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Churning butter and forging metal? Not so much.
When you think of Williamsburg, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? If you said colonial history, you're not alone. Many people imagine William and Mary to be surrounded by re-enactors, horse buggies, and taverns. While all of these things do actually exist on Duke of Gloucester Street (across from the Wren building), there is a lot more to do in Williamsburg than taking pictures with Thomas Jefferson statues and visiting historical court houses. Believe it or not, students don't actually churn butter and forge metal at the local blacksmith for fun on the weekends. There are more stores, restaurants, and attractions in Williamsburg and the surrounding area than any student could probably visit in a semester. To help narrow down the options, I thought I'd make a list of things to do for your convenience. Here you go!
10. Go out to eat: As I mentioned above, there is a borderline-ridiculous number of restaurants in Williamsburg. Barrett's Seafood, Fat Canary, Blue Talon, the Trellis, and the Cheese Shop are all wonderful restaurants within walking distance from campus. Looking for a quick meal? Panera, Cheeburger Cheeburger, California Tortilla, and Five Guys are also all very close. And of course, you'll find Applebee's, Chili's, Ruby Tuesday, Carrabba's, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and every fast food restaurant you could possibly imagine. When you arrive in Williamsburg, you'll also hear a lot about the Delis, including Paul's, the Green Leafe Café, and the College Delly. These are really popular for students, especially on the
weekends. To put it simply, Williamsburg is not a bad place to be, if you're hungry!
9. Take a trip to the Williamsburg Winery: I visited the Winery for the first time a few weeks ago and absolutely loved it. Here, you'll have the chance to take a tour, learn a lot about the wine-making process, and even sample 7 different wines (if you're 21, of course). You even get a complimentary Williamsburg Winery glass.
8. Hike in Yorktown: Feeling active? There are a number of different hiking trails in Yorktown. Not only are there day hikes, but there are also weekend backpacking trips and multi-day trekking trails. This is a great opportunity to get away from the textbooks and exams and enjoy the beautiful outdoors!
7. Go shopping at the Prime Outlets: That's right – there are 120 outlet stores right on Richmond Road. Nike, Ralph Lauren Polo, J. Crew, Vans, L.L. Bean, Under Armour, and PacSun are just a few of them. The outlets are a great place to go if you need some new clothes, shoes, a swimming suit, or if you're just looking for something to do on a Saturday afternoon. Not to mention the fact that they have a lot of delicious samples at Le Gourmet Chef.
6. Spend a day in Colonial Williamsburg (CW): I definitely can't leave CW off of the list. Take a stroll down Duke of Gloucester Street (DoG Street) and check out Kimball Theater, The Governor's Palace, the Williamsburg Capitol building, or just talk with a re-enactor. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, students at the College have free access to all exhibits and museums in CW. You can definitely turn a visit to Colonial Williamsburg into a great day trip. It's also an awesome place to take a jog.
5. Drive to Virginia Beach: It's fantastic that we're only 45 minutes from Virginia Beach. This past weekend, I drove with a few of my friends (Jay, Skyler, Morgan Leigh, and Jenn) to visit my roommate from last year. We spent a day at the beach and ate at a couple of different restaurants. It's the perfect place to go for an afternoon, a night, or an entire weekend.
4. Catch a concert in Richmond: Looking for a bigger city? Richmond is only about an hour away. It's a great place to go on a weekend night, especially to see a concert. Over the past two years, I've seen Gavin Degraw and Jason Mraz at the National (a smaller but very nice venue). Richmond is also a wonderful place to head, if you're looking for restaurants, clubs, parks, or even political events.
3. Watch a movie at New Town or the Movie Tavern: For those of you who read my blog about the newest Harry Potter movie, you'll know that there are 2 movie theaters right near William and Mary's campus. At the Movie Tavern, you can even order food and drinks, which they'll deliver to you at your seat. Seeing a movie is always a great option on the weekends or a slow weekday night.
2. Spend a hot afternoon at Jamestown Beach: It's spring and you're feeling restless? Head to Jamestown Beach! It's a nice, small beach, and it's only about 10 or 15 minutes away from campus–the perfect place to go when you want to get outside, go swimming, or just get a tan. The Running Club even does a yearly run to Jamestown Beach, so it's definitely feasible to run or ride your bike there.
1. Hop on a ride at Busch Gardens or cool off at Water Country USA: William and Mary is only a few minutes away from both of these theme parks. Students often make day trips to Busch Gardens Europe or hang out at Water Country, especially during the summer. There is even a Busch Gardens Day for students in the fall, where W&M student receive a discount on tickets.
See? There is plenty to do in Williamsburg and the surrounding area. And of course, there is always something happening on
William and Mary's campus. With over 400 clubs and organizations, you can always find a concert, comedian, multi-cultural performance, or sporting event right outside of your dorm room. To put it simply, Williamsburg is no dull place. I would be very surprised if there were a student at the College that couldn't find something to do on either a weekday or a weekend. Don't believe me? Come to "the Burg" and check it out for yourself. I promise that you won't be disappointed.
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Tech Pitch: Azimo
The FinTech digital payments company recently backed with $10m Series A shares its start-up story...
Company name: Azimo
Founders: Michael Kent (39) and Marek Wawro (31)
Background: Kent: Serial entrepreneur – co-founder of Small World Financial Services
Based: London
Very simply, what does your tech start-up do?
Launched just two years ago, Azimo is a UK-based online social money transfer service which is revolutionising the way people send money around the world. Azimo is the cheapest and easiest way to send money to 198 countries worldwide, either to a bank account or to over 270,000 cash pick-up points around the world. Accessible via smartphone, tablet or desktop and even through Facebook, Azimo has created a better way to send money between countries.
As well as serving migrants who are sending regular transfers back home to support families and communities, Azimo's customers include expats, travellers and people who use the service for large one-off payments, for example for purchasing property overseas.
Tell us why there's a need – what do you disrupt?
Remittances out of the UK alone total more than $20bn every year and for hard-working migrants losing a tenner on an exchange rate conversion is really significant. The old-fashioned way that the likes of Western Union and Moneygram operate is broken! Why in this day and age do you need to walk into a store and take the risk and cost with an agent?
If you're sat at home, accessing Azimo through your PC or smartphone – you are inputting your bank details so you'll very rarely get that information or where you want the money picked up from wrong. Compare that to somebody who is running a shop who is serving cigarettes, baked beans and telephone calling cards and is too busy so your details are just written down on a piece of paper and then re-entered into a computer system later. It's old-fashioned and expensive. The old system just doesn't work. Social media and digital is the future.
There is a real and urgent need for more transparency in the way all financial institutions operate, including money exchange businesses like Western Union, who take large spreads on exchange rates. We launched Azimo with the principle aim of disrupting the traditional money transfer market with rates up to 85% cheaper than legacy transfer providers like Western Union and Moneygram.
We're now fiercely challenging the exorbitant fees demanded by high street banks, the standard poor customer service and lengthy delivery times and showing that there is an affordable alternative. With Azimo's confirmed delivery to the recipient's account in 24 hours or less, travellers and migrants who are sick and tired of being ripped off by extortionate bank charges and poor exchange rates in the UK now have a more ethical and modern way of sending money abroad.
Are you funded?
Yes, 2014 has already been an exciting year for us, with the company closing a $10m Series A funding round in March led by Greycroft Partners, Accion and e-Ventures.
We've recently been linked in the media with a potential acquisition by Facebook, as the social network giant looks to enter the online money transfer market – we cannot confirm or deny that story but it does demonstrate that financial technology is clearly becoming a growth sector.
What were you doing before starting?
Michael Kent co-founded Small World Financial Services in 2006 and successfully built the business from a start-up to become Europe's leading money transfer business with a $3.5bn turnover and $100m+ revenue in just six years. Prior to setting up SWFS, he was a corporate development director for News International focused on M&A, internal consultancy and new ventures, and a business director for the WPP Group plc. Kent is currently on the board of the Camden Roundhouse, the iconic North London music venue, and manage a portfolio of angel investments in the financial services sector.
What the best thing about where you're based?
London is already the best place in the world to start a FinTech business but on the venture capital side London's local providers will need to grow-up or see the US firms come over and eat their lunch.
This year we aggressively stepped up our fast-growing operations in the UK, Ireland, and Germany by rolling out the Azimo service further across Europe, including Austria. Our new location is perfect as the EU holds more potential than the US for us as the money transfer market is worth more than $102bn.


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The January Grades 5-6 Book Club will be held on Wednesday, January 16 at 3 p.m. We will be reading Swim That Rock by John Rocco and Jay Primiano.
"When his dad goes missing in a fishing-boat accident, fourteen-year-old Jake refuses to think he may have lost his father forever. But suddenly, nothing seems certain in Jake's future, and now his family's diner may be repossessed by loan sharks. In Narragansett Bay, scrabbling out a living as a quahogger isn't easy, but with the help of some local clammers, Jake is determined to work hard and earn enough money to ensure his family's security and save the diner in time."-summary
We are so excited to have Mr. Primiano joining us for this book club! He will be answering questions from club members, leading our discussion and reading from his new book, Where the Road Isn't.
Please be sure to pick up your copy of Swim That Rock and register for January's book club at the Circulation Desk.


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I saw a video on Facebook not long ago. It was called The Four Chord Song by Axis of Awesome.
It's a comical song that explains how all number one hits use the same four chords. I couldn't help thinking, if only writing a best seller was that easy. Then I realised, in a way it can be.
Alright, maybe not a best seller… but when you strip it down to the very basics, writing a book is a simple four step system.
So, what's this system, I hear you asking as you laugh at me?
Well, this is the system, as I see it.
Step 1
You start with an idea, usually a question. It can be any question.
Why can't I get that song out of my head?
What does the old woman on the street who talks to herself say?
What would I do if I won the lottery?
In my most recent case for my book Ethereal Lives, it was… What if you were the last human in existence?
Once you have your question, you have your start.
Step 2
Okay, you have your start so what's next?
It's alright being the last person in the universe but that's a bit boring if you're just sat around doing nothing, so you need something make life interesting. You need conflict.
My conflict was my heroine being kidnapped by aliens who want to sell her, and her not wanting to be sold.
Now, I know, there is a lot more to it than this. But as I said, I'm stripping it down to the very basics and this is my story in it's barest form. So you have a conflict. Now it's onto step 3.
Step 3
The resolution.
Whatever the conflict is, you have to find a way to resolve it. Since my book is a romance, the hero and heroine fall in love and one has to save the other. (Though, I'm not telling who.) Obviously it is not that simple, there are lots of bumps on the road to true love after all, but that is pretty much what the resolution is.
So, whats after the resolution?
Step 4
The end.
The bit where you find the happy ever after. Well, thats what I like to find anyway. Being a romantic I'm a firm believer in happy endings, however, this isn't a must. In many cases step 4 becomes a prelude to a sequel, but which ever you choose thats the final step.
Now, I know, there is a lot more to writing a book than this but, as I see it, these are your first initial steps. Think of them as your foundation. Once you have them you are ready to build. To expand your story, fill in the details.
I'm not saying its easy, and it doesnt always go according to plan. I started my book thinking my heroine would end up in a totally different situation than the one she did, but our characters do that. Despite the plans we make, they still somtimes surprise us and send us in a totally different direction than the one we intended, that's okay though. We dont need to have it all written down and follow those guides to the letter. As long as we have a good foundation we can build anything we want.
So thats the basics of book writing as I see it. I'll leave this post with the song that inspired it. Enjoy!


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In fact, every functioning human being has his own inbuilt battery. So to the proverbial saying 'to have your batteries charged'. This happens when you become worn out and tired to the bone. Your body and mind send you signals which you choose to take note of or ignore. Frightfully, that is one thing your flesh and bones batteries have no control over. Your freedom to choose. You choose to heed the warning signals being submitted.
Or you choose to ignore them. But sometimes at your own peril. Speaking of having the freedom of choice, perhaps today it could be said that consumers in general have never had it better. It may not have been possible in the past but today the classic Kenwood radio can keep on running just as it always did. How is this possible? Well, that is because unlike the past perhaps, the radio operator will always have access to a necessary kenwood radio battery.
Technological advances continue to be made in leaps and bounds, and at such fast and unprecedented rates that it can sometimes be difficult for consumers to keep up. None more so in the transformations made with the much prized smart mobile device. And to think that once upon a time people called this unit a cellular telephone, as in telephone instead of landline. So old-fashioned and yesteryear.
But there you go. And speaking of having the freedom of choice, it did have its limitations. Previously, it may not have been possible to find a replacement Motorola unit, let alone find another battery for an old device, still in good condition and that could still carry on ticking along. If only it had its Motorola battery. And now it has.


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The title of this blog post alone makes it so that if you actually continue reading you win the prize of being the only person curious enough to read on. The least read book in my personal bible is the book of Leviticus. This is for good reason because I'll be honest: it's hard to be inspired by a bunch of liturgical rules, animal sacrifice, barbecuing specifications and prohibitions about molds, skin diseases, and more. I do go into it wondering, "What does this have to do with me?'
And yet, right now as I read through Leviticus I'm really being struck in the face with the grave seriousness of sin. You read Leviticus and you quickly see how committed God was to show His people that sin was serious, costly, and damaging. All the rituals of worship and of atonement teach the sober reality of the cancer of sin that we in our western culture are very uncomfortable facing. In addition, all the seemingly silly rules about skin rashes, molds, and human discharges (yes that is in the bible) reveal this complete picture of a God who wants to help His people be – not just spiritually whole – but also emotionally, and physically whole. Interestingly these same truths found in Leviticus point forward when they are viewed in completeness in the New Testament where I see the seriousness and cost of sin in the crucifixion of Jesus in my place. There I also see the commitment God has made through the presence of the Holy Spirit to bring me into spiritual, emotional and physical wholeness.
If you finished reading this post, you have my respect. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have a read it either.


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There are many beautiful creations found under the sea just like we find outside it. From various types of plants, to corals, to different types of fish and other sea animals. These creatures are all different and beautiful in their own way. From the variations in their colours to sizes to their forms. There are many activities people can do in the sea from leisure to living. One of the main activities people do is fishing techniques. Fishing is mostly done as a means of living, in the sense it is mostly used for eating purposes, a large population in the world consumes sea food as part of their diet.
Fishing for a living
Fishing has been an activity that has been practiced from ancient times. The main purpose of fishing is for food. People wait to catch fish to eat. For some people fish is the meal a whole family would feed on. There are many different types of fish that people consume. Some of these fish are sheer, shark, tuna, salmon, sardine and even shrimps, squids and lobsters.
Techniques for fishing
There are many different types of techniques people have been using for fishing. Hand gathering is a method where people gather creatures by diving into the water or digging through the mud specially to catch creatures like lobsters and crabs. Netting is another means where nets are used to catch the fish. Another technique is spearfishing where sharp tools are used to catch the fish, similarly there are many other methods that are used.
Fishing for breeding
Nowadays there are many other modern means as well, like fishing boats and Port Phillip Bay fishing charters, these vessels can be used to carry more people for fishing purposes. Nowadays people fish not only for themselves, but they fish in large quantities to sell them in the market. Similarly rare fish are also caught so that they can be bred separately with special care and food, either for saving the species or for consuming.
Other reasons for fishing
Fishing nowadays is also practiced by many people not only for food but also for recreational purposes and for the passion of learning about sea animals. People like to fish and examine what sort of creatures are there and to study the sea animals. Similarly, they also want to keep these sea animals in aquariums for people to get a chance to see. There are many reasons today for why people fish and there are even different types of methods for fishing as well, from olden techniques to modern techniques. Besides all this, eating fish is really healthy, it has many properties that help people be healthy. Sea food is also very delicious.


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Silvano Samaroli started his working career in the drinks industry and over the ensuing decades established himself as a true legend of the whisky world.
Having established Samaroli Srl Wine and Spirits Merchants in Rome in 1968, he became well known for importing whiskies into Italy throughout the 1970s. In 1979 he released his first series of independent bottlings, and quickly became known for his selections. Through the 1980s he championed the bottling cask-strength whiskies and his releases have become some of the most sought-after bottles on the secondary market.
He passed away at the beginning 2017 and in this masterclass we hope to honour his memory in the best way we can – sharing some of the incredible whiskies that he chose over the years.
The tasting will be hosted by Emmanuel Dron, friend of Silvano Samaroli, collector of Samaroli bottlings and owner of Singapore's Auld Alliance, one of the world's finest whisky bars.
The Line-Up
Glen Garioch 1971 Sherry Wood Samaroli
Mortlach 1957 22 YO Samaroli
Longrow 1973 53% Bot. 1985 Samaroli
Talisker 1978 Sherry Cask Bot. 1992 Samaroli
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Monthly Archives: August 2013
colors of the wind
When I first read this poem by Abdul Wahab, I thought, Mm. Some words have the power to leave us in a space beyond their reach.
In between my decorative cover
I laid a lot of colourful words
In red, blue, green and white
In black, sorrow and pain
All the doubts in yellow
I wrote in pink
The nightmares
I went through
In upper case I kept
The fragrance of lofty thought
You taught me
In tight secrecy, the memories
In maroon, in turquoise
The joy I got
Side by side
Along with the moon
Still words are merely words
You can not see
The wounds of the wind
Oozing of the heart
Red blood of the dream
Still unmakes the image
Of the blank space
Left by you
With Big Dash I am only
Able to paint
The sound of
Of emptiness
for you, Friend
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This is William Shakespeare's Sonnet 60, a reflection on magic.
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless seaBut sad mortality o'er-sways their power,How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,Whose action is no stronger than a flower?O, how shall summer's honey breath hold outAgainst the wrackful siege of batt'ring days,When rocks impregnable are not so stout,Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays?O fearful meditation! where, alack,Shall time's best jewel from time's chest lie hid?Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back?Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid?O, none, unless this miracle have might,That in black ink my love may still shine bright.
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Will MMA Ever Be Legal in New York?
Even with the success of MMA over the past five years, it still has not claimed the reputation it rightfully deserves. While millions of fans cannot hardly wait until the few weeks finally end in between UFC and Strikeforce cards, there are still many cities and states in the US that have yet to jump on the MMA wagon. Many feel it is unsafe, and even not regulated properly. Certainly UFC President Dana White has argued this point to the end stating that it is so regulated for a professional sport that it puts many other nationally televised ones to shame. Perhaps it is simply just the danger that the sport without a doubt brings to the table as being an MMA fighter is no walk in the park that scares some law makers off, but at the end of the day it is a sport and a business no less.
For a very long time, the UFC has been dancing around the state of New York and trying its best to get them on the roster of great places to hold fights. However, thus far they have yet to get onboard. Dana has offered the state of holding two UFC cards there annually, which would certainly bring plenty of revenue in for the area, in exchange for sanctioning the sport of MMA in New York. These two cards annually would be held at the famous Madison Square Garden and one more somewhere in upstate New York.
New York has never been a fan of MMA, which does seem odd considering it is a huge city for the sport of Boxing, but is completely against MMA. Back in 1997, the state actually completely banned the sport and is moving forward to do so once again. It truly doesn't add up to most fans, of which New York has a huge market ready to support MMA in their home towns with the cards having the potential to bring in over twenty million dollars a year. New Jersey has jumped on board and has proven how successful MMA can be along the east coast. The New Jersey area being so close to so many neighborhoods in New York, has opened its doors to MMA and profited handsomely from doing so. For the many fans that cannot obtain a great MMA show in New York, they hop on a short road trip to Jersey and get the MMA fix they need for now.
Strikeforce will be holding a large venue in New Jersey shortly, making it even more obvious that there is in fact a market for MMA there. Will this profit gain from holding MMA events in New York change any opinions for those in control to change it? The lobbyists and assemblymen that once referred to MMA as "barbaric" could always attend a few fights and then form their rules and opinions off of those experiences, but that day may never come any time soon. It appears that for now, New York residents will just have to wait it out and hopefully at some point the MMA ban will come to an end there. There may be a silver lining to this cloud as MMA was illegal in several states for years, and currently has less than a handful to permit the sport.
Todd Erwin is an avid participant, writer, and fan of MMA. He is also the owner and operator of CheapFightGear.com which is an online store and blog which is a great resource for anyone looking to get up to the minute MMA news or to purchase quality and affordable Fight Gear, MMA Training Gear and MMA gloves.
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Glasgow, Kathleen Girl in Pieces, 406 pages. Delacorte Press (Random), 2016.
Language: R (377 swears, 216 'F') Mature Content: R (Drug use, Sex, self-harm, PTSD, abuse, rape, and frank sexual discussions) Violence: R
Language: R (377 swears, 216 'F') Mature Content: R (Drug use, Sex, self-harm, PTSD, abuse, rape, and frank sexual discussions) Violence: R
Charlie remembers her life in flashbacks. She remembers that she almost died from self-inflicted wounds, and her dearest friend is almost dead herself. Her brief stay at the hospital helps, but when her Grandmother becomes ill and cannot afford to pay for her medical bills, Charlie must face the world and learn how to love herself. She must learn how to start new every single day.
This novel was artfully written, but so incredibly painful. The author fantastically portrays the inner turmoil of Charlie and her hard life and hard grief. I suppose this is why it is so easy to connect with her. All the characters were vivid and complex. You could understand them even if you didn't like their choices. Deep in the heart of this novel though, is the slow progression to self-health after trauma or addiction. It also says some interesting things about how your environment plays a key part in how hard it is to break bad habits. I do have to say that despite all its merits, this book is very crass and has some content that I would not recommend to any under seventeen years of age.
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Good looking people in good looking clothes in good looking apartments talk with rapid fire banter. Nothing we haven't seen before.
Some of the decisions made by the characters are also beyond questionable. Efron's character is by far the biggest douche, making the worst decisions.
Despite all that though, I enjoyed That Awkward Moment. The main trio have an easy rapport which raised a few good laughs and made the most of a rather standard story.
As an easy going way to spend an evening I can't fault it. It might tie up neatly, but it was unchallenging and enjoyable.


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One of the finds at the Victory Memorial Garage Sale in June was a cute little piano bench that I acquired for a mere $10. Yes, the wood was quite light and not my style...and yes, the upholstered seat was a worn cream-colored fabric...but the lines were clean and I.knew.I.had.to.have.it.
With a little bit of of effort, I was able to revamp the piano bench into a nice bench for our entryway.
I began the process by removing the upholstered top (it is literally attached by four screws, so all it took was a simple screwdriver to unattach the seat.
I then took some 100lb sand paper and put some elbow grease into smoothing out some nicks and dents, as well as removing the wood finish. After sanding to my liking, I did a spray down with the hose to remove the dust, and then wiped down with a towel. After drying outside for 10 minutes it was ready for some spray paint!
Using some black, semi-gloss Rustoleum spray paint (two bottles at about $5 a piece), I layered the wood bench with a few coats of spray paint, letting each coat dry before reapplying the next.
After about two months of searching for some new home decor fabric (yes, you could say I am a nit indecisive and paranoid I will make the wrong home decor choice - gasp!) I found a fabric I liked. I settled on a printed home decor fabric at Jo Ann Fabric called "Croscill Felton / Chili" (left). At $29.00 a yard, I was lucky to get it at 50% (and I got some extra in case I opt to make a pillow or two for the couch when I FINALLY learn to sew).
With the wood portion of the bench painted, I whipped out my handy staple gun and laid the fabric down, cut it so a few inches remained on all sides of the seat, and then carefully stapled over the old fabric around the entire seat (making sure the pattern was always aligned).
Once the seat was reupholstered (took about 15 minutes), I reattached the seat to the wood frame and WOW....a totally new bench! It looks nice in our entry, and now I just need to get the wall above it complete!
Now if only I could get my picture collage completed I would have a vastly improved front door space! Future blog post on that down the road...


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Provo, a city of 115,000 just south of Salt Lake City, really wants Google to run its high-speed Internet and television service. So much so, in fact, that the small city is selling the search
giant its municipal fiber-optic system -- which cost $39 million to build -- for a dollar, The Associated Press reports. "Provo officials say Google's deal is a good one for the city and its
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How to Organize Your Life in 5 Easy Steps
If you're looking at this picture and saying to yourself, "Yes, that is my life." then it is about time you kick start new habits and learn how to organize your life.
Some people think that organizing is only for the neat freaks.
In reality, however, everyone needs a bit of organizing in their life.
Unless you live in a secluded island where everything is provided for at your beck and call and you have absolutely nothing to think about, then you may need to scroll down and read more tips on how to organize your life.
Organizing is not rocket science! All it takes is just a commitment to start and adopt these key essential habits.


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Dr Helen Viner, chief scientist of TRL's (Transport Research Laboratory) infrastructure division, has joined the Highways Magazine editorial board.
An experienced scientist and manager, Viner joined TRL in 1997 as a researcher after two years of post-doctoral academic research. In January 2013, she was appointed as chief scientist for the infrastructure division, a role that includes developing collaborative research partnerships, preparing proposals for research funding, oversight of technical quality, and communicating TRL's activities internally and externally.
She is the UK research coordinator within FEHRL (the Federation of European Highway Research Laboratories) and the research area leader for energy, environment and resources.
In her own specialism, Viner has worked extensively on the surface characteristics of road pavements, being responsible for innovative research and developing associated advice and standards. Her experience includes tyre-road interaction (friction, splash/spray, rolling resistance and noise), accident trends, performance monitoring and, latterly, the adhesion properties of railways.
Viner takes the place on the editorial board that was previously occupied by Bob Collis, director of strategic and local roads for TRL. Collis has recently retired.


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With unpredictable and in some cases terrible circumstances, a few of the expected people are not going to be able to make it to this year's Cloudburst Council. We will miss them all. Maybe next year folks-- We still have more poets per square foot than the average wood lot so let's go...
Fri. May 11, 2012
4:00-5:00 Registration
5:00-6:00 Light Dinner Served (soup, bread, green salad )
6:00-6:10 Ken Warren Welcome
6:10-6:25 David Landrey poems
6:25-6:40 Andre Spears poems
6:40-7:40 Panel - The Magic Citadel ( Dave Landrey, Alan Casline, Martha Treichler)
7:40-8:00 Stephen Ellis poems
8:00-8:15 Break
8:15-8:30 Martha Deed poems
8:30-9:30 Panel - The Plasma of Friendship (Stephen Ellis, Stephen Baraban, Ken Warren)
9:30-9:45 Helen Ruggieri poems
9:45-10:00 John Roche wrap-up
10:00 Party
Sat. May 12, 2012
9:00-9:15 Relaxation Movements led by Helen Ruggieri (Meet Outside Lodge)
9:15-9:45 Breakfast (oatmeal,cereal,fruit,pastry,etc.) –Kitchen will remain open past 9:30
9:45-10:45 Cloudburst Panel (Stephen Lewandowski, Ken Warren, Alan Casline, John Roche)
10:45-11:00 JudithKerman poems
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15 Panel - Economy and Friendship ( Brian Richards, Andre Spears, Stephen Tills,
Alifare Skebe )
12:15-12:30 Martha Treichler poems
12:30-12:45 Michael Czarnecki poems
12:45 Lunch Served (cold sandwiches bag lunch)
Open Time 12:45 – 3:15
Tour of Seneca Point of Emergence with Steve Lewandowski (optional)
3:15-3:30 obeeduid
3:30-3:45 Will Nixon
3:45-4:00 Break
4:30-4:45 Ryki Zuckerman
4:45-5:00 Patricia Schwartz
5:00-5:15 Brian Richards
5:15-7:00 Dinner (hot vegetarian etc.)
7:00-10:00 - Open Reading ( 10 min per poet)
Steve Tills, Stephen Baraban Therese Broderick, Paulette Swartzfager
Dwain Wilder, Colleen Powderly, Alifair Skebe (add any more participants as they appear)
10-10:10 or when Open Reading ends: Alan Casline Wrap-up
10:11 Campfire Party with Music
Sun. May 13, 2012
9:15-9:30 Relaxation Movements led by Helen Ruggieri
9:30-10:30 Brunch (like Saturday Breakfast plus eggs and meat)
9:30-10:30 Trade Fair
10:30-11:45 Panel Gift (Stephen Lewandowski, John Roche, Michael Czarnecki,)
11:45 – 12:15 John Roche Further


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Beautiful Moments October 22 2013, 0 Comments
Here at ecru we love to share beautiful moments with you, so we created a series of videos to set you in a festive mood.
We hope you love it, just as much as we love creating it.
ecru team
Royal Blue August 05 2013, 0 Comments
There is nothing like a rich color to make a space look chic. Royal blue is one of those colors. It's that deep shade of blue that engulfs you like the waves in Hokusai's prints.
The name of the color is rumored to have been invented by a miller in Somerset, England who won a dress making competition for the British Queen in the early 1800s. We love to use royal blue here at ecru, and we cannot wait to introduce you to different prints in this color for the upcoming fall and winter season.
Crab Floor Cushion sold at 40KD and Sophia 203 for ecru Small Lovebird Pouch sold at 30KD.
(Images courtesty of Hokusai, Vogue Portugal, and ecru)
Palm Trees, Ocean Breeze May 06 2013, 0 Comments
Growing up in the Middle East, especially in Kuwait, you cannot but help feeling a certain connection to palm trees. They evoke a sense of hospitality, rest, and abundance.
When summer comes along you eagerly await the date season when you can eat them ripe off of the tree. It's not only the date palm that has a special place in our heart, but also the coconut palm that awakens our desire to escape to a secluded beach.
ecru created the palm print to bring you a welcoming sense of serenity. So why not enjoy some fresh dates and coconut water this summer while relaxing on our palm cushions.
(Images courtesy of Pintrest, Ruby Lane, & ecru)


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By Using This Fed Up Worksheet Answer Key, You Will be Surprised by the Result
Fed Up Worksheet Answer Key – The simplest way of defining a worksheet is that it is a single spreadsheet that is present into the package distributed by Microsoft. It consists of several rows or columns that spread out into the page and make for space that help people enter data. A worksheet begins with the column or the row. The composite between column also row named cell, the first cell are A1. This helps in tracking of all the data on the screen.
The cell could fill number, text, or formula. The block of cells named range. It also has the capacity of referencing the same number of cell in the same worksheet, moreover in the case of a different workbook or the same one. It helps to place information at a single location also then locate it without any problems. Another way of defining this package is that a worksheet is a single entity serve within the workbook. More than 1 worksheets collectively make a workbook or then help in making the system more reliable.
Another catching thing to know is that people get to have several worksheets into one workbook also even on a single worksheet they get the possibility of around 1 million rows also 1.6 million columns. Most of the times one spreadsheet is sufficient for a company to manage all their data, a workbook is adequate to keep all the data within a department, and a worksheet is enough to have a particular project also its information at one location depending on the requirement.


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book launch
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The spring issue (22/1) of the Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies has been published. There will be a short book presentation held at noon on 11 May (Wednesday) in the IEAS corridor where the current issue will be launched.
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To Build a Garden is to Embrace that Some Projects are Unfinishable. And That's the Point.
The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.
— Michael Pollan
If you've never gardened before, but you would consider yourself a DIY-er/craftsperson/maker or what have you, there may be some things about gardening that are very different than other kinds of projects. To build a garden entails some kinds of making that are very ordinary and along the lines of any other plan–>materials–>product kind of project. But in other ways, it requires craft and technique that are completely beyond other kinds of skills. But, to build a garden is not to simply make something. It is to embark on an un-finishable
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If You Can Only Grow One Thing This Summer, Make it Tomatoes. Or...
So I have a friend named Dan. I met him through work. Dan is in his early 70's. For the past––I'm not EXACTLY sure on the time here––30+ years, Dan has grown tomato plants from seed beginning in the very early Spring. And when he hears that you have even a passing interest in the garden, he comes by with three plants––one of each of the varietals he grows––along with a laminated sheet of paper with information about each of the plants. Dan is the definition of good people. And I love my three little tomato plants.
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How to: Make an Inexpensive DIY Rain Barrel
One of the first big projects I completed when I bought my house was digging a large garden in the backyard, and we just barely made it in time for a summer full of tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, eggplant, peppers, and squash. The 20 x 30' patch somehow wasn't big enough for both eating and canning, so when spring rolled around again, I set out to expand our patch. Gardens are never finished, after all! (Check out our tutorial on how to hand-dig a garden here.)
The only thing I wasn't interested in expanding, though, was my water bill. Since we get on average 4 inches of rain per month during the growing season here in North Carolina (Apr–Nov), it was time to let the clouds handle the water supply rather than the city. Since this is mostly a money-saving project, I kept my budget really low because I preferred to have the materials pay for themselves as quickly as possible.
Read on for how to make a rain barrel on a budget!
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Meet Angelo Pellegrini, the Original Maker Almost No One Knows About, but Totally Should.
You can barely imagine what the world was like in the proto-suburbs of the Pacific Northwest for a child who had traveled there––entirely on his own, with his mother at home and his father awaiting him––from a small Tuscan village. This was before "a small Tuscan village" was even a thing on the radar of America at large. And it was before America had its culturally and politically dominating century. It was before anyone knew what the Pacific Northwest would become, foodwise.
And yet, that is where Angelo Pellegrini settled. His childhood of 12 or so years in Tuscany gave him an uncanny experience to bring to pre-depression America, including an adult life that coincided with the Cold War in which his heritage could not have been less relevant. He was born at just the right time to enjoy America in a way that few others had. But he was also born just a bit too early to have been the celebrity he would have been if he had emerged in the age of Alice Waters and the Food Network.
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Food from Fields and Forests: How to Get Started Foraging
For my whole life, the idea of foraging has had a romance that I can't quite put my finger on. Way before it became a punchline about hyper-local hipster foodies, to be a forager was a signal of a deep wisdom about the land. To know what could be eaten was to have access to riches that were all around us. In a world beset by industrial foodways, foraging is a reminder that the world can sustain us (or at least some of us) without our machines, if we would simply let it.
The trouble with foraging, though, is that unless you grew up in the style of Katniss Everdeen or the Girl of the Limberlost, most of the earthly wisdom and insight needed to forage well is beyond you. And this is definitely a wisdom that you need to gain through practice. Ideally, some Italian-born wood elf––someone like Angelo Pellegrini or Angelo Garro (who at least is still alive)––would appear to teach a willing learner how to gather and find and hunt out the best things available on the earth. But that's pretty unrealistic. So, the only thing to do is to just do it––after all, if we start small, build up some confidence and awareness, and then keep going, before long we might rediscover some of that lost knowledge so that we can pass it along ourselves.
So, from the experience of one free food fan who hopes to be more, here's how to get started as a forager.
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You Should Be Burning Your Brassicas
"Brassica" has become my new favorite word. It is the Latin word for "cabbage" (or also, "cauliflower"), as well as the scientific name for the genus of plants that includes green, slightly bitter, slightly salty, members of the mustard family. The brassicas are the dominant representatives in the dark green vegetable world: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collards, mustard greens, kohlrab , Brussels sprouts, turnips, rutabega, rapini, and that amazing and unsung hero of the Asian grocery, gai lan or Chinese broccoli. They are durable and variable plants, defined by their green leaves and bright yellow flowers. They are, without
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How to: Dig a Garden Patch Using Only a Shovel
I've always been a big fan of eating good food. But I also can't leave well enough alone, so eating led me to cooking, and cooking led me to gardening.
Originally a means to an end, now there are few things that give me greater happiness than stepping out the back door in the middle of summer and walking across my backyard to the roughly 20' x 30' patch of dirt full of rows of tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, squash, and greens.
When I first bought my house and decided to transform the patch of grass into our home garden, I didn't own a rototiller, but I did have a $20 shovel, an internet connection, and a spare can of elbow grease. After compiling the ideas from several gardening sites and testing it out on my half-acre slice of North Carolina, I had myself a beautifully productive vegetable garden.
Here's a brief primer on how you can hand-dig your own patch using the time-honored technique of "double digging."
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Crazy and Hilarious Vegetable Faces
In the late 1990s, there was the brief phenomenon of How Are You Peeling?, in which some guy realized that fruits and veggies sometimes look like faces when they unevenly spurt from the calyx of their flowers. Calendars and email forwards ensued. You remember.
Then, Carl Kleiner, the mastermind behind those amazing photos of ingredients from the IKEA cookbook, decided to play with the above idea...but, you know, make it way better.
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Must-Grill Vegetables Become Meals in Themselves
Yeah, I know. The idea of grilling vegetables isn't new. Everyone who does outdoor cooking knows those hot grates are a perfect space to heat and char up some sides to go with that main course, or that some Tuscan grilled veggies, a bit of cheese, and a loaf of bread makes a perfect summer meal for two.
But what about taking grilled veggies seriously, opting for thick, meaty cuts that make you forget about grilled meats altogether?
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How To: Make DIY Veggie Chips for Tasty, Healthy Snacking
I work from home, meaning I never keep regular hours, and can always/never been at work. And though I do try, it also means I rarely eat regular meals. Most often, I split my nutrition into six or eight tiny, half-meals...or, you know, snacks. And sometimes, I need those to be crispy, salty snacks. And rather than stuff my self with no-good-for-you, processed junk foods all day, I try to satisfy those cravings with something a bit better for me.
Like veggie chips. And now, with this awesome collection of recipes from Chow, I'ma just make my own in bunches, and munch all week.


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The first Surah in the Qur'ān speaks of the knowledge planted in every person's heart by God that He is the highest, to whom alone all praise is due. It contains a prayer to be led on the right path:
"In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Praise belongs to God, the Lord of all Being,
the All-merciful, the All-compassionate,
the Master of the Day of Doom.
Thee only we serve; to Thee alone we pray for succour.
Guide us in the straight path,
the path of those whom Thou hast blessed,
not of those against whom Thou art wrathful, nor of those who are astray."
(Sūrah 1: Al-Fātihah)
Everyone who seeks God with his whole heart and with a sincere attitude will find Him. In this article we would like to offer help in recognizing the straight path which God revealed through his prophets and through Jesus.
"What, do they desire another religion than God's, and to Him has surrendered whoso is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him they shall be returned? Say: "We believe in God, and that which has been sent down on us, and sent down on Abraham and Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob, and the Tribes, and in that which was given to Moses and Jesus, and the Prophets, of their Lord; we make no division between any of them, and to Him we surrender." Whoso desires another religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him; in the next world he shall be among the losers." (Sūrah 3: Ali 'Imrān 83-85)
This passage from the Qur'ān uses the term "Islam" not in the sense of belonging to a particular religious community. Here it means devotion and surrender to God. It is the faith of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses, the faith of the prophets and of Jesus, Mary's son. A person who wants to devote himself to God with his whole heart will, therefore, follow the examples of Abraham and the prophets and the example of Jesus of Nazareth. They devoted themselves completely to God and were, in this sense, the true Muslims, those who surrendered to God. Through them the Almighty spoke to the world and revealed his will and his being. To follow their devotion is true Islam, perfect submission to the will of the one and only God.
"Surely We sent down the Torah, wherein is guidance and light; thereby the Prophets who had surrendered themselves gave judgment for those of Jewry…." (Sūrah 5: Al-Mā'idah 44)
"And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus son of Mary, confirming the Torah before him and We gave to him the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light, and confirming the Torah before it, as a guidance and an admonition unto the godfearing. So let the People of the Gospel judge according to what God has sent down therein. Whosoever judges not according to what God has sent down – they are the ungodly." (Sūrah 5: Al-Mā'idah 46-47)
"And when Jesus came with the clear signs he said, "I have come to you with wisdom, and that I may make clear to you some of that whereon you are at variance; so fear you God and obey you me." (Sūrah 43: Az-Zukhruf 63)
Everyone who wants to submit to God follows the word of the Torah, the Prophets and the words of Jesus confirming the Torah. A true Muslim desires to get to know the whole revelation of God. Therefore he cannot ignore the Torah, the Prophets and the Gospel. A true Muslim will obey the words of Jesus. It is only in this way that he can receive guidance and light from the Almighty. This is also testified by those very scriptures:
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." (Psalm 119:105 ESV)
"For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life." (Proverbs 6:23 ESV)
"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12 ESV)
So the Qur'ān testifies unanimously with the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments that we can find light and guidance in both the Torah and the Gospel. Can anything then hinder a Muslim from getting to know the whole revelation of God, devoting himself to the intensive study of the words of the Torah and the Gospel?
God said to Abraham,
"I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly." (Genesis 17:1-2 ESV)
For Abraham devotion meant living in God's presence and striving for a blameless life.
In the Torah we find following commandment:
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart…" (Deuteronomy 6:4-6 ESV)
God spoke through the prophet Micah:
"He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah 6:8 ESV)
Jesus confirmed the commandment of the Torah and called it the greatest commandment:
"And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 22:35-40 ESV)
Jesus' own life was the best realisation of this commandment. He was totally filled with love for God. He was faithful to God in everything and, unlike any other person, was able to ask his adversaries without any pride,
"Which one of you convicts me of sin?" (John 8:46 ESV)
Jesus' life was a demonstration of God's compassion and mercy. The Qur'ān also relates how these characteristics were evident in the lives of his followers:
"Then We sent, following in their footsteps, Our Messengers; and We sent, following, Jesus son of Mary, and gave unto him the Gospel. And We set in the hearts of those who followed him tenderness and mercy." (Sūrah 57: Al-Hadeed 27)
The Bible describes how this compassion and mercy became reality in the lives of the followers of Jesus in the following words:
"And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. …And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing their proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favour with all the people…" (Acts 2:42,44-47 ESV)
"Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common." (Acts 4:32 ESV)
For the first Christians, devotion to God also meant devotion to the brothers. That was their reason for sharing their lives in daily fellowship and even sharing their goods with one another.
"If anyone says, "I love God", and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother." (1 John 4:20-21 ESV)
Even as the official Christian religion moved away from the path of Jesus and adapted more and more to the world, there remained a number of faithful followers of Jesus who continued to honour God faithfully, reading the Bible and praying together every day:
"Yet they are not all alike; some of the People of the Book are a nation upstanding, that recite God's signs in the watches of the night, bowing themselves, believing in God and in the Last Day, bidding to honour and forbidding dishonour, vying one with the other in good works; those are of the righteous." (Sūrah 3: Ali 'Imrān 113-114)
According to Islamic tradition, Islam, i.e. devotion to God, is primarily expressed by living according to the "five pillars" of Islam:1
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):
1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's apostle.
2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly.
3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity).
5. To perform Hajj (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca).
4. To observe fast during (the month of) Ramadan.
What did God declare to us through Jesus concerning these five points, and what corresponding practices can we find in the life of the first Christians?
1) The Confession of God's unity and uniqueness forms the unmovable basis of the doctrine of Jesus and his disciples. There is no other God than the One and Only, He who created the universe and revealed Himself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to all the prophets, and to him who will judge mankind on the Last Day. No disciple of Jesus ever accepted him as a deity beside God (as Sūrah 5:116 suggests). We believe in him
"who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honour and eternal dominion." (1 Timothy 6:15-16 ESV)
Christians, however, don't confess God mainly by a ritual recitation, but by living their lives according to his commandments and by constantly striving to help lead others to the knowledge of God in living according to his will.
None of the Muslims (i.e. people who surrender to God) from Abraham until the seventh century AD ever confessed Muhammad as the prophet. Of course, he didn't even appear on the scene until much later. On the other hand, all the believers who lived after the time of Jesus understood clearly that God's revelation to mankind had reached its climax in Jesus and they did not expect any new revelation in the future.
"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son…" (Hebrews 1:1-2a ESV)
Jesus promised to send his Holy Spirit to the disciples:
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." (John 14:26 ESV)
Jesus fulfilled this promise to his disciples approximately 50 days later. The Holy Spirit led the disciples to a deeper understanding of the words of Jesus by reminding them of the very words he had spoken to them2.
2) For every believer prayer is the daily essence of his spiritual life.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God!" (Philippians 4:6 ESV)
"…praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints3!" (Ephesians 6:18 ESV)
Jesus himself lived a life of prayer. Again and again he turned to his Father in prayer:
"In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God." (Luke 6:12 ESV)
His disciples followed his example:
"All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer…" (Acts 1:14 ESV)
"And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." (Acts 2:42 ESV)
For the first Christians, and for all Christians since, prayer was and is the basis and the expression of their constant relationship with God. Having spiritual life means having a relationship with the God who loves us. Our prayer is our loving response to His love for us. Therefore prayer cannot be pressed into the rigid forms of a ritual. Love surpasses all rituals. The prayers of Jesus and his followers are not bound to special forms, times, places or directions. We are constantly surrounded by the eternal God. The content of all our words and our whole life is the praise of his love.
3) Christians don't have a tax for the poor. The Old Testament contained different regulations for the care of the poor. E.g. every third year the whole tithe should be at the disposal of the poor. (Deuteronomy 14:28-29) The basic rule was:
"You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land." (Deuteronomy 15:11 ESV)
The believers in the New Testament far exceeded this regulation. God's love filled their hearts and compelled them. So they did not merely give alms to their brothers and sisters, but they shared with them:
"And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need." (Acts 2:44-45 ESV)
"There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need." (Acts 4:34-35 ESV)
"Your abundance in the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness." (2 Corinthians 8:14 ESV)
When various "Christian" groups later reintroduced the Old Testament tithe (giving a tenth), they departed from the standard taught in the New Testament. Similarly the "zakat", while admittedly having a positive effect on many Islamic nations, is in fact a backward step from the level of devotion shown in the New Testament. The readiness of a Christian to give is directed by love and cannot be regulated by percentages.
4) There is no rule about fasting in the New Testament. Jesus spoke against the public demonstration of fasting practised by the Pharisees:
"And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Matthew 6:16-18 ESV)
God requires our complete devotion and love, being ready to serve Him and our brothers every day, all the year round. This devotion also requires self-discipline. A Christian's spirit controls his body and overcomes its desires. We eat our food with gratitude, knowing that we can abstain from food if the tasks we have from God demand it. This discipline is our way of life regardless of time or season. Addictive drugs (such as nicotine) have no place at all in the life of a Christian.
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body!" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV)
5) The believers in the Old Testament had the command of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem three times a year:
"Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you." (Deuteronomy 16:16-17 ESV)
In the time of Jesus there was disunity between the Jews and the Samaritans concerning the "place that the LORD will choose". The Jews made their pilgrimage to Jerusalem. For the Samaritans, however, Mount Gerizim was the mount of worship.
While Jesus confirmed the Jewish viewpoint as being the original one, he went a step further by saying to a Samaritan woman,
"Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. …But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth." (John 4:21-24 ESV)
Christians, therefore, have neither holy places nor holy times. Every place and every hour, day and year are sanctified by the presence of the Almighty God. Our whole life is a pilgrimage to the heavenly Jerusalem.
"…but you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect…" (Hebrews 12:22-23 ESV)
Soon you can find more information about the place of worshipping God here.
A closer investigation of these "five pillars" shows that Jesus did not teach precise rules about various religious practices, but that he brought love – love that far surpasses all religious rules and which leads us to perfect devotion to the eternal God in the service of the believers. He leads us to true "Islam", a true submission to God's will that will fulfil us for all eternity with the abundant joy of fellowship with our Creator. True Islam is the way that Jesus showed us. Indeed he himself is the way. We want to invite all Muslims to walk this way and so to become true Muslims.
"We sent not any before thee, except men to whom We revealed: "Question the people of the Remembrance, if it should be that you do not know." (Sūrah 16: An-Nahl 43)
At that time Jesus declared,
"I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
That you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding
and revealed them to little children;
Yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father,
and no one knows the Son except the Father,
And no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden,
And I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me,
For I am gentle and lowly in heart,
And you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
(Matthew 11:25-30 ESV)
ps. The term "Christians" is used in this article exclusively to refer to people who have decided to devote their whole life to walk the way of Jesus. We certainly cannot call our sinful western consumer society "Christian". Furthermore we have to make it clear that all institutions generally known as "Christian Churches" are far from biblical Christianity.
"O believers, be you God's helpers, as Jesus, Mary's son, said to the Apostles. 'Who will be my helpers unto God?' The Apostles said, 'We will be helpers of God.'"
Surah 61 (As-Saff):14
We are friends, Christians, disciples of Jesus. The Qur'an calls such people "helpers of God".
Our community is small in number and consists of people from different religious and social backgrounds with different professions. We simply want to serve God as brothers and sisters according to the words of Jesus, just as we find them in the Injil.
For many people faith means the cultivation of religious and cultural traditions and rituals that have been handed down from their forefathers, often without an understanding of their deeper meaning. Many of these traditions obviously contradict the words of Jesus. For us, however, faith is a reality that fills all areas of our lives.
We do not belong to any denomination or organisation. We gather daily to think about the Word of God together and through this to understand God's will better.
We reject hierarchical structures as they clearly contradict God's word and brotherly love. We are convinced that unity, which God wants to be the reality among believers, cannot be secured by human authoritarian structures but only by the fruit of the obedience of every single disciple to the Holy Scripture. We are in unity with each other because each of us puts his own self aside and wants to follow what God has revealed in the Bible and made recognisable for all.
Our faith in the one and only God, the Lord and Creator of the Universe, unites us. God, who created us because of His love, is the origin and the aim of our lives. He revealed Himself to Abraham and then spoke to the people through the prophets. The last and final revelation was in Jesus of Nazareth. He is the eternal Word of God (Surah 3:45). He became man for our sake in order to lead us on the way to God.
We follow the way that He showed us in His Words. In giving himself for us completely, Jesus shows us what true devotion to God and to our brothers and sisters means.
On our website we address Muslims because we know that God has sent Jesus to teach us true devotion to God through His example and His Words, in others words: to teach us true Islam. We would like to encourage Muslims to read and understand the Words of Jesus. Unfortunately, the message of these words has often been distorted and misinterpreted throughout history, so much so that many Muslims become acquainted with a Christianity that has nothing to do with the real Jesus.
We wish to draw your attention to the original message of Jesus, which is valid and unchangable for all times, addressing all people of every nation, and to put this message into practice in daily devotion just as the first disciples of Jesus:
"They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. …And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people…." (excerpt from Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47)
Sometimes we are asked why we Christians quote the Qur'an in talks with Muslims – and on this website – if we don't regard the Qur'an to be Holy Scripture. We would like to respond to this question in the hope that our Muslim readers can understand our position.
As Christians we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Word of God in person1, a belief also held by Muslims according to the Qur'an2, albeit with significantly differing content. If Jesus is the Word of God, everything he said and did is the unsurpassable climax of God's revelation. In Jesus, who is God's Word, God spoke to us directly, without the mediation of an angel or a prophet. In the words of Jesus, God has told us everything that is necessary for our relationship with him. For this reason we believe that, with the coming of the Word of God in the person of Jesus Christ, the revelation is complete. That is why for us there cannot be any new revelation.
Jesus' coming into this world had such a far-reaching influence that after his coming anyone who wanted to say something about God could not ignore him. So it is not surprising for us that the Qur'an also deals with Jesus. As the Qur'an claims to confirm the Torah and the Gospel3, we consider it justified to test the Qur'an according to the Torah and the Gospel. The Bible also encourages us to test everything and to hold on to what is good4.
Through Jesus God put his love into our hearts. This love for all people motivates us to find out what people around us consider important so that we can understand their way of thinking and their life better. Our love for Muslims is what spurs us on to take a closer look at the Qur'an. We are interested in what Muslims, who base their beliefs on the Qur'an, think about God, Jesus, judgement, heaven, hell, living a godly, holy life, and other questions that are addressed in both the Qur'an and the Bible. We want to test the statements made in the Qur'an concerning these questions by comparing them with the words of the prophets and primarily in the light of the perfect and complete revelation brought by Jesus.
In conclusion we would like to point out a statement from the Qur'an
"We sent not any before thee, except men to whom We revealed: 'Question the people of the Remembrance, if it should be that you do not know.'" Surah 16:43
If we Christians, the "people of the Remembrance", are to inform the Muslims of what they do not know, it is helpful for us to get to know the Qur'an and to assess it according to the reminders given to us in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
"O ihr, die ihr glaubt, seid die Helfer Gottes, so wie Jesus, der Sohn Marias, zu den Jüngern gesagt hat: "Wer sind meine Helfer (auf dem Weg) zu Gott hin?"
Die Jünger sagten: "Wir sind die Helfer Gottes."
Sura 61: As-Saff (die Einreihung), 14
Wir sind Freunde, Christen, Jünger Jesu. Der Koran nennt solche Menschen "Helfer Gottes".
Wir sind eine zahlenmäßig kleine Gemeinschaft von Menschen aus verschiedensten Hintergründen und unterschiedlichster Berufe. Wir wollen einfach als Brüder und Schwestern Gott nach den Worten Jesu, so wie wir sie im Indschil finden, dienen.
Für viele Menschen bedeutet Glaube, dass sie religiöse und kulturelle Traditionen und Rituale, die sie von ihren Vorfahren übernommen haben, pflegen, oft ohne ihren Sinn zu verstehen. Oft stehen diese Traditionen auch im Widerspruch zu den Worten Jesu. Für uns aber ist Glaube eine Wirklichkeit, die alle Bereiche unseres Lebens erfüllt.
Wir gehören keiner Konfession oder sonstigen Organisation an. Wir kommen jeden Tag zusammen, um gemeinsam über das Wort Gottes nachzudenken und so seinen Willen immer besser zu verstehen.
Wir lehnen hierarchische Strukturen ab, da sie im klaren Widerspruch zum Wort Gottes und zur Bruderliebe stehen. Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass die von Gott gewollte Einheit der Gläubigen nicht das Ergebnis menschlicher Befehlsstrukturen sein kann, sondern nur aus dem Gehorsam der Heiligen Schrift gegenüber kommt. Wir sind eins, weil jeder Einzelne sich zurückstellt und dem folgen will, was Gott für alle erkennbar in der Bibel offenbart hat.
Wir sind Menschen, die der Glaube an den einen und einzigen Gott, dem Herrn und Schöpfer des Universums, vereint. Gott, der uns aus Liebe erschaffen hat, ist der Grund und das Ziel unseres Lebens. Er hat sich Abraham offenbart und danach durch die Propheten zu den Menschen gesprochen. Die letzte und abschließende Offenbarung Gottes war in Jesus von Nazareth. Er ist das ewige Wort Gottes (Sura 3,45) und wurde für uns Mensch, um uns den Weg zu Gott zu führen.
Wir gehen den Weg, den er uns in seinen Worten weist. Er, der sich für uns vollkommen hingegeben hat, lehrt uns die wahre Hingabe an Gott und unsere Geschwister.
Wir wenden uns auf dieser Website an Muslime, weil wir wissen, dass Gott Jesus gesandt hat, um uns durch sein Beispiel und durch seine Worte die wahre Hingabe an Gott, das heißt, den wahren Islam zu lehren. Wir wollen Muslime ermuntern, die Worte Jesu zu lesen und zu verstehen. Leider sind diese Worte in der Geschichte immer wieder verdreht und missdeutet worden, sodass viele Muslime ein Christentum kennenlernen, das mit Jesus nichts mehr zu tun hat.
Es ist unser Anliegen, die Aufmerksamkeit auf die ursprüngliche Botschaft Jesu zu lenken, die für alle Zeit unveränderlich ist und sich an alle Menschen aller Völker richtet, und diese Botschaft in täglicher Hingabe wie die ersten Jünger Jesu zu verwirklichen:
"Sie verharrten aber in der Lehre der Apostel und in der Gemeinschaft, im Brechen des Brotes und in den Gebeten. … Alle Gläubiggewordenen aber waren beisammen und hatten alles gemeinsam; und sie verkauften die Güter und die Habe und verteilten sie an alle, je nachdem einer bedürftig war. Täglich verharrten sie einmütig im Tempel und brachen zu Hause das Brot, nahmen Speise mit Jubel und Schlichtheit des Herzens, lobten Gott und hatten Gunst beim ganzen Volk …" (Aus Apostelgeschichte 2,42-47)
Manchmal werden wir mit der Frage konfrontiert, warum wir als Christen im Gespräch mit Muslimen – und so auch auf dieser Website – den Koran zitieren, da wir doch den Koran nicht als Heilige Schrift akzeptieren. Wir möchten hier dazu Stellung nehmen und hoffen, dass unsere muslimischen Leser unseren Standpunkt verstehen.
Als Christen glauben wir, dass Jesus von Nazareth das Wort Gottes in Person ist1, was auf der Grundlage des Korans2 auch von Muslimen geglaubt wird – wenn auch mit einem wesentlich anderen Inhalt verbunden.
Wenn Jesus Gottes Wort ist, dann ist alles, was er gesagt und getan hat, der unüberbietbare Höhepunkt der Offenbarung Gottes. In Jesus, dem Wort Gottes hat Gott direkt zu uns gesprochen, nicht durch Vermittlung eines Engels oder eines Propheten, sondern unmittelbar. In den Worten Jesu hat Gott uns alles gesagt, was für unsere Beziehung zu ihm notwendig ist. Deswegen glauben wir, dass mit dem Kommen des Wortes Gottes in der Person Jesu Christi die Offenbarung abgeschlossen ist. Darum kann es für uns keine weitere Offenbarung geben.
Das Kommen Jesu in diese Welt hat einen derart großen Einfluss ausgeübt, dass alle die nach seinem Kommen etwas über Gott sagen wollten, an seiner Person nicht vorbei konnten. So ist es für uns nicht verwunderlich, dass auch der Koran sich mit Jesus beschäftigt. Da der Koran den Anspruch erhebt, die Thora und das Evangelium zu bestätigen, sehen wir es auch als gerechtfertigt, dass wir den Koran an der Thora und dem Evangelium prüfen3. Auch in der Bibel werden wir ermuntert, alles zu prüfen und das Gute zu behalten4.
Gott hat uns durch Jesus seine Liebe ins Herz gelegt. Diese Liebe zu allen Menschen motiviert uns auch, uns mit dem zu beschäftigen, was den Menschen um uns herum wichtig ist, um ihr Denken und ihr Leben besser verstehen zu können. Die Liebe zu den Muslimen bewegt uns, uns auch mit dem Koran auseinanderzusetzen. Es interessiert uns, was Muslime auf der Grundlage des Korans über Gott, Jesus, Gericht, Himmel, Hölle, über ein gottgefälliges heiliges Leben und andere Fragen, die sowohl im Koran als auch in der Bibel angesprochen werden, denken. Wir möchten die Aussagen des Korans zu diesen Fragen anhand der Worte der Propheten und vor allem im Lichte der vollkommenen Offenbarung Jesu prüfen.
Abschließend wollen wir noch auf eine Aussage des Korans hinweisen:
"Und Wir haben vor dir nur Männer gesandt, denen Wir Offenbarungen eingegeben haben. So fragt die Besitzer der Ermahnung, wenn ihr nicht Bescheid wisst." (Sure 16,43)
Wenn wir Christen, die "Besitzer der Ermahnung" den Muslimen Bescheid geben sollen, dann ist es notwendig, dass wir den Koran kennen und aufgrund der uns gegebenen Ermahnung, den Schriften des Alten und Neuen Testaments, zu beurteilen.
"Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Jadikanlah diri kamu pembela-pembela(agama) Allah sebagaimana (keadaan penyokong-penyokong) Nabi Isa Ibni Mariam (ketika dia) berkata kepada penyokong-penyokongnya itu: Siapakah penolong-penolongku (dalam perjalananku) kepada Allah (dengan menegakkan agamaNya)? Mereka menjawab: Kamilah pembela-pembela (agama) Allah!"
Surah 61 (As-Saff):14
Kami kawan-kawan beragama Kristian, murid-murid Yesus (Nabi Isa), penolong-penolong Allah.
Kami jemaat yang kecil. Asal-usul kami dari segi agama dan sosial berlainan. Kami mempunyai pekerjaan yang berbeza-beza. Kami sebagai adik-beradik, saudara-saudara seiman hanya mahu mengabdi kepada Allah mengikut kata-kata Yesus sebagaimana tertulis dalam Injil.
Bagi ramai orang, iman bererti pengembangan tradisi dan adat istiadat agama dan budaya yang telah diturunkan daripada nenek moyang tanpa fahaman erti dalamnya. Banyak daripada tradisi-tradisi ini jelas menyangkal ajaran Yesus. Walau bagaimanapun, bagi kami iman adalah kenyataan yang memenuhi setiap bahagian hidup kami.
Kami tidak mempunyai mazhab ataupun organisasi. Setiap hari, kami berkumpul bersama-sama untuk merenungkan Firman Allah supaya boleh memahami kehendak Allah.
Kami menolak struktur hirarki kerana ini bercanggahan dengan Firman Allah dan juga kasih kepada saudara-saudara. Kami sangat pasti bahawa kesatuan yang Allah mahukan di antara mereka yang percaya kepadaNya tidak boleh dijaminkan melalui struktur pemerintahan manusia. Kesatuan ini adalah hasil ketaatan setiap pengikut Kitab Suci. Kami adalah satu kerana setiap seorang daripada kami mahu meninggalkan kepentingan sendiri dan mengikut apa yang Allah telah memperlihatkan bagi semua manusia dalam Kitab Suci.
Iman kami yang berdasarkan Allah yang esa, Tuhan dan Pencipta alam semesta, menyatukan kami. Allah, yang telah menciptakan kita oleh sebab kasihNya kepada kita, adalah asal usul dan juga tujuan hidup kita. Allah telah menyatakan diriNya kepada Ibrahim dan telah berfirman kepada manusia dengan perantaraan nabi-nabi. Wahyu terakhir adalah dalam Yesus dari Narazet (Nabi Isa). Dialah Firman Allah yang abadi (Surah 3:45). Dia telah menjadi manusia untuk memimpin kita di jalan kepada Allah, demi kita.
Kami mengikut jalan yang Dia telah tunjukkan dalam FirmanNya. Dengan mempersembahkan diriNya sepenuhnya, Dia menunjuk kita maksud benar pengabdian kepada Allah dan kepada saudara-saudari seiman.
Laman web kami ditujukan kepada para umat Islam kerana kami tahu bahawa Allah telah utuskan Yesus bagi mengajar kita penyerahan diri yang benar melalui contohNya dan FirmanNya, atau dengan kata lain, bagi mengajar Islam yang benar. Kami ingin menggalakkan para umat Islam membaca dan memahami kata-kata Yesus. Malangnya makna kata-kata ini sering kali telah diherotkan dan salah ditafsirkan sepanjang sejarah sehingga banyak orang Muslim kenal suatu agama Kristian yang tiada kaitan dengan Yesus yang benar.
Kami ingin menarik perhatian anda kepada mesej asal Yesus yang sentiasa sah dan tidak berubah selama-lamanya dan menujukan mesej ini kepada semua orang dari setiap negara. Kami mahu mencontohi dan mempraktikkan kehidupan umat Kristian pertama yang kita baca dalam Alkitab.
"Mereka bertekun dalam pengajaran rasul-rasul dan dalam persekutuan. Dan mereka selalu berkumpul untuk memecahkan roti dan berdoa. Maka ketakutanlah mereka semua, sedang rasul-rasul itu mengadakan banyak mujizat dan tanda. Dan semua orang yang telah menjadi percaya tetap bersatu, dan segala kepunyaan mereka adalah kepunyaan bersama, dan selalu ada dari mereka yang menjual harta miliknya, lalu membahagi-bahagikannya kepada semua orang sesuai dengan keperluan masing-masing. Dengan bertekun dan dengan sehati mereka berkumpul tiap-tiap hari dalam Bait Allah. Mereka memecahkan roti di rumah masing-masing secara bergilir dan makan bersama-sama dengan gembira dan dengan tulus hati, sambil memuji Allah. Dan mereka disukai semua orang…" (dari Kisah Para Rasul 2:42-47)


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Is this an aborted story? Or some bold, new approach to the novel?
You noobs need to know something first: the Twentieth Century was a pretty exciting time for literary fiction. If it were only known as the century of the full flowering of the short story, it would have to rank with some of the great eras in literary history. But there was more, so much more. The traditional novel matured nicely then spun off into amazing, unpredictable directions. There were the acknowledged giants: e.g., James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Vladimir Nabokov, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And there were the innovators: e.g., Samuel Beckett, Italo Calvino, Alain Robbe-Grillet. We, in America, had a pretty strong starting line-up, too: e.g., William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, to name but a few of the more prominent. But, the class of American novelists who found their way to publication in the 50's and 60's was unparalleled: (in no particular order) Mailer, Vidal, Bellow, Burroughs, Updike, Elkin, Salinger, Heller, Vonnegut, Roth, Gardner, Gass, Pynchon, McCarthy, McElroy, Salter, Connell, Barth, Coover, Hawkes, Delillo. I could go on and on. We may never see such a confluence of literary talent again (certainly configured as white males!).
One novelist who must be counted at the towering forefront of this last group, like Joyce at once a giant and an innovator, is Gaddis. His novels, The Recognitions, JR, CG, A Frolic of His Own, and Agapē Agape, challenged and infuriated and alienated entire generations of readers. Indeed, at first face, they are dense, formidable tomes.
There is simply no way to convey the excitement of first discovering a book by Gaddis. I can only imagine what it was like to be one of the 'first users' to happen upon The Recognitions when it first came out in 1955. One man has done just that: Jack Green in Fire the Bastards. Green is unsparing in taking the initial round of book reviewers/critics to task for missing out on the originality and importance of Gaddis's first monumental novel. He documents the ignorance, misunderstanding, and outright hostility that greeted it. Green, of course, is a forerunner of such luminary bloggers as Daniel Green, Edmond Caldwell, Edward Champion, Levi Asher, Blckdgrd, Derek Catermole a/k/a Toast, and, primarily in Comments on others' blogs, Steven Augustine (among others; sorry if I left anyone out. Let me know—I'm sure you will) who take it upon themselves to challenge the book reviewing/critic community for narrow-mindedness, short-sightedness, self-interest, group-think, conventionality, middle-brow/middle-class mindsets, mulishness (, etc. It's a lively group operating in a lively tradition. But I digress.
You start reading a book by Gaddis (pick any one of them, it doesn't matter) and you scratch your head. You can't figure out what's going on. You can't quite get used to the diction, the syntax, the flow of the words on the paper. No predicate, or premises (I'll come back to this in a subsequent post), for the characters and action are readily apparent. People aren't named up front. They aren't physically described, their character tics aren't prominently stated. People don't complete their sentences. Interruptions and disruptions prevent the reader from gaining any purchase on what's happening. You feel almost like you're reading a play or a screen-play, not a novel. In a word, albeit hyphenated, Gaddis's books are off-putting, even maddening. At first.
But then, when you read on, something clicks. You spot an unexpected connection or association. A relationship develops. A theme recurs. Something happens. A fact is revealed—though almost always from one side. Then you get the other side's POV on the same fact. And you realize there is a mind at work, here: a complex mind. A competence you couldn't quite see at first. Things fall into place, but are never quite resolved. So, you keep reading on.
Reading Gaddis is a challenge. It is an adventure and, quite frankly, it requires a certain amount of faith in his mastery. To my mind, this faith is never misplaced or betrayed.
CG, like all Gaddis's books, is Boschian or even Brueghel-esque in tone. From the random cruelty that sets the stage in the first paragraph to the uncomprehending chaos of the last scene, it is relentlessly dark, casting a relentlessly "cold eye—on life, on death," and we read and pass by. Here's that first paragraph:
"The bird, a pigeon was it? or a dove (she'd found there were doves here) flew through the air, its colour lost in what light remained. It might have been the wad of rag she'd taken it for at first glance, flung at the smallest of boys out there wiping mud from his cheek where it hit him, catching it up by a wing to fling it back where one of them now with a broken branch for a bat hit it high over a bough caught and flung back and hit again into a swirl of leaves, into a puddle from rain the night before, a kind of battered shuttlecock moulting in a flurry at each blow, hit into the yellow dead end sign on the corner opposite the house where they'd end up that time of day."So much has been written about Gaddis. There are several websites and even a listserve devoted to him. As for CG, the definitive reading is Steven Moore's. Read it.
What, then, if anything, original can I contribute to this dialogue? I'm not a critic per se or a scholar. I'm a writer. My interest is from the writer's point of view: what have I learned about the craft of writing from reading CG? In the course of my Ur-story series of posts, I've enumerated the sorts of things I look for in a work of fiction. I will try to bring those interests and concerns to my reading of this remarkable novel. [to be continued]