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Oil well - remains. Kuwait. Taken by Mohammad Alkhamis
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Oil well - remains. Kuwait. Taken by Mohammad Alkhamis
Interesting, and somehow beautiful.
Angle, perspective, colors... really really interesting shot!
Javier Echaiz
Very good perspective. Beautiful....I don't think so. Tragic.
Fantastic image, like a Dali paint.
Well seen, good composition!
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I've probably written this before, but, for me, one of the biggest differences between films of the 1950s, '60s and '70s and the past couple decades of often disappointing movies is the lack of familiar faces, who were also pitch-perfect actors, in supporting roles. It bears repeating following the death of one of the best character actors America cinema has ever produced, Eli Wallach.
Starting in the 1950s and continuing, for some, into the 1990s, movies regularly featured such indispensable performers as Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Thelma Ritter, Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Arthur Hiller, Robert Webber, Richard Jordan, David Clennon, Charles Durning, Rip Torn, M. Emmet Walsh, Denholm Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Wilford Brimley and (I have to stop somewhere) William Devane (currently the president on the TV show "24"). Though some of these actors were occasionally leads, they spent most of their film and TV careers supporting the stars and made going to the movies a more enjoyable experience; enlivening even mediocre films,
Wallach, who died last week at age 98—his last film appearance was in 2010's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"—didn't work in as many top flight pictures as many of those mentioned above, favoring instead TV and the stage. But more often than not he portrayed a smarter-than-he looked but rough-around-the-edges antagonist who savored giving the good guy a hard time.
I was surprised when checking his filmography to see that he appeared in just two films in the 1950s, "Baby Doll" and the little-seen crime picture "The Lineup." But he worked steadily in TV and then hit it big with his scenery-chewing performance as the toothy bandit Calvera in "The Magnificent Seven" (1960). Good roles followed in such films as "The Misfits," "Lord Jim," "How to Steal a Million" and, his most famous, as Tuco in Sergio Leone's comic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." But, to me, nothing he did on film ever surpassed his impressive film debut, under director Elia Kazan (both veterans of the Actor's Studio) in the still outrageous "Baby Doll."
Wallach's Silva Vacarro (this Brooklyn-born Polish Jew played a lot of Italians and Latinos for some reason) is clearly the outsider, looking dashing in a suit and tie, when he first appears in this Tennessee Williams story of white trash cotton farmers. Silva is putting on the dog for the area farmers, most of whom he's put out of work with his giant cotton gin plant. Then the saddest example of humanity in this Mississippi backwater town, Arthur (played by the magnificent Karl Malden—add his name to the above list please) sets Vacarro's cotton gin ablaze.
Vacarro knows who burned his plant and sets upon his unusual revenge by bringing the fumbling Arthur his cotton to be processed in his dilapidated gin mill. There he meets "Baby Doll" (blonde sensation Carroll Baker), Arthur's teen bride, who is one day away from her 20th birthday and the agreed upon consummation of their two-year marriage.
The rest of the movie is Wallach's, as he brings out both the game-playing fun and devious plotter in this insidious character, one of Williams' most vivid. Wallach is a busy actor; his hands and face are always in movement, but in delicate, precise mannerisms, a subtlety in creating characters that ensured his longevity in the business.
This being the 1950s, instead of the pair sleeping together, Vacarro falls asleep in Baby Doll's crib, (the film is an overdose of symbolism) but when Arthur returns, he, of course, assumes Vacarro has had what he's still waiting on. The true intent is made clear when Baby Doll suddenly seems to be an adult, remarking, "I feel cool and rested for the first time in my life."
Earlier, Wallach delivers the key line in Williams' screenplay: "….people come into this world without instructions of where to go, what to do, so they wander a little…then go away." The final act begins with this unlikely trio sitting down for dinner in a comical, but equally harrowing, version of "Long Day's Journey Into Night," which is followed by gunfire.
Fifty years later (seriously), Wallach, then 91, was still giving memorable performances, including a career-capping turn as a veteran Hollywood screenwriter in the otherwise pedestrian "Holiday." He's befriended by Kate Winslet's Iris, a British writer, who is vacationing in his neighbor's house. Not only does Arthur Abbott regale her with wonderful anecdotes from the Golden Era, but he offers Iris some needed life lessons. It's the most touching and believable relationship in this second-rate romcom.
But these great performances just touch the surface of this Method actor's career and what he, as one of the last of his generation, brought to the movies.
I am second to none in my admiration of Clint Eastwood, especially his work as a director in the past 10 years, but this might not have been the right project for him. And I'm not talking about the fact that this is a musical; few contemporary directors are more musical attuned—his "Bird" is one of the best musical bios ever made.
Where Eastwood seems a fish out of water is recreating the Sinatra-loving, mob-protected second generation Italian-American community that bred the Four Seasons, the subject of this bittersweet rags-to-riches pop music tale. While he's no doubt hampered by the trappings of the highly successful stage musical, the dramatic scenes in the film come off as Scorsese-lite, a very safe, clean-cut version of the streets where doo-wop singing and breaking and entering were happening side by side. The director isn't helped by performances that rarely rise above caricature and a script built on clichés.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the pop scene in the late '50s and early '60s, the Four Seasons were one of the most successful and important groups in that strange period between Elvis and the Beatles. The incredibly high-pitched voice of Frances Castelluccio (aka Frankie Valli), along with tough guy and group founder Tommy DeVito, bassist Nick Massi and songwriter extraordinary Bob Gaudio, produced hit after hit starting in 1962 with "Sherry." Songs such as "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like a Man" and later "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," are part of the soundtrack of our lives for anyone over 50.
How they made it out of Newark makes for a much more colorful story than the image they presented back in the day; four clean cut Italian-American kids made good. John Lloyd Young (who played the role on Broadway) portrays Frankie, a naïve, supremely talented vocalist who never seems to be enjoying his success. At 39, Young looks way too old to play the teenage Frankie and his voice, while seeming to hit the same notes as Valli, has a grating tone that I had a hard time ignoring.
DeVito (Vincent Piazza) is the film's most interesting character, a flashy, amoral weasel always looking out for No. 1 who threatens anyone who might disrupt his position as group leader. His character and the groups' "godfather," played by Christopher Walken, show the continuing influence that organized crime had in popular music well into the 1960s. The funniest performance in the film is by Joseph Russo, playing Joe Pesci (yes, that Joe Pesci), who, as part of the doo-wop scene in Jersey, plays a key role in the formation of the Four Seasons.
I liked that Eastwood only uses music when the group is performing, saving the film's only classic-musical production number for the final credits. But what I didn't like was his clumsy use of first-person narrative; letting each of the "Seasons" tell a bit of the story from their point of view, speaking directing into the camera. Not only was it diverting and abrupt, but it did little to illuminate the story. It takes an exceptional actor, usually a comedian, who can talk to the camera and make it work. (Coincidentally, one of the screenwriters is Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote "Annie Hall," a film that brilliantly utilizes direct to the audience dialogue, as delivered by Woody Allen.)
Eastwood does his best work when the boys are on stage, recreating the magic that this astonishing vocal quartet brought to the music scene in their day. If only he could have extended the urgency of those musical moments to the rest of the film.
It seems like decades since Tom Cruise has starred in a film that didn't involve gunfire, which, for someone on the other side of 50, makes one question his career choices. But, in this case, he's landed in a winner.
This near-future sci-fi movie, directed by Doug Liman, who guided the first "Bourne" and "Fair Game," might be the best of its genre that I've seen since the 2009 reboot of "Star Trek." The script, written by Christopher McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") along with Jez and John-Henry Butterworth based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel, presents Cruise's character, Major William Cage, as a reluctant warrior/hero, a military desk jockey suddenly tossed into battle. And not just any battle, but a D-Day-styled assault on Europe to stop the whirling-dervish, octopus-like aliens called Mimics.
Cage is killed within minutes of landing on the beach, but in a "Groundhog's Day" scenario, he immediately goes back 24 hours to relive it all over again. Not only does he improve his combat skills (learning where each Mimic will attack him from) as he keeps repeating the battle, but he get to know the war's hero, Sgt. Rita Vrataski (a steely Emily Blunt) when she realizes he could be the key to defeating the aliens.
Cruise delivers just the right amount of arrogance and confusing as Cage slowly tries to understand his predicament. But he's a quick learner as he methodically advances, with Vrataski at his side, closer to finding the source of the Mimics' power. Liman shows just enough of each scene to give us the sense of how Cage is progressing as he goes through the day over and over again. Yet the director and his writers don't spell things out too clearly, forcing viewers to think it all through.
"Edge of Tomorrow" isn't without its leaps of reality (especially in the manner in which Cage and Vrataski survive incredible mayhem), and snippets of predictable sarcastic humor that have become required in this genre, but the picture also features two believable heroes and a plot gimmick that works like a finely calibrated timepiece.
I believe I recently griped about the high profile projects Sofia Coppola continues to attract despite her poor track record, while her legendary father struggles to get films made. Never mind.
Watching Francis Coppola's sad attempt to piece together a supernatural mystery—a mixture of David Lynch and Guy Maddin but not as interesting or other worldly as either of those directors' works—made it clear why producers might be reluctant to put their money behind the man who made the iconic "Godfather" films along with "The Conversation" and "Apocalypse Now."
Actually, "Twixt," apparently referring to being "betwixt" dreams and reality, starts off promising, with Tom Waits, longtime Coppola favorite, narrating the background about the setting of the story, Swann Valley. Waits offbeat, sarcastic tone promises something interesting that never happens.
Val Kilmer plays third-rate writer Hall Baltimore, whose series of witch books are losing their popularity, evidenced by his arrival on a "book tour" in this tiny burg. He finds he'll be autographing books at the local hardware store, which features a small space for selling books. No one knows him except the enthusiastic sheriff (Bruce Dern), who has a great idea for a story that he hopes to collaborate on with Baltimore. Oh, and by the way, there's a teenage girl's body impaled with a stake lying unclaimed at the morgue.
Baltimore would rather get the hell out of town, until he has a dream in which a ghostly figure (Elle Fanning) leads him to a deserted hotel, where, decades ago, a father killed all his children before they turned into vampires. Now this hack writer is interested. Later, he's guided through this dream world by none other than Edgar Allan Poe, who once stayed in the hotel.
Coppola's script—from an idea, he has said, that came to him in a dream—is filled with slight, but amusing literary references and even some inside Hollywood winks (Kilmer, drinking while attempt to start the story of this town, does perfect, unexplained, imitations of Marlon Brando and James Mason while his ex-wife Joanne Whalley plays his wife), but they can't make up for the dreary, repetitive story.
It's not as if the filmmaker/winemaker has been on the skids for years; his last two pictures, "Tetro" (2009) and "Youth Without Youth" (2007), were superbly made and fascinating; "Tetro" made my Top 10 for 2009. But it's all about box-office and none of his last three pictures have done much business. I just hope the 76-year-old gets a few more chances: like few other filmmakers in my lifetime, any time he steps behind the camera a masterpiece is possible.
For the most part, this low-keyed British film is a very familiar examination of a solider dealing with wartime trauma and the frustrations of those around him trying to help. What distinguishes this entry in post-war life, especially through its first half, are the quiet, perfectly measured performances of Colin Firth as Eric Lomax, the former World War II POW; Nicole Kidman as Patti, the woman he meets years later and marries, and Stellan Skarsgård as Eric's wartime buddy Finley, who sees himself as his brother's keeper
Both Patti and Finley do their best to pull Eric out of his funk, which isn't clearly explained as far as how it has impacted his life. Though we see he is already stuck in his memories as a young, returning solider, the film never explains how he's survived through the years: did he hold down a job, ever have relationships, seeks out profession help? When the film introduces him, he's already in his forties and, most of the time, just a bit quirky.
The movie, directed by independent filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky from a script based on a book by the real Lomax, picks up steam when it flashes back to the war and a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Burma where Eric endures torture.
As much I enjoyed the acting of the three principals—it's one of Oscar-winner Firth's finest performances—I think I would rather have seen a documentary on Eric Lomax and gotten a more fleshed-out story of his fascinating life. "Railway Man" offers the highlights and feels too much like a sketch when the story deserves a broader canvas.
If you didn't know any better, this sci-fi adventure, with its guileless acting, cheesy primary-colored sets and disjointed direction, could pass for a straight-to-video dud. Yet this adaptation of Alex Raymond's 1930s comic books—and the movie series that followed—was a high-profile Dino De Laurentiis production, directed by highly regarded British filmmaker Mike Hodges ("Get Carter," "Pulp" and, more recently "Croupier") and written by one of the 1970s top screenwriters Lorenzo Semple Jr., who worked on "Papillion," "The Parallax View" and "Three Days of the Condor." And the supporting roles are filled by a roster of first-rate international actors.
Despite its status as a cult favorite, there's really nothing very memorable about "Flash Gordon"—it's not as amusing as the clunky 50s sci-fi B-movies and looks as ancient as a horse and buggy alongside of "The Empire Strikes Back," released the same year.
Not sure what happened: certainly hiring the inexperienced Sam J. Jones, who has worked steadily, if without distinction, on television since this film, didn't help. As Hodges later explained, "Flash Gordon" was "the only improvised $27-million movie ever made." Badly improvised, I would add.
Jones, plays Flash, the quarterback for the New York Jets, who finds himself being hijacked to the planet Mongo along with a TV actress (a pretty but dull Melody Anderson) and a misunderstood scientist (Topol, looking very different than he did in "Fiddler on the Roof.") There they somehow manage (not very convincingly) to avoid the evil clutches of Ming the Merciless (a slumming Max von Sydow), mostly because of the efforts of his vixen daughter (Ornella Muti), who immediately has eyes for hunky Flash.
Eventually, Flash's never-give-up spirit convinces rival tribe leaders, played by British stage actors Timothy Dalton and Brian Blessed to join him in the battle to overthrow Ming. Blessed gives the film's most entertaining performance as the constantly amused, Viking-like Prince Vultan, who is always ready for a fight.
I was reminded of this plodding mess after seeing "Ted" a few years ago. The characters John and Ted are obsessed with "Flash Gordon" and Jones' appearance at a party makes for one of the film's hilarious centerpieces. But the actual film is never as funny or clever as anything in "Ted."
This story of the arrival of a Polish woman and her sister at Ellis Island in the 1920s is as predictable as a bad sitcom. Screenwriters, since before movies had sound, have been penning heartbreaking stories of pretty immigrants putting their faith in seemingly helpful men who eventually use them as income sources. "The Immigrant" doesn't do much to expand on the cliché.
Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix), who manages a low-rent burlesque show, "rescues" Ewa (Marion Cotillard) from being deported and thus separated from her ill sister, only to put her in his show and, while falling for her, coerces her into working as a prostitute.
After writer-director James Gray's first, and most impressive film, "Little Odessa" (1994), about the Russian-Jewish community of New York starring Tim Roth, he has hitched his wagon, for better or worse, to Phoenix. The unpredictable actor, costarring with Mark Wahlberg, in Gray's "The Yards" (2000) and "We Own the Night" (2007), was miscast in both, though "The Yards" was a good, if minor, picture. Gray returned to the quiet intensity of his first film in the underrated "Two Lovers" (2008), with Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow as mismatched neighbors.
While Gray brings an authentic look and feel to this new film, as he has in all his movies, the story is just too shopworn. If it wasn't for yet another astonishingly intense, emotionally rich performance by Cotillard there would be no reason to watch at all. This moving performance follows her memorable work in "Inception" (2010), "Midnight in Paris" (2011), "Contagion" (2011), "Rust and Bone" (2012) and her breakthrough, Oscar-winning role as Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose" (2007).
Mid-film, Bruno's magician cousin (Jeremy Renner) shows up to create the film's triangle (like magic?), but it never feels genuine—just an overused screenwriting device, like too much of this film.
One of the many aviation films of the era, this story of cargo pilots in South America, despite its all-star cast and dramatic subject, never manages to develop the characters or the situation's urgency to make it very compelling.
Another story of gutsy, wisecracking pilots was turned into one of the great adventure movies by director Howard Hawks and screenwriter Jules Furthman six years later in "Only Angels Have Wings." In this David O. Selznick production starring John Barrymore, Clark Gable, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery and Lionel Barrymore, polio serum for a dying child must be transported ASAP from Chile to Rio de Janeiro and, of course, a wicked storm in sweeping across the continent.
John Barrymore, bellowing orders at the top of his lungs and stalking around his office imperiously, plays Riviere, the manager of the transport company. He spends most of the movie standing in front of a very impressive floor to ceiling relief map of South America, tracking the progress of his pilots and philosophizing on the importance of their mission.
Gable is the fearless pilot battling the elements as his distraught wife (Hayes) prepares for bad news. The one scene between Barrymore and Hayes (at the time, America's most acclaimed thespians) is a battle of overacting, but it's the only time the two legends appeared together on screen.
Coming off best is Montgomery, playing a devil-may-care pilot who ignores orders to return to the airport and instead finds company in a local brothel. (Such nonsense would soon end when Hollywood started enforcing its Production Code.)
Director Clarence Brown, who went on to direct such classics as "Anna Karenina" (1935), "The Yearling" (1944) and "Intruder in the Dust" (1949), keeps the action moving, shifting the point of view from the pilots to Barrymore's driven taskmaster to the hand-wringing wives, yet few of the characters and little of the dialogue ever seem more than just make believe.

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Big news - I have a new cousin! I'm not the littlest anymore now that Colin Matthew is here. I also have a new second cousin, Patrick John O'Connor.
Guess what? I'm going to Cali with Mommy and Grandma! I sure will have some great pics to share after that trip. Stay tuned . . .
I hope you all had a good Easter. I had fun hanging out at Grandma's house. Do you like my dress? My Great Grandma McCarthy made it for my Aunt Brooke. I like it even though it slows me down when I'm crawling.
What do you mean this isn't a phone?
What do you mean it's facing the wrong way?
Roscoe, what are you doing on my Pillow Pal?!
I know most of you have seen this video already, but you know you want to watch it again (and again):
It's important to take time out during play time to rest and rejuvenate.
I think I'm really getting the hang of this whole walking thing. Not bad for 10 months!
See you next time!


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Thursdays - Devotions for Writers
"When a believing person prays,
great things happen." (James 5:16 NCV)
"When a believing person prays,
great things happen." (James 5:16 NCV)
Are you a person who prays?
Once a week? Once a day? All day long? Or just when desperate situations calls for desperate actions?
What do you pray about?
Finances? Your family's health and safety? Relationships?
I strongly believe that prayer makes things happen. I believe God hears and moves on our requests to heal the sick, mend wounded hearts, and provide for physical needs.
We are so privileged to have open communication with our heavenly Father – with GOD. What an honor to speak directly to Him. As often as we'd like. Whenever we like. And He not only welcomes it, He desires it!
Do you pray about your writing? Ask God what He wants you to do with your skills? What you should write? Open yourself up to the Holy Spirit to give you the words? Do you ask how He wants you to go about developing a writing career? If at all?
Because of our limited vision, prayer isn't about telling God what to do and when to do it. It's about sharing the desires of our hearts, and then looking to Him for direction - trusting that He'll do what's best for us.
There is power in prayer. When we believe and pray, great things can happen. Doors can open that may provide opportunities for contracts and connections in the publishing arena. People may be touched – lives may be changed – by our words.
Through prayer, great things can happen in our own hearts and lives. We may gain greater insight into what He wants us to write. And we may find the patience needed to wait on His timing. The grace to be joyful over a fellow writer's achievement. And the perseverance when our own success doesn't come as easily – or as quickly – as we'd like.
Are you hoping for great things to happen in your life?
Pray. And trust that they will.


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When the rain falls, the church rises.— Pastor Gregg Matte
Welcome to the central hub of the LOVEFIRST Disaster Relief efforts at Houston's First Baptist Church. Visit this page for up-to-date information on how you can love our city well — and how you can be loved if you're in need of assistance.
God opened a door for Pastor Gregg Matte to appear on HLN TV in a live interview in the week following Hurricane Harvey. Listen to his message and share it with others — thousands of people need to hear about hope and where we go from here.
The response for clean-up and "mud out" assistance was overwhelming given the extent of Hurricane Harvey's impact on our city. Our LOVEFIRST Disaster Relief volunteers served over 1,100 homes in flood-effected areas.
There are many other groups loving our neighbors in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Please visit the Houston Church Planting Network website for a compiled list of churches and organizations providing relief to communities throughout the greater Houston area.
Food and clothing are still available for those in need at our Food Pantry & Clothes Closet in Spring Branch. Individuals and families may stop by during their normal hours:
Food Pantry & Clothes Closet of Faith Center-Spring Branch
8244 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055
Mon-Thu and Sat @ 10a-1p
In addition to thousands of volunteers from our church family, we have assisted over 100 teams from around the nation wanting to come and partner with Houston's First as our city recovers. To best serve these teams and make arrangements for them while they are in town, we are no longer accepting requests from out-of-town teams.
Volunteers are needed to serve each day at the Food Pantry & Clothes Closet of our Faith Center-Spring Branch, located at 8244 Long Point Rd. Volunteer hours are from 9a-4:30p on Mon-Sat. All you have to do is SHOW UP and be ready to serve! (FYI — the facility is open for those in need from 10a-1p on each of those days.)
Can't find what you're looking for? Contact us.
Need help choosing your campus? Email us or call 713.681.8000.


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Knowing you should not act out in any way which will cause harm to your being does not stop the process. Backspace. Backspace. Backspace. I've told people enough about me, given away enough, written long enough for everybody to read and then relate to. The veins on my hands and the wrinkles at the middle of my fingers are only what I see now, aside from the varying nature of light and shade. I feel tears which have slid from the top of my throat to the bottom; swallowed tears. A chest which has on it too much pressure, and a mouth which does not want to open to breathe comfortably. Reminded of Princess Diana who had everything and wanted to kill herself, I part my lips to take a deep breath. A crying woman printed by my feet on a foggy window became my best friend, until she faded. The first woman that was able to bring the tears out from my eyes was this foggy woman. A tear dropped only when she disappeared. In times of sadness, noise is unwanted and heavily unappreciated. In times of sadness, quiet and stillness are very much needed. Whisper, don't talk.


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|British Museum
Jerusalem, Copy A
Plate 31 [35]
Genesis 2
[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
[8] And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
[21] And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
[22] And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
The creation account in the second chapter of Genesis indicates that God created Adam from the dust of the ground and Eve from the rib of Adam. Before the creation of Eve, Adam included both male and female principles. Blake's Albion was all-inclusive before the Zoas changed their positions. Blake identifies Albion as our original ancestor:
Descriptions of the Last Judgment, (E 558)
"a Youthful couple are awakd by
their Children an Aged patriarch is awakd by his aged wife
Following the
change Albion's feminine nature, Brittannia, split into spiritual
consciousness, Jerusalem, and material consciousness, Vala.
History Preceded that of the Hebrews <& in whose Sleep
Creation began,"
Jerusalem, Plate 32 [36], (E178)
"And the Four Zoa's clouded rage East & West & North & South
They change their situations, in the Universal Man.
Albion groans, he sees the Elements divide before his face.
And England who is Brittannia divided into Jerusalem & Vala
And Urizen assumes the East, Luvah assumes the South
In his dark Spectre ravening from his open Sepulcher
And the Four Zoa's who are the Four Eternal Senses of Man
Became Four Elements separating from the Limbs of Albion"
The division of
the mind begins with identifying multiple forces within; it
continues as external manifestation become projected as having
separate existence.
Milton Percival in William Blake's Circle of Destiny, describes the fall of Albion in terms of losing the Edenic condition of a unified mind:
"In Albion's sexless state is imaged the imaginative life of Eden, complete, unified, single in purpose. Here the contraries are indissoluble, their adjustment so perfect that neither is recognised. Duality is as yet not even apparent. The androgynous and cosmic Albion contains, like Adam Kadmon, the sun, the moon, and the stars within his limbs. All life is one. All natural forms are 'men seen afar.' This knowledge of the identity of all his members Albion loses with the Fall, for as he descends, his perceptive powers decline. In Eden they were flexible, contracting and expanding as he wills. Consequently the problem of multiplicity has for him no terrors. He knows that the Many and the One are but two ways of looking at life; contracting his infinite senses he sees Many, expanding them he sees One.
That Blake felt these expansive powers to be akin to his own visionary capacity is little doubt. Isaiah, in the Marriage of Heaven and Hell, speaks both for Blake and the unfallen Albion: 'I saw no God, nor heard any, in a finite organical perception; but my senses discovered the infinite in everything.' As the androgynous Albion falls, his perceptions lose their power to contract and expand, and sink to the fixed level of the organic senses which hedge the sexual man. As a consequence, the world appears diverse; the unity of the androgyne disappears." Page 111
"In Eden, where the contraries function together in perfect unity, life is lived in understanding, in energy, in brotherhood, and in forgiveness, and Christ is recognized as the true and only God." Page 136
Jerusalem, PLATE 29 [33], (E 175)
"Turning his back to the Divine Vision, his Spectrous
Chaos before his face appeard: an Unformed Memory.
Then spoke the Spectrous Chaos to Albion darkning cold
From the back & loins where dwell the Spectrous Dead
I am your Rational Power O Albion & that Human Form
You call Divine, is but a Worm seventy inches long
That creeps forth in a night & is dried in the morning sun
In fortuitous concourse of memorys accumulated & lost
It plows the Earth in its own conceit, it overwhelms the Hills
Beneath its winding labyrinths, till a stone of the brook
Stops it in midst of its pride among its hills & rivers[.]
Battersea & Chelsea mourn, London & Canterbury tremble
Their place shall not be found as the wind passes over[.]
The ancient Cities of the Earth remove as a traveller
And shall Albions Cities remain when I pass over them
With my deluge of forgotten remembrances over the tablet
So spoke the Spectre to Albion. he is the Great Selfhood
Satan: Worshipd as God by the Mighty Ones of the Earth
Having a white Dot calld a Center from which branches out
A Circle in continual gyrations. this became a Heart
From which sprang numerous branches varying their motions
Producing many Heads three or seven or ten, & hands & feet
Innumerable at will of the unfortunate contemplator
Who becomes his food[:] such is the way of the Devouring Power"
Jerusalem, Plate 40 [45], (E 187)
"O Albion mildest Son of Eden! clos'd is thy Western Gate
Brothers of Eternity! this Man whose great example
We all admir'd & lov'd, whose all benevolent countenance, seen
In Eden, in lovely Jerusalem, drew even from envy
The, tear: and the confession of honesty, open & undisguis'd
From mistrust and suspition. The Man is himself become
A piteous example of oblivion. To teach the Sons
Of Eden, that however great and glorious; however loving
And merciful the Individuality; however high
Our palaces and cities, and however fruitful are our fields
In Selfhood, we are nothing: but fade away in mornings breath,
Our mildness is nothing: the greatest mildness we can use
Is incapable and nothing! none but the Lamb of God call heal
This dread disease: none but Jesus! O Lord descend and save!
Albions Western Gate is clos'd: his death is coming apace!
Jesus alone can save him; for alas we none can know
How soon his lot may be our own."


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All rights reserved Richard P Swift Publishing, Ltd. December 1,2010 ......................................................................................................... Follow along with us in the One Year Bible with commentary for almost each and every day and add your own comments too!
Thursday, February 2, 2017
If you were a neutral bystander listening to the ranting rages of the unrepentant sinner, you would hear something like this, " I have a hard time believing in a God who just wants to send everyone to hell; poor, helpless people, loving people, just trying their best with the lot they have been given in life and yet, all this God wants to do is send them to hell". Pretty convincing eh! You might think after that, "yeah, that is pretty harsh, what is wrong with this God anyway". However, best advice we can ever take heed to, is to listen to both sides of the story before we make a judgement. AND here in our text today (Feb 2) Jesus (God) gives his side of the story. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a King who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. ......but they refused to come". Wow! That is completely different side of the story than what I've heard...what I've heard is people want to go to heaven but there is this mean and unjust God that just wants to send them to hell. Well, there's TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY! Which one are you going to believe? The sinner says, "they want to go, but God won't let them". God says, " I am inviting them and they're not interested, they're refusing to come". My experience would lead me to believe that God's side of the story is true. But you say, "you're a Christian so obviously you will say that". True, but "in my personnel experience" I would also say that. Invite these same people to church, they will refuse. Invite these same people to a prayer breakfast, paid for an all...and they will refuse. Invite them to a bible study, with dinner included and they will refuse. Invite them to anything remotely related to God and they will refuse. How do I know, cause I've tried all of the above! It's not that people want God and Heaven, it's just that they don't want hell. "If Heaven and God is the only other option, than I guess....." But the grimm reality is, the answer for the majority of the population is "no thanks, I'm not interested". Are you interested in Heaven, in God or is it that you simply think it as a better option than the default package, ie: hell. "I guess if it's hell or heaven, I'll take Heaven, but is there not another option, I mean, after all, I don't want to be stuck in some long, eternal, boring church service for all eternity?" The same people who would utter such foolishness are the same ones that judge God for being unjust and simply a God who loves sending people to hell, but the reality is, it is not that He is sending his creation there, His creation is willingly choosing to "opt out" and taking their chances on the default package. Right now is the time to "opt in" or "opt out" for your annual Health Insurance Renewal. Many will look at the value of their insurance costs, then they will evaluate the benefits and many this year will "opt out" and say, "it's not worth the cost" I will take my chances....This is where humanity is today, they are looking at the costs vs. the benefits of Heaven (in a way a fire insurance policy for the soul) and many and I mean many, are choosing to "opt out" and take their chances. What will you do? Will you "opt in" this year or "opt out"?
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
jose p. laurel
José Paciano Laurel y García (March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959) was the president of the Japanese-Sponsored Republic of the Philippines during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.
EDIT: Thanks to Hilda's query, i forgot to mention where this photo was taken. This Jose P. Laurel's statue is found along Roxas Boulevard, the buildings in the background are the Hyatt Hotel (yellow) and Landbank Building (green).
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- babooshka said...
Magnificent image.
- 14 December 2008 at 22:23
- bertN said...
He would have been my favorite postwar President were he won in one of the dirtiest election of his time. Didn't know he has a monument in Manila.
- 15 December 2008 at 02:31
- Hilda said...
Where is it? I don't even recognize the buildings in the background.
Love your angle on this shot. At ang galing nung sculptor — I can actually see the texture of his piña barong!
- 15 December 2008 at 07:02
- christian_yodong said...
who was the artist/sculptor of the statue? and when it was done? thanks.
- 11 January 2011 at 10:10
- christian_yodong said...
who was the artist?when it was done?thanks.
- 11 January 2011 at 10:12
- pusa said...
christian i'm sorry but i dont have those information.. i didnt take the photo of the historical marker at the base of the statue
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Heather and I recognized early before having Anna that baby stuff has a demand during resale. When we had a neighborhood garage sale one year, we had several people just simply ask if we had baby stuff and those people quickly moved on once they found we did not. Raleigh even has a gigantic consignment sale twice a year just for kid's stuff called Kid's Exchange.
One of the amazing things is how much good hand me down stuff people pass down from one another considering this resale value. At the same time, if you don't have anyone to immediately something down to, I guess you either end up keeping it for a second kid or selling it. Some people keep it for no real good reason, but logically keeping it only for a second kid makes the most sense. Today, Heather put up one of our first resellable items on Craig's list. With kids only 18 months apart, we didn't have long til we started reusing things.
The first thing that was outgrown is the single jogging stroller. After Madelyn was born, we quickly became a five stroller family. 2 jogging strollers (one single, one dual), 2 umbrella strollers (one single, one dual), and a travel system stroller. The double jogger is all that gets used, so for the past 5 months the single stroller has been taking up space and gathering dust. So, Heather put it up on Craigslist today. I am impressed that we (specifically she) got it out and ready to sell so quick.
Next, Madelyn is close to outgrowing the bouncer and swing. After that, we have an exersaucer that is a hand-me-down that we will need to return and a jumperoo that will be able to be passed down and sold. Its nice that since we don't plan to have a third, we feel like we can part with all of these treasures. Its also nice that if there isn't a good place to hand them off to, we can easily sell them at a garage sale or at the Kid's Exchange.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Selling baby stuff
Heather and I recognized early before having Anna that baby stuff has a demand during resale. When we had a neighborhood garage sale one year, we had several people just simply ask if we had baby stuff and those people quickly moved on once they found we did not. Raleigh even has a gigantic consignment sale twice a year just for kid's stuff called Kid's Exchange.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Heat in September? No way
Here it is, September 20th, and we have the heat on in Raleigh NC. Now, normally we never would have turned it on so early but today we had some exceptional circumstances. It was in the low 50s outside and a high of 71, so the house was a nice mid to upper 60s. However, Heather and I are both sick with something nasty which causes us to be cold plus we can't stay huddled under blankets when we have a 23 and 5 month old. Thats why the heat was turned on this morning, so that Heather and I could be comfortable in our sweatshirts and jeans without a blanket.
So, this fever is a lot like one Anna had on our car ride back earlier this week from Pittsburgh. For Anna and I, it manifested itself as a slightly upset stomach and a fever. For Heather, she ate the wrong thing which made an upset stomach go sour. Anyway, our weekend plans now are to try to survive while the kids still have plenty of energy.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
product recalls
So, I subscribe to the Consumer Product Safety Commission's email list for product recalls. I never cared much before Heather was pregnant with Anna and I thought I should monitor it. Typically, that means 1 email each week with anywhere from 1-5 products in each email. Today, we got the second recall for a Simplicity branded bed, which is the brand Anna used. The first was a bassinet last week and second was this Simplicity drop side crib. Here is an article on it from Reuters. The bassinet led to the death of two infants and the crib has led to 9 injuries, no deaths.
To me this is very scary since we own a Simplicity Ellis Crib for Anna. We like this crib and have recommended it to friends...but this is the type of thing that makes you want to never recommend a product. What if I has recommended the bassinet to a friend whose child was killed or the crib to a friend who got injured? Not only that, but I think its a reminder that our kids, especially at these very young ages, are so very fragile. We don't think normally we could die while sleeping because our bed kills us.
Anyway, I highly recommend subscribing to the consumer recall email list...I doubt it will cause any pain or discomfort.
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Blog profiles
So, I updated my blog profile to not list this blog any more. It seems sort of silly since anyone could find this pretty easy using Google, but I am using my blogger ID to blog for work on another blog and would prefer that people are not directed this way when thinking it is another related blog.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Road Trip
This past weekend our family had planned to head to Columbia, Maryland to visit my dad at his house. However, our family suffered a loss last week when my 37 year old cousin (Mom's brother's son) passed away so our plans were changed and we needed to go to Pittsburgh. Heather and I thought breaking up the trip by going to Columbia for one day would work well and it did. It was about a 5.5 hour drive included a 1 hour stop in Richmond for lunch at Chick-fil-a, playing, and hitting Ukrops. As soon as we got there, Anna saw the horses across my dad's driveway at his neighbors. So, we went over and saw them:
We also played indoors quite a bit:
And checked out my dad's backyard wilderness:
We then headed to Pittsburgh on Saturday around noon. This took about 4.5 hours with a 20 minute break in Somerset, PA. In Pittsburgh, we stayed at the Residence Inn in Cranberry which was very near to where I grew up and within a mile of where I lived my one year out of college living in Pittsburgh. We ate at a couple old favorites within walking distance of the hotel, Quaker Steak and Lube as well as Primanti Brothers. Here is my yummy Primanti Brother Sandwich, ham, bacon, egg and cheese. Of course, Primanti's puts fries and slaw on each sandwich as well:
We spent 2 nights in Pittsburgh with my mom, sister and her family. My niece Tori (6.5 years old) and Anna (2 years old) bonded and Anna would cry when Tori left every time...nearly inseparable. Here are some pictures of them together:
In the end, we got some family photos together as well. Here is one of Heather, Madelyn, myself, Anna, Kristal, Tori, and Chris,
And here is one of Oma with her three granddaughters:
Monday we did the 8 hour drive home with 3 stops (accumulating another hour) making the trip 9 hrs. We did it partially while the kids were awake and some asleep. On the trip home, Anna started having a fever and was whiney most of the time. We are not really ready to try an 8 hour trip anytime soon again, but the 4-5 worked well. Here is a map of the route we took:
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All said and done, we spend about 18 hours on the road in 92 hours (Friday - Monday) and hit 5 states.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
In a new place but want to take a run? Map it out first
I was in Phoenix this week (again) and awake at 3:30 AM Phoenix time. Not wanting to just sit around for 3 hours, I decided I wanted to take a run. Not knowing the area...I wasn't sure where to go for a good loop near the hotel. So, I pulled up Gmaps Pedometer, looked up the hotels address, and double clicked a route until I had the distance I was looking for. Here is the relatively small 2 mile route I made all mainly through a residential neighborhood behind the hotel. It was a nice run, but I needed something to tell me what would be well lit. Unfortunately, the route selected has almost no street lamps and I was running in the dark. It would be nice to find a "safer" route...not sure there is an easy way to do that.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Photo Booth
Anna loves taking pictures these days. A little while ago she figured out we could take pictures with our laptops, being a Mac family (yes, even my work laptop is a Mac at IBM) now, using a program called Photo Booth. Here are some snapshots we took Sunday while playing with Photo Booth.
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Monday, September 08, 2008
Brady goes down -- Fantasy Football
As expected, my fantasy football team lost its quarterback. After two straight years of McNabb getting injured I drafted a QB late and ended up sticking with a healthy Garard who I picked up through free agency. This year, against my better judgement I drafted Tom Brady because he was the best available pick...and look what happens. I figured at the time that if a QB had to get hurt as is the curse of Erik's fantasy team, it may as well be from a team I dislike. :-) I did however pick Favre as a backup in the draft...let's hope he doesn't get hurt also.
Picking Tom Brady almost caused me to lose a friend but I explained to her that Brady would get hurt. Check this out..on September 1st I told her Brady would go down and Favre would arise as my backup...I guess I may have lost a Fantasy Football season, but hopefully I kept a friend ;-)
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High School Reunions
Heather and I went to her 10 year high school reunion on Saturday. It reminded me that I wasn't able to go to mine since it was over Thanksgiving. I appreciated that hers was on a non-holiday weekend, allowing those whose families were no longer in the area and those who were in the area to come.
Anyway, Heather enjoyed her reunion. I sat back and people watched most of the night which is something I had not done in a long time. It was interesting to see how the people still grouped so easily into those friend groups that they had one been in. On total, very few people talked to me but what I heard most often was how great Heather looked. She tried to say it was "great for having had a kid four months ago" but in reality the comments were how she looked as thin and attractive she looked not to mention the fact that she just had a kid. Here we are all dressed up for Heather's reunion before leaving our house:
Before the reunion we ate at the excellent restaurant Parizade. Coincidentally, it is owned by the class president's father which gave me fuel for one of the three short lived conversations I had. :-) The food was great at Parizade and I would recommend it.
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Saturday, September 06, 2008
Chinese food
Last night we had Chinese food for the first time in a while. For the first time, we decided we would order something for Anna off the menu. They had a chicken fingers that were like the sauceless sweet and sour fried chicken pieces. Dinner went well, Anna even tried and liked the wonton soup. Madelyn didn't cry but needed held most of the time. It was nice to get out to a sit down sort of restaurant.
When I was done with my food, Anna wanted my chop sticks. After I minute of trying to figure them out, she stabbed a piece of food without our prompting and starting eating the stabbed food. We have a cute picture on Heather's phone of it but my cheapness (PictureMail costs $5/month and you can't do it ala carte) combined with Heather's phone having no microSD slot means we won't get the picture off her phone. :-(
The good news is we had plenty of leftovers for lunch today from the meal last night, so I handed Anna my chopsticks once I was done and Heather grabbed the camera. Anna did it again, first she tried to figure out how to use the chopsticks:
Then she just stabbed the pear slice she was trying to get:
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Daddy's girls
I had some fun floor time with my girls this morning right after breakfast...here are some pictures Heather snapped.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Palin's speech
In case you missed VP candidate Sarah Palin's speech last night, you can listen or read it here without any bias, commentary, etc.
Here is an interesting part I saw about her opinion of Barack Obama:
I've noticed a pattern with our opponent.
Maybe you have, too.
We've all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers.
And there is much to like and admire about our opponent.
But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state Senate.
This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed ... when the roar of the crowd fades away ... when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot — what exactly is our opponent's plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he's done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger ... take more of your money ... give you more orders from Washington ... and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world. America needs more energy ... our opponent is against producing it.
Victory in Iraq is finally in sight ... he wants to forfeit.
Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay ... he wants to meet them without preconditions.
Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America ... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights? Government is too big ... he wants to grow it.
Congress spends too much ... he promises more.
Taxes are too high ... he wants to raise them. His tax increases are the fine print in his economic plan, and let me be specific.
The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes ... raise payroll taxes ... raise investment income taxes ... raise the death tax ... raise business taxes ... and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
She is growing up...
As my wife blogged about today Madelyn is growing up and rolled over today for the first time. Here is my favorite picture cause it shows that self confidence she has :-)
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Monday, September 01, 2008
Family Photos
Happy Labor Day! I hope you all have a relaxing day with your family or friends. We had a fun night yesterday having our friends Derick and Emily over for dinner, dessert, and to have some fun. Derick grabbed our camera and took some great family shots of us. Here is my favorite:
And some outtakes:
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
FBO: "What Happened to All the Rage in Dallas?"
Fisherman's Wharf in Victoria, British Columbia, at 8:30am is a little quiet. On a day with a bike in the 'most English town in Canada' recently, I pedalled there. Walked about the boxy floating homes. Saw a dog. Flower pots. Some Canadian flags. A few folks waiting to head out on a whale trip. And a box of free CDs with a hand-drawn sign: 'free CDs.'
I immediately picked up one: the self-titled 1998 release of Edmonton's All the Rage in Dallas.
Finally listening weeks later, I get the feeling ATRID really didn't agree on what they wanted. Thirteen years on, only the 'heavy metal looking guy' (and his haircut) survives -- Don Heberling, who is the 'band leader' per the website. Notably, the more country-leaning, flat-toned moustached singer Ralph Kendrick (no, not this Ralph Kendrick) is long gone.
Their website sadly notes their 1998 CD 'enjoyed some airplay,' and offers a few mp3s of more recent songs.
Victoria. ATRID. The FBO just wants to thank you.
FBO Admin
Semi-permanent HQ -- Queens, NY
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June 10, 2013
Dwayne Page
The Smithville Volunteer Fire Department was called to a grease fire at a trailer home on West Main Street Sunday afternoon.
Chief Charlie Parker said the resident left something unattended cooking on the kitchen stove for a few minutes and discovered the fire when he returned. The fire department was notified and arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the trailer.
The fire, confined to the kitchen, was quickly extinguished. It burned the stove hood and charred cabinets around it. No one was injured.


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A user on photo-sharing website Imgur has uploaded a series of graphic photographs of a snake devouring a huge lizard.
The dramatic pictures, said to have been taken in Australia, were uploaded onto Imgur on Thursday by user "yvesva." The Imgur user says a friend had forwarded the photos and claims the whole "feast" had taken five hours.
The photos are, however, not new. According to the Daily Mail, the pictures emerged in at least 2009. Nonetheless, it seems that the incredible shots are making a resurgence on the Internet this week.
The photos in the Imgur album, which is simply entitled "Snake Eating Goanna," appear to show a black-headed python devouring a goanna (or Australian monitor lizard).
Black-headed pythons, which are native to Australia, are easily identifiable by their shiny black heads and distinct banding. The pythons, which are non-venomous, typically eat reptiles and can grow to up to 10 feet in length, according to the Australian Reptile Park website.
As for the goanna, it is unclear as to what species of monitor lizard it is. Australian monitor lizards can vary greatly in size. According to the Outback Australia Travel Guide, the largest goannas can be more than 6 feet long.
Want to see more animal feasts in action? In these graphic videos, watch a leopard attacking an impala and an octopus devouring a shark.
WARNING: Some may find the contents of this slideshow disturbing.


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Monday, June 23, 2008
First Kelleys Island trip for Ty
Each summer we LOVE to spend time on Kelleys Island (on Lake Erie).. well a few weeks ago Ty made his first visit. HE LOVED it as much as we all do. Lily was so excited to show Ty around and we all had a great time.
Grandma & Grandpa were there with us and that made things even more fun!
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Now & Then
Lily's little friend Kayla (she is also our neighbor) gave this bike to Lily.
Let me just tell you.... SHE LOVES IT. She just takes off and thinks she is so cool. Now she even likes to wear her helmet.
When I saw her on this bike I had a quick flashback to October 2006 of her on a bike that our neighbors bought her.....
That picture is below...
Our little girl is growing up so fast....
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Serious business with silly glasses
My dear friend Robin at Red Thread Stitches sent these adorable glasses to Lily and Ty.
Knowing Lily's love for sunglasses or any glasses she thought these would be a hit.
They sure are! They had no idea I was taking this picture... hee hee
They were so serious I couldn't resist sneaking in a picture. The minute they caught me they started to laugh.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
A princess with 6 crowns
Miss Lily did wonderful today.
We woke her up at 5:45am (2-3 hours before her normal waking up). She was surprisingly happy and wanted to make sure I put two hair ponies in (ponytails) and that she had her pink barrettes to match her pink crocs. OH MY........
She was in the car by 6:05am.
Her surgery started around 7:30am and we were home with her SIX new crowns at 9:30am.
(apparently she needed more than they thought)
Today was sort of a Dora Marathon. It was raining outside which made the being inside even better. Ty was delighted to watch show after show with Lily.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!!!!!!
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Lily Surgery
This is one of my all time favorite Lily pictures.
I took this with my new lens that Jeff, Lily, & Ty bought me for my birthday and Mother's Day.
Lily had no idea I was taking this. I was standing in the kitchen and she was out on the swing set.
She was climbing and sliding like crazy and then decided she needed a little break.
Tomorrow Miss Lily has 4 crowns put on her back teeth. The dentist says this is from lack of good nourishment as a baby. Many adoptive parents have told me they went through this with their children. The procedure is an outpatient surgical procedure at Children's Hospital. She will have general anesthesia.... thank goodness because I can't imagine how many people it would take to hold her down for 4 crowns. I know this isn't a huge surgery but we are praying it is as painless as possible and over quickly (for Lily, Mom, and Dad).
Ty Baby!!!!!!!! He is such a little sweetie!
He loves the new swing set and he loves to have his picture taken.
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We all have heard about Malai Koftas which is a very famous Punjabi dish and is served in almost all North Indian feasts...
I saw the lauki kofta recipe in one of the websites when I was searching for the health benefits of the bottle gourd or Lauki as it is called in Hindi. I am told its a very good vegetable in reducing cholesterol...Not sure :) Need to study more about it...
I anyways decided to go ahead and prepare the Lauki Kofta. This is the first time I am preparing a dish using bottle gourd / lauki. So pl. excuse if it doesnot look the way it should. Anyways, it tasted well :)
Ingredients -
For preparing the Koftas
- Lauki /Bottle gourd – one big grated
- Besan/Bengal Gram flour/ Kadala Mavu - 2 big table spoons
- Ginger- one teaspoon (chopped small)
- Green chilly - one teaspoon (chopped small)
- Coriander leaves – one big spoon (chopped in small size)
- Oil For frying
- Salt as needed
For preparing Gravy for koftas
- Tomato-2 big (chopped small size)
- Onion (big)-2 nos chopped
- Green chillies -2 nos chopped
- Cumin seeds-1/4 teaspoon
- Ginger-Garlic paste-1 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon
- Red chilly powder-1/2 teaspoon
- Coriander powder-1/2 teaspoon
- Cumin powder- 1/2 teaspoon
- Garam masala-1/2 teaspoon
For preparing the Koftas
- Peel the skin of the bottle guard and remove the seeds.
- Grate the bottle guard, pour some salt in the grated bottle gourd, keep aside for 10 minutes
- After 10 min, squeeze out all the water from the grated bottle gourd. Keep the water aside.
- In a bowl add, grated bottle gourd, Besan, chopped ginger, chopped green chillies, salt and make a firm
Process - to prepare the Gravy
- Chop onions and tomatoes into small sizes and keep it aside.
- Take a pan and pour 2 table spoons oil, pour ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds and fry it lightly.
- Then add chopped onions and sauté it till it turns brown
- Then add ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chillies, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder, Cummin powder, Red chillies etc and sauté for some time.
- Pour the tomatoes into it and sauté it for 2 minutes. Add the juice of the grated bottle gourd into it.
- Allow it come to a thick gravy.
- Pour Garam masala, let it boil for some time.
- Put the kofta balls into the gravy and bring into boil. And Garnish with coriander leaves.
It can be served with chapathi, parathas, pulav etc…
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Focus on quantity at the cost of quality
The attention the UPA has devoted to primary education has been relatively obscured but some big initiatives in higher educationindia Updated: Apr 07, 2009 10:49 IST
Education policy during the tenure of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has been dominated by some big initiatives in higher education. Among these have been plans for new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and several central universities.
The attention the UPA has devoted to primary education has been relatively obscured. Its predecessor, the National Democratic Alliance, in 2001, launched a programme for universalizing primary education, named Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan.
The UPA has displayed political maturity by avoiding partisanship and not soft-pedalling this initiative. That some of the funding was international, and earmarked for building assets, may have provided a financial incentive. Outcomes, of course, are an altogether different matter.
As initiatives must be judged by outcomes, so must be the actions of the government of the day. And outcome in the educational policy is judged by the advancement of learning. Governments in India have generally steered away from this indicator, preferring that of provisioning. Thus, official agencies purvey indicators of enrolment, the teacher-student ratio and school infrastructure. It may be said that the first two indicators have shown some improvement. However, the teacher-student ratio in Indian schools has shown a secular worsening since independence, and there is no evidence that a permanent reversal of this trend has even been initiated. Anyway, the teacher-student ratio is yet not an indicator of learning.
As the Union government does not provide data on this, we must rely on that provided by private agencies. Non-governmental organization Pratham publishes an annual report on the state of education, and the most recent one shows unacceptably low learning outcomes in the country.
Our public schooling system is shown to be grossly deficient, with students unable to read, write or solve arithmetic problems prescribed for far lower grades. Private schools have shown to improve upon these miserable results only marginally, rendering non-credible the stance that privatization is the answer here. The missing element in the mix is governance.
In the context of the public schooling system, it is the ability to get teachers to first make an appearance in class and then to demonstrate acceptable levels of learning among their wards. As for government-aided private schools, which predominate in some states, the measure of governance is, once again, whether learning is fostered. It is not clear that the governance of the school system has advanced much during the tenure of the UPA government. Of course, it must be borne in mind that education being on the concurrent list, the Central government's ability to turn things round is limited. State governments have been happy to take the money and hesitant to ruffle the feathers of their constituencies, the bureaucracy of the states' education department and the teachers. On the other hand, in higher education—via the archipelago of central institutions—the Union government has not just greater leeway, but pretty much complete control. The UPA government has not hesitated to use this to the hilt. The initiatives have mostly had to do with expansion, almost wilfully ignoring quality.
Undoubtedly, the most widely noticed of the initiatives in higher education during the past five years has been the expansion in the annual intake of the IITs and the IIMs. Technically, a move applicable to all Central government institutions, attention has tended to get focused on the plan for these two institutions, reflecting a certain cynicism in Indian society. It could not have escaped anyone's notice that degrees from these institutes are the most prized in the job market. Considering that the government could have introduced reservation for candidates from so-called other backward castes without increasing the number of seats, academics have been left with the sense that the government was not for a moment concerned with the impact on the quality of education that expansion could contribute to. It would be naive to imagine this dissension is some elitist rant. While politicians squabbled over the location of the next IIT or IIM, we may want to draw the right conclusion from the low number of applications for student and faculty positions in the first of the institutions that have been started so far. The public may have seen the expansion coming at the cost of quality.
We are at the end of a disappointing decade for India's education sector, especially its higher echelon. At end of the UPA's term, the same sense of helplessness that had marked the rule of the NDA pervades the ranks of India's few remaining independent-minded academics. India ranks well below most developing countries in the Educational Development Index of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. This pertains mostly to basic education. When it comes to imparting knowledge, there are no universally accepted indicators, but we know that India is not today a source of knowledge for the world, which it was historically. This situation requires an imaginative response from the government. At a meeting of vice chancellors in 2008, minister for human resource development Arjun Singh spoke candidly when he said that higher education in India was a "sick child". Alas, his medicine has proved to be mostly worse than the disease.
Pulapre Balakrishnan is an independent economist and currently a senior fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi. He has held appointments at the University of Oxford, the World Bank and taught for a decade at IIM Kozhikode.


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I have always struggled with taking things literally. I enjoy poetry, and appreciate symbolism, hyperbole, sarcasm, satire, etc. But for some reason, in actual conversations, my brain wants to process everything as literal, even when I know it isn't. I can't tell you the number of times someone has made a joke, and even as my brain was screaming at me, "Stop! It was a joke!" out of my mouth pops a response taking it literally. Awkward.
Also, I blurt. I always have, and there no longer seems to be much hope that I will outgrow it. There is some sort of weird wiring issue between my mouth and emotions, and if I feel anything strongly, I become about as articulate as a toddler. Direct words just tumble out without any softening.
I also grew up in a home where truth was prized. I cannot recall my parents ever lying to me, even one of the "little white lies." They expected us to tell the truth, and they told us the truth. It is one of the things that I am most grateful for, and has had a profound influence on me as a parent. I strive to be truthful with my own children, even when it is awkward or inconvenient.
A few days ago I read an article about all the harmless (?) lies that moms tell kids. It was somewhat humorous, but as I read through it, I thought about it a little more seriously than I was probably meant to. The lies were nearly all to avoid conflict. I don't want to sound all Judgy MacJudgerson or anything, but it made me uncomfortable. I wondered if the kids were just learning to be passive-aggressive, because that is how most of the examples came across to me.
I am not good at pretense. Mind games in fiction are fun. In real life, though, they give me a headache. And, frequently, heartache. To me, one of the greatest benefits of peaceful parenting is the authenticity.
It has forced me to be relentlessly honest with myself about what I want for my children, to examine my motives and confront some things like pride, selfishness and anger that I would much rather sweep under the rug.
I don't get into mind games, worrying that my babies are trying to manipulate me into meeting their needs. I can take my babies' cries at face value and not constantly second-guess my own instincts.
I have had to learn to be clearer in my communication, and to be direct about my needs. Instead of giving my children vague directions like, "Be careful!", I now am more likely to say, "Walk slowly."
Also, contrary to popular myth, gentle parenting doesn't mean that you say things like, "Oh, sweetie, you don't want to hit your brother, do you? Let's play nice now, okay?" in a sugary, sing-song voice. My kids would probably ignore that--I certainly would. I can use a firm, even stern voice and issue direct orders. "Stop. Hitting hurts," and follow through on it.
I am also honest about sadness, anger and frustration. My kids can sense how I am feeling, anyway, and how can I teach them to handle those feelings themselves if they never see me model how?
Obviously, we need to take care with our words. Yet, I have come to see that the barbed comments that poison and stay under our skin long after the initial sting are not really truth--they are twisted expressions of the speaker's hurts. Truthful, authentic communication is not about blaming and lashing out at others. It is expressing our needs and emotions. If you haven't yet read Nonviolent Communication, check out a copy. It is amazing how freeing it is to communicate honestly and accurately.
Sometimes, the truth does bring conflict that we would rather avoid to the surface. It can be messy and unpleasant. But I think it is even harder when try to cover things up. Even if it makes us miserable for a short time, there is ultimately great freedom in being authentic with ourselves and our families.


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As well as backing up ABT Sportline's aftermarket performance kit for the X-BOW, KTM also released UK pricing for the upgrade that raises the 2.0-liter TFSI engine's output from 240HP to 300HP and maximum torque from 310Nm to 400Nm. The upgrade that is sold as an aftermarket package and can be retrofitted to all X-BOW models costs £5,300 (about €8,700) including VAT and fitting, and comes with a two year warranty.
Lifting the vehicle's power-to-weight ratio to 380HP per tonne, the ABT-prepped X-BOW launches from standstill to 100km/h (62mph) in just 3.5 seconds or 0.4 seconds faster than the 240HP factory model.
"X-BOW's racecar-inspired chassis and sophisticated aerodynamic package have always given owners the ability to go head-to-head with some of the world's most exotic machinery," said Jeff Lau, KTM's X-BOW Manager for the UK.
"This power upgrade will ensure that X-BOW owners seeking an even more extreme experience can do so in total confidence, building upon the quality assurance of the expert engineering and exquisite finish for which X-BOW is recognised."


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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Desert Wind by Betty Webb
In 1954 in Snow Canyon, Utah, Gabe Boone was a horse wrangler on the set of the filming of The Conqueror, a film that starred John Wayne as Genghis Khan, and Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorehead. Gabe idolized Wayne, who treated all the cast and crew as friends, including the Paiute Indians. But, Gabe did notice that the red dust got in people's lungs, and there were even blisters in the mouths of the horses. The Paiutes themselves had blisters in their mouths. Although Gabe didn't realize it at the time, he was witnessing death.
Almost sixty years later, Lena Jones arrives at her office at Scottsdale, Arizona's Desert Investigations to find her partner, Jimmy Sisiwan, missing. Her uneasy feeling only grew when she received strange messages saying he'd be out for a week or longer, so she tracks him down in Walapai Flats in northwestern Arizona. His brother had been put in jail as a material witness in a murder, and now Jimmy is in jail as well. Lena interferes with Jimmy's plans, and takes it upon herself to find the person who killed the PR man for Black Basin Uranium Mine. The mine, just about to open, is controversial. Many of the residents hope for jobs at the mine, but Jimmy's sister-in-law, an outspoken opponent, was killed in a shooting, and that killer is still loose.
Lena finds resistance in the community, people unwilling to answer her questions. And, Gabe Boone, with his knowledge of the past, might have the key to reveal the secrets of Walapai Flats. Generations of lies and secrets, of scars, may have led to murder in present-day Arizona.
Each time readers pick up a Lena Jones mystery, we hope to learn a little more about Lena's mysterious past. There have been glimpses into her traumatic childhood, and her time in foster homes. Webb still gives us a glimpse here and there in this book, but Lena's past isn't the focus of this latest crime novel.
Instead, this is about crime on a grand scale, with implications for all Americans, especially those of us who live in the Southwest, I'm not going to spoil Webb's story by giving away too much. She unravels the past beautifully, along with the repercussions. I'll just say, Desert Wind, the latest Lena Jones mystery, is powerful, political, and a book that serves as a warning. David Morrell is right. It truly is "A must-read."
Betty Webb's website is www.bettywebb-mystery.com.
Desert Wind by Betty Webb. Poisoned Pen Press. 2012. ISBN 978159089793 (hardcover), 318p.
FTC Full Disclosure - I bought my copy of the book.
5 comments:
- Beth Hoffman said...
You've grabbed my attention with this one!
Happy weekend to you and the kitties, Lesa!
- Lesa said...
Happy weekend, Beth! And, you don't have to have read previous Lena Jones mysteries to read this one. I'd definitely recommend Desert Winds.
- Margaret said...
It's on the top of my TBR pile. I didn't know, however, that it dealt with "The Conqueror." My family and I are film buffs and we have long talked about how many of the people associated with the film died of cancer, not realizing at the time that their participation in the film near atom bombs blast sites was going eventually to cause their deaths.
Good review, Lesa. Am trying to read faster, on the book I am now reading, so I can get into "Desert Wind."
Margaret Franson
- Lesa said...
Ah, see, Margaret, by just mentioning "The Conqueror," you caught the underlying theme of Desert Wind. I didn't want to give too much away, as much as I wanted to talk about the film, the cancer, and the atom bomb testing. Great! You're going to love the book, and I'm sure other family members will as well.
- Karen C said...
You got my attention, too and I'm putting on my list right now.


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I was soooo thankful when our Nonnie told us about this cool event in town! What fun! We saw fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, animal rescue trucks, sporting vehicles, tow trucks, ice cream trucks and more!!!! Fun stuff!!!!!
Thomas and Maddy in the Fire Truck!!!! If only the keys worked!!!!
We loved jumping in the rescue boat!!!!!
Hahaha....the jet ski was the hit of the show.....
Not a shy bone in this little Smith!!!! Morgan was friends with everyone!!!!
Even Maddy warmed up to Sparky.......
Thank you to the City of Valley for sponsoring this great event for our kids!!!!


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(Corrects first paragraph to say Grisolia tapped as chief financial officer, not chief executive officer)
SAO PAULO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The board of Petróleo Brasileiro SA's fuel distribution unit tapped Rafael Salvador Grisolia as new Chief Financial Officer, according to a Monday securities filing, as it prepares for an initial public offering.
According to the filing, Grisolia is currently the Chief Financial Officer of brand manager InBrands SA, having served as an executive at several companies including oil major ExxonMobil Corp and energy firm Cosan SA Indústria e Comércio . (Reporting by Bruno Federowski)


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After my series of meetings yesterday my lovely oldest daughter took Grace and my grandson Grant to the zoo. That means for the second time this week I have a glorious few hours of alone time. During that time I did a bit of knitting (finishing up a baby sweater for a friend) and later (much later) in the evening after some chocolate therapy involving cookie baking. I free-handed a map of the world on my ginormous canvas. The really amazing bit (because I always start these things dubious as to whether I can pull it off) is that the map I sketched looks awesome! Sure the Saudi Arabian peninsula is a tad smoother than real life but hey...I'm all about impressionism. I just pulled a world map up on my computer pulled out a mechanical pencil and went to town.
This painting cannot sit around for more thinking as we are having another open house tomorrow and It is really too big to hang around tucked in behind the TV-I need to get it up on the wall :). When I get home from work today I am going to mix up a greeny-blue ocean and then paint the land masses a plain beige-y brown. The real goal is digging out money, tickets and stuff from our trips. David already has his tube ticket from London. I have 20 pesos from Mexico and I am sure there is some Germany stuff hanging about. Now the question is...do I wire? glue? pin? or use some-other way to fix the stuff on my art.
Now..time to stop thinking about art and start thinking about Pre Calculus...Or..is that art too? :)


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So, this week I have decided to crack down on my house. This was prolly inspired by my X finally getting his stuff...well he's not but someone is...lol and my figuring when I was going thru it all might as well throw crap out and get rid of stuff, that's been collecting for years upon years.
OMG I hate clutter...but what I hate even more is when you have clutter and your not disposing of it then really all you do is move the clutter from one place to the next...I threw out like 6 large trash bags today of crap...set is out for preschool parents to go thru...they went thru it and then the rest went in the garbage! YEA me. Felt great...doesn't feel like I cleared up a ton of space but hmm maybe doing it each day will...who knows...but it feels good to do it.
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The Liquidation Of Our Future Could Be Stopped If We Just Do One Thing -...
A daily drive into the dark woods of contemporary American politics, business, and culture
Posted by Ulysses at 9:31 PM
Here Lee Camp lays it out with commendable clarity!
Awesome rant, Ulysses. Thanks for sharing!
This makes a lot of sense, between Lee Camp and Russell Brand it seems like comedians are awake to the realities of our world! Thanks for sharing!
The absolute rottenness of our system is all too obvious.
Here's an apt assessment from Jesse: "Is it any surprise that in a culture that glorifies personal greed and the arrogance of power, virtue is in scarcity and deceit becomes routine? Bad behaviour can drive out the good, until a system or culture can become a festival of shamelessness, and a feast for predators."
Thanks to you, Ulysses, for refusing to stop calling for the positive change we so desperately need in this world!!


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Monday, March 19, 2012
Tubal Reversal Surgery Update
It's been 18 months since I had my surgery and I thought an update was in order. While it may seem like 18 months has just flown, the time has gone by at a snails pace. Pull up a chair, here's my update.
I'll back up a bit and start at the beginning-ish. I had a tubal ligation done at age 26 after giving birth to my second set of naturally conceived twins. Pregnancy is very hard on my body, though I suppose this is true for 99% of women. It was a long painful pregnancy and I was sure I never, ever wanted to do it again. I do take full responsibility for my own decision and lack of research, however I do think that women under 30 should have better counseling before they are allowed to make such a decision.
Fast forward 3 years later, I was 29 and finally realizing I was experiencing extreme symptoms of PTLS - Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome. I was told my ligation was permanent. I remember a friend of mine had hers reversed. I talked with her, and then it took a full year to convince my husband and get the money together to fly out and have my body put back together.
I don't have full relief from my PTLS symptoms but they are definitely much much better. One of my posts on this can be found here.
3 months after the surgery in December 2010, we conceived our first tubal reversal miracle. This pregnancy sadly ended with the baby in my tube. My husband was very scared for my life and we took a couple of months off of trying. 7 months later, in August 2011, I conceived again. I had a better feeling about this one and did my routine blood beta tests to see if my hormone levels were increasing as they should; they were not. The levels were very slow to rise and as soon as I hit 6 weeks, I started bleeding and miscarried my second tubal reversal miracle.
That brings us to now, March 2012, 18 months after the surgery and 7 months after losing my 2nd little angel. I know it is in God's hands. I feel such a desperate anxiety to have a baby, mostly I want my two lost ones back. I can't describe how much my heart aches for them. I never could have imagined this heartache until going through it. I understand women have suffered through much more than I have, but I can only really relate to what I have experienced. I am so utterly grateful for the children I do have, please don't misunderstand.
I am learning how to not "try" to get pregnant but better how to just, live. When you want something so badly it's very easy to get so wrapped up in it and have it control you. I've spent so much time obsessing over this. It's so wrong, as a friend mentioned recently, it's become an idol. I've turned it into my every thought, action, feeling. I've gone through anger, depression, fear and desperation. I'm slowly emerging from that chaos into a better, more healthy way of thinking, hoping and praying.
My biggest support has come from my husband who always knows the perfect thing to say when I'm down. I have formed some wonderful, internet friendships with other women who have had the same surgery and are on the same journey. Some of them have had a worse experience, and some a very easy one with babies on the way. There are some women who have been told their surgeries have failed and by a miracle are now pregnant.
I want to share the good, bad and ugly of this. I know there is a woman, like myself, who is searching for someone in the same boat. I know there is a woman searching for information to decide if a ligation is best for her. If you're considering one, please do your research. I would strongly urge any woman seeking ligation to reconsider. There are other ways to prevent a pregnancy if you must. If this is you, and you want to talk, please feel free to leave a comment with your email and I will not publish it. I can also put you in touch with some very wonderful women who can help you with our decision.
Having said all this, I wouldn't change the reversal for anything. It made me complete again. I know God can overcome anything and if he wants for us to have more children, we are eagerly awaiting his blessing.
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Ed. Note: I love this woman; Vandana Shiva is one of the most brilliant activists fighting for the best solutions to many of our problems today. Originally a theoretical physicist, she now campaigns the world for heirloom seeds, organic farming and local food systems instead of the chemical- and oil-intensive large scale industrial farms that destroy the environment, increase global warming and wreck local economies. She also supports Hands off Mother Earth, a citizen-based organization that resists geoengineering. ~ RA
Supporters of geoengineering have proposed radical ways to alter the planet to decrease the level of greenhouse gas emissions. Proposals include creating artificial volcanoes to pollute the atmosphere with sulfur particles, fertilizing the oceans and placing sun-deflecting aluminum foil in the sky. But opposition is growing to geoengineering. We host a debate between Indian environmentalist, scientist, philosopher and eco-feminist, Vandana Shiva, and geopolitical analyst and columnist, Gwynne Dyer.
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Orkla is a leading supplier of branded consumer goods and concept solutions to the grocery sector, out-of-home sector and bakeries with its main markets in the Nordics and the Baltics. The Group also holds good positions in selected product categories in Central Europe and India.
The Branded Consumer Goods business comprises four business areas: Orkla Foods, Orkla Confectionery & Snacks, Orkla Home & Personal and Orkla Food Ingredients. Orkla also has operations organised under the Orkla Investments business area, which consists of Hydro Power, real estate and financial assets, in addition to the Group's investments in Sapa (JV) (50% interest) and Jotun (42.5% interest).
Orkla ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and is headquartered in Oslo. As of 31 December 2014, Orkla had approximately 13,000 employees. The Group's turnover in 2014 totalled NOK 30 billion.
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Make ch5 and join to form a loop, or make a magic ring to avoid the hole in the middle.
Petal: In the loop, ch3,2 tr,ch3 and join the loop
6 Petals around.
I make them n save it for future use, So hows ur week going? Stay happy n crafty!
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Evangelina Flores, age 77, of Tecumseh, passed away April 11, 2017. Evangelina was born November 30, 1939 in Encinal City, Texas the daughter of Louis and Melitona (Gomez) Flores. She was a member of the American Legion and attended St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, both in Tecumseh. She retired from Tecumseh Corrugated Box after many years of service and also held the position of Union Steward. Evangelina is survived by her children, Jesse, Jr., Lionel, Medina, Diana and Ricardo, all of Tecumseh; brother, Abel; sister, Lucinda; son in law, Jeff; 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her daughter, Belia; son, Ruben and a grandson. Funeral services will be 1:00 P. M. Saturday, April 15, 2017 at J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh with Fr. Daniel Wheeler officiating. Visitation will be 11:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. also Saturday, until time of service.


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Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Paper doodles...
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Islington Mill Exhibition...
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Sunday, 3 November 2013
Sunday photography...
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Monday, 21 October 2013
Islington Mill...
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Back from France...
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Monday, 29 April 2013
Axis and Robin Hoods Bay...
Spent a very scenic and inspiring weekend in Robin Hoods Bay. I also now have a profile page on Axis web, have a look here.
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Monday, 15 April 2013
So I have set myself up a website for my work, mainly paintings at the moment, you can take a look over here.
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Friday, 5 April 2013
A blast from the past...
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Sunday, 17 March 2013
Our exhibition is in full swing and we have now extended the opening hours. You can visit between 12-4 on Fridays and Saturdays for the next two weeks, our by appointment 07974 268 382, at Oxheys Mill, Preston.
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Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Queen Street Mill...
Really a fascinating place, you should visit if you are ever in the Burnley area. I am now thinking about what I could make with the fabric that they still produce there.
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Saturday, 26 January 2013
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Hat Tip to Simply Jews
The Elders have come forward with this:
Remember: you read it first time here and must be grateful to the Elders for the scoop of the century.Remember this is Top Secret! No one should inform Barack Hussein Obama of this upcoming action.
After a prolonged period of FUD: Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, the ruling Iranian Ayatollahs came to a final decision. According to this decision, which is, as mentioned, final, IAF - the Israeli Air Force - received the landing permits at several IAF - Iranian Air Force - bases. In addition, IAF planes will enjoy refueling, repair and other logistics support, including detailed maps, weather reports and everything else that may expedite bombing the heck out of Iranian nuclear installations*.
"We cannot take it anymore," reportedly said one of the senior Ayatollahs. "The endless reports about new plans of attack on our nukes that continue to inundate the capitalist media are driving us bonkers. Our generals are totally exhausted, endlessly relocating the air defense units after each such report. Our radar operators are going blind with tension, reporting incoming Zionist jets every few minutes."
"I am unable to open my favorite sites in the morning, without reading about another detailed plan of attack on our nuclear sites and spoiling my breakfast. For so many years I have been a subscriber to Washington Post (firstname.lastname@example.com), to New York Times (email@example.com), to New Yorker (firstname.lastname@example.com), and now my fingers tremble each time I touch the keyboard..." confessed Mahmoud (The Mad) Ahmadinejad.
Our agent in place, however, reports that the last straw that caused the drastic decision was the disconnection from the banking network SWIFT. This act prevents the Ayatollahs from downloading the last versions of Angry Birds, causing a great deal of teeth gnashing and despair in the circles of the Iranian ruling elite.
Representatives of the Israeli military are at present on a secret location near Tehran, finalizing the last details of the operation with their Iranian colleagues. The Iranian plans for elimination of the accursed Zionist Entity, according to the rumors, are put on hold until the successful end of the current project.
Provision of air cover to IAF planes by IAF planes in case of USAF interference with the bombing operation is discussed as a possible extra.
(*) Protected bunkers for the press, with camera crew enclosures, are being prepared and transportation arrangements will be forwarded to the press prior to the event.


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Sunday, August 23, 2009
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
It's been a long time since we last updated the blog. Gazillion sorry for the unintentional silence. We are rather occupied setting up our cakehouse in Damansara. We are about to open soon...will be updating more. In the meantime, keep your order coming hehehe!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
We had baked an american chocolate cake for Khairy and Syimah for their wedding. Basically the purple+pink theme was for hantaran from Syimah and the two-tiered golden theme was for their wedding cake. The color purple+pink was easy to work out but the gold colour was a headache :P. Lucky enough, we found the right mixture of colour the night before the delivery, hehe!
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Yani's best friend's wedding
Yet another gift set of 25 chocolate cupcakes. Yani intended to make the cupcakes as a gift set for her friend's wedding. The theme was simply roses and butterfly and she did provided us with an images of cupcake set that she wishes to have. Well, we did some minor adjustment to give the gift set a little bit of our touch... (^^,)
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Nana's cupcake
This set of 16 chocolate cupcakes was specially ordered by Nana. It was supposed to be a surprise for her mum as a mother's day treat. She was excited to receive the cupcakes that we suspected the cupcakes might not reach her mum perfectly hehehe!
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Nur's birthday
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Love N' Roses
This chocolate cake was ordered by one of my student for her special one's birthday. This heart-shaped cake was adorned with pink fondant roses on top of it. Initially, there should be only 3 buds of roses but we ended up with 8 buds instead. Hehehe! Happy Birthday Aus!
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Labels: birthday, chocolate cake, fondant
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