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The Ten Commandments are more than a list of dos and don'ts posted on the courtroom walls. They are the basis of the laws of civilized communities, and they are the basis of how we follow God. Bible Teacher Ron Moore explains the background for the law in the Old and New Testaments and then delves into the first three of the commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai.


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In the Little Shtetl of Vaysechvoos: The Blind Painter
The citizens of Vaysechvoos were not known for their artistic achievements. But then, among our Jewish people, the precept against the making of images didn't exactly encourage masterpiece painters. Besides, there was not really anything to see around the shtetl that would inspire the aesthetic sense, unless you thought mud and dust to be beautiful! Yet the town did have one artist, Shlomo. Shlomo was unique, for he was blind from birth.
How, you ask, can a blind man paint? In Vaysechvoos, all things are possible.
Shlomo had never seen any color, but he was a precise listener and he knew from others that the sky was blue, grass was green, snow was white, blood was red and so on. And he fashioned notches in his paint containers so that he could select and blend colors. Some of the children, by voicing comparisons, taught him about shades and hues. Shlomo learned to estimate placement on the canvas and moved his brush with self-taught skill.
He would touch the objects he wished to portray, seeing" them with his fingers and measuring them with his hand. Shlomo could draw a bowl of fruit, a chair, even a cow, with astonishing accuracy.
The townspeople were amazed at what the blind man could do, and those who were superstitious believed that Shlomo had been given this gift by the Almighty to compensate for his handicap. He was forever asking questions of the villagers and all were happy to contribute to the blind man's "sight."
"Yes, Shlomo. Yonkel's nose is longer than yours, and broader, too," responded Yetta, the shoemaker's wife, to one of Shlomo's many inquiries. She then let Shlomo know precisely how much longer and how much broader by holding her fingers apart to the proper measurement. After all, those who learned to sew had to know how to use their fingers.
One day, the sage of Vaysechvoos paid a call on Shlomo.
"I would like to ask you to make a drawing of our shul. It occurs to me that should, God forbid, there be a pogrom here in Vaysechvoos, and should, God forbid, our shul be burned to the ground, we would have no way to know how to rebuild it."
Shlomo listened carefully to the sage.
"My dear maggid, I am very honored that you would ask me to do a painting of our shul, but I have never attempted so large an endeavor. I can't span it with my hands. I will need much help from the townspeople in order to accomplish this."
"I've already anticipated your needs," responded the sage. "Zeidel the Tanner, Feivel the Carpenter, and Mendel the Merchant have all agreed to help."
Shlomo consented and began his work the next morning. With his three helpers assembled, Shlomo began:
"Feivel, would you bring your ladder to the shul right now?"
"Zeidel would you bring a notebook?"
"Mendel, I'll need you to lead me to shul."
By midday, the four men were busy at their tasks. Feivel held the ladder on which Shlomo stood. The artist moved his hands around the edifice, feeling the form on all sides.
"Tell me, Zeidel," asked Shlomo, "what does the wood look like on this section?" Zeidel, as best he could, explained the gradations of color and was surprised at how they varied from one plank of wood to the next.
Shlomo then descended from the ladder and did a sketch, noting the information given by Zeidel as well as his own impressions from touching.
He then explained to Mendel how to mix the paints so that he would have the proper colors for the final painting. Mendel, too, was surprised at how a little yellow or white added to the existing paints could make such a difference in the colors.
The rest of the town also took an interest in the project. Different ones would walk by the shul to survey the progress. And since they were already at the house of prayer, the people felt they might as well go inside and daven. As a matter of fact, each day of the several weeks that Shlomo labored, there was always a minyan for worship in the morning, afternoon and evening!
The sage smiled as he watched the shul come alive with worshipers.
Finally, Shlomo was finished with his research." He worked alone at home for one more week and then all was ready. The sage, along with the three helpers, came to the blind man's home to see the final painting.
When Shlomo removed the cloth that draped the canvas, the men gasped.
"This is incredible!" said Feivel.
"A miracle!!" exclaimed Zeidel the Tanner.
Mendel the Merchant just wept, for he could not find words to express his feelings at the sight.
And the sage, he just smiled a knowing smile.
Instead of an architectural sketch with four walls, a root and a doorway, Shlomo had painted the people of Vaysechvoos entering the building for worship. How the blind man could depict with such detail all those who entered the house of prayer is a mystery to this day. Some say that all of Shlomo's research over the years about this one and that one was embedded in his memory. All he did, they say, is recall it all to mind.
But if that was the case, how could he know that Yossel had a rash on his forehead or that Menachem was missing the second button on his coat? Neither had spoken with him before entering or after departing from the shul. And none of Shlomo's helpers had even mentioned that Yossel or Menachem were there. So, it will probably remain a mystery!
Shlomo had done exactly what the wise sage had hoped for. He was truly a great painter, for he had captured a glimpse of the Almighty in his people. As it is written: "The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge" (Psalm 46:7).
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"real scientists who can answer his endless questions"… I've heard lots of variations on that from parents who bring their kids in for marine interpretation sessions!
It's amazing what four and five-year-olds can pick up and retain and how logical some of them are with thinking through how viruses work or, in my area, how pollution/overfishing or other anthropogenic factors affects sea life.
Great article Hazel, thanks for the view into how the MRC engages kids.August 8, 2012
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Thanks Steve! Enjoying following your aquatic adventures too. I once held up a velvet swimming crab to an audience of kids while sitting in a pool in a drysuit wearing a mic, I was talking about how if a crab nips you the best thing to do is put it back in the water, you can guess what happened next. The kids laughed a lot at me screaming with a crab hanging off my finger and I got a real telling off for it going out over the PA system…August 8, 2012


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Hi , everyone .
Welcome to my room .
Have been busy with mundane house work , shopping and all that jazz!
Not much card making so once again sharing a card I had as a kit for my Tuesday ladies ..
Now this was taken outside in bright sunshine which , I think reflected off cream wall back to camera. I have used this image before and I do have a few Male family members who are keen on crosswords so this card will go to my stash .
And the inside of the card was photographed in my room under my desk lamp .
It is almost the same as the front but I only inked the one hedgehog for the sentiment block .
It is a Very Vanilla card base with a matte of Old Olive with a strip of scrap striped dsp .The circles to the side are made up of two different sized circle punches .
The image is from Penny Black , Hedge-word..
Thank you for calling in to see me . Thank you if you left a comment to let me know you have been .And I hope you liked the card .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.
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8 comments:
- Lisa Jane said...
oh i love that image everytime you sue it .. its so cute
Lisa x
- February 17, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- Doreen said...
This is fabulous ,love the image.xxx
- February 17, 2012 at 7:48 PM
- Cheryl said...
oh just adore this image Hun its just so cute,hugs Cherylxxx
- February 17, 2012 at 10:41 PM
- mamapez5 said...
A cute card Shirley Ann. I love the little hedgehogs. Kate x
- February 18, 2012 at 12:13 AM
- Dr Sonia S V said...
Shirley you manage to give some wonderful twists to a card. I love the way the crossword tells the sentiment!
- February 18, 2012 at 1:05 AM
- McCrafty's Cards said...
Fabulous card, I like the image, the hedgies are lovely.
Kevin xx
- February 18, 2012 at 1:17 AM
Love that crossword image, too awesome!
- February 18, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- 1CardCreator said...
This is so cute! Thanks for hosting Make it Monday. ~Diane (I am #23)
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Paige Harrison, 16, a junior at North Hagerstown High School was a teen model in Sagittarius' spring hair-styling show. Paige wore a mottled T-shirt, a trendily ripped pair of jeans, a gold belt and gold slippers to match.
"I like to put together outfits," said Paige. For the hair-styling show, Paige was told to dress in edgy, rock-star-type clothes. She says she trusted Brandon, her stylist at Sagittarius, to fashion her hair in an evocative way.
Paige said she likes to keep up with trends and said her fashion icon is model Gisele Bundchen.
Paige said friends like her outfits. She and her friends favor a preppy-with-a-kick style.
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Hope everyone has had an amazing 2013 and is looking forward to a brand new year of film, game, gadget, and book releases! It's been a big year for us nerds. Here are some of the things I've been most excited about over the past year..
10. Superhero Movie Releases
2013 saw the release of not one, but five superhero related movies from the comic book universe; Iron Man 3, The Wolverine, Kick Ass 2, Thor: The Dark World, and Man of Steel. The latter (being the only one out of the five that wasn't a sequel) was probably the movie I was most excited for. The last time Superman appeared on the big screen was 2006, so Man of Steel had been greatly anticipated by all. Also, the fact that Christopher Nolan (the man who did such a banging job on the Dark Knight movies) was set to produce, made things even better. It was gritty, and dark, just like the Batman movies. I guess I didn't agree with a lot of the destruction – very un-Superman like, but it was still a damn good attempt. Kick Ass 2 was probably my favourite sequel. I'm a big fan of the comics, and when I heard Jim Carrey was playing Colonel Stars and Stripes, I must admit I was a bit sceptical, but he really did an amazing job.
9. The Cornetto Trilogy
I got to see The World's End in July, and I was so damned happy. Shaun of the Dead is probably one of my favourite movies of all time, and Hot Fuzz was a bit of alright, so I knew I was going to love The Worlds End. I'm also a pretty massive Edgar Wright fan (partly due to my Scott Pilgrim obsession) so it was one of my more anticipated movies of 2013. I watched it in true Simon Pegg/Nick Frost style – a mini marathon of all three movies, with a supply of Cornetto's to hand.
8. Benedict Cumberbatch
This guy has been just about everywhere this year. I see his face constantly; plastered all over the internet, on the cinema screens (not that I'm complaining) but I am certain the Americans must be sick of him. And if they're not, well, they need to return him soon, I need my Sherlock fix. He's probably best known for his portrayal of Sherlock in the TV series for BBC, but he's also managed to wriggle his way into a lot of franchises this year. His most notable performance is probably of Khan, from Star Trek: Into the Darkness. I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about the movie as a whole, but no one can doubt how amazing Cumberbatch's portrayal was. He also did he voice over for Smaug in the new Hobbit movie. It was quite delightful.
7. Console Releases
The biggest news this year, in terms of gadgets, was the release of the Xbox one and the PS4. The rivalry between the two mega companies meant that both consoles were released in time for Christmas. I am yet to buy one myself, but I honestly can't wait to get my hands on them, even if it is only to play Dead Rising 3.
6. The Red Wedding
This had to be one of the most intense moments in television history, ever. I've been addicted to the Game of Thrones franchise since I started watching the series. Now I'm also working my way through the George R R Martin novels, and the characters just can't seem to catch a break. The Game of Thrones series has definitely been doing the novels justice. This episode in particular ..I was speechless. I knew it was coming and yet I was still sat there sobbing into my pillow. These guys know exactly what they're doing. Bring on series 4.
5. Batman: Death of the Family
I don't think I've ever read anything so haunting. The Death of the family graphic novel, by Scott Snyder, has got to be one of my new favourites. It's dark, sadistic, full of suspense – everything you want in a Batman story. Not just that, but it brings back so many gruelling Batman memories that you thought you'd left in the back of your head, even if just for a while, for your own sanity. The artwork is inspiring, Jock has done a wonderful job as always. If you get a chance to see the hardcover, you'll know instantly why you will not be able to put this comic down.
4. Doctor Who
Not only did I get to sit through the Day of the Doctor, and reminisce about all the previous Doctor Who's in existence, I got to watch the Christmas special and say so long to Matt Smith, and hello to Peter Capaldi. I must admit, the Christmas special was far from my favourite episode. It both dragged, and was rushed at times, there just didn't seem to be a happy medium. The Day of the Doctor however ..wow! The Return of David Tennant, and Billie Piper. Happyness!
3. The Walking Dead
This season of the Walking Dead saw the return of the Govenor, and I honestly believe that there are few on this planet as evil as he. The Walking Dead writers did this horrible thing where they present you with a seemingly reformed Govenor. He's all lost, and lonely, and sad, and he comes across a family, whom he could easily kill but decides to help. You think, maybe he's changed, maybe he's going to turn over a new leaf. Then you realise that actually, a leopard can't change his spots, and he's still as sadistic as ever, maybe even more so now that he has a taste for revenge. I was impressed with this storyline. The Season started off quite slow, but they redeemed themselves successfully.
2. Pokemon X and Y
Playing Pokemon until ridiculous hours in the morning has got to be one of my favourite past times of 2013. My limited edition Pokemon 3DS has pride of place on my bedside table next to my bed. I played the game through within the first few days of having it, and have now managed to clock almost 150 hours of gameplay. I've battled, and traded. I've even been shiney hunting a few times. My new aim is to catch 'em all. Gotta catch 'em all, Pokemon!
1. Batman vs. Superman
The announcement of a Batman vs Superman movie has definitely got to be one of the best things to come out of 2013. I almost wet myself when I first heard about this. I love Batman far too much, definitely more than I should admit to, and I have a few friends who love Superman, almost to the point where I would sometimes like to revoke their title of friend, because BATMAN WILL WIN!! Now, they argue this point, but we all know Superman's weakness, and we all know Batman carries Kryptonite around with him, just incase.
If the movie announcement wasn't enough, they've also started to release some of the actors who will be donning the superhero capes. Most notably, Ben Affleck as Batman. I've heard more negative feedback than positive, but personally, I'm excited. I love Ben Affleck. Granted, he's been in some pretty awful movies in his time, but he's also been in some fantastic ones, and we've already seen him play a broody Superhero. Daredevil. It wasn't the greatest movie ever, but that wasn't all down to Affleck. Wonder Woman has also been announced. Gal Gadot is due to have a cameo as the Amazonian princess in the upcoming movie. Finally, actors Bryan Cranston, Dwayne Johnston and Denzel Washington have been rumoured to play some sort of role, but as of yet, these are only rumours.


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Multitasking, she had tried to hold Willie her cat, while jumping rope and going down the slide. 'A gross miscalculation', Penelope thought as she jettisoned toward Grandma's garden border.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Illustration Friday: Garden
Posted by van dyke at 6:03 PM
35 comments:
- doodlestreet said...
hahaha! milti-tasking! love that...! I also really like your leap illo that i didn't see last week! very very nice...
- March 7, 2008 at 6:17 PM
- SENTA said...
This is hilarious! And I really love the way you use unique perspective in your work, it makes everything so fun to look at!
- March 8, 2008 at 8:55 AM
- studio lolo said...
That cat is OUTA there! Fun illo!
- March 8, 2008 at 9:08 AM
Wonderful illustration and great commentary as well... very interesting! Great imagination and unique as well!! Robin
- March 8, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Congratulations, I like the colors and the story !
- March 8, 2008 at 12:53 PM
- Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...
- March 8, 2008 at 1:55 PM
- Rrramone said...
The cat has a cool name. ;-)
- March 8, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- Mary said...
Ha ha! I like this a lot, the use of perspective in your work makes it so unique. Thanks for the comment on my work and my 'cannibalistic native monsters'! Wasn't quite the effect I was going for but everyone sees different things! At least you found them attractive!
- March 9, 2008 at 7:26 AM
- HeloisaKinder said...
First time I stop by your blog, and just a 'quickie' to say that your illustrations are awesome. There's a certain 'je ne cest quoi' about them make them special.
- March 9, 2008 at 7:35 AM
- Ellen Byrne said...
I think I know that cat! Fun piece!
- March 9, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Janvangogh said...
Great stories with your illustrations!
- March 9, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- JO said...
OOOh, I can hear Grandma now, Stay out of my flowers! Very funny great compostion.
- March 9, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- Michelle Smith said...
HaHa! What a fun illustration and blog you have. Everything has so much motion and life to it. Nice!
- March 9, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Dot said...
i think the story just makes it! very fun.
- March 9, 2008 at 1:19 PM
- Bee said...
And I thought women could multitask, Grandma isn't going to be pleased! Great piece, nicely composed and a brilliant flying cat!!
- March 9, 2008 at 1:36 PM
What a crack up! The story and the illustration are perfect for this IF. Love the colors, perspective and the action of her flying off the slide! Great job!
- March 9, 2008 at 1:39 PM
- Tiddly Inks said...
I really like the perspective and the description! I can totally picture the gross miscalculation. :D
I missed the Leap illo....very, very funny!
- March 9, 2008 at 5:03 PM
- enigma said...
again with the perspective and point of view: great!
- March 9, 2008 at 7:03 PM
- Michelle Henninger said...
I love the details in your work. The perspective, the composition are right on target. And, it's a really fun illo to boot! Nicely done illo!
Thanks for you comments on my blog. I appreciate the feedback!!
- March 10, 2008 at 3:56 AM
- Eric Shalley said...
I love that you have infused your illustration with humor. The story really adds to the illustration. Nice work.
- March 10, 2008 at 6:45 AM
- anjou said...
These are great pics and stories!! Really lively. :)
- March 10, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- pupu said...
hahaha.. kids you know. They want to try everything! ;) I love your story. :D unique.
- March 10, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- Cindy DiBlasi said...
I love the concepts you come up with for these challenges, they are very witty and humorous! That asterisk one is out there, and I love it!!! I'll be back to visit often. :-)
- March 10, 2008 at 6:50 PM
- mangosteenskin said...
oh van dyke! your illustration is amazing as always!!
- March 10, 2008 at 6:53 PM
- steve said...
Haha, very well depicted!!
- March 10, 2008 at 8:32 PM
- Kevin Levell said...
Lovely stuff! You've got a great blog by the way.
- March 11, 2008 at 4:00 AM
- buep said...
Funny illo!I know that cat too ;)
- March 11, 2008 at 5:02 AM
- Johnne said...
You've got a fun illustration here as well as an interesting story to tag along with it (:
- March 11, 2008 at 5:05 AM
- Gillian said...
This is funny and cute too!
Thanks for your comment on mine.
- March 11, 2008 at 7:05 AM
- Michelle Lana said...
very nice...and a great perspective!
- March 11, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- imwithsully said...
This is so much fun!
- March 11, 2008 at 5:26 PM
- Loni Edwards said...
Haha! Poor Willie! Great technique! I love the humor of it. Your style is very fun and light!
- March 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Cathy said...
Great humour and I love your style!
- March 13, 2008 at 1:21 PM
- travis king said...
nice illustration. very funny! Great perspective.
- March 14, 2008 at 5:18 AM
- egah said...
Nice sketches. I'm still waiting for the photos.
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The dead man was last seen alive on March 2. A few days later, his family reported him missing. A week later, Byrd's body was found in the woods by an officer of the state's wildlife services.
The specter of a hanging black man shocked the state, and it was only hours until the FBI announced it was also looking into the incident.
Others were also worried over the incident. Mississippi NAACP chapter President Derrick Johnson issued a statement demanding that federal authorities "immediately investigate the hanging death of Mr. Otis Byrd."
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TROY — Local students are currently participating in the Young Masters' art exhibit.
The program is a K-12 art exhibit at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center.
The art show has been showcasing Troy students' art for more almost three decades.
The exhibit, which has free admission, is open to the public and will close Sunday. There are more than 400 pieces of artwork on display from Troy City Schools, Troy Christian Schools and St. Patrick School.
The diverse art on display shows art from all grade levels. The show makes it possible to see what the young students, as well as the older students, are capable of creating.
"Having my work displayed tells me that my hard work has paid off and I made a piece of art that is the best that it could be," said Troy High School senior Savannah Harvey, of her pastel parrot drawing at the Hayner.
This show stands out from other art shows because most exhibits limit the subject medium — the material the art can be made from — but this show has no limits. The exhibit showcases the many mediums and concepts addressed to Troy area students in their respective schools.
Some eye-catching pieces from Troy City Schools available for view include a piece by Audrey Brumfield and Sami Francis in Mrs. Cantrell's eighth grade art class — a large 3-D moose made from paper mache and book pages.
"I obliged simply because I knew that if anyone could pull off such a large and complex sculpture, these two talented girls could. I was pleased with the result because they captured a lot of the essential details of a moose — the intricate antlers, the tall shoulders, and the drooping neck," said Troy Junior High School art teacher Laura Cantrel.
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Hi guys. I'm Solar Girl. I'm not your typical superhero and this won't be your typical superhero story. I probably shouldn't tell you guys my real name, so I won't. Then again, I probably also shouldn't be writing blogs about myself. If anybody finds this and figures out who I am, this story could end up a tragedy and not an adventure, like it has been so far. Although sometimes, tragedy and adventure are two sides of the same coin. Sometimes.
But I guess I have to. It's taken me this far in, almost a year since it all really started, to realise that I want to keep track of all this, to remember all of it, when I'm older and want to look back on my golden age. Or hey, maybe I'll lose my memory and need something to remind myself of who I am. Though if my name's not attached, I might not know this even exists at all.
I've already thought about all the pros and cons of writing a blog about myself. Or most of them, at least. I've decided to do this anyway. Because I want to. Because I need to. And because I feel like it.
So. Like I said, I'm a superhero. I've heard lots of other names for who I am, like costumed crimefighter or masked vigilante and sometimes even just "cape". I've always liked supergirl myself, but I know that's already taken.
I've been a superhero for about seven or eight months, even though everything started almost a year ago to the day of my writing this. That's another reason I decided to start now; on the anniversary of the event that changed my life forever. Not to sound too melodramatic or anything. It did, though. Nothing was the same after that.
I operate out of Spotlight City, which most of you have probably never heard of. It doesn't really go many places so it's not really famous for anything. It's never been the subject of a disaster movie or terrorist attack and no one famous has ever come from here, with the possible exception of the All-Star Corps. Some of you may have heard of them, but most of you probably haven't. I don't think any of them actually came from Spotlight City anyway. But in the modern time, in the age of the internet and whatever else, I'm the first superhero here since the early 90s.
Spotlight City is what you would call unique, in this day. It has a kind of nostalgic charm to it, and walking down its streets are like walking into a comic book from the 50s. Before they got as realistic as they could and before the girls in it all started dressing like strippers. I like those comics and I'm glad to live in a city that reminds me of them.
I've always loved comics. I remember the first time I read one. I'd found it in my dad's collection, an old Supergirl comic from the 60s. I've been addicted ever since.
You could pretty much say I geeked right through the roof when I first found it in the forest. The crystal, not the comic or my father's collection. And the first time I put the outfit on? It was like discovering Santa Claus really exists. Except for me, it was more like discovering the world of comics really existed. Because that's exactly what it was.
I mean, I know the All-Star Corps existed back in the 80s and all, but none of them actually had powers. And suddenly here I am, with actual freaking superpowers and an outfit and everything. I practically died.
There were two problems that sort of rained on my parade at the time. The first was how I was actually going to go about this superhero business, taking in criminals and proving they were criminals. The second was the recent death of my mom and dad.
I said this wasn't a typical superhero story, but every good superhero's origin has to involve the death of your parents. Batman's parents were killed in front of him. Green Lantern's dad died when he was a kid. Superman never even knew his parents.
Me, I knew them my whole life. My dad was a model agent and my mom was a fashion photographer. My dad found some of the most beautiful women in the world and my mom took some of the most beautiful pictures of them.
I wasn't there when they were killed. I was at my best friend's penthouse for a week-long sleepover, while they were gone I didn't like being on my own when my parents were out. It was always so creepy there all alone. Not that I couldn't be alone, I can take care of myself, even then. But I didn't like it. I still don't like being alone. Especially now.
I first heard about the fire on the news. There was a breaking news report that cut straight through the Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials local broadcast on CBS, a year ago today. When they said the address, I knew. I knew right then and there that nothing would ever be the same for me.
It wasn't until several days later that I found out for sure what had happened. Those days were some of the worst of my life. The not knowing was what got to me. I tried going by the site of the fire and by the fire station and police station and whatever else, but they were so packed with other people trying to find out about their families who were there at the time.
My parents had been to a kind of convention, and I guess something just went wrong. I never found out what caused the fire. But it wasn't until the 14th that I found out for sure that they had died.
The one who told me was a redheaded older guy, a police officer I've since made friends with as Solar Girl. He's the commissioner now. That day, though, I think I hated him more than anything else, but only because he's the one who told me my parents had died. He's the one who made it real.
Up to that point, up to that loud knock on the morning of the 14th, it had all been just a maybe. Just a sick sort of what if in my mind.
He'd knocked very loudly that morning, and it woke me up. The first thing I thought was that maybe my parents had come by to pick me up, at last. Maybe they weren't dead after all. But by the time I reached the entry hall and overheard his gruff voice asking my friend's mom for me, I knew I was wrong.
I will remember the heartbreak in her face until the day I die.
I would've asked her what was wrong if I didn't already know.
I got to the door and he asked me if I was the girl he was looking for. Then he told me my parents were dead. He didn't say it like that. No, he said it in some way that was supposed to be kind and gentle, but there's no particularly gentle way to let someone's daughter know they'd never see their parents again, is there?
Hearing that sort of thing for the first time, especially from a total stranger, can make you feel all kinds of things. For me, most of what I felt was hatred. I'd spent days not wanting the images in my mind to be true. I wanted more than I'd ever wanted anything to know that my parents had not burned to death, and I hadn't even been there to say goodbye. I wanted him to step aside into the hallway and see my parents there behind him, feel them run up to me and hug me and say it was all a bad joke. I wanted it more than anything.
But there he was, and he had suddenly made it very, very real.
Most of what happened after that is a blur. I don't really care about the couple months after that. Most of it was me crying and hugging my best friend. I love her for being with me then. I don't think I could've gotten through it without her.
I moved in with her, after the bank reclaimed my old penthouse because I couldn't pay and didn't want to live there without my parents. And I probably couldn't take care of myself with all the crying I was doing. So my friend and her family took me in. You guys may now know her as Moonshine.
I've sort of lived there ever since. Moonshine and I moved to a place I won't mention soon after we took up the whole superhero thing. I have some of my old stuff, but I didn't take all of it. Most of it reminded me too much of my parents to want to keep around. I took my father's comic book collection. I had to. I couldn't live without it. And I took my mother's pictures. I ended up putting them up all over my new room. I loved them. I still love them. They make it feel almost like it never happened, unlike most of the rest of the stuff in that old penthouse.
I eventually got better. Well, not really. I stopped crying on the outside and replaced it with false smiles and too many repetitions of "Yeah, I'm doing fine, you know, moving on" to keep track of. I was never fine. How could I be?
But I didn't want to hurt my friend anymore. I knew how much I was breaking her heart by having my own heart broken, so I stopped showing it. For both of our sakes. But it's never stopped hurting. I doubt it ever will.
Something did help, though. That something came about a month after I moved in with Moonshine. She wasn't Moonshine then, and I wasn't a superhero. But after I found that crystal and that outfit in the forest, I sure was. It didn't take me very long to figure out what exactly it all meant, which was that I could be a superhero.
For the first few months of training, I thought I was delusional. I thought I had been too heartbroken to keep living in reality and had dropped into some fantasy world where I could be the superhero I'd always wanted to be. Sometimes, I still think I'm crazy. You probably will too. You'll probably pass this off as the idealistic fantasy of an optimistic daydreamer.
Sometimes, I wish I was making it all up.
Over the rest of 2011, I had quite the adventure. I even got a sidekick.
I thought 2012 was going to be a lot of things. The end of the world. The start of a new one. But I never thought I would be a superhero by then, and especially not with real superpowers. But when that new year rolled around and I was still a superhero, I knew it was going to be a long-term thing.
Today was a sad day for me. But I hope the rest of the days this year have as much adventure in them as most of 2011's had. I think that would be really awesome.


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I think pretty much all subjects you do at school can be made both really interesting or really boring! It really depends on the person doing the teaching and how interested they seem to be. Someone genuinely passionate about science will tend to have the same effect on people they teach.
If you're dealing with difficult subjects then I find it always helps to put things in another way that is easier to understand. Eg if I'm trying to explain how the electrons fill up the shells in an atom I use my Match Attax football trading card analogy! Ask if you want to know more about that!
It's also important to keep it practical by doing lots of demonstrations, preferably noisy ones – and science is great for making loud bangs!
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Hi Racheal – Great question! I think this is important for both scientists and teachers alike!
Personally I think the best way to inspire people to want to become involved in science is to get them practically involved! I think learning facts is very important, but this can also be quite boring if it is very two dimensional. When I was at school the theories and fact I remembered best where the ones I got to test myself, through designing my own experiment, collecting data and analyzing it.
I think positive and realistic demonstration, and putting things into the context of real life scenarios is really important. That way it is much more engaging! It's one thing being told the laws of gravity, it's another being able to test it yourself.
I also think it is important to be able to talk to real scientist, events like this one are really great for that. Other ways this can be done is through enabling students to visit real science labs and do some of the science themselves! This is the sort of project I would like to set up with the prize money were I to win.
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Well, technically Christmastime has come and gone. But we sure did have a good one!
Remi's first Christmas was great. The only thing that could have made it better was if Tyler didn't have to work…but we managed to spend lots of time with him.
The funniest gift was the horse hat that Gigi bought her.
Complete with a mane.
I mean, how funny is this horse-baby?
Remi spent the gift time in the floor in the middle of us admiring the pretty paper.
We made our big Christmas breakfast for dinner since Tyler worked that morning. Monkey bread, hashbrown casserole, egg casserole, sausage balls and waffles. YUM to the max!
After church and lunch, we all snuggled down for a long winter's nap. Snuggly couch naps are my fave.
We met Tyler in town at one of three places open to eat for lunch. It was a blessing to meet up with him for Christmas lunch, even though it was pretty different from normal.
Remi did SO good at church. No fussing at all. And she looked adorable in her Christmas dress!
The night before, we went to Christmas Eve candlelight service. So great to have the whole family there.
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Then Jesus told them this parable: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." (Luke 15:3-10, NIV)
This week, as I was leaving my early morning self-torture session one day, I overheard Patrick at the front desk say something along the lines of "Good, I'm glad you found it." It turned out that another member of the club had lost something of value and thought it might be there. It turned up at the member's house, so all was well in the end and the caller had just wanted to share the news. I mulled this over with Patrick for a while and took his prompting to turn it into a Crooked Path entry.
What do you value among your possessions that, if it you suddenly discovered it was gone, you would launch an all-out search for it? This week's entry goes back a few verses from the one last week, and looks at the first two of the three parables Jesus told that are recorded in Luke 15. The point is to ask what do you treasure most, what do you consider of extreme value?
In addition to the three examples in Luke 15, I can easily think of at least four more related stories or encounters where Jesus asked the same question. The parables of the plot of land with the buried treasure, the merchant who found the perfect pearl, and even the farmer who was ready to tear down his barns to house his bumper crop. I'm also drawn to the encounter Jesus had with the rich young ruler, where the Lord asked him to give up everything – and the man went away sighing and shaking his head because he just couldn't part with what he had accumulated. All of these point back to the question, "what do you value the most?"
So now I ask myself the same question. And that leads to a series of sub-questions (I'm feeling a bit like an attorney facing myself). What do I value so much that I'd rip my house apart looking for it should it turn up lost? Am I so focused on "things" that I can't see the obvious answers God provides to all these parables and stories? As I'm sitting here in the warmth and comfort of my house, do I not weep for the people of the world who are lost and dying? Go back to the Luke 15 passage and read all three of the joyous responses from the shepherd, the woman, and the father … "That which was lost (dead) is now found (alive)!" And in the pure joy only that type of response can muster, a great celebration breaks out.
As I travel the Crooked Path, I have a tendency to pick up things along the way and put them into my baggage. If I am not careful (and too often I am not), this makes my baggage heavy and the walk becomes difficult. And should I lose or misplace something that I deem to be valuable, I get grumpy and let everyone around me know it. My problem would seem to be that I don't have a good sense of the value as God sees it.
God wants me to pick up other people along my travel … and then bring them along. We are called to call others in a reflection of the love our Father has bestowed on us. If we can begin to fulfill that call, perhaps we can hear the party breaking out in Heaven every time someone of true "value" comes back to God. That's a far greater "found" to balance out anything material I might have "lost".
- A simple question: what do you value enough to search for when it is lost?
- Have you ever experienced the joy reflected in these stories? Do you know the extent of the worth God places on you and those around you?
- Do you have the tendencies of the rich young ruler? Do you find it hard to give up what you have and change your system of value?
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Today I met a lovely Brazilian grandmother at our spectacular local swimming hole. She shared with me she was visiting Byron Bay to do an Ayurvedic Course. It turns out she had been very ill and turned to diet to heal herself and had found Ayurveda enormously helpful in her healing journey. She is now vibrantly healthy once more and is teaching Ayurvedic Cooking.
I've met several people over the past few months who have tapped into their own intuition, wisdom and healing powers and transformed their lives through following their own unique healing pathway. The transformations have not been small, they have been cases of healing from burnout to healing from cancer. Big journeys. These healing journeys have one thing in common, they've empowered the (mainly) women to find their purpose, unique gifts and themselves, in the process.
Talking to this charming grandmother, it struck me how every day more and more people are taking charge of their own health. People are becoming empowered and self responsible for their health and wellbeing, and finding their own solutions instead of following "experts." They are returning home to themselves, to their own innate wisdom and knowing that is the pathway to healing themselves. As a yoga and meditation teacher, I am always teaching people to connect with themselves, to connect with their true nature, their Divine essential nature, their Source. When we do this, we find that all the answers we need are within us. This is not some trite statement, in fact it is a deep truth. We know what is best for us, we just need to earn to trust ourselves, trust our guidance and our inner wisdom.
Sometimes this is a bit of process, a practice, to commit to this daily connection with ourselves and our Source. But by learning to be in tune with your own body, your thoughts and feelings, you open up an enormous source of power and clarity in your life. You are able to know what is best for you and increase your personal power and strength as you gain confidence and see results in following your guidance. Also you increase your happiness, as you are nourishing your essential nature.
Many years ago, I used Angel Cards and Tarot to help me get clear on what I needed in my life, what decisions I needed to make etc. It was amazing how accurate the cards were and how many repeat cards I would get until I had truly understood the message the cards were giving me. I found after some years of regular practice with cards and other divination tools, the guidance started to become more internal. In meditation, or quiet times, I would hear and know the answers to my questions. Also through writing down my questions, I would get answers. Now the problem for me was, trusting what I was getting and then following it! I spent many years ignoring my guidance, going round in circles and not trusting myself. Also, I could easily lose this clarity and connection if I didn't keep up my centring practices (yoga, dance and meditation) and work daily through any residual emotions. I would find myself in a place of confusion quite easily without this support. As I opened up to higher energies, I also opened up to more of my baggage that needing looking at. Despite having spent years and years of spiritual practices and workshops/studies on healing myself, there is always, always more!!! I also discovered that this confusion often came from being too open to other people's energies and I would need to clear my energy daily by going into nature or cutting ties and cleansing with visualizations, so that I could stay with my own centre. I needed to do a lot of work around boundaries and really look at the way I waste my energy. This is an ongoing journey for me. Being adopted amplifies both the lack of self trust, the openness to other people's energies and the boundary issues, as well as emotional baggage.
Practices, especially journaling and meditation, are enormously helpful in leading you to clarity about your own healing pathway. The next step is to trust and take action. And to remember that it is a journey. Be kind to yourself, you are here to learn and grow, that is all!
You have a unique contribution to make on this planet. You are a vital piece in this enormous global puzzle. Your healing gift is necessary for the whole to flourish, and will come out of your own life journey and challenges. It is unique to your journey , your karma and personality. Finding this gift is the most amazing journey you will ever take, it will heal you and bring you great joy.
- Create some sacred space and quiet time to consider these questions:
- What holds me back the most in my life? (Eg. Health, self belief, sabotage, finances, family, relationship….)
- What wounding in me has created this obstacle that is holding me back?
- How can I heal this wounding? What action do I need to take?


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However, cataract surgery is considered safe and common, with over a million surgeries done in the United States each year. The procedure is an outpatient surgery and should restore vision quite quickly. Once you have surgery to correct cataracts, you may have to visit your eye doctor more frequently to get exams and make sure your eyes are healthy. The surgery has few risks.
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Easter is here soon and these raw hot cross buns make a great Easter treat! And so is my 30th birthday, yikes! I'm having a little age crisis, but at the same time I feel so grateful and happy for what I have achieved in the past year. Sometime you just have to stop and look back to realize how far you have gone. I can say I am the healthiest, happiest and fittest I have ever been in my life. Not skinniest, but I am strong! I am training for the Spartan Beast obstacle race held in May. My raw food business has boomed in the past few months, and that is something that makes me so happy. I have found my passion and I love sharing it with people.
But back to Easter! I thought I'd share one very traditional Aussie Easter treat with you. Hot cross buns that is. But raw vegan version of them of course. I'm not going to lie, these raw hot cross buns won't taste like real hot cross buns. You just can't imitate that baked dough texture in raw baking. But these are amazing little buns of spicy and sweet. And you won't feel bloated and gross after these!
1 cup almonds
1 cup coconut flour
1/2 cup pecans
1 cup dates
1 cup raisins
2 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
1-2 tsp masala spice mix*
zest of lemon
juice of 1/2 lemon
water if needed
Cross Frosting
1 cup cashews
2 tbsp coconut oil
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp maple syrup
coconut milk as needed
- Place almonds into a food processor and run until you get almond meal. Add rest of the bun ingredients (except raisins) and run until sticky dough is formed. Taste and add more spice if needed.
- Add raisins and pulse till the raisins are blended into the dough mixture. Make balls from the dough and flatten them a bit. You can make them square shaped to look like hot cross buns.
- Place all the frosting ingredients into a food processor and run until smooth. You probably need to add liquid, but you don't want the frosting to be too runny. Use a piping bag to decorate the buns and pop them in the fridge to set. You will have some frosting left after this, freeze it for later use, use it for other baking or make more hot cross buns!
*You can find Garam Masala spice mix from ethnic stores. You can also just mix your own, using nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, cardamon and cloves.


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To few minutes of the Fonte, it can experience pleasant sensations in sinfín of coves (some in rewarding stroll from the house, like the one of Portizuelo, frequented long ago by the Nobel prize D. Severe Ochoa) and impressive cliffs; paradisíacas and almost desert beaches even in summer (Natural Reserve Beach of Barayo); to which there is to add numerous colorful towns (Cadavedo, Brieves, Fertile valley Port,…).
To few kilometers, mountains, forests, valleys and rivers, that with their villages, conform impassible natural places to the passage of time, in which they conjugate history (castros celtas, Roman gold mines,…), culture (Vaqueiros de Alzada, ethnography in Taramundi-Oscos,…), traditions (Museum of the Forest, religious fervor of the people of the sea, showed in Easter, "saleo" of the Virgin, floral carpets of the Corpus, etc.,), Indiana architecture (present in most of the coastal towns) and popular (river basin of river ESVA and the Navia river,…), gastronomy, etc., in perfect comunión; to which one is added varied supply of activities of active tourism. For complete days, the fan of the possibilities is opened completely, with as suggestive destinies as the Natural Reserve Laughs of the Eo, the Natural Park of Somiedo, Integral the Natural Reserve of Muniellos (it mentions previous), the Protected Landscape of the Mountain ranges of Carondio and Valledor, or anyone of numerous Natural Monuments in form of millenarian trees, sickles or throats, cascades, etc.
They can count on all the information and advising (also in English) that the hosts will facilitate to them so that their time of leisure is totally beneficial. In this sense, our Guests have a service of excursions and visits guided in our vehicle monovolume of 7 seats + 1 conductor-guide, to any place of mentioned and/or the any other that can interest to them. With this vehicle also the transfer of Guests is made from/to the airport, station of train or bus.
We have a simple library where it will find a good sample of documentation and "native" bibliography, in addition to diverse entertainment and dinner services.
They have to its disposition bicycles, patinetes, table of ping-pong, petanca, traditional games like "the frog", games of field and toys several.
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Also, it is a crossing site of the Way of Santiago. The oldest route of jacobea peregrination, the Route of the Coast, winds by all coast between the Deva river, to the east and the Eo river, to the West. This long-haul approaches and it moves away successively of the sea and it is linking in his to run sand beaches fine, ample estuaries and rivers, small water streams I am transparent and evocative names, coastal mountain ranges from which the practical totality of the marine villas of Asturias is enjoyed splendid panoramic views and, where history and the art combine with folclore and the varied gastronomy. Villas in which the track of the jacobeo follows in the houses and chapels of its old hospitals still indelible for travelling, in the invocations and local images of its churches and chapels and in the traditions and celebrations.
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Viet Nam now has about 9000 traditional markets. Of those, Ha Noi has more than 410 markets and HCM City has more than 240 markets.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, from now to 2020, Ha Noi will build 946 supermarkets, 35 trading plazas and 45 shopping centres. HCM City will gain another 77 supermarkets, nearly 100 trading plazas, and 360 shops by 2015.
Following a plan of the Ha Noi Department of Industry and Trade, from now to 2020, the city will turn the markets in the city's inner region as well as large-scale markets which are more than 10,000sq.m into modern central markets. The city will also build some wholesale markets for agricultural products at the regional level.
The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade will also upgrade its trade system from now to 2015. The city should have 248 markets, of which five will be newly developed.
Failed to take off: Hang Da supermarket takes the name of a former street market in the same location. Unfortunately, traders and customers have stayed away in droves. VNS Photo Doan Tung
Lee Mun-sook arrived to work in Viet Nam for a non-governmental organisation two years ago. But she plans to extend her work in the country because she found many interesting things here – particularly the traditional street markets.
"The open air markets are cheaper than supermarkets, because you can bargain. Even more importantly, the produce is much fresher. And there is a wider selection of goods available at a coc market," says Lee. (A coc is a toad. The temporary markets are always ready to move quickly, like a leaping toad).
She adds that the coc market near her house opens very early in the morning – at five o'clock, compared with the supermarket, which doesn't open until 8 or 8:30 – so she can buy what she needs before going to work.
But she admits that although coc markets are convenient for shoppers, they also cause pollution and traffic jams.
Like Lee, Hoang Hoa, a government employee from Cau Giay District, says shopping at a street market is more personal than at a supermarket, and she has developed a close relationship with the sellers who travel there from Ha Noi's surrounding areas to sell fresh organic vegetables.
"I have a verbal agreement with a seller in Son Tay (some 30km from my home) to supply us with pork, chickens and eggs that the producer raised on local rice and maize instead of food imported from China," says Hoa, adding that although the price is a bit higher – a kilogram of chicken is VND130,000 compared with 115,000 in other street markets – it is still much lower than the VND190,000-230,000 per kg that a supermarket charges.
"All the goods are safe, tasty and delicious. We are not afraid of food poisoning any longer."
Seller Nguyen Thi Huong says her produce sells very well at a coc market in Cau Giay because almost all of her buyers have been her acquaintances for years.
"I often invite my buyers to my home to see how we grow our organic vegetables," says Huong.
Meanwhile, housewife Trinh Thi Phuong says she often buys seafood from a seller named Luong Thi Tuyen at her coc market in Ha Noi's Quynh Mai Ward.
Tuyen's seafood is fresh and affordable. "I have bought her goods for years." says Phuong, adding that thanks to the street market near her house, she has to spend less time shopping because she doesn't have to travel far or deal with the hassle of parking her motorbike.
"Apart from the added convenience, I typically save VND20,000-50,000 per day compared with going to the supermarket," Phuong says.
Outdoor markets aren't only for food. Streets like Lang Ha and Xuan Thuy, near a number of universities and colleges, are crowded with book sellers.
Ha Noi University student Dang Vu Hung says he and his friends often buy books on the pavement, both because they are affordable and because it is easy to look through the books.
"In the past, I had to spend half a day to go to a store in Trang Tien Street to find a book, and I would pay a higher price," Hung says.
Duc Huy, a retired man in Hang Bac Street, says he likes to peruse the literature on the pavement because there are books on every topic, from cooking to astrology.
"I recently found a rare book for my collection. I'm very happy," Huy says, although he admits the pavement booksellers take up pedestrian space.
Phan Tuan Anh, a policeman who works at a Lang Ha intersection, says despite city authorities' push to clamp down on pavement book sellers, they continue to ply their trade on many streets, particularly at night, to meet increasing demand.
Dennis Ryan from Australia says Ha Noi is a big market in which temporary markets and vendors sell everything from foods and bonsais to electronics and wooden items.
Ha Noi has been trying to stamp out temporary markets and street vendors since 2007 but to little avail, says Nguyen Thi Ha, who is in charge of market management from the Ha Noi People's Committee.
"The city has built several modern markets downtown to reduce traffic congestion and pollution as authorities in other ASEAN countries have done, but closing traditional small scale markets is not easy," Ha says.
Despite the urbanisation process and competition from "modern market" models, traditional markets are still an important distribution channel, serving 45-50 per cent of people's purchasing needs.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has advised the Government to improve the effectiveness of traditional markets by offering a variety of investment incentives with a focus on markets in rural and mountain areas.
The Ministry has recently worked with the departments of Industry and Trade, the Association of Vietnamese Retailers and experts to discuss how to manage traditional markets in cities.
Many participants at the workshop "Organisational and management model for traditional markets in Viet Nam urban areas" which was held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade last June said the tendency to replace traditional markets in urban areas with supermarkets and trading centres had caused many complaints.
According to the ministry's Domestic Market Department, the country now has more than 8,500 traditional markets, 600 supermarkets, and 102 commercial centres and stores.
Ha Noi has 411 markets, including three wholesale markets. On average, every district or town has 14 markets, each serving approximately 15,200 people.
According to Cong Thuong (Industry and Trade) newspaper, vegetables, fruits, and products distributed in the trading centres and supermarkets serve less than five per cent of total demand, while the traditional markets supply 45-50 per cent and the rest is provided by temporary markets and peddlers.
The traditional markets have significantly contributed to the continuous development of domestic trade, particularly in 2011, when growth was 24.3 per cent and earned US$99 billion. Even faced with fierce competition from the modern retail model, traditional markets are still developing.
According to Dr Hoang Tho Xuan from the Commerce Research Institute, traditional markets are a fundamental part of Vietnamese culture.
"Goods in the market have the advantage of being fresh and plentiful. They are also cheap because they are transported directly from rural areas. "These markets are places to exchange various commodities and distribute agro-products and fresh food, so they are especially important for the common people. As indicated in surveys by relevant agencies, foreign visitors and many international organisations also appreciate the traditional culture of the Vietnamese markets," he says.
Dr Stephanie Geertman, from Canada's HealthBridge, says if traditional markets in urban areas are upgraded to become trading centres, supermarkets and convenience stores, they will lose their deep-rooted economic, cultural, and social value.
"An interesting fact is that the urban supermarkets have to keep the name of the former markets such as Hang Da, Cua Nam, Mo and Buoi," she says.
Nguyen Van Dong, deputy director of the Ha Noi Department of Industry and Trade, says authorities should review the process of transforming traditional markets into supermarkets and trading centres.
"The cost to rent kiosks has increased, raising prices and causing difficulties for traders. Moreover, due to buyers' reluctance to abandon traditional habits, these luxury modern markets and trading plazas have not attracted many customers, thus wasting our investment," he says.
Dr Xuan says the supermarket model should not be applied to traditional markets.
"We should not let modern markets take over large cities. They have beautiful architecture, but they can't match the convenience of traditional markets." — VNS


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I can't fool myself into believing in god anymore, now I'm too depressed I wanna die.
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(02-11-2014 09:39 PM)Stark Raving Wrote:(02-11-2014 09:32 PM)WhatWasIThinking Wrote: True...everyone wants or needs a lil control huh,..lol
Could be....scary somewhat yes, but theres also a sense of relief mixed in me today, But I dont wanna take away from the OP's thread, and I hope he is feeling better
My Karma ran over your Dogma
- I have no clue who said it...I just think its funny
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RE: I can't fool myself into believing in god anymore, now I'm too depressed I wanna die.
(23-10-2014 12:14 PM)Bishoy.Adel Wrote: I was a christian till 15, a friend was slapped on the face for being a christian so I left Christianity because what's the point in praying to a god that won't protect his "children"... after 3 years I returned to the church, and after a year and a half I started reading about science, and I saw that the logic was with the big bang and evolution not a god that created the world in 6 days and created a man from the dust and a woman from his rib, since then I'm an atheist, I'm now 21 years old, and I would want to believe in a protector but I can't believe in a weak god, I can't believe in a god that lets a kid be slapped for believing in him because this god promised that he will be with us till the end of times, I can't believe in a god that doesn't fulfill his promises, but this isn't the problem.
First let me start off by saying Welcome...Welcome to the beginning of a whole new view on life and a fascination of discovering how it all really happened. Welcome to having your questions answered with a logical and fair answer, but most of all welcome to the closest thing to enlightenment that any human being will ever feel.
With this of course comes a price...there are those in the world who are open to reason like us but sadly the majority of the world is still living the fantasy and many of them will DO ANYTHING to protect that fantasy. This includes family, friends, lovers, strangers...it can all be too much at first but trust me when I say that you want to pay real close attention to how the closest people to you react. You will truly see which of them are truly family ...and those who are not.
A fearful thought, of course! But in all honesty I would prefer to live free rather then a prisoner...You are not alone my friend and your life is not over...on the contrary it has only just begun and that purpose you once found in religion you will find a true purpose and true meaning and your place in our universe.
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RE: I can't fool myself into believing in god anymore, now I'm too depressed I wanna die.
I really can't say how grateful I am to everyone of you guys, you are great, I'm sorry I couldn't reply to each one of you but my college started and I don't have time to shave let alone replying to posts in forums anyway, I want to say that every single day my disbelief in god grows, according to logical and moral reasons, yet I can't get out of the problem of missing religion/ritual/praise songs, I miss those, and I listen to them until now, and you know the idea of death still annoys me (not life after death) but death itself, that I may die in a minute and don't have the chance to try all the things I wanted. I can't get these ideas out of my mind, other than that I feel so liberated by my new-found atheism... I really want to leave my problems alone and start helping others, just wish me luck, and I want to say again that I thank everyone of you personally because you guys are awesome and very supportive
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My Youtube channel if anyone is interested.
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can't accept that there is no god
(23-10-2014 12:14 PM)Bishoy.Adel Wrote: please help me to accept the fact that there's no god, and please everybody, don't be mean to me for posting this question.There is no god .....now all you have to do is accept it. No one can help you do that, you just do it. Did you feel like this when you found out there was no Santa Clause?
I was a brainwashed Christian for over 60 years before becoming an Atheist. It was a process that took almost 5 years.
In a couple months I will be 75 and could die at any moment....but, I have one son, 2 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. And I am very proud to say that they all are Atheists (well the 1yo probably isn't..yet...lol) ....and will carry that on long after I am gone. That is a great purpose for my life and I am very happy that they are heading toward this world with eyes and minds wide open !!!!
Please remember the Native American Indians
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RE: I can't fool myself into believing in god anymore, now I'm too depressed I wanna die.
So, You ShadowFox with the video you shared was about to make me cry I really think suicide is not the solution and it gets better but the problem is you don't know when it does get better, I mean will I be the person I want to be after a month or a year, or 10 years or never?! that's a question I ask myself everyday, as I said before I don't want to commit suicide but during some black period of my life I thought there was no other way, and you know what that video really inspired me to the point that I deleted a depressing comment I wrote today on Facebook to a friend and changed it to a more optimistic one, thanks a lot
Justauntb: you go I mean in order to raise an atheist family you must've suffered a lot to face society but you made it, you ask me did I feel the same thing when I found out there was no Santa Clause, well here they don't put emphasis on Santa the same way on god, in fact they told us the real story of Santa that he was a saint called Nicholas or something and he went around giving poor kids gifts so that leaves us here with only god to be shocked about his non-existence when we get older and wiser... I really think I lost most of the superstitions but there's a lot of work yet to be done, thanks a lot for the inspiration
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