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No More Training WheelsMay 9, 2010 at 3:11 pm | Posted in Chili, eggs | 36 Comments
Tags: green chili, Mother's Day, Poached Eggs, poaching pods, The Blind Side
Remember your first bicycle? I think it must have been about 3rd grade when I received my beautiful purple Schwinn. I remember how uneasy I felt the first time my dad let go of the handle bars while running along side of me, for my first solo trip without the training wheels. I remember my mom watching nervously and wringing her hands. Of course I promptly fell in the dirt, and with the help of Band-Aids and determination eventually became a bicycle riding fool adding flashy purple tassels on the handle grips and clothes-pinning baseball cards in the spokes to make a lot of racket when I went real fast.
So what does this have to do with food?
Dinner last night was supposed to be skewered grilled shrimp and tilapia finished with some jalapeno butter for dipping, but at 6:30 when I decided I was starving and had better start dinner the recipe instructed that I marinade the seafood for at least an hour. Don't you hate when that happens?
Plan B: Dig around in the refrigerator, fry up some corn tortillas, top with some warmed up green chili and nestle a poached egg in on top.
I had just started my 2nd glass of wine and feeling a false sense of security, threw caution to the wind and decided to ditch the egg poaching pods.
That's right, no more training wheels. I boiled some water, added some vinegar, got the water swirling like a tornado and slid in the raw egg. It worked like a charm and I didn't even fall in the dirt. No Band-Aids were necessary.
Bye Bye green silicone egg poaching pod training wheels. Bye Bye odd-shaped poached eggs…forever!
Don't they even kind of look like training wheels?
As you can imagine, I'm completely tickled with myself. So tickled that I have to post way too many unnecessary photos.
So with all that said, Happy Mother's day to all. I feel a perfect celebratory weekend has already begun. The wine we opened last night was a delicious Joseph Swan Russian River Valley Pinot…yum! After my poached egg victory we watched The Blind Side. What a great movie to kick off Mother's Day. LOVED it.
We're brunching out this morning with the kids. Tonight I'll start the marinade early enough to have my grilled shrimp and tilapia skewers. It couldn't have worked out better since yesterday was chilly and predicted temperatures at grilling time this evening will be in the 70's
For fun, in the comment section, why don't you share a bicycle "incident" memory. Whether it be a proud decoration, or a stunt that brought mom running with Band-aids and kisses.
Salute to Moms everywhere, and may your poached eggs be perfectly swirled and runny.
Chipolte Buffalo Chili with Lime CremaFebruary 15, 2010 at 10:35 pm | Posted in Chili | 18 Comments
Tags: Buffalo, Chili, Lime Crema
I'm starting off this post with a photo of the Lime Crema. This mixture of sour cream, lime zest and lime juice is key to the uniqueness of this chili. Michele, who originally posted this recipe and judge at the chili cookoff contest noted that she was unimpressed with the stand-alone flavors without this Crema. I agree, it is a fabulous addition.
I saw this recipe over at Cooking with Michele and couldn't resist giving it a try as this took 2nd place in a chili cookoff here in Denver. I also found this recipe on another food blog, weeknightgourmet.com who indicates the recipe comes from Bon Apetite.
Anyway, the combination of ingredients just sounded too interesting to pass up. So if you're looking for something different here's a new Chili Recipe for you.
Chipotle Bison Chili with Lime Crema
Adapted from Nora Neureiter, Second Place Winner of the 2009 Leyden Street Chili Cookoff
Serves 12
3 pounds ground bison (I used two pounds. You can use ground beef, as well.)
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, optional (see instructions)
Salt and pepper
3 cups chopped onions, about 2 medium onions
6 garlic cloves, finely chopped (I used four large.)
1/2 cup chili powder
2 14-ounce cans beef broth
1 14-ounce can crushed tomatoes with juices
1/2 cup stout or dark beer (Didn't have any stout, so used plain old Coors.)
4 minced canned chipotle chiles (These things are H-O-T, so I removed veins and seeds.)
2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
2 15 1/2-ounce cans black beans, rinsed and drained
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 cup sour cream
1 lime, zested and juiced
And my very own secret ingredient addition to this recipe, revealed below.
Heat a large stock pot over medium high heat. If your ground meat is very lean, add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil to the pot before adding the ground meat. Season with a little salt and pepper and cook until meat is completely browned, using a spoon to break up meat. Remove cooked meat to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
Add onions and garlic to the meat drippings and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Return beef to the pot and add chili powder, broth, tomatoes, beer and chiles. Bring to a boil, reduce to low, cover partially, and cook until very thick, about 1-2 hours.
When chili is thick, stir in cornmeal and add black beans. Let simmer together for 10 minutes before serving. Combine sour cream with lime zest and juice of one lime and serve chili in bowls with a spoonful of lime cream on top.
To serve, ladle a large dollop of Lime Crema in the middle of your chili, and you know me well enough to know that life isn't complete with a sprinkling of chopped Cilantro.
My secret ingredient is two Kiefer lime leaves. I added these when I added the tomatoes and broth and fished them out before serving. I think it added a subtle sweet lime flavor to the overall dish.
This recipe is a keeper and DEElicious. Enjoy.
White Bean Chili SmackdownNovember 25, 2009 at 12:26 am | Posted in Chili | 34 Comments
Tags: Dinner, White Bean Chili
Can I see a show of hands of how many of you watch "Giada At Home" on Food Network??? … Ok, good…a few. For those of you who don't, the show features Giada creating perfect meals for her perfect husband and perfect friends, served on perfect plates, in her perfect ocean view kitchen, in her perfect house that sits on the perfect California beach…oh, and while perfectly dressed.
Well, just be forewarned that the next time you tune it, don't be surprised if you see our very own Buffalo Dick cooking in that perfect kitchen instead of Giada. I'm just sayin…It could happen! You've got to admit, it does have a ring to it "Buffalo Dick at Home" And Buff, I hope you put your foot down if the producers try to make you show cleavage.
Well it appears that we have a White Bean Chili Smackdown.
This is what makes food blogging so fun, a little bit of friendly competition. So in my best Michael Buffer voice: Are you ready to RUMBLE???
A couple of weeks ago I unwittingly posted a White Bean Chili recipe that I watched Giada make on her "Giada at Home" Food Network program. Delicious, so I quickly blogged, and confidently exclaimed that it was the best White Bean Chili EVER. You can review that post by clicking HERE.
Soon after the post, I received an email from Buffalo Dick over at "Opinions and Rectums, We All Have One" saying that he had an Award Winning White Bean Chili recipe. How could I resist a comparison. You can view his blog HERE I begged him for the recipe, gained his permission to blog about it and here's my opinion (see he's right, we all have one) about his Chili. This just might be the best White Bean Chili recipe EVER! Folks, my husband and I had a FIT over this recipe, right there at the dining room table – a FIT. After Thanksgiving, I highly recommend you give this a try.
Move over Giada, here we go:
Gather ingredients.
These cumin seeds smelled sooooo good while toasting. We'll add about 2 Tablespoons of these towards the end. After lightly toasting, Buff said to grind them, but in my excitement I forgot to do that.
Beautiful bell peppers.
Chop and brown chicken breasts and Italian Sausage separately. Remove to a plate.
Finely chop jalapeno (seeds and veins removed), sweet onion and bell peppers. I sautéed these in the same pan that I browned the meats. Deglaze the pan first with a bit of chicken broth to scrape up all those delicious browned meat bits sticking to the bottom. Buff said that you can also add some chopped celery. Didn't have any, so didn't.
I used fresh frozen Colorado sweet corn that I froze in September. It's so delicious.
Return meat and add remaining ingredients (except Alfredo Sauce, Jalapeno Pepper and cumin seed) to the Dutch oven and let simmer for about 30 minutes.
About 5 minutes before serving add the toasted cumin seeds, Garlic Alfredo Sauce and the Jalapeno Salsa. This is where I became scared…very scared. I have never used Jalapeno Salsa before and wanted to make sure I didn't add too much heat. This really ended up to be a great flavor addition to this Chili. I probably used 1/2 of the can.
Voila! Delicious. I love the flavor that the sliced black olives added to this soup. And of course that cheese! Yum.
Here's Buff's unabridged recipe:
1. 3 Lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts, seasoned with light salt and white pepper, cooked and cubed
2. 2 15oz. cans of low sodium chicken broth
3. 1 lb. of sweet Italian sausage, crumbled and browned.
4. 1 yellow, 1 green bell pepper chopped
5. 6-7 Jalapeno peppers , seeded and chopped finely
6. 1 jar of Great Northern white beans- around 30 oz, rinsed and drained
7. 1 large onion, chopped
8. 2 teaspoons of white pepper, 1 teaspoon crushed garlic, 2 teaspoons of Mexican Oregano
9. 1 15oz can of sweet corn- crisp, and drained
Simmer all ingredients until veggies are soft, but not mushy
Add 1 to 1-1/2 jars of garlic Alfredo sauce , stir in slowly until incorporated into liquid
Add ground hot Jalapeno salsa (La Victoria) to taste
Garnish when served in bowls with grated Parmesan and Romano cheese, and sliced black olives.
So Buff, thanks for the inspiration to try another White Bean Chili Recipe. Can't wait to serve it to friends and family, my popularity will sky-rocket! I'm sending you the "My Year On The Grill Inspirational I Can Cook That Award"
Odd Couple White Bean ChiliNovember 13, 2009 at 4:23 am | Posted in Chili, Soup | 26 Comments
Tags: Soup, White Bean Chili
This just may be the best White Bean Chili I've ever had – EVER!
The odd combination of the flavors march right up the aisle, all the way to the altar, and to everyone's surprise, and without much ceremony, join in holy matrimony.
Giada served this up a couple of months ago on Giada at Home. I went to foodnetwork.com, bookmarked the recipe and vowed to give it a try.
First of all, I've never seen chard in a White Chili recipe, nor have I seen Parmesan Cheese in a White Chili recipe. But they seemed happy, so who am I to judge.
2nd of all, Chard is about the most beautiful vegetable to prepare. Those deep rich green leaves with the red veins and those luscious colored stalks. It just makes me feel good about adding it. I think my New Year's Resolution might be to get to know Chard a bit better.
Plus I must say that this Fall I froze a lot of delicious fresh Colorado sweet corn, cutting the kernels off the cob and saving them for special occasions such as this.
The only thing I changed with this recipe was to garnish with cilantro instead of parsley. Yum either way. Enjoy!
White Bean and Chicken Chili, courtesy Giada De Laurentiis:
2 Tbs olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 lbs ground chicken
1 tsp salt, plus more for seasoning
2 Tbs ground cumin
1 Tbs fennel seeds
1 Tbs dried oregano
2 tsp chili powder
3 Tbs flour
2 (15-ounce cans) cannellini or other white beans, rinsed and drained
1 bunch (about 1 pound) Swiss chard, stems removed, leaves chopped into 1-inch pieces
1 1/2 cups frozen corn, thawed
4 cups low-sodium chicken stock
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Freshly ground black pepper for seasoning
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the ground chicken, 1 teaspoon salt, cumin, fennel seeds, oregano, and chili powder. Cook, stirring frequently, until the chicken is cooked through, about 8 minutes. Stir the flour into the chicken mixture. Add the beans, Swiss chard, corn, and chicken stock. Bring the mixture to a simmer, scraping up the brown bits that cling to the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 55-60 minutes until the liquid has reduced by about half and the chili has thickened. Add the red pepper flakes and simmer for another 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Ladle the chili into serving bowls. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.
Ina's Creamy Mustard Vinaigrette and Odd ChiliSeptember 17, 2009 at 1:40 pm | Posted in Chili, Salad Dressings | 8 Comments
Tags: Cincinnati Chili, Dinner, salad dressing
Wouldn't it be kinda cool to be famous enough that when someone refers to you by first name that everyone automatically knows who they're talking about? Ina…Julia…Giada…Emeril.
Even cooler is the fact that the world of blogging has brought us normal people celebrities. We may not identify them by first name, but who doesn't know everyone's hometown hero Pioneer Woman. I started my food blog in May. My Facebook posts were commonly scrumptous teaser titles of what I was preparing for dinner. Kind of a "here kitty kitty" to all of my friends. Finally someone suggested that I start a blog. What? I had never read a blog, didn't know anything about them. Well, it didn't take me long to get hooked. The most pleasant surprise in my new world of blogging is finding so many interesting people who open up their kitchens and their lives to us with similar interests – everyday cooking and life.
Thanks to blogging, I'd much rather read and cook along with Noble Pig and her mom as they make sauerkraut and pierogi's. I always look forward to an email notification of a new post from Karen in Wichita; great recipe ideas and beautiful pictures. I don't even know how I found Karen and Cathy, I guess just poking around on different blogs to see what other people were doing. And see, I'm calling them by first name, have never met them, but feel like I know them better than a few of my neighbors. I find this much more enjoyable and personal than cooking along with Giada in her perfect kitchen with a view of the perfect beach, with her perfect husband and her perfect friends. Don't get me wrong, I love Ina, a huge fan, I Tivo and watch Giada and have saved many of her recipes. But now a days I'm much more likely to test a pizza recipe that Vickie in Montana posted rather than something I've recently seen on television or read in a magazine. Much more personal, much more fun and easier to relate to.
Was I just on a soapbox? Ok, back to Ina's delicious dressing.
I hardly ever buy bottled dressings anymore. Years ago, I discovered that one can lead a perfectly normal life without a bottle of Wishbone in the refrigerator. Homemade dressings are so easy, so delicious and so fresh and most will keep in the fridge for about a week and sometimes longer.
One of my favorites is this creamy vinaigrette that I watched Ina make one day. I love this dressing. Her recipe states that if you're afraid of the raw egg, just omit. I guess I'm not afraid of the raw egg. I mean, should I be? I always use very fresh organic eggs, purchased at Whole Foods. I just don't think the recipe would be as creamy good without it.
Here's Ina's Recipe:
Ina's Green Salad with Creamy Mustard Vinaigrette
- 3 Tbs Champagne vinegar
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp minced fresh garlic
1 extra-large egg yolk*, at room temperature
3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup good olive oil
Salad greens or mesclun mix for 6 to 8 people
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, mustard, garlic, egg yolk, salt, and pepper. While whisking, slowly add the olive oil until the vinaigrette is emulsified. Toss the greens with enough dressing to moisten and serve immediately.
Servings: 6
I served this along side Cincinnati Chili. Cincinnati Chili is about the oddest concoction I've ever seen. So odd, that I decided I better give it a try. I have to admit, it's pretty darn good, in a VERY odd sort of way.
When Googling Cincinnati Chili there were many Cincinnati Chili recipes, lots of ideas, lots of similarities…but one common rule:
Cincinnati chili lovers order their chili by number. Two, Three, Four, or Five Way.
- Two-Way Chili: Chili served on spaghetti
- Three-Way Chili: Additionally topped with shredded Cheddar cheese
- Four-Way Chili: Additionally topped with chopped onions
- Five-Way Chili: Additionally topped with kidney beans
I don't have any kidney beans on hand, so we're ordering up four-way today.
Cincinnati Chili
Adapted from Taste of Home
Slow Cooker
3 lbs ground beef
1-1/2 cups chopped onions
1-1/2 tsp minced garlic
2 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 cans (15 ounces each) tomato sauce
2 cups beef broth
1/4 cup chili powder
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 square (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1-1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp ground cloves
Hot cooked spaghetti
1. In a Dutch oven, cook the beef, onions and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
2. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the beans, tomato sauce, broth, chili powder, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, chocolate, cinnamon, cumin, salt, oregano, pepper and cloves. Stir in beef mixture.
3. Cover and cook on low for 5-1/2 to 6 hours or until heated through. Serve with spaghetti. Yield: 10 servings.
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SUKHUM, February 23 (Itar-Tass) —— Abkhazia's parliament believes that the assassination attempt against President, Alexander Ankvab, was a political crime against the achievements the country had made at the cost of tremendous efforts.
The republic's legislators expressed concern and indignation over the "daring crime and regard it as a "well-planned terrorist act aimed at liquidating the head of state and destabilizing the social and political situation in the republic."
The law-makers pointed out that several previous attempts on Ankvab's life, committed over the previous years remained unsolved.
The People's Assembly urged the law enforcement agencies to take comprehensive measures to thoroughly investigate and solve this crime and bring those responsible to justice."
The Abkhaz parliament has expressed condolences to the family of the presidential bodyguard, killed in the attack.
"The forces behind this crime must know that threats and intimidation and attempts at destabilizing the situation have made the spirit of our people still stronger and caused them to rally closer together for the sake of Abkhazia's future," the statement runs.
The assassination attempt against Ankvab took place on Wednesday morning at about 8:25 Moscow time near the village of Druzhba, on the Gudauta-Sukhum road. One bodyguard was killed and two others injured.
The Prosecutor General's Office has opened a criminal case under three articles.

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In the meantime I would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to my husband! Johnny helped me order a cake and we celebrated this afternoon with the other families on the unit. A group of us are also planning to go out tonight to a local restaurant, which, from what I have heard, gives a whole new meaning to fresh seafood (Mike, it is the restaurant you ate at with Simon).
Check out that Cake... Tasted as Good as it Looked
Fish Tanks on the Left and Sample Plates on the Right
About as Fresh as You Can Get
Unless It is Still Swimming Like This Guy
Some of the Many Unidentified (and Untranslated) Objects
Each Table has a Huge Lazy Susan and Everyone Helps Themselves (by the way, that is snake in the bottom left... tastes like really boney chicken)
Enjoying New Food, New Experiences, and New Friends


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You probably won't notice this unless I tell you,but I've deleted some of my old posts. Mainly meaningless posts, non-reviews that pretended to be reviews, and more importantly, HACHIKO. Yep. Getting more than 2000 views all time on my stats pissed me off, so I decided to finally do this.
On another note, I watched One Day as I have mentioned on my last post if I'm not mistaken, and The tree of life-I bet the whole twitter world is bored listening to me talking endlessly about it- and today I finally watched Crazy, Stupid, Love and Waiting for forever. Yes, you've guessed it right, cross the odd one out. The tree of life. Beautiful yet pointless. Meant to be meaningful but got boring in the process. I can't see how critics can call this a masterpiece for any reason.
The other three, love stories. I'm planning on doing a video movie review for each one of them. Let's just say that I loved One Day and Waiting for forever, except for the ending. Love stories in real llife don't have happy endings. I stopped believing in fairytales a long time ago. Tom Sturridge is like the best man in the world, the best of them all... I've said this again, I'm repeating myself. I know that he's just an actor and that that's not him, and that he's acting and all that, but I'd really like to believe that he's that way himself. After all, understanding how a person feels is much more normal than understanding a fictional character, the hero of a movie. Everything he said in Waiting for forever, every single word of it, spoke straight to my heart. It was like hearing my own thoughts, and reliving things and situations, but oh no she made him promise but then she loved him back. If you haven't seen the movie you won't know what I'm talking about. But love stories don't always end like this.
And then it got me thinking about the good/bad love letters. Have I ever asked anything in return? Maybe I have. I went back to the tefl site, I bet half of you know what I'm saying and half of you don't. But anyway. My account is just not there. Not under my name or any other username I've ever used. Nor my email. Is this for real? What happened? All I wanted was to read my old bad love letters to that person, and perhaps his answers. I thought that I would be able to finally understand why he did what he did, why he said what he said. But now I can't because it's gone,lost forever.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
You probably won't notice this unless I tell you,but I've deleted some of my old posts. Mainly meaningless posts, non-reviews that pretended to be reviews, and more importantly, HACHIKO. Yep. Getting more than 2000 views all time on my stats pissed me off, so I decided to finally do this.
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Forgetting how to love
Remember when i said i didn't care at all? Or something like that anyway? I still kind of dont care, but screw that as a sentence. I guess I kind of still do, otherwise I wouldn't feel a thing when I read that post of yours. You said that love at first sight and over the internet exists. Haven't we talked about this already? I used to believe that as much as you did too. But then you changed your mind as soon as you realised that the person you said you loved for more than 6 months couldn't be there with you,and that there was no point. He sent you a message one day, around a month ago I think, and you said "Well what can I say to him really?" And you left it at that cause you had a boyfriend whom you also said you loved and who probably trully loved you.
So now you say you adore this guy, his lips, his smile, everything about him, and that you knew he was special since you first saw him. I know as much as the whole internet world does, nothing less, nothing more. I saw it by accident, yes, and you could have told me if I had called you, but I didn't, so you didn't. Anyway. That's not my point. I don't know what happened between you and your ex boyfriend(right?you're not cheating on him right?)but still, I just can't get it. You've seen how this kind of relationships is, why do you keep doing that to yourself?
I don't think that what I felt is jealousy, it could be, but it most certainly wasn't. It's just this old feeling of what is left from you in me. To be honest, if I think about it that way, I can't even see why I liked you. I mean, I never found you amazingly beautiful. In theory, perhaps. I didn't found you incredibly funny or kind,either. None of this. Which is weird.
Not talking to you is the best way to distance myself from all this. I don't want to think about you, I want for just this once to think about me. That's one of the reasons I want to live abroad. Getting away from this. Making a new start. It is probably going to help, right?
Reading my old posts feels weird. Obviously I've spent months wrriting about you. Right now, when I listen to sad songs I don't think about a certain person. I can't. I think mostly about hypothetical situations. Like my friend the other day, while watching One Day: "I want this. I want to feel and experience things like this." I don't know how to end this post, because I forgot what I originally wanted to say. Bye I guess. Hope things will get better.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Prrrretty profound
Let's just start by saying that it wasn't fair for neither of us. From the moment I said I liked you, I never thought about letting go. Who thinks about that anyway? I loved you with my whole heart, I honestly did. Not from the very beginning, I only liked you back then. And I was in love. And then I started trying more, loving you more.
I don't know what love is, I don't know how it works. The only thing that I'm sure of,is that I never even stood a chance with you. You were never really my friend if you think about it. I never saw you completely the way I pretended to. Perhaps that's what I am, a pretentious human being.
You needed a friend, somebody to trust when noone was there for you, and I needed you. You as in you, in any kind of way. And I liked the fact that you trusted me, it seemed right, and it felt right to be your friend. The friend who knows your big secrets when nobody else does. If you could go back in time and tell my 15-year-old self that there would be a time that you would pick up the phone and call me, or go out with me or even think about me, I wouldn't believe you. Who would have guessed?
And now it's your turn to get mad at me. Cause am a shitty friend for all I know. We haven't spoken for weeks. You told me a thousant times to call you back and I didn't. Sometimes I wanted to, but I didn't. I said I couldn't but I don't know to what extent that's true. I just had other things to do. Studying, going out, watching movies, but not calling you. And I don't even feel bad about it. I feel bad that i don't feel bad about it, though. It's really selfish, isn't it? That makes me both pretentious and selfish. Oh god, what does that even mean? I don't care about anything right now. I want to fall in love again,I need to fall in love again,but I can't. I need to feel alive. I'm afraid of myself. I want this all to be over, without knowing the ending of the story. Do I ask too much?
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Updates on life
Sorry blogger for ignoring you. Also hello new subscriber/commenter/friend! :)
I didn't go to that Maths exam and I hilariously failed at(?) Physics. I had studied though,but that's another thing.
Did I mention we DID start a collab channel? Like,TODAY? We were supposed to start yesterday but oh well,studying got in the way. I chose Tuesday in order to avoid being the one uploading things first and suggesting themes, but seems like I ended up to be exactly that. For now at least. You should go and watch that though, cause I didn't want to make it, but I did, and I tried so hard not to seem TOO bored and tired. We're called CrazyCollaboratory and I guess you can find that through my channel as well. I also ended up saying wrong the only thing that was decided from the start:the order in which we're going to do videos. Which was NOT a good start.
And now I think I've used too many capitals in this post,but not really. I'm out. Probably going to watch a movie if I find a tiny little bit of time.
'Santa' brought me a book about DA VINCI. And it's bloody AMAZING.
Tim I'm incredibly sorry but I still haven't got your book. I don't even know what it's going to be yet,I do have something on my mind though.


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I had my 32 week doctor's appointment today and it went great. I gained 2 pounds in 2 weeks for 28 total which I am very happy with since I have 5 1/2 weeks to go (if I make it to my 38 week c-section) and am aiming to gain 30-35 pounds. My blood pressure was great. I got the flu shot. I measured 40 weeks so I grew 2 weeks in 2 weeks. I am glad I am not measuring more than 8 weeks ahead. I guess that means if I get to 38 weeks, I'll look 46 weeks pregnant. ;) The babies heartbeats were great - don't know the exact numbers, but Alexis' heartbeat was faster than Nathan's.
We talked about what happened on Saturday and she said she really thinks I was just dehydrated since I responded to the medicine and fluids and have been fine Sunday. I am not on modified bedrest anymore (PRAISE THE LORD!) I will be taking it easier and definitely hydrating so I don't have another incident. She seems confident I will make it since my cervix is as good as it can be even for a non-pregnant woman. I really hope so.
That being said, we talked about my scheduled c-section. I asked for her input and we went through all the scenarios. Both babies are head down so I could attempt a VBAC if they stay that way. She gave me all of the possibilities - 1) I could labor and have a successful VBAC, 2) I could labor and have no progress, 3) I could have one baby vaginally and one c-section if they both didn't cooperate, or 4) I could just go ahead and have the c-section. Since I was in labor with Luke for 26 hours and was jacked up on pitocin and never dialated past 5cm (even though that doesn't mean I couldn't labor easily this time) and I've had a c-section and know what to expect, I am going to go ahead with a c-section (even if I do go in labor on my own). I am not down with being in labor for a day, having a c-section anyways, or having both a vaginal delivery and c-section. She seemed to think that was a good choice.
My next checkup will be in 2 1/2 weeks on October 1st (Friday). I will be having another growth ultrasound that day. I can't wait to see the babies again. It's crazy to think that the next time I go, I will be 3 weeks from my scheduled c-section date. It's going faster now even though some days (and nights) feel really long.


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Monday, March 9, 2009
Today is the day Muslims throughout the world observe the day Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. was born. There have been many opinions regarding this observance. Some say that it should be seen in an optimistic and positive light and therefore, should be continued while there are others who think that such celebration is improper. So much has happened in the Muslim world either locally or globally and a lot has changed since our Prophet's passing. Like any other society or community in this world, I believe Muslims need to find a common ground on which they can work towards reaching greater heights instead of finding faults due to dissimilar interests or opinions. More than 1430 years have passed since Prophet Muhammad made his migration from Mecca to Medina and since then, there have been countless disagreements (and bloodshed) about this and that. It's time we put aside our differences. Granted, we can never see eye to eye on every single issue that comes up but we should never let false pride, arrogance and ego take precedence over our unity and harmony. Our beloved Prophet risked everything when he tried to bring the people together and he did succeed. The foundation has already been laid so it is our responsibility to build over the foundation and make it stronger instead of breaking it down into pieces. May this day and this day onwards bring us together as it should be.
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December 16, 2016 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese Pound (SSP) has lost about 80% of its value, nearly 12 months since the Central Bank floated the exchange rate against the U.S dollar, as most South Sudanese families anticipate tough times during this festive season.
- Thousands of people match in Bor, Jonglei State to celebrate Christmas Eve (ST/File)
"My children want new clothes, but I am not sure of what they will eat tomorrow. It is not about new cloths now," Mary Yar, a mother of three, told Sudan Tribune Friday.
A resident of Lologo, a Juba surburb, Yar moved to the South Sudan capital in 2014, after conflict displaced her from Bor in Jonglei state.
For her children, however, Christmas is a season for new clothes.
"I would buy each of them a pair of shoe, trousers and everything they required but now, I have to use any money on what they will eat," narrates the mother of three.
Yar does not have a permanent job. At the moment, she works in a restaurant as a waitress, earning a daily wage of 100 SSP (about $1).
Yar is among the millions of South Sudanese calling off luxurious celebrations during this festive season. Millions of South Sudanese have, as a result of war, been displaced from their homes and face severe food shortages. Government has not paid its workers for months and this, for instance, saw teachers strike in Jonglei state.
Presently, one U.S dollar trades between 90 and 100 SSP in the parallel market.
There is scarcity of hard currency in South Sudan, a landlocked country that depends on imports of food and medical among others from neighboring countries.
On Wednesday, South Sudan President Salva Kiir duly acknowledged the hard situation in the country, saying he too felt the pain most families faced, but offered no remedies to the situation.
"I was planning to spend my Christmas in Nairobi but have to think twice," John Moro, a resident of Juba told Sudan Tribune on Friday.
Moro said he earns about 3,000 SSP, a substantially good pay in a nation where most civil servants are paid less than 1,000 SSP monthly.
"Juba is now very expensive and very hot," explains Moro.
A meal, in most Juba restaurants, now costs SSP 100 or more, but prices are higher in hotels due to the deteriorating economic situation.
"If I was to spend my Christmas or New Year day with friends in a good restaurant, it will cost me three months pay," stressed Moro.
The festive seasons, which are meant to host friends, buy new cloths and make trips to the countryside, would pass unnoticed. Some Christian Churches organ street marches on the eve of Christmas and children, like Yar's, want to attend when dressed in new attires.
"My prayer is tranquility in the country. If there is peace, I may choose to leave in the country and my children will be happy and enjoy celebrations without fear of hunger or failure to buy new cloths," said Yar.


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The Tasmanian Government takes farm safety extremely seriously and urges a fresh focus on the issue during National Farm Safety Week.
Running from 17 to 21 July, the theme for 2017 National Farm Safety Week is "creating a resilient, safe and healthy ag community".
National Farm Safety Week highlights the importance of business and industry working together to increase the well-being of Australian farmers and reduce the death and injuries associated with health and safety risks on farms.
The Tasmanian Government allocated an additional $600,000 in the 2017-18 State Budget to provide continued support for the Safe Farming Tasmania Program over the next four years.
Our farming families and rural communities are our greatest asset and investing in the safety of our people is critical if we are to grow the value of agriculture to $10 billion by 2050.
Through guidance and advice, Safe Farming Tasmania Program is changing the culture on the farm. The Farm Safe Tasmania Program is driven by education and encourages increased health, safety and well‑being awareness and work health and safety behavioural change within our rural sector by assisting industry with practical guidance and information.
The program aims to reduce farm related death, injury and disease, and improve the health, safety and well‑being of workers in the Tasmanian rural sector with heightened awareness and practical programs.
By providing practical advice, information and support tailored to suit the needs of each individual business the Safe Farming Tasmania Program has become a respected and trusted source of work health and safety information.
Safe Farming Tasmania is a joint initiative between the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) and WorkSafe Tasmania.
In the three years to March 2017, the Safe Farming Tasmania program, which is free, has assisted about 1000 farming enterprises with practical work health and safety guidance and advice.
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(NYS) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRB-NY) released its monthly report [pdf] about results from the Empire State Manufacturing Survey on November 15. Their analysis shows that overall manufacturing conditions in NYS have weakened – the current general index is in fact negative, where a negative reading indicates worsening business conditions.
The weakening of current general business conditions for NYS manufacturers is captured by many indexes of current conditions reported by the FRB-NY: new orders, shipments, number of employees, and average hours worked. Interestingly, there appears to be deflationary pressure within the industry, as the indexes for prices received and prices paid both fell, with the prices-received index dropping below zero for the first time in two years. This deflationary pressure is a further sign that continuing hysterics about inflation are misguided.
The November manufacturing report by the FRB-NY confirms generally analysis by WNY-WJ in previous content here. There is still little evidence to support claims about an ongoing resurgence in manufacturing.


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Reviewed By: G.Rae Van Sluys on 6/30/16
Unsurpassed! Appreciate the insert w/recent news of changes in accommodations (campgrounds and other lodging).
**Note: Estimated Arrival Date: Jun 29th, 2018**
Just east of Baker City, Oregon, Section 3 of the TransAm crosses the famous Oregon Trail, the route of the westward pioneers in the 1800s. Eastern Oregon is dry and can generate high summer temperatures so carrying extra water is important. The route crosses the Snake River into Idaho and follows several major rivers, including the Salmon and the Clearwater. You'll climb and descend from one drainage to the next. The White Bird Battlefield of the Nez Perce National Historic Park is along the route. There is a beautiful ride along the scenic Lochsa River before climbing Lolo Pass into Montana. The route crosses paths with the Lewis & Clark Bicycle Trail here. It ends in Missoula, Montana, home of Adventure Cycling Association - stop in and visit us!
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Reviewed By: G.Rae Van Sluys on 6/30/16
Unsurpassed! Appreciate the insert w/recent news of changes in accommodations (campgrounds and other lodging).
Reviewed By: Greg Thatcher on 4/12/10
I bought it as a "test" I had no idea how much inforamation may or not be in the map. I was really impressed. I am contemplating a trip when I retire, on my own on the transAmerica. I am hitting some (resistance) which I imagine everyone gets. But when I was 18 I thought it would be the biggest adventure ever. However, in 1968 I knew that an 18 year old on his own crossing the country on a bike would be trouble. Great map!!


text: Day 2 of the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge is orange nails. The orange I decided to use is from pipe dream polish's Street Carnival Collection, which I just posted a review of here. After applying a base coat I used 2 coats of rhythm on my pinkie, index finger and thumb. When that was dry I used It's So easy For Rhinestones Only!! to apply some small round gold studs to each of them. On my ring finger I applies 3 thin coats of pipe dream polish champagne kisses. To my middle finger I started with 2 coats of Zoya Snow White and a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat. When dry I then used Sinful Colors Black On Black and rhythm to double stamp a design from Cheeky Beauty plate CH16 and added a coat of China Glaze Golden Enchantment. I then finished all my nails with a coat of HK Girl top coat. I absolutely love how these turned out! I am definitely going to do these again when I can wear them a bit longer lol!


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by C. R. Stam
Is it not amazing that men who can produce intricate
electronic mechanisms, build giant sky-scrapers, fly men to the
moon and back -- is it not amazing that such men often do not
even know what will finally become of themselves! And what is
more amazing still is that most of them do not even try
seriously to find out.
They are intelligent enough to plan carefully for the future
where temporal affairs are concerned, but foolish enough to
neglect their eternal welfare. They make plans for themselves in
case they become ill and need additional funds for surgery,
medicine and hospital care. They even make plans for their loved
ones in case of death and bereavement, but fail to ask
themselves: "What will become of me after death?"
Daily "the wise of this world" witness the truth of Hebrews
9:27, that "it is appointed unto men once to die", and most of
them know that the Bible adds: "after this the judgment". They
may hope that this is but a false alarm, but they do not know.
They can only wonder and worry. Hebrews 2:15 declares that
"through fear of death" they are "all their lifetime subject to
bondage". Like Adam, they run and hide from God instead of
running to Him and asking: "What must I do to be saved?" Too
cowardly to face up to their own grave, no hope beyond the tomb
-- too afraid, generally, to even discuss death.
The believer in the Word of God is not left thus in the dark. He
glories in the truth of the passages from which we have quoted
in part above. We quote them now in full:
Hebrews 2:14,15: "Forasmuch then as the children [of Adam] are
partakers of flesh and blood, He [Christ] also Himself likewise
took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him
that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
"And deliver them who through fear of death were all their
lifetime subject to bondage."
Hebrews 9:27,28: "And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment.
"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto
them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without
[lit., "apart from"] sin unto salvation."
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has
no point."
Over The Years, I Have Collected 1,000s Of Spirit-Filled Devotionals and Inspirational Articles, Way Too Many To Leave Them Unread In Folders... I have a Great Need To Share them... SO, Check Back Daily For A New Devotional Or Poem To Read, A Joke To Start Your Daily Smile & To Share, Maybe A Hymn To Sing, Hum Or Whistle all day, and the occasional Recipe To Tempt Your Taste Buds... Just Added "In The News", Christian News that Most Media Avoid or Slant... Happy Reading, Richard
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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It was too much to hope for … Rich knew the NFL draft was on today. So much for catching up on "Lost"! I did get one episode in before he woke up.
Magnus is doing really well. He's got the hang of ringing the bell to go outside. Sometimes he wants to go to the bathroom, and other times he just wants to play. The point is that he knows if he rings the bell, we open the door and go out. He's so clumsy – it cracks me up! It's got to be hard to have feet that big. He loves to drag his puppy bed around. It's always in a different spot. Okay, the big goofball just rolled himself out of the back of his bed. He's so silly!


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Galatians 4:19 (CSB) - My children, I am again suffering labor pains for you until Christ is formed in you. "
Yesterday we considered Paul's attempting to free the Galatians from the fetters of legalism by appealing to their head. Today, muse over his appeal to their h
Paul starts by rebuking them (verses 4:8-20). They served idols before – remember that they are Gentiles he is writing to (4:8). But, now they are returning to a legalistic view of serving God (4:9). He finds fault in their returning to legalism. He is concerned that he was mistaken in their salvation (4:10-11, 20). Paul reminds them that they once were his friends (4:12-15). He brought them the message of the Grace of God. Even during a severe bout with a physical infirmity, obviously some eye issue (4:15). He never held back from them the truth (4:13). They received him as a messenger of God – a spokesman for Jesus Himself (4:14). Paul wants to know if they are now his foes? (4:16-18). Since he has spoken the truth to them, some view him as an enemy. (4:16)
He says that the Judiazers (legalists) are courting them to add them to their side – the side of bondage to the Law (4:17). He commends zealousness – if it is for the right reason (4:18). Paul is willing again to suffer the pains of childbirth until Christ is developed in them (4:19). He is very concerned that they: first of all have a true salvation experience, and that they are leading others astray. (4:20).
That is a major problem that Paul is concerned about. The Galatians leading others astray. Keeping others from being saved. Satan works very hard to distort our understanding of the Gospel Once we are saved, he cannot get us back. But, he can keep us from leading others to the truth. He will distort our testimony –"live like the Devil." He will distort our teaching so that others miss the truth.
The Gospel appeals to our heads and hearts. Not by feelings, but by the facts. We must understand the process - Facts first, then the feelings follow.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, may I take the facts that You bring to my mind and heart and apply them to the way that I live my life. MAy I not lead others away from the Savior, but to Him. Amen.


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Well, after this dries I'll start globbing (as no doubt the technical term is in latin) another layer on top and get it humming. And I doubt she'll have a blue nose when it's all done, but hey you never know.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Well, it's getting there. At least proportions feel about right... but not the colours. Is it wrong to show work in stages? Is that a bit like getting ready for a party in front of your partner? No surprise?
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Posted by Mark Pemberton:
So here I sit, in the Hilton bar, waiting for a cold beer and paying an extortionate rate to log-in and submit my first blog of the conference. Just arrived on an 8 hour flight from London, feeling surprisingly chipper, helped not least by getting a free upgrade on the flight for the simple reason I gave up my seat for a couple who wanted to sit together and the purser thought I deserved an upgrade for my selflessness. Now waiting for Russell Jones for my first meeting of the conference, to discuss tomorrow's Noise session. I promise, it's more exciting than it sounds. Ah, that beer's arrived. Hurrah! Chin chin, and look forward to meeting as many of you as I can in what promises to be a hectic few days.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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text: Some of the extraordinary scrapbooks I worked with at the Massachusetts Historical Society will be on display there for my talk March 27, 6 pm (come early for wine and cheese). The lively (I'm told) talk, with lots of pictures, is on 19th Century Activists and Their Scrapbooks. Writing with Scissors talk at MHS — sign in to let them know you're coming.


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Mercy Among the Children: a Privation of Paternal Protection
Mia Ristic
Mr. A. Lee
Tuesday November 23, 2010
Mercy Among the Children: A Privation of Paternal Protection
Throughout the book, Mercy Among the Children, the main character, Sydney Henderson is continuously forced to endure the utter embarrassment of being openly mocked, assaulted and publicly victimized. His innocent children watch wide-eyed, secretly wishing for the day when their father will ultimately confront his tormentors and protect their family—not knowing that this day will never come. As the novel progresses, Sydney continues to fail to do so, his cowardice bringing shame and humiliation to his eldest son, Lyle, who strongly believes his father's passive nature is the cause behind all their misfortunes. While Lyle grows older and becomes aware of the uniqueness of this enduring demeanor which his father possesses, his irritation and hostility towards Sydney strengthens as he begins to become more and more repulsed by his father's lack of response, promising himself that he will never mirror the image his father portrays. In avoidance of this, Lyle rebels, becoming the polar opposite of Sydney by any means necessary—cursing authorities, starting fights, and even committing robbery. As Lyle matures and leaves behind his rebellious youth years, he slowly begins to understand the deeper reasons behind his father's refusal to retaliate. Yet, due to his inability to forgive himself and overlook the terrible crimes he has committed, Lyle holds on to his hatred and refuses to forgive his father, forever bitter—causing a once seemingly perfect relationship to deteriorate.
Sydney Henderson's cowardice is first shown when a few drunken men harass his wife, Elly, shouting sexual insults after her—despite the presence of Lyle and his younger sister, Autumn. Failing to defend her honour—as any brave man should—Sydney refrains from reacting, allowing these men to publicly humiliate him and his family. The relationship between...
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After years of rumours, motor show previews and our first taster at its international launch, we've finally got behind the wheel of a right-hand drive Skoda Kodiaq on British roads. Why the excitement? Well, the idea of a full-size Skoda SUV has been compelling ever since the Yeti proved such a hit, and that was way back in 2009.
Customers clearly agree, because Skoda told us more than 30,000 people have expressed interest in the Kodiaq on its UK website, and that the first three months of production are already sold out. The fact is, SUV sales have shot up by 255 per cent since 2006, so the Kodiaq could be about to ride the crest of a wave. Its 2.0-litre TDI engine will be familiar to readers, offered here with 148 or 187bhp, with front- or four-wheel-drive and a manual six-speed or automatic seven-speed DSG gearbox in the lower-powered model and standard four-wheel-drive with DSG for the 187bhp version. We tried the 148bhp engine with four-wheel-drive and twinclutch automatic transmission and think it will be a winning combination for many customers. Skoda's claimed 0-62mph time of 10.2 seconds feels conservative, and we were never left wanting for performance. This feels like a sophisticated powertrain, with smooth and fast gear changes and impressive refinement until the revs climb. In fact, its sporty response had us reaching for non-existent paddle shifters a few times, so they are a £245 optional extra worth considering shelling out for.
Despite being fitted with 19-inch alloy wheels, the Kodiaq also tackled UK roads with relish, smoothing out bumps, yet providing just the right amount of steering weight when attacking bends with more conviction. Our car was equipped with Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC), with adaptive dampers offering Comfort, Normal and Sport modes, so we look forward to trying a Kodiaq with a standard setup, but on this evidence, it's a relaxing car to drive and be a passenger in.
Based on the same MQB platform as the upcoming Tiguan Allspace, the Kodiaq is a big vehicle, measuring almost 4.7 metres from tip to tail, 320 millimetres longer than a Nissan Qashqai, 98 larger than the surprisingly compact Discovery Sport and 57 millimetres greater than an X-Trail, with a 630-litre boot in five-seat mode. This pays big dividends inside, where the front and middle rows can offer very impressive legroom, close to that of the Superb. We say 'can', because the second row is on runners, and you'll need to slide them forward if you want to carry passengers in the third row. Do this and two adults can sit back there, but a firm squab will make it uncomfortable after half an hour or so.
We tested the range-topping Edition trim, and the interior was the best we've ever seen in a Skoda, easily beating the X-Trail and Santa Fe for cabin quality. With 85 per cent of customers so far going for the top SE L or Edition trims, it seems buyers aren't choosing the Kodiaq as a budget option, although significant savings over the equivalent Tiguan Allspace are expected. Equipment levels are strong, and the Columbus infotainment system from SE L trim upwards provides a genuinely impressive glass-like 9.2-inch touchscreen with internet connectivity. There are a few odd exceptions though, with the lack of a standard reversing camera the most striking on such a long car. It's a £375 option even on the Edition range-topper, while Area View – providing a bird's eye camera perspective – costs £875. Rear parking sensors are thankfully standard on all diesel versions.
Prices £27,115 to £34,050
Bodystyles 5-door SUV
Engines 2.0 (148bhp), 2.0 (187bhp)
Trim levels SE, SE L, Edition
Also consider Hyundai Santa Fe, Nissan X-Trail
Model tested Edition 2.0 TDI 4X4 Automatic
Price £34,050
Made in Kvasiny, Czech Republic
Bodystyle 5-door SUV, 7-seats
Engine 1968cc, 4-cylinder, 16-valve, turbo diesel with stop-start and selective catalyst reduction
Transmission 7-speed twin-clutch automatic
Layout Four-wheel-drive
Maximum power 148bhp @ 3,500-4,000rpm
Maximum torque 251lb ft @ 1,750-3,000rpm
Top speed 120mph 0-62mph 10.2secs
CO2 emissions 149g/km
Official fuel economy (urban/extra urban/combined) 41.5/54.3/49.6mpg
Fuel tank size 60 litres Range 655 miles
Insurance group 18 BIK rate 31%
Size (length/width with mirrors) 4,697/2,087mm
Boot space (7/5/2-seats) 270/630/2,005 llitres
Kerb/maximum towing weight 1,783/2,300kg
Euro NCAP crash test rating Not yet tested
Verdict The Kodiaq is the large SUV we wanted Skoda to make, with a great interior, practical layout and impressive refinement.
After years of rumours, motor show previews and our first taster at its international launch, we've finally got behind the wheel of a right-hand drive Skoda Kodiaq on British roads. Why the excitement? Well, the idea of a full-size Skoda SUV has been compelling ever since the Yeti proved such a hit, and that was way back in 2009.


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Saturday, January 31, 2015
Today's Quote!
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Awww Atticus...ReplyDeleteReplies
He's so cute!Delete
I missed the Ros. brothers a lot in Mission Titanic but I'm scared if they come back the authors will kill them or make them the traitor.Delete
But I still want them to come back...Delete
Yeah, I feel like they either wouldn't make it out alive or would be the traitor. Oh my goodness, I would almost bet that Atticus would die. :O No! He's so sweet. Or the Sarwat Chaddah could go with the Baldacci method and just kill off Jake because he liked Ian better, or vice versa. Ugh. I miss the old authors...Gordon Kormon...Peter Lerangis... *sigh*Delete
I know… I really wanted Margaret Peterson Haddix to do another one. I just feel like we didn't see enough of her. And yes, Peter Larangis would be perfect. And Gordon Korman. And almost everyone who wasn't new. Just not new people!!!Delete
I don't have an MB account, but I look at the things where the authors answer questions. Sarwat Chadda sounds… interesting. I just hope he doesn't totally change things around for the very last book in a series that has been active for several years now.Delete
C. Alexander London and Jenny Goebel seem cool though
NO NEW AUTHORS!!!! Did Sarwat do a post on the MB? Oh my goodness, he'd better not. The fangirls will revolt.Delete
Why is that a bad thing?Delete
Oh, not a MB post, just like, ruining the series. Sorry.Delete
Oh okay I get it. I'm going to need to wait till 2016 to read the FINAL book, and I've been reading the series for a loooong time, so if he messes up… Ugh I don't like thinking about it.Delete


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Well, amen to Mr Peters who is not afraid to tell the truth.
7 thoughts on "Why stories of trips to heaven is unbiblical."
Now first, the title of this is wrong. I have excepted christ in 2nd grade and I am 56. I know there are a lot of people out there will do anything for money and sucess. I know a man that was in a accidnet and his skull was broken wide open. lost All the blood from his body and prounced dead. Everything is recorded in hospitals. This is a long story and will not right about it all. He saw God and was told to return to his body and tell the world about Jesus. This man was a Doctor and did just that, tell the world about Jesus.
This speaker is telling a lot of trueth but sorry, he is somewhat full of poop.
all the devil has to do to successfully deceive is mix in a small amount of falsehood with the truth doesn't he? those with itching ears and/or not grounded in the Word of God are easy prey for his deception. without fail we must question everything to test the spirit of things (1 john 4:1) to see if there is chapter and verse to verify anything-everything-from the authority of the Bible (the 66 books of the Scriptures–book by book chapter by chapter verse by verse). the adding and taking away from the Word of the Lord has shipwrecked many a soul throughout time but the devil's time is very short now—-this makes this issue more critical than ever. may God the Father of Glory and of our Lord Jesus Christ guard our hearts & minds and grant us the spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the Knowledge of Him…the eyes of our understanding enlightened…(from eph 1:17,18). praise God that His Light will continue to shine to us who know the Voice of our Master-Jesus the Great Shepherd of the sheep.
Wow, Don Piper's story has really "grown" since he wrote his book….I guess he forgot that "little minor detail"….if anyone would like to study the topic of heaven (scripturally) I HIGHLY recommend Randy Alcorn's book entitled "Heaven" it is superb and biblically sound.
Rob, you are doing an excellent job, I'm really enjoying your posts 🙂
His Name is not "Yahweh" either….It is Yud Hey Vav Hey, the Hebrew letters of His most awesome, unpronouncable Name.
It is true that the Hebrew vowel markings for Adonai (Lord) were superimposed upon
Yud Hey Vav Hey and became the mistranslated "Jehoveh".
In the Torah, the vowel markings for Adonai were upon the Hebrew letters
Yud Hey Vav Hey to remind the reader to say Adonai whenever the sacred Name of the Lord was written, in order that it not be pronounced. Therefore, Yahweh is also wrong.


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Hearthstone is fun!
There are a lot of games coming out. Some good and others all hype. Well when I find a good game I need to make a post about it even if it's an older game. Many gamers will already know about hearthstone but I am sure there are a few who never took the time. Well take the time! you will not be disappointed. Did i mention it's also free? Well it is so you have no excuse!


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Hello Anonymous,
Welcome to EmpowHER and thank you for reaching out to us with your concern about a late period.
You mention that you had sex with your partner last month and "after I have got my periods".
Did you have a normal period last month, after having sex?
You later post you had unprotected sex. Are you referring to sex last month? Or did you have unprotected sex since your last period?
If you have had unprotected intercourse since your last period, and your period this month is now late by one week, there is a chance that you are pregnant.
The only way to know is to take a home pregnancy test. Purchase a name brand early response test. Check the expiration date. Read and follow the directions carefully. Most importantly, test in the morning and use the first urine when you wake up. It is concentrated from sitting in your bladder overnight and will give you the most accurate result.


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Courses can be one dive, exam work or even a few dives to really perfect your skill. Master your buoyancy or learn to take amazing photographs in some of the most stunning dive sites in the world.
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Contact us to find out about the specialty courses on offer along with package prices and this month's specialty of the month.


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A coffee shop in England is refusing to serve any customer who places an order while talking on a mobile phone.
John Cranston
Little Red Roaster is a bit of an upmarket, market stall. Here they don't do bad coffee or bad manners. The owner has put his foot down because he got fed up with having to compete for the attention of certain customers…
Darren Groom, shop owner:
They order it by going 'I'll have a cappuccino' and we then can't ask the relevant questions, do you want sugar, would you like a lid? We just had an increase in people doing it and being upset when we said we wouldn't serve them until they finished their call, so we put the sign up.
Most of his clientele say he's absolutely right…
Vox pops of customers:
I think it's a really good idea. I think. I've worked in pubs before and I think it's quite rude when you're talking to customers and making eye contact and then, suddenly the phone goes or they're on the phone talking to you.
Everybody's got a mobile phone so you tend to get sort of sidelined and the mobile phone becomes a priority, whereas actually it becomes a secondary issue.
If people on the stalls did it to the customer then the customer would probably walk off.
Darren and his wife have a coffee shop too where the same ban prevails albeit not to universal approval…
Darren Groom, shop owner:
Some people turn their nose up at and snarl and think it's ridiculous and that we're being a bit precious but you can't please everybody.
Darren insists he's not out to start a campaign – he just wants to make his life a little easier.
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Last night I gave in and upgraded to the new operating system for both my computer and my iPhone. My calendar stopped automatically syncing between devices and that just would not do! My brain retains nothing, so I have to look several times a day.
I had no idea how many HOURS it would take on the laptop. I stayed up til 1am waiting for it to finish. The phone update wasn't as long and I played with it for a while as I was waiting. Except for having to re-do all the settings for all the programs and apps, no big problem.
The computer, on the other had, is taking some of my patience. Everything seems to work in slow motion now ... at least compared to the old operating system. Everything looks just a little different from how it used to. iPhoto doesn't work without loading a separate update. Time time time.
And then all the questions I now have! First off ... why did Apple stop naming the OS after fast wild cats? How many National Parks do we have? Then will they start naming OS after stars or planets or galaxies?
After I ran a few errands today, I looked at my phone and thought HOLY MOLY something is wrong! I had 42 emails!! I thought I had been scammed or hacked or vulnerable! But when I looked at them, each one was a trade confirmation from Schwab. The financial advisors have made the changes that I've been too afraid to do.
My life is in chaos!
Monday, October 20, 2014
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- AnonymousOctober 20, 2014 at 1:18 PM
Yikes! My frustration level is very low for this kind of thing.ReplyDelete
Your problems with your tech world makes me feel so much better about my problems with my tech world. Hang in there. If everything else fails the computer shops always have their open doors.ReplyDelete
Goodness! What an arresting title! Made me read through to the end! Sometimes I wish we could go be to pre-computer days...ReplyDelete
I remember that feeling, when my new financial advisor made ALL these changes, that I was afraid to do. Now that you've found a good one, hang on for the ride!
I don't understand most of this post. I don't even have a cell phone and...I think I am glad. I don't have to go through all this updating and Smart Phony stuff.ReplyDelete
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It's been a while since I have posted on my blog, but for good reason. Since I started walking 100% independently, I've been able to work and volunteer and go to concerts, the city, college tours and more fun things with friends that I wasn't able to do before.
Being very busy makes my recovery seem like it's going a lot slower however - I look back, and I think "It's only been two months since my surgery?" When it feels like a year. But nonetheless, I am recovering on pace. I can ride a bike at any position with extra resistance, I can swim, and I can do any machine there is at the gym.
Just yesterday I reached 141° for ROM (my goal is 145° by the 12th..but I expect to exceed that). Then in about a week and a half I will start hopping/jumping which means I will be able to shoot again!! (Although I have been doing free throws/in the lane)
I've continued to talk to college coaches, which just gets me more nervous than excited for my upcoming senior season. What if I'm a lot worse? What if I can't get my shooting range back as fast? What if I just don't meet their expectations in general? I just hate playing the "what if" game, and that's all that runs through my head when I think about this upcoming year.


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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Birthday card for Marcos !...23 today!!
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Great card, as are all your other makes. Know what you mean about time flying, even though he's only 7, it seems like only yesterday when he was born.
I've left something for you on my blog
I love the card,as usual its really lovely,am sure he loved it.
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Sounds like he enjoyed a wonderful birthday with his family and how lovely that his girlfriend was able to come and share it with him too.ReplyDelete
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Bet he had a fab Birthday hun.
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Fun filled birthday for him and your right about time flying!!!!ReplyDelete
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I married my music teacher. While that has brought me many musical opportunities, it also keeps me from practicing as much as I might like. I hate to make student noises when she's trying to relax at home, so I tend to try to practice when she's away.
For the past week she has been in California at the American String Teachers Association national conference. She did a presentation on teaching adult beginners, which was very well received. She used a poster of one of my cartoons, which was also very well received. I am going to have to set up an e-commerce site so teachers can download cartoons for a fee. She set me a deadline some time in May.
Once that is up and running I suppose I can add sections on other topics. Obviously I have to learn some things.
While she's been away I have had an orgy of practice. I wish I could say it had made me a lot better, but it certainly hasn't made me any worse.
I still have trouble with paper training. Music tends to get into my head. I like to play while wandering around the house or standing in front of my computer speakers, harmonizing with drones on a collection I purchased from Darol Anger's website. The tracks play for about six minutes in iTunes. Oddly, it appears no longer to be available. Glad I got mine.
The drones help train the ear. They also generate some weird resonances. Each drone suggests a tune to me. I'll work the riff over and over until the track changes to the next one in the sequence. The change makes me hunt around for the musical relationships that work with the steady note. Or, if I like what I've been playing, I will start the previous track over again.
The Internet needs Tune Search, where you play the little scrap of tune you've picked out and it tells you what it's from, if it's from anything. If it's not from anything, congratulations, you're a composer! For the moment, you can only play it for a more experienced friend who might be able to identify it. But that risks embarrassment.
Eventually I have to put away the instrument and get to bed. I've had to work every day she's been away, so I should not have been staying up as late as I have. But then the house is quiet and cold. The cats do what they can. My natural restlessness when alone keeps me up and playing. I'm even plinking stuff out on the piano with one hand while brushing my teeth.
With a musician co-worker I was browsing mandolins on a website he frequents. When he bought a travel guitar there it came with a free mandolin. Crazy. But a fifty-buck mandolin sounds about like you'd expect when they can go for as much as $230,000. And we thought the one for a mere 23 grand was impressive.
Looks like a solid starter instrument will go for about $200. Just thinking. The cellist and I had both been thinking one might be handy. Tuned like a violin, it offers another platform for trying out some of the same tunes. And it's easier to play when slouched on the couch in front of the tube. Why fight it?
After six straight nights of practice my fingers are wrecked. But it's like when I finally got the Telemark turn. My legs were screaming, but I wasn't going to stop when things were finally working right.
Learning a difficult instrument as an adult is like trying to saw down a redwood tree with a nail file. You're only going to get it if you keep at it.


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It was a hot one at GSX at the South Central Regional CrossFit Competition this past weekend in Ft. Worth! Rumor had it that it was the hottest place in the country that day....not sure if that was true but it was definitely one of the hottest Regional events this year!
Saturday went well. I PR'd on my Squat Snatch with 115lbs and I got 9 rounds on my weighted Half-Cindy. That put me in 14th place at the end of day one with two more workouts set for Sunday. Day two didn't go as well as day one and I ended up 24th overall at the end of the weekend. Looking back, I was pretty happy with how I placed though. I've made some great strides in the past year and am looking forward to how much more progression I can make before Sectionals next year!


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I was reading an article about Bobby Carlson's experience with amtrak. it reminds me of my own adventures on public transit which you know i've been writing about for many years. he said something in this article that made me lol. he said:
"We'd rather eat shit covered razor blades then use the Greyhound again."
If you have been following me for a while you know that i feel exactly the same way about the greyhound!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
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Man I've had a few hours of thinking in my head over the last day. Mostly it has been to do with the summer of pain that I'm about to bring on myself!
So a couple of things have happened over the past few day's to make me think about things. One thing is a job, sure i have my ISC job, but i will need another one. Two was about where im going to live. Three was about what exactly i was going to do after the big day.
So most nearly all have been solved.
One: I have a job with Irish Tag Rugby more or less sorted. Starting in May i will be a ref co-ordinator...no idea what that is, but it sounds good :) Wages and so on to be worked out this week!
Two: Had a chat with the old man, he knows i'm up and outa here when i can afford it and when i sort out the masters/job
Three: OK. Long and short of it. Track is a big one this summer, but i also want to go back to my reason for cycling. Mountains. I've been looking at a few BIG races and i've picked out a nice few MTB marathons and a nice 7 day Trans-Wales race. All still in planning stages. But it think they are go nam.
Also I've decided i'm going to do Xterra UK this year. Its a little ahead of plan, but i reckon i'm good for it.
on another note : http://youtube.com/watch?v=h1h-4WRhpGg
Possibly one of the most inspirational video's ive seen on youtube. Not a tri film, but just gets me going! I want to go to Dakar, i may not race there, but i want to go see it.


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In the consulting business we used the phrase "He's a rain maker" to describe the person with exceptional talent in attracting new customers or consistently creating more unexpected business than the normal consultant. Rain makers are also individuals (usually extroverts) that shake up the normal procedures. When they join an organization they bring new energy, test existing policy and procedures, and "shake up" the status quo.
But there is a difference in "rain making" and chaos making. Rain makers are accepted because the results (the ends) justify the means (chaos created). Chaos makers do the opposite - create change expecting that will create the rain only to find drought - d-raining the organization.
We had a neighbor that was a Chaos maker. Came to our neighborhood, created all kinds of radical and immediate change in the landscape of his property, stirred up problems for all those (including us) adjacent to the property, and then left town within three years of creating the chaos. Their chaos has continued to "pollute" the neighborhood even after the adjacent properties had turned hands several times (we left 10 years ago).
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text: As I was driving home tonight, the coolant warning light came on. It beeped and flashed for about a minute and then went away. The water temp gauge was where it normally is, at the first bold hash, around 11 o'clock. Oil temp was also fine, as was everything else. I was driving in stop and go traffic and a few minutes earlier the fan had come on to cool things down. But when the warning went off, it was well back to normal. Also the fan had gone on when the gauge was at about noon. All was pretty typical. Since the warning light went out, and everything seemed fine, I continued on my way. Of course it came back on again about 20 minutes later, and again went away in about a minute. I haven't had a chance to really look over the car tonight. Tomorrow I plan on pulling the codes. Any thoughts on other things that I should check? Thanks, Dave Priebe Carnation, WA 91 200tqa 178k his 95.5 S6 113k hers 66 MGB 41k


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I come here at least once every few weeks. I love the panang chicken, and the pad se ew with beef. The food is usually excellent, but it is somewhat inconsistent. Sometimes the curry sauce is too thin, or the beef is very over cooked....More
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I come here at least once every few weeks. I love the panang chicken, and the pad se ew with beef. The food is usually excellent, but it is somewhat inconsistent. Sometimes the curry sauce is too thin, or the beef is very over cooked....More
Overall, the dishes lack creativity and the Pad Thai is soggy and mainly noodles. I have also tried an eggplant dish and it wasn't too inspiring. I recommend trying another Thai restaurant in the neighborhood.
Opposite the Uptown Theater, I found it easily and enjoyed the soup with coconut milk and chicken Kapaow dish. Service was quick enough, the menu varied and the room fresh. My friend is a regular at this restaurant.
OK so Cleveland park isnt the best place to dine, but its relaxing and this is the best place to get Thai Food. Living in Forest Hills, this is my go to. The cuisine was great a highly recommend.
We stayed just south and 2 stops on the red line and almost at the stop (nice walk as well on the way back). Ambience is nice and Thai as expected, but not overdone. We shared some appetizers (vegetable roll and excellent avocado rolls) followed...More
Paragon Thai is very conveniently located next to Cleveland Park Metro, and also has parking for drivers. Also the staff is cheery and seemingly from Thailand... at least, they had me fooled. The restaurant has a nice casual feel and a big bar. The food...More
We needed carry-in and tried this place based on flyers my sister-in-law had. What a great surprise. The delivery was prompt and the food was wonderful. The pad thai was very good.
Ducked in for dinner. Never been there as we were just visiting DC. Good service, food was value for money. Menus and tables were nice and clean which is always a good sign.
If you love Thai food you have to come here. There was my family and two friends, we all loved the food. There was plenty to eat (generous portions). There were no leftovers. The items we had were Pineapple Fried Rice, Mango Chicken, Coconut Shrimp,...More
The service is quite good but the food is more average for American Thai style food. Having lived in Thailand, I have learned to appreciate the taste, spice and flavor of typical Thai dishes. It is harder to get authentic and fresh ingredients outside Thailand,...More


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