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Dear Mom and Dad,
It isn't what you wanted. It is not what you expected. I have joined the Orthodox Christian Church. Long ago when I first made my profession of faith, and later, on the day when I was baptized, you could not have imagined this. Like all parents, you were afraid of my leaving the faith as I grew up. Would atheism overwhelm my beliefs in college? What about the first job? Could I withstand the pressures of a world that hates God? You prayed. I know you prayed. The pain of parenting is plain to me now as my own children grow. Just now, when growing up seemed safely over, your child appears to be making a wrong choice. It must seem unfair to you.
Despite my fumbling, sinful, stumbling ways, it must have appeared that your child was going to make it - against all odds. I am more sure than ever that the Bible is a true and precious gift of God, without error. I know that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God. His atoning work on the Cross is the most important fact of my spiritual life. There is all of that, yet in some areas, we no longer agree. Some of our theological disagreements are very serious. Have you lost me? Am I still a Christian? There is, it seems, a gulf that has grown between us. Why did it have to happen? What made me become Orthodox?
I am not writing to "convert" you. This is not a theological argument. We have had those, of course, and probably will have them again. This is not the time for that. This is a "cry from the heart." Remain my father and mother, not just in flesh, but in spiritual things. Do not cut me off. If I have said foolish and arrogant things while becoming Orthodox, forgive me for them. You taught me better than I have been able to act.
But you also taught me--and I thank God for it--to follow Jesus with all my heart, mind, and body. You told me that to take a stand for Him was worth any cost. This is a lesson that you burned into me, which all those Sunday School classes, every youth group meeting, and every Christian song reinforced. Follow Jesus. That is all that matters.
Becoming Orthodox is my best attempt to do that very thing. This is the Church where I see Him most clearly. In the chanting of the liturgy, in the prayers, in the icons, in the incense, and in the bells, I hear His Voice and see His Face. It is the same Jesus that was so dear to me and so clearly seen in the church of my childhood. It is not a different God, it is not a new Christ. It is the same Jesus, the same God. If it were a different gospel from the precious one of my conversion and baptism, then I would reject it. I know it is not. It is, for me at least, simply a deeper, older, fuller expression of the Old Story. You gave me the Faith, you taught it to me, prayed over it, nurtured it.
The Orthodox Christian Church is bringing all of your work to full blossom. If some of my views have changed, it is only because the deepest things you taught me are bearing fruit. You taught me to love the fellowship of Believers. Is it any wonder that the schisms and divisions of our own tradition would begin to disturb me? You taught me to love the Book and not to measure an idea by where it occurs in history. How could I fail to find the Church Fathers? You taught me that ideas matter, that right doctrine is important. What could keep me back from reading about the Creeds and the Councils for myself? You stood at every major turning point of my spiritual life, urging me on to pursue Jesus and His Truth. God help me, I did my best to follow His Spirit. If we do not always agree, at least see that my quest is part of the heritage you gave me.
How painful to you even this must be! Saying all of this amounts to an insult, at least by implication. I am "in the Church." You are not. But if that is what you hear, then I have messed up our conversation again. The cradle Orthodox, so wise and patient with the immaturity you sometimes have seen in me, have taught me a saying: "We know where God is, but we do not know where he isn't." There is nothing in the teachings of the Orthodox Church which changes my love for you or my admiration of your faith. I am often more sure of your standing before God than my own!
God is so clearly at work in your lives. He has brought you so far even in my living memory. His work has been good and continues to be good. Your faith in His mercy and trust in His atonement for salvation are so Orthodox! On the big issues of life, my priest would probably find you better "spiritual children" than he finds me. He may have gotten the bad end of the bargain by getting me in his Church rather than you! You have so much to teach me in so many ways. My duty to listen, to honor, and when possible, to obey has not been lessened by my "conversion." To the contrary, my patriarchal Orthodox Faith demands that I honor my father and mother for their great gifts to me. I need you more than ever!
Of course, there can be none of the silly, half-sincere, "Can't we all just get along" kind of compromise between us. Our relationship as a parent and child goes too deep for that. You may think that I am in serious error about many things: Icons. Asking for the prayers of the Saints. Formal liturgy. It may all seem rot to you. At leastyou have done me the dignity of listening to my views, and I have tried to do you the same honor. Your concerns about Orthodoxy are serious, but after examining my views your course has not changed. Of course, the disagreement goes both ways. You believe some things that I cannot now accept. The truth of Orthodoxy seems so obvious to me from the "inside." It was hard for me to become Orthodox, but now here I can not leave it for anything. Truly, it is the Church that Christ left on Earth to carry out His work.
How I long to kneel beside you in morning prayers! How much it would mean to me to see your at our Vesper service. Mom and Dad, it would be sweet to hear your voices chanting the liturgy with your grandchildren! It is my deepest abiding belief and conviction that coming into fellowship inside the Church would deepen your spiritual life and fire your already profound passion for those outside the Faith. But even though that does not seem likely at this point, I will never give up praying for you. I hope you will never stop praying for me.
Some of your friends may indeed feel that your child has entered a "cult." You might wonder, with all our disagreements, what remains that we have in common. We share so much! Believing evangelicals and practicing Orthodox share the same passion for the Lord who is Truth. Orthodoxy is the faith of the Creeds. Every word of Holy Scripture is upheld within the liturgy. I hear more Bible in church than ever before! I believe every Word to be God-breathed. There is no creeping liberalism in Orthodoxy. We have no half-measures, no women priests, no homosexuals demanding marriage, and no doctrinal wavering. Christ is risen! We proclaim that joyful news in every service. The incarnate Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary, is coming again. Jesus is Lord! Orthodoxy is Christ centered, Bible based, and honors the Holy Spirit. It is not so "rational" that it forgets that theology is best seen in a life of prayer and in service to Christ. In short, it is in many ways just like our home church.
The Orthodox are not Protestants, of course. The Orthodox also are not Roman Catholics. We have no infallible pope as a vicar of Christ on Earth. We are simply Christians, followers of the ancient and honored ways. If we honor tradition, it is only because Holy Tradition was delivered to us by the same Holy Spirit that gave us the canon of the Holy Bible. Nothing contrary to Scripture can be contemplated within Orthodoxy. If the Orthodox Church is wrong, she does not wish to be. She earnestly listens to her Lord for correction and diligently searches Scripture for the proper way. The Orthodox Church is the Church of millions of martyrs, from the Roman persecutions and Islamic conquests to facing down Communism. It is the Church that gave the world the Creeds that every Protestant believes.
Of course, there are nominal Orthodox. You send me newspaper clippings of the foolish actions of patriarchs and bishops in our midst. Too often in the United States, the Church is seen as an ethnic enclave. You might believe, by looking at us, that the goal of going to Church is to eat exotic food and celebrate the ways of the old country. There is truth to many of these complaints. The Orthodox themselves are aware of this and thunder against it.
It is not "news" when the Orthodox quietly keep the Faith. You won't hear about it when a bishop retires, having faithfully served his flock for decades. The evening news will not report the quiet service of Orthodox charitable organizations. Evangelicals face the same sort of problem, don't they? The only religious news worth reporting, it seems, is bad news. Please remember this the next time you hear negative media on us.
Orthodoxy is old. From the day of Pentecost to the present, it has attracted many types of people. She has had her own shameful moments. On the other hand, that very history teaches me caution in judgement. Many so-called "nominal" Orthodox Christians of Russia died rather than renounce the name of Christ. Twenty million Orthodox believers refused compromise to the point of death. Millions, perhaps a billion more, have lost careers, family ties, and all earthly glory for the Gospel. Who are we to judge such faith? Communists made it a great goal to infiltrate the Church, to break and sully her. Yet she came through the fire! It was Orthodoxy that checked the ravages of Islam. It is the Orthodox that have borne one thousand years of martyrdom at the hands of the fanatical servants of the Prophet. The black smudges you and I can see on her white robes are not always the signs of sin; sometimes they are the marks of the stake. If we look up, we shall see that the Orthodox Church wears the crown of martyrdom. Nominalism? Surely for some, but this is the Church of missionaries who converted one third of the world. This is the Church that created order and culture wherever she went. Be careful about listening to her detractors. How many of the critics' own churches have endured such persecution?
You know all of this, of course. I appreciate the way you have studied Orthodoxy. So many parents would fly off in all directions, being critical without reflection or investigation. It is your careful, Godly, and thoughtful spirit that gives me hope. As my parents, you remain my first and greatest teachers. I need and want to keep fellowship with you. It will not be Orthodoxy that comes between us. May we walk in the agreement that our common faith gives us? May each of us be open to the appeals of the other. May we never cut off communication. In talking, may we respect but never paper over or compromise our important differences.
I honor you, Mom and Dad. Your faith and the splendor of your radical commitment to Jesus Christ are your greatest gifts to me. It was that which drove me into the Orthodox Church. If God does not call you to Orthodoxy, then I trust His Spirit and your discernment. You have raised me. You know me. I ask that you trust what Christ through you has placed in my life. Rejoice with me in the pearl of great price that I have found: The One Holy, Apostolic, and Universal Church.
I have been and always will be your child. Orthodoxy is the place where God wants me to serve Him and His Church. Can you see our common goal? We shall together bow before the Lord of the Church on that last and final Day when all Truth will be revealed. Then we shall know. Until then, pray for me.
About the Author: As the son of an Evangelical pastor, the author was especially concerned about how his family's conversion to the Orthodox Christian Church would affect his parents. He soon found this issue to be common among converts and decided to share the above letter with all interested parties. He has chosen to remain anonymous for personal reasons.


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May DFF: Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll & Katarzyna Perlak
Clipping the Church by Tereza Buskova
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Points of View
Soon Everything Will Change
Franciszka & Stefan Themerson
Soon Everything Will Change
Joanna Rajkowska
Erdington, Birmingham
1 January - 23 June 2014
Soon Everything Will Change
was a public project for Erdington, district of Birmingham. It was launched with a performance by musicians from the Waste Paper Opera Company.
The core of the project was a large crystal formation that was installed in the patio area near Erdington Library. The crystal originated from Brazil, a place recently visited by the artist. Fascinated by the country's fusion of different kinds of beliefs, spiritual orders and rituals she decided to bring a large Brazilian crystal to Erdington to establish a temporary chakra there. The meaning of chakra was twisted in this project – a spiritual centre in the human body, was also understood as a point of high energy in the organism of the city.
Rajkowska devised a site to subtly affect human bodies, suspend logic and introduce new social rituals, themes she has previously explored within her practice. The title of the work
Soon Everything Will Change
came from the notion of an impending crisis with a strong and unsettling sense of transition. "Climate change happens alongside the melting of belief in the rationale of the Enlightenment legacy of European culture. These changes are happening globally and cross-culturally. What we need more than anything is a wonder, a supernatural phenomenon" said Rajkowska.
Soon Everything Will Change
was not a site-specific installation but rather a travelling, global device – a mobile chakra. Installed in the public space, it discreetly glowed for everyone. Aside from the function intended by the artist, the public invented their own reason for its presence. Its ambiguous status as a 'jewel', healing object, street wonder and above all a sculpture questioned the pragmatic definition of public art. It was an object that disarmed, shifted the imagination and mesmerised the perception and perhaps really became a chakra, a focus of energy for the district.

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Patient Dog Proves To Be An Amazing Fisherman! (VIDEO)
Men have to be taught how to fish, but the evolutionary food chain more or less ensures that animals have that hardwired inside their brains already. Case in point, this adorable video.
A patient dog named Rani proves to be an amazing fisherman, standing as still as a statue over the water. When a fish swims by, the Golden Retriever pounces and comes away with a pretty big fish, considering the limited size of a dog's mouth. Seriously, this dog is already better at fishing than a lot of people I've seen on your average season of Survivor. Watch Rani spring into action in the super-cute video below:
If you liked this video, watch these wonderful dalmatians adopt a litter of adorable kittens!


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Beastgrip camera system gets reviewed, anyone want to strap this monster to their iPhone?
Bestgrip is a Kickstarter project that aims to be a universal lens adapter for the iPhone, or most any smartphone. It packs a shoe for flash, light, boom, mic receiver, etc., five accessory mounts, including a tripod mount, and a lens mount. And as the name implies, it's a beast. George Ponder for Windows Phone Central:
I will still rely on my DSLR for my photography heavy lifting but the Beastgrip definitely increases the capability of my Windows Phone camera. I really enjoyed using the close-up lenses and will likely lean on the Beastgrip for the times I want to travel light and leave my DSLR at home.
It looks like the iOgrapher we used at CES on Hulk serum, but that seems to be exactly the point. Yesterday I ran over to the Apple Store to check out the Mac 30th displays, shot some video right on my iPhone, added bumpers and audio right in iMovie, and uploaded it straight to YouTube. To George's point, it's not as good as my 5D Mark III, but from a getting-things-done point of view, the connectivity makes it way faster. With extensions, could it also be way better?
Check out George's full Beastgrip review and let me know — would you strap this to your iPhone?


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Have you ever driven by the Fire Stations on a Saturday and seen what looks like everything we own sitting outside? I imagine to those who don't know better it looks like the Firefighters are having a garage sale! The truth is that we are washing our apparatus bay floors. Much like you may run a vacuum sweeper through your house once a week, we clean the floors that our trucks sit on every Saturday. As I was helping my crew finish up this "chore" today, I reminisced about why we do what we do.
We wash our floors so that we can more easily determine when one of our apparatus develops an oil leak. We want to be alerted to any leaks that occur in-between the routine inspections of our trucks because we cannot afford for a serious problem to present itself on the way to a call or during operations on a scene. When we see an oil leak we can initiate a service request to our maintenance team to quickly address the issue therefore keeping those expensive trucks that you provide us with in top running condition.
We wash our floors because we don't want to bring in unknown "icky" things to our living quarters. Our job requires us to walk in and out of places that may not be our ideal of sanitary. Our boots may have unknown chemicals, blood, other "bodily" fluids, or any other sorts of nasty things that you could imagine stepping in. Naturally when we return from calls we do our best to keep the nasties out of our living and office space, but we know some of it makes it back to our apparatus floors. It is also not uncommon for us to run onto our apparatus floor in nothing more than our socks when a call comes out at night. So weekly (and more often when necessary) the floors get a thorough washing to help us ensure that we are not unduly exposed to hidden dangers in our own quarters.
But most importantly, we wash our floors because we are proud of our station and our equipment. We want everything that you see when you come visit the fire station to be a reflection of our motto: Pride in Service. Our community provides us with some of the best equipment available to do our jobs. We want you to know that we do not take that for granted. We understand the commitment that the citizens have made to our success and we want that to reflect in the pride we have in our equipment and facilities.
In much the same way I feel when I have to vacuum my house, I can feel humdrum about washing our apparatus bay floors. Then I stop and think about how lucky I am to be doing the greatest job in the world in this extremely supportive community and all those humdrum feelings are overcome with something far better……Pride in Service.


text: Beauty Sleep - Is it real? 10/15/2015 One of my favourite sayings is "You can sleep when you're dead".... But really it's a bit of an oxymoron for me. I literally fall asleep everywhere; friends come over for dinner and I fall asleep, I go to friends houses and I fall asleep. The list is endless, there are occasions where I cringe, like when I slept through a comedy performance that was being filmed, I was sat right at the front in the middle! I'm honestly not being rude, I just can't help it; if it's warm (or cold) the light is READ MORE


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Today a Thai friend of ours met with me to pass on her ideas about our villa's name. Although L-08 had served her well up to now, we wanted something a bit more meaningful. Normally Buddhists call on monks to name children, houses, towns etc in order to bring good fortune. Not having access to a Thai speaking Buddhist monk in Singapore, we asked our friend to come up with something beautiful, tranquil and easy for non-Thai speakers to pronounce … and so Baan Pimalai was christened!
Baan comes from the Thai word meaning Villa
Pima comes from the Thai word meaning Castle in the sky or Heaven
Lai come from the Thai word meaning Beautiful


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In his review of "Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy," Michael Wilmington referred to Dexter Gordon as "ineffable" (" 'Machito': The Legacy of a Latin Beat," June 8). Previously, Sheila Benson, in her review of " 'Round Midnight," called his tone "ravishing."
Dexter Gordon is not an innovator like Coleman Hawkins or Lester Young. He is not an improviser like Young, not expressive like John Coltrane, not a master of his instrument like his idol (indeed, teacher) Don Byas. He is a competent, professional jazz musician: a hack.
Ineffable? What was Charlie Parker? Beyond ineffable? Ravishing tone? Compared to Benny Golson, Lucky Thompson, Byas? My words would have been enervated, unfocused, out of tune.
Perhaps, in the future, The Times would be better advised to assign a jazz critic to report on jazz events, even those on film.
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So I've been in some kind of funk lately, and of course my blog has to do the suffering. It's nothing serious, I just haven't felt inspired lately...I can't even muster up a good table scape...and I can always do that...
What's a girl to do but to surf around and look for something inspiring! I went over to Jen's place she is loaded to the hilt with ideas and inspiration, if you haven't been to Tatertots and Jello, go now. Well maybe not right now, stay for a little while and then go over there...
I was inspired by the beautiful ruffled burlap runner Jen created, not too long ago...looks like just the project to bring me around.
(Fat Quarters, from Joann's & Walmart)
{{{Inner Voice}}}}}Then WHY do you consistently buy fabric, own a sewing machine, and get inspired by sewing projects!?! IDK!!
Now Jen probably whipped this puppy up in an hour or so....me? ALL DAY. Yes, you read it right All Day long. This project is not for the amateur seamstress. It's not for beginners (like me). This is not for the faint of heart.
C.) It is hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 25 years after I've died, found amongst my beloved treasures, along with some petrified animal crackers in a zip lock bag. (I ate a lot of those while sewing this)


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This week I decided it was time to put together another Closet Cosplay outfit. It is so fun and creative… and I just love to go through my closet and think about new and exciting ways to wear my clothes. If you aren't familiar with Closet Cosplay, it's basically taking clothes from your own closet to dress in an outfit inspired by your favourite fandom character in your everyday life.
I went through my clothes the other day, thinking I'd pull together an outfit or two inspired by Elsa from Disney's Frozen… because she's totally part of my style inspiration. I've dressed as her once before, at Walt Disney World earlier this year, and it was definitely a lot of fun. Little did I know that taking on this task with my full closet in front of me would result in WAY too many outfits to put in one post! This means that you'll be getting an additional Elsa post sometime in the next few weeks.
For today, I'd like to discuss Elsa's coronation outfit. If you can't remember what this looks like, here's a quick photo:
Isn't she fabulous? I love the colour combinations in this outfit, and I was excited to see what I could find in my own closet that would fit in. As it turns out, that was more than one outfit… apparently I wear the colours in this look often. Here we go:
I pulled out a dress similar to Elsa's dress colour, a light cardigan similar to her cloak, and added some fun details that bring it all together: snowflake earrings, a purple bow to bring in the other purple colour, a gold necklace, and black patterned tights. I threw my hair up in a quick bun… not quite as pretty as Elsa's. The final touch was to bring in the blue of Elsa's gloves with my wrist-warmers.
This outfit is a great casual-but-pretty look. It's dressed down enough for most activities and dressed-up enough to wear even out for dinner or drinks.
This outfit is a bit different in that I didn't bring in too much green… just through the bow in my hair and the delicate necklace. These black and gold high-waisted shorts are absolutely fabulous and look great with the tank and oversized cardigan that emulate Elsa's cloak, and the short heeled black boots. The touch that brings in the blue of her gloves on this one is my awesome large bag. Of course I again wore the snowflake earrings (an Elsa must) and the bun in my hair (a Coronation Elsa must).
I feel like this outfit is a bit more trendy and great for a coffee date with a friend or a day at the mall.
And on to the third Elsa look:I paired this awesome collared dress that has a high-low hem with the same oversized sweater from earlier. I then added a gold belt and my large blue bag. I kept the purple bow in my hair and the snowflake earrings (obviously!). For footwear, I put on a pair of black oxfords.
This outfit is great for work (though I might throw on some black nylons depending on the day), or for a family brunch. Be careful though, if you have young cousins or young family members they just might mistake you for Elsa when wearing this…
And the final outfit:
When I found these purple ombre tights in my drawer, I just knew I had to find a way to wear them. I paired them with a green skirt and black tank top. I brought in Elsa's blue gloves with a bright blue cardigan, and put on a pair of black heeled boots.
This outfit is perfect for a casual date night. It's cute, flirty, and fun but not too dressed up… I can see wearing it for dinner and a movie or even when just going out for drinks.
There you have it! All of my Coronation Elsa looks. Keep watch in the near future for some other Elsa-inspired outfits taken right from my closet… because who doesn't want to dress like the Queen of Arendelle?
What do you think about these looks? Which is your favourite? Do you have a Coronation Elsa outfit in your closet? Share in the comments!


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Chef Prepares Delicious BBQ Dishes To Skins' Mark Moseley | News
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- If you're craving Barbeque, you're in luck! On Thursday, Hill Country Barbecue Market executive chef Elizabeth Karmel joined JC Hayward to prepare two delicious dishes including Beer-Can Chicken, and Texas Caviar.
Just in time for Texas Independence Day, Hill Country will be celebrating the holiday on Saturday, March 2nd at the restaurant located on seventh street in Northwest, DC.
Washington Redskins place-kicker, Mark Moseley, joined JC Hayward and Chef Elizabeth Karmel to taste the delicious BBQ dishes as he is from Texas and accustomed to great BBQ. Moseley was apart of Super Bowl XVII where the Skins' beat the Dolphins.
See Chef Karmel's Recipe for Beer-Can Chicken with Lockhart Rub below:
Serves 4
Grilling/Smoking Method:
Indirect/Medium Heat
1. Whole roasting chicken, 4 to 5 pounds, preferably Amish or organic Olive oil
3 tablespoons Lockhart Dry Rub
1 12--ounce can of domestic beer, such as Shiner Bock Soaked Post Oak wood chips, optional.
Remove the neck and giblets. Rinse the chicken inside and out, if desired, and pat dry with a paper towel. Coat the chicken lightly with oil and season with 2 tablespoons of the dry rub. Set aside.
Build a charcoal fire or preheat a gas grill. Add wood chips if using. Open the beer can, pour out about ¼ cup of the beer and make another hole in the top of the can with a church--key can opener. Sprinkle the remaining tablespoon of the dry rub inside the beer can. Place the beer can in the center of the cooking grate top of the can with a church--key can opener. Sprinkle the remaining tablespoon of the dry rub inside the beer can. Place the beer can in the center of the cooking grate over indirect medium heat and sit the chicken on the top of the beer can.
The chicken will appear to be "sitting" on the beer can. Cover the lid of the grill and cook the chicken for 1 to 1 ½ hours or until the internal temperature registers 165 F in the breast area chicken carefully, holding the can with tongs.
Let it rest for 10 minutes before carving.
Lockhart Dry Rub:
1/2 cup Morton Kosher Salt
3 tablespoons coarse ground black pepper
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
Combine all ingredients in a bowl; mix well. Store rub in an airtight container.
You will have more than you need for the Beer-Can purpose rub.


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Turks & Caicos Aggressor II
30 July – 6 August 2016
Water Temp: 82 - 85 f
Visibility: 80 – 120 Ft
Chris, Demetria, Isiah, Ken, Elijah, Lionel, Tony, Teresa, Genesis, Alena, Jim, Marc, Patty, Christina, Emilio, Mario, Zurine.
Captain – Christy
2nd Captain - Andy
Dive Guide - Michela
Chef – Ailsa
Video Pro – Matt
Instructor – Grant
Dive Sites
Sunday –Eel Garden, Amphitheatre - NWPT
Monday - Stairways NWPT, Gullies– West Caicos
Tuesday – Boat Cove, Anchor – West Caicos
Wednesday - Brandywine , magic mushroom – West Caicos
Thursday – Elephant Ear Canyon – West Caicos, - The dome, Northwest Point
Friday – Pinnacles – Grace Bay
its a great Saturday afternoon on Provedenciales, everyone is aboard where introductions are made over snacks and cocktails, once all the safety briefings are complete we head round to eel garden at northwest point while having dinner.
In the morning there is fresh coffee and cooked breakfast prepared for us, after eating our fill we set out on the first dives of the week at eel garden, here we have garden eels pointing the way and a couple of reef sharks escorting us in the distance.
In the afternoon we move to amphitheatre, this site is named for a curved out section of rock in the wall witch has landed in front of the hollow, creating an amphitheatre effect, it has a spectacular wall and an abundance of aquatic life and often the larger creatures can be seen coming in from the deep.
Next morning we dive stairways for the first 2 dives of the day, this is a brilliant site with the local sharks following the group and lots of nooks and crannies for creatures to hide in. After another truly scrumptious lunch we head over to gullies, named so due to having a number of gullies the major one being a very good swim through, we also have a large pregnant resident reef shark we call Sully that normally has up to 5 males with her. The wall here is stunning with plenty of aquatic life moving around their natural surroundings to be viewed and photographed.
In the morning we move to boat cove at West Caicos for the morning dives. We explore boat cove and find slipper lobsters, spotted drums, lionfish, reef sharks, red banded lobsters and a couple of octopus, a fun packed dive, topped off with a fantastic lunch when we come back. After lunch we move down to Spanish anchor, there is a lovely sandy swim through channel here and loads of vibrant corals and sponges, porcupine fish, giant anemones, sea fans, plenty of amazing photo opportunities, this is one of our photo pros favorite sites for guest photos.
While we have breakfast we move over to brandywine and we head out for our fist two dives of the day at here, a beautiful section of wall with the reef shark escort you see at west caicos, we also have a very friendly nurse shark here. There is some abandoned machinery on the shore that is not to far from an abandoned settlement that still has some non-running steam engines there.
Thursday we move up west caicos to elephant ear canyon, a slightly deeper site than most but with amazing vistas off the wall, this is also a great site for juveniles. We were rewarded on these dives with sharks, flapping dingbats and a Pipehorse, a rare find here. After an excellent lunch we move over to the dome, an iconic dive site in Turks and Caicios, home to a large number of french grunts, there is plenty to find here including a resident green moray eel and nurse sharks in the shallows. Once the night dive is complete we have hot coco laced with rum and then turn in ready for another days diving.
Friday morning and as the sun rises we are ready for our first dive, in between the dives we have a great cooked breakfast and watch the video made by our pro of the week, then its time for the last dive of the charter. Once we have completed these we head back into turtle cove and then out into the island for some shopping. In the evening we have a wine and cheese party with lots of fun and laughter and celebrate our divers who increased their knowledge this week, Demetria and Elijah, congratulations on your Advanced, Isaiah and Elijah well done on your EFR, and a super well done to Isiah for passing his rescue course, in spite of everything we did to stop him!
A superb week has been had by all, we look forward to seeing you on the TCI Aggressor II soon.


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When does stock photography become microstock photography? Can it be cheaper than microstock? And what happens when a supposedly non-microstock agency offers the same images as a microstock site, but for less?
Stock agency Alamy found themselves facing a forum firestorm last week when a leaked marketing email revealed the existence of a previously unknown Alamy product called Premium. Contributors were infuriated not just by the fact that they only heard about Premium through a leak rather than an Alamy announcement, but also by Premium's terms – $49 for virtually unlimited commercial usage for 10 years.
Although the language employed was not as colourful, the row had echoes of last year's iStockphoto riot when contributors to the microstock agency were outraged at a change in their royalty percentages. As at iStockphoto, contributors took to the forums to denounce the Premium deal: Alamy staff made several attempts to calm the situation, but these seemed only to add fuel to the fire. Eventually Alamy CEO James West stepped forward with an attempt at a definitive statement on the company position and Premium.
But West's statement prompts at least as many questions as it provides answers:
- He stressed that advertising use was excluded from Premium, but does the deal include the far more common editorial usage?
- Although described as a test, West claimed that some Premium clients had already upgraded to high ticket advertising licenses: so had the newly revealed Premium secretly been on the market for some time?
- Premium was described as only one of a number of tests, some at a higher price point: but are there any at a lower price point?
- It was stressed that there is no opt-out from Premium, but contributors quickly found a loophole: by placing a single restriction on images those were removed from Premium offerings. So would Alamy move to prevent contributors placing restrictions on their images?
- Some larger Alamy contributors' material seemed absent from Premium: so had those contributors been given the option to opt-out in advance?
But the most intriguing question – which West also declined to answer – is prompted by his most startling claim: "Our trials have shown that we can cannibalise microstock market share at a much higher price point."
That's a pretty daring claim on two points. Firstly, it's generally accepted that microstock buyers are primarily motivated by price: the idea you can get them to pay much more sounds like quite a challenge. But it's the second point that's more interesting: West's assertion that Premium really is more expensive than microstock.
People unfamiliar with the microstock market will instinctively buy that: popular belief is that typical microstock prices are no more than a couple of dollars. But that's really not the case: those dollar deal prices only ever apply when clients both buy huge amounts of microstock "currency" – so-called credits – toward future purchases and also make limited use of the images they eventually license. Once a client buys and uses a microstock image in the way Alamy are pitching Premium – maximum size, no subscriptions and virtually unlimited usage – microstock prices rise dramatically.
This is not an isolated example carefully chosen to browbeat Alamy. As at other microstock outlets, prices at iStockphoto are dictated by three factors: the price band of the image chosen; the usage; and the way credits are bought. Istockphoto have five price bands; the equivalent license to Premium is XXLarge-Extended License-Multiseat-Unlimited Reproduction; credit prices run from $0.24 to $1.63 each. The very cheapest you can buy a Premium-equivalent license at iStockphoto is $52.40; but that requires a subscription account and an investment of tens of thousands of dollars in credits. At the other extreme, buying the most expensive image in the most expensive way, the price rockets to $800.
There is of course one key difference between Premium and microstock licenses: the latter include advertising and the former don't. During last week's damage limitation exercise Alamy made great play of this, claiming that Premium customers "upgrade" to big-ticket ad rates. But this is the photo agency as lottery: make your images available at a bargain price and you might hit the jackpot of an advertising sale. Given the sheer number of Premium images available – some 25 million – the odds of any single one being upgraded is infinitesimally tiny: the truth is that most $49 Premium licenses will remain just that.
Last week's row developed a comic sub-plot when one Alamy contributor by the name of Dingdong posted comments he attributed to West:
"The simple answer for our contributors is move with the times or get out. We are a business not a charity to our contributors. We have serious contributors whom we have contacted and agree in principle to the need to change."
Although the post was obviously a hoax that didn't stop it reappearing on About The Image and elsewhere as a genuine quote from West. Unsurprisingly the Alamy CEO was unimpressed by this display of Internet juvenilia, describing it as "comments that I would never have made." But the truth is when the chips were down West's own message was little different:
"There is no opt in/opt out available for this. You can, of course, opt out of Alamy whenever you like. We provide the marketplace and set the ground rules, but it is entirely your decision as to whether you want to participate or not."
So the lessons are clear for punters who want to try their luck in the Alamy Premium casino. The management sets the rules – and the house always wins.
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'We know change is never easy and comes with challenges'
'I really hope someone will burn in hell because of this.'
'This is not "like robbery". This is robbery.'
'What kind of crackhead business model are we riding on here? We are getting raped.'
'Rotten news all couched in happy, shiny language. Like getting a beautifully-wrapped turd for Christmas.'
'Hey, where's my kiss? I didn't get a kiss. Did anyone get a kiss? I usually get kissed before I get f…..'
'We knew when we made yesterday's announcements that there would be a lot of feedback.'
'I think you would have been better off saying nothing.'
'What drugs do you use?'
'HOW MUCH FRIGGIN PROFIT DO YOU NEED MAN? If you can't operate on a model such as this you're just a failure and a failed company. We all know that this company is a fucking cash hog. Getty would not have bought you if you weren't.'
'You can't survive on 60-80% of the profits from a product that you have 0% ownership in? Sad. Pathetic.'
'So I guess all those glowing announcements about how great iStock was doing and how much profit it was making year after year was all lies.'
'Money isn't going to be what makes you all happy.'
'So THAT is your response to this mess?? Wow, thank fuck you're not my boss!'
'Oh, for fucks sake … leave out the pathetic, for-the-camera, misty-eyed rhetoric will you? It isn't going to wash this time.'
'Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.'
'Pardon me while I vomit.'
'Cry me a fucking river Kelly. You're all a bunch of spineless fuckwits and you'll get what you deserve.'
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Relations between photo agencies and contributors can be a tricky matter, especially when it comes to royalty percentages. When the agency is a microstock distributor with a crowd-sourcing base it doesn't take many false steps to turn that cuddly community into a howling mob. And when those steps come from a Chief Operating Officer whose PR skills elicit comparisons with Tony Hayward and Gerald Ratner the results can be, well, explosive.
On September 7th iStockphoto COO Kelly Thompson lit the fuse to an impressive firestorm with his announcement on the agency's forums titled "Important!: Royalty Changes and iStock Collections". To the uninitiated iStock's payment structure can appear confusing, to put it mildly, and Thompson's announcement lacked clarity. But the iStockers themselves had no doubt: this was a pay cut, and a savage one, wrapped in vague and soothing language. Under the new rules contributor royalties would be as low as 15%.
After a few minutes bemusement the red mist descended and the brickbats started to fly. As the crowd swelled and searched for a target they settled on the obvious ones: Getty Images, who bought iStock in 2006, and Hellman & Friedman, the private equity firm that in turn acquired Getty in 2008. Although many iStockers had welcomed the 2006 deal with whoops and the belief that they were now headed for the big-time, the union has not always been entirely happy. Presented with a pay cut it was easy for the iStockers to conclude this was all the doing of Getty and the bankers: their community had been corrupted by the corporates.
As the fury grew the COO and iStock admins tried to field increasingly angry posts, but were soon forced to retreat; Thompson himself disappeared from view shortly after warning against personal attacks and "intonations of violence". 132 pages and 2,633 largely abusive replies later the thread was locked and Thompson was back for a second attempt. This time he was better prepared, with performance facts and figures to support the reasoning behind the changes.
But word was out and the mob was waiting with pitchforks sharpened. They immediately seized on his statement that the changes were not Getty-inspired to mean this was a home-grown betrayal rather than one imposed from outside. In the eyes of many Thompson was instantly elevated from fall guy forced to do Getty's dirty work to Public Enemy No. 1.
And his central justification – that the company's business model was unsustainable – led to much analysis of company income and expenditure versus royalty payments, followed by speculation as to the veracity of previous claims of success in relation to the new claim of unsustainability:
iStock to contributors, 01/04/2008:
"That our revenue and payouts have eclipsed those of many traditional stock photography companies confirms that microstock is a viable and profitable business model for contributors and clients."
iStock to contributors, 08/09/2010:
"Since roughly 2005 we've been aware of a basic problem with how our business works. As the company grows, the overall percentage we pay out to contributing artists increases. As a business model, it's simply unsustainable."
For those watching from a safe distance it was Thompson's claim of unsustainability that was by far the most interesting. Ever since microstock's appearance the prime charge laid by traditional stock photographers has been that the business model is unsustainable. Unsurprisingly their stress has been on its unsustainability for the photographer accepting a low royalty percentage on a product with a tiny price.
But Thompson was saying much more than that: he was claiming that the current microstock model is unsustainable for the distributor, not just the contributor. If true – iStock's contributors have been vociferously contesting it – there are obvious implications for iStock's rivals, all of whom pay higher contributor royalties.
Versions of the recent history of the stock photo industry depend very much on who's speaking. Ask a microstock contributor and you hear a tale of David vs Goliath, and how microstock pioneers swept aside an elite and greedy stock establishment. For professionals, on the other hand, it's largely a story of amateurs enabled by digital technology producing inferior imagery, and wrecking the market by selling at giveaway prices. In fact one pro photographer ventured into the iStock fray to make that very point:
"All of you have been so happy to undercut traditional stock photography, copying the best selling images, shooting every hamburger you ever ate, and now that the traditional photographers (often derided as 'trads' by you) have come in to beat you at your own game, you're shocked- yes, shocked!- to find out that this is a business, not a little happy family giving each other muffins and logrolling in the forums. Well, welcome to the real world- the one that you made for yourselves. 145 pages of whining and wanting things to go back to the way they were- it's so pitiful. Face it. You aren't going anywhere. You are going to stay here, and do what the man says. You are getting the bed you made yourselves, so go lie in it. Or go back to what you do best- arguing over the color of your little ribbons."
That thread roared on for a further 167 pages & 3,336 posts before being locked, with iStock's leaders largely conspicuous by their absence, despite numerous requests for Thompson to step outside and engage with his public.
On Friday the beleaguered COO emerged for his third attempt in as many days, but with a very different tack. "Where Do We Go From Here?" was not so much forum post as soliloquy, as he reminisced on 6 years at iStock, mused on the agonies of leadership, and – without a hint of irony – reminded the audience that it's really not all about the money.
This last was a chronic misjudgment: the iStockers were looking for negotiations, not a lecture on moral values. If anything the response was even more bitter than before: one member pointed out that the money he made from iStock was intended for his wife's breast cancer treatment.
For all the pyrotechnics at the iStock forums it's questionable how many contributors will actually leave. It's in the nature of these things that most of the noise is coming from a minority of contributors; it's impossible to know if the rest are simply resigned to the new deal, or are quietly occupied deleting their files. Indeed many may not even know of the change in royalties. Reportedly iStock did not mail the information to contributors, but simply posted the news on the agency forums; so only those active on the forums would be aware of the issue. Anyhow, if Thompson's analysis is correct iStock's microstock rivals will also have to adjust their royalties downward at some point.
Nonetheless some contributors have already been approached by rival microstock outfits, and at least one non-microstock agency has made a very public intervention. As the iStock row took hold Alamy posted gloatingly on twitter: "Oh dear, lots of unhappy istock #togs today – don't worry, earn 60% with Alamy, the fastest site in the industry".
Whether that was a smart move by Alamy remains to be seen. For one thing Alamy's current contributors are unlikely to welcome a sudden influx of iStock refugees. For another the agency has in the past abruptly changed terms and royalty percentages in a manner not dissimilar to iStock. And Alamy has also had problems with forum firefights, although never on such a spectacular scale as iStock.
But the last word – several million of them – belongs to the iStockers. Here's some of that community spirit in action, with a taste of the back and forth between Thompson and his contributors:
"We know change is never easy and comes with challenges"
"I really hope someone will burn in hell because of this."
"This is not 'like robbery'. This is robbery."
"What kind of crackhead business model are we riding on here? We are getting raped."
"Rotten news all couched in happy, shiny language. Like getting a beautifully-wrapped turd for Christmas."
"Hey, where's my kiss? I didn't get a kiss. Did anyone get a kiss? I usually get kissed before I get f….."
"We knew when we made yesterday's announcements that there would be a lot of feedback."
"I think you would have been better off saying nothing."
"What drugs do you use?"
"HOW MUCH FRIGGIN PROFIT DO YOU NEED MAN? If you cant operate on a model such as this you're just a failure and a failed company. We all know that this company is a fucking cash hog. Getty would not have bought you if you weren't."
"You can't survive on 60-80% of the profits from a product that you have 0% ownership in? Sad. Pathetic."
"So I guess all those glowing announcements about how great iStock was doing and how much profit it was making year after year was all lies."
"Money isn't going to be what makes you all happy."
"So THAT is your response to this mess?? Wow, thank fuck you're not my boss!"
"Oh, for fucks sake … leave out the pathetic, for-the-camera, misty-eyed rhetoric will you? It isn't going to wash this time."
"Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining."
"Pardon me while I vomit."
"Cry me a fucking river Kelly. You're all a bunch of spineless fuckwits and you'll get what you deserve."


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10 Things I'm Thankful For
10. That I have a job
9. That we have food and clothing
8. That we have a roof over our head
7. That I can see, hear, taste, touch and smell
6. For the people in my missional community that I co-shepherd. We've been at it for about a year and God has moved and brought and married and grown people in our midst. And I have seen Acts 2:42-47 come alive before my eyes. I love them and they are a blessing.
5. For the men and women at New City church that I co-shepherd with. Only God can take sinners and unite them in Jesus in order to build his church.
4. For the men who lead and shepherd me at New City. I am thankful for humble men who love Jesus and challenge me in word and deed.
3. For friends, specifically guys that have walked with me over the years through different chapters of life. That I have seen change and have watched me change. And through thick and thin, because of the gospel, we are closer than brothers.
2. For Kimberly. We just celebrated four years of marriage. I love her. Her beauty and intelligence are unrivaled. She is my teammate in this journey and I can't think of anyone else so different, yet so fit to help me. Her companionship is a gift and a challenge that drives me constantly back to my need for Jesus in order to love her. Nothing else in this world will show you the depth of your sin like marriage.
1. For Jesus. He is the same today, yesterday and forever. He is my Creator, my Savior, my righteousness, my exceeding joy. He laid aside His eternal glory in order to become a human. He grew in his mother's womb, grew as a child into a teenager, grew from a teenager into man. He lived life as a human and in all of it, he didn't sin, not once. He claimed to be God and proved it by raising people from the dead and forgiving people of their sin. He lived the life I couldn't live and died the death that I deserve. He freely gives me the perfection I need to be welcomed into the arms of God. He freely took all the sin and guilt that I had, have and will have upon Himself on a bloody cross. He subjected himself under God's wrath and fury and completely satisfied it when He died. He rose from the dead, proving that he is who says he is and ascended back to God and lives to intercede for everyone who believes and follows Him. He now actively works in my life to give me strength to obey Him and to not sin. He uses pain and suffering to discipline and change me and freely gives me good things to enjoy. He is coming back to bring me safely into His presence where I will live forever in a new body, on a new earth in fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore. Along with that, he will also inflict vengeance on those who do not turn from a life of sin and believe Him.
What are you thankful for? To whom are you thankful?
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In a world where sometimes it seems like God is nowhere to be found and it's impossible to see Him at work in the lives of people, or even in my own life, this song by Caedmon's Call is encouraging.
Laden With Guilt
Laden with guilt and full of fears
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The volumes of my Father's grace
Does all my griefs assuage
Here I behold my Savior's face
In every page
This is the field where hidden lies
The pearl of price unknown
That merchant is divinely wise
Who makes the pearl his own
Here consecrated water flows
To quench my thirst of sin
Here the fair tree of knowledge grows
No danger dwells within
This is the judge that ends the strife
Where wit and reason fail
My guide to everlasting life
Throughout this gloomy vale
O may Thy counsels, mighty God
My roving feet command
Nor I forsake the happy road
That leads to Thy right hand
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Holy Jeans And The Eternal God
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
but you are the same, and your years have no end.
Psalm 102:25-27
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A Prayer For Mercy
Taken from the blog Of First Importance:
"The Lord reveal himself more and more to us in the face of his Son Jesus Christ and magnify the power of his grace in cherishing those beginnings of grace in the midst of our corruptions, and sanctify the consideration of our own infirmities to humble us, and of his tender mercy to encourage us.
And may he persuade us that, since he has taken us into the covenant of grace, he will not cast us off for those corruptions which, as they grieve his Spirit, so they make us vile in our own eyes.
And because Satan labors to obscure the glory of his mercy and hinder our comfort by discouragements, the Lord add this to the rest of his mercies, that we may not lose any portion of comfort that is laid up for us in Christ.
And, may he grant that the prevailing power of his Spirit in us should be an evidence of the truth of grace begun, and a pledge of final victory, at that time when he will be all in all, in all his, for all eternity. Amen."
—Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1998), 127-28
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Fight Club
This weekend I'm headed to Fight Club, the first Acts 29 conference in Georgia. Going with me, will be four guys from our Missional Community that I love dearly and have enjoyed growing and living life with. God has been good. This time last year, Kimberly and I were about a month into New City Church and the MC's had not even launched yet. Now, I'm being joined by four other men who God has placed here who have a desire to grow in the grace of God and see it transform themselves, their families, their church and their cities.
I'm excited for all. The last time I went to an Acts 29 conference I came back more firmly rooted in the power of the gospel and the need to have everything we do filtered through that lens. The church needs leaders who eat, breath, and live the gospel. I also came back with greater affection for the men I serve with and who lead us. I don't think I had laughed that hard in a long time, not only at them, but at myself. It reminded me of football camps when I was in high school, but this is sweeter.
"You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." 2 Timothy 2:1-2
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Estrellas Poker Tour set for Ibiza
Stop everything you're doing. Seriously. You're going to need sunblock, and if you don't have any within reaching distance, you need to get yourself to the store. Right now.
Okay. If you're still reading, I'll assume your sunblock supply is in good shape. With that in mind, know this: the full schedule of tournaments and activities for the upcoming Estrellas Poker Tour event in Ibiza are now ready. That's a good thing, because the event kicks off in four days.
Assuming you have already booked your hotel (and if you haven't, read this ESPT hotels piece carefully), you are set for a poker week unlike any you've ever experience. Ibiza is one of the world's most exciting party islands. If you somehow manage to pull yourself away from the non-stop club excitement, there is also a huge slate of tournaments from which to choose.
This weekend in Ibiza, the Estrellas will put on ten different poker tournaments, including the €1,100 main event. Alongside that, there will be two big parties and a Poli Rincon-signed football jersey giveaway.
For full details on this weekend's events, visit the Estrellas Ibiza schedule page.
Have fun (and wear sunscreen)!


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Mitsui Fine Arts is uniquely positioned to show you the way to build your art collection or find you a single art object to cherish. I source and sell Japanese art, early craft, and design.
My family (Endo) and that of my late husband (Mitsui) have been deeply embedded in the enlightened merchant class of Kyoto since the 18th century. Once known as the Machi-shu, this facet of society has always been closely involved in the Way of Tea.
I am privileged to be one of the very last people to have received training in the aesthetic traditions. This came about partly because I grew up in Kyoto, which was spared the bombing of WWII and the subsequent rebuilding that rapidly modernized the rest of the country. In Kyoto, the old customs endured. And, because I'm an only child, my father and grandfather raised me as they might have raised a male heir to our family kimono business, imbuing me with a deep and instinctive understanding of our art and culture.
Early in my career, however, I deliberately took a break from Japanese art. I spent five years exploring French and Chinese art along with modern and contemporary American art, until I felt completely confident in returning to my roots with an expanded view. Since then, I've renewed longstanding relationships with a tea master and private art dealers back in Kyoto, who very generously became mentors and provided entrance into the cloistered art market. With deep thanks to my ancestors of ten generations before me, I feel fortunate to be granted rare access to this market.
The time feels right for Mitsui Fine Arts to connect a new audience with the Japanese artworks I've been pursuing all my life. Today, I sense a highly sophisticated appetite for excellent works of art, craft, and design attuned with the high culture of old Kyoto — and a desire to enjoy them comfortably in contemporary life.
Whether you seek one singular object or wish to build a collection, trust me to be your guide.
Images: (Top) Two kanji characters reads Mitsui. (Bottom) Portrait of Misako Mitsui's grandfather, circa 1910.


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal ISPA.AS, the world's largest steelmaker, set out a new $3 billion savings plan to restore steel margins to levels unmatched since the crisis struck in 2008.
The new plan is the latest step in its aggressive response to steel sector problems that include a nine percent slide in demand in the European Union last year.
The Luxembourg-based company has already sold assets, launched a rights issue, cut its dividend and closed some production since Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating to junk status last August.
ArcelorMittal, more than double the size of its nearest rival, said on Friday it wanted to make savings of $3 billion by the end of 2015 by improving the reliability, productivity and energy efficiency of its blast furnaces and mills and shifting to low-cost U.S. gas.
The new plan supplements $4.8 billion of savings in sales and administrative expenses and other costs achieved by the end of September 2012 and the idling and closing of facilities in Europe set to yield $1 billion per year.
The aim is to increase core profit per metric ton (1.1023 tons) of steel produced to $150. It dropped to $85 per metric ton last year from $118 in 2011, the peak level of the past four years. In 2008, the figure was $241, driven by the commodity boom.
Chief Financial Officer Aditya Mittal said the improvement was realistic with a 15 percent market expansion and global shipments rising to around 95 million metric tons.
ArcelorMittal's steel shipments were above 100 million metric tons in 2007 and 2008, but have been below 90 million since.
The company has raised $4 billion by selling shares and convertible bonds and assets including the $1.1 billion sale of a 15 percent stake in its Canadian mining business to POSCO (005490.KS) and China Steel Corp (2002.TW).
The first $810 million part of the sale was concluded on Friday. The rest is set to be completed in the second quarter.
The $500 billion a year steel industry registered only modest 2 percent growth last year as slowing Chinese growth compounded weak demand in austerity-hit Europe.
In a presentation to investors, the group said it saw global steel consumption between 3 and 3.5 percent higher this year than last, slightly above the 3 percent it forecast in February.
Steel demand in Europe would hit a low, falling by around 1 percent this year, the group said.
Over the next five years, it envisages 20 million metric tons of demand recovery in North America and the EU, representing 3 percent average annual growth in the latter from 2012.
ArcelorMittal reiterated its financial guidance that this year's core profit would be higher than in 2012 and repeated that it was on track to reduce net debt to $17 billion by the middle of 2013, with a medium-term goal of $15 billion.
The steelmaker also said it was on course to have iron ore mining capacity of 84 million metric tons by 2015, with the expansion of operations in Canada and Liberia.
Reporting By Philip Blenkinsop and Ben Deighton; Editing by Helen Massy-Beresford


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In 1994, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé was one of the judges in a landmark constitutional case in which the Supreme Court affirmed no human right is inherently superior to another.
Now, she is rejecting that view with her support of Quebec's proposed ban on religious garb in government workplaces, citing an evolution in legal thinking outside of Canada.
"Regarding the hierarchy of rights, the distinction I make is made elsewhere in the world," she said in an e-mail reply to questions posed by The Globe.
Ms. L'Heureux-Dubé, known for speaking up for outsiders during her 15 years on the court, is the most prominent jurist to argue for the constitutionality of the ban. That ban is contained in a "charter of values" that has roiled Quebec since the separatist Parti Québécois proposed it earlier this year, pitting rural communities against urban, and religious minorities against some (though not all) women's rights advocates.
As Quebec heads toward a possible spring election, Ms. L'Heureux-Dubé's views provide the PQ with fresh ammunition against the ban's critics, who include the Quebec Bar Association and the Human Rights Commission.
In her e-mail, Ms. L'Heureux-Dubé pointed to a book by the former chief justice of Israel, Aharon Barak, called Proportionality, in which he says the importance of a right should depend on the conceptions and values of a society. As an example, Mr. Barak cites the United States, which has three levels of scrutiny for rights claims, depending on the perceived importance of the right at stake. He also points out that Canada works on the basis that all constitutional rights are equal.
The Supreme Court expressly rejected a hierarchy of rights in the 1994 case Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. "A hierarchical approach to rights, which places some over others, must be avoided," then-chief justice Antonio Lamer wrote. "When the protected rights of two individuals come into conflict … Charter principles require a balance to be achieved that fully respects the importance of both sets of rights."
In that case, the right to a fair trial and to free speech were at odds, and a majority of the court said they could be made to work together. Ms. L'Heureux-Dubé dissented, primarily because she felt the court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case. But she added that, "where freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial cannot both be simultaneously and fully respected, it is appropriate in our free and democratic society to temporarily curtail freedom of expression so as to guarantee an accused a fair trial."
But speaking last week at a legislative committee, Justice L'Heureux-Dubé said while freedom of religion is fundamental, the right to wear religious garb is not; it is less important, therefore, than women's right to equality.
Daniel Weinstock, a philosopher of law at McGill University, said that the "contradictions speak for themselves," not only in her support for a hierarchy of rights rejected by the court she sat on but in deferring to Quebec legislators. As a judge, she helped "lead the charge to a substantive interpretation of equality rights, taking it away from a purely formal reading. It is a bit of a reverse, to say the least, when all of a sudden her position is that courts should be deferential to legislators."
Daniel Jutras, McGill's dean of law, called Ms. L'Heureux-Dubé's intervention "unacceptable. Putting the weight of a retired Supreme Court justice behind [the ban] is quite problematic. I can't understand it." He said her support will have significant impact "not within the legal community but it certainly will be used by the Parti Québécois to legitimate their position that this is not a simple legal issue."
Appointed by Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney, Ms. L'Heureux-Dubé was the "great dissenter" on the Supreme Court from 1987 to 2002. She says sees no contradiction between her support of minorities when she was a judge and her support of limits on religious expression.
"I share today the same values I had when at the Supreme Court of Canada towards the oppressed whoever they are," she said in her e-mail. "At the time it was gays, victims of rape and violence, discrimination against women, handicapped, etc., under the human dignity and equality values" of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.


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As summer breathes its diminishing gasps, the first leaves of a not yet existent autumn have begun to drop. A mixture of summer's fading heat and fall's palette of glory meet to present the world with its most beautiful gift, autumnal equinox.
God evidences Himself in scenes like this to ease the furrowed brow worried by nagging and unknown cares. His pervading Spirit anoints His children with the power of His Word and the subtle changes of creation.
Coffee meets study meets nature resulting in a reminder that, in His presence is the fullness of joy and at His right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
Surely, the cares of this day will rush in like a swarm, but this moment, this frame of time offers a peace that the world cannot give and a joy it can't take away.


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The first body ornamentation was found many years ago. In the past the jewelry was mainly used for purposes of convenience. Navel rings used to be confined to the standard half loop with a small ball on one end and a larger ball or jewel on the other end. Nowadays navel jewelry as well as other kinds of body piercing have moved into the mainstream. Piercing jewelry is made of specific metals such as gold, platinum, silver, copper, brass, gun-metal and some non-organic materials like wood, plastic, glass, shells, corals, etc. And we shouldn't forget gemstones both natural and man-made widely used in jewelry producing. Cubic zirconia is one of the most popular sparkling decoration part of navel rings. Diamonds are much more expensive nd from the first sight it's difficult to see the differences between them and CZ gems which are cheap but look lile diamonds. Jeweled belly button rings makes you look glorious and bright. Gems decorate belly curved barbells, intial rings, navel rings with chains, figures of srats, hearts, butterflies and many other. The sparkle of jeweled navel rings made of titanium, stainless steel, gold and silver are on your disposal.
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For many parents, talking about the birds and the bees with their little ones, is something that they try to put off for as long as possible. But it is important to remember that learning about sex and sexuality is a normal and vital part of your child's development.
If you don't talk to your kids about the birds and the bees, they will only ask someone else – surely it's better that any questions about sex are answered by you? The best strategy is to answer your child's questions in an honest, open and age-appropriate way.
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To help your out, we have put together some handy tips for talking to your child about the birds and the bees. To find out more, keep reading below:
1. Do not panic
If your child asks you a question about sex, don't panic. The fact your child has asked you a question means that they are happy to talk to you, which is something you want to encourage, not push away.
If your child asks you a question you don't know the answer to, be honest and tell them that you will find out. You can find the answers to the questions you need about sexual health and STD symptoms online and in medical centres.
2. Give them positive messages
Make sure to give your children positive messages about sex, and don't just reinforce the negative ones. Think about the positive messages you want to send to your child.
Do you want your children to love and appreciate their own bodies, be respectful in terms of sex, express love in suitable ways, and know the importance of intimacy? Think about what you want to teach your child about sex.
3. Talk to them regularly about sex
As your children grow and develop, they will probably have more questions about sex. So make sure to talk regularly to them about it and answer any new questions that they might have.
If, at a certain age, your child stops talking to you about sex. Buy them a book that explains and answers various questions about sex and sexual intimacy.
4. Build your child's confidence
Make sure to reassure your child that they are normal and that everyone develops at different times. Just because your daughter's friends have started their periods, it doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with her because she hasn't. Make sure to reassure her of this.
Boost your child's self-esteem by teaching them that bodies come in all shapes and sizes, and that one body shape is not superior to another. If your child is self-conscious about their body, find ways to improve their confidence.
5. Teach your children about your values
Always be clear with your children about your sexual values. Explain to them what is appropriate sexual behaviour and what is not. For example, explain that forcing or pressuring someone into having sex is wrong, explain to them why it is wrong and why they should never do it.
It is also important to explain to your children that everyone has different sexual values and that that is okay. Teach your children that understanding for people with different sexual values is important.
As long as you are open and honest with your kids about sex, talking about it is not that difficult.


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