. I suppose what we take from this is that the web is being used in lesson/out of lesson by teachers all of the time, and that there is 'something' for everyone out there if you look for it. I don't think we should be prescriptive with the websites we use… what works for one may be a nightmare for another… but that is the beauty of teaching and the web itself.
Notable tweets from the session
Really great #ukedchat tonight – if you are a teacher or aspiring teacher and you don't already know about it, check out the hashtag
@sbhsmrwilson http://lifehacker.com #ukedchat Rob Carpenter @DJToadie
#ukedchat Dropbox website, great for accessing the shared 'Class Team' folder when you can't install at work Mr G @MrG_ICT
Class use Google docs everyday (and every night). fantastic for collaboration and its free. #ukedchat Chris Revitt @chrisrevitt
Delicious bookmarks is great for creating Dept. resource banks of websites and sharing of ideas. #ukedchat Susan Banister @susanbanister
BBC class clips are more useful now that the latest video clips are downloadable #ukedchat Oliver Bone @MrBoneY5
http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/ Excellent history resource. V accessible.#ukedchat Laura @Lashani01
http://reonline.org.uk is another one that can be used for resources as there is a section for teachers #ukedchat Simon Armitage @s_armitage
#ukedchat has anyone said http://www.ted.com for possibly the most inspirational content? Need to get every 6thformer addicted to it! Jon Tait @TeamTait
#ukedchat To view the global collaborative #pegeeks youtube channel, go to http://www.youtube.com/pegeeks Teachers from 12 countries collaborating! David Rogers @davidErogers
http://Gapminder.org for data visualisation for all subjects as well as geography #ukedchat Andy Knill @aknill
#ukedchat USGS and other US agencies for natural disaster information globally – many are linked to by apps on I-devices Urban Teacher @urban_teacher
http://visual.ly/ very useful infographics and data visualizations website!#ukedchat Jo Payne @MrsPTeach
@sbhsmrwilson BBC learning clips good for science #ukedchat Tom Sherrington @headguruteacher
#ukedchat For me, top pedagog bloggers @LearningSpy@HuntingEnglish & @johntomsett; Diigo, my fab online library +@ICTmagic 's pinterest. Kerri Hastings @Kezmerrelda
#ukedchat http://topicbox.net for anything http://mathszone.co.uk for anythinghttp://phonicsplay.co.uk for phonics BBC class clips fir video Monty Mouse @Monty_Math
#ukedchat I'm already looking forward to the summary – 1 stop shop for great ed websites! http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/ great for mfl! James Winchester @jwinchester25
Hackasaurus http://hackasaurus.org/en-US/goggles/ great fun and teaches students how websites are made #ukedchat Jo Payne @MrsPTeach
I love me some http://LiteracyShed.com #ukedchat Georgina Black @GeorgeEBlack
#ukedchat Issuu is good too for publishing students work in a flip booky type way! Stephanie Reed @IamStephReed
Poisson Rouge is an amazing website especially for children with special needs or in the early years http://asdteacher.com/poisson-rouge/ #ukedchat Rob Carpenter @DJToadie
#ukedchat http://bit.ly/rmVwk0 is one I wish I had more time to use during tutor time andrew cowley @andrew_cowley23
#ukedchat actually Wikipedia good for pointing out flaws and missing evidence Jo Harwood @bbeclrc
#ukedchat can we count twitter as a web site? really good for sharing Oliver Bone @MrBoneY5
@ukedchat Really been enjoying using Class Dojo recently. Really positive feedback from my class and their parents. #ukedchat Carl Pattison @Mr_P_Teach
#ukedchat Follow @officialvoki and go to their site. You can create a voki and embed it in your blog. Great for S&L CarrotyCarrots @CarrotyCarrots
Best website for EY are @purpleMash, @MrPhonics does phonics, Espresso and Poisson Rouge. #ukedchat Tweets of the Week
Wonder Academy @Wonderacademy
#ukedchat Impressive blogs: @headguruteacher @kevbartle@RealGeoffBarton @LearningSpy @tombennett71 have taught me more than 15 yrs of INSET About your Host
James Wilson (@sbhsmrwilson) is a secondary school teacher at South Bromsgrove High School in the West Midlands. He is currently studying towards a Masters in educational leadership, and has a particular interest in disadvantaged students in the UK education system. James also runs a blog to reflect on his work at www.mrjkwilson.com


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California Angels -- Signed P Scott Lewis to a one-year contract.
Florida Marlins -- Agreed to terms with 2B Bret Barberie on a one-year contract.
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Agreed to terms with IF Mike Sharperson on a minor-league contract.
Minnesota Twins -- Agreed to terms with OF Marty Cordova, IF Steve Dunn, C Lenny Webster and C Mike Durant on one-year contracts.


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I spent this weekend in International, the village where I lived during Peace Corps training last summer. I've visited a few times in the past year, but for some reason it was extra surreal to be back – something about crossing the 1 year mark, I think. The village is exploding with color and the kids have grown considerably in a year, and even though I haven't stayed more than a night since last August, I felt so at home at the kitchen table.
A visit to the village means making the rounds for chai iching (tea drinking) with neighbors and grandparents. It was great to hear the news of the village over tea, fresh bread, candy, homemade jams. Another volunteer's host mom has a new baby with the fattest cheeks I've ever seen; my host aunt bought two baby goats; the heavy rain has been a boon for the gardens but a burden for my host mom's work at a rock factory.
Kyrgyzstan has a reputation for being a gossipy place: get a haircut in Issyk-Kul and a week later a volunteer halfway across the country in Talas hears from her host mom about "that volunteer who got a haircut."It was funny to make the rounds at all the different houses and see how gossip spreads… One of the big ticket news items required chai iching at multiple houses to get the full story. A boy who's been studying abroad in the U.S. for the past year will be home soon. One woman said he wasn't coming back to Kyrgyzstan at all, but would be going to China to study. One woman said he'd be back in October. I ended my chai iching parade at the boy's mother's house; she confirmed that the boy will be back in June and hopes to go back to the U.S. for future study. So, it turned out that almost none of what I had heard at other houses in the village was true – it makes me appreciate that everything's in the details.


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(Reuters) - Price comparison website Gocompare.Com Group Plc (GOCO.L) on Tuesday reported a 19 percent jump in full-year revenue to about 142 million pounds ($172.15 million) and said it had started 2017 from a "position of confidence".
Shares in Gocompare, which have risen 1.4 percent since their listing in November, were up 7.7 percent at 73.2 pence at 0814 GMT (3.14 a.m. ET) on the London Stock Exchange.
The company, which demerged from British insurer esure Group Plc (ESUR.L), said adjusted operating profit for the year ended Dec. 31, 2016 would rise 30 percent to 30 million pounds from a year earlier, at the top end of its guidance.
"The trading update will be taken positively... the company has been able to beat consensus expectations at the first time of asking and... has been able to achieve the guidance that it set out at the demerger," RBC Capital Markets analysts wrote in a note. The analysts have an "outperform" rating on the stock.
Gocompare allows customers to compare insurance rates and prices of financial, travel and business products, utilities and household services.
Leverage, or net debt to adjusted EBITDA, fell to 2x from 2.8x at the time of the demerger, Gocompare said.
Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil Nair and Subhranshu Sahu


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Good things come to those who wait, don't ya know?
The Dunks
Julius Erving, Dr. J to you, is often seen as the bridge between the old style of play and what we have come to know as modern basketball. Other people had dunked but none had done it with the grace and athleticism that he brought. Surviving the 1976 NBA-ABA Merger, he found a natural home in Philly where he continued to play until 1986, retiring while still at the top. As far as legacies go, the "Rock the Baby" dunk, as well as his infamous 1980 behind the backboard layup against the Lakers, is pretty much unimpeachable.
It's kind of a punk move there with the pointing at the end, but this dunk, a sort of brutalized take on MJ's majestic 1988 slam dunk competition winner kind of warrants it. Dude apparently has possibly fathered 19 kids, all of them 6'9" and 220lbs.
My high school history teacher was Georgetown grad who had a few classes with Iverson during his tenure there. Apparently he spent a lot of time sleeping in the back.
The Riffs
Did we really need an NME-approved hair metal band to make it ok for us to dust off those Pretty Boy Floyd LPs and let 'er rip? In 2003, the idea of a hair-metal revival appeared to gain a lot of traction, especially over in Britain where it seems they missed the first go round. But here in the U.S., where Brett Michael's hair extensions control VH1's programming department and people still get misty eyed over Use Yr Illusion, it seemed a bit strange that hair metal was being repackaged so as to be culturally acceptable to US audiences. Poison still sell out concerts and hipsters spent most of the late 90s and early aughts trying to pretend they really loved Cinderella the first time about. The Darkness were such a strange pop-cultural blip that burned out faster than anyone expected that I become concerned anytime I hear that song of theirs any place outside of a light beer commercial.
Just the idea that the Stones had this shelved for so long because they thought the Who outdid them is pretty great. Obviously, the Who destroyed the Stones, who were dealing with Brian Jones' increasing slide into drug induced stupidity.
I'm not badass enough for this song to be played at my funeral but I wish I was.
classic beef rib cap rillette
6 years ago


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Source:Youtube (retrieved: 2015-01-14)
The Blackwell Epiphany (Credits)
The Blackwell Epiphany
A dead man's soul cries out against the force of a ferocious blizzard. He cries for help. He cries for answers. Then he screams as he is torn apart like damp tissue paper. This wasn't the first time, and it won't be...


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In sports lore, winning comes down to physical excellence, commitment to training and gritty effort in competition.
But long before any of that has a chance to show itself, success in sports often comes down to money.
In the early days, it takes parents who can afford equipment, fees and travel — and later on, in the case of an Olympic sport such as bobsled, the willingness to set aside a normal career path and continue to pay to compete.
That's why Alysia Rissling, who has a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology, chooses to wait tables for a living.
"It's the fastest money you can make without the commitment to a schedule," the 28-year-old says.
Her one and only commitment right now is to bobsledding, and piloting a sled down an icy track, she's come to discover, is a costly enterprise.
"If I would have known how much this sport would cost me, in terms of sacrifice for my long-term career goals and actual costs, I would never have got into it," she says. "But I got into it, and the more I got into it (the more) I fell in love with the sport and everything else got put on the back burner."
That's why she doubled down ahead of this season, her first on the World Cup circuit, and bought a bobsled she felt was fast enough to give her a chance to be competitive.
Paying close to $100,000 for a sleek black shell on steel runners and not much in the way of steering wasn't in her original plans. She'd hoped to get one from Bobsleigh Canada, but when the team decided to allot a new sled to the men's third-ranked pilot rather than Rissling, the second women's driver, she felt she had no choice.
"You come so far and tell yourself: I'm not going to get anywhere unless I really commit to it and purchase myself a competitive sled," the Edmonton native says.
And that's when it turned out that her last job at a diner in Calgary was worth a lot more than minimum wage and tips.
Mark Bishop, a regular customer with time on his hands because of the downturn in the Alberta oil and gas industry, made it his project to help secure sponsors so Rissling could buy her sled.
"It's fast. It's light," she says of her sled, nicknamed Bagheera after the black panther in The Jungle Book. "I'm in love with it. It's the greatest decision I've made."
Rissling's rise — she placed fourth and fifth in her first two World Cup races this year — along with a few more brakemen willing to pay as much as $7,000 in fees to compete, brings some much-needed depth to Canada's bobsled team. In recent years, the Canadians haven't had much success behind two-time Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries.
Canada hadn't had two women's sleds on the World Cup circuit since 2014. For much of this season — crucial to qualifying multiple sleds for the 2018 Olympics — there will be three. Humphries, with two golds and a bronze so far this season, continues to lead the way with a pair of strong brakemen, Melissa Lotholz and Cynthia Appiah. Christine de Bruin is piloting the third women's team. Canada also has three sleds on the men's side.
Rissling and brakeman Genevieve Thibault race next on Friday in Winterberg, Germany.
The dream of competing in the Olympics and the love of speed drew Rissling to this sport. But with no engine, her maximum speed down the track depends on how fast she and her brakeman push the sled off the start line.
Attracting and retaining quality athletes, particularly on the women's side, is no easy feat. Women still only have a two-person Olympic event while the men have twos and fours, giving male brakemen far more opportunities to compete at the Olympics.
In 2014, bobsled's world governing body made the four-man event gender neutral, technically allowing women to compete, and Humphries has — first with a crew of three men and now with three women. But they'll never be competitive at the World Cup level given the size and strength difference.
Humphries and Rissling, who has also piloted a sled with three women, are hoping their sport — urged on by the International Olympic Committee's push for gender equality — will eventually give women two events, too.
"We keep coming back to this chicken-and-egg argument. If we had more women involved in the sport, we could offer more opportunities to go to the Olympics and you can attract a bigger funding base, but we can't get more women in because we don't have this event to offer," Rissling said.
"It's hard to recruit brakemen coming from other sports where they are getting paid," she said, referring to track in particular. "Hey, we really want you to come bobsled, but we need you to pay $7,000 in team fees and give up your senior carding ($18,000 a year) and come hang out in the snow for six months. It's a tough sell."
Still, it's one that Lotholz, who grew up in a farming family in Barrhead, Alta., jumped at.
"After watching Kaillie and Heather (Moyse) win gold for the second time in 2014 . . . I literally packed up everything I had in Edmonton and moved down to Calgary to try out, knowing that I could have to move it all back to Edmonton. But it's one of those things my heritage has taught me: If you're planting a field, you plant the whole thing. So, I moved everything to see what would happen," Lotholz said.
The former University of Alberta sprinter was named to Humphries' team two days before she was scheduled to restart classes at the University of Calgary.
"Oh, looks like I'm doing bobsled. Drop all classes," Lotholz said, recalling the moment she got the news. "It's a big commitment and a big sacrifice, but it's one of those things. Unless you take big risks, you don't get the rewards. So, I'm excited to see where it can go."
Last year, Lotholz hit the podium in all eight World Cups and world championships while pushing for Humphries. This year, she and Appiah are sharing that role, and while no athlete wants to sit out a race, it's a sign of growing team depth.
"In the 2010 (Vancouver) Games we had a lot of depth. We had some of our best-ever brakemen out and we saw the results on the podium. We had gold and silver in the women's bobsled competition," Lotholz said. "I believe Canada has the potential to field three strong (women's) teams at the 2018 Olympic Games."


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There is a certain irony though that I have applied to work for them many times and always get the same response:
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They are certainly not talking about experience when they consider what is or isn't in line with their requirements. That is unless of course they are talking about no experience at all. There can't be too many people in New York City who actually have more applicable experience and are still willing to work for them. I'm considering writing and demanding an explanation. It might start something like this:
Dear Daft Cunts...
That sounds bitter and I'm not, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious.
That sounds bitter and I'm not, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious.


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Re: Info on the Norrod's of TN
In reply to:
Re: Info on the Norrod's of TN
Dennis Michael Norrod 12/26/01
Dennis, My father Cecil lived in Mich. for a couple of years. He lived around Grand Rapids for a while back in the 80's. He could be the same one that you knew.Dan.


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Muscid Fly
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 7:00AM
A close relative of the house fly: Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae, order Diptera). This is a male; females have a noticable gap on between their eyes, they have bolder black and white stripes on the thorax, and they have no orange patches on the sides of the abdomen.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-13.