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For additonal info, please review my previous posts on the SCOTUS-POTUS subject.
Summary of key current developments: Congress meets in joint session on January 8th to count/certify the Electoral College votes. On the same day, the Broe vs Reed suit, whose intention it is to set aside the election of Obama in the State of Washington, will be heard by the Washington State Supreme Court. On January 9th, the Berg vs Obama suit will go to SCOTUS conference where it will be decided if the case will be granted Certiorai (full hearing by all nine Justices). State Rep. Mike Ritze (R-OK) is still urging the Oklahoma congressional delegation to challenge Obama's eligibility. And there is even a report, so far insufficiently substantiated for my taste, that Rep. Ron Paul may challenge Obama's constitutional eligibility on the floor of Congress. We shall see. In any event, one Senator and one Representative are needed to properly contest the election and to lay the matter before SCOTUS.
Since legal challenges and single-minded investigations on the matter of Obama's eligibility will continue to plague Obama well after Congress certifies the election results on January 8th, it seems only a matter of time before a constitutional crisis envelops us all. On top of the economic meltdown, gargantuan bailouts and trillion dollar spending plans of the new administration, I hope America can at least be spared a constitutional upheavel as well.
In my humble opinion, I am honestly unconvinced that this matter will be handled responsibly, judiciously and in keeping with the Constitution. Why? Because "we the people" are asleep at the switch, the helm of state.
Many Constitutional scholars, both liberals and conservatives alike, continue to persuasively and soberly assert that Obama, born of an alien father of UK citizenship, is not, as intended by the Constitution, a "natural born citizen" and, thus, per Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, is, by intent of the Framers, ineligible to assume the office of President. Of course, only SCOTUS can properly resolve any disputes regarding this assertion once and for all.
Aggravating the eligibility question is the awful possibility of Obama's having been born in Kenya--outside the jurisdiction of the United States altogether. If true, then in accordance with existing US law at the time, Obama's mother was too young when Obama was born to confer American citizenship upon him. If this is the case, Obama would be unquestionably ineligible for the office of President. Even if most loosely interpreted, on constitutional grounds no one could reasonably defend his eligibility. In effect, he would be a "usurper", our own "Celebrity-in-Chief", and nothing more.
Most disturbing to me, Obama's powerful legal team continues to stonewall any attempts to procure Obama's birth certificate in Hawaii which would clarify the matter of his birth and citizenship once and for all. To me, and absent any evidence to the contrary, this surreptitiousness on the part of the Obama Team suggests a foreign birth which, if true, would constitute a death blow to any claims of Presidential eligibility.
As you may recall, all that has been allowed the light of day is a Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) which is not only short on information, but which, at the time, could just as easily have been issued on behalf of persons born outside the United States. A notice of birth in a Hawaiian newspaper is even less informative, since a non-resident could have easily published a birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper for a birth occurring outside the state, indeed outside the country.
Though it appears that many objective and well-intentioned Constitutional scholars already believe that BHO is not a natural born citizen of the US and, is, therefore, ineligible for the office of President, a foreign birth would render Obama absolutely, incontrovertibly ineligible.
Did you also know that since mid-December 2008 the Kenyan Government has, according to World Net Daily, imposed a "gag order" on Obama's extended family in Kogelo, Kenya. If true, then why?
Why won't Obama release his vaulted birth certificate in Hawaii and end this mystery? Why?
The manner in which the Obama Team has handled this matter is wholly irresponsible and suspect;and their arrogance has been very deeply troubling. Such does not bode well for the scanctity of American Constitutional law.
("All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." Thomas Jefferson)


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|The People's Projects
|Written by Mark Sell, BT Contributor
|September 2017
Here's to all the Public Space Challenge entrants
Now in its fifth year, the Miami Foundation's Public Space Challenge has turned into an exploding laboratory for cool ideas on how to use public lands.
Check out the website: ideas.ourmiami.org/place. Or, just Google the challenge. You'll find this year's 48 finalists and the 21 winners with "ideas to improve Greater Miami's parks, plazas, and local gathering places." Anyone can apply, and no idea is too small or too big, according to the website.
The 2017 winners will be splitting $350,000 and putting that money to work. There's plenty of time to apply for the 2018 Public Space Challenge; the deadline will be sometime in April. Keep checking.
"These projects can be ongoing or original, and we like to see a good mix of both," says Stuart Kennedy, the foundation's director of program strategy and innovation, and founder of the Public Space Challenge. Since the program began in 2012, the pot has nearly tripled from $130,000, with a record crop of 440-plus applicants. This year's corporate partner is Target. Last year it was Baptist Health.
"The excitement grows each year," Kennedy says. "We want people to uncover hidden gems in their neighborhoods, and create vibrancy and connections."
Finalists fall into any one of four categories: parks and natural areas; greenways and blueways; safe routes to parks; and great public spaces. Or any combination thereof. Some finalists and winners put together one-off events, but ongoing efforts can be a big plus.
One 2017 winner who has already gotten plenty of buzz: beekeeper Danielle Bender, age 31, who plunged into her mission after last year's Zika spraying killed millions of honeybees locally. Bender, who has never been stung, will use her grant ($15,000), with support from 8 80 Cities (a Toronto-based nonprofit dedicated to making public spaces work for both 8- and 80-year-olds) to further her mission for "Public Hives." The project aims to spread neighborhood-tended bee hives and community gardens around Miami-Dade. Not only do bees pollinate a third of what we eat and remain essential to the planet's food supply, but they have diminished in number.
Other projects winning support this year include Sam Van Leer's Urban Paradise Guild ($17,000), which has been busy over the past few years ripping out invasive species along North Miami's Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve between NE 135th Street and Florida International University's Bayfront campus and replacing them with native plants.
Another is "Enhancement of Virginia Key North Point Trails," by the Virginia Key Bicycle Club ($21,000), which funds a 50-acre park with 7.8 miles of trails for beginners, intermediate-level cyclists, and expert riders. The club is in dire need of equipment and materials to complete trail expansion over the five remaining acres.
Some original projects offer illuminating ideas to improve safety in dark highway underpasses and in housing projects. For example, "Lighting the Way: Connecting Overtown and Wynwood," submitted by Natalia Martinez-Kalinina of CIC Miami, plans to place LED lighting in the darkened NW 20th Street underpass, with the imminent addition of CitiBikes Miami and a pedestrian crosswalk in a collaboration with Street Plans Collective ($20,000). Doesn't every underpass deserve this?
Another Overtown-connected winner is "WiFi @ Williams Park," submitted by Leigh-Ann Buchanan of Venture Café ($25,000), which brings WiFi and digital hubs through outdoor solar charging stations to the park, located at 1717 NW 5th Ave. As Venture Café puts it: "Narrowing the technological inequality gap is the ultimate goal of this project. Youth will have reliable internet access for homework and educational purposes in addition to all community members having greater access to social services, employment opportunities, and educational tools."
Individuals can make a big difference. Take the "Liberty City Lights" project from Annie St. Juste and Lanston Williams ($20,000), who live in the Annie Coleman public housing units on NW 60th Street. Their five children are enrolled in the Miami Children's Initiative program at Charles Drew Elementary, and they want brighter paths at night. "We want for our children and our neighbors to be able to have walkways where you don't have to look over your shoulders every minute," they wrote in their application. It is known that lights and neighborly presence discourage crime.
For a model of a sophisticated plan, check out winner "Flagler Cottage Café and Bike Rental on the Miami River," submitted by Christine Rupp of the Dade Heritage Trust (for more on the Trust's work, see "History Heist," May 2017). The city-owned park on the river's north side is now fenced and locked.
Rupp plans to use her grant ($25,000) as seed money to open the 1898 building -- the former Bijan's restaurant, now shuttered -- as a café and operate a bike rental to connect riders with the community and the Miami River Greenway, downtown, and Brickell. It's the only building left in Miami with a direct connection to Henry Flagler, whose Florida East Coast Railway created the city. Rupp also plans to use the grant as leverage with big corporations and the City of Miami to turn the park and building into a community legacy. "What I like about this particular idea is that it's not a pop-up, not a one-off," she says. "Once that park is created and the building restored, it has longevity."
For his project in the Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve, Van Leer of the Urban Paradise Guild has assembled a corps of volunteers, many of them students and neighbors from NE 135th Street, who love to pitch in. Van Leer, a winner in the first Public Space Challenge, says his group has almost eradicated the invasive Burma reed, and is planting natives like Jamaica dogwoods, strangler figs, gumbo limbos, and paradise trees.
Temporary ideas work quite well, too. The Little Haiti Cultural Center came up with a winning one-off idea, the "Pop-Up Mini-Golf: Reviving Little Haiti" ($18,500). This project would activate an empty lot at 207 NE 59th St. into a three-month pop-up, nine-hole miniature golf course, designed with Caribbean motifs by local artists, open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will also enhance the recently rejuvenated Caribbean Marketplace and the new Mache, its traditional Haitian outdoor market.
Some striking finalist projects that nearly made the final cut this year included "Frost Plaza Netting Pods," submitted by Monica Rodriguez and Jessica Suarez, to provide shelter, shade, and respite through semi-transparent rope and cable structures connecting the Frost Museum of Science with the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
Another finalist was "Paseo on Avenue 3" from the Downtown Miami Partnership/Flagler Business Improvement District. This would offer a shade canopy, string lights, and less parking along narrow NE 3rd Avenue in the two blocks north of Flagler Street. The idea is to invite people to linger, stroll, and enjoy the street, much as they do along the celebrated Española Way on Miami Beach.
So what happened with the 2016 winners, and what did they learn?
Justin Trieger, who runs new media and distance learning for the New World Symphony in his day job, used his $10,000 grant for the launch of "Cultra," to create a prototype series of monthly performances on Thursday evenings, with a series of open mics and free concerts in park areas near downtown, including hip-hop, folk music, poetry readings, a professional clown, comedians, acrobats, and improv theater groups. It culminated with a big event in Bayfront Park.
This year he plans to pare it down to a single event, but he has learned a lot, he says. And he didn't exactly go in cold. Trieger, 33 years old, is the founder of buskerfestmiami.com, a confederation and talent agency assembling street performers. Street music is a passion for Trieger, who plays guitar, banjo, and keyboard.
"Don't go it alone," he advises. "Find people who have done it before, and find partners."
Trieger and others in the Public Space Challenge are using social media to meet up, with www.emergemiami.com particularly popular. "We've learned there is a real demand in a lot of different audiences and people," he adds. "There are not enough opportunities for people to get onstage and do their thing. There's a strong audience for real, live performance events."
To participate, the best way to start is to check out the ideas, the finalists, and the winners. Who knows? You might look at that plot of land, or your whole community, in a new way, and then put your idea to work.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
The Angel Singers by Dorien Grey
Reviewed by Rob (paddyofurniture)
It is certainly hard for me to believe that The Angel Singers is the twelfth book in the Dick Hardesty mystery series. It doesn't seem that long ago that The Butcher's Son kicked off this wonderful series with a tale of arson and mayhem, and introduced us to one of the most endearing, not to mention enduring gay investigators, Dick Hardesty.
The Angel Singers takes us into the world of a gay men's chorus (and by the way gives quite good information and insight into that particularly fascinating world) and introduces us to a particulary nasty man named Grant Jefferson who happens to be sponsored by one of the choral group's benefactors. It is not long however until Grant is scattered far and wide by a car bomb which lets the reader know there was some serious dislike for Mister Jefferson. Due to his nastiness there is no shortage of suspects for Dick to sift through on the way to revealing the somewhat surprising solution of this murder.
However as entertaining as the solving of the crime is, it is in making the characters come to life that Grey really shines. Just like an elegant merlot chablais, this series has gotten better with time and age, each novel seeming to improve on the last to create a rich tapestry of not only Hardesty's professional life, but also his home life. Dick, Jonathan and the adorable Joshua are characters we have come to love and to really care about, and I find the home and family life is every bit as entertaining as the mystery. Grey is a master at writing tongue-in-cheek wit, and there is plenty of that to be found in The Angel Singers.
If you already love the Dick Hardesty series, as I do, you will love this one too, and if you have never read a Dick Hardesty book (and shame on you if you have not) this is as good as any of them as a place to start.
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Al Pinochazo -- Colombian Eenie Meenie Miney Mo
AL PINOCHAZO -- In Colombia, this is how randomness is introduced into a selection process in order to make it fair. For instance, when Colombian kids want to decide who gets to go first in a game, they might use this riddle.
Here is how it works. One person would point to each participant, say a few syllables of the riddle, then move to the next participant while saying a few more syllables. When the riddle ends with word TÚ (you) that person is selected, or is IT, or wins, or loses as the case may be. When the riddle is said rapidly in Spanish, the moving from person to person ocurs quite naturally.
While there may be some minor variations, this riddle is widespread and well known in Colombia. Indeed, in some parts of the country the expression "al pinochaso" often offers an answer to the question of how someone made a certain decision, or how someone was selected for a position or how someone was chosen to receive a privilege (or a punishment!). Thus, it has come to mean that the decision was made without much thought or in a childish way.
Pinochito y su mujer (Little Pinochio and his wife)
se sentaron a comer. (Sat down to eat)
Pinochito no comió (Little Pinocchio did not eat)
de la rabia que le dió. (because he was very angry)
Sale la luna, (Out comes the moon)
sale el sol, (out comes the sun).
sale Pinocho con su tambor. (out comes Pinocchio with his drum)
Pin uno (pin 1),
pin dos (pin 2),
pin tres (pin 3),
pin cuatro (pin 4),
pin cinco (pin 5),
pin seis (pin 6),
pin siete (pin 7),
Pinochito serás TÚ (Little Pinnochio will be you – ie. you are IT!)


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If you think the embellished trend is only glamorous at night time then think again :). Since this trend doesn't seem to go away I might as well showcase it here in my blog. I've been sporting this trend unknowingly since I got this top. I've worn it to work, to church and on a casual day at a friend's place. I've paired it with different bottoms though. Since the embellishment is only on the collar area it doesn't appear too loud. Yet, still it has be coordinated with the right lower half and accessories.
Monday, 30 January 2017
Monday, 23 January 2017
A White Day at the Beach
What we always look forward on the summer months are the outing activities we can do and the beach is surely the top destination. This time my family headed South to the third largest city in NSW. Wollongong is always dear to me as hubby and I frequented this place prior to having kids when visiting a place was purely a leisure and was only retained in the memory meaning back to the time I didn't take photos :)
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Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Floral for Summer
If my previous post was lengthy this is completely the opposite :) Taken after I had my haircut, hence, I was still halfway drinking my beet juice, I think I looked stress-free haha. I honestly, didn't plan to shoot when I got home but I didn't want the perfect wave in my hair gone to waste without being captured in the camera.
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Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Things to do in sunny Gold Coast
If there's one word I can describe the Gold Coast it is sunny. Whenever I come here even if it's not summer I can always wear playsuits and thongs. Queenland's Gold Coast has a sub-tropical climate with around 300 days of sunshine per year. Though I've never been in winter time yet it's still generally sunny and dry. Since I mostly come during the kids school summer holidays our bags only contained light clothing, swimmers and thongs except for me which I brought 4 pairs of shoes for photoshoot purposes :) So when we are staying on the Gold Coast here are the things we normally do on repeat.
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Thursday, 5 January 2017
Pom pom Sandals and Beach Throw @ Nastydress
One of the places that I miss on the Gold Coast which I wish I visited more is the beach. The first hotel where we stayed was in Surfers Paradise which is a seaside suburb and a major hub of Gold Coast. Colloquially known as 'Surfers', the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach.
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Veteran's Day, 2011...
First, I would like to dedicate this post to current veterans of the war on terror, including my son, Doug:
Going back to Vietnam, I would like to thank my friend Lonnie from my forum home, who wrote the following poem:
We are old men now, graying, grandparents,
those of us who are still alive.
We are black and white and yellow and red
and every shade in between
We are crippled, some in body, some in mind,
all in soul
We bled and we died and we came home where
we bled and died some more
We came home to an indifferent
and uncaring nation
And we left more than blood
in a far and distant land
We are old men now, graying, grandparents
those of us who are still alive.
We watch our sons, our daughters return
from yet another far and distant land
We watch and weep, weep bitter tears
for a generation, a youth lost
But also tears of joy, tears for a nation,
a new beginning, tears for yellow ribbons
on the Central Boulevards of Hometown, USA
It was a long time coming, our welcome home
Through misty, half-closed eyes, we remember,
and imagine, imagine we see our own names,
just a faint imprint, a ghost-like image,
but our own names on those signs
We see the names and the ribbons
on the Central Boulevards of Hometown, USA
and we remember another time,
another place, another war.
We are old men now, graying, grandparents
those of us who are still alive.
Lonnie Henderson
May 29, 1991
With respect to the Korean war, I'd like to honor my Uncle; Gerard Gravel. My father, Leo Pusateri, Sr., served during World War II; and my grandfather, Tony Pusateri, served in World War I.
As a member of the Patriot Guard, I had the honor last Sunday of standing in the flag line of a Veteran's parade at the local V.A.
I stood there, flag in hand, in awe and tears, as Veterans from all walks of life, from WWII to Korea, to Vietnam, to the current wars, walked, rode in vehicles, and/or were pushed in wheelchairs. I shed tears as Blue Star mothers, military wives, and their children and grandchildren walked with pictures of their soldiers and homemade posters in hand.
When all had finally passed, it was the Patriot Guards' turn to walk in the parade. I stood there, flag in hand, and watched as my Patriot Guard friends (most of whom were veterans) assembled to walk the route. One of them turned to me, and asked, "Aren't you gonna walk?" I told him, "Sir, I never wore a uniform. I wouldn't feel right." He replied, "You go ahead and walk with us. It's an honor."
So I walked the route, in the company of heroes.
An honor, indeed.


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The 31-year-old made a cameo appearance on tonight's episode of Last Man Standing, playing a parody of herself while making fun of her star status.
She could be seen attending a book signing as the character of Mandy Baxter, played by Molly Ephraim, came to meet the star to tell her she is her biggest fan.
Cameo appearance: Kim Kardashian starred as herself in an episode of Last Man Standing
'Hi, what's your name?' Kim said to the eager fan, who became tongue-tied and mistakenly replied: 'Fandy. I'm your biggest man.'
She then said: 'Oh my god, seriously Kim, you look so beautiful,' to which Kim replied, 'Thanks Fandy.'
Taking the mickey: Kim pokes fun of her celebrity status during the comedy scene
Slapstick: The scene shows the character of Mandy growing obsessive when she meets her idol
But the sitcom saw Molly embarrassingly fling herself across the table and scatter books all over the floor.
Kim then poked fun at reports that she is something of a diva, as she turned to a security guard and said: 'Now I'm thinking no hug.'
Putting in some practice: Kim's acting career is set to take off with upcoming roles in movies and television
Elegant: Kim was wearing a cream blazer, grey top and jeans for the scene in the ABC show
The comedy series tells the story of Mike Baxter, played by Tim Allen, whose life is dominated by women in the form of his wife and three daughters.
And the cameo is not the first time Kim has been seen on screens outside of her hit reality shows.
How embarrassing: The character of Mandy made a fol of herself in front of Kim at a book singing
Security!: Kim asked if her crazed fan could be escorted off the premises during the episode
She has also starred in Disaster Movie and has recently been working on upcoming comedy The Marriage Counselor.
However Kim is clearly hoping to get some more TV titles under her belt, and the star recently signed up for a recurring role on comedy show Drop Dead Diva.
Excitable: Mandy Baxter, played by Molly Ephraim, is a huge Kardashian fan
Escorted off: Kim's parody saw her requesting that security remove her fan from the book signing
Her character is set to go into business with Stacy, who is played by former Two and a Half Men beauty April Bowlby.
Kim wrote on her website shortly after her role was revealed: 'I am so excited to announce that I'll be guest starring on 'Drop Dead Diva' this summer. I can't wait to get to work with everyone on set!'
New ventures: Kim has also signed up to star in a recurring role on Drop Dead Diva
Comedy show: Last Man Standing tells the tale of a man whose life is dominated by women


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"Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth." -Oswald Chambers
I love this.
I have no clue what life is going to bring today, tomorrow or this year. Swine flu? Economy affecting our checkbook? Published book or not?
No clue.
But I am clued into the one certainty of my life. God is in control. Period. Good or bad. He's got me. And YOU!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I sold another story to Chicken Soup!
Every time a writer gets published it is a thrill!!! And when I received official confirmation that a story I wrote would be in another Chicken Soup book, it was no exception.
I am tickled to be able to announce that a story I wrote, "A Child's Gratitude," will be included in Chicken Soup for the Soul Tough Times, Tough People. This book will be officially released in June.
The story I wrote describes the moment that my son Noah saw his father in the hospital after John was in a motorcycle accident. Noah's reaction and tears taught me gratitude for life after a horrible incident. When I read the story to John and Noah, Noah said he liked it and then asked, "Do you get paid for this?"
When I said yes, my little guy began immediate negotiations for his cut. :0)
And after much haggling, I am proud to announce that Noah is getting 14%. :0)
Thank you Jesus for this journey!!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Worship with a Movie and Popcorn!
On Sunday morning I fulfilled a promise and took my son to a movie. When the trailer for "Earth" came on TV a couple of weeks ago, Noah and I were both enthralled.
"Let's go see that Mom."
I was a little surprised by my 10-year-old's reaction because this movie involves no superheroes or car crashes. It is just God's beautiful creation.
So we sat in the theatre, popcorn at the ready and the movie began.
This is when I did something I don't do often in movie theatres. I worshipped. My heart filled with thanksgiving at the intricacies of God's handiwork.
I laughed at the baby polar bears and the baby mandarin ducks. I cheered for the cranes fighting freezing winds in order to sail over the Hemalayas. I grabbed my son's hand, (yes I did) when I witnessed a pride of lions attack a loan elephant. I sat in awe as the time lapse photography reminded me that our God is a MASTER CREATOR of every plant and every season.
Noah's favorite part was when a cheetah attacked a type of deer (caribou maybe) in slow motion. Took on a whole new meaning to the phrase "Here kitty,kitty!" :0)
My favorite part? The utter joy of being surprised by my Savior. I thought I was going to go into a theatre and enjoy a story with popcorn and my son. I was wrong. God sat beside me. Our divine appointment included tears in my eyes as I leaned into Him and whispered, "Oh My Lord - You do great work!"
Go see "Earth" and prepare to worship!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Only Like He Gives!
As I write this, I am sitting at a Starbucks, sipping on a Grande Berry Blossom hot tea. The music is laid back and not too loud. People around me are chatting quietly, sipping their own drinks, and like me, typing away on their laptops.
It is good to relax. It is soothing to take a deep breath in and slowly let it filter out, emptying my lungs of air and my soul of stress.
It is good to chill out.
But even Starbucks on a sweet Spring day can't bring deep inner stillness. Chilling is fabulous, but it is not enough. It's like straightening up the house versus really cleaning the house. Relaxing can straighten up your soul and give it a nice look, but only ONE thing cleans out the turmoil that life brings.
Like a kid in Sunday School, I easily cry out the answer: Jesus!
He said: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
John 14:27
So as I drink my Berry Blossom and tap my toe to the sweet soothing sounds of Jack Johnson, I also whisper God's name and ask for His peace. Fills me up. Cleans me out.
I love those two lines that many Catholics end their services with:
"May the Peace of Christ be with you."
"And also with you!"
Anyone for a Berry Blossom? Here's to you, Lord!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
A Shout Out to my Writer Friends!
So I was sitting in my writing group yesterday having a wonderful time. I belong to Words for the Journey Christian Writers Guild which meets in Parker, Colorado every Tuesday. I love being a part of this group of fabulous people who love Jesus and words - in that order.
As I sat amongst those writers, the following came to me. A little shout out to all my fellow writers out there. As someone wonderful told me, "Keep your head in the clouds and your fingers on the keypad!"
The Writer's Beautitudes
Blessed is the writer who sits amongst fellow wordsmiths, sharpening their craft.
Blessed is the writer who attends conferences and seeks to be better, one day at a time.
Blessed is the writer who grapples with grammar and wrestles with words.
Blessed is the writer who reads voraciously.
Blessed is the writer who accepts critique with a humble heart, understanding that iron sharpens iron.
Blessed is the writer who dreams big, amazing technicolor dreams!
Blessed is the writer who cheers on other writers, chunking jealousy to the curb where it belongs.
Blessed is the writer who opens rejection emails and letters, only to persevere, persevere and persevere!
Blessed is the writer who prays to the Author of All first and then sets about creating.
Blessed am I to be among the wonderful lot who call themselves writers!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Here's Some Sauce to Marinate In!
Jesus Loves You, this I know...
I do!
Check it out:
"I have loved YOU with an everlasting love therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn YOU!" Jeremiah 31:3
"The Lord Your God is ALWAYS with you! He is mighty enough to save you. He will take GREAT DELIGHT in YOU! He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:17
"YOU are priceless to me. I LOVE YOU and honor you." Isaiah 43:4
"For GREAT is YOUR LOVE to me..." Psalm 86:13
"How great is the love the Father has LAVISHED on us!" 1 John 3:1
Jump in Jesus's Pot of Love and Stew, baby!
You'll come out all Juicy and Joyful!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Acceptance is the Key
Today is April 17th, Friday. It is springtime. I'm looking for my friend the sun.
And yet, snow falls gently outside my window. The branches on the tree just outside are filled with tiny caterpillar like blossoms. Today those caterpillars are covered with snow.
I want to fight it. I want to deny it and say NO! It can't be snowing, it's April. California, my home until 2 1/2 years ago, seems more than a few states away. Today I am dreaming of its endless sunshine and hot breezes. Today I want to move away. At least get on a plane and fly towards sunshine.
I mentioned this to my husband and he said, "Sorry."
That was it. He didn't jump on the poor me pity bandwagon. He didn't agree that life is not fair when it snows in April. He just said "Sorry."
In 12 step groups there is a line that is SO true and SO valuable to me today. I am trying desperately to let its truth seep into me and flood me with the one thing I am lacking - contentment.
The line? "Acceptance is the key to a happy and joyous freedom you might otherwise never know."
Sigh. It's time to stop fighting what I have no control over. It's time to accept that Denver has April snow. That's just the way it is.
When I begin accepting the weather I can't control, then maybe I will find myself enjoying the white flakes. I'll walk Scooby and be once again amazed at how a blanket of snow muffles all noise. The silence touches me with its call to beauty. And to breathing in the moment.
So I will keep praying. God wants me to stop fighting and enjoy His creation.
Contentment will come if I choose to accept what the Lord has for me RIGHT NOW.
Maybe it's time to throw a snowball.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
What is Real Love?
I found a treasure yesterday.
I am a writer. I journal all the time. But during the last year of my mother's life, a precious year I spent with her, I wrote very little.
This week I am in organization and spring cleaning mode and I have found some wonderful things. Including the following poem. A poem I wrote during Mom's illness. It was during a time when the cancer had metastasized to her brain and she wasn't herself at all. When I found this I cried and grieved all over again. Not only for my Mom, but for my Dad. That was the year he taught me the definition of real love.
A vacuum of emptiness
Fills this room.
Laughter and warmth
Once occupied this space.
Now a human being's mind
Dances to the tune
Of an unknown song.
Foreign melodies in her eyes.
Where is my mother?
Her smile still radiates
As a child looking at
An undiscovered place.
Her gaze stills my soul.
Thoughts crowd my mind.
Personality is gone.
Like a tidal wave separate
From the ocean,
How can personality be separate
From the total being?
Yet I see the separation.
It hurts.
At 30 years of age I thought
I knew what real love meant.
I envisioned it as warmth,
Laughter and intimacy between two.
Commitment, marriage, togetherness
All were definitions that came to mind.
But now I know.
Love cannot be defined in words, rhetoric, poetry.
Love is what I observe and feel between the two of them.
The way he holds her hands as her wrinkled fingers shake with fear.
The way she clings to him as the doctor speaks.
The gentleness in his touch as he trims the hair she no longer has.
The laughter they share as she vows, "His will be done."
The comforting smiles as they struggle to go through all
The medical bills and insurance piles.
The tears on his cheeks as her mind dances away.
Love is NOT a movie.
It is NOT a romance novel.
It is NOT a perfume commercial.
It is NOT two people making promises.
Love is the unspoken bond that ties two people together,
When the world and its circumstances try desperately to tear them apart.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
This is a Fantastic Video!!!
I watched a video over at Kay Day's blog - http://www.loopdeloops.blogspot.com
Inspiration! If you have a dream and are facing any kind of uphill battle, this video will motivate you to go for it. Follow your dreams! Your success may shock others, but don't let it shock you!
I wanted to embed it here, but couldn't so go over to Kay Day's blog, and click on her April 13th Monday video!
Enjoy. And DREAM!
Inspiration! If you have a dream and are facing any kind of uphill battle, this video will motivate you to go for it. Follow your dreams! Your success may shock others, but don't let it shock you!
I wanted to embed it here, but couldn't so go over to Kay Day's blog, and click on her April 13th Monday video!
Enjoy. And DREAM!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
A Father's Gift to His Girl
A while back I left teaching after nineteen years in the classroom. An artist friend, the late great Rick Faust, drew my caricature (notice my gap between my front teeth :0)), including the tears I often shed, on a going away card. (At the bottom of the card it says "To the teacher whose tears are as big as Texas.")
Yep, I cry. I was thinking about my penchant for spillage the other day and I remembered my Pop, Walker Floyd, crying. He teared up at the end of certain movies. Said he had a sentimental heart. I'm married to a man like him in that way. John cries at almost anything moving and patriotic. I cry at anything that has soft moving music in the background. Um...yes. I'm glad elevator rides are brief. :0)
But the moment I remembered was not of my dad crying at the end of a movie. In fact, we were in church. Daddy didn't go to church often, but we were visiting my older brother Perry and he was preaching so Dad went. I noticed him crying during the service and assumed he felt guilty about something or another.
Afterward I asked him, "Daddy why were you crying in church?"
His reply: "Well, Rob, when you are in the presence of the Spirit, what else can you do?"
I love that memory of him. Tears were a natural part of my Pop's worship. My tear ducts are a heritage from him. People worship by sitting quietly, dancing, standing, raising hands, closing their eyes, clapping their hands or not. Why not tears?
Thank you, Pop!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Easter Family Joy!
My son Noah said this last night: "Jesus is Risen, I got a great Easter basket, I ate lunch with my cousin AND the Captain got rescued?!! Super day!"
I agree. God is so good and lavishes His love on us consistently! Today, let me share some of the joy He's given to me through some pictures of our Easter church and lunch!
We went to two services. One Saturday night at our church, Jubilee Fellowship and then Sunday morning we joined my brother and family at their church, Southeast Community.
Noah and his cousin Hunter sat in front of us and I took this picture. What a blessing it is to have a great older cousin pouring his life into my boy.
Noah and Hunter, who he adores, at lunch. We ate lunch at Haciendas. It was raining so Mexican food was perfect. And deliciose!
My little man and his Easter basket!
Two of my favorite people in the world. My brother Phil and my sister-in-law Lory. What a pair of truly loving, fun folks! And I get to be related to them!
Phil was wearing these shoes...I have no words. The picture says it all! :0)
My wonderful, HEALED man!! I am so grateful to our Lord for what He's done! (I have rain hair in this picture :0) )
May each day be a celebration of God's love and power!
I agree. God is so good and lavishes His love on us consistently! Today, let me share some of the joy He's given to me through some pictures of our Easter church and lunch!
We went to two services. One Saturday night at our church, Jubilee Fellowship and then Sunday morning we joined my brother and family at their church, Southeast Community.
Noah and his cousin Hunter sat in front of us and I took this picture. What a blessing it is to have a great older cousin pouring his life into my boy.
Noah and Hunter, who he adores, at lunch. We ate lunch at Haciendas. It was raining so Mexican food was perfect. And deliciose!
My little man and his Easter basket!
Two of my favorite people in the world. My brother Phil and my sister-in-law Lory. What a pair of truly loving, fun folks! And I get to be related to them!
Phil was wearing these shoes...I have no words. The picture says it all! :0)
My wonderful, HEALED man!! I am so grateful to our Lord for what He's done! (I have rain hair in this picture :0) )
May each day be a celebration of God's love and power!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thank you for the Cross, God!
The Cross symbolizes so much including sacrifice and love beyond my imagination.
For God to SEND His only son to die for us blows my mind. And it should.
To take for granted what Christ did is to lessen our gratitude for the JOY of second chances. A second chance to live life fully with freedom. A second chance to live an adventure, one specifically designed just for me. A second chance for more second chances, given to me by a God who IS mercy and forgiveness and love.
The Cross symbolizes my second chance...and third...and fourth.
God of mercy, Lord of love! Thank you for the Cross.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Maundy Thursday Thought
Today is Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday, a day Christians commemorate the Passover Meal Jesus ate with his disciples before His crucifixion. It is also the day that Jesus went to the Mount of Olives and anguished about what was to come.
Luke 22: 39-44 says:
"Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, 'Pray that you will not fall into temptation.' He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 'Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.' An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground."
When I think about this day, I don't usually picture the last supper, although the symbolism and love He showed in that meal is momentous. My thoughts always land on Jesus in the garden, sweating blood and truly anguishing over his upcoming death.
And He says, "Not my will, but Yours be done."
Jesus set the ultimate example for how we should live our lives. No self rule. No being "god" of our own existence. Fully leaning on the love and guidance of the Father. Your will God. Your Way. Not what I want, but what You want.
This kind of surrender can only be birthed in faith. Do I truly believe that God exists and that He loves me and has my best in mind? Is God truly FOR me?
My answer is YES! Like that old song says, "I have decided to follow Jesus." I believe. I look at Christ in that garden on the Mount of Olives and I am grateful that He showed me the way. As He does each day.
Not my will, but Yours be done. Painful, Challenging, Rewarding.
Thank you Jesus for that Thursday long ago. And for today.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Ding Dong - The Wound Vac is Gone!
The Wound Vac is gone! After wearing this miracle device for one month, John's leg is wound-vac free! John still needs to wear a dressing on his wound, but he is on the way to a beautiful scar.
We are very grateful for this burping mechanical device, and we are very grateful to put in a box and send it back.
God continues to heal John! This is the first week he has gone to work every day full time - Woo-Hoo! December 28th was 102 days ago, but who's counting? :0)
God is Jehovah Rapha - The God who Heals!!! Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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2012 World Championship Dog Weight Pull
For the past 3 years I've been shooting at the World Championship Dog Weight Pull. This year it wasn't an offical Rondy event, but the turn out by fans was fantastic. The weather was decent, 19° and sunny. There was a wide varity of dogs represented.
You can tell the handlers love their dogs and the dogs love them. They get excited to pull that sled.
Even the smallest got to prove how tough they are.
I almost can't wait until next years event. It just keeps getting better and better.
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Pope Francis's Visit
The historic visit of Pope Francis to the United States just ended. For me, as a teacher in a Catholic school, it was very exciting. We did all sorts of preparations, and being in a Catholic school in California, the canonization of Father Junipero Serra was particularly special. In general, it was a time of celebration for American Catholics.
But, of course, there were those who saw the pope's visit as a political opportunity. Facebook was saturated with memes showing the pope and including some quote undermining the Church, which of course the holy father never said. Sadly, these things are "shared" ad nauseum, even after they have been debunked. On the other side, some people criticized everything the man did, as if he were a politician rather than a shepherd of souls.
I'll admit that I would have liked to see a more explicit condemnation of abortion in his address to Congress, especially when the funding of Planned Parenthood is such a hot topic. But the pope's pro-life credentials are unquestioned; who am I to critique his judgment on what needed to be said?
His speech to the United Nations was extremely powerful, and beautiful. Throughout his visit, the holy father stressed the importance of religious liberty, and raised issues that challenged politicians on both the right and the left.
What I would really recommend is reading the interview he gave as he flew back to Rome. This gave his impression of the visit, and I think provided a clear window into his heart. Especially for Catholics with any concerns about the holy father's visit, this interview will leave you impressed and hopeful.


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There is a running trail we take, right by our house, that takes us on a nice, easy 6 mile run to a river and back. It's peppered with historical markers that give information about the history of the town. The city was settled by some historical people, named after someone or something from the Book of Mormon, and has a famous rodeo.
But what's most noteworthy about Lehi, Utah, is that it was the original home of the Brown Family from Sister Wives (not mentioned on any historical markers that I know of). It's a reality TV show. It's addictive. Look it up.
In all seriousness, we really like Lehi. It's fairly quiet and has an old town country feel to it. Several of our neighbors have horses. When a storm is on the horizon, you can hear them whinnying. It's a little spooky.
We love our new home and are slowly, but surely, getting it furnished.
Our older dog, Honey, recently had triple surgery on her right leg. All due to a careless dog owner who could not properly train her dog or discern playfulness from very serious aggression. (It didn't help that she kept saying, "Git'er! Git'er, girl! Good, girl!"). I want to have that dog put down; unfortunately it's a little too late and there was no police report filed. With lack of other witnesses, it seems difficult to have that done post-incident. Isaac and I will be making monthly payments for a long time towards surgical costs for someone else's reckless dog training.
Can you tell I'm bitter?
In other notes, I am in the process of The Job Hunt. It's not going as well as I anticipated. I was told Utah's economy is holding strong compared to other states in the U.S., but unfortunately that doesn't provide much for someone seeking part-time employment. People here either work full time or stay at home. There's not much middle ground. Still, the hunt goes on. I have a strong lead, and a phone meeting with a potential career connection on Monday. Fingers are tightly crossed!


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When overhauling a giant Pratt & Whitney jet engine, mechanics take it apart, then put it back together again.
United Technologies Corp. Tuesday said it would take apart its giant Pratt & Whitney division, then put it back together again.
When overhauling a giant Pratt & Whitney jet engine, mechanics take it apart, then put it back together again.
United Technologies Corp. Tuesday said it would take apart its giant Pratt & Whitney division, then put it back together again.
But unlike an overhauled engine, the parts of UTC's largest division will not go back together in the same order.
And, the reconstructed division will not have nearly as many pieces.
UTC's massive restructuring plan calls for the elimination of 5,096 P&W jobs -- including about 1,700 workers who already have agreed to take early retirement -- and a 30 percent reduction in manufacturing floor space.
About 4,100 of the job cuts are slated for Connecticut.
In the first two years of the program, P&W will cut about 2,400 jobs, with 1,900 in Connecticut. Those cuts include about 1,400 people already planning to take part in the white-collar early-retirement program, 1,000 of whom work in Connecticut.
Moreover, many operations -- and many workers -- will be relocated so the company can bring similar functions together, eliminate overlaps and boost productivity and efficiency.
For example, military assembly operations will be moved from the main plant in East Hartford to the commercial assembly plant in Middletown.
All overhaul and repair operations will be consolidated in East Hartford, meaning the Newell Street plant in Southington will shut down. P&W leases the 500,000-square-foot plant in Southington.
Mary Ellen Jones, a P&W spokeswoman, said no decision has been made on how many of the plant's 880 jobs would be moved.
Jones did not have a breakdown of how jobs at P&W's other Connecticut plants will be affected. The company also has plants in North Haven, Cheshire and Rocky Hill and a second plant in Southington.
The plan met with approval from industry analysts, who said P&W must reduce costs to compete effectively with Fairfield-based General Electric Co. and the English company, Rolls-Royce Ltd.
A leader of the Machinists union, which represents P&W workers at plants in the state, would prfer to avoid any job losses, but
they plan to use protections negotiated in the most recent labor contract to help members keep jobs or change plants with their work.
Robert Daniell, chairman and chief executive officer of UTC, said the division already has made strides to increase efficiency to make it more competitive with General Electric and Rolls-Royce.
"Pratt has already been successful with past cost-reduction activities," Daniell said Tuesday at a New York press conference. "Much of the savings has been passed on to the customer to gain market share, and that was the correct strategy. Now they need to do much more. ... The real issue is can they meet or beat the competition from a cost perspective? The answer is yes. ... And they can by fundamentally changing the way they manufacture their products."
In a letter to workers released Tuesday, James G. O'Connor, P&W president, outlined the changes to be made during the next two years. He said the plans for the two years after that are still being developed.
"As we go forward, our new initiatives will provide significant benefits to Pratt & Whitney and its customers," O'Connor wrote. He told workers about the benefits of merging certain operations, eliminating leased space, improving productivity and better controlling the use of outside suppliers.
He said the P&W of the 1990s will be smaller, but clearly healthier.
The new contract between P&W and District 91 of the International Association of Machinists allows people to move with their jobs from one plant to another.
"Obviously, any talk about reductions in the work force is not good news," said John Harrity, a spokesman for District 91. "The loss of even one job is one job too many."
But, he said, the new contract will give workers protections they did not have in the past. The contract requires the company to give the union six months notice before transferring ongoing work, Harrity said.
"If we did not have the new contract, the company would have no obligation to move workers with the work," Harrity said.
Jones said that provision applies to involuntary tranfers and that the company plans to honor all terms of the contract.
But the moves are likely to trigger a massive domino effect of "job bumping" within machinists' ranks as veteran employees try to stay at a plant near their homes.
Although union leaders were presented with details of the plan Tuesday, Harrity said the company did not break down how many of the jobs to be cut will come from the ranks of factory workers and how many will be white-collar workers.
About 1,300 hourly workers are eligible for an early-retirement plan.
Staff writers Rob Weisman and Liz Halloran contributed to this story


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This blog follows the progress of Garth Manor, a stately, yet brutally haunted victorian dollhouse. When complete, this dollhouse will feature fully landscaped grounds including family crypt, boggy pond and marsh area, and more. Please join this site and check back often as it is updated at every step.I will also be posting tutorials on some of the techniques used. This project is a love letter to every horror movie that ever made me jump as a child.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Vines for Garth Manor
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I think these vines will be great! Looking forward to seeing them taking over the building!!! -AraReplyDelete
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So this week we have been swamped with Basketball games...2 games Saturday, 2 games Tuesday, 3 games Friday and 2 games yesterday! Needless to say we are ready for a break. The games were in Lexington yesterday so we stayed a while and made a day of it. Emma had a friend stay with us, we went to lunch then a little shopping then dinner. All in all a very good day with our teen daughter. On the way home, we were all just talking and singing and being silly and I heard my daughters frined say "I wish my parents were as cool as yours"! I have to admit that it brought a smile to my face and a good feeling to my heart. You always hear that the teen years are terrible but I have to say so far so good for us. I love that her friends are comfortable around us and that she doesn't mind us being around.
Well, we have 2 more games tomorrow (yes, even on a Holiday) so I'm off to clean this sad neglected home of mine! I hope you all are doing well!!!!!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
A good feeling!
Posted by Simply Jenn at 1:56 PM
3 comments:
- Bekki B said...
Awwweee!!! You guys are cool and fun! Emma (and the other beauties)are blessed to have a mom like you!!!
- January 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM
- LORI said...
I say...Ditto on Bek's comment!! You both are good cool parents!! Hope you get a rest soon!!
- January 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- MaryJane said...
That is SO awesome! Really!! That is what I pray for when I have teens! If I need any pointers you will be hearing from me!
- January 19, 2009 at 11:14 AM
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I figured I should actually post these images instead of just holding on to them.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Kanto is broadly "usable". All its portals work, all its interiors are present, everything is as it should be. However we still need to make provisions for food in Pokémarts, since the idea is to play the maps in survival (with mobs off, we might add). Actually, this applies to all the maps.
The Sevii Isle sare currently being worked on. One Island is mostly finished, and all islands now have Pokémon Centres and marts. The Seagallop Ferry now exists, so you can travel to and from them without having to swim. Much.
Hoenn is pretty much finished, with the same provisos as Kanto. We still need to portal in Seafloor Cavern, as well as the personal caves of Rayquaza and Groudon.
The World now features travel to and from Hoenn. The train station in the hub will now take you to Kanto, Sinnoh and Hoenn, though we cannot guarantee that your journey will be 100% on the rails due to lag. Expect terror-inducing flights and strange lag bugs. Nice trip though. We're also working on usability, since people quite often don't know where to go or what to do.
Testing is imminent. Though we've been saying that for the last few weeks, so it's pretty meaningless. We've been doing some limited closed beta testing, but you never know, one of these days we may publish the IP, then BAM, involuntary server DDoS.
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In the first of a sequence of photos, the P-51 Mustang crashes at the edge of the spectator area.
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A federal police officer with his face painted awaits the start of the Independence Day parade at the Zocalo in Mexico City, with celebrations marking the 201st anniversary of the country's independence from Spain.
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The Soyuz TMA-21 space capsule with Expedition 28 commander Andrei Borisenko and flight engineers Ron Garan and Alexander Samokutyayev touches down in a remote area on the outskirts of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Garan and Russian cosmonauts Borisenko and Samokutyaev were returning to Earth after more than five months aboard the International Space Station.
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The sun shines through tall white pines and illuminates a 5-inch-tall mushroom at Winslow Park. The fungus has proliferated in Maine's forests because of the recent cool, wet weather and the approach of autumn.
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An artist takes part in the Dostoevsky and Cosmos art project, part of St. Petersburg's graffiti festival dedicated to the life and career of writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, with participants illustrating his works.
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A lone dromedary camel crosses the road leading to a Libyan air force base in Jalloud.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal serves to France's Richard Gasquet during a Davis Cup semi-final match in the bullring in Cordoba.
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Masked protesters stand near the U.S. Embassy during a rally marking the 20th anniversary of the Philippine Senate vote terminating the U.S. military bases agreement in the country. The protesters lamented the continued presence of U.S. troops in the country, despite the bases' termination, through another pact known as the Visiting Forces Agreement.
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Anti-Kadafi fighters fire a 130mm howitzer at pro-Gaddafi forces east of Surt. The forces of Libya's new leaders attacked two besieged towns Friday, storming into Bani Walid and pushing forward at Surt, as they tried to finish off resistance from die-hard supporters of Moammar Kadafi.
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An immigrant, fleeing the unrest in Libya, waits for assistance at a Red Cross camp in northern Niger.
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A man sets himself on fire outside a branch of Piraeus bank. It was the third attempted self-immolation by the former small-business owner, who says he was ruined after taking a series of bank loans. The 56-year-old was hospitalized with non-life-threatening chest burns.
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Soldiers of the cavalry honor escort prepare themselves for Prince's Day. The cavalry will escort the Dutch queen for the 40th time during the ride in the golden carriage from the Palace Noordeinde to Parliament Buildings on Tuesday.
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Dancers rehearse ahead of their performance of ASA, a co-production between EDNO and the dance company Derida Dance, as part of Sofia Dance Week. The fourth annual Sofia Dance Week takes place from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1.
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A girl runs across a flooded road as water recedes about 34 miles from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar. Aerial food drops were suspended after five days Friday as floodwaters began to recede in the Mahanadi delta in Orissa state. At least 26 people died and 12 others went missing during the devastating floods which affected people in 19 districts of the state, official sources said.
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A Russian Soyuz TMA-21 space capsule carrying U.S. astronaut Ron Garan and two Russian cosmonauts, Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyayev, descends about 93 miles southeast of Dzhezkazgan. The three returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station aboard the Soviet-era capsule whose mission follows an unprecedented spate of Russian space accidents.
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Palestinian youths evacuate a comrade during clashes with Israeli forces following troubles with nearby Jewish settlers in the northern West Bank. A Palestinian and an Israeli settler were wounded in clashes.
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A white lion cub born at the end of August at the Circus Krone walks during a press conference. The birth of a white lion in a circus is rare and happened as local authorities are discussing a ban of wild animals in circuses.
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Actor Hugh Jackman poses with fans as he arrives at a cinema in Leicester Square for the UK premiere of "Real Steel," a film drama about a boxing set in the near future.
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A woman poses in a manga costume in front of City Hall. About 15,000 participants are expected for the 10th Manga fair in Kassel, which is the first such fan-organized event in Germany.
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A face-painted Malaysian armed forces soldier performs during Malaysia Day celebrations at Independence Square, commemorating the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963.
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An injured victim is rescued following three bomb attacks at a street where bars and hotels are located in a Thai-Malaysian border district. Three separate bombs hidden inside two motorcycles and a car killed at least four people and wounded many others, some of them Malaysian tourists, local media report.
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A folk dancer rehearses with her troupe for a performance during Navratri, also known as the Festival of Nine Nights, which starts Sept. 28.
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A protester shouts slogans during a rally demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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An elephant rider uses a plastic sheet to protect himself from heavy rain as the end of India's monsoon season approaches.
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South Korean forces mark the 1950 Incheon landing led by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., in the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division, turns from the rotor wash of a landing Blackhawk helicopter.
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A cow confronts 2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., as the U.S. Army officer tries to secure the landing zone for an incoming helicopter.
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A pet bear sits among residents who escaped to higher ground from their flooded village in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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John van der Giessen of the U.S. pushes the ball out from a maul during a hard-fought Rugby World Cup match against Russia. The U.S. won 13-6.
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Smoke billows from a cruise ship after it caught fire off the coast of Norway, killing two people and forcing the evacuation of more than 200 passengers.
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Visitors photograph earrings in a collection of jewelry, paintings and costumes owned by Elizabeth Taylor. The two-day show in the GUM shopping center on Red Square is the first stop of a world tour of the items, which are to be auctioned in December.
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An Afghan police officer passes by a shattered wall as he visits a building that was occupied by Taliban militants in Kabul. The 20-hour insurgent attack in the heart of the city ended Wednesday morning after a final volley of helicopter gunfire as Afghan police ferreted out and killed the last few assailants who had taken over a half-built downtown building to fire on the nearby U.S. Embassy and NATO compounds.
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A partial plastinated human body specimen is seen at a workshop of Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd. in Dalian. Founded by Dr. Sui Hongjin in 2004, Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique produces, preserves and exhibits plastinated biotic specimens of human and animals.
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Two horses duel in a competition at Gulongpo in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. People in Rongshui County traditionally hold horse fighting-competitions as part of a harvest celebration.
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Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno poses at his installation "Cloud Cities" at Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin. The exhibition will run until Jan. 15, 2012.
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A resident uses a boat to go to the grocery shop in flooded areas near the Chao Phraya river in Ayutthaya, Thailand. So far, rising waters have left more than 70 people nationwide dead and affected the homes and livelihoods of 4.3 million people.
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A red rose and photograph of British singer Amy Winehouse and a fan are placed on a tree outside the late singer's house in Camden. Winehouse died at her home on July 26. She would have been 28 years old on Sept. 14.
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A man holds a child as he grieves while waiting outside a mortuary to receive the body of a family member who died after two trains collided near Arakkonam. A passenger train collided with another train stopped at a signal in southern India Tuesday, killing 10 people and injuring dozens more, police said Wednesday.
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A teacher covers a child with a quilt as her kindergarten pupils take an afternoon nap in Jiaxing, China.
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Indians shop for fruit and vegetables in Jammu. India's inflation rose at its fastest pace in 13 months to a peak of 10% in August.
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Todd Goings makes adjustments to the jumper gears on Jane's carousel in Brooklyn. The carousel, built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan company of Germantown, Pa., was originally installed in Idora Park in Youngstown, Ohio. It has been restored by artist Jane Walentas and is to open to the public on Sept. 16. French architect Jean Nouvel designed the acrylic box-shaped pavilion, located on the Brooklyn waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
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Afghan policemen fire toward a building which Taliban insurgents took over during an attack near the U.S. Embassy. A civilian was killed and 16 people wounded, an Afghan health ministry spokesman said.
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Firemen transport the body of a passenger at the crash of two passenger trains and a bus whose driver drove around barriers in an attempt to cross the tracks. A train slammed into the bus and then was struck by another train in the massive rush-hour collision at a suburban train station that left at least seven people dead and 100 injured, police said.
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Pfc. Allen Eakley, left, from the 2nd Platoon of Alpha 177 Fa, loads a 155-millimeter artillery unit with a comrade at Forward Operating Base Kuschamond. The Taliban are leading a bloody 10-year insurgency in Afghanistan. There are around 140,000 foreign troops in the country.
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A volunteer wades through a river after trying to recover fire victims who drowned at the Sinai slum in the industrial area of Kenya's capital. At least 75 bodies have been recovered after petrol that had spilled into an open sewer caught fire and sent a wave of flame through the densely populated slum, police said.
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Men on horseback chase a bull during the "Toro de la Vega" festival. A bull is lanced to death by hundreds of men riding horses or on foot during the annual festival that has been celebrated since 1453. Animal rights activists have repeatedly asked for the festival to be banned due to the prolonged suffering of the bull.
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A boy (L) plays under a makeshift walkway along the flooded streets of the town of Sena in Ayutthaya province September 13, 2011. Weeks of heavy monsoon rains and a tropical storm in Thailand have caused widespread floods and mudslides, killing at least 84 people since late July, including a French tourist.
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Twin baby red pandas, also known as firefoxes, Kit and Kitty come head to head at Tierpark zoo. They were born in captivity and are indigenous to South China and the Himalayas.
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A construction worker pushes a cart on top of a building on a hazy day near the central business district.
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Lightning flashes over the Las Vegas Strip during a thunderstorm. Stormy weather is expected to continue through Thursday.
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A high intensity flame is used to melt gold as a jeweler prepares to make another design for it Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. With the high price of gold, the government is anticipating a gold rush and gave warning against the proliferation of illegal and dangerous mining as investors flee to the relative safety of the metal amid the continuing financial volatility in the United States and Europe.
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A single white flower is placed at the National September 11 Memorial on the day it opened to the public.
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An overview of the World Trade Center site and National September 11 Memorial, which was scheduled to open to the public Monday.
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A woman at the September 11 Memorial touches a panel bearing names of those killed in the 2001 attacks.
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A visitor reacts while reading names of victims at the National September 11 Memorial.
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A boy carries a chair away during looting of City Hall, a day after the country's general elections. Residents began looting to protest the reelection of Mayor Benjamin Vazquez, claiming election fraud.
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Joseph Mwangi, 34, sits dazed after finding the charred remains of two of his children in the wreckage of a fuel pipeline explosion. The explosion turned part of a slum into an inferno in which scores of people were killed and more than 100 hurt.
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A Zoroastrian priest performs a ritual at a fire temple. Zoroastrians are recognized in the Iranian constitution as religious minorities who have their own lawmaker in parliament. Zoroastrianism lost popularity in Iran after Muslim Arabs conquered Persia in the 7th century.
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A firefighting aircraft drops water in the resort city of Marbella. A forest fire burning out of control forced the evacuation of several hundred homes in the nearby town of Mijas.
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With monsoon clouds looming in the distance, people flee their flooded village in Sindh province.
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Rebel fighters pray at a checkpoint near the town 100 miles west of Sirte, one of Moammar Kadafi's remaining strongholds.
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Supporters of African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema sing outside the court that found Malema guilty of hate speech for singing an anti-apartheid anthem whose translated lyrics mean "shoot the white farmer." After the verdict some Malema supporters began singing the same song outside the court, in open defiance of the court order. No action was taken against them.
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Naim Ullah Khattak, right, a representative of the Pakistan election commission, verifies the eligibility of voters on the outskirts of Islamabad using a list from a national database. Pakistan claims it has already registered 93% of the country's adult population, issuing some 86 million voter identity cards, and plans to complete registration in the next six months.
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Traders work at the stock exchange as Germany's DAX share index dipped below 5,000 points. Banking stocks were the biggest losers amid persistent concerns over the eurozone debt crisis.
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A worker for German car manufacturer Audi is mirrored in a facade during final preparations for the International Motor Show. The world's largest auto show opens with a preview for the media Tuesday.
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Humboldt penguins swim at Marineland on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca.
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Boys climb atop an image of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, after it was immersed in the waters of Tank Bund Lake to mark the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
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Boys collect coconuts thrown into the Sabarmati River as offerings by worshipers after the ritual immersion of idols of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity.
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Gales and high tides lash the coast of northwest England as the remnants of Hurricane Katia reach British shores. The second stage of the Tour of Britain was canceled because of high winds across Monday's route.
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A fisherman lifts his net from the waters of the Brahmaputra River.
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U.S. fans show their colors at the 2011 Rugby World Cup match between Ireland and the United States. Ireland defeated the U.S., 22-10.
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after winning match point against Rafael Nadal of Spain at the conclusion of the men's final on Day 15 of the 2011 U.S. Open.
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So-called deer-men dancers holding reindeer antlers perform the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, believed to be the oldest folk dance in Britain. The dance starts in the early morning at the village church. A melodian player accompanies the dancers as they parade around the parish. Some of the antlers used in the traditional Wakes Monday dance have been carbon dated to be over 1,000 years old.
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Argentina basketball star Luis Scola holds the trophy aloft as teammates celebrate winning the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship with an 80-75 victory over Brazil.
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Laborers work on precarious scaffolding at the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project site.
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A young girl walks among statues of horses built as a tribute to Genghis Khan, who according to legend is buried in an unmarked tomb nearby.
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Models prepare backstage for the Betsey Johnson Spring 2012 fashion show, part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
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Sumatran tiger cubs, two of three male siblings born Aug. 6, snuggle at the L.A. Zoo. Their mother, Melukakan, will raise them off-exhibit until December, when they will have matured enough to make their public debut.
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Lab testing can be a critical piece to understanding and treating the underlying biomedical issues related to autism. As a parent, you have many things to consider when evaluating lab testing, including cost, method of testing (whether it is blood, urine, hair, or saliva), usefulness, and the possible benefits of it. Understanding these aspects of testing is important for parents to make informed decisions about whether to test and what to test. Terri will walk you through some of the major things that contribute to a parent's use and understanding of diagnostic testing, including how to help educate care providers on your team about testing.
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To all the service men and women, past, present and future, thank you for what you do and for the gift that you have given us. I am truly thankful.
I hope everyone has a happy, safe holiday. Remember the gift of freedom we have been given while you are out enjoying yourselves.
To our soldiers who are not home, come home safe. Soon.


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GUBA – Art Gallery Bratislava
Nowadays, the GUBA Gallery consists of nine separate galleries in the buildings of Business centers in Galvaniho street No. 7, 15 and 17. Parallel exhibitions present works of art of the artists from Czech and Slovak Republics on the area of approx. 2,400.00 square meters of the exhibition area. The GUBA Gallery premises are available seven days a week to all persons who are interested in the fine art.


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There's been so much activity lately at the shop - summer sale, inventory updates, construction for our ice cream parlor - and we've hardly had time to breathe, let alone blog. Sad, right? But no worries: we're back and ready to start sharing all of the fun new stuff we're getting on our shelves every week!
Have you noticed that there's a baby boom right around September-October of every year? It seems like all that winter snuggling results in the pitter-patter of little feet in the fall for lots of folks. And if you know someone who's welcoming a new baby, we've got a couple of really cute new gift items you'll want to scoop up!
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The following is actually more than a "Recommended Reading List." It is what I would list if asked the question, "Which books would you have in an essential library for doing what you do?" I actually had a tough time limiting this "library" to twenty five books. My library has hundreds of books in it. In fact, I will soon post a blog on "Paranormal Classics" that should be in any serious investigator's library (one who wants to master this field) - such as Breakthrough, by Konstantine Raudive and The Ghost of 29 Megacycles, by John G. Fuller. Yes, I could have added more to my list, and each section could be greatly expanded, but I wanted to keep the list as concise as possible so that an average person could afford to work away at purchasing it over time, and not at a huge, almost unattainable cost. The demonology section was particularly tough for me to limit. I left out many very important books and works that I think are extremely helpful. These are the indispensables, in my opinion.
I greatly value the twenty-five books listed below (some more than others obviously). They are not listed in order of value or importance, but rather in sections based upon categories of study. In fact, as far as importance is concerned, the last three would be at the head of the list. Of course, one must remember that who I am and what I do in this field is to be a Christian paranormal investigator who specializes in negative or demonic hauntings. That obviously shapes what I look to as "essential" resources. If you want merely a listing of good paranormal books, I'd recommend the first two sections, and I would also insist that you add the fifth section to it because to explore the paranormal without an understanding of basic universal truths, you are going to be hopelessly mistaken and even fooled by what you think is taking place. Also, please note that I do not agree with everything that is said in every one of these books (examples would include Guiley and Belanger's encylopedia and dictionary, respectively; or Jrakman's "Art of Ghost Hunting"). However, each has varying degrees of contributions to make to one's knowledge. One must understand that a work can have awesome research and data included within it that is true and helpful, even though it is written within a context of a worldview that is mistaken. Perhaps later, when I have more time, I can make a paragraph's worth of comments on each work to cite exactly why I value that particular book so highly (and the part[s] that I object to). For now, maybe you can gain some insight into the "library" itself. These are the books I keep within arm's length and constantly refer to over and over again, and that have shaped my understanding of life and reality:whether it be natural, beyond the natural, or supernatural. Enjoy!
Recommended Essential Library for a Christian Paranormal Researcher and Demonologist
SECTION I: Paranormal Basics (6)
The Ghost Hunters Guidebook, by Troy Taylor [Sixth Edition]
The Art of Ghost Hunting: 2nd Edition, by Jaeson K. Jrakman
How to be a Ghost Hunter, by Richard Southall
Life After Life, by Raymond A. Moody, Jr., M.D.
On Life After Death [Revised Version], by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Hello From Heaven! by Bill Guggenheim & Judy Guggenheim
SECTION II: Science & Technology (4)
Paranormal Technology: Understanding the Science of Ghost Hunting, by David M. Roundtree
EVP Lab 1.0, by John Gruber, Ph.D.
Introduction to Psychology (Twelfth Edition] by Dennis Coon and John O. Mitterer
An Introduction to Parapsychology, by Harvey J. Irwin and Caroline A. Watt [Fifth Edition]
SECTION III: Demonology Basics (5)
The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren, by Gerald Daniel Brittle
The Angels in Catholic Teaching and Tradition, by Fr. Pascale Parente
Resisting the Devil: A Catholic Perspective on Deliverance, by Neal Lozano
Deliverance from Evil Spirits, by Francis MacNutt
Deliver Us From Evil: A Manual of Exorcism, by Phillip Gagnon
SECTION IV: Demonology Philosophy, Theology & Methodology: Causes & Remedies (4)
The Twilight Labyrinth: Why Does Spiritual Darkness Linger Where it Does? By George Otis Jr.
The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare (Revised and Updated) by Dr. Ed Murphy
God at War, by Gregory Boyd
Satan and the Problem of Evil, by Gregory Boyd
SECTION V: Resources & Authority (6)
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits, by Rosemary Ellen Guiley
The Dictionary of Demons, by Michelle Belanger
Roman Ritual: Volume II – Christian Burial, Exorcism, Reserved Blessings, Etc [Latin & English]
The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament (Second Catholic Edition RSV)
Catechism of the Catholic Church: Second Edition (Libreria Editrice Vaticana – Publisher)
Important Paper
The following is not a book, but is an extremely important paper done by a missiologist. I would be remiss if I did not mention this resource to you as being extremely helpful:
The Flaw of the Excluded Middle, by Paul Hiebert
Link to pdf version: http://www.michaelsheiser.com/UFOReligions/FlawofExcludedMiddle.pdf