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A rare glimpse into the North Korean soul
In April, I joined hundreds of intrepid tourists heading to Pyongyang for Kim Il-sung's centenary birthday celebration. Most were seeking adventure. I was doing research for my next novel, which uses the ideological conflict between the U.S. and North Korea to explore the construction of national identity.
Every nation has its mythology – a reason why it is uniquely destined for greatness. For many in the United States, that reason is our Constitution and the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. I grew up believing that my country is a symbol of freedom for the world. The North Koreans also believe in their country's greatness. Central to their myth is the Great Leader, Kim Il-sung and Juche, his philosophy of militant self-reliance. In North Korea, leader-worship is not a cult of personality – it's a full-fledged religion. Images of Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il are everywhere. Going to the annual art show is like following the Stations of the Cross: Kim Il-sung as a child, Kim Il-sung fighting the Japanese, Kim Jong-il at the factory with the workers. Around the country, their words – common-sense platitudes like "Plant more crops, harvest more rice" – are inscribed like the Ten Commandments on two-ton slabs of rock.
Judging from her offhand remarks, our local guide, Miss Song, is a true believer. When I question her in private about the repressiveness of the government, she flatly disagrees. Intelligent, educated, friendly, she is not a robot, and she certainly doesn't act like she is afraid. Trying to put myself in her place, I imagine what it must be like to have your country occupied for 40 years, to be forced to speak another language, even to take a different name. Then the oppressor (Japan) leaves, and two other countries (the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.) come in, and literally divide your country in two.
Touring the demilitarized zone, with its acres of barbed wire and machine-gun-armed soldiers, I remember that the U.S and North Korea are still at war. No peace agreement was signed, only an armistice. A steel-jawed military guide tells visitors that the U.S. began the war. This is not true. It is true that millions of Koreans died compared with some 36,000 Americans, that the U.S. contemplated the use of nuclear weapons and that every form of industry in North Korea was completely destroyed.
Unsurprisingly, many of the tourist sites (the Fatherland Liberation Museum, the captured U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, etc.) celebrate North Korean resistance to foreign oppression. Even if the U.S. did not have 40,000 troops in South Korea, I think North Koreans would maintain a war mentality. Better isolation than that other slavery. Better to believe in the greatness of the leaders and the system than to believe you have no power.
Why did the U.S. stay after World War Two? Did we suddenly realize that Korea was a sovereign nation and decide to help the fledgling democracy in the South (which was not actually a democracy)? Did we feel guilty that in 1918 we rebuffed Korean nationalists, who, inspired by our own President Wilson's Fourteen Points, asked for help against Japan? Or did we think that Korea, situated between China and the Soviet Union, was too strategically and economically important to govern itself? Miss Song's desire to believe in a certain version of history is no different from my own. The difference is that I have access to information and experiences that might contradict it, and most North Koreans do not. Without Internet or alternative news sources, unable to travel freely, and with little or no interaction with foreigners, the average person simply has no grounds to question the system, or hope for anything else.
For the casual visitor, the violent oppressiveness of the regime is not apparent. Pyongyang, with its plentiful monuments and impressive public spaces, is, in many ways, a beautiful, thriving city. We see no litter, no traffic jams, no homelessness. Even so, after a few days, we become acutely aware of our own lack of freedom. Isolated from the locals, ferried from one sanctioned spectacle to the next, we protest. When our minders, two amiable men who accompany us everywhere, agree to take us to a park, we range like dogs off the leash. Ignoring their pleas that we stay together, I hand out chocolate bars to holiday-making families who sit on the grass eating and singing. In exchange, they offer orange soda and gesture for me to sit down. Young people shyly give the thumbs-up. People invite us to dance. They want to take pictures with us. Some of us even pose in wedding photos.
This is not the picture of North Korea I expected to see. And it does not erase the reality of prison camps in which an estimated 200,000 people are interred, the famine that killed hundreds of thousands, or the absurd folly of a government that spends its money on a faulty rocket ship while food shortages again threaten the nation. The authorities have shown us what they want us to see. Even so, they have not manufactured the pleasures of a warm spring day. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and all of us are smiling.
Walking back to the bus, however, we are quickly sobered by what we see: In a clearing at the end of the park, men, women, and children line up for an arcade game, Kill the American Imperialist! I stop and stare. Am I really the enemy? Are North Koreans mine? Are we responsible for the perceived crimes of our countries? For a moment the boundaries between people and politics blur. Too impersonal to be intimidating, the game reminds me that ideology loses its grip in the slight, irregular spaces between humans. My interaction with individual North Koreans has been delightful and genuine. It is in this that I find hope for the future.
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Thank you, Szilak. This is a very insightful article with passions and conscience. It touches the bottom of my heart.
It reminds me of what China used to be more than 30 years ago. Thank and bow to Deng Xiaoping for opening China up. Nowadays we are allowed to visit anywhere in the world, to access to internet, and are encouraged to learn English at schools. We had been set free to strive for a better tomorrow by ourselves instead of lining up for the government handouts. It is completely out of the imaginations of most of us.
I wish North Koreans would have a better future and unite with the South the soonest. We share the same ancestral cultures and could be roots as well because we have exactly the same surnames.
Please don't label me as a propagandist. I am just an ordinary Chinese. This article really moves me.
Dear Kalim: I, too, hope that North and South can reunite. It is a real tragedy that so many families are separated. Many in the U.S. are unfamiliar with Korean history and the special relationship that Korea had with China. Thanks for pointing this out. Illya
Dear Illya,
You have managed to stirring in the depths of my soul again. My eyes are still wet whenever I recall the scene of both mom and grandma hugged and bursted into tears together at reunion after 40-year separation.
I am staying in Guangzhou at present. I like to meet and exchange views with you if you happen to drop by here.
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I didn't plan to write about whether God chooses us (election, predestination) or whether we choose him (free will, determinism).
Today, I was going to write about other choices.
But I awoke and sat upright thinking of the words of God through Joshua, "Choose you this day whom you will serve." It was early in the morning, and might I add, I rarely awaken fully, sit upright with scripture on my brain early in the morning.
I do believe that the absolute answers about God are found in the Bible and that He, through the person of the Holy Spirit, teaches and reveals these answers to anyone who comes to the Word seeking.
(What I just said there are my beliefs and utterly frame my thinking when it comes to God. I believe in searching out other texts and teachings, but ultimately, God's word is the shizz and the Holy Spirit can teach anyone who wants to know.)
So here is the line of dots, from Old Testament to New Testament connected to what God says about choosing us:
Long, long ago, there lived a man, not really searching for the meaning of life or hoping to find a religion that would give him peace of mind when he laid his head on his pillow each night.
He wasn't searching for answers or looking for intentional community. He was trying to carve out a bit of life in the scrabble of some middle-eastern settlement. I guess he was trying to find a good, child-bearing woman and some sheep to build his flocks. Perhaps he wanted what everyone else seemed to want: a wife, some strong sons, a tent, food to eat, a bit of security and the courage to live each day in the face of whatever came. His name was Abram.
Abram was a descendent of Noah, who was a descendent of Adam, the first person, according to the Bible (which I repeatedly use for information, because I'm a Christian and that's what we do) so, Abram had an idea of God, according to storytelling tradition.
God stepped into Abrams life with flair in Genesis 12, saying (and I paraphrase), "Leave everyone you know, but take your wife, and leave your home country. This will work out, I promise. I'll show you the land and give you what I dream for you: you'll be a great, mighty nation, blessed in every way and as a bonus, I, the God of the universes, will be on your side and bless you always. Because of you, because of me, all people on earth will be blessed."
Huge deal, big promise.
People who like to toss around multi-syllabic words call this the Abrahamic Covenant.
Fast forward several hundred years. This is easy to do by skipping over Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Numbers in your Bible (and most of us do that a lot, but I tell you, there is good stuff in there). Joshua is a fun book to read if you're a guy or like movies and books with a lot of battles. Joshua came after Moses (remember Charlton Heston?). All those pages we just skipped in the Bible held the narrative accounts of how over and over again, God was proving himself faithful to fulfill the promise he gave to Abraham and his family tree. They also talk in detail about the Law (called the Mosaic Law) and the way to worship God according to the Law and how these people, the Hebrews were God's chosen people.
All God asked in response was that Abraham and his descendants worship and obey Him, the singular, unseen God.
This doesn't sound like it should be that hard, right?
But ask yourself, what did you do this morning: take care of your physical self, check your phone, play your favorite game on your phone, check your email, launch into the demands of your schedule?
Yeah, we worship whatever is in hand or in front of our face at any given moment.
God asked of those old, desert men: worship me.
It's harder than it sounds.
So back to Joshua. He was standing in the very promised land that God wanted to give Abraham's people.
They had witnessed the might of God working on their behalf all over that corner of the world. And God spoke through Joshua (chapter 24), saying (and I paraphrase), "I chose you people. I chose you over and over again and I blessed you and rescued you and fought for you. I have done, am doing and will do everything I've ever promised. I will choose you forever, because that's the kind of God I am. I will never, ever stop choosing you even when you don't choose me back."
And Joshua ended the speech saying, "Throw away your gods, little "g", and serve (obey and follow and worship) Big "G" God. Do what you want, serve whom you will, but God has done enough to convince me and my family: we're serving GOD!"
With that, he picked up a large stone and set it near a tree, making that a memorial stone, a witness to the nation's response that they would indeed, serve God only.
Of course, the rest of the Old Testament tells us in a million ways, how the people retracted from their promise to choose God back and all the ways God loved and provided and disciplined them, still promising to pave their way into eternity with him (which will happen, if you know your eschatology).
Skip over all those books (but do read them sometime!) and stick your thumb in Matthew 16:18. This is the New Testament; this is the part about Jesus.
God so loved all of us in this world that he came to be one of us frail and fleshy humans so that he could speak to the Hebrew people in a way that they could see him. This is called incarnation. All of the Bible, is hinged on this act, this miracle of God– the incarnation.
Jesus is speaking to Simon, and says, "On this Rock I will build my church."
He gave Simon a new name, Peter, which means little "r" rock (pebble, stone) so that Peter wouldn't get any grand ideas about himself and then pointed to Himself and said (paraphrased again), "I'm the "R" Rock. I am the rock in the desert under that tree, I am the witness and the promise and the savior and the blessing. I am everything God meant when he visited Abraham and Moses and all the rest. I AM. Now build my church. Be the first little rock among rocks."
Because Jesus made/became/fulfilled the promise of salvation that was so perfectly pictured in the scene in Joshua 24.
This is so exciting! You see, dear pebble: God's done it all!
He's done the calling and the promising, the providing and the blessing; he stood ahead as God to be worshipped and lay down his life as the sacrifice that made our sin, our perpetual and proverbial failure, a total non-issue in the holy sight of God.
"When you were dead in your sins…God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross." Colossians 2:13-14
He laid out the Way, paved the Way, provided the Way, led the Way. He is the Way, the Gate, the Sacrificial Lamb, the Reward, the Blessing. God did it all – and he chose YOU!
The relationship with God and Israel illustrates the story for each one of us.
Each one of us is minding our own business, scuffling about in the dirt, hoping for a little satisfaction in life and God comes blazing in with incredible promises: I choose you! He's excited, jumping up and down. Come on! This is gonna be great! C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!
He tugs at your hand and your heart and what do you do?
What do you do?
Choose Him?
Ephesians 1:3-11:
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put in effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment – to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
In him we were chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we who were first to hope in Christ might be for the praise of his glory,
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession – to the praise of his glory."
Can I get an amen?!
This is ALL of us, baby. Any of us who will choose him back. This is no contradiction, no theological debate of semantics. This is a LOVE story. God's love story. My love story.
Choose him back – let it be your love story, too. Because God chose you.
This great truth from Ephesians, this story of God and Abraham, this moment with the rock in the desert when Joshua made his choice, this conversation with little "r" rock, Peter, this is all for you, and me, and our neighborhood and our world and every beating heart in every human on this planet.
You also were included in Christ. You were chosen.
This "us"? This is all of us. Not a few, but the multitude.
God is never stingy in love, in grace, in redemption.
He shouts across the eons of time and whispers into your heart: I choose us.
He is in love with you. In love he did all this – for you. In love.
And all he asks arms open, knocking at your heart's door: Choose Me Back?
I hope as you read these words that you are unable to contain God's immense love for you, that you can see that you are included in the "us" — that God had you in mind all along. There are many things that push for our attention, many places where we seek approval and acceptance. God's approval is never conditional on our worthiness. He made us and seeks us and calls us worthy and made us worthy through Jesus Christ. Will you agree with him and say, "I choose us."?
My friend, Jennifer Lee, has written a book (coming out April 1) about understanding, accepting and living in the preapproved status that God gave her. I've read chapter 1 and, honestly, although this is her story, it's all our story.
We are chosen, pre approved, loved. Check out her book:)


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Prior to the encroachment of white settlers in present day Sevier County in the mid-18th century, the area had been inhabited for as many as 20,000 years by nomadic and semi-nomadic Native Americans. In the mid-16th century, Spanish expeditions led by Hernando de Soto (1540) and Juan Pardo (1567) passed through what is now Sevier County, reporting that the region was part of the domain of Chiaha, a minor Muskogean chiefdom centered around a village located on a now-submerged island just upsteam from modern Douglas Dam. By the late 17th-century, however, the Cherokee— whose ancestors were living in the mountains at the time of the Spaniards' visit— had become the dominant tribe in the region. Although they used the region primarily as hunting grounds, the Cherokee vehemently fought white settlement in their territory, frequently leading raids on households in the area, even through the signing of various peace treaties, alternating short periods of peace with violent hostility, until forcibly marched from their territory by the U.S. government on the infamous "Trail of Tears".
Sevier County as it is known today was formed on September 18, 1794 from part of neighboring Jefferson County, and has retained its original boundaries ever since. The county takes its name from John Sevier, governor of the failed state of Franklin and first governor of Tennessee, who played a prominent role during the tumultuous early years of settlement in the region. Since its establishment in 1795, the county seat has been situated at Sevierville (also named for Sevier), the eighth-oldest city in Tennessee.


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The Elixir of Love
The Elixir of Love
Virginia Opera 1997 Season
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"Stage director Worth Gardner and set designer Eduardo Sicangco have decorated Donizetti's light comedy with a huge gilt frame that emphasizes the fairy-tale nature of this peasant story. And to show that love is everywhere, they've added a hunky Cupid played by Michael Pappa, who flies through the air like an amorous Peter Pan. It's clever and giddy, one of the most enjoyable productions from this company in some time...Worth and Sicangco scored one surprise after another with their whimsical set. The giant frame made the ensemble numbers look like scenes from a painting. Several backdrops taken from Italian masterworks completed the lusty, spirited look of this production."
*Daily Press,Sunday, November 16, 1997
"Eduardo Sicangco's gold-frame set and costumes complemented the musical performance perfectly, allowing the principals to have center stage for their comings and goings."
*The Virginian Pilot, Sunday, November 16, 1997
"It is filled with lovely melodies and it is a visual treat, one of the most beautiful of our productions," Mark said. Set designer Eduardo Sicangco depicts rich scenery of the village and the countryside within a huge golden frame bracketing the stage, so that when the action freezes an instant on a throng of villages, peasants and soldiers, it appears to be a giant canvas done by Peter Breughl."
*The Virginian Pilot, Sunday, November 16, 1997
"A velveteen coat-of-many-colors shrouds the proscenium of Norfolk's Harrison Opera House, puddling off the edge of the stage and into the orchestra pit. It looks old enough to be the curtain that graced the Milanese stage where Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love" premiered May 12, 1882. But the enigmatic curtain only hints of an imaginative odyssey that is about to commmence. While waiting, some audience members speculate about what stage director Worth Gardner has in store this time. His 1994 "The Not Mikado" was a bizarre flight of Gilbert and Sullivan parody. Some like it as much as others hated it...Concurrently, Gardner's opening pantomime warns that while this production might not go over the top, it will be unique. Eduardo Sicangco's sets are like a period print awakened, spilling pathos-spiced comedy copiously upon the audience...in the proper setting, all gems can sparkile, and this multifaced Virginia Opera production of Donizetti's most enduring opera is dazzling!"
*Port Folio Weekly,, November 18 - 24, 1997
Unusual set, Cupid character spice 'Elixir'
"Controversy isn't a necessity in an artistic production, but a little bit of it never hurts.
The Virginia Opera knew it wasn't getting a standard set design when it hired director Worth Gardner and designer Eduardo Sicangco to create its new production of "The Elixir of Love". Neither of these talented artists was interested in designing the familiar farmhouse that's often a part of this Doninzetti opera set in an Italian village.
Instead, they hung a huge gilt picture frame in the middle of the stage and set the action inside it. But the more unusual addition to this production was a Cupid character played by actor Michael Pappa, who actually flies through the air during the opera.
When the opera opens, he's snoozing on a grape vine wound around one side of the picture frame. When he's not sailing through the air, this Cupid teases the other characters or acts as a kind of unseen presence that moves the story forward.
I found the idea refreshing, though there were times when his antics got a little annoying. Other people I talked to either loved him or felt he called attention away from the singers. There wasn't any middle ground here.
Gardner and Sicangco created more of an uproar when they teamed up in 1993 for the opera's production of "The Not Mikado." Truthfully, the rock-pop score and the foul language upset people more than their punk costumes and high-tech set.
Whether you like their current approach or not, the opera company brought them back because they are talented artists who produce a good product.
Gardner doesn't mind the controversy. "In this business, you're either a player or a scary commodity," he says.
*Daily Press, Nove. 23, 1997
"The look of Virginia Opera's "The Elixir of Love" is the major talking point of the company's new prodcution. No, the staging doesn't upstage the music, but it provides a neat postmodern distance from which audiences can appreciate the silliness of Donizetti's two-week wonder of an opera. And it is eye-catching: Stage director Worth Gardner and set designer Eduardo Sicangco have framed the stage - quite literally- in a gold picture frame.
"It is covered with 6,000 pieces of gold foil," confirms Virginia Opera's general and artistic director, Peter Mark. The frame provides the ironic discontinuity ("It's the opera, stupid!") necessary for modern audiences to enjoys this slight opera comica, with its sweet, mismatched lovers and opera buffa stock figures of the self-important soldier and quack doctor. And if we didn't get the point, there's a further design innovation: draped across the frame, from the first scene, is a live cupid who flies about to aid the lovers and highlight the foibles of other characters."
*Style Weekly, November 25, 1997
"Combine a cast of singers with excellent voices who are also first-rate actors, superb direction and stage action, a stunning set and costumes, a standout orchestra, a master conductor , and what do you have?
You have Virginia Opera's prodcution of Gaetano Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love,"...Stage director Worth Gardner kept the action lively and interesting, while Edurdo Sicangco's sets and costumes were a feast for the eye...It is hard to imagine a performance of "The Elixir of Love" than can match, much less top, this one."
*Richmond Times Dispatch, Friday November 25,1997


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First of all, I would like to declare that I don't belong to any political party and my reviews provided here are impartial. The analysis is based on data collected from various sources available. I analyzed the results of Lok-Sabha election – 2009 very carefully and herewith provide the results of my analysis. I also reviewed the analysis of various political experts on this provided in media. Most of the media and television channels were projecting that there was a great swing and voting was done into the favor of congress for its work and also credits to Rahul Gandhi for his development talks during his rigorous canvassing. Many said it was a surprise outcome for them. I don't agree with the most of the analysts and I don't see this is an effect of very great job done by congress at center. For me, the outcome was an expected one. If this was the result of work done by congress in recent five years then what congress did in previous 40-45 years during which it served the people of country. I don't use word of any party 'ruled' the country here since I get a smell of British rule based on slavery system. Instead I use the word serve or Lok-Seva. If I remember, I heard twenty five years ago, when Rajiv Gandhi stated that if one rupee was released from center for the development, only one paisa is reaching for the real development and remaining is eaten by corrupt public servants in corruption and bribery. Now I would like to know that is there any change in this phenomenon? Is now 100% reaching to the ground where the development works is being performed. I don't see any difference yet but please let me know, if anybody see it. Because of too much corruptions and bribery in India, I don't see real developments in villages of India and there are some developments in urban areas but it's not so impressive. This is all because of corruption. Most of the people don't understand what the atomic deal is and also "Gramin Rozagaar Yozana" couldn't impress the people because of bribery and corruption are coming into way for implementation. Also, during the previous assembly elections in few of the Indian states held recently, Rhaul factor didn't work, so I don't understand it has worked so quickly in this Lok-Sabha election.
When we review the results of this election, we see that there were still the factors like caste, religion, money and personality which dominated most and worked as it was working earlier. I agree that there was some development factor too but only few have voted on this yardstick. For example, let us consider the results of my home district Ballia, UP. I haven't seen any development or great work done in last 20 years in Ballia but people still vote on the basis of caste and personality. They never consider the development as basis otherwise they would have given a chance for a change. If we say that Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Orrisa etc were example for the basis of development to vote, so why it was not the case for the states like Madhya Pradesh. Gujarat, Uttarakhand etc where congress did better. Bihar was an exception, since people really see a change after twenty years of miss governance of the state but the data show that all other states voted based on caste, religion, money and personality. As per my analysis, the minorities were the real factor for this outcome, which was expected in this election. The minorities have fear of BJP and they really don't want to see the BJP forms any type of government anywhere. This time where the minority votes were not split adequately, the non-BJP alliance got the upper hand but where the minorities' votes were divided, the BJP alliance benefitted. If RJD would have alliance with congress in Bihar, we would have seen a different result. This time the regional parties didn't get minorities votes as they expected because of the minorities were not sure, if voting them will not allow to avoid the BJP government and therefore congress got benefitted. The states where congress has done better this time can come into this category.
Most of the parties at national level can't be categorized as real secular parties, if they really follow the yardstick of secularism. If BJP favors majority of country, then congress, RJD, SP, BSP etc favors the minority and can go any level to appease them. Let us see an example here: Varun Gandhi was booked for NSA by BSP government in UP and congress also doesn't see anything wrong in it and okayed that decision. If BSP and congress Lok-Sevaks were right then why judiciary didn't agreed with them. If both the parties would have been really following the principles of secularism and not interested in vote bank politics, they would have taken right course of action against Varun Gandhi and so would have not embarrassed by the decision of Supreme Court. Sometimes I think, if such politicians of so called secular parties would have been given constitutional provisions to override the court's decision, what would have they done to this country. Thank god, our system is still working and we have good, honest and secular people in our country and because of them we still survive. The real factor of minority not supporting the BJP will always work against it and it is time for them to devise a new strategy and take with them the minorities. One more factor of having bad result for BJP is being vocal against a prime minister belonging to a minority community. The way the BJP leaders handled this, was not proper. Everyone in India knows about who makes the decision in congress serviced governments and a strategy to calling Mammohan Singh as weak PM was not a good one. If this PM would have been from a majority community then perhaps the BJP's blame would have not hurt the sentiments of particular minorities and this strategy could have worked.
Still we have to go a long way to clean the money, caste and religion based corrupt politics. The people of India have not yet reached to a state, mostly in rural areas, where they can treat every caste equally and not fight on basis of caste and creed. It will take time. When political parties will start working towards welfare of suppressed/Dalits, poor and citizen of India with policies without reference of caste and religion, we can say that there is some change in politics in India. We should expect this from every party. We need a change in mentality of government's servants, ministers and politicians to think themselves as lok-sevaks and not a ruler. Recently, I heard a story from one of my friends that during the canvassing in this election, one of the candidates of Member of Parliament was touching the feet of people to get their votes. Once he was elected and he was given value by district officials, he was changed and forgotten his past. He started thinking like boss and was forgotten to greet the people with that respect. This needs to change. If our voters get educated and understand their rights, they will start demanding for good governance and they will start voting on criteria of their development. And then the manifestos of every party should start looking similar. Here are some lessons for various parties:
For all parties: Agenda should be removal of corruption and only concentrate on development of general public. Invite businesses for Investment in rural areas.
Congress: Try to avoid religious appeasement and reach to the Dalits.
BJP: People think this is a party of rich and upper caste. Avoid religion based manifestos. Try to reach to minorities and Dalits.
SP/RJD/LGP: Take everyone together and avoid caste based politics. Avoid practices of minorities' appeasement and Stone Age based policies. Better to merge with congress.
BSP: Take everyone together and avoid caste based politics. Avoid practices of minorities' appeasement. Still upper caste people don't have faith in it and might take some time.
NCP: No different than congress. Better to merge with congress.


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Pune, Apr 30 (PTI) On a downward spiral after suffering their fifth loss of the season, debutants Rising Pune Supergiants would look to plug the holes in bowling to get their campaign back on track when they face title-holders Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League match, here tomorrow.
Led by the talismanic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rising Pune Supergiants did not have the best of starts in their debut season, losing five of the seven matches they played so far.
The Pune outfit is presently languishing at the sixth spot in the eight-team standings with just four points, while their opponents for tomorrow's game, Mumbai Indians, are lying third with eight points from as many games.
With the business end of tournament nearing, time is running out fast for Pune to get a series of wins and return to the top four reckoning.
Come tomorrow, Rising would fancy their chances against Mumbai Indians having comfortably defeated them by nine wickets in the opening match of the tournament.
But it would be easier said than done as Dhoni faces the uphill task of selecting a balanced bowling combination which would deliver results for him.
The absence of its two main players in Faf du Plessis and Kevin Pietersen, who have been ruled out due to injuries, notwithstanding Pune's batting unit has lived upto its reputation with Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith and Dhoni himself delivering the goods for the side.
Pune's batting would also be bolstered by the inclusion of Australian Usman Khwaja, who replaced Du Plessis in the squad.
Rahane has been among the runs scoring another half-century against Gujarat Lions, but going into tomorrow's game the most heartening fact for Pune would be Steven Smith's 101 off just 54 balls yesterday in a losing cause.
And that's the reason why bowling is the biggest worry for Dhoni.
Despite putting up 195 for three on the board yesterday, Pune bowlers failed to defend the score against Gujarat Lions, losing the match by three wickets in a last ball finish.
The likes of Albie Morkel, Ashok Dinda, Thissara Perera, and Ravichandran Ashwin all went for runs.
Rajat Bhatia and young spinner Murugan Ashwin showed some restraint but what is hurting Pune the most is the poor form of Ashwin.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are on a high with back-to-back victories over Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in their last two games.


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HAMBURG, GERMANY – 12-07-2017 (Press Release Jet) — The pre-Christmas period is nearly through its first half, Germany's traditional and cosy Christmas markets are as popular as ever. While the classic type of Christmas market can be found almost everywhere in Germany, a slightly crazy, kitschy and, above all, cool kind of Christmas market can only be experienced in Hamburg – at the Santa Pauli market on the famous Reeperbahn, and at the queer Winter Pride market in the district of St Georg. Labelled with the hashtag #holyhamburg, www.hamburg-tourism.de/holyhamburg now presents the most recent footage: the story of a pre-Christmas night in Hamburg's legendary St Pauli quarter – to be taken with a pinch of salt…
In the run-up to Christmas, the nostalgic Christmas market in front of Hamburg's town hall and the luxurious Christmas market on the Alster Lake are among the preferred after-work locations for enjoying a mug of mulled wine with friends. Then it is time to head straight to St Pauli with its Santa Pauli Christmas market, or to St Georg with its Winter Pride – Hamburg's queer Christmas market. These two locations provide plenty of opportunities for partying away the winter nights.
After all, these alternative Christmas markets offer so much more than your average festive entertainment, plenty of glitz, glamour, and extravagance included. The Santa Pauli market on Spielbudenplatz is arguably the sexiest choice here, in the most literal sense of the word: at this market, the boundaries between traditionalism and eroticism are being blurred in a way that is quite typical of Hamburg: with great ease and total honesty.
As well as offering the finest live music and original drinks beyond the comfort zone of mulled wine, the Santa Pauli market is home to some rather exceptional exhibitors with numerous adult gift ideas, ranging from FC St. Pauli souvenirs to wooden love toys. And let's not forget the strip tent that adds a certain erotic appeal to the event … something to be expected in the former red-light district of St Pauli, but certainly not at a Christmas market. Here you can expect the typical coolness of Hamburg's nightlife scene, including a fair share of peculiar characters, after-work hipsters, and musicians. All of this should of course not be taken too seriously. And as the night gets cold, the party moves on to the nearby pubs and clubs.
A liberal flair the Hamburg way can also be experienced at the Winter Pride market in the district of St Georg, which will even be open until 30 December. Behind its shiny pink gates, Hamburg's only gay/lesbian Christmas market celebrates the festive season in a way that will put a smile on the face of anyone who thought they were immune to Christmas. Open daily from 12 p.m., this market offers enough love to keep you warm through the winter. Literally anything can be found here – with the exception of traditional Christmas carols perhaps. Instead, the stage programme offers a wealth of entertainment, with live DJs on each Friday and Saturday and singer/songwriters from the Hamburg region performing live each Sunday.
This special atmosphere can also be experienced online at www.hamburg-tourism.de/holyhamburg and the social web at #holyhamburg, including further information on all the other 14 Christmas markets in Hamburg's city centre. Plus, we have compiled a number of exciting package deals for a pre-Christmas trip to Hamburg.
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Track Cheating Spouse | Cell Phone Tracking | Track Cell Phone Location | جاسوسی کرنیوالی ایپس فروخت
An Android GPS app, often called Android tracking-location apps, is a small software application that is installed on any cell phone using the Android OS. This includes many of the hot new cell phones such as the Verizon DROID, HTC DROID Incredible, Nexus One, My Touch 3G, Motorola BackFlip, and many many more.
Once installed, the Android GPS app logs GPS coordinates of the Android cell phone. The GPS logs are then uploaded to an online account where you can log on and view
the specific location of the Android cell phone you are tracking.
Many of the Android tracking apps found on the Android app store reveal to the user they are being tracked, but there are several that remain hidden, thus providing a suspicious spouse an excellent way to track their partner to determine if they are cheating.
What makes Android GPS apps so popular as an easy and effective way to catch a cheating spouse, is due to the following reasons.
Quick to install. Tracking apps are very easy to install. All it takes is typing in a URL provided by the vendor, and the tracking software is downloaded directly into the cellphone. Additional set up and configuration is required, but it's very minimal.
Always with you. We all carry our cell phones wherever we go. Using a tracking app that is installed directly on the cell phone is the best way to keep a constant watch on your spouse.
Extremely affordable. These apps are very affordable ranging from free to $150 USD. Obviously you get what you pay for, so make sure you shop around. The more expensive apps tend to remain hidden on the cell phone, thus enabling you to secretly track your spouse.
Easy to use. Tracking software is very easy to use. Once they are set up, you most likely will never have to touch your spouses cell phone. All you do is sit back and view the tracking logs on any internet connected PC.
Lots of other spy options. The most expensive apps go way beyond tracking. These apps, sometimes referred to as spy apps enable you to not only track your spouse, but also read their text messages, view their call records, view photos snapped on their cell, and even listen to their calls.
To purchase an Android GPS app, you need to first know if you want stealth GPS tracking or will you notify your spouse that you are going to track them. The Android
app store has numerous tracking apps that enable you to easily track an Android cell, but these will not remain hidden, which means your spouse will know they are being tracked. If you're able to accept this, then buying an Android GPS app via the app store will most likely not cost you anything.
However, if you want to track your spouse to try and catch them in the act, in order to get as much evidence that they are indeed cheating, you'll need to purchase an Android tracking app that will remain hidden on their cell phone once it's installed. These "spy apps" range anywhere from $50 - $150 bucks. The best thing to do is a quick Google search for the terms 'Android spy' or 'Android spy software' and you'll see a variety of websites offering stealth Android GPS apps to choose from.
Good luck!
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Friend for Life
Friendship Poems
Fate Brought You To Me
Poet: Julie Hebert, �2012
I believe in fate you see,
And that is why you've come to me.
I knew one day our paths would cross.
It was just a matter for the boss.
I've looked and searched for many years,
Wondering when you would appear.
My patience sometimes came and went,
And was often in need to vent.
But I kept strong,
And went along.
Knowing you'd,
Soon be viewed.
And now you're here,
You are such a dear.
My fate's still strong,
I'm where I belong.
Friend For Life
Poet: Julie Hebert, �2012
What makes a friend for life?
This question is always been my strife.
I've had a lot of friends, but never did extend,
A gesture to be my friend for life.
Maybe I haven't found the one,
The person who would always be around.
A best friend to me is, the one that always says,
You can't always count on me, hands down.
But I think you may be the one,
I've been looking for all along.
You've been around for years, I just never saw clear,
How a friend like you could be lifelong.
It's nothing you did or said,
I just never saw you in that way.
But a great person you are, and we always got along,
Why shouldn't our lifelong friendship start today?
Short Quotes
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
Swedish Proverb
Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
Ralph W. Sockman
A good companion shortens the longest road.
Turkish Proverb
To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.
True is the sentence we are sometimes told: A friend is worth far more than bags of gold.
Leonora Christina
Best friendships are between people who can' be honest with each other, laugh at each other's faults, and don't try and change one another.
Jerry Jenkins, Twelve Things I Want my Kids to Remember
Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.
Author Unknown
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
Charles Dickens
Short Poems and Quotes


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Greetings All!
Today I have a brand spanking new indie brand to share with you! The etsy shop opened on August 25th, so about three weeks ago. Of course I can't resist a new indie brand, so I bought three to try. I also received a prototype as a little gift! So I have four new lovelies to show you.
Tainted Love is probably my favourite. It was a bit of a nightmare trying to find the right base colour (I was going to go dark, but it has black glitter in!). It also has something I haven't seen before. It has flakies in, but they are hexes. The same as flakies - thin, transparent, they light up blue and purple, but they're hexes instead of flakes. Personally, I haven't seen that before and found it quite exciting! But I don't know what to call them. I'm sure someone here does though!
This is 2 coats over Revlon Royal.
Isn't it gorgeous? Flakie hex thingies, duochromatic shimmer, circles, holographic hearts...I'm very impressed! There's so much that lights up, I found myself tilting my nails just to see all the different glitters! Totally worth busting out a nail wheel to find a good base for it.
Next up is Newly Balanced #1, which is apparently based on some New Balance rainbow trainers. This is 2 coats over Models Own Blueberry Muffin.
I love how bright and busy this is! There are lots of circles in here, and just look at how tiny that bar glitter is! In the way that many baby things are cute, these make me dislike bar glitter a little less - look at them! They're like, micro bar glitter - cuteness!
Rainbow Troll is based on the (awful, in my opinion!) 80s toy. This is 2 coats over black.
This polish has a stunning iridescent sparkle, and I love those yellow dots popping over the black - it's like a full moon! We've seen so many neon glitters this year, but that magical sparkle sets this one apart for me.
Lastly is As If! which is a prototype, although personally I think it should definitely be released! This is 2 coats over white.
Again, this is another neon glitter that manages to be a bit different. Great colours together (those translucent yellows are a bit annoying, but that's me being fussy!) and again a good combination of shapes. I must say, the butterflies were a lovely surprise - I didn't know they were there until one popped onto my nail! I was a little worried my nails would look too hairy with all those bars, but I like the effect! I think these are even thinner than the 'feather effect' bars, and cuuute!
In conclusion, what great polishes! I'm always a bit unsure with new brands - I think it's fair enough if the first few polishes are like a learning curve. However these four are well thought out combinations of colour and shape, and they also have some exciting and unusual elements (flakie hexes, the colour shifting glitter like in Max Fator Fantasy Fire, and those teeny weeny bars!). They all applied well - a bit of dabbing with the larger glitters, but nothing frustrating. They're in quite a thick base, which makes them a bit less topcoat hungry! And they dried pleasingly quickly.
Long story short, get yourself over to Hairy Legs etsy shop pronto! Tainted Love is limited edition, so don't wait around! This is one brand I'll definitely be keeping an eye on!
Thursday, 12 September 2013
UK Indie Week - UK Indies All Week! Hairy Legs London
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Other Sports
What We'll See: NFL rookies, BCS title and Baseball Hall
What we'll see
Rookie quarterbacks are the flavor of the day in the NFL playoffs. Andrew Luck leads the Indianapolis Colts into Baltimore, where veteran linebacker Ray Lewis will be trying to extend his Ravens career by at least one more game (1 p.m, CBS-27). The late contest features rookies Russell Wilson of Seattle and Robert Griffin III of Washington squaring off in the nation's capital (4:30 p.m., Fox-56). No rookie quarterback has ever led his team to a Super Bowl.
The Kentucky women's basketball team returns to the site of one of its most memorable defeats last season when the Wildcats visit Alabama. The Crimson Tide was 11-15 overall and 1-11 in the Southeastern Conference when they stunned the then-seventh-ranked Cats 77-75 last Feb. 17. Kentucky (13-1) comes in with a No. 6 ranking this season but a whole lot more wary, as this Alabama team is off to a 10-4 start. (3 p.m., WLAP-AM 630)
If the football lives up to the traditions of the two schools competing for the BCS national championship, we might witness a game for the ages. Alabama tries to enhance/repair the reputation of the SEC, while Notre Dame and Coach Brian Kelly attempt to complete the rapid revival of a program many left for dead just three years ago. (8:30 p.m., ESPN)
The subject of steroids moves front and center again as the Baseball Writers Association of America announces voting results for the 2013 class of the Hall of Fame. The first-time candidates include some of the most prominent players linked to performance-enhancing drugs — Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and to a lesser degree Mike Piazza. The voting totals are likely to say more about perceived guilt or innocence than baseball accomplishment.
A lot has changed since Kentucky and Vanderbilt last met in men's basketball. The Commodores handed the Wildcats one of only two losses they suffered all of last season (Indiana delivered the other) — in the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game. The Cats did not lose another game after that en route to the NCAA title. Since then, both teams have replaced their top six scorers. Judging by Vandy's losses to Davidson, Marist and Middle Tennessee State, among others, Kentucky has done so to greater success thus far. (9 p.m., ESPN)
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Rustic artisan agate bracelet:
Pale yellow agate, polished on the front, to reveal it's striations (like contour lines on a map) in a rustic prong setting created from oxidized copper wire.
Heavy duty distressed chain. At one end a lovely large African faux amber bead and, the other, a hand forged copper hook (which will connect to any of the links in the chain for adjustability).
End to end around 9 inches (23 cm) - adjustable. The agate focal is around 2 inches (5 cm) from top to bottom.
My work is purposefully rustic and raw. My solder joins, hammer strikes and stitches are often visible on the finished piece. For me, these are beautiful because they reflect the journey a piece has taken with me.
I frequently use salvaged and recycled elements - not only do these have a story of their own to tell, it also reduces the environmental impact of my work.
For more raw stone and rustic necklaces, chokers, earrings, bangles and cuffs:
1-3 business days
I'll do my best to meet these shipping estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on the shipping method you choose.
Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
Just contact me within: 14 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 30 days of delivery
Request a cancellation within: 24 hours of purchase
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
Please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
I find items shipped to most places in the world (other than Australia, which is where I am based) arrive within Australia Post's designated shipping time of 6-10 days. It can, very occasionally, take longer. I ship with tracking as standard so you can keep an eye on your purchase as it wings its way to you.
All my items are wrapped and ready for gifting. I ship international items via Australia Post with tracking as standard. Most arrive within the designated Australia Post shipping time which is 6-10 days (it can, on the odd occasion, take longer). Domestic items are shipped via Australia Post and should reach you in 2-5 days.
Of course. What's the point of jewelry you aren't going to wear! Shopping online is convenient, but sometimes you need to see a thing up-close and and in-person to know how you really feel about it. If you'd like to return your item, just let me know within 14 days of delivery.
My work is organic, purposefully rustic and raw. My pieces take a journey with me as I create them. I use found and salvaged objects wherever possible as these tell a story and reflect my commitment to sustainability. My aesthetic celebrates the signposts - surface stitches, tool marks, texture and natural patina - that tell the story of that pieces journey with me.
When you purchase one of my pieces you are purchasing something that is one-of-a-kind, completely unique and which has taken many hours to create.
Pricing is one of the hardest things for an artist. I try to keep my prices accessible, whilst reflecting the time and materials that have gone into creating.
My process is very organic and personal so, the short answer is no, I don't generally take custom orders. However, please feel free to reach out to me if you have something in mind. I've worked with several of my regular customers to create a piece that uses a material or object that holds a special meaning for them.
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Remembering Rik Mayall through his best work
As you might have heard, the sudden death of British comedian and icon Rik Mayall shocked the world and left us a feeling sad and a little empty inside.
The 56 year old was reported to have died from a seizure at his London home, but he left the world with us to remember him as the king of subversive comedy, inspiring many of us to go out of our normal comfort zone and freak our parents out with wacky ideals that Mayall himself had set out to create along with his other collaborators made their on-screen Oxbridge predecessors known as the the Monty Python generation.
For those who aren't too familiar with his work and want to start learning, or those who want to go back and remember your favourite things Mayall has done, read on down below.
Something we could remember from our childhood, Rik Mayall played the titular character of "Drop Dead Fred", an obnoxious, rude but warm hearted imaginary friend of a young woman. Even though all we could have probably remembered was how disturbing some of the scenes were, like the scene shown above, watching the movie again now would also make us remember how well he could portray his usual funny business with some serious heart wrenching acting skills at the end.
Along with fellow British greats like Stephen Fry and Rowan Atkinson, one of Mayall's appearances on the popular comedy "Blackadder" was a hilarious grand entrance of Lord Flashheart, a character with a lopsided mustache and the swagger of an English casanova. He also appeared in "Blackadder" again two seasons later in a World War I based skit.
In one of his newest projects, Rik Mayall plays the role of Alan B'stard in a satirical comedy show "The New Statesman", poking fun at the inauthencity of the British government. The clip shows him promising things like 'free electricity' and 'no more tuition fees, of course' and later dismissing his promises and talks about planning to blame the other party.
Rik Mayall also starred and leapt up to fame with one of the most classic British comedies "The Young Ones". The show was over-the-top anarchic, filled with cartoon violence, fart jokes and Mayall's character was a perfect caricature of every student with a fragile ego and a short fuse. This show was one of the results during a time when a wave of alternative comedians made it their business to puncture the hypocrisy of Margaret Thatcher's Britain. Mayall made it his business to puncture their pomposity in this portrayal.


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Prayer Partners
Prayer is an essential & vital part of this ministry. We strongly believe in the power of prayer and know that God hears and answers the prayers of His people. If you would like to support our ministry by being a prayer partner, please let us know by writing to us on contact page. We will send you regular updates on our prayer needs.
Prayer Needs: Volunteers, Financial Support, "Safe houses", land
Pray especially for:
Staff & Volunteers
Please pray for wisdom, insight, discernment, patience, and compassion for our staff and volunteers as we deal with our clients, supporters, and the community. We want to be used by God, to be His hands and feet, and to express His love to those He sends our way. Pray that He will use us as His vessels, give us a love for others, and will guide our words and expressions.
Board of Directors
Pray that we will seek God's will for this ministry, that we will be bold in our efforts, and that we will be patient for God's timing and attentive to His voice. Pray also for wisdom, leadership, and that we will be good stewards of the resources that He give us.
Pray that God will open the hearts and pocketbooks of the people in the South Georgia community; they will see the good work God is doing through this ministry and desire to be a part of it by providing financial support, encouragement, prayer, and their time and talents. Pray that God will supply all our needs, financially, with resources, and with staff/volunteers. Pray specifically that God will provide us with a facility and/or land for a maternity home, a vehicle, and the funding necessary to support the maternity/second chance home and Lifehouse Ministries.
Pray that God will bring the men and women to us that need the services of this ministry. Pray that God will do a great work in their hearts, drawing them to Himself, and radically changing their lives. Pray that He will heal their hurts, free them from their bondage, give them beauty for ashes, pour out His love on them, and give them hope for a brighter future.


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So I took on a task of helping a friend who had lost her 6 year old boy last year to a tragic ATV accident. I made a quilt using all of his old clothes and then I had it put together and wrapped it up for her for an early Christmas present. Here is the finished result.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
The Quilt
So I took on a task of helping a friend who had lost her 6 year old boy last year to a tragic ATV accident. I made a quilt using all of his old clothes and then I had it put together and wrapped it up for her for an early Christmas present. Here is the finished result.
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Christmas Day
Colin's stocking overflowing onto the couch. More popups.
The Lego Dump Truck from Santa The police semi truck from Mom and Dad
Santa left one more present in the Kitchen
It's an Excavator
"I can't wait to use it at Nana and Baba's"
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Christmas Time
Well, Saturday, December 22nd we all went up to Erin's house for a Family Christmas party. We enjoyed so much wonderful food and the company was equally as wonderful. The kids played so well together and so did the adults. :-) Erin and Mark were the best hosts, they had the hot tub already, which in Colin's word "We need to get one of these big tubs". Then Erin even put together individual S'mores bags, just perfect for the campfire. Unfortunately the rain kind of sizzled the fire, but the microwave became the "temp" campfire for the kids. Seth brought up his Wii, which we ended up playing that into the night as it was so much fun. Even Colin had a blast at it.
and makes the strike.
This is what we see on the Wii.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Christmas Tree
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
The house all decorated
So the house is all ready for Christmas and the stockings are hung by the "sink" with care in hopes that Saint Hollister will soon be here. Hee! Hee!
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Perfect Tree
Sunday we went out to our favorite tree farm in Boring, OR to get the family tree. We were so excited as it started to snow right when we got to the tree farm. Of course while we tried our hardest to get Colin to wear a coat he just wouldn't. Luckily we had a pullover on him to keep him some what warm.
We started at the back of the farm like we normally do as we find the best trees there. There are just acres of nobles for around $4 a foot. Colin spotted a tree and it was perfect, the trunk was straight as an arrow and almost 8 feet tall, so we grabbed it as we just knew that we would never be able to find it again if we left it behind. It took us all around 30 mins to get the tree.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Playing Together?
After I picked up Colin from school today, he wanted to go play in his room. He asked if Kennedy could play as well, well of course that didn't go over very well once Kennedy started crawling (or attempting to crawl) towards his trains.
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Writing Letters to Santa
Reindeer Colin
Reading (listening) to the Christmas Mouse
Writing our letter to Santa
While we were sipping hot cocoa it began to snow. It didn't stick, but it made the Christmas feeling pretty strong.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Colin's Class Room Newsletter - December
Hello from the Butterfly room,
Thanks for all the food donations and for attending our Thanksgiving luncheon
The children were so proud and excited to have their parents come and be their guests.
We celebrated two Birthdays this month. Kate Stallbaumer turned 3 years old on the 14th and Colin Hollister turned 4 years old on the 18th.
Happy Birthday to both of you!!!
Our classroom is very busy. The children spent a lot of time making placemats and crafts for our luncheon. We also made the jello one morning.
Now we will begin preparing for Christmas. Our class will do a small gift exchange between the children. We will have the children draw names. We will send home a paper with the name and age of the child your child drew along with some interests and ideas. The limit is $10.00. We will have a Christmas party on Dec 19th. Please send in the gift by Monday Dec., 17th.
The children have been working on a variety of activities.
Colin had lessons on the spindle boxes. He enjoys our letter tracing sheets and the puzzle maps.
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Cavity Free Club - Again!
Today we went to the dentist for the second time and again, we got to put up our picture on the Cavity Free wall. It appears Colin has Mom's teeth. :-)
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Colin turning the big 0-4!
Ramone's Tattoo Shop (Where the kids got temporary tattoo's)
Cookie decorating station (Everyone got to decorate a car shaped cookie)
Playing Guido's Tire Toss Game
Having some Birthday fun!
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By Niel Nickolaisen
Niel Nickolaisen is the CIO and Director of Strategic Planning at Headwaters, Inc. He has held technology executive (CIO) and operations executive (COO) positions; typically in turnaround roles. He holds a MS in Engineering from MIT and a BS in Physics from Utah State University. He writes columns for the CIO Leadership Network and Search CIO. He is also one of the founders of Accelinnova, a think tank focused on improving organizational and IT agility.
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Hey Thriver,
Whenever I open the doors to the Thriver Circle, I feel a little bit like a kid at Christmas.
You know, that feeling of excitement and anticipation, that you just can't wait for that day to arrive?
I'm so excited to welcome a new influx of wonderful people into the Circle next week! Will you be one of them?
The Circle will be open to new members next week for 48 hours – from 11am on Tuesday the 4th of April to 11am on Thursday the 6th of April – Australian Eastern Standard Time (the time in Brisbane, Australia).
Those of you who are new around these parts might be thinking 'what is this Thriver Circle that you speak of?'.
The Circle is my private membership site for makers. It is filled with over 450 people who are on a similar journey to you – from those who have just the glimmering of a business idea, through to those who have been running successful handmade businesses for many years.
It includes a private forum, monthly exclusive workshops from me, live calls and chats, as well as access to my epic, year-long course – Your Year to Thrive.
Access costs just $15 AUD per month (which is currently only about $11.50 USD/9 Pounds/11 Euros) and it's on a rolling month-by-month basis – no lock-in, no huge up-front payment.
Of all the things I've created in my life, the Circle is the one I'm most proud of.
It's something I wish every single creative could be part of, because I know how much it has helped those that are – and that makes me so ridiculously glad that I took the leap and created this community over two years ago now…
I can't wait to invite a new cohort of amazing creatives to join us in the Circle – I hope I'll see you there.
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The newest members to join Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service officially passed out from their basic training at Longfield Training Centre, Stevenage, this month.
Chief fire officer Roy Wilsher formally welcomed 21 trainee firefighters, into their roles, watched by proud family and friends, following 14 weeks of intensive training.
He said: "We are pleased to welcome these new recruits into the fire service. They have completed all areas of the course and we hope that they will continue to play a key role in their stations across the county to help keep the people of Hertfordshire safe."
The new recruits will be stationed at Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Royston, Cheshunt, Stevenage, St Albans, Welwyn, Garston, Borehamwood, and Hatfield.
County councillor Richard Thake, who presented certificates to the trainees, said: "The pass out parade was a very proud moment for all the recruits who have completed this challenging training. Each one of them has gained an essential grounding in the diverse range of skills needed to be an effective firefighter."


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Search Engine Optimization is a current buzzword and a growing focus for almost every business that's on the web and wants a better chance of being found. While the idea makes perfect sense, SEO can be a very confusing topic. Many businesses hire professional, SEO writers, but some just can't afford top writers. The good news is taking control of your SEO and pushing traffic to your web site doesn't have to be a huge line item in your budget. There are many free resources out there you can utilize right now to start earning better SEO. Here are the top four you should be considering:
BrandYourself.com – Both personally and professionally you should care about how you rank in search results. But what if you don't like what you see? BrandYourself.com is a very intuitive web site designed to help give you more control over the content about you that ranks the highest in search results. This site's step by step process walks you through the different ways in which you can begin improving your SEO right now and even suggests things you can do to increase it further. Not everyone can be a web guru and that's exactly why BrandYourself.com was created, to help the average person increase their SEO without paying an arm and a leg.
Gravatar.com – Creating a Gravatar takes just minutes and saves you hours of having to upload a photo, bio and web site link to every profile you've ever created across the web. Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar that follows you to any web site you could imagine, allowing you to comment, post on a blog or join in a discussion with your information easily at hand. Best of all is that this creates a consistent message and brand for you that makes you more recognizable and allows other people to easily learn more about your business with a simple click on your Gravatar.
Blogs – Whether you're a Blogger.com or WordPress.com type of person, having a blog for you or your business that is hosted on a large blogging community like one of these two sites will help increase your SEO. It's tempting to want to solely host your blog on your web site, but you risk losing the powerful SEO that comes from a large, established and constantly growing web site like Blogger or WordPress. Creating a blog may be free and simple, but it does require at least monthly updating. Don't forget to use it once you put the time into creating it!
Article Publishing Sites – Web sites like ArticleBase.com or EZArticles.com are a great place to republish any articles or blog posts you have written. Much like creating a blog, hosting additional content on these large and growing web sites is a great way to increase your SEO but providing yet more positive content that will appear in search engines. You never know where people are looking or what they're looking for. The more your content is published and read, the more it will continue to rank higher and higher in search engines. Best of all this should cost you no money and only minimal time since you can use content you've already put the time into writing.
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Today I Created | Rollodex cards
I bought a Rollodex at a garage sale the other day. The seller complimented me for being "old school" in my organizing choice. I have been playing with the concept of organizing my phone contacts but in an altered, creative way. New Rollodex systems are rather expensive for something that I was just going to experiment with but for $1 I couldn't go wrong.
This card is for my friend, Holly. I had saved her new address torn from the Christmas card envelope. I wanted to incorporate the actual ephemera plus I added the holly sticker as a quick visual clue. Holly is also a writer so I added the typewriter tape from cutetapes.com.
This is the first of many cards that I plan to create.


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Calories burner calculator. Checkers calorie counter.
Calories Burner Calculator
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- A calculator is a small (often pocket-sized), usually inexpensive electronic device used to perform the basic operations of arithmetic. Modern calculators are more portable than most computers, though most PDAs are comparable in size to handheld calculators.
- Something used for making mathematical calculations, in particular a small electronic device with a keyboard and a visual display
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- (calorie) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
- The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water through 1 °C, equal to one thousand small calories and often used to measure the energy value of foods
- (caloric) thermal: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight"
- Either of two units of heat energy
- The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C (now usually defined as 4.1868 joules)
- (caloric) of or relating to calories in food; "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"
- A part of a stove, lamp, etc., that emits and shapes a flame
- An apparatus in which a fuel is used or an aromatic substance is heated
- an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner"
- the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking; "the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one"
- Merge Records had released two 7-inch singles while the band was active, 1990-1992.
- A thing that burns something or is burned, in particular
Personal calories burned and pulse rate Monitor Watch Black/Blue Plus AGPtek All-in-one Card Reader
This watchhas been designed to calculate the calories burned and pulse rate of an AVERAGE Individual based on preset age,weight,and sex. It is meant to be used as a genneral guide ONLY, NOT a medical device.
PS??This heart rate monitor offers heart rate without having to use a chest belt by touching the sensor buttons on the watch for a a little while??accurate heart rate anytime.
Time and Calendar.
Daily alarm and hourly chime
Chronograph(stopwatch)with split lap time
Exercise counter with automatic and manual override calorie counter.
Extemal Pulse mode for detemining heart rate at any time.
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These wigwam burners are all located in Susanville California.... there is only about a 1/4 mile distance between all 3. From my understanding there was at least two other burners and maybe 3 at the hieght of the industry...
Combi boiler showing the gas burner, heat exchanger, diverter valve and water pump.
My combi boiler/combination boiler showing the gas burner, heat exchanger, diverter valve and water pump. There is no water storage tank. Hot water is heated for the water supply when the hot water tap is turned on.
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CE23309 - SINGLE BURNER - Tried of not having enough stovetop space to cook for your big parties? Worry no more with the help of the new Continental Electric CE23309 Single Burner. This burner is a life saver for home chefs who need that extra burner and is also perfect for use at the office, in a camper, on a buffet or in the dorm.
Adjustable temperature controls
Single Burner itself does not damage surfaces because of its cool touch base and non-skid feet
1100 Watts Adjustable temperature control Cool touch base Power indicator light Non-skid feet
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Elliott Whitehead scores two tries as England see off a late fightback from New Zealand to win the Test series 2-1.
Follow @sportsmole for the latest breaking news stories, and follow @sm_headlines to get every headline from Sports Mole
Anfield to host rugby league's Four Nations final in NovemberThe 2016 Four Nations final will be contested at Anfield, while London's Olympic Stadium will also host a group-stage match.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall: 'New Zealand turned over too often'Shaun Kenny-Dowall laments New Zealand turnovers after their series defeat against England.
Nov 15, 17:36
Steve McNamara hails "tremendous" England duoSteve McNamara praises the performances of Matty Smith and Jermaine McGillvary in England's 20-14 win over New Zealand.
Nov 15, 17:20
Result: Elliott Whitehead stars in England series win over New ZealandElliott Whitehead scores two tries as England see off a late fightback from New Zealand to win the Test series 2-1.
Nov 14, 14:54
Result: New Zealand beat England in strong defensive displayNew Zealand take the Test Series against England to 1-1 following a 9-2 win in London.
Nov 7, 16:32
Result: England improve to get New Zealand series off to winning startEngland recover from a slow start to beat New Zealand 26-12 at the KC Stadium in the first of three matches between the pair.
Nov 1, 18:53
Sam Tomkins to rejoin Wigan Warriors after leaving New Zealand WarriorsWigan Warriors confirm that England full-back Sam Tomkins will rejoin the Super League club on a four-year deal after he agreed to leave New Zealand Warriors.
Apr 16, 22:22
New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney handed two-year contract extensionStephen Kearney will lead New Zealand into the 2017 World Cup after being handed a two-year contract extension.
Mar 26, 23:31
Result: New Zealand triumph to become Four Nations championsNew Zealand beat Australia 22-18 in the Four Nations final to become the 2014 champions.
Nov 15, 10:22
Result: New Zealand edge out determined EnglandDetermined England are edged out by New Zealand in their Four Nations clash in Dunedin.
Nov 8, 09:05
Live Commentary: New Zealand 16-14 England - as it happenedRelive with Sports Mole all the action from the Four Nations matchup between New Zealand and England.
Nov 8, 06:27
Result: Late Shaun Kenny-Dowall try secures New Zealand victoryShaun Kenny-Dowall spares New Zealand's blushes as he scores a late try to guide his side to a 14-12 victory over Samoa in their Four Nations clash.
Nov 1, 05:43
Result: New Zealand thump world champions AustraliaNew Zealand thump world champions Australia at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
Oct 25, 12:21
Australia, New Zealand to host 2017 Rugby League World CupAustralia and New Zealand are announced as the co-hosts of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Feb 19, 13:47
Sonny Bill Williams returning to rugby union in 2015Sonny Bill Williams will return to rugby union in 2015.
Dec 20, 04:02
Stephen Kearney: 'Faultless Australia gave us real lesson'New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney admits that his side were given "a real lesson" by Australia in Saturday's Rugby League World Cup final.
Dec 1, 00:35
Tim Sheens hails "great" AustraliaAustralia coach Tim Sheens describes his side's display during their Rugby League World Cup final win over New Zealand as the Kangaroos' best performance during his four-and-a-half-year reign.
Dec 1, 00:06
Result: Australia win Rugby League World CupAustralia have won the Rugby League World Cup for a 10th time by demolishing defending champions New Zealand 34-2 in a one-sided final at Old Trafford.
Nov 30, 16:42
Cameron Smith "very confident" ahead of World Cup finalAustralia captain Cameron Smith believes that his side's preparation for this afternoon's World Cup final against defending champions New Zealand has been close to ideal.
Nov 30, 11:33
Sam Tomkins: "I hope the Kiwis retain the trophy"Sam Tomkins wants New Zealand to beat Australia in this afternoon's Rugby League World Cup final, and believes that Sonny Bill Williams will stamp his mark on proceedings.
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I started this post wondering whether eBay will be a Player in Pocket Retail. I buy the point that many small retailers won't win if they are not part of the broader retail landscape. And yet, I'm skeptical about the claim below by eBay that joining the world's largest marketplace is the winning or best strategy for a retailer down in my local village today.
The research provides a compelling argument for retailers to look for a trusted partner when it comes m-commerce. eBay offers consumers access to the world's largest marketplace from just one app, which is why smart retailers and brands are using eBay as part of their mobile strategy. We partner, never compete, and offer a platform where $20bn of global mobile commerce is expected to be transacted this year alone. via Mobile retail: five years after eBay's first e-commerce app | Media Network – Partner zone eBay | Guardian Professional.
We are moving to a world where the local retailer is no longer just trying to manage participating in an online global market. Rather they are trying to get noticed locally and build relationships back into their customers' pockets. That's something customers now want and increasingly expect.
From Online to Local and Social. Many a small business has looked for additional sales via eBay and Amazon. In many cases this relationship and broader footprint kept the proprietors in business while local business slipped away. However, these online marketplaces don't help with the promotion and management of local business. As a customer I can't go to the eBay iOS app and do a location search to see which sellers are available or nearby. While I can tweet or facebook my purchase off Amazon this provides little additional information for the retailer who's looking to take a customers need seriously to the next level. It also excludes retail opportunities for services like painting, haircuts or getting a coffee. There's a synergy that could exist between local and online and my customers that is currently out of reach for the small business.
From Item sales to Business platform: While eBay or Amazon can pitch my goods (and perhaps one day services) globally, they aren't well equipped to help me in-store, and on location. Here we have the two major shopping platforms with limited support of real world shopping. Both have benefited (I'm sure Amazon more so) from customers doing price comparison shopping. To my knowledge neither of these drive a customer back to a local shop if their query puts them nearby. In Amazon's case a store in store strategy may not be attractive. In eBay's case it could take them to the next level. Putting eBay retail on the map may also provide additional credibility for sellers. It could also provide new shopping experiences. Example I go into a local store and bid on items – if I win they are shipped to me. To get there Amazon and or eBay need a "register" product. The reality is it may or may not need to completely tie-in with the retailer's own cash register at the moment. If the item is listed then the "register" in my pocket can take care of the business. Apple stores can do this. Why can't an eBay/PayPal enabled business?
There are other potential players in this business. From Square, to Apple and Google. The big shift that is coming (here already for some) is we expect our local businesses to be in our pocket and that may make the difference between going to the shop to buy, and buying it online and waiting for delivery. Many times I've wished my local Ace Hardware shared their stock with me. My Bakery might also get more business if I could just check what they might have.
In a country like India, the local bakery and cake store or the grocer still thrive on personalised and localised service. You would think nothing of calling the local cake store to see what they have. They will also deliver it for free. In the US I'd be highly unlikely to get such service and that local bakery may well have gone out of business years ago. We have lost the personalisation and localisation that made small businesses thrive.
Pocket strategies present an opportunity to bring them back.


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Next Workshop is Saturday, February 21st at BACC from 10:30 to 1:30 pm in room 235. I will be demonstrating how to machine quilt and bind a quilt top. I will have a few blocks to practice on or you can bring something you are working on to finish. It is most helpful, but not necessary, if your machine has a walking foot or a darning foot and the feed dogs can drop. (I will talk more about this on Saturday). We will also have kits available to work on, if you would like to do that instead.
Please bring your sewing machine, sewing supplies and a lunch (optional). I'll bring some fruit and bagels. Hope to see you there!!


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In July, United Way of North Central Florida welcomed six individuals to our Board of Directors. Tracy Bachman of Waymaker Communications, Jackie Johnson of Alachua County Public Schools, John Jopling of Dell Graham, Greg Moraski of Nationwide, Lisa Patton of Publix and Todd Powell of Plum Creek began their board terms on July 1, 2015.
Tracy Bachmann is the president and CEO of Waymaker Communications (formerly known as PRO iNK), a strategic communications agency that helps businesses with public relations, digital and social communications and design. A degree in graphic design from Flagler College was the foundation for what has become a successful career in helping to tell her client's best stories. She's been recognized as one of Business in the Heart of Florida's "40 Under 40" and is active in the Gainesville Rotary Club.
Jackie Johnson currently serves as Director of Communications and Community Initiatives for Alachua County Public Schools. She has been communicating about public education for nearly 25 years, both as a school system employee and as a television reporter. She is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism, and worked as an education reporter, anchor and assignment editor at WCJB-TV 20 before moving on to UF's Health Science Center. Since 1992, she's managed communications and public relations for both Alachua County Public Schools and the Orange County Public Schools in Orlando. Jackie has won several awards for her work, including her coordination of successful ballot initiatives on behalf of both districts.
John Jopling is a Gainesville attorney with deep ties to the region. Born in Lake City, FL, John left the region only once to obtain his B.A. degree in political science from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He returned the following year to the University of Florida's College of Law where he graduated in 1982 with honors. He is an accomplished attorney with bar admissions that run the state from the Florida bar to the US District Court's Northern and Middle District to the Supreme Court of the United States. John's numerous accolades include being named to Florida Super Lawyers by Law and Politics Magazine every year since 2007.
Greg Moraski leads Nationwide's Southern Claim Zone, which is responsible for all personal lines claims for the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. Greg has a Bachelor of Art degree from Susquehanna University. Greg relocated to Gainesville, Florida in 2012 to become the leader of the Southern Claim Zone which is made up of 600 associates.
Lisa Patton Began her Publix career in 1987 in Daytona Beach, Florida as a meat wrapper. She worked as Deli Manager, Meat Manager in 1992. Lisa was promoted to Assistant Store Manager in 2004 and promoted to Store Manager in 2010. Lisa's role is currently a District Manager for Publix Super Markets.
Todd Powell, Plum Creek's General Manager for Real Estate, oversees all planning activities for the company's Atlantic South holdings in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. His responsibilities include leadership of the Envision Alachua community planning process on 65,000 acres of Plum Creek holdings in Alachua County.
United Way of North Central Florida Board Chair, Kay Ayers, Deborah Bowie and the entire UWNCFL staff and Board of Directors are pleased to welcome these outstanding additions to the team!
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The past three decades have seen phenomenal growth in investments in the area of product lifecycle management (PLM) as companies exploit opportunities in streamlining product lifecycle processes, and fully harnessing their data assets. These processes span all product lifecycle phases from requirements definition, systems design/ analysis, and simulation, detailed design, manufacturing planning, production planning, quality management, customer support, in-service management, and end-of-life recycling. Initiatives ranging from process re-engineering, enterprise-level change management, standardization, globalization and the like have moved PLM processes to mission-critical enterprise systems. Product data representations that encapsulate semantics to support product data exchange and PLM collaboration processes have driven several standards organizations, vendor product development efforts, real-world PLM implementations, and research initiatives. However, the process and deployment dimensions have attracted little attention: The need to optimize organization processes rather than individual benefits poses challenging "culture change management" issues and have derailed many enterprise-scale PLM efforts. Drawn from the authors' field experiences as PLM system integrators, business process consultants, corporate executives, vendors, and academicians, this paper explores the broad scope of PLM, with an added focus on the implementation and deployment of PLM beyond the development of technology. We review the historical evolution of engineering information management/PLM systems and processes, characterize PLM implementations and solution contexts, and discuss case studies from multiple industries. We conclude with a discussion of research issues motivated by improving PLM adoption in industry.
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(a) Fine-grain structure with interfaces to insulate unnecessary change propagation. (b) Instance model of fine-grain structure.
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