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Are you aware of your purpose? Do you even know you have one? Did you know God has a plan for you? Jeremiah 1:5 says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." Ecclesiastes 3:1 states, "There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven." In the book of Esther 4:14, her cousin Mordecai writes to her and proclaims, "And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this."
Christian, you are NOT here by some random chance. You are reading this by leading of the Holy Spirit to remind and encourage you, my sister in Christ, that you are loved. You are a precious gift of God, daughter of the Most High and redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. You are important and vital to the Kingdom of God. He knows your name, formed you in the womb and has a task for you. Do you want it? Do you want to live the life God has for you? Then listen to Esther's story and pray to the Father of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, "I want you and the life you have planned for me!"
According to the Bible, Hadassah (Esther) was an orphan (Esther 2:7). During her young years, both parents had died and her cousin Mordecai had graciously taken care of her. A chapter of this book is devoted to orphans, those whose parents have died. God has not forgotten you and He did not forget Esther. She had lovely form and features, and was taken to the King's harem in what seems like unfair circumstances. Some would ask the question, "God, this poor girl, isn't it enough!" But God, in his infinite wisdom, had a plan.
Before we move further, let's review the situation in which Esther was taken into the king's palace. King Xerxes was celebrating. He was celebrating himself. This display of self worth went on for 180 days, showcasing the vast wealth of the kingdom and the splendor and glory of the king's majesty. When the days were over, the king yet continued his celebration of himself with a banquet lasting seven days. With all the princes, nobles, officials and military leaders this room full of prideful, powerful, and famous men of the kingdom must have star struck many except Queen Vashti. The king's wife, Queen Vashti, held her own banquet for the wives of these men and maybe had grown tired of 187 days of entertaining. Maybe she was bored with the gluttonous drinking, eating and apparently did not like being a trophy wife, put on display for a bunch of drunken men to approve and ogle her. In a bold display of either blatant disrespect, pridefulness or she had had enough of the nonsense, did not submit to her king's demands. Well, the King Xerxes' fury commanded she never be brought into his presence again!
How could the king and these men allow women to demonstrate such disrespect? Well, the king wasted no time in writing a decree that all women MUST show respect to their husbands and proclaimed this decree to all the women from the least to the greatest (Esther 1). Sister, the bible does instruct wives to respect their husbands, but it also says that husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church. Respect is earned not by demands and decrees, but by a man willing to love his wife, care and protect her through all things. In a woman's heart of hearts, I believe she longs for a man she can respect and love. So my prayer is any husband or man reading this remember the Apostle Paul's words, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. Each of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." (Ephesians 5)
As the saga continues, the king is looking for a new wife. All the young women are taken into the king's harem for a year of beauty treatments. Herbs and oils, cosmetics and jewelry, a spa day for the women of Esther's time! The Bible does not say Mordecai objected, but he himself a wise man, may have seen the special purpose for this intrusive, gentile brute force of taking women against their will!
While in the harem, Esther found favor with Hegai, who had charge of the harem. Immediately he provided her with treatments and special food. Hegai assigned to her seven maids selected from the king's palace and moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem. Esther had God's favor. The favor written in the book of Numbers 6:24-26, "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace." When God is for you, who can be against you!
Not only did Esther find favor with Hegai, but the king favored her as well. This arrogant, prideful, pompous king fell in love with a young, Jewish orphan who would prove to be a wonderful wife and queen to all people. But……there is always one who can cause a stir. Usually one who manipulates, causes strives and is determined to glorify himself. This man was named Haman. Haman was a royal official who had also gained the favor of the king, but hated Mordecai. As a Jewish man, Mordecai would bow before no one but the living God. Haman expected everyone to bow in his presence and demanded all revere him in awe! This is no different than in today's society. There are people whom have the means to selfishly demand the best at the expense of belittling the "small person". This arrogant display of narcissism can grow tiresome and quickly! Haram would soon wear out his welcome.
Haram, by manipulation, ordered all Jewish persons be killed and exterminated due to Mordecai's selfless act of devotion to God. Getting word to Esther, Mordecai writes, "Do not think that because you in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this." Esther replies, "Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the King, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!" (Esther 4:12-16). These powerful words from a young woman who loved her people would be written down to be celebrated to this day.
Queen Esther was selflessly rising to the occasion in which she was destined for. God had stirred this woman's heart for preparation, strength, determination and the willingness to die for her own people. The Apostle Paul writes you can hardly find a man willing to die for a good person, let a lone a man die for another without cause. Esther knew if the king did not lift his scepter to receive her, his order could be death. She was willing to take that chance; she was willing to perish for the God and willing to give her life in a time as this for her people.
What are you willing to do for God? Are you willing to step outside your comfort zone? Are you willing to take missions trips to unknown parts and evangelize different cultures? Are you willing to move and plant churches for the Kingdom of God? What is the plan God has for you? Are you praying and seeking His guidance and counsel, biblically searching for Truth and worshiping our Savior? What is your plan?
Esther does accomplish her plan. The Jewish people were indeed saved and she is revered even today. There are two things I would love you to think about. The first, plan to read the book of Esther and pray how her plan can influence you, pray to God how you can affect, influence and spread His Gospel encouraging the Kingdom to prosper. The second, Mordecai wrote something that is interesting. He wrote if Esther did not rise to the occasion, the help God needed to accomplish saving His people would come from somewhere else. If you choose not to rise to the occasion, God will find someone else. Jesus says in Matthew 22:14, "Many are called, few are chosen." In the book of Revelation 3:11, Jesus encourages, "I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown." The book of James 1:12 inscribes, "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." This crown, this faithful life of living for Christ, under trials is rewarding and challenging. Do not give up. Do not quit in the midst of battle, but prepare your heart and mind for action (1 Peter 1:13)
My sister, when you are asked about your faith, you can give a seasoned word. I pray when God gives you the desire to do something for Him, you do it obediently, faithfully and blindly. God told Abraham to leave His family and He would show him where to go. The Lord didn't give him a googled map or GPS to follow. If God tells you to move, then move. Maybe there is someone He wants you to meet. If He tells you to pray, then pray. Maybe your prayer will encourage a new believer not to quick. If God tells you to teach, then teach with all your heart. Maybe there is a young woman who does not know how to respect her husband. If you are called to serve, then serve from a willing heart. Your gentle spirit, may inspire another who is contemplated her own service calling.
I pray this has encouraged you and made you think about your own calling and plan from the Lord. Bring it to the cross, bring it to the High Priest and pray to the Living God for His favor, timing, season and strength to rise to the occasion!
Pray out loud and CONFESS the Word of the Lord:
Thank you for the book of Esther. Thank you for using such a strong woman to encourage me to rise to the occasion. I pray to hear your voice clearly and see the plan you have for my life. I pray for ears to hear and eyes to see the purpose and calling chosen specifically for me. You've formed me in the womb (Jeremiah 1:5). You have chosen my gifts and talents; help me to use them for diligently for your kingdom. I know many are called for service unto you, but few are chosen (Matthew 22:14) I understand that trials, worries and the pressures of this life allow some to give up, stray away or leave the faith (Luke 8:5-8). I pray to bear good fruit in accordance to the boundaries in which you have set for me (Luke 6:43-45)
I pray to make sure the calling on my life, running my race with perseverance, determined to finish strong and receive the crown of life for which I was called to (Hebrews 12:1, Revelation 3:11). May I be a woman who pursues righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness, fighting the good fight of faith to which I was called (1 Timothy 6:11-12). I pray to never hide or be a shamed of the gift received by you, that it never be taken away or given to another (Matthew 25:14-30). May I go where you send me, to be as faithful as Abraham and Sarah and follow your lead. I pray to follow my shepherd (John 10:1-18) and feed His sheep (John 21:18)
Lord, may I be a loving wife who respects her husband (Ephesians 5:33) and if I've married a man who does not know the Gospel, strengthen my behavior to one of purity and reverence changing him without words (1 Peter 3:1-2). Esther found favor with King Xerxes with her gentle spirit, her love for you and her people. I pray to be as Esther finding favor with my husband, but more importantly finding favor with you and your kingdom. I pray for your blessing which will strengthen me to never hide my believe under a basket (Matthew 5:15), to use my gift I've received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in it various forms (1 Peter 4:10)
I pray to be confident in Christ Jesus to finish the good work that He began in me (Philippians 1:6). I know that no eye as seen, nor hear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him (1 Corinthians 2:9, Isaiah 64:4). I pray to never be concerned with the things of men, but more concerned with the things from above (John 2:25, Colossians 3:1-2). May I be a woman who would rather please you than those whom are around me (Galatians 1:10).
I thank you Jesus for dying on the cross, I thank you for your unfailing love that will never leave me, nor forsake me. I give you my heart, my all in worship and praise. May I be a servant that stands before, who rose to the occasion in which I was called and hear those precious words, "Well done good and faithful servant!" In the name of Jesus of Nazareth I pray, Amen!


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Waterfowl hunting, with hall of famer and legendary hunter, Ralph Kohler on the Missouri River bottom near Tekamah Nebraska. Ralph has been commerical waterfowl hunting for nearly 70 years. He is also a member of the LEGENDS OF THE OUTDOORS, hall of fame & author of "Born to Hunt" - Ralph can be contacted at 402-374-2747 or his mailing address 820 Q Street Tekamah, NE 68061. My email address is email@example.com.
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|Babysitting a starter: best part of work study
From the first class on baking with sprouted grain flour to the last panel on the business of baking, it was a wild ride of knowledge acquisition. By the end of each day my brain felt like a sponge that couldn't absorb any more water.
And aside from the useful baking techniques and know-how I brought back, there were the human connections. The best part was that everyone there was crazy about bread, and I went into each casual conversation with no inkling whether the person I was talking to was a home enthusiast or a celebrated instructor and professional baker (hey, I could have done a little preliminary stalking, but where's the fun in that?) I went in thinking that our little bakery would be nothing special compared to the bread world stars I'd meet, but then met people who had heard of F&D, people who thought the bread share model was awesome and aspired to one day run a bakery like ours (!!!), and people whose illustrious baking careers inspired me even more.
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Skowhegan ME is the center of a local movement that involves millers, farmers, bakers, and myriad other local producers (can we talk about the local cheese?) Their vacated county jail building has been transformed into a grist mill by members of the Main Grain Alliance, which was an ambitious and logistically daunting undertaking. I am blown away by all of the good stuff happening up there and inspired to dive more into Buffalo's local food movement.
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I also have a mean case of oven envy. Most of the workshops were run out of mobile wood-fired ovens, and the smells were reminiscent of baking days of yore at our clay oven on the East Side. There is no bread like bread from a wood-fired oven. The gas ovens we work with now just can't compare (sorry Ol' Wondermoth.) Maybe someday we can once again run production out of a clay or brick oven. Who knows what the future holds?
|How to wash the MGA's oven: "like a car." Photo shamelessly borrowed from newfound comrade Katie at Slowfire
Anyway, lots of food for thought. The Kneading Conference is recommended for any baking enthusiast who wants to take it to the next level, whatever that level might be. Especially if you get accepted to the work study program. And want to carpool from Buffalo.
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Lessons for the ACP from the EU-Mercusor trade negotiations
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CTA. 2003. Lessons for the ACP from the EU-Mercusor trade negotiations. Agritrade, December 2003. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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The final phase of the EU's trade negotiations with the Mercusor group of Latin American developing countries began on November 12th 2003. The agreement is scheduled to cover market access on goods and services, government procurement and investments, as well as rules and disciplines in these areas and other issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary measures, agreement on wines and spirits, competition and intellectual property. The detailed schedule of meetings agreed will culminate in a ministerial level meeting in October 2004. These negotiations began in June 1999 and have since been through ten rounds of negotiations. The EU is Mercusor's main trading partner, accounting for 25% of the bloc's trade, with the EU absorbing around half of Mercusor's exports of agricultural products. Total trade between the EU and Mercusor amounted to around € 40 billion in 2002. Comment: The details of the various areas under the agreement could provide ACP countries with a clearer indication of what the EU is likely to seek under the EPA negotiations in areas such as government procurement, investment, competition policy, intellectual property rights and trade in services.
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"In 1974, I went to Mexico to visit my brother who was working as an anthropologist with Tsutsil Indians, the last surviving Mayan tribe. And the Tsutsil speak a lovely birdlike language and are quite tiny physically; I towered over them. Mostly, I spent my days following the women around since my brother wasn't really allowed to do this. We got up at 3am and began to separate the corn into three colors. And we boiled it, ran to the mill and back, and finally started to make the tortillas. Now all the other women's tortillas were 360°, perfectly toasted, perfectly round; and after a lot of practice mine were still lobe-sided and charred. And when they thought I wasn't looking they threw them to the dogs.
After breakfast we spent the rest of the day down at the river watching the goats and braiding and unbraiding each other's hair. So usually there wasn't that much to report. One day the women decided to braid my hair Tsutsil-style. After they did this I saw my reflection in a puddle. I looked ridiculous but they said, "Before we did this you were ugly, but now maybe you will find a husband."
I lived within in a yurt, a thatched structure shaped like a cob cake. And there's a central fireplace ringed by sleeping shelves sort of like a dry beaver down. Now my Tsutsil name was Lausha, which loosely translated means the ugly one with the jewels. Now ugly, OK, I was awfully tall by local standards. But what did they mean by the jewels? I didn't find out what this meant until one night, when I was taking my contact lenses out, and since I'd lost the case I was carefully placing them on the sleeping shelf; suddenly I noticed that everyone was staring at me and I realized that none of the Tsutsil had ever seen glasses, much less contacts, and that these were the jewels, the transparent, perfectly round, jewels that I carefully hid on the shelf at night and then put for safekeeping into my eyes every morning.
So I may have been ugly but so what? I had the jewels.
Full fathom thy father lies
Of his bones are coral made
Those are pearls that were his eyes
Nothing of him that doth fade
But that suffers a sea change
Into something rich and strange
And I alone am left to tell the tale
Call me Ishmael…."
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Thanks to Study. Read. Write. for tagging me in this fun book tag! Would you rather only read trilogies or only read stand-alones? Trilogies! I am a serial reader simply because when I enjoy the characters in a book, I want to spend more time with them. I do enjoy stand-alones too, but since you're … Continue reading Would You Rather Book Tag


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We had a date with the orthopedic hand specialist the other day. The good news is he considers the type of injury Sassy has as a ligament tear rather than a fracture. The small piece of bone that bent back with the ligament will recover along with the ligament and the recovery time is shorter than for a fracture. Yeah - only out of volleyball for two weeks instead of six.
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I saw that it was a cigar-shaped object, brightly lit and with square portholes, hovering just above my clothesline. I could see men inside. . ." The object was approximately 20 to 30 feet long and dark grey or black in color. It hovered motionless about five feet above the ground. Through its lighted windows Mrs. Starr saw two figures that passed each other, walking in opposite directions. View full report
Rene Gilham, a 33 year-old ironworker, saw that a brightly luminous object was hovering overhead. Gilham estimated its size as 40 feet in diameter, and its altitude as 1000 feet. View full report
This case is perhaps the most important concentration of vehicle interference events in the United States. On the evening of November 2, 1957, Patrolman A. J. Fowler, officer on duty at Levelland, Texas, received the first of several strangely similar phone calls. The first was from Pedro Saucedo, who, with companion Joe Salaz, had been driving four miles west of Levelland when a torpedo-shaped, brilliantly illuminated object rapidly approached the car... as the object passed close over the car, the truck headlights went out, and the engine died. Officer Fowler reported that a total of 15 phone calls were made to the police station in direct reference to the UFO. View full report
An Air Force RB-47, equipped with electronic countermeasures (ECM) gear and manned by six officers, was followed by an unidentified object for a distance of well over 700 mi. and for a time period of 1.5 hr., as it flew from Mississippi, through Louisiana and Texas and into Oklahoma. The object was, at various times, seen visually by the cockpit crew as an intensely luminous light, followed by ground-radar and detected on ECM monitoring gear aboard the RB-47. View full report
"I had a camera crew filming the installation when they spotted a saucer. They filmed it as it flew overhead, then hovered, extended three legs as landing gear, and slowly came down to land on a dry lake bed! It was a classic saucer, shiny silver and smooth, about 30 feet across. It was pretty clear it was an alien craft." View full report
On September 14, 1957, Ibrahim Sued, a columnist for the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo, printed a letter which he had received, concerning a UFO incident. Accompanying the letter were three small pieces of white metal. The writer of the letter described an event in which a "flying disk" exploded over the beach at Ubatuba, in Sao Paulo Province. One of the samples was analyzed and the results showed a 99.99% pure magnesium. View full report
Stig Ekberg and Harry Sjoberg were driving on the Island of Vaddo, Sweden, when they were approached by a flattened sphere shaped object. It settled in the middle of the road, about 100 meters in front of them. After about ten minutes, the object lifted off and accelerated away. At the landing site, the witnesses found a shiny "rock" that was hot to the touch. It was a three-sided piece of metal about the size of a matchbox, and had a heavy weight. Upon analysis, the object was found to be composed of tungsten carbide and cobalt. View full report
The witnesses were two Royal Canadian Air Force pilots who were flying in a formation of four F86 Sabre jet aircraft. One of the pilots saw a "bright light which was sharply defined and disk-shaped," that resembled "a shiny silver dollar sitting horizontal." The first pilot to notice the object took a photograph. View full report
Two eleven-year olds were playing when they heard a strange metallic sound. They looked around and saw a cylinder-shaped craft hovering very still a few feet above a tree. It was 20-25 feet in length. There was writing on the belly of the object, and a long silver tube which protruded from bottom. This tube was "sniffing" the leaves in the tree top. The witnesses watched the object for 3-4 minutes, too scared to move, before running home. View full report
U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA), then chairman of the Armed Services Committee, was on a Soviet train when he spotted a disc-shaped craft taking off near the tracks. He hurriedly called his military aide and interpreter to the window and they saw the UFO, plus another one that appeared a minute later. View full report
Billy Ray Taylor went out to fetch some water from the Sutton family well, when he saw a large shining object land in a gully about a city block away. A short time later, Carl "Lucky" Sutton and Billy Ray went out to investigate and saw a small 3-to-4 foot creature walking towards them with its hands up, as if surrendering. They later described the creature, one of several encountered that night, as having large eyes, a long thin mouth, large ears, thin short legs, and hands ending in claws. View full report
It was July 17, 1955 when Margaret Fry spotted the object as she was making her way to her GP's surgery in King Harold's Way from her home in Hythe Avenue. Mrs Fry described it as saucer shaped with a "blue/silver/grey/pewter texture, yet none of those colours". She said it had three spheres set into its base, one of which "flopped out", landing on the ground at the junction of nearby Ashbourne and Whitfield roads. View full report
Navy pilot has reported seeing two "flying saucers" flash past him while he was flying over Goulburn, N.S.W. Radar officers at Nowra Fleet Air station picked up the objects on their screen. View full report
Rosa Lotti was walking into Cennina, when she perceived a big vertical spindle, "like 2 cones joined at their bases." From behind this craft emerged two little men 3 ft tall, who approached her with friendly expressions, the older one laughing. They were speaking a language that sounded like Chinese, 'liu, lai, loi." Approaching Lotti, they snatched from her the carnations and one of her stockings. Lotti ran away. A deep hole in the ground was later found at the site. View full report
"It seemed to be a large disc or lens-shaped object, and in comparison with the objects below I estimated it to be perhaps 30 or 35 feet in diameter... It was moving like a wheel sliding sidewise and not rotating, and in perspective presented an elliptical appearance such as any circular object would when viewed from an anglel...The color was gray." View full report
One of the most controversial radar visual reports of the fifties occurred on August 31st, 1954. The story leaked out in December, 1954, and made front page headlines. The official navy file on the event remained classified until the Directorate of Naval Intelligence released a copy upon my request in 1982. During his 1973 visit to Australia, Dr. Hynek was able to interview the pilot involved in this famous incident. View full report


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"Road trip!"
The phrase tugs at the heartstrings of all dedicated baseball fans. It ignites a desire to see the home nine do battle on rival turf or, at the very least, a chance to check out other stadiums and confirm what they already know ("It was OK ... but our ballpark is better").
As major league baseball gears up for season openers — on Thursday the Dodgers host their eternal rivals the San Francisco Giants, while the Angels are in Kansas City against the Royals — the lure of the road beckons anew.
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The original 'I Spit on Your Grave' became the equivalent of a cinematic triple-dog dare for many a youngster growing up in the VHS age. When my friends and I got our grubby, teenaged, perverted paws on a copy, we made an event of it. Parents gone, basement viewing, lights out, feigned machismo: all was in place for this taboo screening.
As it progressed, one by one, we began to unceremoniously bow out, despite our lust for blood and boobies. We could endure hours of Jason plucking the limbs off campers or Michael stabbing his way through another Halloween, but this one just didn't sit right with any of us. We ultimately decided to make a pact to just watch "the circumcision scene," wince mightily, and be done with it.
Now, this.
Director Steven Monroe's remake follows the same, bare-bones premise: girl stays at remote cabin, gets brutally raped by local hillbillys, astonishingly survives, exacts revenge in with equal brutality. He's tidied things up a bit, worked with a healthy new budget (spent mostly on blood, prosthetic severed body parts, and squishy sound effects). Original director Meir Zarchi was apparently involved heavily in this as well, but it calls into question as to why he — or anyone else — felt this film was worthy of being remade.
It's not as though there needed to be a stronger statement made, if there is one at all. My fear is that it exists only to create a new endurance-test flick ("Oh. Hi 'A Serbian Film!'") that is made only to for those who might somehow be searching for even more realism. It exists for those who want the rape to seem more brutal, and for the revenge to appear that much more authentic in its series of murders.
For those numbed by the "Saw" franchise's elaborate death sequences, Monroe crafts a number of intricate revenge kills. But at its core, it's using rape as its main marketing tool (sorry, not buying the "empowerment" argument). One need look no further than the film's poster to see that it teases with a panty-clad backside on prominent display. While her assault in the film is seemingly endless, why don't they show a close-up of her bruised, tear-stained face on the poster (a la Naomi Watts in "Funny Games") if they had a true statement about it to make.
Ultimately, it's just another excuse to ratchet up, gloss over and repackage a product for no reason other than commercial. It's too polished to be an homage to exploitation, and the fact that it uses rape as its central bargaining chip makes it that much more icky.
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I agree with you to a certain extent. I saw the original when I was about, oh, 10 years old. My Aunt told me about it and for a while I had seen the creepy looking VHS cover in my local video store but never thought about renting it. So, from the recommendation from my twisted Aunt, I rented the film not knowing what to expect. First I noticed that the film didn't have a soundtrack. Second, the retarded guy cracked me up. Third, was what seemed like a 45 minute long rape scene that just kept going on. You would think that watching horror films your entire life you would be ready for something like this. But sadly, no. And I was disappointed that the the girl didn't get better revenge on these guys. I mean, yeah, the scene in the bathroom was quite nasty, but the rest of the killing scenes didn't satisfy my hunger to see these sick redneck getting what they really deserve. That is why I am interested in seeing the remake. If I have to stomach sitting through another long and horrible rape scene I want to see her get revenge in the most gruesome ways possible.
But I do agree though that the film really didn't need to be remade. Much like The Last House on the Left remake which doesn't hold a match to the original. The point was already made, they didn't need to revisit it again.
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This is an interesting assortment from The Chocolate Fetish. Let's take it piece by piece from the upper left.
First are white chocolate covered dried apricots - I didn't care for these - the apricots were too hard - when you bite them all the softer white chocolate crumbles off. And it's not like I really love dried apricots.
Next over was a milk chocolate covered caramel - WOW - fantastic!! Buttery, rich, and chewy - just the way I like them!!
Next was a dark chocolate covered crystallized piece of ginger. I'm biased here because I'm not a big ginger fan, and there's no middle ground with a hunk of ginger. You'll either love it or hate it. I'm not lovin' it.
Next is a nice, dark chocolate covered fig. This was good - as far as dried, dark chocolate covered figs go. If you're a big fig fan - this is for you. Me - not so much. Hey, don't get me wrong - I love the Fig Newton. But eating dried figs doesn't really rock my world - even when they are covered with chocolate.
Immediately below the fig is a dark chocolate dipped dried kiwi. Same problem as with the apricot - the dried fruit is too hard for the softer chocolate. Didn't like this.
Next is a dark chocolate covered caramel - FANTASTIC!! Almost fudgey - chewy, rich and decadent. LOVED the caramels in this assortment.
Next was the only dried fruit I really liked - a crystallized pineapple wedge covered with dark chocolate - heavenly!! I wish I had more of these. A lot more. YUM!
Finally there is a milk chocolate and a white chocolate covered dried raspberry - these looked gorgeous - like strands of chocolate lace over the raspberries. If these had been fresh raspberries - this would have been wonderful. But with dried raspberries. Eh.
Okay - so dried fruit covered in chocolate isn't my thing, but these caramels were mind blowing. They were the perfect consistency - not too soft or too chewy. In fact, they were perfect - not too perfect - just perfect.
And don't worry - I know that someday, perhaps in the old folks home, I will find the man who thinks I'm perfect - at least for him. And if I don't? Well - there is always chocolate!!


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By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
October 8, 2007 - WSJ
Economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) may be best known for his innovative work showing the link between entrepreneurial discovery and economic progress.
But as Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation of Entrepreneurship has pointed out, Schumpeter's insights about risk-takers didn't make him an optimist.
In a speech last year to European finance ministers in Vienna, Mr. Schramm explained Schumpeter's fears: He "worried that entrepreneurial capitalism would not flourish because the bureaucracies of modern government and big corporations would dampen innovation -- the process of 'creative destruction' would be too ungovernable for a modern, Keynesian-regulated economy to tolerate." As a result, Mr. Schramm said, Schumpeter thought that "the importance of entrepreneurs would fade over time as capitalism sought predictability from governments who would plan economic activity as well as order social benefits."
Mr. Schramm's comments caught my attention because they so accurately describe Latin America. There the entrepreneur has been all but run out of town by the bureaucracies that Schumpeter feared. Growth has suffered accordingly.
The World Bank's annual "Doing Business" survey, released last week, demonstrates the point. The 2008 survey, which evaluates the regulatory climate for entrepreneurs in 178 countries, finds that Latin America and the Caribbean was the slowest reforming region this year and that it "is falling further behind other regions in the pace" of reform.
The average time it takes to start a business -- one of 10 factors measured -- in Latin America and the Caribbean is 68 days, longer than anywhere else. Compare that with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, where business start-ups take less than 15 days. Other common problems in the region are weak minority-shareholder rights, slow legal regimes and punishing tax systems.
Yet as bad as the regional averages are, entrepreneurs in Venezuela probably view them with envy. When it comes to the ease of doing business Venezuela now ranks six places from the bottom world-wide, between Eritrea and Chad. It also finishes dead last among the region's 31 countries -- and that includes Haiti. In the category of "employing workers" Venezuela ties with Bolivia at No. 177. The authors note that it is "not possible" to fire a Venezuelan employee. "Starting a business" takes 141 days and in ease of "paying taxes" it ranks No. 174.
Keeping Venezuela company in the cellar are Ecuador, which finishes 27th in the region, and Bolivia, which comes in 28th. Only Suriname, Haiti and Mr. Chávez's oil paradise have more hostile business climates.
To understand how Argentina went from being one of the world's top-performing economies during Schumpeter's lifetime to the basket case it is today, this report is instructive. The resurgence of Peronist economics helped it slide 16 places lower than its 2006 ranking. Not only has it failed to carry out any meaningful reforms but in the past year it complicated the insolvency process. And its tax system remains punitive: A company that pays all its taxes coughs up the equivalent of 113% of its profit. Argentina finishes 22nd in the region but ahead of Costa Rica, which comes in 24th. Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua are all better places to be an entrepreneur than Costa Rica.
Brazil earned about the same ranking as last year. It made improvements to its legal regime but lost ground to more aggressive reformers in the category of "trading across borders." It also takes last place world-wide for the time it takes to comply with the tax code (2,600 hours) and ranks 137th in the "paying taxes" category.
Sluggish reform in the region has led some analysts to conclude that democracies in the developing world cannot overcome the obstacles to modernization presented by the political economy. Yet there are regional successes that prove that where there is political will, there is a way.
Take Mexico. In last year's report it jumped almost 20 places world-wide thanks to a reform-minded treasury ministry under former President Vicente Fox, which lowered tax rates and made property registration easier. It now has the fifth-most pro-business climate in the region. If the government of Felipe Calderón keeps its reform promises, more improvements should be on the way, though its price controls on bread and tortillas are not a good sign.
This year's superstar is Colombia. It is among the top 10 reformers world-wide and ranks 12th in the region. It made enormous progress in "trading across borders" by reducing the time goods spend in terminals, extending port operating hours and making more selective customs inspections. It also strengthened investor protections, adopted an electronic tax filing system and progressively lowered the corporate tax rate to 33% in 2008 from 35% in 2006. Much more work is needed but the moral of the story is that with leadership, such as that which President Álvaro Uribe has provided, reform is possible.
But the opposite is also true. Chile has fallen nine places since its No. 24 ranking in the 2006 report, suggesting that the center-left coalition running the country is not attuned to the importance of entrepreneurial freedom.
The most important lesson for Latin America from the World Bank's report is that its competitors around the world are working to unleash entrepreneurial spirits, and doing nothing is not an option. As Mr. Schramm told his Vienna audience, "Schumpeter saw what a century of evidence would prove: Socialism has not sustained economic growth." Now, if only more Latin American policy makers would catch on.
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Lily has worked for The Maroon since the fall of 2016. She started as a contributing writer, but now works as the Assistant News Editor. She still writes not only for The Maroon, but Loyola's magazine The Wolf as well.
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Over the last few years (or maybe over the last few kids) I've become a yelling mom. It doesn't happen all the time. In fact, most of my friends would probably say that they've never seen me yell at my kids. I think my neighbors would disagree. But sometimes I totally lose it and yell.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that this isn't a good thing. In fact, I think it's extremely detrimental to my kids. I don't approve of my behavior, because frankly, it says 1. I'm out of control and 2. I'm selfish enough to know it, and yet do it anyway. So, I've been trying really hard to stop yelling. And when I do, I have been having to apologize to my kids… which usually results in them thinking that whatever behavior they were doing in the first place to get yelled at suddenly became okay to do because mom was the one apologizing, not them. So then I've had to go back and fix that too. It's really a lot more work on my part in the long run to yell.
Well, I came upon this blog this morning from a reformed yelling mom. It's such basic information, but it's a good reminder for me. Plus it's just nice to know that I'm not the only mom who has or does struggle with this.
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Drinks will start flowing around 4. Grilling around 6. It is kind of potluck style and BYOB, although I will probably have a large batch of mojitos mixed up. Expect some bike sprint races to follow awards!
All card holders bring their best hand of 5 cards (One hand per player. If you have more than 5 cards, make your best single hand of 5. If you have only 3 cards, still bring the best hand you can make.). No wild cards, straight 5 card poker. 1st prize will be worth hundreds of dollars (no used arm casts!) with 2nd and 3rd prizes substantially less.


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30 Novels, # 2: Signatures of all things I am here to read
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Thomas, thanks so much for sharing your experience of these books with us. It is great to see how these pivotal works have shaped your own writing, and also to recognise some similarities with books from my own past. Best wishes, Jenny Turton (Australia)
- November 4, 2012 at 4:04 PM
- Thomas Wharton said...
Thank you Jenny. If you're interested in contributing a guest post to this month of novels, let me know!
- November 5, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- Paul G said...
I can still remember the first time I finished a novel by Dostoevsky. I had thought before that novels could transcend the realm of mere entertainment, but the transition from Jack Whyte's Uther to The Brothers Karamazov was the moment in which I realised the the real effect which novels could have. That said, I'm only halfway through Ulysses to date, but I do intend to finish at some point, maybe after a few more of Faulkner's works...they're easier to grasp.
- November 7, 2012 at 11:02 PM
- Thomas Wharton said...
The Brothers Karamazov was also a book like that for me, Paul. I'll be writing about it later this month.
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July forth ended with bangs, and the weekend closed out with my Summer session A classes starting up Tomorrow (Monday, July 7th 2008). First off, my grades for my last classes were posted. I got 100% on the final in math so that secured my A (I was slightly worried because I missed a quiz so I spent most of the class crawling back up from a B). I got 98% on the final in my other class (which I've already forgotten what it was) though I only needed about 20% to get the A.
For my classes now, I've already been reading the books for GSP 260. The Art of the Game is a really great book so far. It really fits with my thoughts and interests and looks to be rewarding in future chapters. I don't know why I didn't already own this book. The other book, The Complete Guide to Game Audio is starting off a real snooze. I'm trying not to be down on it because I realize how much trouble I have with audio (I have very little sense of rhythm, and can't "see" the layers in music, let alone tell you what instruments are being used). But this book is coming across badly for me. I've read dozens of books on film making, storyboarding, photography, graphics, etc., some good and some bad. The bad ones read similar to this one. Advice from a guy who has had minor successes in the business, but ultimately is no Spielberg. I'm giving it a shot though, hoping that the intro chapters aren't indicative of the overall take-away.
I've looked over GSP-260's assignment syllabus whatever and it looks like there is going to be a crazy-strange amount of work. I'm slightly disappointed in the assignment approach because its basically asking you to design a game of your choice, so long as it has 3d characters, 3d objects and levels. Most of my ideas, the ideas I think aren't just like "GTA but in Hawaii", aren't necessarily 3D and may not have "characters" perse. Of course, I guess I'll just take one of my clone ideas with a twist and expand on it. Minivan nights is my choice, but we'll see with more time into the class.
The math class, GSP 320, looks like it should be a breeze. This time I'll make sure not to miss any quizzes or assignments. I've already done the first week assignment and technically classes don't even start until Monday.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
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Polls closed in California about 11 hours ago. So I'm listening to NPR talking about the results on the clock radio this morning. In an hour, they never mentioned the election results. They had a lot of happy interviews with Hillary people saying how wonderful Hillary's victory was, but never in an hour of NPR talk did I hear any real results, like how many votes cast, how much the winner won by, size of Republican and Democratic turnout. Just an hour of happy talk. So I got up, turned on the TV to Fox, and not much better. I did learn that Hillary beat The Bern by 11% in California, which is solid, but that's it.
So I got in the net. To bad, Fire fox was unable to connect to anything. So, I trudged down to the basement, found my cable modem and my router. Unplugged both for the count of ten. Plugged back in, and voila, internet connectivity was back. So I decided to post on my blog. Next I'll see if we have any election results on the net.


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I am currently using DIYFish vCarie and v2.2b. (As of the writing of this post the DIYFish shop is on vacation until September 13). You can find links to these specific inserts in my detailed set up post here.
The video is very detailed so I will just post a few up close shots here. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below.
|My post it dashboard and the beginning of my project planning section.
|Master Project Index
|Someday/Maybe Project List
|School Sub-Section Index
|My School "Project"
|Color Coding Key
|DIYFish vCarie Monthly Calendar
|DIYFish vCarie Monthly overview where I list tasks and projects for the month and break
them down by the week
|DIYFish v2.2b weekly chart where I break the tasks for my projects down by day.
|A very full and busy daily page(v2.2b day on 2 pages) where my projects are colored coded
and listed with other tasks for the day.
And here is the video detailing it all:
Links to Items Mentioned in Video:
My Online College Experience/Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9XnSHBeRI
Alexis "Miss Trenchcoat" Projects and Goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d707BpzV6W0


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/dev/null NetHack Tournament 2005 Starts Tomorrow 43
Elitist Snob writes "Registrations for the 7th Annual /dev/null nethack tournament are now open. Time to start cursing at how unfair the Random Number Generator has been to you today. (Or you can just start another holy war about which interface is the best.)" All you folks who shake your canes and say that these new fangled threedee graphics aren't needed, this is your chance to shine. Update: 10/31 16:13 GMT by Z : Thanks to HanClinto for pointing out that if you're new to the tourney you need to wait until Midnight tonight to sign up. Previous year's players can sign up now.


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What is your venue name, industry rating and where is your venue located?
The Alwnick Garden, Gardener's Cottage, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1NQ
What facilities does your venue boast?
Wedding & Events venue, tourist attraction
Does your venue cater for weddings? If so, what numbers can you accommodate and what packages do you offer?
We can accommodate up to 200 ceremony, 180 sat down meal and 300 evening reception (all depending on set up).
Winter Wedding package @ £3,999.00 (October - March)
What about events, both large and small, what numbers can you accommodate?
Any event between 30 – 700 (depending on set up and requirements)
Can guests stay over at your venue? What accommodation is on offer?
We do not provide accommodation, but we are in town centre location with 15 traditional B&B's and also we offer a discount with the Hogs Head hotel.
Tell us about your food/ menus/ wines...
Our menu offer both traditional and modern options which are cooked from scratch in our kitchens, the catering is provided by Ramside Estate one of the biggest catering providers in the North East. We have a large and affordable range of delicious wines.
What sets your venue apart from others?
It is a unique contemporary venue, well known in the UK and the rest of the world. Perfect for outstanding photographs to treasure. A place full of magic that would make your big day a truly wonderful affair never to be forgotten!
Here are a few of our forthcoming events...


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"The wheels came off the wagon because the vetting process was not followed," Ms. Napolitano told the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday.Sorry, but I am not buying a word of that, particularly given that the report was "leaked" just ahead of the April 15th Tea Party protests that went on all over America.
"The report is no longer out there," she said. "An employee sent it out without authorization."
And even though this report has been "withdrawn" and is slated to be re-written, the proverbial cat is now well out of the bag.
I find it not a little disturbing that those of us who stand in support of this nation's founding document are now officially considered to be extremists, subversives, and even potential terrorists, by our very own government.
I care not how this report is going to be massaged, tweaked and re-worded, as I fully expect the end result will be just as insulting as before.
Perhaps even more so.
You can read the entire Washington Times story here.
Napolitano should be fired and packed off to Arizona. Tomorrow would be good. Yesterday would have been better.


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Education Value
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Some people say:Wife is a HARIMAU ...............Girlfriend is HARI HARI MAHU
And some say:Wife is like TV, Girlfriend is like Handphone (HP)
At home watch TV, Go out bring HP.
No money, sell TV. Got money change HP.
Sometimes enjoy TV but most of the time play with HP.
TV free for life but HP, if you don't pay, the services will be terminated.
TV is big, bulky and most of the time old but HP is cute, slim, curvy and
very portable at any time.
Operational cost for TV is often acceptable but for HP is high and often demanding.
Most Important, TV got remote but HP don't have.
Last but not least.......TV do not have virus but HP have VIRUS......Once get it,
HABIS LAH.So better choose TV lah...
(Honeybuzz says..Hehehehe..yalah..get virus..buy one free one promo arr..huhuhu)
Monday, October 6, 2008
Another EMAIL crap!! Haiyaa........
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- Minsulod said...
hi honey...
sure would like to have u as one of my blogger friend. Will add you too.
- October 7, 2008 at 2:43 AM
- HoneyBUZZin said...
Thanks Minsulod. Glad to know you too. Adios!
- October 7, 2008 at 4:40 PM
- Ryuzaki "L" The KiD said...
because of the virus only so we should not pics hp? Hmm.. wonder if we keep both tv and hp at the same time.. Kiddin!
- October 13, 2008 at 12:35 PM
- HoneyBUZZin said...
Ryu....hahahahaha..'u better watch out..you better be good'...lalalala
- October 13, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- ReNo said...
I prefer TV la like dis..kekeke so funny...
- October 13, 2008 at 9:30 PM
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News and Views About the Past, Present, and Future of the Bayonne Bridge
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Retailers urge labor, management to avoid port shutdowns; ILA says may be inevitable
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: "Riley predicted that with the raising of New Jersey's Bayonne Bridge to let larger shipping vessels go through, more and more port workers will be needed but that it's hard to get workers who are qualified by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. He said the Waterfront Commission was "unnecessarily interfering" and is turning qualified workers away."
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Winter has a way of bleaching what it touches. If I look out my window today, I see a pale palette: the white of snow, the straw colored vegetation, the gray of tire marks and what little cement I can see. It seemed perfect, then, that the first challenge for DLP (Documented Life Project) was to create a neutral background.
This "technique" isn't new to me. Heck, it's not new to any of the collage artists I admire most.
In fact, it's the basis of most of my work. I've long been a fan of using old books in my work. I'm also a fan of the variation in color. Book pages aren't white. They're ivory, beige, tan, ecru, and endless other shades.
I often make these sorts of backgrounds, only to cut them up into smaller pieces for use as card fronts or ATCs.
While fascinated by the process, I think I will hold off on the other part of the challenge, which is to cover over these backgrounds with gesso, paint, etc.
Instead, I think I'm going to continue with the meditation. That is, after all, what this was for me. Limiting the palette and stripping away content--the need for a focal point--allowed me to focus on texture, pattern, and simply organization. It allowed me to revel, for a moment, in the bits and pieces that I save.
These are 8 1/2" x 11", but I think I'm going to apply the winter palette to some larger canvases to see what emerges.


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Because I love ruins and jungle, I jumped at the chance to take a two-day tour to the ruins of Yaxchilan and Bonampak, and a hike through the Lancandon Jungle.
Of course I forgot how these things go – long van rides, lots of waiting around for drivers, everyone trying to sell you something, crappy food, never delivering what they promise.
But still, we sign up for these tours because honestly, it's the best way to do things sometimes.
Stacey, another backpacker who was in my dorm who I befriended my first day, agreed to come up, despite her fear of snakes. We saw none. No regrets there.
We left at 6am, well, we waited beginning at 6am and finally our bus came, 20 or 25 minutes late. We drove about two hours and stopped for breakfast at one of those tourist restaurants – the kind that really only cater to tour groups. We ate, got back in the van to sit some more. I read Outside magazine (thanks, V, for sending), Confederacy of Dunces on my Kindle, wrote, and slept.
Then we paid 15 pesos and popped out at a boat launch. We took a 30 minute boat ride on the river the separates Mexico and Guatemala, and got out and hiked around Yaxchilan. It was quite impressive. We had to enter through a dark ruin to get to the Gran Plaza to the main part of the ruins. We sat bats, not fun. After walking around, looking, taking photos, I sat in the shade for a bit and wrote, daydreaming, wondering what's next. I climbed a lot of steps, which is what you do at these sort of ruins. I pitied anyone wearing flipflops.
I climbed the "Pequena Acropylysis" and after a 5 minute hike up windy, jungly stairs, was rewarded by being the only person at the top of a series of ruins. Incredible. I took photos, felt how powerful it all was. Pretty remarkable.
Then we hopped in the boat back, and went to lunch which actually wasn't terrible (though it was cheese quesadillas, the standard for vegetarians). I drank a bunch of hibiscus tea, mmmmmm.
They had vendors in front, of course.
Next, we headed to Bonampak. The ruins were smaller but they had well-preserved painted murals inside some of the ruins. Very nice.
Next, they dropped us off at our accommodations –w e were promised private rooms with private bathrooms. Perhaps they meant "primitive" instead of "private"? We did have four walls and a roof and mosquito netting…but Stacey and I ended up sharing a room, and the bathroom ended up being a shared outdoor affair – and not only did we share it with many humans, but with lots and lots of insects. We all stopped hydrating early so we wouldn't have to use it in the middle of the night.
There wasn't much to do or many places to sit and chill out. There were two ripped smelly hammocks we all took turns sharing. I ended up chatting with a nice English couple about Zipolite and received some great recommendations.
After dinner (spaghetti), we hung out for a little while drinking chamomile tea. We went to bed fully clothed (It was a little chilly.) rather early – I think I fell asleep around nine.
I woke up early enough for a run. I hadn't brought running clothes with me but I ended up running in the clothes I had worn the day before. Yes, I can run in a regular bra with a regular skirt and t-shirt. I did an hour, including plyometrics. Then I cleaned up and we ate breakfast (Mexican eggs and beans, again. Sigh.). We headed out to our jungle hike, which was more like a slow walk. Our guide was a middle aged Mexican woman who wore a purple and orange dress with flipflops and carried nothing else. We all had water and snacks and some of us even had towels.
We had to walk over a log over a river, which of course I suck at, and a nice Basque girl and Stacey held out their hands for me. We had a water crossing at one point, which was intimidating before we started, but actually quite incredible. Our guide sat on the other side, watching as we removed socks and shoes, tentatively stepping across the stones to the other side of the water.
Our guide only spoke Spanish and didn't say much. I've been on several other jungle tours, and none was this low quality. But there were only 6 of us hiking, it was pretty chill, and still nice in the jungle.
Our final destination was a waterfall. We all crossed it, went swimming. It was just beautiful. It was cold, but nice. I thought of how my old running coach would've been proud to see me sitting in the spot where cold water rushed over my legs – how fantastically recovery-esque that was.
We got back to a pretty lousy lunch (quesadillas and black beans for me, the vegetarian; the others may have liked their food more) and then we were told we had over three hours until our vans came. Well, we weren't told, I asked. We rotated usage on the hammocks, read, daydreamed, wrote letters. We had an interesting group – a Basque girl (Don't say Spanish!), a German guy, a Mexican dad and his daughter, a Canadian (that's Stacey), and me, the American girl.
We lazed around and finally the bus came. A long ride, and then, a shower and return to the real world felt wonderful.


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Bought It In Aug 2007 Brand New And Still Owning It.. — My Little Japanese Hummer! This car is a 7-seater SUV. It is a 1800cc car. Close to zero boot space but it' Ok for me as there are 4 of us only. The 3rd row seat comes in handy when there is family outing and my nieces and nephews hop on.
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Excellent Honda Suv — Bought my car for more than 2 months and travelled for 5,000km. Great Fuel consumption at about 11km/litre even after upgrading to 18 inches rim from the stock 16 inches. Excellent ride and handling. Suspension is perfect. Practical SUV and the best thing is it can sit up to 7 people! Unique design. Very rugged look despite some people don;t like the boxiness. I am enjoying it every minute of my ride and can't wait to hop onto the driver seat as and when necessary. Good pricing too.
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Pros: Look, ride, Fuel consumption, suspension, light steering
Cons: 3 row a bit cramped but acceptable as a 5+2 SUV. What more do we ask for?!
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Very Fun To Drive! Looks Bulky But Very Easy To Handle — Light pedals, good power to weight ratio. Over 140HP, 1.8 litres and at 1.4 tonnes. Sits up to 6 passengers (6+driver = 7 seater).
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'Laugh in the Dark'
Tommy Keene (Second Motion)
3.5 stars out of 5
Tommy Keene has enjoyed a cult following for more than three decades without ever becoming a household name. His guitar-based power/pop has yielded 11 studio albums, four EPs, three compilations and one live record over the years and he's back at it with solid new platter "Laugh in the Dark." This comes on the heels of 2013's terrific covers album "Excitement at Your Feet" and features 10 brand-new original compositions.
"There were always songs left over from the last project or ideas that hadn't been fleshed out," Keene explains. "What I've done in the past before starting to write for a new record would be to demo a cover or resurrect an old song of mine that I liked but never made the final cut for an album. But all the songs on 'Laugh in the Dark' were started and finished last year from April to October. I started with a completely fresh slate on this one."
Keene is in impressive form throughout the 10-track, 37-minute set. Things get off to a strong start with "Out of My Mind," "Dear Heloise" and "Last of the Twilight Girls," and he also delivers the goods on the title track, "Alone in These Modern Times," "I Want It to Be Over Now" and "All Gone Away." It's nice to see that the 57-year-old Keene has plenty of gas left in the tank. (Jeffrey Sisk)


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Trion Worlds has sent out voucher codes to PS3 players so that they may partake in the closed beta for Defiance.
I didn't give the pc beta much time to sink in, so hopefully I can see what's what in this beta.
6.245 gig download just so everyone knows itll be over before the download is done


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1) List the top 10 reasons I'm the most fortunate husband/wife in the world. Read them aloud to your spouse.
2) Surprise your mate by doing one of his or her chores. When asked why, give a smooch and say, "because you are worth it."
3) Don't just show—tell! Say, "I love you."
4) Communicate your plans to each other. On Sunday night, go over your schedules for the coming week.
5) Use the T.H.I.N.K. method to determine whether an issue needs to be brought up. Is it true? Helpful? Important? Necessary? Kind?
6) Plan an appreciation celebration for your mate, complete with his or her favorite meal.
7) Look at your schedule. Make time with your spouse a weekly priority.
8) Bring back those dating days. After picking up the sitter, walk back outside and knock on the door with flowers in your hand.
9) Don't turn on the TV until after dinnertime, if at all. Wait for a conversation to break out.
10) Pray together. Thank God for your mate, then pray for his or her special needs.
11) On your spouse's birthday, send your in-laws a thank-you card.
12) Set boundaries in outside relationships. Don't let anyone take away too much of the time you spend with your spouse.
13) Are you seeing eye to eye? Experts have found the deeper the love, the more frequent the eye contact.
14) Pull out old love letters, taking turns reading and reminiscing.
15) Take turns reading the Bible each night.
16) Stretch out birthdays with special activities, fun surprises and a whole lot of hoopla.
17) Be a student of your spouse. Learn what he likes. Learn what she needs.
18) Treat your wife like a lady. Open doors and hold chairs.
19) Throw away fighting words like "you never…" and "you should…" Use healing words like "I'm sorry…" and "you might be right."
20) Make church attendance a joyful priority.
21) Instead of making a joke at your spouse's expense, give a sincere compliment.
22) Create traditions as a couple by budgeting money for special times together.
23) Be affectionate. Back rubs and tender hand-holding communicate love.
24) Choose your battles carefully.
25) Be a person of integrity. Give your spouse no reason to doubt your word or question your commitment.


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As anyone who has ever grabbed my love handles can tell you, I love to eat. However, I don't love to cook. There was a time in my life 10 years ago, when I was in a relationship, and he and I did cook for each other. I could make a few things – omelettes, broiled fish, stir fry, meat loaf, broiled 1/2-chicken; that's about it.
But more recently, I am just:
A) So super busy that I often don't get home until late at night, and
B) I just don't enjoy it. It's the last thing I feel like doing after a long, busy day.
So, besides making myself granola in the mornings, I would just eat out a lot. I'm also a thoroughly routine-oriented person, and if I like something, I will just eat it over and over again until I can't stand it anymore and need to switch to something else. Case in point: Chipotle. Giant, Hagrid-sized burritos made with simple ingredients – vegetarian-fed meat raised in a sustainable way, and organic veggies. I heart Chipotle chicken burritos so much and would one every day around 5:00 p.m.
Then, there's also Starbucks, which gives me a totes emotional boner. I swear, I probably react to The Bux the way most kids feel when they see Disneyland. And it's been a challenge finding coffee up to par in Israel, as evidenced by this column I wrote on the subject. Finally, there's Billy's Bakery – opened by a defector from the NYC's legendary Magnolia Bakery, the cupcakes and cake slices there are just WORTH THE THOUSANDS OF CALORIES THEY PROBABLY CONTAIN.
So, I knew I wanted to have as much Chipotle, Starbucks and Billy's as I possibly could while I was in New York. And I did hit all three. But as Murphy's Law would have it, sometimes when I was hungry and needed a bite on-the-go NOW, I couldn't find a Chipotle (even though they're on like every corner of Manhattan).
So, here, since you didn't asked for it, is the tally of how much of my fave foods I had while in NYC last week:
Starbucks – 6
Chipotle – 1
(which really should have been three, but I couldn't get to one in time; must feed the beast, you know. Both those times I settled for local NY pizza…b/c you know, Israeli pizza is just fake.)
Billy's – 2
(one trip was two slices of cake – boxed for home – and one cupcake to eat on the way; 2nd trip was merely two slices boxed for home – P.S. is it just me, or does junk food always tastes better when consumed home alone in secret?)
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i ALWAYS ate my cake from the Valley's BEST cafe at home in secret in front of the tv. and i always shed a tiny tear while doing so.


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June 21, 2009
Goals n Things
My whole life I have never been the healthiest person and my weight has always been up and down. Unfortunately, I have not been blessed with the greatest metabolism or the desire to be active regularly.... but this all has to change. Last year I lost 20 lbs and since then, I have gained a little over 10 lbs of it back! I hate it because I know how good it felt to lose the weight and just have the energy to do more things. Tomorrow I am going to start up on journaling my meals and snacks and will be working my best at having a regular workout 1 hour per day, 5 days out of the week. I know that this will help keep me motivated to eat healthy too.
Here are a couple of other things I look forward to completing while "unemployed:"
-- Read my Bible each day
-- Pray more
-- Read My Sister's Keeper
-- Throw things away!
-- Organize my Scrap stuff
-- Catch up with my Albums
-- Work on items for an Etsy shop
-- Go to bed at a regular time!
Some of you may have similar goals and I hope that you guys all will be able to achieve them (in a timely matter haha). I am going to blog on my achievements as they come along, I hope you dont mind! Sometimes I just need a little accountability to keep moving forward and I am really looking forward to finding my successful in as many of these goals as possible while out of work. God willing I wont be out of work for too long, but either way, I hope that this time will get me into some better habits :)
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- Anonymous said...
Amy I am with you on this. I have been out of work since September and this is getting old fast. We live in a coastal community and not much here.
I will try to be a buddy of sorts as I need to do these things also.
I need to work my business some every day as well, because I have had a tendency to believe that if I just talk about it, people would want to purchase such great products. I am going to go back through and DO in order the courses in the Master's Training Academy and the Continuing Education.
I need to do it since we moved and a lot has been forgotten and changed.
God be with us as we travel a new road. Hugs
- June 22, 2009 at 1:00 AM
- Karen said...
Great goals! You will love "My Sister's Keeper" although you need to know that books by this author are books that provoke thought and reflections. They are not always 'happily ever after books.' I have read several of her books and love them because they really make me stop and think about how I feel but at the same time, I always need a 'pick me up' book next. I wish you the best on your goals!
- June 22, 2009 at 6:08 AM
- Emma H said...
Is is wrong to wish to be unemployed? (at least for the summer?) I'd like to spend more time with my kids, but DH says we need both incomes. Sigh.
My Sister's keeper is great but keep the kleenex handy, you may need them by the end!
- June 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- Amy Schultz said...
I have to say that I am totally enjoying unemployment and (not so secretly) enjoying not being able to find a job thus far. It is ok, Emma, I had a bunch of friends that were jealous when I told them that I had been laid off :)
As for Sister's Keeper -- cant find it anywhere, so I will have to decide if I want to wait to see the movie before I read it... we will see!
Thanks ladies!
- June 23, 2009 at 4:20 PM