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I don't remember much of how I got back up to my house. The clouds above broke with the force of a monsoon. Though the dense tree cover afforded some shelter, a good amount of it filtered through and soon I was drenched. I couldn't care less.
Visions of my dog were burned into my retinas. His broken body, his gentle eyes, that thumping tail, the nest of pale purple innards going taught and yanking my dog away. And now the ball.
"Wanna play?" It was a taunt. Visceral and foreboding. Choking back a sob, I gathered the ball in my arms and began scrambling back up the embankment.
Somewhere in my mind, the sensible part of my conscience screamed bloody murder at me to get out of there. Whatever had done that to my dog was ravenous, predatory, and ruthless. I could do nothing against it now. I was nothing but a wiry kid who saw something no one should have to see. For once I listened to the logical part of my mind and got out of there like a bat out of hell.
As I scrambled up the embankment, sobbing and shuddering, I heard a sound I will never forget. The squish of teeth scissoring through flesh and the final whimpers of our beloved pet.
I was pallid by the time I broke free of the thick ivy. My black hair was a mop of tangles and mud, braided with twigs, leaves, and crusted blood. The ball was clutched under one arm. I had planned to show it to my parents, as proof of the monster that had ripped apart our dog, but the rain and my jacket had smeared it. I tossed it aside as I dashed into the garage, shouting for my parents.
It was half past 6 in the morning, around the time my parents usually got up. My dad, bleary eyed and dressed in a bathrobe, was the first to here me. He was pouring himself a cup of coffee and ended up drenching himself with it. His curses joined my cries as my mom pounded down the stairs. She was probably fixing herself up for another day of moving boxes, but now she charged into the kitchen, looking half prepared and half asleep.
When she saw my father clutching a burned hand and me huddled on a kitchen chair, sobbing, she almost laughed. Perhaps she thought something funny had happened. That I'd scared my dad when he was getting coffee by accident and now we were both reacting to a loud, uncertain situation. She was half right.
My mom is a wonderful woman, average height, shoulder-length brown hair, bright blue eyes, and always patient. When she realized the true gravity of the situation—namely by looking at the raw fear spread over my face, she kicked into high gear.
As I lay slumped over the dining table, she crossed the kitchen and dug out an ice packet for my father. Then she sat him at the sink, turned the faucet on at high blast, and told him to hold it there no matter how much of a mess it made. My father complied with a stream of gentle curses.
Then she turned to me. I felt her arms slip around my sides and pull me against her. "What's wrong, sweetie?" she said softly.
"I-I… Dyson… I sa-saw something… terrible. D-Dyson. Down the hill. Dead. B-b-bleeding, monster, ate him, ivy!" The words wouldn't come out in cohesive sentences. Instead they were a torrent of abstract sounds pieced together in a way that made my mom look to my dad with a "he's in shock" expression.
"Sweetheart… we know you miss him. But he's only been gone a day. You had a nightmare." My mom stroked my hair, picking out the twigs and leaves. "Were you searching for him?"
I nodded and shuddered, my thin shoulders shivering under my jacket. She seemed to realize my clothes were soaked through and she added "delirium" to her list of reasons for my bumbling. She slid my coat off, then my shirt, and wrapped a towel around me.
All the while my dad watched from the sink, a thoughtful look on his face. His hand, which had minor reddening and one or two blisters, was already looking better. He flexed his hand as he looked at me. "I don't think that's shock, Karen. I've never seen him like this before."
My mom nodded thoughtfully. "Well let's make sure both of you are alright before we jump to conclusions." She moved over to the refrigerator and began rummaging through our meager rations for breakfast stuff. My mom always did that. Filling in uncertainties with something comforting. In this case it was blueberry pancakes and orange juice. She sent me upstairs to get changed and bandaged my dad's hand in gauze in the time it took for the first pair of pancakes to toast.
As I got changed, my heart rate decreased enough to feel somewhat normal, but the visceral images of my poor dog lingered. The memories were sharp as ever, yet mercifully surreal to a certain extent. I peered down into the green abyss for a moment, envisioning all the things it could hide. What could have done something like that to a family pet? Let alone a large one? And the ball…the most unnerving aspect of all. Whatever tore Dyson apart could write and it was sadistic enough to taunt a child.
"Wanna play?"
I shook my head and headed back down to the kitchen where I at least had company.
My mom gave me a sympathetic look as I eased myself at the table. Outside the rain poured down with a vengeance, turning the world into an expanse of muted greens and silvers. I dug into the pancakes while my parents talked to one another in hushed tones.
Words like "disturbed, exhausted, young, shock, and frozen," trickled through my mind, but it didn't bother me. I was only ten. I had seen something gut wrenching to the point where even I questioned its existence, and adults had a way of rationalizing the words of a kid to the point where they could be easily discounted. I knew what I said was difficult to believe, but at the very least my father vouchsafed my explanation with a second look.
He wanted me to show him where I had seen Dyson. I gulped down a piece of pancake and reluctantly agreed. We waited for the rain to subside, and in that time I managed to convince my father to bring a gun in case there really was some sort of rabid animal. As a hunter, he was pragmatic enough to entertain the possibility of some sort of predator inhabiting the ravines.
My mom spent the time busying herself with the dishes and then continuing on projects around the house. That was something I noticed early on about my parents. My mom took difficult news like it was a chore, because that way she could turn it into something useful.
My dad was different. He a big, lanky guy who took difficult news in a somber way and mulled it over in his mind until he came to terms with it. When I fled up that hill and into the house, choking on my own sobs, there'd been a brief moment where he read the sheer panic on my face. He was thinking about what could scare a kid that bad. Only that pot of coffee burning his hand kept him from digging any further.
Now he flexed his burned hand and loaded a .410 pistol outfitted for shotgun slugs. It was meant as a deterrent for larger game that might charge us in the woods, but I wasn't sure if anything could stop whatever could tear a full-grown lab open and drag him back with the ferocity I'd seen. And that ball…it flashed endlessly in my head as my dad slid five shells home.
'Click.' The ball rolled forward from the ivy.
'Click.' The reddish brown words burned into my retinas.
'Click.' "Wanna play?"
'Click.' "Wanna play?" "Wanna play?" "Wanna play?"
'Click.' My dad chambered the final round and slid the cylinder home.
"Ready, bud?" He gave me a small grin. There was stubble on his face and rings under his eyes.
"Yeah," I said reluctantly, a shudder catching in my chest. I almost told him about the ball, but remembered it was blood-free now. If I mentioned it, my dad would probably just leave me behind.
Together we went into the garage and donned our boots, all-weather pants, jackets, and fluorescent vests. As we prepped, my dad looked out into the trees with a newfound interest. "You know, it's funny," he said, slipping the pistol into its holster, "I don't think I've ever seen thicker vegetation in my life. Working through that stuff yesterday, great workout." He patted his vested stomach, "Guess we can work off those pancakes your mom made."
"Yeah," I said again. I could tell he was trying to keep things light-hearted, but that just made things worse. "I just want him back."
My dad nodded as we crossed the driveway and stopped at the edge of the rain-slicked ivy. In the overcast it looked black as oil, gross and slimy to the touch. "We'll find him," he assured me, "I promise."
Yeah, I thought, that was the terrifying part.
Together we descended into the deep-green void. Much like my previous trip, the going was slow and the vegetation ominous. Everything below the sixty-foot mark was plunged into a perpetual twilight, illuminated by a hollow, yellow light. Beneath the initial canopy of broadleaves, ivy-clad giants and stunted, black trees reined supreme. Our footing was constantly tested by the tangles of vines and little, green leaves so dark they looked black.
In spite of my father's company and that pistol hanging from his hip, I couldn't shake the feeling that every moment we spent here was perilous. We didn't belong in places like this. We only visited it, hunted the creatures that inhabited it, and left before we realized we were out of our depth. I began to imagine this as another hunt. For something other than whatever we were currently looking for.
To make matters worse, I couldn't shake the feeling that we were being observed. From some vantage point in this twisted, hidden world of ivy-choked vegetation, an entity watched us. I wondered if it had watched Dyson, too. Perhaps curious as to why the dog would return to its domain. Or why I would either, for that matter, after the horrendous things I'd seen.
I found the tunnel entrance with relative ease this time around. A ten-foot opening smothered in cascades of rugged greenery. I began trembling as visions of my slaughtered dog returned. My dad had to take my hand and gentle guide me around the edge of the sewer. He left his gun holstered, but unhooked the strap around its grip which made me feel a little better.
We knelt at the entrance of the tunnel, quiet as sin. A foul odor breathed through the vined-entrance, causing me to choke. Rotting meat.
My dad plugged his nose too, but he only laughed. "Whew, that sewage is nasty. Hope you didn't flush anything toxic down here in the past hour."
My vision swam. The smell was sickening to me, not laughably disgusting. It reeked of decay and malcontent, like the corpse of an animal struck on the highway. My dad thought it was just a backdraft of sewage—the type of stench you plugged your nose at and looked for someone to jokingly pin it on.
"Dad…it's not sewage. It's Dyson…remember what I said?"
He tugged at the bandages on his sore hand and wiped the sweat off his brow. Like me, he had thick, black hair, streaked faintly with grey. It made him look older now as a hint of sadness weighed down on his efforts to remain humorous. "I know, son. I know what you told me, but…why would he go in there? Why would anything live in there? It'd screw up their scent pattern and-"
"Just look in there, dad." I was panicking. If he didn't believe me enough to at least look, then I was on my own.
My dad sighed and nodded. "All right, step back for me then." He took out his gun in case there really was some animal lying in wait. Perhaps a rabid coyote or cougar holed itself up.
I stepped back and waited as my father softly drew the vines back. He flicked on a flashlight in his other hand and rolled its beam all over the entrance to the sewer. I craned my neck, expecting to see some terrible black beast looking back, but there was nothing. His beam reached fifty feet back, illuminating more of the same cruddy, rusted out corridor. Some limp plants hung from the sides of the wall, and a faint line of scummy water filled the bottom. Aside from the dinginess of the place, it was remarkably ordinary. No blood, no guts, no fur or skin or bits of bone. My dog was gone, devoured or taken somewhere else.
"Well it's certainly creepy," my dad laughed, trying once more to lighten the atmosphere. "I can see why you think Dyson might've disappeared in there."
I shook my head. "No…something pulled him in. I don't know what it was, but I saw it."
My dad rubbed my shoulders and pointed to the where the extremity of his beam faded out. "It caved in. It's hard to tell with the metal being the same color, but there's a wall of dirt. Dyson couldn't have gone this way."
I bumbled at the revelation, searching frantically for an explanation. My dad seemed content with letting me talk, but he wasn't listening anymore. For him, we'd achieved resolution. He holstered his pistol and began to lead the way back up.
I followed slowly, numbed by the feeling that I really might've hallucinated the entire thing. Guilt, grief, exhaustion, all of those things conglomerating into a delusion that removed my part of the blame. I don't understand why I would imagine something so horrendous, and neither did my parents. And they didn't want to know where their child came up with such atrocities, so they pandered me for an appropriate amount of time, before delivering their own explanation. Which I was ready to accept as I steadily clambered up the hill.
At least until I felt something tug at my jacket—a draft of wind being sucked into the tunnel, trying to take me along with it. Something about that felt wrong, but I was too dejected to investigate. All I knew was that wind didn't blow through a dead space. There was probably another entrance.
After we rejoined the modern world at the top of the ravine and shrugged out of our hunting attire, I was ready to focus on something else. I guess that was my mom's doing. I wanted to find something to occupy myself for the rest of the day, and my dad was all to happy to oblige.
We spent the rest of that day painting the kitchen and living room walls in a light shade of yellow. It fit the home's spacious, contemporary furnishings, and warded off the oppressive greenery around us.
That night I fall asleep with little trouble. The shadows of the swaying trees above me lulled me into a hypnosis again, and I stayed that way until I was on the precipice of slumber. Just as I was ready to pass out once again, the scratching returned. As ever, it was a frantic, pitiful sound. Thin shadows darted along the space between my door and the floor, and I watched them passively. Fear mingled with the desire to sleep, and for once I let sleep win me out. The scratching faded with the darkness.
The next morning I awoke at 6:32. Rather early for me in spite of the past couple days wearing me down, but it felt good to be free of my bed. I got dressed quickly, hearing my parents moving about down the hall as well.
As I slid a bright green shirt sporting the logo of some tacky restaurant over my head, the memory of the scratching returned. I shuffled over to my door curiously and opened it to check for a detail I hadn't thought of before: claw marks. Whenever Dyson slid on our wooden floors, my mom always flipped out about the scratched he would leave, but I never saw him inflict too much damage. Just a small graze amid the thousands of our home.
The base of my door was scratch-free, however. Not a mark where I expected a tons of them to be. I scanned the small lip of wood where the doorframe met the floor and gave it a closer look. I started on the left side and moved right, taking in every inch of the raised wood. Something caught my eye when I got within a couple inches of the right frame.
It was small and faint, carved in the same sketchy righting as the blood-smeared ball: "We gonna play somedaaaaay!"
I shuddered at the childish enthusiasm. It was the type of writing one could expect from an adult talking to a kid or a dog. Condescending and syrupy. I gagged at the thought that whatever killed my dog might've thought it was only playing. Tug of war with his guts? There was no way. No way. My mind reeled at the message, trying to dampen the fear blossoming in my chest. But then a bone-scorching scream from downstairs shot that fear through me like a bolt.
I scrambled downstairs in seconds, my father two steps ahead of me. This time he and I were careful not to jostle one another for fear of another accident as we stumbled into the kitchen. We found my mom standing paralyzed in the kitchen, a glass shattered at her feet. She was gaping at our refrigerator.
My heart was seized in a cold fist as I saw the gristly sight too. A thin line of blood trickled down along the sleek metal surface of the fridge, coming from a long, ragged, yellow tail nailed into the fridge door. It looked as if it had been brutally hacked off, with a couple vertebrae dangling from the thicker end.
My dad cursed and swept my mom up in his arms, while I watched on. If this was a game to whatever had done this, was the horrific sight before me some twisted variation of 'pin-the-tail'? I didn't want to know, didn't care too. All I knew was that we were being toyed with in a sadistic child's game. And whatever the thing was had invited my parents to play as well.
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The Promo video introducing 100 Strong.
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The Promo video introducing 100 Strong.
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The first member of the 95 Bulls to drop a project DANtheMan. Check it out and let us know what you think.
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Yesterday was a very productive day for me. Started off by going to the Art Institute for a tour and talking to an Advisor about the school. Music has knocked on my door for a while and I think that it is the time to open the door. After that I went to meet up with 100 Strong in Woodbridge and we chopped it up about what movements we needed to make so their buzz could get bigger. We came up with an idea to do a college tour around the Va area. We also came up with a project, having them do a team project which they would preform. So be on the look for that title name is Triangle offense. Remember to be on the look out the team 100 Strong "95 Bulls".

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So I've been dying to do some painting just for myself. You artists remember what that is? To just paint whatever you want however you want on whatever you want, and how stress relieving it can be? If you're a graphic designer or illustrator, chances are you probably forgot what that feels like, haha.
Anyway I started doing something just for me, (which I'll post pics of later when I get back to it), but then reality tugged and reminded me that I still have a lot to get done for other people.
So I'm reworking some designs for G5, sketching out my composition for The Flying Mudbrothers in preparation for that painting, I'm making a custom action figure as a gift for a friend, kicking out a bunch of art for Pelle Pelle, then it's back to the drawing board for some band t-shirt concepts. It seems like even the things you love the most cause you stress when doing it is your job.
Anyway, when that's all done I have about a dozen people patiently waiting on me for tattoo designs.
When that's done, I'd like to start practicing with my own tattoo equipment so I can start inking up some skin.
Blah blah blah, I'm not really going anywhere, just... you know... blogging.
I'll be posting some pics of some of this stuff soon.
- Josh
Welcome to the As Fall Leaves Illustration website! This is where you can follow the news on the various jobs and projects of artist Joshua Werner. Be sure to also visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/asfallleaves! For those looking for Josh's books and comics, you can find those items available at www.SourcePointPress.com.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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Seventh Annual Signature Fundraiser to Feature
Singer, Song Writer and Author of the Walk to Beautiful, Jimmy Wayne
Tickets to attend Youth Haven's Signature "Home, Hope and Healing" Luncheon are now available.
Youth Haven's premier annual event now in its 7th year, will be held at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort and will feature guest speaker Jimmy Wayne. Wayne is an award winning singer-songwriter with hits such as Stay Gone, I love You This Much, Paper Angels and three week number one hit titled Do You Believe Me Now. He is the author of the novel and made-for-TV show "Paper Angels." He is also a New York Times best-selling author with his recently released book titled "Walk To Beautiful," which chronicles his journey through foster care and his walk halfway across America in 2010 to raise awareness for at risk children.
The Home, Hope and Healing Luncheon will be chaired again by Steve and Jill Miller. Jill Miller serves on the Youth Haven Board of Directors.
The luncheon's primary focus will be to bring awareness to the three core programs Youth Haven offers to Southwest Florida's most vulnerable citizens, the abused neglected and abandoned children ages 6-18.
Tickets are $300 and sponsorship opportunities are still available. To purchase tickets, visit www.youthhavenswfl.org/events. For more information contact Angela Navarro at firstname.lastname@example.com or (239) 687-5178.
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Here is an interesting news item – "Shinde's daughter moves SC for divorce" in Times of India on Dec 17, 2009. In this case, the tables are turned where husband is refusing to sign a mutual consent divorce that the wife wants. Wife approached the apex court stating that being forced to live in an unhappy and unwanted marriage "violated her fundamental right to live life with dignity, which was guaranteed by Article 21 (right to life) of Constitution".
Now, instead of doing what they customarily do when husbands approach the Supreme Court with a similar plea, the Supreme Court "issued notice to ministry of law and justice as Smriti alleged that because of the husband, she was forced to live a married life against her free will".
When woman wants out of a marriage staking a claim on her right to live a happy and dignified life, the Supreme Court issues notice to the ministry of law and justice, why her claims could not be taken seriously under our constitution. When several men approached the apex court requesting to be released from marriages under identical circumstances, the wise old patriarchs, with the weighty burden of "social engineering" on their "shoulders", lecture them with a gratuitous advice – "listen to the diktats of your wife to stay out of trouble". Time and again, scores of men having spent decades trying to get out of the clutches of cruel, violent and adulterous wives, approached the courts seeking justice to live out the rest of their miserable lives in peace, the courts, led by the High Courts of the respective states and the Supreme court, in their infinite sadism, pooh poohed their misery as "normal wear and tear" of marriage and refused divorces. Unable to find a way out of their miserable existence, hundreds of men have committed suicides. The stony of hearts of the powers that be never melt upon these tragedies. You see – causing a man to commit suicide is not only not a crime in India; in fact it is considered a social service. And the judiciary, led by the High Courts and Supreme Court, is playing its part in this social service – pretty diligently.
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NEW DELHI: Hinging hopes on an apex court advisory to the government to consider "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" as a valid ground for divorce
, Union minister Sushil Shinde's daughter Smriti on Wednesday moved SC seeking to end to an unhappy marriage with her husband.
Frustrated by persistent refusal of her husband to consent to a mutually agreed divorce, Smriti's counsel, senior advocates Harish Salve and Mukul Rohtagi, pleaded before a Bench comprising CJI K G Balakrishnan and Justices A K Ganguly and B S Chauhan that this violated her fundamental right to live life with dignity, which was guaranteed by Article 21 (right to life) of Constitution.
What the SC, which had previously dismissed her appeal against an HC order rejecting her divorce plea as her husband had refused to consent for ending the marriage, was whether such withholding of consent by one party violated other party's fundamental right. It issued notice to ministry of law and justice as Smriti alleged that because of the husband, she was forced to live a married life against her free will.


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The National Potato Council (NPC) announces that Adrienne Gorny, a fourth-year doctoral student in plant pathology and plant-microbe biology at Cornell University, is the recipient of the 2017-18 NPC academic scholarship. The $10,000 award is provided annually to a graduate student with a strong interest in research that can directly benefit the potato industry.
Gorny's work focuses on the quantitative epidemiology of Northern root-knot and lesion nematodes in potatoes. Her work involves frequent collaboration with New York-based potato growers for on-farm trials, and her research is squarely focused on helping the potato industry make informed decisions about nematode control measures.
"Growers have the most insight into the problems they face," says Gorny. "They provide me with research ideas, and I do experiments to test those ideas."
Gorny wants to quantify yield loss due to nematodes by measuring pre-plant density of the nematode population.
"What's really cool is that I'm measuring the DNA of nematodes in the soil, extracting DNA from soil and measuring bar code regions," she says. "It is faster than the traditional method and potentially more accurate."
Ultimately, Gorny plans to create a pre-planting soil test so that growers whose soil is above threshold for the nematodes can take action early and those below the threshold could save money by not taking unnecessary action.
"Her unique project achievements for the U.S. potato industry will leave her ideally positioned to impact scientific research and support the profitability and productivity of the industry far into the foreseeable future," says Sarah Pethybridge, the supervisor for Gorny's graduate studies. In addition to her research, Gorny "goes over and above" in her engagement with the community and the campus. "I anticipate a long, groundbreaking career for Adrienne," Pethybridge wrote in a recommendation.
"This scholarship will ensure I have the necessary resources to complete each component of my multifaceted Ph.D. project, focusing on predicting yield loss due to root-knot and lesion nematodes by measuring DNA from these pathogens in the soil prior to planting," says Gorny. "This generous award will also provide funding to continue presenting my findings at national and regional conferences, enhancing my training as a well-rounded scientist. I am very thankful and humbled that NPC believes this research and my future career will aid the U.S. potato industry."
Gorny is originally from Canton, Mich., and has always loved being outside and gardening. She studied botany at Purdue University for her undergraduate degree. She is the first in her family to do scientific research. At Cornell, she served as vice president of the Student Association of the Geneva Experiment Station last year. After completing her doctoral program, she hopes to find a position at a university with a research/extension component or to work for the USDA's Agricultural Research Service.


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Aaaarghhh! So I've had this nasty bitter taste in my mouth for the past several days. No matter what I eat, no matter how many times I brush/Scope, it's there. Ruining meals and snacks alike. I finally decided to google my symptoms and make sure I didn't have some unusual and deadly disease. The first several listings all pointed to pine nuts as the culprits. Not just any pine nuts....specifically pine nuts from China. I just rushed into the kitchen to check out the country of origin on my Melissa's pine nuts...lo and behold...Cina. Drat. Most of the sites say this phenomenon lasts anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. I think Melissa's might be getting a phone call....
Pine Nuts Left a Bitter Taste in My Mouth
Beware of Pine Nuts from China
Bitter Taste After Eating for Days - Caused by Pine Nuts?
Pine Nut Syndrome
Dread Bitter Pine Nut Syndrome
Posted by aka Rachel at 22:31
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2 comments:
- Bryan said...
Rachel, hope you were able to get over "pine mouth" quickly. I hope more people get the news to avoid pine nuts from China - Melissa's definitely needs to hear from all of us.
- 20.2.11
- aka Rachel said...
Hi Bryan - I called Melissa's and they acknowledged the problem (in fact, the guy I spoke with said he won't even try them :s ) and they were kind enough to send me some coupons for their other products. Hope that you've managed to avoid this phenomena!
- 21.2.11
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Open Doors
The East Church is in a prime position to pro-actively witness to the thousands of people who shop and socialise in the city centre. A large number of people also reside within flats and hostels in the area. The Kirk Session is looking at ways to develop the work of Mission and Outreach in the city centre including the day-time opening of the church. At present, the church is opened to the public every second Friday afternoon, and by means of a visible presence outside the building, hundreds of passers-by have been invited in for a cup of coffee or tea. Thus far this work has been encouraging providing many good opportunities to listen to people in their different situations very often affording openings to share the Gospel of Hope with them.


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In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Davina McCall revealed how giving up sugar has changed her life. The 47 year old English TV Presenter who still looks fit and absolutely stunning at this age has found a new way of staying fit and healthy. She has maintained her sexy figure ever since she quit sugar. She took the story of her well-toned body to the next level after she published her famous cookbook, Davina's 5 Weeks to Sugar-Free: Yummy, easy recipes to help you kick sugar and feel amazing.
McCall once told, "Men love that I am an old lady with a young body."
But we don't think so. She is still young and beautiful like any other young girl. Sometimes age does not matter. And someone like McCall, who has the knack to stay fit can remain young for a longtime. A fitness queen can never get old, can she?
Davina McCall recently posted a video and several pictures of herself on Instagram, enjoying her holiday in the Azores Islands on Saturday. She was seen showcasing her skills in a swimming pool. The Big Brother host and the ultimate fitness diva was taking a break from UK in the Portuguese islands. She mesmerized her fans and followers with snaps of herself doing an impressive backwards dive into the swimming pool.
The mother of three could be seen in the slow-motion video flexing her flat belly prior diving into the pool with powerful backward dive. She flies through the air as she lands in the water. Her toned abs and legs were quite useful during the move.
Now, this famous TV presenter enjoys a successful career as the host of Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop Live, Five Minutes to a Fortune and The Jump, Sky1's Got to Dance, as well as ITV's Long Lost Family and Stepping Out. But her life before the television success was not as peaceful as it is now.
She has been through a roller coaster of trouble and personal mess. In her early 20s McCall developed a very serious problem of drug addiction. Her then boyfriend and an old family friend Eric Clapton helped her overcome her problems and sobered her up. Only after coming out of the drugs use, she gained her own television show on MTV. Success and fame soon followed as she headed towards the right path. She also quit smoking when she as 24.
Moreover, McCall's mother died in 2008 and her maternal half-sister Caroline Baday died of lung cancer in 2012 aged 50, adding more grief in her life. But she didn't back down. It is her strength, courage and patience that brought her on this stage.
McCall is happily married to husband Matthew Robertson, presenter of Pet Rescue and has three adorable children. This is her second marriage with Robertson. She was married to Andrew Leggett in 1997 but it did not last very long. They separated in 1999.
Despite all the shortcomings, McCall has proved herself as one of the most talented and successful TV personality of all time. She has 2.4 million followers on Twitter and we do have to accept that she indeed has a beautiful body and mind.


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The joy of Halloween has returned, even without the eggs./
Since graduating from high school, Halloween has taken a slow, inexorable slide toward mediocrity. Take away the candy, the eggs, the toilet paper, the soap and the seemingly endless array of late night antics, and all you have left is the occasional, oftentimes disappointing Halloween party and a handful of sexy nurse and sexy cat costumes to look forward to.
None of this comes close to frightening small children, soaping windshields with unfortunate aphorisms, raining eggs down upon unsuspecting victims or egging your high school science teacher's home for the third year in a row.
As an adult, Halloween has lost a great deal of luster.
Then something happened. Elysha and I had kids. Our daughter grew old enough to understand and love Halloween. And though I would've never believed it five years ago, Halloween has instantly regained all its joy for me again.
Listening to my daughter debate costume possibilities in the weeks leading up to Halloween, watching her excitement build as the day approached and taking her out trick-or-treating has made Halloween the joyous holiday is once was for me.
There are still moments, even today, when I would love to egg a few houses and maybe even a few of the larger trick-or-treaters, but for now, a night out with my children, holding their hands, ringing doorbells and reminding them to say thank you is alright with me.


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- Authors:
- Subtitle:
- The activist imaginary and the topless body in the Femen movement
- 10.1177/1354856514541358
- Abstract:
- Focusing on the Tunisian Femen-activist Amina Tyler/Sboui and the topless 'Free Amina protest' carried out in Tunis, this article investigates the participatory practices and activist imaginary (Marcus, 2006: 6) of the Femen movement. Femen is conceptualized as an assemblage (Delanda, 2006; Latour, 2005) of protesting women and various human and non-human, mediatised (Hepp, 2013; Hjarvard, 2008; Lundby 2009) and localized actors. The article suggests that Femen's protests undergo a dual process of mediatisation that aims to both generate a spreadable imaginary and enable communication between bodies by addressing affective registers. The mediatised 'affective environment' (Massumi, 2009) cues bodies and generates spreadability, yet it also produces disconnections. These disconnections might redistribute the 'economy of recognizability' (Butler and Athanasiou, 2013); however, the Femen headquarters in Kiev and Paris increasingly provide centralized interpretations of the movement and the localized actions causing the perception of Femen's activist imaginary to be unfolded between the unrecognizable and the too recognizable body.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- Convergence: the International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 4, p. 478-495
- Main Research Area:
- Humanities
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2014
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
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135 Rue du Midi, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
restaurant, licensed bar, lift, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Located in the historic centre of Brussels, only 400 metres from the famous Grand Place, the Bedford Hotel perfectly combines the traditions of a privately owned hotel with the experience and efficiency of professional staff. The hotel offers 326 bedrooms, all decorated in warm tones and with marble bathrooms, a restaurant serving traditional French and international cuisine, a piano bar with a large TV showing important sports events and a fitness centre.
Rue Gineste 3, Brussels, 1210, Belgium.
gym, sauna
restaurant (last order 2300), licensed bar, lift, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Crowne Plaza Brussels City Centre 'Le Palace' has a long and distinguished history at the heart of Brussels. The 354 splendidly refurbished guestrooms offer free wireless internet and tea/coffee facilities. The hotel is ideally situated just a short walk from the Grand Place and the main train station and is an ideal base for shopping and sightseeing.
Da Vincilaan 4, Diegem, 1831, Belgium.
The elegant Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport Hotel is located only a stone's throw away from Brussels Airport in Zaventem, close to the Brussels ring road which leads to all major cities of the Benelux. Embedded in the 'Corporate Village' and in the midst of a green park, the Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport offers 315 modern guest rooms, all equipped with the latest technology to meet today's discerning business and leisure traveller�s needs. All rooms, including a range of suites and club rooms as well as a Club Lounge, are fully equipped with high speed internet access and modem connection, individual air conditioning, TV with in room movie channels and music on demand, mini-bar, iron and ironing board, tea & coffee facilities, in room safe and 24 hour room service.
107 Rue De La Loi, Brussels, 1040, Belgium.
restaurant (last order 2230), licensed bar, lift, non-smoking rooms available, pets
The 4 star Crowne Plaza Brussels Europa hotel is directly located in the heart of the European Institutions District, between the European Commission and European Parliament and only 20 minutes away from the NATO headquarters. The Crowne Plaza Brussels Europa offers comfort and service at the best price! It is ideally located just 5 minutes walking distance from Parc Cinquantenaire. Schuman train station is at the foot of the hotel and Maelbeek Metro station and bus station are directly situated under the hotel. The metro takes 5 minutes to reach the city centre and locations such as Grand Place, Manneken Pis and the main shopping area.
Berkenlaan 5, Diegem, 1831, Belgium.
licensed bar, lift, modem, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Situated just 2 kilometres from Brussels International Airport and only 5 minutes from NATO Headquarters, the hotel is ideally placed for those wanting easy access to the centre of Brussels with excellent motorway links. The hotel combines traditional comfort with latest technology services including a Business Centre with internet access, printer and scanners available and Broadband internet access. The hotel boasts 87 recently refurbished guest rooms, spacious and comfortable and equipped with cable TV, direct phone line, tea and coffee making facilities and WiFi internet access.
Avenue de Stalingrad 25-31, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
restaurant, licensed bar, lift
The beautiful Floris Avenue Hotel is a boutique style property located in a prime location in the city of Brussels, just a 10 minute walk from the famous Grand-Place square, the city's ancient market square, known especially for its large, breathtaking, 'flower carpet', taking place every two years during the summer. The proximity to South Station Terminal for both Eurostar (to London) and Thalys (to Paris) lines, make Floris Avenue Hotel an ideal place to stay while you're in town. Floris Avenue Hotel is surrounded by ancient guild houses, the impressive Town Hall and the Bread House, which is one of Brussels' most important landmarks, and should not be missed on a visit to the city of Brussels. The Floris Avenue Hotel offers guests elegant and stylish guest rooms using pastel coloured d�cor to create a contemporary style with a personal touch. The hotel's main focal point is the cosy patio that is seen from the breakfast sitting area and the hotel's lounge and bar with beautiful flowers which blossom during the spring and summer months. After a day visiting the sights and attractions of Brussels, relax in your comfortable bedroom at the Floris Avenue Hotel, each of which are equipped with flat screen TV, mini-bar, safe, bathroom and shower, comfy duvets and extra pillows.
Square de l'Aviation 6-8, Brussels, 1070, Belgium.
restaurant (last order 2100), licensed bar, lift, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Floris Ustel Midi hotel in Brussels is conveniently located close to the Eurostar terminal at Midi Station and only 5 minutes by tram from the centre of Brussels or 15 minutes by foot to the famous Grand Place. The high speed Thalys trains from Paris, Cologne and Amsterdam along with Deutsche Bahn ICE high speed trains arrive at Brussels Midi Station from Cologne, all adding to the convenience of this Brussels hotel and allowing the city to be explored with ease. The Floris Ustel Midi hotel, Brussels is made up of 4 Art Nouveau town houses giving the hotel a unique charm. Enjoy the peace and comfort of your bedroom with facilities such as Pay TV, writing desk, bathroom with bath or shower, hairdryer and bathroom amenities. As a guest at the Floris Ustel Midi hotel in Brussels you can enjoy other great services and facilities including a lobby lounge area with seating, computer corner and TV viewing area. In the summer why not relax in the terrace garden. La Grande Ecluse restaurant is suitable for individual and group dining, with traditional and modern Belgian cuisine that is sure to satisfy all taste buds.
Chaussee de Charleroi 38, Brussels, 1060, Belgium.
restaurant, pets
The Holiday Inn Brussels City Centre is ideally located near the elegant Avenue Louise and the Museum of Fine Art, Royal Palace and 'Palais de Justice'. All the elegantly furnished bedrooms offer television, telephone, WiFi and radio. The gastronomic restaurant 'La Papelotte' and 'Bar Brasserie' offer national and international cuisine.
Rue Breydel, 20, Brussels, 1040, Belgium.
restaurant, licensed bar, lift, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Holiday Inn Brussels Schuman is ideally located in the heart of the city centre of Brussels with the shopping areas and many cultural buildings only minutes away. This boutique hotel is designed in a contemporary style and features many modern amenities including air-conditioning, a gym, a bar and a restaurant serving different local and international dishes. Each guestroom is tastefully decorated and features a minibar, satellite TV, air-conditioning and internet access.
Keizerin Charlottelaan 6, Brussels, 1020, Belgium.
restaurant, licensed bar, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Holiday Inn Garden Court Brussels Expo is located in green area, a few steps away from the Brussels Exhibition Centre and the famous Atomium. The city centre is just 15 minutes away and can be reached by direct metro line. The hotel offers a wide range of services and facilities for business and leisure: 79 recently renovated and fully equipped guest rooms, a restaurant, as well as ample parking. The hotel also features 'Le Carlotta' bar, the ideal place to relax and enjoy Belgian specialities and in sunny weather guests can also dine out on the terrace.
91-93 Avenue Louise, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium.
gym, sauna, solarium
restaurant (last order 2200), licensed bar, lift, modem, non-smoking rooms available, pets, guidedogs
With its impressive location in the city centre of Brussels, on the famous Avenue Louise - the most fashionable area - you will find the hotel Bristol Stephanie. Elegance is combined with spacious comfort in each of the 142 bedrooms. The hotel also offers a bar, fitness centre and sauna. Underground parking is also available.
Rue des Croisades 6/8/10, Brussels, 1210, Belgium.
licensed bar, lift, non-smoking rooms available, pets
This historic hotel is located in the city centre adjacent to the most authentic and dynamic district in the capital of Europe. Cutting edge Belgian fashion, quality contemporary art and design, plus a cultural and culinary experience to rival any other major European capital, is just outside the door. The hotel includes 97 guest rooms, all of them thoroughly redesigned and equipped with fine furniture and modern amenities. A city landmark, this historic hotel was built in 1906 and its architecture reflects the unique style and city's rich history at the beginning of the 20th century.
Rue Joseph Plateau 2, Brussels, B-1000, Belgium.
licensed bar, lift, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Ibis Brussels Centre Ste Catherine is ideally placed for a stay in central Brussels, near the De Brouck�re and Ste Catherine metro station and underground networks. The hotel is close to the old fish market and 300 metres from the Grand Place, the main shopping area and tourist attractions. Also the Royal Palace, theatres and historic monuments are located in the direct surroundings of this Brussels hotel. All rooms at the Ibis Brussels Centre Ste Catherine have recently been renovated and feature air-conditioning and WiFi Internet. Bar Vismet is the ideal place to meet for a drink with friends or colleagues and serves a selection of hot snacks.
35 Rue du Luxembourg, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium.
sauna, solarium
restaurant (last order 2200), licensed bar, lift, pets
The Leopold Hotel is centrally situated in the heart of the city and within easy walking distance of the European Parliament, the Grand Place and the Antique Market known as Sablon. This non-smoking hotel has a selection of places to eat from the Taverne Leopold bar to a Garden Terrace and Brasserie restaurant. Guest rooms are comfortably furnished and well equipped with air conditioning, telephone, television and minibar.
35 Rue du Luxembourg, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium.
The Leopold Hotel Brussels is centrally situated in the heart of the city of Brussels and within easy walking distance of many of the city's historic and cultural attractions and sites including the European Parliament, the Grand Place and the Antique Market known as Sablon. There are many fantastic restaurants and bars close to the Leopold Hotel Brussels, however the hotel offers a choice of places to eat from the to the Italian Winter Garden Terrace to the hotel's gourmet restaurant. After a delicious meal why not enjoy a relaxed drink in one of the hotel's cosy bars? Guest rooms at the Leopold Hotel Brussels are comfortably furnished and well equipped with air conditioning, telephone, television and minibar. After a busy day exploring the sites of this vibrant city, these guest rooms provide the perfect haven for escaping the hustle and bustle of the city. As a guest staying on this Leopold Hotel Brussels special offer rate, you can also make use of the hotel's sauna and solarium as well as WiFi and car parking.
17 Chauss�e De Charleroi, Brussels, 1060, Belgium.
Newly refurbished and in the heart of Brussels, the hotel is ideally situated for both business and leisure travellers, with its impressive location on the Avenue Louise, it is Brussels most fashionable shopping and business district. There you can find Brussels's most fancy shops, cosy restaurants and nice pubs. Nearby there is the Place de Sablon, a highly recommended market place for antique lovers. Every Sunday you can attend the antique market there or you can visit Belgium's largest general market at the Midi Station. All other famous sights, such as Manneken Pis, the Grand Place and the Royal Palace are located within walking distance from the hotel and also easily accessible by public transport.
32, Rue De La Vierge Noire, Zwarte Lievevrouwstraat 32, Brussels, B-1000, Belgium.
indoor pool, gym, jacuzzi, sauna
restaurant (last order 2200), licensed bar, lift, modem, non-smoking rooms available, pets
The Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire is a 3 star hotel offering 217 comfortable rooms, and is located in the lively Place Ste Catherine area, 800 metres from the Grand Place in Brussels. You'll find areas for relaxing, along with numerous other first rate amenities within the hotel including a gym, swimming pool, hammam and Jacuzzi. Whether its breakfast, lunch and dinner or just a tasty little snack, Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire provides balanced choices and an � la carte service 24/7, and all served in a friendly, stylish setting. The lively bar and brasserie with its inviting terrace is perfect for sampling a cocktail or a Belgian beer.
Place Charles Rogier 3, Manhattan Centre, Brussels, 1210, Belgium.
indoor pool, gym, sauna
restaurant (last order 2300), licensed bar, lift, modem, non-smoking rooms available, pets
Rising high above the Brussels skyline, the Sheraton Brussels is only a short stroll from Brussels� main shopping area as well as the renowned Grand Place. All of the 511 well-appointed guest rooms feature wooden furniture, warm colours, and The Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Bed. Discover utmost comfort with its plush mattress, cosy duvets, crisp sheets, and plenty of pillows. For a bright start to your day, enjoy the state-of-the-art fitness centre, with a sauna and rooftop swimming pool (swimming pool will be closed for essential maintenance works from 14th February until approximately 12th March 2011), perfect for a morning view of this vibrant city. Stay connected to what's important to you with the lobby 'connection destination' the Link @ Sheraton.


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The Lead World Youth Championship has just ended here in Arco, Italy. With Youth A, Youth B, and Juniors competing, the event was full of promising performances from sport climbing's rising stars!
The star in the Junior category was Anak Verhoeven ! For the last participation in youth competition, the 19 years old belgian climber took the gold with a great succes, ahead of Jessica Pilz (Aut), who fell one move below, and Julia Chanourdie (FRA).
In the same time, in the Male Youth B category, our other belgian champion Harold Peeters took the silver medal just behind Sam Avezou (FRA) !
Incredibly great performences for our little country !
Podium Female Junior: 1. Anak Verhoeven (BEL) 2.Jessica Pilz (AUT) 3.Julia Chanourdie (FRA)
Podium Male Youth B: 1. Sam Avezou (FRA) 2. Harold Peeters (BEL) 3. Pietro Biangini (ITA)


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(CNN)-As 19-year-old Dzhokar Tsarnaev remained in serious condition in a heavily guarded Boston-area hospital early Saturday morning, talk turned to what's next for the accused Boston Marathon bomber.
President Barack Obama let it be known that he's keenly interested in answers.
"There are still many unanswered questions," Obama said. "Why did these young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence? How did they plan and carry out these attacks? And did they receive any help? The families of those killed so senselessly deserve answers."
Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, are accused of setting off bombs at the marathon Monday, killing three people and leaving more than 170 wounded.
More coverage: Boston Marathon Suspect Captured After Day Long Manhunt


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Boavista 1 Rio Ave 1: Tengarrinha keeps his cool to net late penalty
A 93rd-minute Bernardo Tengarrinha penalty earned Boavista a 1-1 home draw with Rio Ave after playing the majority of Monday's Primeira Liga clash with 10 men.
Boavista were dealt a ninth-minute blow when Brayan Beckeles pulled back Ahmed Hassan Koka in the penalty area as the last man and was shown a straight red card.
Koka took the spot-kick himself and sent goalkeeper Mika the wrong way for his 10th league goal of the season.
But the visitors failed to make the most of their numerical advantage and were made to pay deep into stoppage time when forward Ukra was punished for appearing to handle the ball.
Tengarrinha made no mistake from the spot before Prince-Desir Gouano was given his marching orders a minute later for picking up his second booking of the game.
The result leaves Boavista in 13th, while Rio Ave remain in eighth - after missing the chance to climb as high as sixth.


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Rev. Maureen Frescott
Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC
June 15, 2014 – Trinity Sunday
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
"One is the Loneliest Number"
If you were a child growing up in China, you would probably be familiar with the story of P'an Ku.
P'an Ku is a fur wearing giant, and he's the central character in an ancient Chinese creation story.
P'an Ku is hatched from a giant cosmic egg.
Half the shell is above him as the sky, the other half below him as the earth. He grows taller each day for 18,000 years, gradually pushing the sky and the earth apart until they reach their appointed places.
After all this effort, P'an Ku crumbles into pieces. His limbs become the mountains, his blood the rivers, his breath the wind and his voice the thunder. His two eyes become the sun and the moon. And fittingly, the fleas that crawl on his fur become humankind.
If you were a child of the Native American Cherokee tribe you would have heard the story of Dâyuni'sï.
Before the earth was formed, there was only sky and water, until Dâyuni'sï, a little water beetle, came from the sky realm to see what was below.
He scurried over the surface of the water, but found no solid place to rest, so he dove beneath the water and brought up some mud.
This mud expanded in every direction and became the earth.
The other animals in the sky realm were eager to come down to the new earth, so Buzzard was sent to see if the mud had dried. When he flew down his wings brushed the earth, gouging mountains and valleys in the soft ground.
When the land was finally dry all of the animals came down.
But it was dark, so they took the sun and set it in the sky, at first setting it too low, scorching the shell of the crawfish and turning it red.
They elevated the sun seven times in order to reduce its heat.
As they did this, all of the plants and animals were told to stay awake for seven nights, but only the owl and panther succeeded and they were given the power to see and prey upon the others in the dark. Only a few trees succeeded as well, cedar, pine, and spruce, so the rest were forced to shed their leaves in the winter.
The first humans who appeared on the earth were a brother and sister.
One day the brother hit his sister with a fish and told her to multiply.
She gave birth to a child every seven days and soon there were so many people on the earth, that all women were forced to have just one child every year.
(The message to woman here is beware of men throwing fish)
Nearly every human culture has a creation story of some kind -
a story that explains how our world, and how we, came to be.
Many of these mythological stories involve heavenly creatures, jealous Gods, or races of giants who battle to the death, and human beings are often the residual and flawed byproduct of their violent creative fits.
When the Hebrew decedents of Abraham spent 70 years in captivity in ancient Babylon they would have heard the creation story of Enuma Elish - a story that elevated the Mesopotamian God, Murduk, above all other Gods.
In this story, Murduk battles and defeats Tiamat, the chaos monster of the seas. Murduk becomes the supreme God over all, and humanity is created to serve him as slaves.
This story dates back to the 12th century B.C. and is believed to be 300 years older than the Hebrew creation story that we read here in worship this morning.
For the Hebrew people languishing in the despair and drudgery of captivity, there wasn't much hope to be found in these stories of warring Gods who created a violent and evil world to serve their own needs.
So the Hebrew people began to tell their own story.
In their story there is only one God above all Gods, and this God created a world that is good.
This God created light and dark, the sun and the moon, the plants and the animals, and named it all as GOOD.
This God created humankind, male and female, in God's own likeness, and named it as GOOD.
This God did not create a race of slaves, this God instead created a family of caretakers.
Beings formed from dust and given life through divine breath.
Beings whose purpose was to care for creation and celebrate the one true God who gave them life.
This is the story that the exiled Israelites told their children when they tucked them into bed at night - children who were facing a very hard and painful life, and had never seen the Temple that was built for the loving and powerful God that walked with them in their misery.
The Israelites told and retold this story in the hope that it would help them to tune out the prevailing story of the culture, which said they were destined for a life of sorrow in a chaotic world created by power hungry Gods. And it was hoped that they would instead embrace the story of the one, true God, who created a world of beauty and order, where life had meaning and purpose.
Perhaps the most amazing part of this story that that the children of Abraham told is that this God created a being that was meant to serve as the voice of creation itself.
A being that would not only care for creation but speak for it.
A being capable of communicating with and loving its Creator.
A being that was created to live in relationship.
With God, with the created world, and with other beings like itself.
As Christians this relational triangle – or trinity - is familiar to us.
We already think of God as having three parts –
God the Creator.
God the redeemer – through Christ.
And God the sustainer – through the Holy Spirit.
In human terms, this is a God who is our life-giving parent, our forgiving and loving brother, and our guiding and providing sister.
It's natural that as a being created in God's image that we too would long for this three-fold relationship – with God, with creation, and with each other.
Perhaps this is why we feel so alone or unsettled when any one of these relationships is missing, strained, or in need of healing in our lives.
If we think of God as having three aspects that live in relationship then it seems odd to suggest that perhaps God created us because God was lonely and was longing for someone to talk to.
But I believe there is some truth in that.
As much as God could sit back and enjoy the beauty of the created world – the wind in the trees, the roar of seas, the cycle of life as lived out through the birds of the air and everything that walks or crawls on the earth – there was something missing.
Perhaps God longed for a creature that would one day be aware of God's existence – and reach out as a child reaches for a parent, as a friend reaches for a beloved companion.
If you think about it, the fact that we have such an awareness is quite extraordinary.
You don't have to be a quantum physicist to marvel at the wonder of how particles smaller than the eye can see, come together to form creatures capable of doing all that we are capable of doing.
God's creation is amazing indeed.
Here is a God who created the light sensitive cells that make up the eyes of most of the world's creatures, and then creates a being who would one day use those cells to look through the lens of a microscope and contemplate the wonder of its own existence.
Here is a God who created a being out of dust - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur – the same stuff that stars are made of, in the hope that one day this clump of stardust might compose a hymn of praise.
As the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor so eloquently put it:
God may well love the sound of waves and spring peepers, but I have to believe there was joy in heaven when the first human being looked at the sky and said, "Thank you for this."
Just as any parent delights in seeing their child explore, learn, and grow,
and is joyous when they receive expressions of their child's gratitude for all they have been given, I believe God longs for the same with us.
In the same way, God longs for us to turn to our Creator, our redeemer, our sustainer, when the world is not as ordered as we expect it to be, when in our sorrow and in our suffering we are in need of comfort, courage, and strength.
God created our world and declared it to be good.
The ancient Israelites told this story of a loving God and the gift of creation to counteract the prevailing story of the Babylonians who held them captive.
When we tell the Hebrew creation story to our children, we're hoping to counteract the prevailing stories of our culture that hold us captive as well.
The stories that tell our children, and us, that we were created not to live in relation with on another but in competition.
The stories that tell us that we were created not to care for our world, but to consume it.
The stories that tell us that God is not a loving, relational redeemer, but is instead an angry, distant punisher.
The stories we tell about ourselves say a lot about how we view the world and how we understand the purpose of our existence.
The fact that in 21st century New England we're still telling the stories carried by an ancient desert people who longed to escape captivity, says a lot about the power of these stories to transcend time and space and culture.
Regardless of how technologically advanced we are, how affluent we are, or how privileged we are, we can't escape the nature of our creation.
We are relational beings.
We long for, and thrive, when we live in relationship -
with God, with the created world, and with each other.
And as long as we continue to share our creation stories,
we will continue to see the value in nourishing and healing those relationships.
Because in God's image we are created.
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Conor McGregor will not fight at UFC 200, UFC president Dana White said on ESPN on Tuesday.
McGregor, 27, tweeted earlier Tuesday he would be retiring from the sport, though it's unclear if that's official. White said McGregor was pulled from UFC 200 for failing to appear at a press conference.
McGregor was scheduled to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 200. The Irishman lost to Diaz in an upset at UFC 196 earlier this year.
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Politics; Disingenuous Mess in the U.S.
September 19, 2014 by Staff
Filed under News, Opinion, Politics, Weekly Columns
(ThyBlackMan.com) "I think it's time we stop/Children, what's that sound?/Everybody look – what's going down?" Those lyrics – from Buffalo Springfield's classic 1967 song "For What It's Worth" are as timely as ever right now. In 2014, disingenuousness in America is prevalent. It's all around us.
The word disingenuous is an adjective – and is defined as "not candid or sincere." There are countless examples of disingenuous attitudes currently in this country.
Exhibit A: Dr. Ben Carson. Listen, folks: Dr. Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson is obviously a very brilliant man. He was a groundbreaking neurosurgeon (retired) who is a now bestselling author, an in-demand public speaker, and an outspoken conservative. I have absolutely nothing against Dr. Carson personally. I'm familiar with his backstory. I know that he's a man of faith. Here's the thing: all this talk of drafting Dr. Carson as the Republican Presidential nominee in 2016 is just that – talk.
The Grand Old Party has never elevated a person of color to such lofty heights. Someday, it might – but this isn't the time, and Dr. Carson isn't the person. Dr. Carson is as likely to win that nomination as Olivia Pope from ABC's "Scandal." The major political party which has called President Obama everything but a child of God and has abandoned even the pretense of outreach to Black Americans is suddenly enlightened enough to anoint Dr. Carson as its chosen one? Give me a break. Anyone who actually believes that is disingenuous.
Exhibit B: Brian Kemp. Mr. Kemp is Georgia's Secretary of State. In July, Mr. Kemp said these to a conservative audience: "In closing I just wanted to tell you, real quick, after we get through this runoff, you know the Democrats are working hard, and all these stories about them, you know, registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that, they can win these elections in November." What was Mr. Kemp actually saying to the group of Gwinnett County Republicans this summer? Was he simply throwing them red meat?
Was he speaking from the perspective of Georgia's Secretary of State or from the perspective of a private citizen who happens to be a Republican? I've heard the audio clip from this particular appearance. No conspiracy theory here. I wasn't in attendance that day. I didn't see the man's body language. I choose to take Mr. Kemp at his word. But because of who he is and what capacity he serves in, shouldn't Mr. Kemp have known better? According to Georgia's Constitution, the Secretary of State is charged with the responsibilities of supervising and monitoring elections in Georgia and providing campaign finance disclosure. Mr. Kemp's comments should have been a head-scratcher if he had said those things publicly in Oklahoma – considered to among the reddest of red states. Oklahoma isn't geographically close to Georgia, either. For this man, serving in his capacity, to say those things in the same state and city where he's supposed to be fighting for the integrity of voting rights for all Georgians – regardless of their political ideology – is preposterous. With all due respect, Mr. Kemp should be facing an ethics board. He's clearly disingenuous.
Exhibit C: Those who criticize the President's response to the ISIL/ISIS threat. So because he doesn't want yet another ground war in Iraq, he's a coward? Because the President authorized military airstrikes against ISIL/ISIS in Iraq and Syria, his critics are justified in calling him too cautious? It's ironic that the only thing the House and the Senate have been able to scrap up the votes for in months was the authorization for funding to go to war with ISIS. The majority of our U.S. Senators and Congressmen are disingenuous. We are war – again – and these people went on vacation for 6 weeks, came to Washington for 8 workdays, and left again for home so they can campaign for re-election. They won't be back until the middle of November. Once reelected, I presume they will return to Washington for the purpose of filibustering, not voting anything through, and blaming each other for everything. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents – oh brother.
Exhibit D: We the people. We, too, are complicit in this foolishness. We allow ourselves to be played by bad political actors time and time again. We hear and see and smell the lies – yet we somehow convince ourselves that our side is always right. We declare the other side as always wrong. Why do we fall into the trap of demanding accountability from each other when we should be demanding accountability from our elected officials?
"Children, what's that sound?"
Disingenuous means playing games, and America's issues are far too serious. Play time is over. For what it's worth, our leaders should step up – or step off.
Staff Writer; Arthur L. Jones, III
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Loren Dean ("Gattaca," TV's "Bones") has joined the cast of the indie drama "Betty Anne Waters" for Omega Entertainment says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows a working-class single mother ((Hilary Swank) whose brother is imprisoned for murder. To prove his innoncence, she earns a law degree and ultimately uses DNA evidence to get him released from jail in 2001, after 18 years.
Dean will play Rick Miller, her resentful husband. Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Clea DuVall and Juliette Lewis are also in the cast while Tony Goldwyn ("The Last Kiss") directs.
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