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Chloe Coed is the website of 18 year old cute Chloe. She's finally legal and is so excited to share her naughty sex adventures with members on her website. Her site is part of the Girlies Pass Network, a collection of small sites with cute girls in high quality content. I think Chloe fits in with the network very well!
Sexy exclusive collection.
Chloe's site features all exclusive pictures and videos. It's mostly solo action, with Chloe posing in sexy lingerie, costumes, and funny shirts ("Silly blondes, brains are for brunettes!). She gets fully nude and even makes out with her girlfriends in hot lesbian scenes. It's mostly a softcore site, though. You won't find these scenes anywhere else.
High quality videos.
Although the photos looked good, as well, it was the video quality that impressed me most. These scenes are high definition, playing at 5000k and 1280 x 720 in size. They're very sharp and really great-looking. Quality is a clear strength of the site.
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No interaction with Chloe.
Despite this looking like a solo model site, you won't find any of the interaction that is typical of solo model sites. There's no blog or camshow, not even a forum. I have no idea if Chloe is involved in her site at all, but my thought is no.
Doesn't appear to be updating.
There's no update log and none of Chloe's scenes are dated so it's hard to say for sure what the update situation is. However, our editors haven't noticed any growth so it looks as though nothing new is being added.
No browse or search tools.
The set up here is very simple. Browse the pictures and videos listed in the order they were added and that's it. There's no search box, no category list, no other sort options, nothing at all to make getting around any easier.
Very small collection.
This is a really small site. There are currently just 35 galleries and 26 videos online. The videos are also very short. It won't take long at all to see everything here.
Minor Negatives:
Enjoy the small collection of the hot Chloe, but it won't keep you busy for long.
Chloe Coed features a cute model but otherwise the site is pretty lacking. The collection is so small, and there's no indication that it's growing at all. The high quality content is a plus, but there's no personality and no interaction with Chloe. The network access and low price do make for a good value, at least. Overall, it's good as a network filler site but Chloe Coed isn't strong enough to stand on its own.
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Downloadable exclusive photos and videos of sexy young model Chloe in solo and lesbian scenes.
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Yes, should work.
Channel Max: 7
Able to pause/resume.
Test Software: Speed Download
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Browser: 800KB/sec.
(150MB video, 50Mbps cable internet)
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Advertised: No info found.
My Opinion: Appears to be exclusive.
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(average size, HQ)
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Yes, all videos.
File Type: WMV
Bit-Rate: 5000k
Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Quality: Sharp, high quality.
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No free live cam shows.
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Only user/pw required.
Videos don't require pw.
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18 yr old female.
Nice body, brunette.
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Solo girl site.
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Network access.
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Semi-professional level photography.
No airbrushing.
No lighting issues.
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All = 1200 x 800
Sizes vary a little.
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Deb Cooley
Deb has been an active participant in the middle of the American kite scene, living and working on the Oregon Coast. She has been a kite retailer and a leading producer of unique windsocks and kites of her own design. She continues to be a workshop leader and passes on her sewing and production techniques to a whole new generation of kite enthusiasts.

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This from the OSGeo Conference committee... The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, has released a request for proposal, or RFP, (available here as a PDF) for the hosting of the FOSS4G 2009 conference. With the overwhelming success of the recent FOSS4G 2007 conference in Victoria Canada (http://www.foss4g2007.org/), and as excitement begins to build for
FOSS4G 2008 in Cape Town South Africa (http://www.foss4g2008.org/), OSGeo again aims for the 2009 conference to be a major geospatial conference during that year. The RFP solicitation closes January 11th, 2008.


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What can I say, what is not to love with this sketch! This week's My Favorite Things sketch is just amazing! I decided to pair it up with the Fesitival Trees and so many fun tools from the Holiday Mini!
Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets: Merry Everything
Ink: Versamark, Pear Pizzazz
Paper: Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, All is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Neutral Candy Dots, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Whisper White Embossing Powder
Tools: Tree Punch, Star Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Lucky Stars Textured Embossing Folder, Confetti Stars Punch
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
What's Not to Love
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- Lyn Wallan-Smith said...
This is gorgeous and I love these two colours together <3
- October 14, 2014 at 7:06 PM
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+sookie tex. City College of New York Shepard Hall tower Clip Art. Public Domain Clip Art Stock Photos and Images.
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The City College of the City University of New York (more commonly referred to as the City College of New York, or simply City College, CCNY, or City) is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) in New York City. It is the oldest of City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning. City College's thirty-five acre Manhattan campus along Convent Avenue from 130th Street to 141st Street is on a hill overlooking Harlem its neo-Gothic campus was mostly designed by George Browne Post, and many of its buildings are landmarks.
CCNY was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States and is considered the flagship campus of the CUNY public university system. The college accounts 11 winners of the Nobel Prize among its alumni.
Shepard Hall tower, seen from Harlem. Shepard Hall, the largest building and the centerpiece of the campus, was modeled after a Gothic cathedral plan with its main entrance on St. Nicholas Terrace.


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I spend a lot of time on design. Not because I'm a great graphic artist, painter, or designer (cuz I'm not). But more because I care deeply about space, visuals, and the nonverbal communication of even architecture and how it makes you feel.
I care that a font looks right in an e-mail. I care that it can be easily skimmed and that the most important things jump off the page. I care about room design, how a teaching outline looks, the visuals I use, and how how it all collectively impacts how a participant feels. I care about little stuff stashed in the corner of a stage and marks on walls and a lot of stuff. In my first book, I've worked hard with my publisher to come up with a design that is right and fits the book. Because I think the cover matters and shapes the impact of the content. Claiming that you "can't judge a book by it's cover" is a nice idea. It's just not true. People do it all the time. We all do it all the time. Visuals shape us and often give us first impressions that shape our expectations.
Think about it. Think about the spaces you most love to be in and feel most inspired by. Even if it's a beach, I'm betting it's a clean beach, not a trash filled one. If it's a restaurant or a room, my bet is it's well designed. Things work together and it just feels right. Everything from the music to the lighting to the smells matter. The truth is, the amount of hours I've spent on set designs, brochure planning, and even cleaning up a room as a youth pastor is HUGE. For years it was shared space I had to learn to temporarily design and then take down again. Then in parts of my ministry I've been able to design custom student spaces too. I truly value a well designed space and love it when a space inspires others and myself too.
Last week, I spent well over 3 days in preparation and working with our volunteers to redesign our regular student meeting space into a Christmas space for an outreach party and Christmas series we do every year. If you added it all up, it takes a solid 100+ hours to flip our room and make it what it is for this season. Even re-using previous decorations, it all adds up to an astonishing amount of work. Last year, I had a professional party designer check it out and tell me that our design and attention to detail was as good as any professional party design he'd ever been to.
Here's some shots of this years design that my friend Pat took of the final preparations.
Here's at least 3 reasons why I think you should care about your space and why I care about mine.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS MATTER: The first impression a student will get of your youth group and the experience they are about to go into will largely come from the space you meet in. If your space feels dark and dirty and cold, then it will set a certain tone for the audience. If it's big and empty and intimidating it will create another impression. If it's fun and inviting and inspiring to them, then it will send another message. It's why a great outreach investment can be landscaping and paint for your church campus. If people don't find the outside of your space inviting, they don't believe the inside is any different. In real-estate they call it "curb appeal" and if you don't have it, you can't sell it. Same is true for ministry. Curb appeal matters.
SPACES SEND MESSAGES: Like it or not, your space is communicating something. The only question now is, what is it saying? When we do a "set design" for a new teaching series, we're trying to change the room to be part of the message. If you're doing a series on love in February and you cover the tables in rose pedals or candy hearts, it says something. If you ignore the tables and simply put the same pencil boxes you always put on them, that says something too. Non-verbals are a HUGE piece of communication and what a space is saying non-verbally cannot be ignored. You don't have to spend thousands to remodel a space, but you do have to pay attention to it and find creative ways to change a room to fit the message you're trying to send.
STUDENTS DO NOTICE: Students may have messy rooms and be mess makers themselves. My experience says both of those things are common with teens. But that does not mean they don't notice the details of space. The number of comments I get about how our "room feels" or how a new set design or party decor inspires a student to engage is very high. Even tonight I was talking with a student at small groups and they talked about how the room feels like a "coffee shop" and how they feel comfortable there and inviting their friends into it. I had another gal tell me that the white stripe/crown look that we added to our Christmas decor up high made her notice the walls in ways she had never before. It's sometimes crazy to me, but students do notice non-verbals. A lot!


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Exercise - removed costume eye holes, seam and created roto for the head and arms.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Foureyes - Finished
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
SF Ustream show
So recently i have stumbled across a site called ustream. and i totally got amazed by its potential. needless to say i started a show on there. i hope its long lasting. feel free to drop by and follow.
botched up my 1st show pretty bad. but i quickly redeemed it by making a 2nd!
here is the pic from it.
you can join the channel, and follow HERE.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Since i havent updated in a while, lifes been a little crazy, i decided to throw some things i am currently working on.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Media Studio: Template
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
From the Other Room
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Dentist and the Sneaky Girl
Saturday, July 16, 2011
20 books
Friday, July 15, 2011
to know
Monday, July 11, 2011
July 11th
As soon as we walked up to the ticket booth, we knew we were in the wrong place.
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Each Peach Pear Plum
2 T tapioca
1 T cornstarch
1/4t cinnamon
1/4 t ginger
3 lbs plums
1 T butter
Double pie crust
Mix ingredients and pour into pie crust. Dot with butter. Put 2nd crust on top. Bake on cookie sheet at 450 for 20 minutes then 375 for 20 minutes. Let cool 2 hours or more.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Talking to Girls
I went to a dinner party at a friend's home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time.
Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, "Maya, you're so cute! Look at you! Turn around and model that pretty ruffled gown, you gorgeous thing!"
But I didn't. I squelched myself. As I always bite my tongue when I meet little girls, restraining myself from my first impulse, which is to tell them how darn cute/ pretty/ beautiful/ well-dressed/ well-manicured/ well-coiffed they are.
What's wrong with that? It's our culture's standard talking-to-little-girls icebreaker, isn't it? And why not give them a sincere compliment to boost their self-esteem? Because they are so darling I just want to burst when I meet them, honestly.
Hold that thought for just a moment.
This week ABC News reported that nearly half of all three- to six-year-old girls worry about being fat. In my book, Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, I reveal that 15 to 18 percent of girls under 12 now wear mascara, eyeliner and lipstick regularly; eating disorders are up and self-esteem is down; and 25 percent of young American women would rather win America's Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize. Even bright, successful college women say they'd rather be hot than smart. A Miami mom just died from cosmetic surgery, leaving behind two teenagers. This keeps happening, and it breaks my heart.
Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. It sets them up for dieting at age 5 and foundation at age 11 and boob jobs at 17 and Botox at 23. As our cultural imperative for girls to be hot 24/7 has become the new normal, American women have become increasingly unhappy. What's missing? A life of meaning, a life of ideas and reading books and being valued for our thoughts and accomplishments.
That's why I force myself to talk to little girls as follows.
"Maya," I said, crouching down at her level, looking into her eyes, "very nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too," she said, in that trained, polite, talking-to-adults good girl voice.
"Hey, what are you reading?" I asked, a twinkle in my eyes. I love books. I'm nuts for them. I let that show.
Her eyes got bigger, and the practiced, polite facial expression gave way to genuine excitement over this topic. She paused, though, a little shy of me, a stranger.
"I LOVE books," I said. "Do you?"
Most kids do.
"YES," she said. "And I can read them all by myself now!"
"Wow, amazing!" I said. And it is, for a five-year-old. You go on with your bad self, Maya.
"What's your favorite book?" I asked.
"I'll go get it! Can I read it to you?"
Purplicious was Maya's pick and a new one to me, as Maya snuggled next to me on the sofa and proudly read aloud every word, about our heroine who loves pink but is tormented by a group of girls at school who only wear black. Alas, it was about girls and what they wore, and how their wardrobe choices defined their identities. But after Maya closed the final page, I steered the conversation to the deeper issues in the book: mean girls and peer pressure and not going along with the group. I told her my favorite color in the world is green, because I love nature, and she was down with that.
Not once did we discuss clothes or hair or bodies or who was pretty. It's surprising how hard it is to stay away from those topics with little girls, but I'm stubborn.
I told her that I'd just written a book, and that I hoped she'd write one too one day. She was fairly psyched about that idea. We were both sad when Maya had to go to bed, but I told her next time to choose another book and we'd read it and talk about it. Oops. That got her too amped up to sleep, and she came down from her bedroom a few times, all jazzed up.
So, one tiny bit of opposition to a culture that sends all the wrong messages to our girls. One tiny nudge towards valuing female brains. One brief moment of intentional role modeling. Will my few minutes with Maya change our multibillion dollar beauty industry, reality shows that demean women, our celebrity-manic culture? No. But I did change Maya's perspective for at least that evening.
Try this the next time you meet a little girl. She may be surprised and unsure at first, because few ask her about her mind, but be patient and stick with it. Ask her what she's reading. What does she like and dislike, and why? There are no wrong answers. You're just generating an intelligent conversation that respects her brain. For older girls, ask her about current events issues: pollution, wars, school budgets slashed. What bothers her out there in the world? How would she fix it if she had a magic wand? You may get some intriguing answers. Tell her about your ideas and accomplishments and your favorite books. Model for her what a thinking woman says and does.
And let me know the response you get at www.Twitter.com/lisabloom and Facebook.
Here's to changing the world, one little girl at a time.
For many more tips on how keep yourself and your daughter smart, check out my new book, Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, www.Think.tv.
Perfect for the 4th
"This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body."
"This is what you shall do..." by Walt Whitman, from the preface of Leaves of Grass, first published on July 4, 1855. Public domain.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Blackberry Bramble
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- 1 cup self-rising flour
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Dow futures spike more then 600 points
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Tuesday, recovering from the plunge seen in global stocks on Monday as mayhem in Chinese markets and interest rate fears dominated markets. Dow futures briefly rose more than 600 points in premarket trading, implying a 467 point bounce at the open and shrugging off deeper selling in China. Futures extended gains after the Chinese central bank announced plans to cut its one year lending rate to 4.6 percent, which the People's Bank of China said was provide long-term liquidity and help support the economy. Equity markets in China fell further in the final hour of trading on Tuesday, with the Shanghai Composite settling below the key 3,000 mark, to end the day down 7.6 percent. Japan's Nikkei 225 index was the second-biggest laggard in the region, closing down 4 percent, after turning negative in the afternoon trading session Tuesday. European equities bucked the weakness seen in Asia, trading firmly in the green. The pan-European Stoxx 600 surged over 4 percent, with French, German and U.K. stocks all up between 3.5 and 4.5 percent. Basic resources stocks were the key outperformer, shooting around 7 percent higher. On the data front, there are a flurry of housing market indicators due Tuesday, with the FHFA and Case-Shiller home price indices for June both due at 9.00 a.m. ET and new home sales figures for July at 10.00 a.m. Other releases include the Conference Board's consumer confidence indicator for August at 10.00 a.m. as well as the flash Markit services and composite PMIs for the same month. "After yesterday's data vacuum, we get U.S. new home sales and Conference Board consumer confidence this afternoon. Neither of these is going to change anyone's expectation about the outlook for Fed policy - the debate rages on between those who think the Fed should have hiked ages ago, those who expect them to raise rates this year and those who think doing so would be a catastrophic mistake," said Kit Juckes, global head of foreign exchange and macro strategist at Societe Generale. BHP Billiton reported full-year earnings earlier Tuesday which sent shares around 3 percent higher in London. This came despite the mining giant reporting an 86 percent plunge in net profit on the back of falling commodity prices, but investors cheered the group's cost-cutting measures. It comes after stocks started Monday with one of the ugliest opening selloffs in memory, and the dramatic move in the Dow was the biggest intraday swing ever. U.S. stocks plunged more than 3.5 percent over the day, closing off session lows in high volume trade as fears of slowing growth in China pressured global markets. S&P 500 ended nearly 80 points lower, off session lows of about 104 points lower but still in correction territory after the tech sector failed intraday attempts to post gains. Nine of the 10 sectors are in correction territory, with consumer staples less than 1 percent away. Cumulative trade volume was 13.94 billion shares, the highest volume day since Aug. 10, 2011. Composite trade volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 6.57 billion shares, the heaviest since Oct. 27, 2011. Oil bounced back from heavy losses on Tuesday but global oversupply and worries over the severity of the economic slowdown in China, the world's top commodity consumer, kept prices near 6-1/2-year lows. European equity markets recovered on Tuesday but Chinese stock markets closed down more than 7 percent, with panic selling intensifying after the flagship Shanghai Composite Index crashed through key support at 3,000 points. U.S. crude, also known at West Texas Intermediate or WTI, was up $1.10 at $39.34 a barrel by 0930 GMT, while Brent was up $1.20 at $43.89. Gold fell on Tuesday as global markets rebounded from the previous day's rout after China cut interest rates to stimulate its wavering economy, with European stocks rising 4.5 percent and the dollar up 1 percent versus the euro. Autocatalyst metal palladium continued to slide, however, falling as much as 7 percent to its lowest in five years. Spot gold was down 0.3 percent at $1,151.21 an ounce, while U.S. gold futures for December delivery were down $2.50 an ounce at $1,151.10.


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Online report of the Progressive Review. For 54 years, the news while there's still time to do something about it.
October 15, 2016
British Greens discover alliances
I was in Birmingham to chair a panel on the possibility of a progressive alliance – with Lucas and transport spokesman Rupert Reed extending green tendrils, and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy speaking for the Labour party. The idea of a progressive alliance is problematic at every level, from every angle: its name sounds wholemeal and mockable. And yet it occupies that vexed space in political discourse where it's just well enough known that it can't be replaced, not well enough known that any normal person has heard of it.
At a practical level, it doesn't help that both Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith are explicitly opposed to cooperating with any other party, despite Corbyn being so similar to Lucas in outlook that he shouldn't just consider an alliance with her, he should join her job-share. But as we know, coalitions of any sort are messy, slow and difficult. Alliances that claim to be about the love of humankind, between people who find nothing more energising than the hatred of one another's small differences, are even messier, slower and more difficult.
I'm not talking exclusively about hatred between Greens and Reds, incidentally, though the guy standing outside the Green party conference saying "another mouth to feed" in a self-righteous monotone every time anyone walked past did remind me how much there is to distinguish between environmentalism and socialism. All progressives prefer to debate their own fine distinctions than the glaring ideological chasm that separates us from the real foes. On dark days, I think this is because purity is part of the mind-set, and the smaller compromises that would create the swell are harder to make than a peace with failure. And on bright days, I think this is because we are simply the more intelligent group, and the work of pointing out what's wrong with Theresa May – all the meanness of Margaret Thatcher with none of the frankness or ambition – is too obvious to hold our attention. Either way, it bodes ill for meaningful togetherness.
But there is something about this particular conference season, some flickering between tenacity and despair, that makes the alternative of not cooperating – of not building a concrete electoral strategy based on a shared platform – look impossible.
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"...political parties of a progressive nature have to start cooperating with one another."
Of course. That is the only way progressive politics will get off the ground in the US, because the individual parties are too small to be effective alone.
To make enemies of leftist brethren and battle them while the right steamrolls the left (as it has been doing for years) is ultra-stupid.
A system of rotating leadership of a progressive coalition has been proven feasible in some South American countries. It has worked well to elect congress critters and presidents, by running a single slate of candidates that all leftist parties vote for.
When will US progressive parties - from radical to sensible liberal - wake up and realize the benefits of cooperation?
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Guest post: "My Publishing Journey with Advice for Aspiring Authors," by Dr. John Benedict, author of ADRENALINE
You must realize the journey to become published is long. Good agents and interested editors are very hard to find. I sent out literally hundreds of query letters to agents and even managed to hook up with several poor agents. This was primarily an exercise in frustration. Finally, I attended multiple writing conferences and did manage to get signed by a reputable agent. I thought my journey was near its end. However, I learned that even finding a decent agent doesn't guarantee selling your book to a mainstream publisher. My agent couldn't sell my book. Finally, I decided to go the self-publishing route. This proved to be the way to go. I chose CreateSpace, which worked fine for me—there are several other good alternatives out there. Be prepared to pay a small amount to get your book published—it pays to price-shop. Once set up, you can sell your book as an inexpensive ebook on Amazon (and elsewhere). The internet is an extremely valuable sales platform and if your book is half-decent, it can spread by word-of-mouth alone. Readers leave reviews and rate your book and this can attract new readers. I'm pleased to report that Adrenaline sold very well as a Kindle ebook. In 2014, over 80,000 copies were downloaded from Amazon pushing it to the #1 paid medical thriller. I also picked up over 440 reader reviews (mostly 5-star). Armed with these sales numbers and positive reader reviews, I was finally able to attract a mainstream publisher (Oceanview Publishing) for my third medical thriller, Fatal Complications, due out in December 2015.
So the point of all the above is simple—the publishing industry has undergone massive changes in the last ten years. Self-publishing no longer has the stigma that it once had. Many people want to write a book, and now is a great time to do so. I believe the strategy I outlined above, of self-publishing first and establishing a track record of sales and good reviews (sadly, there's no substitute for writing a decent story) is a very viable strategy. After you have done this, then you approach an agent or editor and make your pitch. In today's ultra-competitive environment, you'll have a much better chance of getting picked up by a traditional publisher and save yourself a lot of trouble and pain of rejection in the process.
Finally, my advice for would-be novelists is fairly straightforward. Nothing worthwhile in life is quick or easy. Writing is no different. Expect to spend a long time learning the craft and improving upon it. Don't expect to become famous overnight or make a lot of money easily. The best advice I can give is this: You shouldn't write because you want to make millions or become a household name—you'll likely be disappointed. Rather, you should write because you enjoy the process and feel the need to tell a story. Let the results take care of themselves.
Other things I've learned along the way: I've learned to believe in myself even when no one else seemed to. I've also learned the power of perseverance and patience. The path to successful book publication is notoriously long and arduous for most. Developing a thick skin is also helpful to protect oneself against the many rejection letters and obligatory nasty reviews that will come your way. Finally, I've learned that writing a good book is probably only half the battle. Getting it published and successfully marketing it may be the most difficult part. Good luck and keep writing!
Dr. John Benedict graduated cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and entered medical school at Penn State University College of Medicine. While there, he also completed an internship, anesthesia residency and a cardiac anesthesia fellowship. He currently works as a physician/anesthesiologist in a busy private practice in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Benedict has been writing stories since high school, but his creative side was put on hold to pursue a medical education and start a family—he now has a wife and three sons. Finally, after a 15-year pause, his love of writing was rekindled and his first novel, Adrenaline—a gritty medical thriller with a realism borne of actual experience—was born.
Besides creating scary stories, the hallmark of Dr. Benedict's writing is genuine medical authenticity—something in short supply these days in thriller fiction. He draws on his 25+ years of experience as a board-certified anesthesiologist to infuse his writing with a realism that renders it both vivid and frightening. As one of only a handful of anesthesiologists throughout the country writing fiction, he gives readers a taste of what really goes on in the operating room, the human drama inherent in this high-stress, high stakes environment where lives are continually on the line. Readers will find out what it's like to hold a patient's life in their hands, as the author provides an illuminating glimpse into the fascinating, but poorly understood realm of anesthesia.
Title: ADRENALINE
Genre: THRILLER
Author: JOHN BENEDICT
Purchase on Amazon
About the Book: A sensational, skillful and highly suspenseful tale, Adrenaline introduces anesthesiologist protagonist Doug Landry. About Adrenaline: When patients start dying unexpectedly in the O.R. at Mercy Hospital, Doug Landry finds himself the focus of the blame. Is he really incompetent or is there something more sinister going on? As Doug struggles to clear his name and untangle the secrets surrounding these mysterious deaths, it becomes exceedingly clear that someone is serious—dead serious—about keeping the devastating truth from ever seeing the light of day. As he launches a pulse-quickening race against time to prevent more deaths, Doug soon finds that the lives of his patients aren't the only lives at stake. Seems that someone will stop at nothing to keep Doug from revealing the truth. Could it be that murder is the ultimate rush?
About the Author: Pennsylvania native John Benedict graduated cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and entered post-graduate training at Penn State University College of Medicine, where he completed medical school, internship, anesthesia residency and a cardiac anesthesia fellowship. Benedict currently works as an anesthesiologist in a busy private practice in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania


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Well-treated, stalled, and carefully well-bred,
Contented, calm, serene and picturesque,
Pall's herd were of the best stock, never fed
On grain, just grass and clover. From his desk
(Great-grandpa's), Pall ran dairy like a boss.
Then came that dewy morning when the sky
Erupted. Pall recorded not one loss
To meteor impact, at first, but by
Week's end, he noticed something wasn't right.
His girls had grown in all dimensions, and
Their milk glowed golden, like their hides by night,
While each, beneath her cowbell, grew a gland
That let them exhale flames to suit their whim.
His Kaiju Kows were soon the death of him!
Fourteen rhyming lines of pure pulp every day in sonnet form. A different genre every day of the week! All sonnets by Kate Sherrod. Look for the first volume, coming to print in 2016!
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Monster Monday: But How Was the Cheese
Well-treated, stalled, and carefully well-bred,


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Is This Your Hat?
4 years ago
Miscellaneous thoughts on politics, people, math, science and other cool (if sometimes frustrating) stuff from somewhere near my favorite coffee shop.
This was created by the Taiwanese animation company as a parody over-simplified political animations for children. There was also an amusing (if somewhat strange) series during the run-up to the UK general election.


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Before we head home to Australia, we always head out to Ontario Mills, a massive outlet shopping centre where the bargains are abundant. We pick out presents to take back and hand out. It puts a smile on my face to see the delight on the faces of our family and friends when they peek in their surprise goody bags….that's if I don't mix them up! :)
So on Sunday, we made the trek out to the Mall. And after carefully choosing gifts, the moths having fluttered out of Peter's wallet, we stopped for lunch at the monstrous food hall. We rested our weary feet at a table next to a new attraction which caught Dempsey's eye….and mine! I guess I'm still a big kid at heart!
It was a mid size swimming pool with giant plastic bubbles floating around on top of the water…inside the bubbles….children!!! :) Bizarre right? Eight bucks buys you five minutes of fun!
Peter and I watched Dempsey climb inside the deflated plastic cocoon as a huge noisy air hose inflated and stretched it out.
Peter and I scrambled for our iPhones.....filming Dempsey who was like a hamster trapped inside a wheel, trying to stand up then flailing about, giggling….it was cheap entertainment!
As I watched her scramble inside the big plastic ball, I thought about how bubbles sometimes mirror life….and grief or adversity that's put in our path.
Life can be like a bubble!
It can be delicate, fragile even, and sometimes our perfect 'bubble' or world pop's! And when this happens we're left with just splinters of our past world…. and we think our bubble will never be whole again.
Life loses its sparkle, it stops glistening like it once did....
I know after my losses, after Tarnia was killed, and Mum was diagnosed with cancer....and especially after we were told our daughter would die before her 5th birthday...I never thought life would be worth living ever again....I wondered how we'd go on?
But in time, through love from family and friends....reading about others bubble's that have burst....support, and faith and joy and hopefulness….you learn you can blow that bubble back up…sometimes, even bigger than it was before!
You manage to puff yourself back up….slowly…..you breathe life back into your little bubble, and sometimes, it even becomes stronger than it was before…...more resilient to the bumps along the way….and then your bubble turns into one that can survive the harshest of knocks and whirl winds that once threatened it.
And like bubbles, kids can sometimes be our teachers. Demonstrating that in life, you can find joy and laugh again in silly fun things.
Dempsey has certainly helped me see the lighter side of life and made me appreciate that money can't buy the 'good stuff.'
But of course in a 9 year olds eye's it can! And of course the 'good stuff' for her on Sunday was this hot pink puppy balloon….also full of air! :)
And he's somehow started to stalk us in our house…floating from room to room. He sorta stares at me with his 'puppy eyes' and his smile, like he's just about to say "WOOF!" :)
And on your journey you may not yet be where I'm at inside my little bubble….but you will be…someday…baby steps, or baby breathes I say!
Sometimes, our challenges are overwhelming…and I know I can't control when my bubble will pop, or explode next, but if it does, with strength and some deep breathes, I'll continue to keep breathing and love wherever my bubble drifts to in this world.
In the meantime, I'll let my joy and excitement over the right here, right now……and the thought of heading back to Australia to my loved ones in a few weeks bubble up to the surface and feed my soul........with whatever floats my way in the future, even if it is more challenges…..
Wishing you sunshine if your cup is blue and you are facing some hard days ahead….. x


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|It looks like this is a favourite perch.
All around us in the trees, his companions were singing, every one of them invisible among the leaves.
Nature notes and photos from BC, Canada, mostly in the Lower Fraser Valley, Bella Coola, and Vancouver Island.
|It looks like this is a favourite perch.
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The Valley Hospital, a 451-bed acute care facility, Ridgewood, N.J., has selected Westwood, Mass.-based Meditechs 6.1 full electronic health record including physician, nursing, clinical departments, surgical services, revenue cycle, patient portal, and general financial applications. Valley will also be a lead adopter of Meditech's new CCU/ICU application.
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Another Christmas present was finding mini cans of Dr. Pepper at the nearby grocery store. We've been holding out for these forever! When we lived in Maastricht, only one of the 3 Albert Heijn stores in our neighborhood carried Dr. Pepper. By the time we moved to New York, all 3 did. Now, we don't drink that much Dr. Pepper, we only buy a few cans a week (or zero cans a week if the store doesn't carry the right size!). But I have a strong suspicion that selling a few extra cans probably tripled Albert Heijn's Dr. Pepper sales, which led them to offer it in the 2 additional stores. I like to imagine that when we left, we left a Dutch grocery manager in a state of utter confusion about what was happening to his Dr. Pepper sales.
On Thursday and Friday, I retired my puffy coat and happily wandered around the city in only a cardigan. On Saturday and Sunday, I unretired my puffy coat and we finally went in search of maternity clothes. Until now, I've been mostly getting by with a belly band and my normal shirts, but now I'm undeniably pregnant! Today, we wake up to snow! Puffy coat it is. Even bundled in winter gear, Zoltar has been recognized by 3 people so far, who offered the pregnant lady (me!) a seat on the subway. What's funny is that my winter coat is actually a child's XL, because the length was better on me and it was $100 cheaper than the women's XS version. Who knew that a kid's coat could fit a 6 month baby bump inside?
Luckily we decided to take a few pictures of Zoltar in Central Park before the snow hit today. (Now at 26 weeks or 6 months or -3 months old!) The park is still pretty dreary and gray, but there are only so many apartment poses that a fetus can make.
This weekend we went to see the Oscar nominees for live action short films. It was so much more fun to bypass all of the big movies and see the categories and people whose accomplishments are usually highlighted with a small footnote. I thought that seeing these short films was an only in New York thing, but I was wrong! You can even see these bad boys in Duluth! So if you live in Duluth, we strongly recommend a trip to the movies!
And now, Nick, Zoltar and I have some cheesecake to eat.


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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Sometimes, just sometimes, reason prevails
A piece of self-promotion: Historical evidence on the Abortion Act 1967: Evidence submitted to the Science and Technology Committee inquiry into the Abortion Act 1967 by Lesley A. Hall of the Wellcome Library is now available as a downloadable pdf from the History and Policy site news page.
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- Timmi Duchamp said...
Well done!
This offers a cheering contrast to a different report I read about this morning. A year ago the Nicaraguan Parliament revoked article 165 of the criminal code, which permits abortions for medical reasons, a measure that has been in effect since 1893. An NGO, Si Mujer, reports that the revocation of the law has resulted over the last year in scores of women dying for lack of appropriate medical attention. (Likely the figure would be even higher if women in Nicaragua did not go to Costa Rica or Panama [or, if they are wealthy, to the US] for abortions.) The Internet Press article packs a real punch to the gut:
Studies by Sí Mujer indicate that 12 young pregnant women died from lack of care in health centres where personnel were afraid of the penalties of up to eight years in jail and loss of their medical licence for doctors who carry out or assist in abortions, even when the action is taken to save the expectant mother's life.
"In practice what is happening is a government death penalty imposed on women," said Pizarro, a gynaecologist.
It would be a terrible ethical decision for a doctor to confront-- watching a patient who could be saved and restored to health die vs. the prospect of eight years of prison & the loss of the ability to go on practicing medicine. Too bad the 66 heartless bastards in the Nicaraguan Parliament who revoked the 1893 law don't have to take personal responsibility for those deaths (much less stand by and witness women dying before their eyes).
- November 1, 2007 at 3:27 PM


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Most of my days are made up of fragments, bits of this and that, intertwining but not quite connecting. The fragments are often in motion, falling away, leaving shadows in their wake - shadows that haunt, shadows that disguise, shadows that cripple - preventing forward movement.
Fragments is this oil painting, a pictorial record of how life appears at times. Red for passion: passion for my family and my home; passion for my two littles kittens, Mim and Pip; passion for nature - fauna and flora; passion for earth and all it's glorious bounty; and passion for creativity, however it chooses to express itself. Still with all that passion, I resist living life to the fullest.
20" x 30" oil, slate and paper on canvas
Fragments are oftentimes obstacles, cold and grey like slivers of hard slate dappled with blood, sweat and tears. They fall all around and avoiding them can be hazardous...so you let them fall and you accept the shadows they cast. Fragments, like words, can cut and diminish. Fragments, like incomplete thoughts, keep you suspended. Fragments of life, love and loss...
Still, every now and again you tune in to the passion and once again you rise and greet the day with enthusiasm. That day is at hand!


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comScore's Video Metrix service has released data concerning online video viewing for August 2009 and as it turns out, online video received its biggest audience ever! Over 161 million internet users watched online video at some point in August and the average viewer watched almost ten hours of video during the month (or an average of 157 videos). Over 25 billion videos were viewed with Google-owned sites accounting for at least ten billion of those.
Of course, one reason the top honors went to Google sites is because the company owns what is probably the most popular website for viewing online video: YouTube. 99% of Google's ten billion videos viewed were viewed at YouTube.com. Microsoft came in at a very distant second with about 547 million videos viewed, followed by Viacom with 540 million and Hulu with 489,000.
As for unique viewers, 121 million Google visitors watched an average of 83 videos during August, with Microsoft, again, coming in at second with almost 55 million viewers watching about ten videos all month, and Yahoo! coming in third with just over 51 million viewers watching just seven videos.
comScore also measured data relating to the top online video ad networks by comparing potential of unique viewers to viewer penetration. In August, Tremor media was number one, reaching 42% of the potential viewing audience with YuMe Video ranked second with about 37% and ScanScout coming in at a close third with 36%.
So what else did comScore find? Well, 81.6% of the entire United States internet audience viewed an online video in August and the duration of the average online video viewing was about four minutes. Read more at comScore, Inc


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And then I remembered the speech that George Clooney's character makes in the recent film Up In The Air. Note that I'm cutting out a pretty significant part of the monologue in the context of the movie but I want to focus on just his first point.
How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life... you start with the little things. The shelves, the drawers, the knickknacks, then you start adding larger stuff. Clothes, tabletop appliances, lamps, your TV... the backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. You go bigger. Your couch, your car, your home... I want you to stuff it all into that backpack ... The slower we move the faster we die. Make no mistake, moving is living.


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Finally, IKEA has given me a nod. Though a little, sideway tilt of the head it makes me all giddy inside. No, I am not flying to Sweden (yet), just an interview on IKEA Hackers for their blog, Livet hemma. It will have to do for now, till I shake Ingvar Kamprad's hand. You can read the interview here. It's in Swedish. (Google English translation here).
Equally, I was curious about Livet hemma and it being written in Swedish didn't stop me. Yes, pictures-thousand-words thing rings true for this site - lovely, lovely room sets and beautiful shots you'd come to expect from IKEA. It carries updates, has a cool forum where members can show off their IKEA and even a hacks contest (this decoupaged shoe cabinet, black and white lacy bekvam, light plate and Billy cityscape are my favourites). Wanting to find out more, I shot them a series of questions.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A little love from IKEA
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Vice President Dick Cheney is on a tear these days, standing up for his pal Alberto Gonzales, the Bush administration's failed Iraq policy and his place in the executive branch. But just when you thought you'd heard it all, Cheney came out with a shocking admission: he now knows he was wrong about the insurgency being in its "last throws."
"My estimate at the time—and it was wrong, it turned out to be incorrect—was the fact that we were in the midst of holding three elections in Iraq, elected an interim government, then ratifying a constitution, then electing a permanent government, that they had had significant success, we'd rounded up Saddam Hussein.
"I thought there were a series of these milestones that would in fact undermine the insurgency and make it less than it was at that point. That clearly didn't happen. I think the insurgency turned out to be more robust."


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My favourite series are
1. The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - this was a hard choice between no 1 and no 2, but eventually Jamie Fraser won over Lan from the next series. I read the first on a recommendation from a friend about 8 years ago and absolutely fell in love with the hero. He is really the perfect men and sadly, most men I have met have paled in comparison, lol. He is just the right measure of strong, stern, loving, funny etc. I love the early books most but have enjoyed every single one in the series, and have favourite scenes from all of them. I have also read a couple of the spin off Lord John Grey books and thoroughly enjoyed those too.
2. Robert Jordans Wheel of time series. I first saw this series in my uncle's library. He used to have bookshelves built into the wall throughout his house. Going down the stairs he had these books on the shelf and of course I saw them regularly when I stayed there. I eventually bought the first book and have been hooked ever since. I absolutely love the world and the series that he created. I have since read the series at least 3 times and am currently reading the latest book in the series which I won from a bookclub hosted by TJ at Dreams and speculations. My favourite character has to be Lan, who is the strong, silent type, the heir to a lost throne. Very similar to Strider from The Lord of the Rings
3. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. I absolutely love his descriptions of the world which he has created which is close enough to our world for me to relate to it, but different enough to make it interesting. I am currently re-reading this series as part of a read-a-long here
4. The Duncton Series by William Horwood. I was given one of these books by my sister and thought she had gone mad. I mean, who writes a book about moles of all things? I started reading it because
my mother said I couldnt hurt her feelings I was open minded and didn't stop until I had finished all 6. I have subsequently re-read this series, and this year have started again, although I have only got to number 2. I was sad to see that it appears they are out of print.
5. The earth child series by Jean M.Auel - I first read The clan of the cave bear when I was at school, and have read all the books. Funny story is that the latest one is called The painted caves or something like that. My work internet would not allow me to search it since it said it was pornography!
There were a couple of other series that I considered including the one on Henry III and Eleanor of Aquataine by Sharon Penman, but these I think are my top-five.


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I was back home form Bead and Button on the 13th but not for too long.
I had only few days to finish few projects and then get ready to head to Knoxville, TN, to appear on Jewel School Television.
On Friday, 17th, somehow I missed my early flight and got there in the afternoon. I was welcomed by two wonderful people, got a quick tour (amazing facility) and then my friends Margot and Drew Potter picked me up on my hotel and took me for dinner in the downtown area. We went to a fabulous place in the Market square and we had a great time. I worked on samples on Saturday and the next day I debuted on live TV next to Kim (hostess) and Margot Potter. It was an incredible experience!
The picture above was taken by my friend Robert Locarno...form his screen straight form Nocona, Texas (just one hour outside of Dallas). Thanks, Robert! I look good on TV !!! lol
Inside of JTV playing with a bucket loaded of fabulous semi-precious stones...just like a candy jar.
Drew Potter and I bonding. I look so big next to him....you dropped tons of pounds, dude! Stop it!
Margot and Avalon Potter and myself...sharing good moments. And Avalon looks amazing! The little girl is gone...
Fabulous place, nice atmosphere, great decor, great food...very hype! I can't remember the name of it! Aging is not good...
My dish: pork ribs, plantains, and rice and beans...Cuban roots. Very yummi!
OMG: James was not only one of the most handsome "gingers" that I've ever seen it but very charismatic and provided us a great time.
I couldn't resist asking him to strike a pose...he is totally in tune with this blog. lol
The picture was taken by Madge Potter.


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So considering i did a BIG blog on Contouring i though i should talk about foundation as well and go a little more In Depth with this!
If you have watched my Foundation 101 tutoiral i did expaline a fair bit BUT in saying that the tutoiral was long enough as it was with-out adding more!
So hence the foundation blog post!
90% of flawless makeup lays on your foundation! If your foundation isn't correct you whole makeup look has failed!
When you looking for the "perfect foundation" you need to consider a few things first.
1- what type of foundation you like?
2- what coverage would you like (dependes on your answer to no1)
3- SPF or no SPF
4- Price!
5- Colour
So lets start with the first question!
As you may or may not know there are HEAPS of different types of foundations, now im not talking a certine brand im talking more the consistency of the foundation.
Here they are.......
Quite possible the most popular foundation choice!
Its obviously a liquid consitancy, most you can
chose your coverage by applying more or less.
Liquid foundation isHydrating and offers a smooth finish to your
LASTING- Depends on brand, most have to be used in
conjunction with a powder to make it last longer
SKIN TYPE- Suitable for all skin types
Ok so most of you may have tried the
dream matte mousse! Basically Mousse are all a matte
texture. The consistency is well mousy! Can be cakey if
you use too much though! Also i can show some of the
baby fine hairs on your face.
LASTING- Personlly i found that it looked great for a
few hours but then it started to go patchy in some areas
SKIN TYPE- Normal to Oily skin Not sutible for dry skin
as it will dry it out too much!
So there has been soo much hype about mineral
products! Basically its a powder i was surprised at how
flawless the coverage could be! Colours can be hard to match
as most companies only have limited colours.
LASTING- Not too bad will need to be re-applyed
but again dont use too much or you will get cake face!
SKIN TYPE- Again normal to oily skin. as this is a powder
it can be drying!
Have a very nice cooling feeling on the skin
You do need to work fairly quicky to appy to product
as it can set very quickly and leave streaking
LASTING- Long lasting
SKIN TYPE- All skin types if you have sensitive
skin do a test swatch first
Also know as airbrush
this offers a dewy flawless finish
You may need to use alot of product to get your
desired result!
LASTING- Medium lasting becasue of the dewy finish
you will need to set it with a powder
SKIN TYPE- All skin types, Becasue its a areasole
DONT spray it directly on your face, spray it on your hand
then apply it! UNLESS you have to proper air brush tools
BB CREAM/ Tinted Moistuiser
Well im in LOVE with BB cream its the perfect
go-to product when your in a rush. Give your skin
a healthy dewy glow with light coverage
the only down side is, its 1 shade that melts into your skin
but its designed for light-fair skin types
Consitancy is just like a liquid foundation
LASTING- because its such a light coverage the lasting
isnt the best
SKIN TYPES- ALL this is great to also help repaire and fight
SO they are the Basic types of foundaiton! A large part of type of foundation you buy will rest on what result your looking for!
Light coverage, Full Coverage, Dewy finish, Matte Finish ETC
These are my Personal Favouites for your desired result BUT unfortunatly alot of it is trial and error!
Light Coverage- Lioele BB Cream, Napolean Perdis Sheer Genius
Full Coverage- Estee Lauder Double Wear, Revlon Colour Stay
Matte Finish- Nude by Nature Mineral
Dewy Finish- Max Factors Smooth Effect
These foundations are a combination or different types. My current favourite is Estee Lauder Double wear which is a full coverage but still give your skin a dewy glow my Colour is Creamy Tan
Persoanlly i say SPF the more protection you can have for you skin the better, but its no biggie if the foudnation doesnt have spf becasue you can simply apply it under your foundation.
One problem with a HIGH SPF foudnation is in photos it will give your skin a ghostly sheen!
To avoide this simply chose a foundation with a SPF of 15 or less. My Estee lauder foundation has a SPF of 10! so in photos my face still appears normal colour!
So before you go searching for the "perfect foundation" ask yourself what end result would you like!
Another factor is $$$$$
This is my personal view, and im someone that currently has 9 foundations sitting (basically full) in my makeup room :o
INVEST in a great quality foundation! Yes its more expensive but trust me you will be thanking yourself in the long run! For one your guarenteed in a great quality product, also you dont need to use as much, the same foundation will last you 3x as long as a cheap foundation and in the long run it pretty much equals to the same amount of money spent!
My Estee Lauder foundation is $67 and last me 4-5 Months! YES IM NOT JOKING!
where as i can buy a $15 foudnaiton and it might be ok at first but then for some reason im not happy with the results anymore......and it last me 1 month or so!
So you mars well fork out the $$ and get a fantastic foundation that you know will look great for 4-5 months then a alright foundation that will look ok for 1month!
Once you have found what brand you like and what coverage etc your after, its time to pick the right colour! THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART!
You dont want a foundation thats too light or too dark or not the right shade!
There are underlying pigments in foundaitons the 3 types are
Is best suited for english rose or paler skin types.Or skin that burns easily.
PINK is right of you is silver looks better on your skin type
Pink based foundaiton will tend to look warmer more on the redder side,
more peachy toned
suited for olive and tan darker skin.
YELLOW will be best for you if gold looks better on you
Yellow foundation will look slightly stange in the bottle
but trust me they are great on! They will be more Honey toned
Not many comanies have a neautal tone but hey, your the lucky one
you can wear both Pink and Yellow! Neutral foundaiton
have a blue pigment so the colour isnt too pink or too yellow
the simplest way to pick the right colour is to swatch it on your skin!
NOT YOUR WRIST! you dont wear foundation on your wrist!
So if you tossing betweet a few colours, simply swatch a visible line on your skin, one next to the other.
I recommend going into the sunlight (outside) and using a mirror to see. The lights in store are artificial and wont give you a true reading.
The Foundation that disappears into your skin is the correct shade for you!
IMPORTANT when looking for foundation, DONT wear makeup to the store! Go all Natur-al =D
So i hope that this has helped!
Ive talked about more application and what tools are the best to use in my YouTube Tutoiral
Thankyou all for reading
I love you all


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Yoko Ono poses in front of her installation HALF-A-ROOM (1967) in Frankfurt last month.
Though she became famous as "the woman who broke up the Beatles," Ono was an established avant-garde artist before she met Lennon. This intelligent -- though occasionally overly adoring -- authorized biography goes beyond the usual "ballad of John and Yoko."
Authors Nell Beram and Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky look at Ono alone, revealing an original, independent woman who has broken a lot of ground as an artist, activist and feminist.
Beram, a journalist, and Boriss-Krimsky, a visual artist and art writer, proceed chronologically, beginning with Ono's birth into a wealthy and aristocratic Japanese family.
The young Yoko went to school with the sons of Emperor Hirohito. The family lived in both Japan and the U.S., and Ono grew up feeling neither Eastern nor Western, an outsider attitude that became crucial to her creative life.
After a brief first marriage to Japanese composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, Ono became involved in the radical redefinition of art in 1960s New York. Using hybrid art forms such as text pieces, performance, experimental sound, music and video, she developed conceptual and collaborative works that needed to be "completed" in the minds of audience members. Ono wanted to break down barriers between life and art.
After meeting Lennon at a London art show, Ono became involved with him in 1968. Their first years were shadowed by the loss of Ono's daughter, Kyoko, from her second marriage. In 1971, Ono's former husband, Tony Cox, fled with the child and later disappeared into a religious cult.
Ono also faced public hostility for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles, these attacks often fuelled by a nasty combination of sexism and racism. Ono once said that she entered "a strange, rare, invisible prison" by marrying Lennon.
As Boriss-Krimsky and Beram point out, her admirers thought he made her too mainstream; his fans thought she made him too weird.
It's not surprising, perhaps, that they both retreated from their art in the late '70s, with Ono becoming an astute business manager and Lennon staying home to raise their son, Sean.
Often overshadowed by her roles as muse, wife and then widow, Ono comes into her own in this bio. The book occasionally dips into breathless, uncritical admiration, and there are one-sided or glossed-over accounts of key events, such as Ono and Lennon's 14-month separation in 1973 -- a period Lennon called his "lost weekend."
Yoko Ono: Collector of Skies also seems to be hedging its bets about its intended audience. The book has been released through Abrams' Amulet imprint, which is aimed at teen readers, but the authors -- or perhaps the publisher -- seem reluctant to give up on grown-up readers.
The resulting prose is often caught at that awkward in-between stage. Adults will probably find the painstaking explanations of Beatlemania, hippies and Watergate unnecessary, while adolescents might be bored by the detailed art talk.
At its best, though, the book is poetic and passionate. Released to coincide with Ono's 80th birthday, it will be a gift for her fans.
by: Alison Gillmor
Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com


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Mye-Comedy For A Cause
Friday, May 31, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Mye-Dash with Rollins College (Office of Multicultural Affairs) present "Mye-Comedy for a Cause!" Don't miss this Inaugural Fundraising Event. Enjoy a night of fun and laughter, while being given the opportunity to impact the lives of our youth in the Greater Orlando Area.
Prepare to hold onto your seats while the featured comedians take you through a night of impersonations, animated jokes, and musical parodies. The night will also include a special musical performance.
This is a charitable event designed to raise funds to support programming for local at-risk youth. Mye-Dash is a federally recognized 501c3, so any donation contributed may be tax deductible. (Please see your local tax consultant for details).
When & Where
Winter Park Plaza at Rollins College
330 W Fairbanks Ave
Winter Park,
Friday, May 31, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
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Mye-Dash is a non-profit organization that was established in 2008 to equip students with tools and strategies that broaden their perspective and shift their current paradigms. We empower under-represented youth in the areas of: education, financial literacy, leadership, and community service. Our goal is to help students find their passion, while making the connection between their passion and their success in school.


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Hunter Fights Back
Resist And Multiply is part a coalition at Hunter college that is fighting against budget cuts and the increasing difficulty of obtaining quality public education. The coalition, Hunter Fights Back, participated in a national day of action to defend public education on Octover 7th. This is their statement:
In the face of ever-increasing budget cuts, tuition hikes, and privatization, Hunter College and High School students protest the administration's complicity in the attacks on their education
New York, NY– On October 7th, students, professors, adjunct professors, workers, and community members from Hunter College and Hunter College High School joined National Day of Action to Defend Education by staging a die-in in front of Hunter West at 2:15pm to illustrate the very real effects the crippling budget cuts has had and will continue to have on students', workers', and the community's lives. The targets are not just the state legislators but also the Hunter administration that is anything but democratic and cater to the same private interests that seek to undermine our education. At 4pm, the protestors will join with a larger rally in Harlem at the State Building at 163rd W. 125th St with students, workers, teachers, professors, adjunct professors, parents, and concerned community members to demand a stop to the budget cuts, among other things.
These actions occurred in conjunction with strikes, rallies, walkouts, and other resistant actions across the country planned for the October 7th National Day of Action to Defend Education. Across the country, increasing attempts at complete privatization have become blatantly clear. Students, workers, and our communities have continuously been the ones to pay for an economic crisis created by the wealthy. Here in New York, budget cuts, tuition hikes, and a tiered system in CUNY all work to undermine the ability of students to learn by removing resources which facilitate learning, destroying the physical spaces in which we learn through neglect. Meanwhile, workers' rights are being curtailed by cutting the pay, benefits and job security of our professors and adjunct professors, as well as the school staff who are overworked and underpaid. Tuition hikes push impoverished students, who are disproportionately people of color, out of CUNY, and further solidify the false notion that education is a privilege. And at Hunter College, the installation of $2 million turnstiles is the physical manifestation of the neoliberal educational policies that say only certain people should receive an education. "Public education is under attack at a time when we need it more than ever," said Hunter College graduate student Michael Synan. "When so many people are jobless and struggling because of the economic crisis, public education should be getting more funding, not less! Chop from the top and tax the rich!"
The attacks on public education have not ceased but are becoming more severe at this time of prolonged economic crisis in the U.S. and around the world. This crisis and declining federal, state and local revenues linked to the massive loss in jobs is being used as an excuse to weaken or destroy teachers unions and to dismantle the public education system. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent to bail out financial institutions, wage wars and build prisons and jails, yet we are told that there is no money to fund education. In New York, the attacks on education include budget cuts, tuition hikes, layoffs, expanding class sizes, the privatization of public schools through charter schools, attacks on unions, and cuts to student services. Both gubernatorial candidates from both parties are projecting even deeper cut backs for 2011/2012.
Protestors demand democratic, transparent and radical change within the university system; a CUNY that is run and operated by the students, workers and members of the community, as opposed to profit driven administrators, a CUNY that is free and open to all regardless of socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, or any other marker of difference. They demand an immediate end to all budget cuts and tuition hikes, contracts for workers and adjuncts, transparency and socially responsible investment, a cancellation of all student debt, and ultimately real democracy within CUNY.


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It was hoppy in the haze of a drunken couple of hours under the screaming swifts, blue skies and flowering lime trees of sun-dappled Walpole Park. The sun beat down on a far-from humdrum town and the cool, marqueed casks delivered their nectar into pleasingly never-empty festival glasses. Good times for a change, and a meaty curry murdered. My new favourite beer festival. Park the car by the side of the road and let these beers smother you.
BLUE BEE, Tangled Up - 6% (Sheffield)
When you're Tangled Up in your mother's apron no-one talks about castration. Deliciously moreish. I won't share you, no. I won't share you. I'll see you somewhere again. I'll see you sometime, but I won't share you.
BRAINS, Rev James - 4.5% (Cardiff)
A monkish monsignor with a mighty foam head. As natural as rain, it dances on the tongue again and again. Like a vicar in tutu, it's not strange - it just wants to live its real ale life this way.
BURTON BRIDGE, Damson Porter - 4.5% (Burton on Trent)
Under the iron Burton Bridge, we sipped. And although I ended up with sore lips, it just wasn't like the old days any more - it just wasn't like those days. Am I still ill?
COACH HOUSE, Blueberry - 5% (Warrington)
Light, delicate bitterness and frankly, Mr Shankly, it can play hideously fruity tricks on the brain.
DARK STAR, American Pale Ale - 4.7% (Partridge Green, Sussex)
America, your head's too big. Because America, your belly's too big. And I love you. I just wish you'd stay where you belong. Which is everywhere.
ILKLEY, Lotus IPA - 5.6% (Ilkley)
The taste of fresh, lilac moorland fields. Find it, find it, nothing more - the spoils of a sullen, misty moor. Over the moor - take me to the Ilkley Moor. With or without a hat.
JENNINGS, Cumberland Ale - 4% (Cockermouth)
There would be panic on the streets of nearby Carlisle if Jennings ever ran out of this superb golden ale. The Billy Tastebudd music it constantly plays says everything to me about my life.
KELHAM ISLAND, Riders On The Storm - 4.5% (Sheffield)
The rain falls down on this humdrum South Yorkshire town - this town can drag you down, and I should know because I lived there for three years. William, it was really nothing. It was your life.
MONCADA, Notting Hill Blonde - 4.2% (Notting Hill)
Here is London, home of the brash, outrageous and free. I sense the power - within an hour the power can totally destroy me, all around Sloane Square and other parts of West London. Busy, busy.
SONNET 43, American Pale Ale - 5.4% (Coxhoe, Durham)
I dreamt about this last night and I fell out of bed twice. It can pin me and mount me like a butterfly. Two pints, please. It's the bee's knees (but so am I).
TITANIC, Plum Porter - 4.9% (Burslem, Staffordshire)
You're the one for me, fatty, you're the one I really, really love. And I will always stay for another. Promise you'll say if I'm ever in your way.
TWICKENHAM, Naked Ladies - 4.4% (Twickenham)
In excess, makes some Naked Ladies bigger than others. And some Naked Ladies' mothers bigger than other Naked Ladies' mothers.
TWICKENHAM, Summer Sun - 4.4% (Twickenham)
Another sparkling sunny day so I'll meet you at the cemetery gates. Keats and Yeats are on your side, while Wilf Wild was one of the greatest managers of mine.
WINDSOR & ETON, Eton Boatman - 4.3% (Windsor)
So I broke into Windsor Palace with a sponge and a rusty spanner. She said, I know you and you cannot row. I said, that's nothing, you should hear me play piano.
XT, Apricot Pale - 4.3% (Long Crendon, Bucks)
The table is rumbling, my distended stomach is rumbling - the glass is moving! Ouija board, ouija board would you help me? P.U.S.H.O double F. And an X and a T.
SPRINGHERNE, cider - 6.something% (Ross on Wye)
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt, as the apple aroma rose to her Roman nose and her cider resistance started to melt.
I like it here. Can I stay?
SPRINGHERNE, cider - 6.something% (Ross on Wye)
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt, as the apple aroma rose to her Roman nose and her cider resistance started to melt.
I like it here. Can I stay?


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The TARDIS through the ages
Talkin' about My Girl
Briode nebulisers and painted Welsh dressers
Fascists run a parallel Britain in 1970.
Years would pass with only fragments of information about the TARDIS. The mention of the (no laughing, please) "briode nebuliser" in 1985 and the Fourth Doctor's brief adoption of a wood-paneled console room set the theorisers stroking their chins. Speculation continued across the years – why did the Sixth Doctor fix the TARDIS' 'Chameleon Circuit' only for it to look like a painted Welsh dresser and a church organ? – but always while adding to the mystique.
The 2005 reboot brought a flash and enormous new flight deck, though that season's conclusion The Parting Of The Ways almost sought to the reduce the TARDIS to the status of the humdrum. When Rose literally opened the box, ingested TARDIS-power and became a time goddess, what might have been a top ruck with the Daleks was deus ex machina'd out of existence to allow more time for smooching.
(God knows what they were thinking when they decided Captain Jack should be brought back to life as an immortal. Add to this his neat-o time bracelet, which pretty much does what the TARDIS does, and his ability to actually ride on the outside of the TARDIS in 2007's Utopia and it looks rather like flicking the V's. Just saying).
Home-made Zero Room
After the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS blew up in sympathy in the midst of his hilariously OTT regeneration in The End Of Time in 2010, the Eleventh Doctor's wheels – with its egg whisks, swanee whistles and sink plungers – was arguably a little too steampunk-inspired for the hardcore. But deny it if you can, the Eleventh Doctor's tenure has seen some outstanding stories about Time gone mental and the TARDIS itself.
Among the corkers were The Girl Who Waited's Old versus Young Amy, the mini-episodes Space and Time where the TARDIS materialises inside itself, and best of all, The Doctor's Wife, which delivered the hardened TARDIS watcher with all the essence rare they could wish for. With the TARDIS incarnated in the humanoid form of Idris, the Doctor gripes that she never took him where he wanted to go. When Idris counters that she took him where he needed to go, we get one of those super-panoramas that goes back to a scrapyard in Shoreditch in 1963, and brings everything that's happened since into greater focus.
The Tardis as a Welsh dresser...
But this is no time for complacency. A new film version aimed at America has been mooted, with the BBC's collaborators (who made the Harry Potter films) declaring that nothing is sacred. So expect the TARDIS to appear as a full-time attractive policewoman, partnering a Doctor who can never be killed and who carries a shooter. Write to your MP now, because it has the potential to make the two-men-and-a-baby episode where the Cybermen are holed up underneath the British Home Stores look like a classic. ®
Ian Harrison also writes about pop music and will miss Ceefax.
Read Verity Stob's history of computers in Dr Who and read how touchy-feely Doctors threaten the very fabric of the Who universe.
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For my post today I have used the super-adorable, totally sweet and simply too cute Butterflies & Pigtails stamp from Simply Sassy set number six. Now, I know she doesn't actually have any butterflies in a jar on my card, but that's because I was going in a whole other direction with this and then when I realised it wasn't going to work the image was already coloured in so...that's life (or crafting, really ;o))
Materials I used:
Stamps: Simply Sassy "Butterflies & Pigtails" stamp; Lili of the Valley sentiment
Paper: Bazzill Basics brown, white; Kaisercraft "Chanteuse"
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearl swirls; Kars adhesive pearls
Tools: EK Success Retro Flower punches; Kars butterfly punches; Spellbinders Nestabilities classic circles large and scalloped circles large
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
Y28, E53, E50 (hair)
R85, R83, R81 (dress, socks, shoes, bows)
YG63 (eyes, legwarmers)
T0, T2 (apron)
That's all from me today, have a lovely Easter everybody, don't eat too many eggs ;o)!
The Easter Bunny


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Industrial Data Xchange is a South African based Industrial IT company providing the following products and services to Sub-Saharan Africa:
Industrial Data Xchange (IDX) is a South African company with a global focus. IDX aims to provide world class industrial connectivity solutions that solve challenging integration problems in a growing and changing industrial market.
At IDX we believe business is about partnerships and that partnerships are about trust. To this end we believe in and expect from our staff uncompromising integrity in the way we handle our business and interact with our clients.
Our aim is to be on the leading edge, advancing connectivity solutions and challenging traditional thinking. We understand that a true connectivity solution should not only focus on making data flow possible, but should also keep a firm perspective on the fluid environment into which it is being installed:
As a technology innovator we seek to hire people with a love for problem solving and getting 'under the hood'. We encourage personal development and the self-motivated will find the freedom to expand and grow as they tackle the challenges they find most fulfilling. We also believe that a balanced life-style will keep our people most productive and while encouraging a good work ethic we actively discourage excessive overtime work.
Although we are operating in a global economy we remember that we are part of a third world reality. IDX is committed to the potential in South Africa and Africa and actively investing social empowerment programs to see the upliftment of those without opportunity.


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Unexpected experience
I listen to Heart fm quite a lot, enjoying the music, conversation and jokes here and there and have been lucky enough to win prizes. Two of the best were Alicia Keys tickets and a childhood favourite of mine, Janet Jackson!
I've now had probably the best prize so far and got to add a tick to my list of living life experiences. I have always had an interest in the workings of radio and fantasised about how much fun it must be to work in it. I was able to go into the station and surprisingly star, struck had a great time! The studio was a hive of busy people preparing for the morning show, constantly updating tweets and news and welcoming me on the show! I didn't realise how much work goes into radio and how technical it all is. I have a new found respect for it. I also have a new desire to give it a go! (Maybe one day). In regards to why I was there, I won a prize that has made a great difference to my family and I, helping us out of a hole and giving us a positive outlook for the near future. Thanks to all the guys at the station. Now I can plan my next adventure.
Watch this space 😉


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Experiential Learning
584: Mediation Certification & Courthouse Practicum
Experiential Learning
Students in this course will be trained to become certified mediators and then develop their mediation skills through hands-on experience mediating in court. The course starts with a mandatory intensive mediation skills training conducted by the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) at the beginning of the semester. The course will thereafter meet once a week in seminar to discuss, practice and improve upon student mediation skills. Students who complete the skills training portion of the course and meet all of CCR's certification requirements will be certified as CCR volunteer mediators and mediate actual cases in Cook County courts while continuing to meet in class once a week to discuss and build on what they learn in the mediations. Upon completion of this course and the CCR certification process, students will be able to continue volunteering as mediators for CCR, as long as they continue to meet CCR's volunteer requirements. There is no prerequisite for this class; however, preference will be given to students who have already completed a mediation or negotiation course. (Block, Eatherton)


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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, "The Lord has need of them, and immediately he will send them."
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
"Tell the daughter of Zion,
'Behold your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.'"
So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.
They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.
And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
"Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!"
Matthew 21:1-9 NKJV
At the dinner table recently Rod asked little Gracie, "What exactly is the Gospel?" She sat quietly thinking intently about her answer. She took a deep breath and correctly said, "The Gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord."
Every day the Gospel message is being presented all over the world. Every day eternal addresses are being changed from hell to heaven. Every day people are saying "YES" to Jesus! Every day countless others are rejecting this life-altering message of salvation for all eternity. Every day when people suppress the "measure of faith" that God our Creator has given to "each of us" they are REJECTING JESUS. This spells "the second death" for the unbeliever.
I once was one of these. For years I suppressed the measure of faith that God had given me to believe the Gospel message. But, God in all His infinite mercy gave me more and more chances. In my sin I flirted with death on a frequent basis. I drugged and drank. I partied in the dark and slept with strangers. God in His kindness kept me safe for the day when I said "YES" to Him and "NO" to my past.
Oh, PRAISE JESUS! Hosanna means "Save now". On that day in September of 2002 I heard my husband give the Gospel message to his step-daughter. She rejected the saving knowledge on that particular day, but I sank to my knees...listening secretly from a room down the hall and realized my need for the Lord's kind forgiveness.
You never know when someone else is listening to you. You never know when the words that fall from your lips that declare the Lord's kindnesses to you will impact a hidden listener. You must declare your testimony. You must declare His goodness. HE MADE THE WAY WHEN THERE WAS NO OTHER POSSIBLE WAY!
A couple of weeks ago the devil was having a real good day with me. My husband was gone...across the country for a week. I was (once again) living the hard life of a single mom. It was weird how that independent lonely feeling came back in almost an instant. I knew (hoped) that he would return, as planned.
But, on that day, my great enemy wanted to see how far he could get with me. It was soooo windy. I had grocery errands to do (I do run from store to store saving pennies here and there only to waste money on gas...it's a very old and probably bad habit.) After a stressful shopping experience with my very animated six year old, I was putting the first set of groceries in my trunk when a wild wind whipped up and slammed the trunk of my car into my head with great force. It literally knocked me for a loop. My vision temporarily blurred and the pain stunned me to tears instantly. I couldn't even get my car key into the hole to unlock the door. Meanwhile, Gracie was dancing all around (oblivious to my pain) asking for this and that and the other.
And I heard his evil whisper, "Next time you'll have to deal with two kids by yourself instead of only one."
When I finally managed to get us into the car, I sat in the front seat weeping loudly like a child who'd just wrecked his bike and skinned his knees. Man, I hate Satan. He is the meanest, cruelest, most despicable thing in all of creation. He never takes a break, it seems. Did I remember the victory of my Beloved while I cried in my car? Nope. My day of agony rolled along to the next stop and the next. I was wading in quicksand and by the time we got home I was spent. Praise God, my mom came and took Gracie for a "Grama day". I laid on the couch and FELT SO BAD.
Rod called. He was full of the joy of the LORD. A long-time dream had finally come true for him and he was sitting gleefully in his hometown gushing to me on the phone about what an indescribably awesome time he had with the LORD that morning. Every bit of elation he had on the West coast was equaled in full measure with the amount of suffering I was going through here on the East coast. But, we're one flesh. How can that be? After he told me all of the wonderful things that were happening with him, he asked me how I was doing. By then, I realized it was stupid old Satan oppressing the snot out of me. (We're one flesh, my husband and I, right? Why wouldn't he try to "mess with me" like Pastor Bob Wilson likes to say.)
Rod prayed for me and rebuked our enemy. He boldly cancelled Satan's assignment against me in Jesus' name and plead His precious blood over me afresh. I listened with cloudy ears. My head was still stinging. It was a miracle that the skin had not been broken. I decided to begin counting my blessings after we hung up the phone.
I laid on the couch and tried, but I fell back into a loathsome despair. I climbed into the shower and began to sing:
Je-eesus. Je-eesus.
Holy and Anointed One.
Your name is like honey on my lips.
Your Spirit's like water to my soul.
Your word is a lamp unto my feet.
And Jesus, I love You.
I lo-ove You.
I sang it again. And again. And then, I became acutely aware of His presence. I squeaked out this honest statement:
"Lord, I have a hard time believing You are IN me, because I FEEL SO BAD."
I heard Him say these words,
"I FELT SO BAD in the Garden. And I AM GOD."
Instantly, I cried tears of great joy. Suffering is part of my journey home. And I remembered how only a few days earlier while I was having my morning Bible study and read about how we WILL suffer as Christians that I said to the LORD, "I don't know if I've ever experienced much suffering. How can I identify with Your suffering?"
Um. By the way...don't pray that. Don't ask that...unless you want an object lesson from the Lord. But...actually...I'm glad I had the lesson. Because honestly, all the torment that stinkin' Satan put me through that day was NOTHING (Zipola) compared to the tremendous rush of love I felt from My Saviour when He identified how He FELT in the Garden and HE IS GOD.
I'm telling this story about what happened to me a couple of Saturdays ago to impart this message. Once you confess your sins, accept God's perfect way of salvation (JESUS) and begin your journey with Him...ETERNAL LIFE BEGINS.
When He spoke to me in the shower that afternoon, I heard His precious voice with the most intimate clarity. He said, "My sheep hear My voice and they know Me." I have "That's me." written in my Bible next to this verse.
But wait, there's more. I didn't speak to Him about my fears of being a single mom again. But, He knows it all. So, after He told me how He FELT, He said this to me:
"Tell you what. I promise you, I will never leave you no matter what happens. Never. Okay?"
Friends, I was laughing through tears in the shower. I knew that already, but it makes all the difference in the world when you hear Him SAY IT. He knew the fear in my heart: after my husband preaches the Gospel He goes HOME and here I'm left behind.
But, I am blessed to have two husbands at once. Rod is my temporary husband...here on earth for a determined amount of time. God decides how long that will be. But, the LORD is my FOREVER HUSBAND. So, it was only right for Him to make me that promise. This is what He says of Himself in Isaiah 54:5
"For your Maker is your husband,
The LORD of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called the God of the whole earth."
He is gracious. He sent my Rod safely home to me after a mountain-top (actually, it was more like an Oasis-in-the-desert) experience in Holtville, California. Part of his heart and mind is still very much there. So much happened. So many blessings. So many wonderful kindnesses provided by God through His people. But, my husband's beautiful body is here. His precious face and soft sweet voice are here with me, safe and sound.
I'm telling you the straight truth. I never, ever miss my old life without Jesus. I pity all those who hear the salvation message and reject it.
Jesus is the greatest thing that ever happened in all the world!
He is our only Hope and new life with Him begins when you say
YES! Hosanna! (Save now!)
Praise Jesus with me! Thanks for reading. Love, Jenn
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was born in what is now the Czech Republic. He attended the University of Vienna where he decided to go into psychology and neurology. Freud began studying different scientific methods as well as creating his own method of researching, analyzing and understanding psychological brain disorders. As his life progressed, Freud dove even further into psychoanalysis. This led him to further question the point or meanings of dreams. Freud released his book the Interpretation of Dreams in 1899. Freud decided to release this companion book as a more concise version of his masterpiece.
While Freud spends much of the book describing what dreams are and how to analyze them, the reader also gains insight to his character because he describes his specimen dream. As Freud peels back the layers of the dream, he reveals to the reader his softer side. At first he thinks he is simply...
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