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It's taken me the better part of six days to write this post. I've started it seven times and stopped just as many. Finding the right words has been more difficult than I expected.
I have only a few acquaintances that were truly happy about the election results. Many felt dirty about their vote (on either side of the aisle), and even more felt dirty over the entire process. I think most Americans with a conscience would agree. This was a very small percentage's ideal campaign.
The unexpected blow, the one that finally gave me the insightsI needed to write this post, came when sitting with friends who are minorities. I'll give voice to their issues in a moment.
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Statistically speaking, of the white voters at New Life, in my own church, 8 out of 10 voted for DonaldTrump last week. That's a very high figure, even among pollsters.
I think very few of them actually "liked" Trump; of those who do, we all know them on Facebook.
But given my demographic's tendency to be suspect of immigrant non-assimilation, to view the Left being complicit in minority economic suppression in urban environments, to oppose anything that threatens the physical ability to defend private property, and, most of all, to refute abortion at all costs, it's at least understandable to me why so many felt that Trump was their only choice.
Suggest a third party candidate or mention not voting and most white evangelicals will balk. The stakes are too high to merely cast the "send a message" vote. Doing so would mean missing out on valuable Supreme Court nominations, ending the flow of special interest funds, arresting the downward spiral of lost American jobs, and finally being able to thwart foreign enemies hostile to the pursuit of freedom. All of these, it's reasoned, would have lasting impacts for the next several decades. And so, in our minds, we'd rather win with a less-than-scrupulous candidate than lose to someone far worse. Trump, in white evangelicals' minds, truly is the lesser of two evils.
The Backlash
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, to everyone's utter amazement, Trump won. I'm sure it was startling even for his campaign. I literally thought Google was playing one of their classic gags on my iPhone. But they weren't.
Within hours, the backlash began.
Word of protests, marches, and rallies spread quickly. Defiant rants exploded on social media. Opposition signs clouded every news source from Left to Right.
People were upset.
Minorities were upset.
"I didn't want to leave the house tonight," said one friend who will remain anonymous.
"I'm afraid," said another, also anonymous. When I asked for a specific reason why, she replied, "There's a new sense that it's suddenly okay to be vocal about your racism."
As first I thought they were overreacting. Until I started asking questions, putting myself in their shoes, and reading dozens and skimming hundreds of reports on the sudden uptick of unspeakable racist behavior across the country.
"It's permissible now to be a bigot in public."
Just read the initial findings of the Southern Poverty Law Center and browse through the growing list of reports tracked here.
"I am intensely conservative in a lot of ways and pro-life views are one of my top three issues in voting," said another friend. "But right now, I'm keeping my head down and my mouth shut, trying not to let on how horrified I am by some of what Christians, I once admired, are saying."
Several more of my black friends couldn't even find words to answer simple questions that were posed to them. Sitting in the presence of their silence made me self-aware that I was unready for this reaction, unready for the pain I saw in their eyes. All at once, I realized the emotion that was intangibly but viscerally swelling in the air.
Who'd You Vote For?
Dozens of friends overseas have asked me who I voted for. In their eyes, Hillary Clinton was the obvious choice. That didn't surprise me. Their media tends to paint Left-leaning candidates in very pure light. But they failed to point out her establishment cronyism, countless spats with FBI investigations, numerous lies made under oath at congressional hearings, and countless life-costing failures in foreign policy.
Even if those things were diligently pointed out, she hasn't been what her opponent is in the eyes of the nations: a racist, misogynistic, xenophobic bigot. Regardless of her stance on abortion (something I've needed to point out to my global friends, as world media also tends to downplay this fact), Clinton has made efforts to be seen as mostly sympathetic to humanitarian issues.In other words, she hasn't asked for a wall against Mexicans, she hasn't singled out "all Muslims" in speeches, hasn't asked to defund sanctuary cities for refugees, hasn't made obscene sexist remarks on a national platform (though she's been accused of covering up plenty), and she's consistently stood with minority movements including Black Lives Matter.
I say mostly sympathetic to humanitarian issues becauseClintonfails to stand in the gap for the neediest people group in the world, those most at risk, those most fragile, most vulnerable, voiceless, and helpless: our unborn babies. How anyone can say they're for protecting those most at risk but endorse full term abortions is the epitome of what it means to be deceived.
My implication here is not that she is the better choice over and against Donald Trump, as so many often presume. Clinton wasn't the perfect choice, to be sure. I sure didn't vote for her. But I think what my international friends were really asking was not how Hillary Clinton lost but how Donald Trump was able to secure 81% of the white evangelical vote as the exit polls showed.
And my Christian minority friends are wondering the same thing.
God Has Favorite Presidents?
Let me be clear: not every person that voted for Trump is a racist. I have very good friends who voted for him for their own reasons, many of them outlined above. I don't hold their reasoning, or their vote,against them. Arguably, to arrive at any sense of reason within this election is a feat of extraordinary resolve. Their logic is their own, and, truthfully, plenty of it made sense, though I could not personally pull the lever for Trump.
Many reasoned that Trump had the pro-life vote over Clinton. I agree. He garnered much of the Christian vote because of it, even if reluctantly. The problem, of course, is that the Christian vote shouldn't be pro-life about babies alone—it must be Pro-Life for everything living. This means a deep antipathy toward violence, a hatred of anything that limits equality, resistance to policy that marginalizes people based on race or economics, and a stern and adamant rebuke of enforcement that is anything less than humane.
For most reasonable people, we all knew going into the voting booth that we were dealing with levels of evil to choose from. In fact, not a single person I talked to was 100% sure who they were voting for the morning of the election. I don't ever remember anything like this before. And no one I spoke to was naive enough to think there was actually something "good" to come of all this.
Or did they?
"Trump is God's man," one Facebook friend wrote.
"We have one final chance to turn this nation around!" wrote another. "If we don't elect Trump, our country is doomed!"
"This is the church's last chance to shine! Without [Trump] winning this election, the church will be crippled forever."
Shares and likes populated in the hundreds.
It was bad enough that many Christians nodded in agreement when Trump began generalizing Mexicans; I wonder how often any of them visit churches south of the border and address congregations. It was bad enough that other Christians whitewashed Trumps deplorable and filthy speech toward women, even toward his own daughter; I shutter to think what conditional expectations they're raising their children with. It was bad enough that some Christians cheered when an entire worldwide demographic of religious followers were slandered; I doubt that many of these brothers and sisters in Christ have thought through the cost of loving our enemies precisely when the enemy doesn't reciprocate.
But when fellow Christians asserted that Donald Trump's success in a political election predicated the church of Jesus Christ's influence in the country—that somehow Trump was God's will—that's when they tipped their hand and crossed the God line.
This is nationalism in Christian clothing.
This is exchanging the Christian birthright of being God's "new version of humanity," as famed theologian N.T. Wright calls it, for a flicking flag and an ambient anthem. The church was never told that its fruitfulness was to be conditional upon the success of a political party. This is where the toll taken by the Christian Coalition still has teeth. To hear many of these Christians talk, you'd believe an American flag will be flying high somewhere in the new heavens and the new earth.
While I am blessed to live and hopefully die in the United States of America, you can be certain that I am not an American Christian, but a Christian who happens to have an American Passport. That is because American nationalism, just like Roman nationalism, is antithetical to the kingdom of God.
Waking Up In Empire
In a world that was saturated in empire, Paul knew all too well that if he didn't secure Jew-and-Gentile harmony within these newly formed communities known as churches, they would not last to the end of the century under Roman rule. This is precisely the urgency that we feel undergirding every line of every letter he wrote, extolling them to a new pattern of reformational living.
"Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good," he wrote to five small churches in the heart of the Roman empire, to Christians he had never met.
"Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor," he charged them, certain that this sense of shared care would preserve them against the coming hostilities. "Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord," he urged, aware that they would be tempted to grow weary in doing good.
"Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer," he went on. Then, sure that Rome would not attend to the weak except to slaughter them, or to the refugee accept to enslave them, he added, "Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers."
If I, as one who is inferior to Paul, weep in reading these next lines, I must believe he wept as he penned them.
"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them."
Those words surely echoed in the hearts of those disciples who were crucified. Those Christians who were fed to lions and sawed in two. Those who were hung, who were burned alive. If they heard Paul, if they heard Jesus, the last words on their lips were, "I bless you."
His tenor rising, Paul doesn't let up.
"Live in harmony with one another," he pleads. "Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are."
Associate with the lowly? Don't claim to know it all? What political ethos has ever embodied such tenets?
"Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all."
How could Paul know so well what Christians living 2016's America needed to hear?
At the end of his sweeping charge not to take vengeance on enemies, something Paul only could've learned from close examination of the life of the Messiah that he so radically followed, Paul ends with what may be one of the most reformational statements of the New Testament.
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
What possessed him? What conviction gripped the soul of this Apostle to the Gentiles? I think that Paul believed if the church didn't live this out, no one would. It is the church's responsibility, and it's alone, to manifest the realities of God to the earth, to be the outpost of heaven.
This is why blacks feel betrayed.
This is why women feel betrayed.
This is why Mexicans feel betrayed.
This is why Muslims feel betrayed.
Not because America let them down. But because the church did.
We may very well have voted for the pro-life candidate, but it appears as though we did it at the cost of blacks. Of Mexicans. Of Muslims. Of women. And I, for one, believe that the cost was too great.
"I don't understand how the first time [Trump] said something blatantly racist, he wasn't just told to take a seat," said a conservative black friend in confidence. "I don't understand how my actual brown-skinned life got put on a balance scale against the hope that he was actually telling the truth about his picks for supreme court justice."
What was the alternative? Not vote? Possibly. Vote for one of the pro-life third party candidates and lose the election altogether? Possibly. I wonder if either of those would have been better than what we've created now: an air of suspicion among those who were looking to us for trust and safety. But what is certain is that we didn't do what we should've done, which is now hindsight: Decry outrageous behavior from moment one.
Every minority friend I've spoken with did not see Clinton as the best answer or even the person to vote for; they know, better than anyone, that policy hasn't changed under the Obama administration. What minorities wanted was for the church to be the church and see through the charade. They wanted the church to bemoan all unscrupulous conduct, Left or Right, and refuse to play the game even if it meant losing the White House. They were looking for 8 out of 10 evangelical whites to say that protecting babies' lives and minority lives mattered.
"The fact remains that the people who are blatantly racist see Trump as their best hope to have the country they want," said a black friend. "And that should've been a wake-up call for all of us."
Even as I finish this, we're learning from tonight's 60 Minutes interview that Trump is already backpedaling on some of his major campaign promises—less than one week in. Certainly, I'm grateful that he's backing away for the ledge of his polarizing campaign promises. But was it worth it? Is a more tempered president-elect worth the damage caused by endorsing a zealot?
Yes, it's too late to undo the election of 2016. But, Christians, it must never be repeated.
Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not
In a world where the term euangelion, good news, meant that "Caesar is Lord," the first century Christians hijacked it, forever connecting it with the message of God's covenant faithfulness to all of humanity through Christ. "The good news," they would have told you, "is that Jesus is Lord and Caesar is not."
For those Christians who feel afraid and betrayed, I want to let you know, Jesus is Lord, Trump is not. The world is not worthy of your worry, sweet friend. Come, little sheep, do not be afraid. The light is shining brightly. Not all evangelicals are suspicious of you, but we understand it may be a long while until we win your trust back. I'm so sorry.
For those Christians who feel like the church just got saved in this election, I need to remind you, Jesus is Lord, Trump is not. Be mindful that when you presume God's activity is dependent on a political leader, you are not only undermining the movement of God's Spirit in the church, but you are slandering every Christian church in every nation that doesn't have "God's man" in an office. My fear for you is that where a Clinton victory would have snapped you awake and made you more reliant on the church, a Trump victory has coaxed you further into a sickening lethargy that believes a President, not Jesus and his church, is God's hope for the nations.
Your hope was never in Rome, and it is not in Washington DC.
You are the beautiful bride of Christ, and your hope is in King Jesus. Be the church, not in spite of the mess we've made, but because we—not a political party—were charged to be the salt of the earth and the light on a hill. Our holy calling is nothing less and could not possibly be more.
Be the church.
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Monday sure was a beautiful day, and it sure was a white one too. I am a snow lover and truly enjoyed seeing the white blanket covering God's awe inspiring creation. Hopefully everyone had a great time watching it snow, but I am so ready for the warmth of spring to take hold and really bring on the big fishing fun. I'm not complaining, for I know the heat of summer will be here way too soon.
Did you know that the Northern Neck is home to a professional angler? No? FLW Pro Kris Johnson makes his home in Montross. As with so many anglers that fish professionally, Kris holds down a regular job in addition to fishing. He loves serving the Lord and spending time with his lovely wife Ashante and son Jaidyn. Kris is also a gifted musician too. But he took his music not to the hip-hop scene, but to a much higher calling. Kris plays his music to God, sharing his talents to the members of his church family. And his beautiful wife, Ashante, also shares her sweet voice with their church family.
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This Week's Podcast: The Phoenix of Garden Magazines Rises Again
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I grew up loving magazines more than anything. They were so interactive: you decided whether to go forward or back, and which articles you wanted to read or save for later. But it was the design that turned me on.
Garden Design magazine has been around for a very long time. It was originally a spin off from "Landscape Architecture Magazine," as the journal of residential design of the American Society of Landscape Architects. I was the editor of Garden Design for a while back then, and it was one of the nicest gigs I ever had.
The publication was sold, and then sold again – and finally, after struggling to get advertising, it closed despite having a loyal following. Advertising supports magazines. Advertisers buy space based on circulation numbers. Gardening periodicals generally live in a space where the numbers aren't high enough to attract ads for cars or alcohol, but still have to charge enough for ads to make a go of it. If a niche magazine has a built in big-ticket item, like motorboats, it may succeed with limited circulation. Gardening has very few "durable goods" – an outdoor grill, perhaps, or a riding mower.
When you see magazines offered for ridiculously low subscription prices, that's because they do not make the money from the cover price, they need the numbers of readers to attract advertisers. The magazine, itself, most likely costs a lot more to produce and mail than the amount they are charging you.
A new owner is making a go of Garden Design. This time, readers are asked to pay for what they get and there are no ads. This is a subscriber-supported publication. The new publisher is Jim Peterson and he has brought along colleague Thad Orr as editor-in-chief (above). Thad is the guest on the podcast this week. The subscription rate is reasonable for these four quarterly issues, and the magazine is also available at some specialty retail outlets. You really get your money's worth.
I don't know how they do it. The spring issue has 140 pages of in-depth articles; for example, there is a huge 16-page piece on Seibert & Rice and the terra cotta containers they import from Imprenata, Italy. The article features the artisans who create these masterworks (above, left), some of whom have been making flowerpots for generations. The magazine features long articles on high-end gardens (for example, above, right, "Healing the Shoreline") with beautifully printed color photography. There is some inspiration for doing it yourself with succulents from the guru Debra Lee Baldwin. There's a feature on ferns that includes a foldout identification guide. A special section comprises interviews, profiles and advice from leaders in the native plant and the naturalistic design movements. And that's just some of what you'll find in the spring issue.


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Answers to your questions!Thursday, January 6th, 2011
Hi Everybody,
I hope you all had great holidays and that you're getting back into the swing of things . . . especially the school thing!
Lots of you have written in and asked some great questions. Here are some answers:
Sophia asked where she can find the Mallory books. The answer to that is at any bookstore (if they don't have them, they can order them), any online bookseller, or at your library.
Jelbean asked if the Mallory books are based on my childhood. That is a great question and the answer to it is partially. I write about a lot of things that happened to me when I was growing up. But I also like to write about things that happen to my kids and to their friends. And of course, I love imagining all of the things Mallory might do!
Lots of you asked how to send snail mail to me and here's the answer: Just write to Laurie Friedman, c/o Lerner Books, 241 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
I hope to hear from you all! Keep reading!
Talk to you soon!
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Two Awesome & Creative Ways to Turn Your Photos into Sculpture
Paint and clay are some artist's medium of choice. Yours? Photos!
Artists Nerhol and Michael Mapes collaged photos into sculptural masterpieces that'll inspire you to try something similar with your own photos!
Nerhol (duo Ryuta and Yoshihisa) makes 3D paper-cut portraits. They start by shooting lots of portraits of one person in three minutes.
After printing and piling the photos into a stack, they cut through the stack to reveal all of the layers of photos below for a three-dimensional image.
Michael Mapes' take on photo sculptures involves cutting up a single image and putting it back together like a mosaic.
The twist is that each piece of the photo is different — some are cut into circles, squares, put into bottles or under magnifiers. The final image looks like a rad display that you might see at a museum.
Get inspired by checking out these two projects below.
Nerhol's Paper Cut Portraits [via It's Nice That]
Michael Mapes' Specimen Photo Mosaics [via This is Colossal]
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I rent out the master bedroom and en suite bathroom of my loft in Barcelona . It's a brand new renovated luxury loft overlooking the Parc Cuitadella. The place has all new renovations with Central AC and heating. Elevator etc.High ceilings, grand balconies.
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Who doesn't love a good journal session, right? Especially in those teen angst years. This is a great craft for your tweens or teens to create their own journals and put personal touches on it! You can find the tutorial at Craft Foxes!
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Published: 2005/04/05
by Jesse Jarnow
The Clock Ticked, At Times, a Regular Tock
Down the hall from me here in scenic Bourgwick Village, Brooklyn, a friend of mine has a recording studio. It's moderately professional — somewhere below the lightless, airtight bunkers across the river, but certainly above the proverbial dude with a laptop. There are mics and pre-amps and instruments and miles of cable, a little mixing board hooked to a Mac, some monitors, and a lot of foam affixed to the walls. He doesn't quite "run" the studio, since he's got a day job across the room as he tries to take over the world with his very own dot-com, but it's quite bustling, anyway.
Another neighbor of mine (next door) recently finished a project there, engineered by another dude who lives in the building (upstairs), and I watched curiously as they laid down tracks, edited, and mixed. The end result — and, for now, you're gonna hafta take my word on it — sounded very professional. A dude I know who promotes shows — who doesn't really know the creative parties too well — commented (unprompted) "this doesn't sound like something I'd book, it sounds like something I'd listen to." Anyway, I'm just laying down its credentials, 'cause — as good as the songs were when my friend wrote them — it went through a (shall we say) process before they could be done and listened to.
The weird sausage-factory like gizmoing began with a click track, a sterile mechanical tock that sounded as if it couldnt've been pulled off some infinite bleeping grid by some radio-rhythmic device. Simple, but also completely mind-altering. When the metronome is dropped into a digital editing program, it allows engineers to — as they say — fly parts around the mix. Did your lead guitarist peak between the second and third verse instead of the outro solo? No problem, mon. So long as duder was playing to the click, you can drop it anywhere you want. (And, if he didn't play to the click, the engineer will kvetch and moan for a bit, but then blow up the waveforms, spend a few hours gnawing on his tongue, leaning in towards the screen, and fucking make that guitarist's part hook up with the click, goddammit.)
This, the engineer assured me, is how it's Properly Done these days. And who am I to doubt him? Listening to the final mixes, the music sounded good and slick and modern. Like a real album. He'd locked all the beats down, ditto for the guitars and everything else. Not that they were out of time before (at least anymore than Ringo was ever out of time), just that they weren't just exactly perfect with the grid.
All of his work certainly has had an effect on the music at hand, but not as much as you might think. The music still rocks. And, having heard the mixes before the engineer fucked with 'em, I'm even inclined to say that it rocks more. The implications — that this is how much popular music is being made these days — instantly relegate the concept of a live band (at least in the sense of making current, modern music) to a quaint technological backwater. Sure, there are still bands out there that make fiery, bitchin' music that we can dance to or listen to live, but how much of that music retains its total impact when transferred to the home speakers? (Really?) Studio work, by contrast, is designed to exist in this environment.
The gap between the two widens with the introduction of each new plug-in, especially if one takes a gander at the pop charts, and realizes that the closest thing to a human on there these days is Beck Hansen — and as much as I adore the guy's music — that's not saying a lot. As a listener, though, the gap doesn't matter at all. When one is reading a piece of fiction, it doesn't matter if the story is true or false, it only matters if it delivers its emotional payload. The same is can be said of songs. It doesn't matter if the drummer has a natural sense of rhythm, is playing to a click, or is even a person at all. It only matters if it sounds good.
Acoustic guitars, especially, will endure, because there's no better portable way to play music in real time. And electric guitars will endure, too, because there's no better way to play music in real time that's loud. While it doesn't matter to the listener, it certainly does matter to the musician.
This is why the upshot of all of this will almost certainly not be the death of live music. Bands will not go away. The chronic inability for most touring bands to sell albums has (I think) at least as much to do with the fact that what they do has become basically a form of folk-art as it does with the collapsing market for tangible products. Maybe that's okay. For any band worth their salt in a live setting, it seems like a cheap, easy business mechanism to profit from their own concert recordings is just about in place. For others, hopefully the flexibility of home studios, coupled with the whining demands of modernity, will give 'em occasional pause as they inevitably try to set their music down.
It is this latter bit that gives me hope. As in-board microphones become better, and computers start to come stocked with software like Apple's GarageBand, young musicians' studio literacy will increase infinitely. Not knowing how to use a home recording set-up will soon be the musician's equivalent of an author who still pecks a typewriter. We should probably all get with it, huh?
The other reason that I am certain that live music won't die (it'll just smell funnier and funnier, to paraphrase Zappa) is this:
While there is a fully functional studio down the hall, replete with all the digital doohickeys I just described, its most frequent use isn't overdubbing, or even the engineer mind-melding with on-screen waveforms. It involves the drum kit in the middle of the room. When the stresses of taking over the world with a dot-com become too much, my studio-maintaining friend goes in, closes the doors, and drums his little 'ead off, occasionally screaming along with himself. And, from time to time, the rest of us file in there, pick up instruments, and go at it, because playing is good. And good is… good.


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William Lily - Considerations of Guido Bonatus-131- IF both sun and moon are in Masculine signs it signifies that native acts natural.
But in womans nativity the luminaries so disposed make a kind of Virago ,one that shall despise men and obtrude herself in their affairs :and such one if she marries ,will be sure to wear breeches.
If venus and mars are both in masculine signs the native will be moderately affected the delights of venus,and use them according to nature and law;but if they happen to be *oriental ,he will be more fallacious and immoderate ,inclinable to incest,sodomy,etc
But if they be *occidental and in feminine signs his spirits will be nasty and brutish ;and so much more if saturn casts a aspect to them.
But if it be a woman,and Mars and venus oriental and in masculine signs ,she will will abhor men's embraces and take no delight therein ,but rather please herself with some little wantonness with persons of her own sex( women)
But if mars and venus be in feminine signs and occidental she will love and take delight in men's kindness.
Ptolomy-That if venus be joined with saturn in nativity ,and dignities in seventh,the native shall be somewhat faulty and untoward in his venereal caresses.
If Saturn is in Mercury 's sign, or Mercury in Saturn 's signs or they are both in trines to lagna or the 7th house this will give gay tendencies, independent of male or female.
If in an individual's horoscope the venus and saturn are aspected by each other and are in each other's navamsa then she will satisfy her passion with the person of the same sex acting as the opposite sex." rudrabhatt, the commentator of varahmihir, further mentions that the same rule holds true for male horoscopes,"
The combination needs to take place in navamsa trines, or trines to the 7th house.
*( 1. Planets are 'oriental' if they rise visibly before the Sun, and 'occidental' if they set visibly after him. This is similar to the modern understanding, since to rise visibly before the Sun means at least to be in an earlier degree. There were differing opinions on the longitudinal interval a planet had to be in, and whether the intervals were of equal significance.
2. Planets are 'oriental' if they are in the 'eastern' quadrant between the Ascendant and Midheaven ( i.e., where the Sun rises) or the one opposite to it, and 'occidental' if they are on the 'western' quadrant between the Midheaven and the 7th ( i.e.,when the Sun sets) or the one opposite to it.
3. Planets are 'oriental' if they currently , or within 7 days before or after the nativity , are rising out of the Sun's beams and will become visible at sunrise or sunset; they are ' occidental' if they currently , or within seven days before or after the nativity, are sinking into the Sun's beams and will become invisible at sunrise or sunset. In Hellenistic astrology this is an example of of what is called 'making a phasis' , and the distance from the Sun at which this arising or sinking would happen, was standardised at 15 degrees. According to this definition , the inferiors can be 'oriental' ( or pertaining–to-arising) on either side of the Sun, since they can arise both while going direct and on their retrograde path.
|If a planet is described as 'oriental in the figure', it means that it is located near the ascendant which is the eastern angle, whilst 'occidental in the figure', means that it is located near the descendant which is the western angle.
Occidental hemisphere is the western/setting hemisphere, incorporating the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th houses.
Oriental hemisphere - the eastern/rising hemisphere, incorporating the 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 12th, and 11th houses.
(Book of Astronomy, Guido Bonatti, translated by Benjamin Dykes, 2007, page Ixxxii-Ixxxiii) )


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Brenda Song Seeks Perfect White Bikini
Brenda Song searches through the racks at Seventeen magazine in NYC, searching for a few cute summer outfits.
The 21-year-old Boogietown beauty dished to the mag her essential summer item: a white bikini. She shared, "I can't wait for summer. I need to find a good white bathing suit. That's my thing, every year I have to have a white bikini."
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The first Comparex Christmas fair was a success!
Last week Comparex invited its customers and partners to enjoy some winter fun at the Buro & Design Center in Brussels. The main sponsors got their very own cosy Christmas stall where they surprised the guests with a nice drink, a delicious snack and a gift to fill the Comparex goodie bag.
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List Art Center, Brown University
2/17/12 - 3/2/12
There are two ways to create a maze: Adding walls and carving passages.
These objects and videos were made between one and a half walls of a loft in the Nicholson File Building in the Butcher Block neighborhood of Providence. I combine layers of materials and gestures until I think the product reflects enough time and contains enough information that I can imagine the presence of multiple narratives within it. Either a work in progress gives me an idea of something to do to it, or I have something I want to do so I go find the right object to do it to. Painted string ripped off foam, glitter with ink, spray painted water. I try to avoid formulae in my process and instead use a conceptual repetition to investigate ideas about the surfaces and depths of objects and images. A piece is finished when I think it can bring the viewer more than halfway into the visual maze of choices and processes, so that they'd rather continue on and find their own way out than figure out how to go back out the way they came.


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WESTPORT, Conn. — The fire at Earthplace in Westport last week that started in a pile of laundry was ruled an accident, according to the Westport News.
The animals were all safe after the fire during the early morning of Friday, April 14. The blaze was sparked by the spontaneous combustion of a linseed oil-soaked cloth that was a bin of laundry, the Westport News said.
Fire Marshal Edward Zygmant confirmed the fire in the Animal Hall prep room was an accident, the News said.
Earthplace thanked the community for its support and asked for help.
"We are grateful to the Westport Fire Department for their immediate and professional help, which saved the lives of our animal friends," Earthplace said in a Facebook post.
"Many of you have asked how you can help, and here's how," Earthplace said. It is seeking donations of:
- Clean towels and pillow cases for the cages and enclosures, as well as ceramic and metal bowls for feeding.
- Supplies from its Amazon wish list to replenish.
- Donations for the Animal Hall, by cash or credit card, can be made online .
Westport firefighters were dispatched to the building on Woodside Lane after a fire alarm went off at 5:55 a.m. Friday.
When firefighters arrived at the locked gates, they walked up to the building to investigate and found smoke coming from a room on the first floor at the rear of the building.
Firefighters tackled the blaze, which was limited to the back room of the Animal Hall and an adjoining room. Both rooms sustained smoke and fire damage.
Numerous animals were rescued and relocated to a safe area, fire officials said.
"With the exception of Treenut our beloved grey tree frog, our animal friends are all safe and sound. We are giving them all an extra dose of love," Earthplace said in a post Friday on its Facebook page. "Many, many thanks to Town of Westport Fire Department for their response. We are always grateful for their service."
Earthplace said all staff procedures had been followed, including closing the fire doors the night before, so the fire was contained to the two back rooms off Animal Hall.
"Thanks to those actions and the very quick response from the Westport Fire Department, the fire did not spread, and the smoke damage was minimal," Earthplace said.
Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center is a natural history museum, nature center and wildlife sanctuary.
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NVIDIA at work on combined CPU with graphics
Who would ever have thought..... In response to AMD/ATI having shown a few signs recently that they're actually working on a combined CPU/GPU processor, NVIDIA appear to be working on a similar tech according to the Inquirer. Most would've found it easy to assume Intel would play a role here, but apparently NVIDIA are preparing to go it alone!
WE MANAGED to confirm that Nvidia has started to develop a CPU.
Charlie wrote about the interesting implications of Nvidia's good fortune in acquiring some folk from Stexar, a company that was known for its X86 marchitectural expertise.
And now we hear that development is underway at Nvidia's just-announced Portland, Oregon, Design Center, where chip folk are beaving away on 45 nanometre designs.


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I decided to use the cover for a couple of months before I stated an opinion. First off the cover fits my 1995 Ford F150 like a glove. It has been through some very heavy rain and wind storms, stayed in place on the truck and repells rain real well. Over all I am very happy with the cover and highly recommend.


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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The New Orleans Saints will soon put the mountains that served as the backdrop to the past three weeks of practices behind them, but the mountains won't be far from their minds.
By all accounts the first phase of training camp, which was held at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, was a success and the Saints are hoping to stick around after their three-year contract expires.
"The setup is outstanding, and the ability to really kind of stay in an enclosed environment," coach Sean Payton said. "I think the people here have been great. I think everything about it — we've starting putting down notes as to maybe changes for next year and it's less than a page. It's not a whole lot."
Payton was pleased with how his team performed in West Virginia, specifically pointing to Tuesday and Wednesday as some of the best practices the team has had.
Wednesday's session included one of the highlights of camp, a goal-line simulation between the offense and defense that brought about some of the more spirited play of camp. The defense appeared to have the upper hand, but the offense was able to punch in a pair of touchdowns.
Overall, Payton said it is too soon to know if the team accomplished what it wanted to accomplish at The Greenbrier.
"We're still making progress," Payton said. "Are we where we want to be right now? It's hard to tell. We want to see improvement going into this game. I thought the last two days were pretty good practices."
Grubbs back
Ben Grubbs returned to action this week and said lower back pain was the reason he was sidelined for 10 practices.
"Everything felt good enough for me to give it a go (at practice Wednesday)," Grubbs said. "I'm not 100 percent (yet), but I'm working toward that and I'm confident I'll get there."
The guard returned to practice this week and took part in some full-team drills Wednesday. Grubbs said he does not know if he will play in Friday's game against the Titans.
Even though he is on a "day-to-day" schedule, Grubbs is beginning to feel some urgency to get back on the field in a full-time capacity.
"I know that each rep is very valuable," Grubbs said. "I know even though I'm a veteran and even though I've played in a lot of games, I think that preparation is the key and I understand that I need to be out there and that's what I'm working toward."
Will he or won't he
Drew Brees is on his way back from a left oblique injury. The quarterback has ramped up his work in recent practices, even taking part in individual drills Wednesday. But he is yet to take part in team activities and Payton is not sure if Brees will play Friday against the Tennessee Titans.
Luke McCown started last week against the St. Louis Rams with Brees sidelined and played most of the first quarter. Ryan Griffin played the next two, with Logan Kilgore handling the fourth quarter.
Beckum in
The Saints filled out their roster by signing tight end Travis Beckum to a one-year deal Wednesday.
A spot on the roster came open when tight end Richard Quinn retired Monday.
Beckum, 27, caught 26 passes for 264 yards with three touchdowns in four seasons with the New York Giants.
The 6-foot-3, 234-pound Beckum suffered a torn ACL in Super Bowl XLVI and has not played since.
Quinn retired Sunday after spending six days in training camp. Payton said that Quinn decided he no longer wanted to play football.
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My husband's business partner passed away last week, heart attack. We are making adjustments.
I'm not going to skirt around the fact that I'm dealing with depression; I'm at a low right now. I haven't been reading so the reviews are slow in coming. I'm not sleeping well and I'm throwing myself into positive coping techniques - garden projects and sewing - with the hope that the sun and elbow grease will lighten the depression and help me fix my sleep schedule, which is all over the place right now.
The heavy lifting in the garden, combined with humidity, sometimes triggers my hemiplegic migraines (learn more about familial hemiplegic migraines). It's slowing me down on my projects too but that's what life is with migraines - constantly working around them. I enjoy being in the garden and I love the feeling of accomplishment that comes when a project is done so I keep at it. I work when I can.
But that's where I'm at right now. My brain just isn't working. Please bear with me.
I'm keeping up with what's happening at Standing Rock (and it's not just Standing Rock, these fucking pipelines are going in everywhere and they ALWAYS leak). There's a saying that passes around pagan circles - that which doesn't change, stagnates, and stagnation is death. It's time to evolve both our technologies and our ways of thinking about Earth-Mama. She's the only one we've got. She - and our children, all our children - should matter more than the handful of individuals profiting from these pipelines.
Saturday, this happened: And then the dogs came...
You can find videos from the water protectors, they are posted all over the net. Morton County Sheriff's Department doesn't seem to comprehend that drones are flying overhead and phone-cameras are recording everything.
Morton County Sheriff's office making false allegations about Native water protectors
The Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, David Archambault, responded:
Chairman Archambault claims pipeline builders provoke protesters
My opinion? The only violence that occurred came from the security team that Morton County Sheriff's Department didn't arrest for assault and battery and animal abuse.
Then, this happened: Hearing ordered after Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reports destruction of Sacred Sites
My heart is with Standing Rock. I just want to send some love out to all the water protectors defending Unci Maka. Thank you for being out there on the frontlines for those of us who can't. You are my heroes. Stay strong!


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|10 Nov 2012
Windows 7 Home premium 64bit SP 1
Win7 will not load driver
LENOVO 6072BKU ThinkCentre M57
System Serial Number: LKRGBVB
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.20 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
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ATAPI DVD C DH48C2S ATA Device [Optical drive]
I'm trying to load a fresh copy of Windows 7 Home Premium on my Lenovo
but during the installation, I keep getting a pop up window telling me "A required CD/DVD drive driver is missing" I went to Lenovo and downloaded "Firmware update for Optiarc DDU-1671S SATA DVD-ROM
I copied this to a flash drive and using the browse feature at the install screen chose this file, but the installer doesn't recognize the file and just keep's saying "No devise drivers were found" ??? Win 7 won't let me continue with the installation untill I can get this driver loaded. er!
Any help would be righteous!
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|10 Nov 2012
Windows 10 Education 64 bit
That Firmware update is not a driver. Updating the firmware on that drive is the equivalent to updating the BIOS on your motherboard. Windows 7 may be looking for the SATA driver for you motherboards SATA controller/port. Switching your SATA to IDE mode in the BIOS may let you get the install done. Then once windows is installed you can try this. AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
That or try installing from a thumb drive.
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Where it happened: Grandmother's home
Langauge: English
Sex: Female
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Category: Straight
I was 18 and 1 month old. My friend (girl), and I wanted to go to the cruise and have a good time looking at the awesome mini-trucks and other cars. But she said, "get some alcohol so we can get buzzed!". So I went into my gramma's kitchen and took their 750ml. (a fifth)..of Canadian Club whiskey and we walked down to the cruise. I remember her asking me while we were getting buzzed if I was a virgin. I told her yes and I jokingly said, "I would fuck you, you know?" and she just smiled. Well, anyway, I got REALLY drunk, and so I don't remember, but my brother said when we got home we went straight into the guest bathroom at my grandmother's home. He said he heard us hitting the "under-sink" cabinet. He knew we were fucking. We then came back into the room which I had to share with my bro. He then said I got up on my top bunk and then I told her (the girl) to suck my dick. She did. I was saying things (which I didn't believe I could say on my first time)..things like, "Suck me, Bitch!…Make me cum! Suck it! Suck it! etc. but anyway, the only way I knew I got laid was because my bro told me that he witnessed it, and she said we did it! I was so drunk I couldn't remember! I told her that the next morning. That next night we (consciously) did it down the next block RIGHT IN THE ALLEY!!! right where anybody could see us! I was so horny that I must've shot my load in like 2 or 3 minutes. Now I love having sex with girls in semi-public places! It's such a turn-on! I was addicted to sex ever since!


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Nissan North America pushes for better Nismo support in US. Fans and Dealers rejoice!
Nissan North America is looking for a bigger role this year as it announced recently it will begin offering better support to its dealer network here in the US.
Nissan officials are working on ways to increase marketing of the Nismo product line, including a Motorsports Boutique inside participating Nissan Dealerships.
Nissan is also working on details for future events around the country so consumers can be hands-on with the Nismo branded vehicles that help develop the racing-inspired parts. Japans' Nismo Performance Parts division produces large sales annually. Sadly, the United States generated only about $3.5 million in 2012 as we experience very limited support or the product line.
"The limited target audience here has consisted mostly of owners of Nissan Zs and GT-Rs, the tuner crowd, video gamers and fans of GT Racing" says Rick Kulach, senior planner for the Motorsports Marketing Communications at Nissan.
But change is coming (and the Peasants rejoice)!
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn gave Nissan Motorsports a new building in Yokohama, Japan last year. He vowed to expand the Nismo Performance business globally, particularly in the United States.
"We will not simply be limited to just floor mats, shift knobs and various trim items" says Mr Ghosn. Our high-end Suspension Kits/Components, Brakes, Exhaust Systems, Head Gaskets and other pieces will be available to help our Dealer Network grow with more parts and installation options
"With the public events we're planning for consumers, our dealers will have some opportunity for incremental sales. But more importantly, they will have the exposure," he says. "Customers will see what's available. Dealers will witness what we're doing to help. And they could actually have one of the race cars displayed at their dealership for a few days before the event to increase awareness."
Keep your eyes peeled. Full Nismo support is planned to come stateside soon! Hope to see some of you out at these Nissan North America and Nismo hosted events.


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UAB Team Wins Second Innovation Award at International Case Competition
For the second year in a row, the winner of Sparkman Center's Global Health Case Competition was also the winner of the Innovation Award at the International Emory Global Health Case Competition. UAB is one of two universities that have participated each year of the Emory competition, and for the last four years UAB has hosted an internal competition to select the team to represent UAB at the Emory competition. This year's team consisted of Theodore Belsches (School of Medicine), Kathryn Van Marter (School of Public Health), Hannah Scott (College Arts and Sciences), Katherine Crawford (School of Business), and Jessica Hartline (School of Health Related Professions).
In this year's case China was the world's economic superpower whose foreign policy goals were to emphasize global health with special emphasis on water and sanitation. With only five days to prepare their response, teams were charged with developing a sanitation strategy to improve global health while maximizing China's returns. The teams presented their strategies to an expert panel of judges who represented institutions including the World Bank, China's Medical Board, and UNICEF.
Other participating schools included Boston University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Georgetown University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México, Johns Hopkins University, National University of Singapore, Northwestern University, Princeton University, State University of New York, Tulane University, University of California at San Francisco, University of Miami, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Toronto, University of Virginia, U.S. Naval Academy, Vanderbilt University, Yale University, and Yeshiva University.


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May 16, 2011 16:48 ET
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 16, 2011) -
Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. ("Liquid Nutrition") today announced the completion of the amalgamation of Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. ("PrivateCo") and Lime Hill Capital Corporation ("Lime Hill") (TSX VENTURE:LHL.P), a capital pool company, to form the amalgamated company named Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. (the "Amalgamation"). The Amalgamation constitutes the Qualifying Transaction of Lime Hill pursuant to Policy 2.4 of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. ("TSX Venture").
At the annual and special meeting of the shareholders of Lime Hill held on May 12, 2011, the shareholders of Lime Hill approved the terms of the Amalgamation and related transactions. PrivateCo has received approval for the Amalgamation from its shareholders.
"We are pleased to conclude the amalgamation with Lime Hill," said Glenn Young, President, Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. "The response to our offering was very positive - we surpassed our objective of raising $5 million in financing. This reception further strengthens our resolve to expand Liquid Nutrition across North America, as there is a hearty appetite for healthy living, functional beverages and supplements."
As a result of this amalgamation, Liquid Nutrition will continue its expansion plans across Canada and the United States with the first phase of its franchised stores expected to open in Toronto and Los Angeles.
The Amalgamation became effective on May 13, 2011, the date the Certificate of Amalgamation was issued in respect of the Amalgamation under the Canada Business Corporations Act. In connection with the Amalgamation, the issued and outstanding convertible debentures of PrivateCo (the "Debentures"), as more particularly described in the press release of the Lime Hill dated February 18, 2011, were automatically converted into units of PrivateCo (the "Units") immediate prior to the Amalgamation on the basis of one Unit for each $0.90 of outstanding principal amount of Debentures and accrued interest thereon. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of PrivateCo ("PrivateCo Share") and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of PrivateCo (each whole warrant, a "PrivateCo Warrant"). An aggregate of 2,936,428 PrivateCo Shares and 1,468,214 PrivateCo Warrants were issued to the holders of the Debentures.
Pursuant to the Amalgamation: (i) each common share of Lime Hill outstanding immediately prior to the Amalgamation was exchanged for one-eighth (1/8) of one fully-paid and non-assessable common share of Liquid Nutrition ("Liquid Nutrition Share") and one sixteenth (1/16) of one common share purchase warrant of Liquid Nutrition ("Liquid Nutrition Warrant") upon receipt of the required documentation from each shareholder; (ii) each PrivateCo Share, including the PrivateCo Shares comprising the Units sold under the Unit Financing described below, was exchanged for one (1) Liquid Nutrition Share; and (iii) each PrivateCo Warrant, including the PrivateCo Warrants comprising the Units sold under the Unit Financing described below, was exchanged for one (1) Liquid Nutrition Warrant. Each of the outstanding stock options and agent's option of PrivateCo and Lime Hill were replaced/continued into replacement securities of Liquid Nutrition with identical terms.
Unit Financing
In connection with the completion of the Amalgamation, PrivateCo completed a private placement (the "Unit Financing") of 2,687,500 Units for total aggregate gross proceeds of $2,687,500.
Avenue Capital Markets CPVC Inc. (the "Agent") acted as agent of the Corporation in connection with the Unit Financing. The Agent and certain other arm's length parties were paid a cash commission equal to 10% of the gross proceeds and were granted agent's options to purchase 268,750 Units at a price of $1.00 per Unit for a period of 36 months from the closing date. The PrivateCo Shares, PrivateCo Warrants and agent's options issued in connection with the Unit Financing were exchanged for securities of Liquid Nutrition as described above.
Liquid Nutrition's Board of Directors is comprised of Greg Chamandy, Glenn Young, Dana Ades-Landy, Arlene Dickinson, Brandon Kou and Darren Stark.
Concurrent with the completion of the Amalgamation, stock options to purchase an aggregate of 2,273,500 Liquid Nutrition Shares with an exercise price of $1.00 per share were granted to the directors, officers and employees of Liquid Nutrition.
The completion of the Amalgamation has received conditional approval of TSX Venture and is subject to its final approval, which Liquid Nutrition expects to receive after completion of the required filings.
Trading in the common shares of Lime Hill was halted at the request of Lime Hill and will remain halted until the Liquid Nutrition Shares are listed. The Liquid Nutrition Shares are expected to commence trading under the symbol "LQD" after TSX Venture issues its final bulletin.
After giving effect to the Amalgamation and the Unit Financing, there are 16,418,053 Liquid Nutrition Shares issued and outstanding (calculated on a non-diluted basis).
About Liquid Nutrition
Liquid Nutrition is an international functional beverage, food, vitamin and supplement store franchisor. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Liquid Nutrition is committed to bringing healthy and delicious eating to communities around the world. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Liquid Nutrition Franchising Corporation, Liquid Nutrition is currently the franchisor of seven stores located in Montreal, with franchise expansion opportunities throughout Canada and the United States, as well as international licenses. For store locations or more information visit www.liquidnutrition.ca.
Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the Information Circular of Lime Hill prepared in connection with the Amalgamation, any information released or received with respect to the Amalgamation may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of Liquid Nutrition should be considered highly speculative.
Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Except as required pursuant to applicable securities legislation, Liquid Nutrition will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect financial results is included in the documents filed from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities by Liquid Nutrition.
This release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities in the United States.
Neither the TSX Venture nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Often straddling a line between journalist and participant, Brown's rise to prominence tracks that of the hacker collective Anonymous, perhaps best remembered for its campaigns against Scientology. Media outlets characterized Brown, not always entirely to his liking, as the spokesman for Anonymous, and it would be his association with hackers that would later put Brown on the FBI's radar.
For his part, Brown believes that itns like Wikileaks and journalists such as Glenn Greenwald.
Brown sat down with Reason TV in the Dallas headquarters of D Magazine, where he now works covering city council meetings, to talk about life in federal prison, the state of the private intelligence industry, what an ever-leakier world means for the future of U.S. politics and culture, and his plans to create a decentralized activism network based on lessons learned from Anonymous meant to shake up media and governmental institutions. was his investigation into several private intelligence contractors following the hack of a firm called HB Gary. Brown and his team discovered in the emails that several of the firms had joined together into a conglomerate called Team Themis, and that one of Team Themis' projects was to develop potential lines of attack against critical organizations.


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I am reading Thich Nhat Hanh's Fragrant Palm Leaves, his memories of a golden time spent in community at Phuong Boi in Vietnam in the 1960's, before war caused him to flee and live forever in exile from the place he so loved.
Day 18
Poetry, memoir,blogs and photographs from my world on the west coast of Canada.
You evoke an atmosphere here both nostalgic and compelling. I'd go there to feel the ghosts and count the roses.ReplyDelete
Oh Sherry, this is sad and so very lovely. xxReplyDelete
This is haunting and so utterly beautiful Sherry :D
Agreed with Susan, my sentiments exactly :D
Was out love, just came home, thanks for stopping by and giving me compliments :)
Lots of love,
it is so tough when you have to flee from the land you love... i'm glad that the memories are strong and soothing..ReplyDelete
Thanks for this one. He is so terrific. K. (Manicddaily)ReplyDelete
War brings sadness and sometimes leaving of our ways. Always sadness, it is so sad the way we treat one another.
The first verse alone, I thought it would be good to show to my ex-roommate and ask him if he is still a Buddhist. He started out studying for priesthood after being a Catholic Alter Boy and then converted to Buddhism.
He was Mrs. Jim's and my best man and only lives about 200 miles away.
So sad that the dreamers have all gone, but at least there are the three blooming roses....ReplyDelete
So lovely, Sherry.ReplyDelete
If we are lucky, we each have a place that abides within memory, that allows us to remember our most treasured moments,
war can neither put out life nor dream...roses will always bloom...beautiful..ReplyDelete
Very vivid imagery for me in this. And so full of interpretation too, if you want to step away from reality's description. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Sherry, in the midst of the worst times, it is so good to be able to light a candle, to remember the roses will still bloom. Nature's way of getting us through the tough stuff, I guess! Thanks for this. Love, AmyReplyDelete
A lovely piece!ReplyDelete
The dreamers have scattered, but they're still living Buddha dreams. I hope. This is a piece worthy of Thich Nhat Hanh. Love him. Haven't read this book.ReplyDelete
Now where would you place this Buddha land, Sherry .......ReplyDelete
To be an exile forever.. what sadness, and what beauty lies in that name plum-bridge.. wonderfulReplyDelete
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alistar as supporter heimerdinger because of his towers and especially for mid
karthus because of slow and damage teemo for map control (heimer as well with turrets) nunu for support and ultimate.....and karthus again for finishers
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HealthMedX announces equity infusion, new CEODecember 14, 2011
HealthMedX announced that it has received a growth equity investment from Spectrum Equity Investors and Trident Capital. They will own a majority interest in the company. As part of the transaction, Pam Pure will become the firm's new CEO. Pure told McKnight's that she has personally experienced the challenges that can accompany moving a loved one through various parts of the health care continuum: her mother and both of her in-laws suffered serious health setbacks within a nine month period. "I felt like I had to become a care manager working off of a Microsoft spreadsheet," she noted. Pure noted that HealthMedx's ability to operate within various health settings helps set it apart -- and has put the firm in a good position to meet the looming demands of accountable care organizations. Vince Estrada, former SVP Business Development and CFO of Visicu, Inc. will also join HealthMedX as Executive Vice President of Business Development and CFO. HealthMedX Co-Founder Charlie Daniels will remain as President and Co-Founder. Dan Cobb will remain as Chief Technology Officer. Co-Founder Jim Atteberry will serve as a strategic advisor, according to the firm.


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Angela Lindvall is an American model, actress, and environmental activist. She is widely known for her work with Victoria's Secret and the Sport's Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
Lindvall was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma on January 14, 1979. She was raised in Lee's Summit, Missouri. She was scouted while doing a local fashion show in Kansas City and subsequently signed with IMG at age 14.
Lindvall has been featured on the covers of almost every fashion magazine, including Elle, Harper's Bazaar, I-D, and Vogue. She has also appeared in advertisements for numerous fashion houses, including Fendi, Christian Dior, Prada, Jimmy Choo, Chloe, and Louis Vuitton. Lindvall is the founder and president of the Collage Foundation. This organization promotes "sustainability and environmentally conscious choices among young people." She is widely known for her environmental activism. The Sustainable Style Foundation twice named her "Best Dressed Environmentalist."
Angela Lindvall was featured in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 200, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2008. She has also appeared in television commercials for the brand. Lindvall has been featured in commercials for H&M and The Gap. She was also the face of Zara and was featured in their 2007 spring/summer campaign.
Lindvall has acted in several films, including CQ (2001), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), and Murder World (2009). She has also had success in television. In 2011, she made an appearance in the series Hawaii Five-0. She was also the host of the Lifetime Television fashion reality series Project Runway: All Stars.
In 2009, Lindvall collaborated with Edun Live and "Yoox.xom" and designed a line of "eco-friendly clothing." All proceeds were donated to Green Cross International.
Angela became the face of John Hardy in Fall 2010 and continued to appear in all of the company's advertising campaigns until Fall 2011. Then, she started her own line in collaboration with John Hardy. The collection, Angela by John Hardy, is inspired by her "travels and interest in ancient cultures."
Her younger sister, Audrey Lindvall, was also a model. The two were very close and appeared together in an advertisement for Ann Taylor. Audrey was killed by a fuel tanker as she was riding her bicycle in her home town, Lee's Summit, Missouri.
In 2001, Lindvall vacationed in the British Virgin Islands. Here she met South African diver William Edwards. The pair had a son, William Dakota, the following year and subsequently married. In 2005, they had a second son named Sebastian. They divorced in June 2006.


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1911 Western Playground Association PCL - Jerry Sheehan
Starting Bid - $500, Sold For - $2,370
Graded VG/EX 50 by SGC. Highest-graded example by SGC. Extremely rare sample card from this unusual Pacific Coast League issue. This card is new to the modern collecting world. It is one of the highlights from a recently discovered 1910-era original-owner card collection. Western Playground cards (2.25 x 3.5 inches) feature stars from the Pacific Coast League. Above the identification of each player reads "Western Playground Association - PC League." The PCL has always been of great interest to card collectors. The 40-card 1911 Western Playground Association set is one of the most distinctive and also one of rarest of all PCL or 1910-era issues. This card and the two others also appearing as their own lots in this auction are the very first Western Playground Association cards we have ever offered. This extremely rare sample card is bright and clean, front and back, with light, even wear on the corners, a barely detectable light crease in the upper right, and very well centered. The "Membership Certificate" reverse is also perfectly clean with bold black print. This is a very attractive example, ideal for the serious PCL or sample-card collector, from one of the rarest of all 1910-era issues. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000+.
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Miyagi isn't a great fighter by any stretch of the imagination but he clearly has more experience than Koshikawa and also has a winning record, a record he would like to extend when he returns to the ring.
Although he has been out of action since March 2013 Miyagi is a generally decent opponent and has only been stopped once in 12 bouts with that stoppage coming to current Japanese Light Welterweight champion Hiroki Okada.
This bout will be scheduled for 6 rounds and we would imagine Koshikawa, a very promising 23 year old from Chiba prefecture, will be too good for Miyagi and make the contest appear like a mismatch.
We'll admit we are excited about Koshikawa who made an impressive debut back in March and hope that he can be fast tracked through the domestic rankings and into a title fight of some type in the next 24 months or so. To do that however he will have to make light work of opponents like Miyagi who really should be put away by fighters with title aspirations. Saying that however Miyagi will be determined to get his career back on track and will not roll over for the touted prospect and should be good enough to make things interesting, at least for a round or two.


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