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AHQ INSIDER Lake Murray (SC) Spring Fishing Report – Updated May 11
May 11
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.02 (full pool is 360.00), and surface water temperatures are in the mid-70s over much of the lake. The lake is fairly stained from recent rains.
At times it has been a trying spring for anglers targeting Lake Murray bass, and tournament angler Andy Wicker said that for much of the last month it has looked like the herring spawn might also be a bit of a disappointment for bass fishermen. However, in the DOT tournament yesterday on Lake Murray Andy was pleasantly surprised by the bite that he and his tournament partner found. Practicing "on the water" they caught 17 pounds for third place in the 20-boat event, while the winning team managed a little over 20 pounds.
Yesterday Andy says that he saw some of the biggest groups of herring he has seen in a while, and on several occasions they saw schools of hundreds of herring swimming across shallow points. The best action was on the main lake, and they were able to target the fish with typical topwater lures for this time of year as well as flukes. They couldn't catch a bass on swimbaits but managed dozens of striper. In an encouraging sign they caught fish right throught the day instead of having the bite die as soon as the sun got up. Andy suspects that the full moon is accounting for a very strong herring spawn.
In addition to catching striped bass shallow around herring points, Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports that a bunch of striper are starting to set up in the main lake about 40-50 feet down where they can be caught on down-lined herring. These fish could be close to the bottom or at that depth over much deeper water. Early in the morning he is pulling free-lines and planers boards, and there is also some cut bait fishing around main lake humps. The best pattern is to move baits from the shallower to deeper parts of the humps as the sun gets up.
Crappie are biting pretty well, and Brad reports that they are having the best success fishing in main lake pockets 10-12 feet down over brush in 15-20 feet of water.
On the catfish front, Captain William Attaway (803-924-0857) reports that it's a good time to fish for channel catfish on Lake Murray. Right now the best action is around secondary points, humps, and back in coves, with the best depth range 25-35 feet during the day and 1-15 feet at night. In large part because of boat traffic night fishing is usually better. At night fish will be exploring fallen timber and riprap – the same types of places they will spawn very soon.
While you can catch probably catch bigger fish on cut bait, you have to deal with the gar and turtles and so William's preferred bait right now is dip bait. Sonny's Super Sticky is his personal favorite.
April 26
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.14 (full pool is 360.00), and surface water temperatures have dropped from the low to mid-70s back into the mid-to upper 60s after the recent rains. The lake is also significantly more stained.
There are still Lake Murray bass that are spawning on Lake Murray, particularly out on the main lake, but most bass fishermen are thinking about a different spawning species – blueback herring. In the CATT spring final this Saturday tournament angler Andy Wicker reports that the winners (and his brothers) Daniel and Gary McGlohorn rode a strong herring bite to 22 pounds of fish, with most of their weight coming on topwater lures fished off main lake points. In addition to fish the anglers were also stacked up out there! On windy days like Saturday that bite is a little better and can last longer, but still most of their weight came before 9:00. There are still some other ways to catch fish, such as in pockets or on buzzbaits, but the shallow herring bite is pretty much wide open right now.
On the catfish front, Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the bite is relatively unchanged and fish are still super scattered throughout the lake and across a wide range of depths. People are catching fish anchored on humps as shallow as just a few feet, and catching them drifting as deep as 45 feet. Herring and perch are working best but look for stinkbait to get better with the warming. Chris only rates the bite as "fair" right now.
March 30
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.95 (full pool is 360.00) and surface water temperatures in the morning range from the low to mid-60s. The lake remains pretty clear.
As on many of the lakes around the state, largemouth bass on Lake Murray remain in full-blown spawning mode. Andy found a lot of fish spawning towards the end of February, and for a little while it looked like the spawn might wind up much earlier than usual. However, the cold weather that followed set things back to a more normal pace and as a result there are still a lot of fish on beds. Andy estimates that about half the fish have spawned, and another half are close to or doing it right now.
As far as catching bass, Andy says that this is still the one time of year on Lake Murray when you can just go down the banks with a worm and catch fish. If he were fishing a tournament he would start out early throwing a floating worm in spawning pockets and then try to find bedding fish once the sun got up. If he just wanted to catch a bunch of bass Andy would throw a floating worm or shakey head around docks and grass all day.
There are no signs that the herring are starting to spawn yet, but it's not far away. Typically the herring spawn begins around the first of April, and it usually starts in the backs where water temperatures are warmer and progresses out to the main lake. That's not always the case, though, and Andy says that at times he has found early spawning herring on the main lake. It can also overlap with the bass spawn, and sometimes pre-spawn bass will feast on spawning herring – instead of recovering post-spawn bass eating herring.
Striped bass are pretty scattered, with Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reporting fish caught from as far up the lake as Dreher Island all the way down to the dam. Generally they have been found near the mouths of creeks, and they are also starting to set up off points – likely in anticipation of the coming herring spawn. Pulling free lines and planer boards has been the best pattern, and anglers need to be flexible about what depth they fish as fish have been found from 10 feet out to 50 or more. Keep your eyes open and don't get locked into one depth. Some schooling activity has been reported this week, and when you find birds right now you will almost always find fish in the area. The cut bait bite does not seem to have started.
It's a good time for crappie fishing, and Captain Brad says that right now you can find fish in a lot of different depths and places – but they don't seem to be super-concentrated anywhere. There are fish pre-spawn, spawning and post-spawn, which likely accounts for their dispersal. Fish can still be caught trolling jigs and minnows, but these seem to be getting smaller. There are fish around pretty much any shallow cover, and there are also some fish around mid-depth docks and brush. Pre-spawn and post-spawn crappie can be found in some of the same areas.
On the catfish front, Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that fish are super scattered. People are catching fish anchored on humps as shallow as just a few feet, and catching them drifting as deep as 45 feet. Herring and perch are working best but look for stinkbait to get better with the warming.
March 7
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.83 (full pool is 360.00) and "core" surface water temperatures – morning temperatures – still range from about 57 at the dam to 58 or 59 up the lake. The lake remains atypically clear.
Striped bass are grouped up in the middle part of the lake according to Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354), who reports that the best fish are being caught pulling free lines and planer boards off the channels over 15-30 feet of water. Brad suggests that anglers zig-zag to find the right depth. Fish have been on the main lake but they are starting to move into the main creeks including Bear Creek, Beards Creek and Crystal Lake. They are setting up near areas where they know the herring will be spawning before too long.
Warm weather has decreased schooling activity, but there are starting to be a good number of fish caught down-lining with herring. 40-60 feet of water has been a good depth, and fish have been found at the mouth of Bear Creek and out from Putnam's Landing. Generally down-line fish have been smaller.
The cold front over the weekend backed a lot of the crappie off, and for now Brad says that the fish have been in deeper water than one would think. They were shallow, but right now he is finding them in 20-30 feet. It has been so windy that a lot of the time he has been back trolling with the big motor. Fish were deep and very close to the bottom this past weekend, but he expects them to move up again pretty quickly with this warmer weather. Within 10 days the spawn should be on.
On the catfish front, Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that anchoring is a little more consistent than drifting, but there have also been some good days for drifting. The best depth for drifting has been 20-45 feet. Anchoring around humps that top out around 15-20 feet of water is still a strong pattern. Cut herring is hard to beat and will pick up striper, too.
March 3
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.89 (full pool is 360.00) and "core" surface water temperatures – morning temperatures – range from about 57 at the dam to 58 or 59 up the lake. On warm afternoons seeing surface temps in the low and even mid-60s is not unusual. The lake is atypically clear right now.
In the February 25 Lake Murray CATT event veteran tournament bass angler Captain Doug Lown and tournament partner Rhett Manus ran away with first place with a 21.18 pound bag, highlighted by a 6.11 pound big fish. Second place angler (and fellow AHQ contributor) Andy Wicker had 15.65 pounds.
Shockingly for February, in the tournament Saturday Doug says that basically all of their fish were caught off the bed! They had earlier spotted the big female hanging near a male that was clearing a bed, and it came on a buzzbait. The next four fish in their bag were actually caught "looking at them."
Doug says water temperatures are right for the spawn, and in fact it has been for several weeks. Day lengths are just now getting long enough for bass to be willing to bed. Usually when core surface temperatures hit 55 or 56 degrees there will be some fish found spawning, although usually that is some time in March. In 1989 or 1990 Doug remembers seeing some fish on the bed in February, but this is the earliest spawn he can remember. Doug notes that in areas with clearer water fish will spawn at a lower temperature (because of better light penetration) than in murkier water – even though stained water heats up faster. Even up the river there is currently a good 3 feet of visibility.
Certainly fish are not spawning everywhere in the lake, but there are particular areas where they are. Doug believes that once we get through the current cooler snap the spawn is likely to get very hard over the next few weeks. Most of the fish are in shallow water right now, and that means 3-4 feet (although the cold may temporarily push some deeper). They also want to be on a cleaner bottom. Especially later in the day Doug has found a lot of fish laying around in little pockets that have warmed up.
Usually at this time of year with the spawn so close Doug finds that bass get finicky about what baits they will eat, and this year is no exception. Power fishing with crankbaits, spinnerbaits and jigs is a tough pattern to run, and soft plastics with light or no weight is the better bet. Weightless Senkos, floating worms, very light shakey head or light-Texas rigged worms are working well.
Doug points out that there probably are still a group of bass out deep on bait, and these fish may not move up shallower until core temperatures hit 63-65 degrees and the herring spawn arrives. This has been a strange winter because of the absence of a mid-depth or shallow "bait bite" in the morning, and Doug says this winter Lake Murray has fished more like it did before the introduction of herring several decades ago. Live wells have been full of crayfish parts, not herring. This is probably because the bait seemed to hold so deep this winter that it was less of a factor for the largemouth. As to why that was, it's anybody's guess!
Striper, crappie and catfish reports to follow later this weekend.


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I am mainly interested in planetary formation as well as the origin of asteroids and comets. The geology of planetary surfaces is not my usual area but the images of Pluto returned by the New Horizons probe are so intriguing that I was inspired to start this blog to discuss them with the world.
The pictures have a story to tell, a story that is quite different and more interesting than the conventional pre-encounter view that Pluto would have a surface of rock solid water ice over a rocky core. The structure of a thin tar-like crust protecting an ocean of highly volatile ices may turn out to be a common pattern for TNOs.
I'm new to WordPress and the world of blogging so I would appreciate any advice on how I could improve the format of the site or perhaps a better alternative to the 'intergalactic' theme I'm now using. I would rather that visitors were presented with content when they arrive on the site, rather than having to scroll down from the giant title of the intergalactic theme.

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Joren got to be the superstar in his class on Friday.I made a poster for him... it could have been better, but I was seriously running out of time. I either need to get a little more organized or not put things off to the last minute... I was a little stressed trying to pull this superstar together, but I think it worked out great in the end.
I told the class a little about Joren. We read a couple of his favorite books. We played a Lego bingo game and Joren got to put the calling cards up on the ELMO in his classroom.


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Otto Von Münchow offers a new challenge on his blog In Flow: show a photo that breaks as many rules of photography as possible. The rules are 'the box'; knowing these rules you can deliberately go 'outside the box'. Otto quotes ten regularly occurring rules, I think I managed to break a few with this photo:
1) Focus on the centre of interest.
2) Fill the frame with the subject.
3) Do not shoot between 10 am and 3 pm (the light is too harsh).
4) Don't shoot against the light.
5) Hold the camera steady.
6) Follow the rule of third, e.g. 1/3 sky and 2/3 land or vice versa.
7) Obey the light meter.
8) Photograph children (or pets) at their own eye level.
9) Avoid lens flare when shooting against the sun.
10) Keep the camera level with the horizon.


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Sunday, 18 September 2011
Year of projects- In which there is one sock
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Definitely counts as a FO. I've even called a blanket square a FO. The sock looks great.ReplyDelete
That is one good looking sock! I bet it's really comfy. Are you going to dye them a different colour when they're both finished, or leave them that colour?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 September 2011 at 16:43
wow, that's a very intricate cuff. Lovely!ReplyDelete
Yes it does....I love the cuff!ReplyDelete
And here I thought it was a knee high. What an awesome boot sock and that cuff! I can see those being worn w/some Hunters also.ReplyDelete
I like that you put on your one sock in the cafe, you go girl!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 September 2011 at 18:38
yep, one sock definitely counts as an fo! this looks great, will be so cosy under your boots i'm sureReplyDelete
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! I would count it as one finished object. LOLReplyDelete
Lovely warm looking sock and being so long I reckon it definitely counts as a FO. Well done.ReplyDelete
Love that cabled top...ReplyDelete
The cuff is lovely! Great job - it totally counts!ReplyDelete
One sock is definitely an FO. I'm counting my blanket octagons as FOs :) The sock looks great. I love the cabling too.ReplyDelete


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Puttur: Two key suspects in an attempt to kill BJP veteran LK Advani and in the murder of other Sangh Parivar leaders were arrested here on Saturday in a major operation jointly by the police of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik, two key suspects in the 2011 Advani pipe bomb case and many other cases, were apprehended after hundreds of armed personnel of police of both the states surrounded a house here, close to the border with Tamil Nadu, and forced them to come out by using tear gas.
A Police Inspector suffered injuries when he entered the house in disguise and was pulled in by the suspected militants while Panna Ismail suffered bullet injuries when police fired at the house in a bid to bring the suspects out.
The operation, which lasted for about 12 hours in this sleepy town, involved heavily-armed personnel from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and OCTOPUS (Organisation To Counter Terrorist Operations).
"Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik were arrested. Malik`s wife and three children (who were with the accused during the operation) safely came out (later on)," DGP K Ramanujam told PTI.
Ismail was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital where three-tier protection has been provided for him.
A gun and some explosives were also recovered from a house in the area, police said, adding they are being inspected for leads.
With this and yesterday`s arrest of `Police` Fakruddin, three of the four suspects in the cases were arrested by Crime Branch of Tamil Nadu Police.
Apart from the 2011 Advani pipe bomb case, the arrested were also believed to be involved in the recent murders of BJP and Sangh parivar unit leaders in Tamil Nadu.
The arrest of the key suspects comes days ahead of BJP`s Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi`s proposed visit to Chennai on October 18.
The fourth suspect Abu Backer Siddique is still at large.


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I grew up in a small town (at least by Southern California standards). When I was growing up, there wasn't a whole lot to do. We had two movie theaters - a "walk-in" with two screens and a "drive-in" with one screen. Back then they didn't have indoor play structures, or warehouses full of bouncehouses ... we just made do with good old-fashioned imagination. We had a single bowling alley that was always occupied with league play. The nearest mall was 30 minutes away "over the hill" or "in the valley." We did, however, have a skating rink. From about seventh through tenth grade - until friends started driving and dating - we young teenagers spent just about every Friday night and Saturday night at the "roller rink." Either my mom or the mom of a friend would drop us off at the rink, we'd pay our couple of dollars to get in, and a parent would return for us in a couple of hours.
Talking about a roller rink elicits certain memories for me. Why was the carpet always so ugly? And really, how many rows of lockers do you need for a couple of hours of skating. All the cool kids had their own skates, and the not-cool kids had to rent those babypoop brown skates. I remember BEGGING for my own skates and finally getting some beautiful pristine white "girls" skates for Christmas one year. (And then, of course, I had to beg for the accessories - the colored laces, the pom poms, the neon wheels, etc.) The snack bar had delicious junk food - or so I heard - but I never had any money to buy any. If you ever spent any time in a skating rink as a kid, you'll remember this: standing along the barrier wall, near the entrance to the rink, waiting and wishing and hoping that cool cute guy would ask you to skate during the "couples" skate. It seemed like every roller rink, no matter where it was, had the same "theme" skates - all boys fast skate, all girls fast skate, hokey pokey, couples, reverse direction, etc. They all had disco balls in the center, and a DJ who shouted into the microphone so loud and fast that you couldn't even understand him. I was a decent roller skater, though certainly not one of the cool kids. I could skate backwards, though I never really mastered it. I could do spins and a few ice-skating-type tricks. And I could skate FAST. It was so much fun.
When I was in college and after, the rollerblade craze started. I jumped on that band wagon, hung up my roller skates, and bought a sleek pair of inline skates. I bought wrist guards and knee pads, but I would not be caught DEAD with a helmet on. And, looking back, I wonder why no one ever espoused about the benefits of padded pants, maybe like the ones bikers wear. At any rate, my enamor with rollerblades was over really quickly. It was really hard. And I kept falling. Hard. I put them away for a couple of years, and then tried them again when I was 30. While blading with a friend (who was much better than me), I fell so hard that I thought for sure I broke my coccyx. That was the end of all form of skating for me.
So guess what I did a couple of days ago? I went roller skating!! And let me tell you, not much has changed. The carpet is still ugly. The wall still has rows and rows of lockers. The snack bar sold junk. The kid behind the rental counter was on skates, moving around smoothly and confidently, and doubled as the DJ. They did an all boys fast skate, an all girls fast skate, and the hokey pokey. We couldn't understand a word the kid said over the intercom. There was a disco ball above the floor (or a disco-ball effect somewhere else in the rink). "Old school" was in the house: the kid with the rubber legs, gliding quietly across the floor, passing everyone; the boys who raced each other - even though racing is not allowed - weaving in and out of the slower, less skilled skaters; the girls who don't know how to skate, holding on to each other as they scoot in the inner circle of the floor, practically falling and laughing hysterically; the 14-year-olds holding hands as they skate around and around; the boy skating backwards with his hands on the hips of his girlfriend. I was flooded with deja vu!
There was one significant difference. Roller derby girls. There were several of them. You can't miss them, what with the 70s style shorts over leggings, all of the padding, the specific-purpose skates. One had what I suspect is her derby name written across her backside. Another was teaching her young daughter a fast start. These women seemed fairly unskilled compared to the derby girls I've seen during derby exhibitions ... until it was time for the fast skate. Those women got out there and hauled A--. And I think one woman was a derby ref (or is it an ump?) because she was skating faster backwards than everyone else was skating forward. And then it dawned on me that those markings on the floor were probably roller derby markings. It turns out, my area has at least three roller derby teams. That's something I must explore (and blog about later).
I had some revelations: Skating is good exercise! My legs were tired, I know I worked my back muscles and I was sweating. It turns out I'm still a pretty good skater ... for a middle-aged overweight woman who hasn't been on skates in 30 years. I only fell once - and I was SPINNING when I did it. So there.


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My account of married life with kids, and all the wild, raucous, excitment that comes with being a work-at-home mom. My view points, my poetry, my photography, my art, no apologies.
Jan 12, 2008
Change and neatness
There are lots of transitions occurring right now. This probably stems from the availability of a little more time: post holiday, pre semester, Landis a bit more self entertaining and self sufficient, and Teilee back in preschool a few hours a week. Things that have been postponed for about 2 years (like organizing the file cabinet) are being completed hourly. Of course I know that it will be short lived as once I am back in school I will be swamped again, but just catching up a little on our house and home is awesome! Also it means that I won't have to apologize to the masses that will be visiting here in a few weeks, about the condition of the our home. Smallness I can't help, but neatness I can!!!
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- it's just me....searching for hidden treasure said...
here's o us having the smallest houses on he street...delta
- January 13, 2008 1:47 PM
- kinetic said...
Ooooh we're cousins...identical cousins (or however that weird-o theme song went). I spent Sunday trying to resist the urge to purge and organize in order to accomplish the larger task of cleaning the place up!
- January 14, 2008 5:53 PM
- kinetic said...
...so I applaud you. Is Nick similarly organizationally inclined? I don't know whether I covet or despise the additional challenge of purging Nate's extensive "isn't this cool?" collections. :)
- January 14, 2008 5:56 PM
- KBH said...
I'm excited to see all of the new 'accomplishments' around your house. Although, I'm torn... it always makes me feel inadequate at my own skills and at the same time it inspires me to rev up my own living space when we return!!
- January 15, 2008 12:15 PM


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You wanted more Retro, so we're giving it to you. This time it's the 12" MacBook that's getting the Retro treatment.
What's the Retro look? It's inspired by the Apple IIe, but with the sleekness and power of the current 12" MacBook. The design is reminiscent of the 1980s. The putty color and faux vents add to the nostalgia without taking away any of the features of the current MacBook that you love.
Maybe Retro isn't your thing. Look at ColorWare's Gallery to see what other customers have created.


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Voice Changer for VOIP is a real-time sound-effect processing software specific to tencent QQ,Skype,YahooMessenger and YY voice messages. It can change voice in real time to simulate male or female voice and etc. In addition, Voice Changer is also a QQ call recorder and it can completely and clearly recording all of the voice messages among Skype,YahooMessenger conversations.


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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Love and Ooloi
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You make some interesting observations, namely, that there is a kind of twisted love triangle between Nikanj, Lilith, and Joseph is a compelling point. Also, your summary paragraph made some good points as well, in fact I really liked the idea of there being a shift from loyalty to her own species to loyalty to the Oankali.ReplyDelete
However, until I reached your final paragraph, I was a little confused throughout the essay with what point you were getting to. There are a lot of different ideas going on here, which is fine, but I as the reader had a little bit of a harder time following where you were going with your argument.
I think that this statement; " It can be argued that Lilith even falls more in love with her oolioo that with her human companion and that this shift indicates a transcendence from the laws of evolution to the new alien ways of reproduction." Would be a great starting point for your revision. What you need is more textual evidence from Wilson, and perhaps a leaner, more direct argument that justifies this statement. I think you make good points in each paragraph that, more or less, coincide with this point, but I think you need to edit some paragraphs, like the second to last paragraph on pregnancy, that need to be edited so that we can see more clearly the point you are trying to make. I think overall, you just need to edit, decide on your core argument, and get some more textual evidence from Wilson to back you up for your revision.
The argument that the Oankali are not "leashed" strikes me as interesting and even bold - I look forward to seeing how it develops.ReplyDelete
There's a lot going on in the first paragraph, which is obscured and rendered difficult by bad or nonexistent proofreading. The idea that Lilith is in love with Nikanj is important; so is the idea that with that love (and the ensuing reproduction) humanity/Lilith is beginning to move beyond the leash. But even the premise - that the Oankali themselves are not "leashed" is not obvious. Using Wilson, the way we might argue that the Ooloi do not result in real transcendence is by pointing out, that like Wilson's extended discussion of the role of homosexuality in human genetics and culture (which is also a political argument clearly intended to advance gay rights - remember this was written in the 70s), it is possible for seemingly non-reproductive individuals to enhance *overall* genetic fitness at other levels than that of the individual.
The second paragraphs seems like a total switch. It's a good and interesting start to a discussion about transforming notions of love and sexuality. It's good material, but it lacks focus - and the larger problem is that the relationship between this material and the first paragraph is unclear at best.
The third paragraph is even less focused. I really like the analogy of Lilith as kidney donor - if you want to write about love and altruism in the novel, this is a great moment. But again, focus is a problem here - I want to see this material as part of an ongoing, coherent argument.
You *begin* to form an argument in the last paragraph - a rewritten version of the last paragraph (focused, ideally! Say in a sentence what you have to say about love and altruism, as related to genetics, in the novel).
I like this tremendously as a brainstorming session - but if you revise, you'll need to aggressively focus, expanding some of it and cutting other parts, in order to forge an argument where really we just have a very rich set of ideas.


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Friday, May 14, 2010
So I think I am just now using my blog post to basically talk about nothing. I believe that everyone has a right to one of these some time in their life, because at one point you will not know what to talk about about, so you will talk about nothing. I may need another though, if I am already using my quota so early in my life. The interesting things about these blogs is that you end up talking about something anyways. You may not even realize it until mid way through, but you always have to talk about something. There honestly inst a thing such as nothing. Even if you think you are talking about nothing, like right now, I am actually talking about talking about nothing. I just kind of was drawing a blank and decided that nothing was a good topic, but it morphed into something. I didnt really mean for it to do this, or even to talk about this i just kind of got going and kept it going. I am not even sure when this blog post is going to end, or if it will ever have a true ending. Maybe it could end like all those books people like until the end because while technically they have an end, they dont give any true closure to the story being told. I believe these are what we talk cliff hangers. A name that actually makes some sense in the english language, although we are not actually hanging off or a cliff. I like writing these kinds blogs because they allow my mind to wonder, and ponder and be able to write what kind of comes to my mind. Although my mind kind of feels empty inside and not full of much thought. This is kind of why I had a hard time trying a figure out a topic to blog about in the first place. When this seems to be a pretty good stopping point, and I wont leave you hanging and I will now tell you that this is the end to the blog and my blog post about random thoughts of nothing.
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A brand new year. I woke up at noon...I hope that won't be the pattern for the rest of the year. I slept hard! I was tired! Yesterday got up early and went in service with Ryan and Roy, and Jerry and Ladonna. We all loaded up the van. I was glad because it was cold and windy. If I'm counting right I think there were 18 peolple out yesterday. Nice group. After service we went to McDonalds - I had to have a mcrib before they are gone- and then went to Ryan and Angela's. Lee and Ryan worked on Ryan's mazda. After the kids went down for a nap, Angela, Me, and Roy went to look at a house Angela found in the paper that is about 5 minutes from my house. It needs alot of work, but it's a neat place.
When we got back to Angela's we just bummed around and decided to watch a movie- Angela has a hundred+ netflix, + apple tv..... I had never watched the devil wears prada, so I decided to watch that one. Of course the kids were up just in time to watch it with us. The picture is Nick and Mia getting ready for the movie to come on....hehe.
After the movie we had steaks and Ryan wanted to watch Ironman. He had bought the blueray....so we stayed and watched that too. I hadn't had the chance to see anything on blueray and I love ironman. I'd like to buy it too. I couldn't notice a huge difference with the blueray. It seemed like maybe the sound was sharper..... anway, when that was over we headed home and amazingly hit no road block.
I tried to order my project 365 kit, but it is already out of stock. :o( Hhhhhh I wish I would have woke up at 9 am. I really want that thing!!!!


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This study is meant to address questions of strategy and choices that I have not found elsewhere. Many studies of the mathematics of football squares concern themselves with determining what are the best numbers to have. As part of the game, this information is a little fun because your hopes for a positive outcome can rest upon which numbers you end up with. However, as the rows and columns are chosen at random, there is nothing you can really do with the information. One exception is a variation of this game where the rows and columns are chosen before the game and players bid on what numbers to take.
I do tabulate, over my data sample, the frequency of winning squares in Q1-Q4,FS. This information is provided but is not the subject of actual strategy that one can employ. The numbers that I find agree with other such tabulations that can be found on sites where Football Squares is analyzed.
The tables below, show grids with the frequency at which squares were winning squares in the quarter shown. For example, about 20% of the time, the score after Q1 ended in 0-0 as final digits. This includes scores of 0-0, 10-0, 0-10, 10-10 etc. Scores ending in 7 and 3 are also likely as expected. In the later quarters, as more scoring takes place, there is a larger variation as to which numbers are likely to come up.
The table below shows a grid and the frequency of winning in any of the Q1-Q3,FS. The numbers in the table could sum to 400% as the variation of the game under consideration has four winning squares after Q1-Q3, and the final score; however, I normalize this table to 100% for easier relative comparisons. It is also noted that this tabulation does not take into account correlations between the scores in the different quarters. This correlation is taken into account by the simulation.
It is not uniquely defined how one would value individual numbers as you hold separate squares corresponding to a number for a row and for a column. My tabulation of the relative value of the numbers is shown below showing 0 and 7 are clearly the best numbers, 3 and 4 are good, 6 and 1 are OK, and 8, 9, 2, and 5 are not so good relatively speaking (unless that day, the final score is 29-25). This tabulation treats 0-0 (and other double-digit possibilities) twice just as it treats 7-0 on equal footing as 0-7. In fact, the mistake of not doing this would lead some to believe 7 is a better number than 0. With the table below, you can see how valuable are your numbers for each of the quarters, the final score, and overall if winning squares are awarded Q1-Q3,FS.


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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Welcoming Congregation and Controversy
As I have subtly and not-so-subtly touched on, we have some important votes coming up in our congregation. It occurred to me today that we're having an "only in a UU church" moment. It is humorous, to me anyway, as well as part of it being frustrating.
One of the things we will be voting on is whether to become a welcoming congregation. Will we make the effort to not only welcome the GLBT community, but to make changes to be more inclusive?
That's not the controversy.
The controversy is about having a disruptive behavior policy.
Only in a UU church ... though it frustrates me (the disruptive behavior policy part -- I'm pleased as punch that it seems "Welcoming Congregation" is a "yeah, of course!"), I am glad that if we have to have a controversy, it falls that way.
2 comments:
- Jamie Goodwin said...
I have ran into the "Disruptive church: controvery myself.
For much the same reasons you stated (not wanting to pointout certain members) I will not get into it but to say... I feel your pain.
- aenodia said...
Before I retired I belonged to a small congregation that did not have paid clergy. We did not have a policy about behavior and when a situation arose we sought outside help from the Center for Conflict Resolution. Still we did not develop a policy about disruptive behavior. Since we had a period of discussion built into the service most Sundays we had the potential to have disruptive behavior frequently. We just sort of stumbled along. Since I moved and joined CLF (Church of the Larger Fellowship) the congregation has sought to grow and hired consulting ministers. The first one got the congregation started on developing a "Right Relations" document or covenant I'm not sure since I have not been part of the discussion. Even 11 years later I still get the newsletter.
It seems to me a good idea to put behavior norms in positive terms. This is what we affirm we will do and how we will behave with one another. Then as part of that policy include consequences for behavior that departs radically from the covenant. For all I know that could be what your congregation is doing.


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WILLIAM B. SATTERLEE, AS ADMINISTRATOR D. B. N. OF THE ESTATE OF EDSON CARR, DECEASED, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS,v.JOHN W. SENTER, DEFENDANT
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This is a motion for an order striking out defendant's answer and directing the entry of summary judgment for the plaintiffs. The primary action was instituted pursuant to article 15 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law to determine defendant's claim to certain real property and to adjudge the plaintiff as lawful owner of the fee.
The defendant cross-moves for summary judgment in his favor. (CPLR 3212.)
This controversy resolves around a tax deed which was executed by the County Treasurer running to one Helen N. Lapp. She subsequently deeded the same premises to the defendant herein, John W. Senter. The tax deed was the Lapp source of title. First to focus on the events and dates necessary to dissect this real property tax question. The findings are numbered and shall be referred to hereinafter.
(1) October 7, 1960. Tax Certificate sold to W. J. Cowee, Inc. by County Treasurer.
(2) October 6, 1961. Tax Certificate sold to W. J. Cowee by County Treasurer.
(3) July 1, 1962. Helen N. Lapp redeemed Tax Certificate at No. 1 and No. 2.
(4) October 5, 1962. Helen N. Lapp purchased Tax Certificate.
(5) October 4, 1963. Helen N. Lapp purchased Tax Certificate.
(6) October 5, 1963. Helen N. Lapp requests deed from Treasurer. (Section 1018, 1020, Real Property Tax Law.)
(7) November 12, 1963. County conveys property as requested at No. 6.
(8) April 21, 1964. County Treasurer sent notice of cancellation of deed at No. 7.
The tax deed to Helen N. Lapp was based upon the unpaid taxes for the year 1960. This was an obvious error as the certificates issued were redeemed by the grantee herself. Therefore, there was no basis under the Real Property Tax Law for the County Treasurer, or the county, if it had bid in, to issue a deed. It makes no difference on the issue of the validity of the deed as to the procedure followed by the county in respect to the enforcement of the collection of taxes by tax sale as redemption under section 1010 of the Real Property Tax Law had been affected by "any other person". (Real Property Tax Law, § 1010, subd. 1.) As to procedure of sale by treasurer or county. (Real Property Tax Law, §§ 1018, 1019.)
Now as to the mechanics of the notice of cancellation and cancellation of the tax deed pursuant to section 1026 of the Real Property Tax Law. It is here that the treasurer failed to explicitly follow the statute as he did not deliver to Helen N. Lapp an instrument of abandonment duly executed and acknowledged in the same manner as a deed. (Real Property Tax Law, § 1026, subd. 3.) He also failed to deliver such instrument of abandonment to the County Clerk and of course the ...
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When Christopher Nolan's film Memento appeared, it contained a device which seemed breathtaking in its simplicity and full of an unquantifiable dramatic potential. The device is that of a man whose memory is reduced to a very brief span of just a few minutes. He writes notes which he uses to remind himself of the things he will need to try and remember when he "wakes up" again with his memories once again eradicated. The one problem with Nolan's idea (developed with his brother) is that it is so dazzlingly original that it cannot really be repeated, as everyone will just say – they already did that in Memento.
Which leads to the question of how successful that film was in Japan and whether Ogawa likes the cinema. Because her novel, published long after Memento was released, employs exactly the same device. Given that this is a novel and its timespan has greater scope that that of a movie, the maths Professor who suffers from the disease has an 80 minute memory span, allowing him to develop quite a profound relationship with his housekeeper, the narrator, and her son, who is known as Root, because his haircut reminds the Professor of the sign for Square Root.
In contrast to the Nolan, Ogawa uses the device to develop a gentle, sad but affecting tale of the way in which the human instinct towards kindness and affection can succeed in transcending even the annihalatory process of time. In spite of his illness, the Housekeeper succeeds in developing a rich relationship with the Professor, which changes both her and her son's life. The idiot savants of this world know far more than us ordinary mortals will ever be able to forget. Underpinning this is the Professor's belief that mathematics, the art of which he studies, precedes and will postdate humanity. The mathematical laws offer a transcendent vision to those who learn to study them. The Professor communicates through maths and as the Housekeeper gets to grips with the science, along with Root, their relationship flourishes.
So, now it can be said, if anyone were to use this narrative device again: you can't use it because Nolan and Ogawa have already used it. It is perhaps worth noting the way in which two separate cultures have chosen to use the same trick. Ogawa's version is less viscerally dramatic, perhaps, but in her hands it shows the way in which the ability of humans to connect can transcend even the most extreme of obstacles. Whereas Nolan's use of the device was rather more nihilistic.


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This just gets harder!!
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Day 2 - Kindness
How kind am I as a husband?
Do I really show genuine kindness to my wife?
I mean... GENUINE kindness?!
The kind of kindness that shows careful thought and planning, yet no bragging? The kind of kindness that just is, that expects nothing back?
Do I ever do things for my wife because I know she'll like them, or do I always have an ulterior motive? Is it for my best or hers?
All questions I've been forced to ask today as I've looked at the subject of kindness and how it plays a huge part in marriage. The kind of attitude where nothing is too much effort, nothing is not worth doing to bring that smile to her face.
It's an attitude that I have occasionally, but not often. Mostly I'm very selfish and my first thought of every day is not "how can I make her happy?". I'll admit, it feels almost impossible to live like that, but surely God is in all this too? How can I say I follow Him if I'm not showing kindness to my wife?
Do I look for ways to ease her burden, whatever that burden might be? It could be something as complex as helping her work out a math or work related problem, it could be something as simple as making the supper/a cup of tea for her when she looks tired. It could be taking her out for a meal when she looks a little down. It could be going out and getting her meds when she's feeling unwell, it could even be just being willing to sit there and offer a hug, or a kiss, or lifting the hair out of her eyes and telling her that I love her. All ways of being kind to my wife.
If I'm being patient, kindness will follow. It's the next stage of treating my wife with respect. If I'm patient, I'm putting time in my schedule and my day to be kind to her.
Again, although it seems complicated, it really isn't. It's all about small actions and responses that say "I love you, and you're worth spending this time with in this moment, despite what I have to do today".
It's about showing her how much I love her through small things, something I'm not good at and need to be. How is she gonna know that I love her if I'm at work and can't ring? I could leave mementos, things that express how I feel, little notes, scribblings, things that show her that even though we're apart, I'm thinking of her.
I could send her more texts during my day.
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HOW TO GET A CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT ANY SORT OF EXPERIENCEExamining the early days of Magnolia Science Academy, you will scratch your head in bewilderment at how these schools were approved back in 2001
CEO history of the Magnolia organization:
- 2002 to ~2008: Huseyin Hurmali rotated out of the Gulen education world to become chairman of the West America Turkic Council (WATC), one of the six regional NGOs under the Turkic American Alliance, the Gulen Movement's national US umbrella. By 2012, Hurmali was back in Turkey working for the Journalists and Writers Foundation, a major, and completely acknowledged to be Gulenist public relations NGO (in Turkish: Gazeticiler ve Yazarlar Vakfi, GYV). Today Hurmanli, the first CEO of Magnolia, is the vice president of GYV.
- 2009 to 2011: Suleyman Bahceci appears in the original 2000 application for the first Harmony school in TX, listed as a member of the charter school development team. Now he's executive VP for a Gulenist university in Virginia. https://www.linkedin.com/in/suleymanbahceci
- 2012 to 2014 (late summer): Mehmet Argin (returned to Turkey and works at a Gulenist university there.http://p.mevlana.edu.tr/margin/
- 2014 (late summer to end of year): Murat Biyik, interim CEO (now listed as a board member of the Gulen charter school in UT)
- 2015 to present: Caprice Young
2. Info about the people involved with the very first Magnolia charter school. Since I've never been able to get hold of the original MSA-Reseda petition submitted to LAUSD in 2001 (would likely list the founding team members), I looked at the board members who appear on the very first tax return for the Dialog Cultural, Scientific & Educational Foundation (the original name of the Magnolia nonprofit). The Dialog Foundation nonprofit was incorporated on 8/28/1997, but I don't know who filed it or if there was a false start before 2001 that we don't know about.
They are:
1. Remzi Oten, president
2. Ertan Salik, vice president
3. Greg Sotzing, director
4. Buket Aktas, director
5. Ali Emre Uyar, director
6. Yusef Ateskan, director
My best summary for what was going on in late 2001 thru 2002:
- All of the above were between ~26 and ~30 years old.
- Almost all were in graduate school or had obtained graduate degrees very recently.
- Five were from Turkey; one was an American who was not even living in California at the time.
- The Turkish individuals had been living in the US from one year (or possibly even less) up to 7-10 years.
- Two of the six returned to Turkey
- Two of the six now live in other states
- Two of the six (Oten and Salik) have remained in Southern California
- None of the above had experience in US K-12 education
I suspect this is basically the pattern for every Gulen charter school effort made in the early years. Later on, many of the Gulenists who wanted to start charter schools were also able to recruit non-Turkish/Turkic sympathizers and outsiders to be on their founding teams and boards (people who had been on Gulenist-sponsored Turkey trips, etc.).
Details based on information obtained online on 2/24/2016.
1. Remzi Oten (b. ~1972): Came to the US from Turkey between 1992 (the year he obtained a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University) and 1995 (the year he entered graduate school at UC-Irvine). Thus Oten had been in the US for seven or so years when he became the ~30 y/o board president for Dialog Cultural, Scientific & Educational Foundation (see Form 990s for 2002 and 2003). What he's doing today:https://www.linkedin.com/in/remzi-oten-777b43a NOTE: In 2015, Oten returned as a Magnolia board member. In 2012, his wife Tugba (using the name "Michelle Oten") listed herself as "Pacifica Insitute/Outreach Coordinator" on the form for her $1,500 campaign contribution to Loretta Sanchez. On her form for her $1,200 contribution to Alan Lowenthal that year, she called herself Tugba M. Oten.
2. Ertan Salik (b. ~1973): Salik came to the US from Turkey between 1994 (the year he obtained a BS in Physics from Bogazici University) and 1996/1997 (approx. year he started graduate school at the University of Southern California). Thus, when he was pitching the first Magnolia charter school to LAUSD in the fall of 2001, Salik was a ~28 y/o newly minted USC PhD who had only been in the US for four to five years, all of that time in graduate school. He appears on Dialog/Magnolia's Form 990s for 2002 and 2003 as vice president, and for 2004 and 2006 as president. No Form 990 for 2005 is available. Salik contributes articles to the Gulenist Fountain Magazine (see the photo I took of it being advertised at the Anatolian Fest), What he's doing today:http://www.cpp.edu/~esalik/members.html
3. Greg Sotzing (b. ~1974): In 1997, Sotzing obtained his PhD from the University of Florida then completed a post doc at the California Institute of Technology, finishing in 1999. Dialog/Magnolia lists him on its tax return (Form 990s for 2002 and 2003), but he was not living in California at the time. As it turns out, Sotzing was working at the University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor from 1999 to 2004. Of importance is that Sotzing helped establish Putnam Science Academy, a private Gulen school in Connecticut and served as its president starting in 2002. What he's doing today: http://www.ims.uconn.edu/gregory-a-sotzing/ NOTE: Sotzing married Fatma Selampinar at some point. She is a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at UConn and they have two children.
4. Buket Aktas (female, birth year not known): In 2001 Aktas came to Los Angeles from Turkey, but then returned in 2003. Although she was in the US for only two years, she was made a board member for the Dialog/Magnolia organization for those years (see Form 990s for 2002 and 2003). What she's doing today is not known.
5. Ali Emre Uyar (b. 1976): Now going by the name Emre Uyar. In 2000, after obtaining his MA in Economics from Bilkent University, Uyar came to the US to start a graduate fellowship at UCLA. By 2002 he was a 26 y/o board member for the Dialog/Magnolia organization (Form 990s for 2002, 2003, and 2007). Uyar completed his PhD in 2007, and then appears at Duke University in 2009. What he's doing today:https://www.cornerstone.com/Staff/Emre-Uyar
6. Yusef Ateskan (b. ~1974): Ateskan came to the US from Turkey after obtaining his BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University in 1996. By 2001 he had obtained his MS in Electrical Engineering from USC. He appears as a director for Dialog Cultural, Scientific & Educational Foundation on its Form 990s for 2002 and 2003 (~28 y/o at the time). The exact year of his return to Turkey is not known but by 2008 he was working as a senior engineer at Vestel in Izmir. What he's doing today:http://english.izmir.edu.tr/electronics-and-communication-tech/84-ak/234-yusuf-selcuk-ateskan-cv.html
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Speeding Up Progress In Fighting Obesity In Schools
April 25, 2010
Healthy Kids Challenge shares suggestions for increasing progress in the fight against obesity in schools…along with our simple, every day, evidence-based solutions.
America's obesity problems begin at an early age for kids. In Head Start, which provides early childhood education to nearly 1 million low-income children, about 1/3 of the children are overweight or obese. Experts and policy makers are looking at preschools and K-12 schools in an effort to reduce obesity.
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Policy makers should require Head Start to provide healthy meals and snacks for preschool children; increase training and technical assistance for staff; and develop staff wellness programs.
- Develop healthy snack lists and policies at preschools to encourage nutritious snack choices.
- Provide preschool teachers and staff simple tools, such as literacy to teach kids healthy eating and physical activity messages. HKC's Monthly Action Idea provides a healthy preschool activity and complimenting book to read. More health-themed preschool books can be found at Michigan Team Nutrition Preschool Booklist.
- Organize a wellness team as an avenue for sharing staff wellness ideas.
What other tools do early childhood education teachers need to promote wellness for their kids? Share your thoughts.
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Did you know there is the first child fitness iPhone app? It's called KIDFIT. and it offers more than 150 safe, fun fitness exercises to youth at all athletic levels. I think this is an innovative way to combat childhood obesity. Here's a link you a review. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5adASvvvDpc Check it out!


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Jane Goodall says biofuel crops hurt rain forests
It was reported by Timothy Gardner of Reuters that Jane Goodall, one of the world's best-known scientists, has come out strongly against the planting of biofuel crops in tropical areas because this is typically accompanied by extensive destruction of rain forests.
So, whether it is "corn-to-ethanol" raising your food prices or fast-growing weeds for generation of fuel, one must question the true benefits of "bioenergy" or biofuels in many cases.
The situation is different in the case of waste oils being converted into biodiesel: waste is being put to good use here. Treating food and rain forests like waste is another matter, one that we can expect to be harmful to the planet in many ways. I'll be discussing this at length over the next few weeks.
This quote from Jane Goodall, as reported in the Reuters article, sums things up perfectly: "Biofuel isn't the answer to everything; it depends where it comes from."
See here for another recent report on biofuels in India, and here for a summary of consumer waste.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Make My Life A Constant Conversation With You!
I Hope HUGE To Be Found In You, To BE a Christian and not just settle for doing Christianity! Lord, I hope to find a place of complete surrender to You, right now so that You may be my ALL in my everything this day! Glory! Nothing can separate me from Your love as I diligently guard my heart, keeping it completely pure and wholly true to You...I cling to Your promised love that is everlasting… having no dead end!
©Prayer! I Pray Your Will! Jesus!May It Be So! Amen! ©
Your Name, Jesus is a strong, mighty tower and nothing has the power to save like Your name:
Jesus! There is healing in Your name Jesus, Salvation In Your Name, Comfort In Your Name, Tender Mercies In Your Name. JESUS
- Jesus heal Pam, give her a new heart.
- Jesus heal Penny give her a new pancreas and liver.
- Jesus heal Chip give Him YOU, give him a body cancer free
- Jesus heal Barbara free her of cancer, restore her health
- Jesus heal Debbie B, heal her memories of abuse
- Jesus make a way for Bob and I where there seems to be no way
- Jesus make a way for Linda D, give her the specific guidance according to Your Purpose
- Jesus give Hannah favor today, that Your best might happen in her life
- Jesus touch Leah make a way of Provision for her in her all and everything
- Kingdom Of God Come, Will of God Be Done This Day! Jesus!
- Jesus heal Virginia's Body, renew her spiritual strength, revive her soul
- Jesus touch Randy G, give him strong blood, balance his platelets, heal his body restore his vitality because of Your Healing Power.
- Father Touch Penny G bring her into total submission to You, be the LORD of her all and everything. Bring peace to her soul.
- Father be with Cindy H, bring peace to her soul and give the doctors the right wisdom for her dad, heal her dad, body, soul and spirit.
- Jesus make a way for Downtown Live, by Your Provision of Favor. Touch Steve, Emily, Brandon, Natalia, Ernest, Sarah, Bob and I and give us Your wisdom and favor to build serving groups to be used by God for this vision. Jesus. So Be It. I pray for Your Protection to cover all of this and us. Jesus.
Exhortation- The Shepherd's Communicated Love-Wisdom!
As The Deer
You Alone are my hearts desire Lord Jesus. I worship You. My soul thirsts for You, Lord Jesus.
To You Alone does my spirit yield. Jesus!
Psalm 42:1
As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God.
New Living Translation
(NLT)Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.
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Father God, keep us submitted to You today in our all and everything. May we walk yielded to Your Will in Your Powerful-Patience!
Father God touch each one of us today by Your Spirit of Compassion, that we might be just like You, encouraging-loving all.
Lord, I hope to find a place of complete surrender to You, right now! Be my ALL in my everything this day-I hope to glow Your Glory.
AWE-SOME GOD! Mighty God, I pray You would reign in us this day. Be our 1st choice today in our all and everything. Jesus!
Jesus touch each one of us this day, be glorified in us. Glow Your Glory In Us Through Us!
Jesus I pray that every blessing You give us today, we will in turn TALK IT UP in praise to You. Jesus!
Jesus shape my heart this day, break my selfish plans so all of me is less - the ALLNESS of Your Love-Will-Kingdom is more-most!
Take my will to the foot of the cross, so all that I am is humbled, willess- ready to go where You are today!
Jesus, we think we can make a way without You, yet the truth is we are so lost without You. Be our 1st choice today!
Bible Reading… Reflections….Insights…Revelations
Isaiah 48:10
Tested in the Furnace of Affliction
"And now listen to this, family of Jacob, you who are called by the name Israel: Who got you started in the loins of Judah, you who use God's name to back up your promises and pray to the God of Israel?
But do you mean it? Do you live like it? You claim to be citizens of the Holy City; you act as though you lean on the God of Israel, named God-of-the-Angel-Armies. For a long time now, I've let you in on the way I work: I told you what I was going to do beforehand, then I did it and it was done, and that's that. I know you're a bunch of hardheads, obstinate and flint-faced, So I got a running start and began telling you what was going on before it even happened. That is why you can't say, 'My god-idol did this.' 'My favorite god-carving commanded this.' You have all this evidence confirmed by your own eyes and ears. Shouldn't you be talking about it? And that was just the beginning. I have a lot more to tell you, things you never knew existed. This isn't a variation on the same old thing. This is new, brand-new, something you'd never guess or dream up. When you hear this you won't be able to say, 'I knew that all along.' You've never been good listeners to me. You have a history of ignoring me, A sorry track record of fickle attachments— rebels from the womb. But out of the sheer goodness of my heart, because of who I am, I keep a tight rein on my anger and hold my temper. I don't wash my hands of you. Do you see what I've done? I've refined you, but not without fire. I've tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction. Out of myself, simply because of who I am, I do what I do. I have my reputation to keep up. I'm not playing second fiddle to either gods or people.
The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
©I am Promised!!! ©
Isaiah 48:17
The Lord is the Holy One of Israel. He sets his people free. He says to them, "I am the Lord your God. I teach you what is best for you. I direct you in the way you should go.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV) Copyright © 1996, 1998 by Biblica
*My Prayer-HIS-THOUGHTS: KimberlyMac-Glowing In His Glory! Always-4Ever! Glow It!*
Lord I am clinging to this promise and hoping huge in You, that You will direct our paths during these days where it is so hard to know what to do. Thank you for showing us up to this point our direction. I thank you for the wisdom You are going to give us, the directional wisdom that we need so desperately right now. Jesus!
Isaiah 48:16-19
Your Progeny, Like Grains of Sand
16-19And now, the Master, God, sends me and his Spirit with this Message from God, your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel: "I am God, your God, who teaches you how to live right and well. I show you what to do, where to go. If you had listened all along to what I told you, your life would have flowed full like a river, blessings rolling in like waves from the sea. Children and grandchildren are like sand, your progeny like grains of sand. There would be no end of them, no danger of losing touch with me."
The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image. -- A. W. Tozer
*My Prayer-HIS-THOUGHTS: KimberlyMac-Glowing In His Glory! Always-4Ever! Glow It!*
Father God, You Are My Potter, I am your clay. I want You to shape my life and I hope huge that I will be responsive, pliable clay in Your Hands. Jesus!
©I am Promised!!! ©
Psalms 16:7-11
I will praise the Lord who counsels me- even at night my conscience instructs me. 8 I keep the Lord in mind always. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my spirit rejoices; my body also rests securely. 10 For You will not abandon me to Sheol; You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay. 11 You reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy; in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.
*My Prayer-HIS-THOUGHTS: KimberlyMac-Glowing In His Glory! Always-4Ever! Glow It!*
AWE-GOD! In my walk with God and growing every single day, He has spoken to me to develop my AWE in Him. He has shown me how this will "keep me" on the path of Constant conversation with Him.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa
*My Prayer-HIS-THOUGHTS: KimberlyMac-Glowing In His Glory! Always-4Ever! Glow It!*
From The Heart Of A United States Marine Mom To A United States Marine Wife:
- What I feel, I will not chase, What I know I will Cling Too! Jesus Is My Hope-Truth-Provision-Protection-Peace! I share my feelings, yet I act on the truth I know! My feelings are: Afghanistan! No! I don't want him to go there either!! Both deployments there were hard and very dangerous, but both deployments also had miraculous elements to them where God saved him in miraculous ways. In some ways though, I don't think anywhere is safe for anyone, so I am not going to try to put a value on Afghanistan over other places. Our country is no longer very safe either and everyday it is getting worse, so maybe God just wants us all to learn to lean on His Protection everyday in every way. I mean ask the town in Alabama where Tina lived where the 11 people were killed by one person, people just sitting on their porches or walking downtown. This whole world is a war zone!!
- I am so like you, when I hear of him maybe going to Afghanistan, my battle begins in my emotions and I have to choose, am I going to let this lay me out flat or am I going to rise up live my life today and purposefully make a difference for God, because just like him, this could be my last day here on earth. So what am I going to do with it?
- I have to be honest, some days are better than others, some days I am just laid out flat, other days I am up and fighting the good fight of faith. What I have learned is sometimes you just have to "do it afraid"... do life, even though you are scared silly for the one you love so dearly. The thing I prayed for the most and if he gets sent to Afghanistan again, is for courage. Because I can't be a robot, I can't not feel, I can't shut off who I am. I know, he has gone there twice and I felt fear every day, but I made up my mind, my heart, my spirit to be God's and to walk out my life in "courage" and not let my fear, disable me... but drive me to make my life count day by day.
- You see I looked at it this way. Afghanistan is just as much a spiritual battle as USA, same enemy, really... We will fight the same fight, a spiritual warfare... we fight the same enemy and we have the same common denominator... Our Powerful Lord God! You have to settle your fear about death, about losing the one you love, that is the first thing.
- How did I do that? I realized that my life belongs to God, my time is in His hand. Today could be my last day on earth, but I have a future and a hope... yes I do! My son is not mine. He belongs to God. I cannot control his destiny or number his days. My husband is not mine, I cannot control the number of days God has given him. He belongs to God. I decided way back when (the second Afghanistan Tour) that I was going to serve God completely. I was going to let go of the time tables, of my plans, of my wants and I was going to fight, face my fears every day with the Promises of God, lean on them, expect them, and hope huge in them. I was going to despite my situation (him being in Afghanistan) fight hard by clinging to God harder, digging my roots deeper in His love, fight hard every single day to make my life count, to leave a legacy of love, encouragement and hope that day, to take up my cross and courageously be Christ's no matter how I felt... I was going to conquer my fear of him being in Afghanistan.
- Every day I got up with anxiety, fear of him dying that day, I laid out before God, I did not move until I had His promise, His hope....
- Yes, It is going to be (damn) hard but you will rise above it, because you have the same Jesus Christ in you that I have and I know He will grow you through as He has me and as He will me this next tour. Do I like it? No! I hate it! I hate it with a passion, BUT God has called him to be a US Marine, a warrior for righteousness and he is used mightily in that role. He is a fierce tender warrior, He is The Motivator of his troops, He is courage at its best, He is encouragement, peace and there is not any one better that I would want to defend the freedom of this country.
- Why because God rises up in him at times like that because he is in God's Will, doing His purpose. Could he get killed? Yes He could. Will He? I don't know. But you better believe I am praying and hoping huge that God's plan for him is another deployment of miracles.
- Whatever you picture a deployment to be, it truly is just one day of hope into the next, God never leaves you and you struggle to keep positioned in Him... We are all in this together with Christ, we will courageously stand and we, like our warrior will fight the good fight of faith, because in the end... isn't that what life here is about until we get to heaven...
- We do have so much to look forward to, until then, we have to get up off the floor put one hand into God's Sovereign will, the other hand into His Infinite Love and grow through the day.
Don't Forget To Stop By The Bridegroom's Café Today And Eat A Great Meal Prepared By The Bridegroom!
AUTHOR TABLE Most Wanted
BREAKFAST TABLE Presence Seeker
FAMILY TABLE Strength 4 Service
LISTENER TABLE Being Yoked
SERVANT TABLE Personal Creed
MILITARY TABLE Courage
SMORGASBORD Peace
God Bless You Much As You Stay In Constant Conversation With Him!
Praying It Will Be So! Kimberlymac


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Thursday, October 27, 2011
And this is how I know
Growing up, I never had a record collection. Mostly, because I was/am a bit of a tightwad compounded by the fact that I'm nearly always broke. And so, I had to make do with listening to my brothers' music. That wasn't so bad. My brothers have good taste, which roughly translates to no Michael Jackson, no Madonna, no Lady Gaga.
But now, left on my own, I find myself scouring Youtube for downloadables intended for my phone. I'm only now discovering my music -- minus the sibling influence.
Right now, I have Matchbox 20's "Unwell" and "Push". Of course, there is Alanis Morisette's "You ought to know". I'm planning to download more from Alanis' Jagged Little Pill album later. I miss her, the crazy little bat from hell version at least.
As for Green Day, I have the classic "Time of your life", and of course, "Basket case". No, I'm not feeling "Wake me up when September ends" which I think stinks of sell-out.
These are songs I've never heard my brothers play. It is all mine.
Of course, when I do find more time, I do plan to download some from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and maybe a little Nirvana -- all sibling influenced.
I was doing this most of the day yesterday, which the significant female in my life found amusing. And because I had let her hog the stereo all this time, it is only now that she too is discovering my taste in music. Her new favorite now is Alanis' "You ought to know". If not for yesterday's activities, the significant female would otherwise be too young to have known Alanis. Thank you Youtube.
First she was attracted by Alanis' vocals. Particularly that part where Alanis gargles the word "you" in the chorus. Then I explained to her what the song is all about. Well, that did it. Last night, she was singing along, trying to memorize the lyrics.
And that, my friends, is how I know -- she is the one.
Posted by Don Dee at 9:47 AM 8 comments
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Whatever it was
you did
or failed to do
no matter how far from grace
you may have fallen
always remember
there is still the rest of your life to live
never hate
never give up
never settle
for anything less
than what your heart truly desires
tomorrow forever holds the promise
of a better day
this is God's gift to you
Posted by Don Dee at 10:03 PM 2 comments
Saturday, October 15, 2011
My Galaxy Mini
It is roughly two weeks now since I bought my first Android phone, a Samsung Galaxy Mini. It is a leap from my previous phone, a Nokia model that can be resold now for less than 500 pesos I believe (any takers?).
So, the Galaxy Mini is the cheapest, most basic Android phone from Samsung. You get one camera, a 3" touch screen, practically no internal phone memory though 2 gigs are available with the micro SD card sold with the phone. The casing is a little slippery so it is advisable to fit it with a jelly casing. I also bought the scratch-proof screen protector, a new pouch, and a 16 gig micro SD. All in all, I spent roughly 9K pesos for it.
Of course, this being my first internet phone, I had to spend more than a day figuring out how to stop losing my load. Yeah, took me that long to figure out how to stop my phone from connecting to the internet -- you have to, or you will be charged 20 pesos per hour by Smart.
I've installed free apps from the market, which I love (yes, angry ang bird ko!). I am now able to access my gmail from just about anywhere. Yahoo mails are a little backward, because they are asking you to register a new mobile mail account with them. So what happens to my old mail account, Yahoo? I might just have to abandon them since they are slowly becoming too edsamail-ish.
The camera has acceptable resolution. But since you only have one at the back of the phone, it is quite a challenge to take photos of yourself. To further complicate things, the touchscreen button doesn't help when you have the phone facing the other way. And yeah, the Mini has no flash.
Battery will last less than 6 hours if you are using it as a mobile internet device. Otherwise, I am told it will last more than a week if you use it only as a phone.
The 3" screen is a little too small to fit column spaces in newspapers (like the inquirer.net). The frontpage is ok. But reading the full story is a little struggle, to read from left to right, you have to keep pushing the screen all the time. This reminds me, I need to get this blog available in mobile format. I'm sure Google/blogger has the solution for it. Android is Google after all.
All in all, I am happy with the purchase. It takes some getting used to, but now, I can't imagine going back to my old jurassic phone.
Posted by Don Dee at 9:17 AM 2 comments
Labels: review
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Test post
Using my android phone in gprs country. My late father would have loved this device, being the master typist with two fingers. I'm using only one.
Posted by Don Dee at 6:46 AM 2 comments
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The big difference
The editorial of today's Inquirer admonishes PNoy for not visiting the flood stricken areas sooner. Think symbols it said. A photo-op of a president physically handing out a bag of relief goods might have done the trick. In other words, the Inquirer editorial wants more of the same old showbiz style politics that has been the downfall of our country.
What gives Inquirer? Don't you all get it? This is a president unburdened by the need to perpetuate his hold on to power beyond what the constitution mandates. When his term is over, PNoy will go. And yes, like he said, he will be missed.
A welcome relief, finally, a president who is no longer campaigning.
The AFP, DSWD and other agencies tasked to help the typhoon victims had already pre-positioned their assets even before Quiel hit. And right in the thick of it, the president was seen on tv coordinating with the heads of these agencies on how best to serve the needs of the typhoon victims. Oh but the Inquirer missed all that. Because PNoy did not go to Bulacan and distribute the one photo-op bag of relief goods himself.
Yes, think symbols, Inquirer. You are right on that one point. But as far as symbols go, do not miss the symbols that you do not see. Let me give you a hint, when was the last time you saw a TV ad, paid for by PAGCOR, praising the president for his/her good works? Therein lies the big difference.
Posted by Don Dee at 9:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: news
Monday, October 3, 2011
My phone
Before the year ends, I'm planning to buy me an android phone. For anyone who knows me, this is quite a leap. Consider this, my current phone is a Nokia model that costs less than 1,000 pesos. I would have stuck it out with my previous even more basic phone (that worked just fine) if not for the JAVA applications required to access my bank account. So yeah, my phone is basically the kind given to drivers and yayas.
It's not that I am a techno-phobe nor am I that guy who just refuses to go with current trends. It's not like that at all. It's just that I remember my first PC, a pentium 133 Mhz with 200 MB of hard disk space. I remember burning CDs with that when CDs cost 500 pesos a pop. How much do CDs cost nowadays? 10 pesos? And it is not even CDs anymore, they are DVDs.
So yeah, I am amazed by the 800 Mhz and gigabytes upon gigabytes of memory currently available on net-phones. And we all know that this is not the end. Next year's version would have even more. And more on top of that in the years to come. So when should I buy the next phone? This year when I know this year's phone is going to be next to obsolete before next year ends?
Hmmmm.... I know. I'm buying, before the year ends, last year's phone for half the price.
Posted by Don Dee at 12:47 PM 8 comments
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Vicki vs. Hayden
If no one else sees it, then let me be the one to say it, nothing should give us more hope than these two. Love is a very strange fish. If these two can find it in themselves to love one another in spite of it all, then maybe, just maybe, there is a chance for the rest of us. Life is not a Disney movie.
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
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Ha Ha Ha. Hope you had a good birthday. We are still working on our kitchen. Part of the counter top is on but the area by the sink still needs to get done, plus lights. It will be nice to be finished. Both of us are ready to move on to something else. I don't know how your dad ever managed to do all the stuff around your house. Looks like your cousin Brody Beus is getting his calling for a mission really soon. He has all his papers in. We love you and are proud of the work you do. Love, Grandma and Grandad AwbreyReplyDelete
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Although we're days away from officially being able to say it's spring, soup season is still in full effect. Especially in NYC where it's rumored it's supposed to snow this weekend (ugh).
There's something amazing about soup, like it's some sort of medicine. That salty, steamy broth that coats every bone in your body is completely unparalleled, and don't even get us started on the delicious goodness you put inside the soup. Noodles, meat, veggies–you name it.
Manhattanites: If you're still scouring for the perfect soup to satisfy your hunger pangs in these particularly chilly days, we've rounded up some seriously delicious eats in the Big Apple:
1. Akamaru Modern Ramen at Ippudo
Homemade noodles, pork, cabbage, kikurage mushrooms, scallions, and a soft boiled egg float perfectly on top of the milky tonkotsu broth. It's finished off with a dollop of spicy miso paste that pairs effortlessly with the rest of the dish.
2. Oyster Pan Roast at Grand Central Oyster Bar
A cream-based broth with butter, Worcestershire sauce, and paprika is accompanied by a slice of white bread and six Bluepoint oysters.
3. Lobster Bisque at Ed's Lobster Bar
What makes a good lobster bisque? How about generous portions of lobster and a thick, creamy, salty-sweet broth that makes your mouth water just thinking about it. We've found that exact bisque at Ed's, where they definitely don't scrimp on the lobster.
4. Matzo Ball Soup at Ben's Kosher Deli
Cure a cold and a case of the munchies with this deliciously perfect and authentic matzo ball soup. You can't get much closer to Bubbie's than this.
5. Chicken Tortilla Avocado Soup at Shopsin
Combine all the spicy, meaty goodness of a chicken tortilla and make it into a soup–that's what Shopsin's done, along with some roasted cabbage for a sweet addition to the must-have treat.


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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Hardshells Converted By Men & Money
Over the past 180 years, the Hardshells who have denied that God saves (regenerates or gives birth to) sinners by the preaching of the Gospel have argued that such a view logically leads to affirming that sinners are saved by money and that their salvation depends upon man rather than upon God. Men must travel to preach the Gospel and there are expenses involved in traveling. But, by this same logic, Hardshells must admit that their being "converted" or their experiencing "time" or Gospel salvation was by money and was dependent upon man. A Hardshell preacher spends money on gas for his car to go preach. A child of God hears the Hardshell preach and is "converted" by the preaching. Was he not saved by men rather than by God, by Hardshell logic? Was he not "converted" by money?
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Since then, a second song from the same upcoming album has been released. So, without further ado, I present you Laredo, taken from the forthcoming album, Infinite Arms by the almighty Band of Horses.
I'm really liking the developments that this band (of horses) have made to their sound. Ben's vocals have always been, and still are, pleasant to listen to. Nice, light and easygoing rock music.
In other news, I bought some new headphones from Amazon today due to the fact that my old ones had broken.
I've just got back from my friend Darshni's flat. Me, her, Dan and Lucy watched an Italian film, La vita è bella (Life's beautiful). It was a wonderful film. It almost reminded me of the old Carry On... films with the first half being very much a slapstick comedy affair with a charming sense of innocence commonplace in many films from the Carry On era, despite this film being made in 1997.
I'd recommend the film to anybody and suggest that you watch it.
Well now I must sleep, for the next day awaits me.
I hate not getting my 8 hours.


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"Malicious Slander" is how Tariq Nelson correctly described the lies put forth by the openly racist organization "Society of American for National Existence" (SANE) regarding Dar Al Hijrah. We can see that they hold many racist views on their site and I contend that they are outright LIARS. Let them produce a tape of me trying to recruit anyone to commit acts of terror or where I have made anti-American statements.
If what they say is true, then let them bring the tape they claim to have


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Adventures and musings from a girl who has transformed into a woman called by God to be a warrior and princess in this world.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Update on me
Doing waaaaaaaay better. There is nothing a good cry and God can't fix. I talked to my school facilitators and I have a few options. I am taking the option of walking one day at a time. So that means tomorrow I will go to clinical and collect info. Then the next day I will decide if I will go into clinical. Day by day minute by minute Yahweh walks with me. We were challenged to holiness this evening by a dear friend at our young adults group. I feel refreshed, but still moving slow. Thanks to all who are praying.
Posted by Princess Warrior at 10:37 pm
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- Camille said...
i am so glad you came last night!! we need you. we love you!! you are a very dear and loved member of the body. thanks for being vulnerable and asking for help!!
- November 07, 2006
Hi Sherry,
"In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world." --Jesus.
"If you are tired, the enemy is tireder!" --Gen. George S. Patton.
God bless you with strength and encouragement as he carries you on the beach.
Lee Harding
- November 09, 2006
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